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EXCLUSIVE: Salt of Salt N Pepa provides clarity to Loren LoRosa following The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction +  Wendy Williams does NOT have dementia? · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 2: Now, on today's episode, we have Dun Dunda Dunn. Could
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  Speaker 2: y'all be loving to Wendy Williams updates? We have a
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  Speaker 2: Wendy Williams update. It's not an exclusive, but you guys
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  Speaker 2: know where there is a story I will find an
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  Speaker 1: So this story actually comes from TMZ.
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  Speaker 2: TMZ just broke a story that Wendy Williams has tested
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  Speaker 2: uh with neurologists who say that she does not have
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  Speaker 2: the frontal temporal dementia that has been the reason why
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  Speaker 2: she has had to stay in this guardianship that she
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  Speaker 2: says has her locked up in a luxury prison, which
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  Speaker 2: is you know what she calls the facility where she lives,
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  Speaker 2: where you know she's not able to you know, go
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  Speaker 2: downstairs by on her own she doesn't have a phone
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  Speaker 2: to call out.
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  Speaker 1: You know, she doesn't live a normal life.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Wendy has always said, even in talking to me
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  Speaker 2: earlier on about these things, that one of the things
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  Speaker 2: that bothers her the most is that, you know, knowingly,
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  Speaker 2: when all of this conservativeship conversation started, she knew she
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  Speaker 2: needed some help. She knew she needed help management the money,
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  Speaker 2: figuring out certain things. You know, there was addiction she
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  Speaker 2: was battling, but this was not the situation she wanted
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  Speaker 2: to end up in, and at this point she stuck.
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  Speaker 2: So the significance of this testing is, I mean, it's everything.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's huge if a judge looks at this the
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  Speaker 2: right way, and we're going to get into it. So,
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  Speaker 2: according to reports, Wendy Wims underwent a ton of tests
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  Speaker 2: in New York City recently with neurologists to check out
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  Speaker 2: her brain, the functioning, the you know, her cognitive thinking
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  Speaker 2: and decision making and all of the things. Right after
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  Speaker 2: she completed these tests that neurologists last month, then gave
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  Speaker 2: the test to her legal team. Her legal team took
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  Speaker 2: look at the tests and they're like, okay, now we're
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  Speaker 2: going to use these to submit these to the judge,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to use these to ask the judge
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  Speaker 2: to release her from the Conservativeship. Now, these tests don't
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  Speaker 2: just come out of the blue. People have been trying
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  Speaker 2: to figure out what's going on with Windy Williams. We've
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  Speaker 2: seen her, you know, run around. I know, I saw
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  Speaker 2: her in the New Yorker magazine and she was out
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  Speaker 2: at fashion Week, and she's been doing dinners and you
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  Speaker 2: know all the things.
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  Speaker 1: She's had a bit more of a social life.
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  Speaker 2: But we kind of lost track on what the conversation
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  Speaker 2: was around her health and her conservatorship because we haven't
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  Speaker 2: been getting regular updates from her, to be honest with you,
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  Speaker 2: but a while back, Joe Takapina told you know, me
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  Speaker 2: as her personal attorney, that their plan was to do
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  Speaker 2: their own personal testing. Now, this came around the time
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  Speaker 2: her conservatives Sabrina back in February, had requested new medical
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  Speaker 2: testing because Wendy Williams, you know, was claiming she's in
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  Speaker 2: this conservativeship, decisions are being made for her. This lawsuit
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  Speaker 2: is happening, and she doesn't want it to happen, so
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  Speaker 2: they put a pause on everything. They put a pause
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  Speaker 2: on when I say this lawsuit. They put a pause
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  Speaker 2: on the A and the A and E lawsuit with
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  Speaker 2: lifetime for the whereas Wendy Williams doc and a ton
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  Speaker 2: of things. They said, there's a lot happening. Her family
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  Speaker 2: went oute of this conservativeship. If she's able to make
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  Speaker 2: the decision, we don't want to do anything as conservators
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  Speaker 2: that will go against what she would want.
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  Speaker 1: To actually do.
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  Speaker 2: So the Conservatives said, hold on, wait a minute, let's
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  Speaker 2: get some additional testing done.
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  Speaker 1: That was back in February twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: The testing came back according to the conservator, and I
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  Speaker 2: remember Wendy Williams. You know, Attorney Joe Tecapino was pissed
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  Speaker 2: when I called him and I saw those test results,
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  Speaker 2: and he was upset because he said that when these
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  Speaker 2: hippolaws have been violated, test results should not.
