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Welcome to BET’s Black Coffee.
I’m Marc Lamont Hill alongside
Gia Peppers and Jameer Pond.
-Thank you. Thank you.
-We’ve got a special guest
with us today.
She’s not only known
for her views
on hip-hop culture
and entertainment,
but she’s also
a dope businesswoman,
she’s a avid reader,
and she’s the cohost
of the nationally syndicated
radio show The Breakfast Club.
Please welcome to the building
Angela Yee.
-(cheering)
-Hey.
That sounded-- that made me
sound very awesome.
-You are. -Thank you.
-You are awesome.
-You are very awesome.
-I think that’s why. -(laughs)
-How are you?
-I’m doing great. How about you?
Good, good. Uh, happy Friday.
-Yeah.
-Thank you for being here.
We’re on vacation actually
starting today, so...
-Oh, happy vacation time.
-Oh, nice.
Yeah, I’m excited.
We always get the Fourth of July
week off, so...
-Oh.
-Oh, that’s what’s up.
So are you going to travel?
Are you booked?
I’m taking my mom on vacation,
so we’re headed
to Bermuda today, so...
-Oh. -So cute.
-Oh, nice.
-I know. Isn’t that cute?
-That’s so cute.
That was her Mother’s Day
present ’cause, you know,
I got to spend
more time with her.
-I feel like sometimes
we get so busy in life. -Right.
There’s people that we should be
hanging out with and we don’t.
-Then Essence Music Festival.
-Yes, yes.
-I’ll be down there, too.
-Right.
You down there working
or you down there just chillin’?
-Working. (laughs)
-Okay. (laughs)
-Nah, sometimes...
-Little bit of both.
Yeah, sure, ’cause
Essence Fest, you...
I, like, rarely go
to things like that
that I’m not working at ’cause
it feels like work anyway.
-Yeah. -Right, ’cause
you got to always stop
-and talk to people,
take pictures. -Yeah.
That has to get
exhausting sometimes.
Uh, it’s not that part.
It’s just that, like,
then you end up,
like, going to
these different events,
and then you have to
look nice, you know.
-I got to make sure my hair...
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Right.
-So if I can get a check...
-I hear that. I hear that.
-(laughs)
-Absolutely.
So you are on literally,
like, the number one
radio show, talk show.
Literally The Breakfast Club 
is everywhere.
So what has
that journey been like?
I mean, it’s only been, like,
five years, six years now?
-It’s been nine years this year.
-Nine-- Oh, my God!
-I know.
-That went so fast.
-No one knew us at first, so...
-(laughter)
-Wow. -Oh, my goodness.
So that’s been a journey.
We’re gonna talk a little bit
more about that later,
but I got to, I just
got to say congratulations
on all that you guys
have been able to do.
-It’s, like, beautiful. -And
congratulations to you guys.
-Aw, thank you.
-Thank you.
When the show
first got announced,
it was little specks of
information here and there.
-Yes. -But it’s good
to have this here.
No, we’re excited to have you
and people are excited.
We had people writing in,
calling in when they heard
-you was coming on.
-Really?
Matter of fact, you can continue
to leave your comments.
We have a hashtag
#BlackCoffeeLive.
You can sound off
on today’s show.
Real quick, we got to
shout-out a few people
who’ve been tweeting us
all week.
Uh, Neelee Reese says,
"I really like the show.
"Good topics
and excellent hosts.
BET needs to keep this going."
And give them a raise.
You can’t see that in the tweet,
but I’m sure she said that.
-Right, right, right.
-(laughter)
-And much love to...
-Up your price.
Right.
Price of the brick went up.
-(laughter)
-LawdHaveMercy tweeted,
 "Black Coffee is a great show.
"We cannot underestimate how
important these platforms are.
Also, Gia Peppers is gorgeous!"
-Thank you.
-I would, I would agree.
-(laughs)
-Thank you, guys.
-Yes.
-Thanks, guys.
All right, well, we got that...
-Out the way. -Uh-oh.
-We got it out the way.
-(laughs)
-That’s cute or whatever.
-Oh, cute.
-But, Angela,
I know how competitive you are.
-Am I?
-You are.
-That’s true.
-Um-- Right. See?
-I was about to say.
-I knew.
I was just talking
about that yesterday.
Right. I know
how competitive you are,
so we got a game,
"This or That?"