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  Speaker 1: Have been leaked to any media, to any press.
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  Speaker 2: But those test results stated that according to the testing
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  Speaker 2: that Wendy's conservator had requested, Wendy Williams tested positive for
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  Speaker 2: the frontal temporal dementia. During that time, Joe Tacopina said
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  Speaker 2: that they were going to and he's always actually been
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  Speaker 2: saying this, but he tripled down on it during that
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  Speaker 2: time when I spoke to him saying that they were
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  Speaker 2: going to get their own independent testing done because they
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  Speaker 2: wanted to rely on doctors that they felt like they
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  Speaker 2: could trust, but also just doctors that would be more neutral.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't want anyone appointed by the judge. Here we
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  Speaker 2: have it now, the testing is done. Now the plan
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  Speaker 2: is for the testing to go to the judge, as
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, And once the testing goes to the judge,
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  Speaker 2: what Joe Tacopina is like praying happens is that the
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  Speaker 2: judge is like, Okay, we see the testing, We're going
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  Speaker 2: to release her. But if that does not happen, Joe
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  Speaker 2: Techapina says that he plans to request a trial by
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  Speaker 2: jury and allow because he wants to allow drurors to
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  Speaker 2: be able to see Wendy, hear the back and forth
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  Speaker 2: from both sides, and be able to make a decision.
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  Speaker 2: Now here's my thing, And again, I haven't this story
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  Speaker 2: like you guys are literally in the latest just Broke
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  Speaker 2: momentary moments ago, so I'll be doing a follow up.
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  Speaker 2: podcast for all my low riders, and of course on
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  Speaker 2: the Breakfast club because I plan to call you a tecopina.
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  Speaker 2: I plan to call Sabrina Morrissey, who is Wendy Williams
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  Speaker 2: guardian her attorneys as well, and have a conversation about
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  Speaker 2: what will happen next, because what I'm predicting is that
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  Speaker 2: a judge is going to look at both test results
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  Speaker 2: and kind of be stuck because you have one neurologist
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  Speaker 2: and you know, hospital, saying one thing indefinitely, and then
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  Speaker 2: you have a team of other neurologists saying another thing indefinitely.
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  Speaker 2: Where does that leave us? Where does the judge go
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  Speaker 2: from here? In that instance? So I'll come back with
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  Speaker 2: some answers for you guys. Of course, y'all know, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna come back with the answers for you guys.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: But this is it's a bit of an update. I
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  Speaker 2: think that this gives Wendy Williams team some hope. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know though, just as a person who's been following
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  Speaker 2: this and reporting this if in reading this.
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  Speaker 1: I got much hope.
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  Speaker 2: And the reason why I say that is because again,
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  Speaker 2: you have very sound, prestigious doctors on both sides saying
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  Speaker 2: two very different things. I think worst case scenario that
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  Speaker 2: trial by jury would honestly be a better bet because
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  Speaker 2: I'm assuming at that point there will be experts that
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  Speaker 2: take the sand. The jury themselves will get to see
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  Speaker 2: and hear from Wendy over of course the time, and
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  Speaker 2: be able to make a decision themselves. Now in other news,
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  Speaker 2: so the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame went down
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  Speaker 2: last weekend in LA at the Peacock Theater and two
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  Speaker 2: groups legendary groups a shoutout that got inducted in the
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  Speaker 2: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty twenty five, Salt
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  Speaker 2: and Peppa and Outcasts. Now Salt and Peppa once because
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  Speaker 2: both groups once they were inducted, and you had people
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  Speaker 2: who brought them out or who opened up their induction piece.
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  Speaker 2: So for Salt n Peppa, Missy Elliott came on and
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  Speaker 2: she spoke a bit about just their influence and impact.
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  Speaker 4: Let's take a listen, Salt, Peppa, Spenderella, y'all are one
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  Speaker 4: of the greatest teachers in hip hop. I think y'all
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  Speaker 4: for teaching me that life is all about expression. You
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  Speaker 4: only live once and you're not coming back.
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  Speaker 1: So expressed yourself, Yale.
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  Speaker 2: And then Salt and Peppa and DJ Spinderella came out,
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  Speaker 2: they also spoke. There were performances as well which they
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  Speaker 2: participated in. Herbie Lovebuck, who is you know, their famed
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  Speaker 2: manager and you Know all the things, was also there
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  Speaker 2: with them as well too. But SAWT spoke and spoke
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  Speaker 2: out again against Universal Music Group, who they are currently
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  Speaker 2: in a very high stake legal battle against trying to
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  Speaker 2: own the rights to their music.
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  Speaker 1: Let's say listen, when.
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  Speaker 3: We came up, the industry was different. We didn't have streaming,
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  Speaker 3: we didn't have social media. We had cassette tapes, turntables
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  Speaker 3: and dreams. But even back then, we had to fight
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  Speaker 3: to be heard and to prove our worth. We're in
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  Speaker 3: a fight right now for our masters that rightfully belonged
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  Speaker 3: to us after forty years. As we celebrate this moment,
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  Speaker 3: fans can't even stream our music. It's been taken down
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  Speaker 3: from all streaming platforms because the industry still doesn't want
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  Speaker 3: to play fair.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Salt and Peppa have never been afraid of a fight.
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  Speaker 3: This is the Influence Award. We have to keep using
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  Speaker 3: our influence until the industry honors creativity the way the
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  Speaker 3: audience does with love, respect and fairness.
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  Speaker 2: Issue here that you know Salt and Pepper are claiming,
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  Speaker 2: is that there's a law that basically says, after a
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  Speaker 2: certain amount of years, you can go back and request
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  Speaker 2: to own the right to certain, you know, works that
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  Speaker 2: you've done. And they've done and completed everything they're supposed
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  Speaker 2: to do and went back to do that, and the
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  Speaker 2: record label was telling them no. Now, during her speech,
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  Speaker 2: you guys heard her say that there's still music not
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  Speaker 2: available across streaming platforms, because that is what was happening
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  Speaker 2: in the early stages of the lawsuit.
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  Speaker 1: Still it's happening.
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  Speaker 2: But when I did this story on the Breakfast Club
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  Speaker 2: and naturally even online when this speech aired, people have questions.
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  Speaker 2: There are a lot of people who were asking, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we can listen to these songs, So does that mean
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  Speaker 2: the lawsuit is over? So I reached out to Salt
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  Speaker 2: of Salt and Pepper, and her attorney sent a statement
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  Speaker 2: clarifying that these songs are not still available in a
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  Speaker 2: way that would allow Salt and Pepper and Spinderella to
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  Speaker 2: be benefiting off of this music.
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  Speaker 1: So the attorney.
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  Speaker 2: Statement says, our first three official albums, Hot Cool and
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  Speaker 2: Vicious Assault with the Deadly Pepper and Black's magic, and
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  Speaker 2: the master recordings contained on them were pulled off streaming
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  Speaker 2: in social media in the US, as those are the
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  Speaker 2: master recordings that reverted she's talking about that would have
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  Speaker 2: reverted back to them after I believe it's a thirty
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  Speaker 2: five year mark. Then they continue the albums very necessary
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  Speaker 2: and brand new, and the masters embodied on the albums
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  Speaker 2: are still available because they don't qualify for termination rights
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  Speaker 2: yet based off of copyright law, and she quotes a
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  Speaker 2: law from like nineteen sixty seven, which is that law
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  Speaker 2: that I mentioned that after thirty five years of the
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  Speaker 2: release of the applical album Slash Masters, certain things revert
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  Speaker 2: back to the artists. She says, it's all about when
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  Speaker 2: the recording was released, So any remaster recordings from the
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  Speaker 2: first three albums that were released later weren't necessarily pulled
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  Speaker 2: down as they aren't subject to termination rights yet, but.
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  Speaker 1: They will all be soon.
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  Speaker 2: So there is certain music that you can go on
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  Speaker 2: and listen, and according to Salt and their attorney, it's
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  Speaker 2: because they're not up for termination rights, which means that
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  Speaker 2: it would be terminated from. According to Salt and her attorney,
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  Speaker 2: it'd be terminated from whichever contract and then reverted back
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  Speaker 2: to the artists. But they're claiming, and they're a legend
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  Speaker 2: that the minute that they do hit that timeline, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to see a label allegedly pull them from streaming platforms.
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  Speaker 1: Then it continues regardless.