-You know that.
-Yeah, I know.
-You know I have to win, so...
-I know, I know.
-It’s only you, so it’s just...
-(laughter)
-You gonna win anyway.
-You can’t bully nobody.
-You know?
-I got to beat myself.
-You got to beat yourself.
-Just got to answer them quick.
-That’s all you got to do.
-Yeah, we got "This or That?"
-Okay. -Um, we got 60 seconds
on the clock,
and I’m-a ask you
some rapid-fire questions...
-Okay, I’m ready.
-...and you just got to answer.
-All right, you ready?
-Mm-hmm.
60 seconds on the clock please.
-All right, wine or cognac?
-Cognac.
-All right, heels or sneakers?
-Heels.
Would you ask him out
or get asked out?
-Ass him out.
-Oh. -Nice.
-I like that.
-I need to...
Uh, would you read the book
or watch the movie?
-Read the book.
-Okay.
-Love or money?
-Money.
-Over love? -I don’t know.
It was a rapid question.
-(laughter)
-That’s the truth though.
-That is truth.
-Your first answer the true one.
-Damn it.
-All right, summer or winter?
-Uh, summer.
-Okay.
-French toast or waffles?
-French toast.
-Ugh, I don’t know.
-All right.
-Bright colors or earth tones?
-Bright colors.
Okay, uh, slow jams
or trap music?
-Slow jams. -Okay.
-Aw, slow jams.
-And money. No.
-(laughter)
-Emojis or words?
-Uh, words.
-Okay, uh, Charlamagne or Envy?
-Oh!
(laughter)
-Envy.
-Oh!
(laughter)
Okay, okay. I--
We literally don’t have no more,
but I do want to ask you...
-See? That was quick. I won.
-That was quick.
-I beat the clock.
-You won. That was the fastest.
You were good. You were good.
I do want to ask you,
what’s your favorite juice?
-Um, like my pressed juice?
-Yeah.
-Uh, the Green Veg.
-Green Veg.
-Yeah.
-What’s in that?
So that has, um, celery,
it has kale,
it has green apples.
And I just like it
because it’s like getting
all your vegetables at once,
and it still tastes good.
-Right. -So I like things
that are, uh, practical...
-Right. -Yeah.
-...as well as delicious.
That’s why your skin be
glowing all the time.
You said ask-- Well, I got
two questions based on that.
Okay. Uh-oh.
One was ask him out
over being asked out. Why?
Who want to be assed out?
-Most people.
-Me.
Almost every woman I know.
I feel like a lot of women
want to be asked.
-Yeah.
-Oh! Ooh, I don’t even want
-to tell you what I thought
y’all said. -(laughs)
You meant, like, assed?
(laughs):
Oh!
-Keep that in! Keep that in.
-No!
(laughs):
Oh.
We were saying,
"Do you want to be asked out?"
Okay, I need you to pronounce
your words better.
-I got a lisp.
-Enunciate, okay?
-I thought he said "assed out."
-I got a lisp.
Oh. Oh, assed out!
-Oh, shit.
-That’s cute.
-I’m-a step slow. Okay.
-I love that.
All right, ’cause I was like,
I was like,
oh, I thought
you was traditional.
-I thought you were-- I mean...
-She’s like, "Why would I..."
-So now that we know... -See how
nontraditional that was?
(laughter)
So now that we know
what it means,
would you rather be asked out
or would you ask him out?
Oh, of course
I’d rather be asked out.
-Okay, all right.
 -Asked.
-Yes. -Yes.
-Right.
Sometimes you got to
put your ass out, too.
-I’m just saying.
-Hey, it is what it is.
South Beach,
everything like that.
-So and the other thing...
-Boo, you are assed out.
(laughter)
The other thing you said
was you take money over love.
It was just a reaction.
You know why?
Um, I don’t know.
I feel like, all the time,
I’m, like, trying to make sure
I’m financially secure.
I feel like my love life
has been pretty good,
so it’s not something
that I’ve been
-concerned about.
-Worried about. -Right.
You know? So I feel like-- I
think about money all the time.
Like, I hate that I have
-a mortgage on my house
in Brooklyn. -Mm-hmm.
Like, every day, I look at,
like, how much I owe still
and be like, "Okay,
let me figure out how..."
"And then I’m like,
"Should I pay it off,
"should I do this,
should I invest in that,
is this investment
gonna work out?"
So I think I occupy my mind
with that a lot,
-and so it just kind of...
-That is a little more important
-than DMs. I mean...
-No, that’s-- yeah.
-It is.
-That’s fair, that’s fair.
So, I told you, a lot of people
have been excited
about you coming and there’s
some questions for you
-that people on the streets
have for you. -Okay.
Marc-- he made me really feel
like people are really excited.
-They really are! -I’m telling
you, they really are, look!
-Okay. Let’s see. -Check it.
-My name is Amory Thompson,
I’m from North Brunswick,
New Jersey,
and my question for you is
what do you think was the
hardest thing ever
that you ever had,
and how did you get through it,
pushed through when times
got hard,
and continued
to succeed through it?
I would say, for myself,
is right now,
-starting a new business.
-Mm.
Because I think when you invest
your own money
and so much of it,
and it’s such a big risk,
-it’s a scary thing.
-Yeah.
And especially when you know
you don’t have the time, like,
I have a full-time job,
and in addition to that,
I’m always trying to make money
doing other things.
And I have this business that’s
brand-new that I’m starting.
So-- and that’s
the pressed juice business.
So I think, for myself,
that’s always...
It’s still, like, a lot
of things that I’m learning,
about this business.
It’s something
that’s really brand-new for me
’cause it’s subscription-based
and, you know,
-it’s just all kinds of things
that I’ve never... -Tell us
about-- a little bit,
’cause this is interesting.
-Yeah. -All right, so
it’s called Drink Fresh Juice,
and people can order
these pressed juices online
at drinkfreshjuice.com.
And it’s-- I’ve only started it
maybe, like, three months ago,
so it’s really just making sure
that people know about it.
And then pressed juices
are more expensive
because these are vegan,
they’re organic,
but I did that because I wanted
it to be a healthier option.
But some people don’t understand
the price point.
Like, if you’ve never
had pressed juices,
it’s very competitive with
what’s happening in the market.
-Right.
-But sometimes, people are like,
"Oh, I ain’t paying that much,"
you know, "for a juice,"
’cause they don’t understand,
they think that--
other things they’re getting
that are processed,
not necessarily good for you,
they’re used to paying
a little bit of money for that,
-not knowing
why this costs more. -Right.
But it’s also just
a journey where I’m trying
to educate people
on why this is better for you,
and why, because it’s organic,
because it’s this,
it does end up
costing more money.
But yeah, so it’s been kind of,
like, me trying to be places
to promote it, but then
also having to make money
-so I can invest it back
into my business. -Right.
-It’s like a...
-And you already have
the Juices For Life in Brooklyn.
-Yes, that’s the juice bar
in Brooklyn. -Right,
and so, now,
are you selling it in there,
are people able to get it there
as well? Or does it work?
So we’re trying to put it
in more stores.
It’s not there yet,
but I’m sure it will be soon.
-Mm-hmm.
-So it is available.
And the other thing
that I’ve been doing with it
is trying to get people
to mix it with, like,
-their nightlife mixed drinks.
-Oh.
-So I’ll send y’all some.
-Yeah. -I was about to say,
-send me some.
-If you want to.
-Yeah, I’m on that.
-’Cause it really tastes good,
like, if you have an apple,
lemon, ginger
with, you know, some cognac or
some vodka, it tastes delicious.
The grapefruit ginger
with some tequila.
But it’s fresh and it’s natural,
so it tastes way better
than something that’s processed.
-So I can feel healthy
while I’m getting drunk. -Yeah,
-so they do it have it
in some rest-- yes... -(laughs)
some restaurants,
like Brooklyn Chop House.
So that’s what I say,
just drink healthier.
-Yeah. -Oh, I love that.
-Did you know
-you were gonna be
an entrepreneur? -No.
Oh-- when did you make
that decision?
-(laughter)
-’Cause one day I just looked up
-and you had a bunch...
-I didn’t have money growing up,
so I never really thought
about it, and I say, like,
I don’t come from-- like,
my parents aren’t entrepreneurs.
They, you know, always worked
a job since I was young.
My mom works
for New York City Transit.
And she’s worked
for New York City Transit
since I was a little kid.
And my dad, you know,
he’s had various jobs.
Now he works with my uncle.
My uncle’s a dentist, so he
manages the dentist’s office.