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  Speaker 2: Universal Music Group is not even licensing or promoting any
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  Speaker 2: of our music, even songs from very necessary and brand
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  Speaker 2: new that aren't yet up for revision. And what I
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  Speaker 2: also realized too, because when I said it in a
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  Speaker 2: room on the Breakfast Club, I didn't even say I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: I mus Salt said it in her speech instantly in
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  Speaker 2: the room on the Breakfast Club. And again this is
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  Speaker 2: also to what I saw people go to do on
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  Speaker 2: social People went to go try and find the music.
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  Speaker 2: And you are able to listen to certain songs like
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  Speaker 2: I know, certain songs like Shoop or let's talk about Sex.
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  Speaker 2: You can listen to those songs, but they're either on
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  Speaker 2: mixes that don't come from the original albums, or they're
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  Speaker 2: all like best of They're all like best of projects
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  Speaker 2: which were put together and again don't come from the
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  Speaker 2: original albums, which is what she's basically trying to say.
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  Speaker 1: So wanted to clear that up there a little bit
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  Speaker 1: for people.
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  Speaker 2: I hope that cleared that up for you guys a
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  Speaker 2: bit right from the words of Salt of Salt and Peppa,
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  Speaker 2: because basically, this battle is still very real and very
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  Speaker 2: prevalent for them. It is at the front of their
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  Speaker 2: focus from what I've been told. And another thing that
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  Speaker 2: was mentioned to me in this conversation as well was
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  Speaker 2: just like, you know, people quickly instantly say, why didn't
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  Speaker 2: they read their contract? And what they're fighting for is
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  Speaker 2: not a fix because they didn't read their contract. They're fighting,
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  Speaker 2: according to Salt and Pepper, Salt Peppa, they're fighting for
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  Speaker 2: what their contract said. They're alleging that the contract tells
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  Speaker 2: some things revert at a certain time. Universal Music Group
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  Speaker 2: is alleging that that is not true, and that Versus
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  Speaker 2: Music Group, however, is countering their claims. So there, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's this whole back and forth, and I think it's
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  Speaker 2: so unfortunate you get to a point in your career
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  Speaker 2: if you're a Salt and Pepper where your music has
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  Speaker 2: influenced so many different so many different generations, so many
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  Speaker 2: different people. You're being honored at the you know, rock
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  Speaker 2: and Roll Hall of Fame amongst greats and rightfully, so
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  Speaker 2: you use it as a moment to call out what
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  Speaker 2: you believe is the injustice that is, you know, allegedly
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  Speaker 2: happening to you and your bandmates, to your groupmates. But
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  Speaker 2: how unfortunate is that I saw reports about various outcasts
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  Speaker 2: music and you know, songs and albums, the streams skyrocketing
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  Speaker 2: because of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame you
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  Speaker 2: know ceremony, and the amount of people that were watching
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  Speaker 2: that ceremony that then went to go listen to the
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  Speaker 2: music and certain things you're not able to do when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to salt and pepperda is so unfortunate. Hate
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  Speaker 2: to see. I hope they figured that out. I really
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  Speaker 2: hope they figure that out. I hope that whatever and
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  Speaker 2: justice you know, that they believe has been done to
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  Speaker 2: them is right, is written right in the book of
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  Speaker 2: all things, you know, music, because they deserve it. They've
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  Speaker 2: worked hard, they've carved a and they've been through a
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  Speaker 2: lot to get here as well. They deserve to be
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  Speaker 2: able to sit back, make money off of the art
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  Speaker 2: that they've created and just enjoy being legends and icons
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  Speaker 2: and not having I hate to see. I'm gonna say,
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  Speaker 2: our elders and It's not an age thing. It's more
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  Speaker 2: of like a you know, the iconic. I hate to
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  Speaker 2: see iconic people are icons out here having a fight
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  Speaker 2: for what is theirs or just struggle in life at all.
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  Speaker 2: After you work so hard and literally the backs of
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  Speaker 2: certain industries are on your work. I just think that
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  Speaker 2: it should be like, yeah, you're coming home, for you
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  Speaker 2: to be able to just sit back, kick your feet
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  Speaker 2: up and enjoy, you know, so wishing that though you know,
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  Speaker 2: those ladies saw and people, that they get to.
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  Speaker 1: That point and that this is settled. That is folks.
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  Speaker 2: Again, you guys could be anywhere with anybody listening or
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  Speaker 2: talking about all the things, but you guys choose to
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  Speaker 2: be right here with me, my lowriders.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate you, guys. I don't catch you in my
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