So, for myself, I think
that A, I never thought
-that I would even be able
to buy a house. -Mm.
So just sometimes,
when you don’t have it,
and you’re not, like,
surrounded by entrepreneurs,
you don’t think about it.
And so, for myself, then
I started making a little money,
then I started investing, then
I started having opportunities
and ideas, and I’ve always
been an idea person,
so I’ve always been
great at having ideas,
-but not having the resources
to make them happen. -Yeah.
So now that I have an idea,
I’m very into,
like, educating myself.
Like, I got my, um,
Minority and Woman-Owned
Business certification.
-(applause) -Yeah.
-Which I urge people to do,
because there’s a lot of access
that comes with that.
But it’s all things that
I’m learning, and there’s, like,
all these free classes
that you can take, you know,
down at the Small Business
Services that you should take,
because it really will help you
so much in business.
So I’m a big fan of always
getting more education
on what it is that you’re doing.
A lot of people want
to start a business,
but they just are like,
"I want to start a business,
-give me some money to invest."
-Exactly. -Yeah.
And you’re like, "Dude,
where is your business plan?
"Like, are you investing money
yourself into your own business?
How is this gonna work?"
And people think they can just
-come to you with an idea and
have money... -"You got money."
-Yeah. "You my boy." -"Produce
it for me." -"Yo, it’s free."
-Yeah. -The business plan
weeds out so many people,
’cause people come to me
all the time with ideas
-or ask for money...
-"Show me your business plan."
-Yeah, "Let me see
your business plan." -Right.
-I would say 98% of the
people... -No one’s-- yeah.
-...you don’t hear from again.
-It’s like, "You know me.
-Come on, now. I’m Bobby."
-Right. And that’s how they be.
"I mean, yo, son,
it’s gonna work," and it’s like,
-"No, I need to see a plan."
-That’s how I watch Shark Tank,
and I watch them, like,
pitch their ideas.
And I’m always like,
"Oh, my God," like, you know,
that’s just really kind of
how I watch that show,
just to see how people are
coming up with their numbers,
see what’s important,
’cause at the end of the day,
with business, people want
to see, "How am I gonna get
-a return on my investment?"
-Absolutely.
-Go...
-That show is so smart to watch.
Going back to your-- the juices,
do you find, like, you’re making
an impact in the community?
’Cause I know, like, it’s
real hard getting black people
to-- "Y’all, look,
it tastes good, it’s for you--
it’s vegetables," but "Eh, no,
I don’t know about that."
How has that process been,
kind of educating people
on, like,
the importance of juicing?
It’s been great, like,
opening the juice bar,
and, you know, we’ve had
the juice bar in Brooklyn--
-it’ll be three years in
September. -Congratulations.
-I go all the time.
-Yeah, and it’s beautiful.
-Yes.
-Like, it’s a beautiful space.
And so part of the reason
I did that was because,
even for myself, like, it’s
an educational process for me,
so I always look at it as,
things that have been
important to me,
-I figure it’ll be important
to other people as well. -Right.
Right? So for myself,
every morning I get up
at 4:00 in the morning.
-I’ve been doing morning radio
for 15 years now. -Ooh. -Wow.
And it-- trust me,
it never gets easy,
-like, to wake up early.
-I was about to ask you...
People like, "Oh, you’re used
to getting up early."
-Like, "No, I’m not."
-No, you never get used to 4:00.
I’ll sleep till 1:00--
just, I press snooze a lot.
-Yeah. -(laughter)
-But for myself, it-- like,
I can’t eat a big breakfast.
You can’t be unhealthy when
you have to wake up so early,
-’cause it will definitely show.
-Yeah.
So I was, like, I need
to make myself healthier.
So then I was getting juices,
but I was getting them from
places that it wasn’t, like,
when you look at the calories
and you look at the purees
and all of that,
you’re, like, damn.
After a while, you realize
it’s not really good for you.
You think it is just ’cause
you’re having a juice,
and you realize, damn,
this is a pureed strawberry,
or this is not even natural,
or they’re adding juice to it
and it’s making it have
-more sugar, yeah.
-Sugar, yeah.
And, so, I was, like,
I want to open some place
that is gonna be all fresh.
And then I saw Styles P and
Jadakiss had their juice bar.
So we rolled up on Styles P,
he was shooting a video,
and I was, like, I’m-a just show
up, you know, to his video.
My guy DJ Killatouch was like,
"He has a video today
at this time, you should go."
So I went, and I was, like,
I want to do the juice bar.
And just like we said, you know,
you got to have a plan.
-Business plan.
-Right, so--
but he already had
the whole thing laid out.
And this is my first time
starting my own business.
He was like, "All right,
if you find a location,
I’m with it, sis."
So, a week later, I was like,
-"Okay, I found a location."
-(laughter)
He probably wasn’t expecting you
to come back that quick.
’Cause I think people say that,
but are they gonna
take the steps necessary?
So I found a location,
and then I worked out the lease.
One of my best friends
from high school
does, uh,
commercial real estate,
so she did a excellent job.
She does, like, all this stuff
at the malls,
so she hooked it up for me.
She did the lease for me,
and, you know, I was, like,
we got the lease, and then
just started building out.
Doing it from there.
Yeah, no, it’s such a, it’s--
I love the location, too,
’cause it’s in Brooklyn,
but it’s in, like, Bed-Stuy.
-It’s in Brooklyn.
-It’s in real Brooklyn, right.
It’s not necessarily gentrified
over there yet, but...
-It’s on the way.
-Right.
But you see, like, every day
dudes coming in and get juice,
like, it’s not-- and-and that’s
my favorite part of going, like,
the juices are-are made fresh,
so it takes a little while,
so it’s not a pop in
fast food place, so you’ll see,
so you’ll see the people
come in, and you’re like,
"Oh, I didn’t know you drink
juice, brother. Very good to..."
-That’s right.
-"Happy to see you."
"Look at my skin!
You see my skin?"
No, and I seen people who have
come in there and, like,
I’ve seen the improvements over
time from when we first opened.
Like one guy was coming in
every single day.
He lost weight,
his skin looked way better,
and then, look, he went to jail,
he ended up going to jail,
and then the first thing he did
when he came back
-was come to the juice bar.
-(laughter)
He’s like, "I just got out
and this my first stop."
-"I want some juice."
-Came for the juice.
-Hey, look...
-"They had us..."
But it’s access to the
community. If it wasn’t there,
you know, he wouldn’t have,
you know.
You talked about, um, uh,
real estate a little bit.
Say a little bit more
’cause you-you’re engaged
in real estate process.
I know you’re rehabbing
something right now, too.
Yes. Okay, so the first thing I
bought was my house in Brooklyn,
and it’s right near
the juice bar,
and that was a good process
for me because,
the reason I got it
at a great price,
it was a completely
gutted out house.
So when I went
to go look at it--
and I had been
looking at houses,
and this an interesting story,
I had been looking at houses
trying to find something
and I couldn’t find
what I wanted in my price range,
right, ’cause Brooklyn
is so expensive.
Everything was, like,
over a million dollars
and not exactly what I wanted.
So my realtor
showed me something
before it came on the market,
and it was--
I couldn’t even
walk in the house
’cause there was no floors,
like, nothing.
She was like, "You know,
you just have to have vision."
-Right?
-When they say that,
you about to walk in
an old crack house, right?
-Crackheads still in there.
-Right, right, right.
Once we get Tyrone out,
you’ll be fine.
And I’m-a tell you truthfully
what happened was,
’cause I believe
in signs, right,
so I left to go to Peaches
afterward, and--
Uh, this restaurant
on Lewis Avenue in Brooklyn.
So I went to Peaches,
and I ran into, um,
one of my friends in there, and
he had just closed on his house,
right, that day, which is--
what a coincidence.
I’m coming from
looking at a house,
he just closed on his house.
It was Gbenga Akinnagbe,
and he had just
closed on his house,
and he’s like, "What
are you doing?" I was like,
"I was just looking at a house."
He was like, "What house is it?
"’Cause I’ve been looking
for a house for years.
"I just closed today.
And I’ve seen every single house
"that’s for sale in the
neighborhood." So I told him.
He was like,
"I didn’t see that one." Right.
He was like,
"Call your realtor right now,
-tell her you want it." So...
-Yeah. -That’s good advice.
-Soon as it hit the market.
-’Cause he was like, "Honestly,
I was trying to buy houses."
He said, um,
"One house I almost had, and
then somebody snatched it away
"from me last minute.
I put a bid on this house.
It was-- it’s been impossible."
He said, "For that price
and that location,
call your realtor." So I called
my realtor right there,
and I was like, "I want it."
She was like, "Perfect.
Come tomorrow." And it was just
a great situation.
I was able to build it
how I wanted it,
and it was included
in the price, so...
-Oh, wow.
-That’s beautiful.
Now you were having something
in Detroit, too, right?
So I have three houses
in Detroit.
One of them I just sold,
and we should get that money
in a couple of weeks,
which I’m excited about.
-Get your bag.
-Yeah.
So then I have one that I’m
in the process of rehabbing
that I’m gonna sell also,
but then I have one
that I’m keeping that I love.
I love, like, the whole
gutting out a house.
-Yeah, it’s really an HGTV.
-Yeah, I was about to say.
I-I love it.
So I actually, um...
-You have photos, too.
-Yeah, we got photos.
Okay, I want to show y’all
some of these photos.
So, yeah, so I did lavender
in the kitchen.
It’s funny because when I work
with these contractors--
shout out to Ramiro--
when I work with them,
they’re always like,
"Ew, I don’t know about that."
But then they see it, and
they’re like, "It looks good."
Oh, I love the ceiling.
You can see the--
That’s the master bathroom.
Notice the
gold and black accents,
the chandelier over the bathtub.
-That’s fire.
-This the one you keeping?
-Yeah, this the one I’m keeping.
-I could tell, I could tell.
That ain’t no rehab to sell,
right? That shit too nice.
And that wall,
the mirrors aren’t up yet,
but there’s actual
real gold flecks in those tiles.
-I just want to, um, yeah.
-That’s beautiful!
You can’t tell that to me.
That’s for you.
-You not selling that to me.
-Yo, that’s gonna be so nice.
-I’m excited.
-I love that
because one of the things
that I think a lot of people
don’t know about you
is that you, like,
are a business person,
like, you are so smart
with the way you move
in this industry,
but you also help the community.
At the Juices For Life bar,
she actually does events, like,
for people who want to get
into small business, so tell me
a little bit about that, too,
because you care about
the community doing better.
We do lot,
and I’ll say this ’cause, um,
Saturday at the juice bar,
tomorrow,
we’re actually doing
free HIV testing.
Yes, so shout out to David Johns
from National Black, uh, Justice
Coalition because he’s doing--
We do that every single year.
So everybody that comes in
and gets tested
gets a free juice.
So we do that all the time,
but I’ve had this
small business services.
They came and brought their RV
and had people able to sign up
for information and classes
and certifications,
like, on the spot
and just educate people.
We had the Commissioner,
uh, Gregg Bishop
from the Small Business Services
come in and talk to everybody
about what services
are available.
Um, we’ve had Google come in
and talk about Google AdWords
and how you can use that to help
promote your small business.
You know how sometimes
you google something
and what pops up first
is what people tend to go to,
’cause you trust it more.
So they talk about how
you can get your business
like that
and it’s not as expensive
as people think it is.
And you can do it, like,
regionally.
You can make it very localized
and when there’s certain
key words people search for,
you come up, like, on top.
-Oh, that’s dope.
-And you’d be surprised,
like, that helps businesses
so much.
So things like that, um,
we’ve done stuff
on real estate--
we had, uh, Fannie Mae,
we had somebody from Fannie Mae
come in to talk about mortgages.
You know, so what we try to do
is get experts
-and it’s free all the time.
-Yes.
You know, so we’ve had free
acting lessons
-from Tracey Moore, she came in.
-Wow.
She’s an acting coach and she’s
done a lot of different people.
And she has a book,
 The Spirited Actor.
She came in and we did free
acting classes.
That one was poppin’.
But, um, yeah, we did a...
-We comin’ back. -We did a
special Black Girls Rock one.
Beverly Bond came, yeah.
Uh, Michaela Angela Davis came.
Like, it’s amazing that--
we just try to do
different things
for the community
and it’s always free.
So, and we make the juices free,
so people get to come in--
free juices, free information.
They get to improve their mind
and their, you know, acumen.
-Like, that’s just so dope.
-Yeah, it’s great access.
And we have a library
in there, too, which I’m...
-Wow.
-Word? Oh, that’s dope.
-Yo, we got another question
from the street for you. -Okay.
Hi, this is Jessica.
I’m from Paterson, New Jersey.
On Lip Service, is there ever
anything that’s too,
too much? Like,
how do you decide how much
you’re gonna share
with everybody?
That is, that is true.
Anybody, like,
-licking back of knees? Yeah.
-(laughter)
I don’t think there’s been
anything off-limits.
I remember one time... (laughs)
T.I. told us about an experience
where he saw--
they saw a woman
have sex with a dog,
and I think that’s a bit much.
-’Cause that’s, like...
-That’s gross.
Didn’t see that-- I didn’t see
that one coming.
-I-I didn’t... Yeah.
-(stammering)
It was, like, during
the BMF days, I guess.
Or something.
And then his boy was, like,
talking to her and he was like,
"No, don’t talk to her."
-(laughter)
-Yes, please.
We’ll pass on that one,
we gonna pass on that one.
-That is so gross.
-Yeah, I think that might have
been, like-- and to me,
like, nothing is really
off-limits.
That was just, you know,
I don’t like to say
"that’s nasty" about things,
but that’s really nasty.
But yeah. I think
what the point of it,
-is that it is a safe space.
-Right.
So people can share anything
that they want.
And sometimes it is shocking
and I learn a lot.
-Yeah.
-But the whole point of it is,
it’s a safe space
for people to come in
and share and ask questions
and talk about experiences.
-Right.
-So...
And you having that platform,
along with many others,
but that specific one--
 Lip Service-- do you find that
the people that you date
who do listen,
or who might listen, uh,
like, have assumptions already,
like, based off of, like,
-the conversations?
-Um, no, ’cause I think
out of everybody, I’m probably
the most tame one on there.
-Yeah. Well, definitely.
-You know.
So, and I always am like,
"Don’t conservative-shame me
just ’cause I’m more
conservative than y’all."
’Cause people do that, too.
Oh, I get it all the time
on my podcast.
They be like,
"You are so weird."
-And I’m like, "Why?"
-Don’t conservative-shame me.
Are y’all conservative, like--
How can I ask this?
Are y’all conservative
in what y’all do
or what y’all talk about?
I could talk about anything,
but, like,
I have to be honest.
I’m not, like,
you know, super do all kinds of,
like... you know?
-I’m pretty, like, vanilla
when it comes to sex. -Right.
For me, it’s hard for me
to talk about it,
’cause I just grew up
in a house area environment
where it was like,
"You ain’t talking about that."
-That’s not what you talk about.
-Oh, well, you got to come
-on Lip Service.
 -(laughs)
Here we go. Now here I go.
-And then-- right.
-(laughter)
Yeah, I’m gonna be like,
"Uh, back to you, Yee."
No, but I think, I think for me,
-it depends on who I’m with.
-Right.
I have to feel like
that empowered and that sexy
-in that moment for things...
-We’ll give you some
pressed juices and some drinks,
and then you’ll be fine.
Yeah, that tequila, pineapple,
ginger thing.
I always say,
that’s always good.
The good thing about
pressed juices, too,
is it does make you taste good.
And I tell people,
that’s a great selling point.
-That’s true. That is true.
-Word?
You ever tasted somebody sour
and you’re like,
-"You better change that diet."
-Yeah.
Or like, you ever been--
and you taste a cheeseburger,
and then you like,
"Okay, your pH level is--
-something, something wrong."
-Like, "Did you have pork?"
-Right, right. -It was like,
"I didn’t eat pork,
but I feel-- yeah, that was
definitely bacon."
-Ew!
-(laughter)
Everybody don’t drink
good water.
-That’s all I’m saying.
-Oh, you better drink
-that, uh, alkaline...
-Hey, hey, alkaline your shit.
-That’s what I’m saying.
-Being a public figure,
(stammers) are relationships
harder for you in this stage?
Uh, no, because I think
I’m a public figure,
but I’m not, like, a celebrity,
you know what I’m saying?
So I’m able to, like, go places,
do what I want.
People might come up to me
if they recognize me
and say hi, but it’s not like
they going crazy, you know?
-So yeah.
-But do the dudes act weird?
Like, ’cause sometimes people
have an expectation
-of who-- how you gonna...
-No, ’cause I’m--
I mean, I’m in a relationship,
so I don’t really
-have to even... -You don’t
have to deal with that.
Yeah, worry about that too much.
So, and, like, I’m trying
to think if in the past--
It’s never really been
that weird to me.
It’s weird ’cause I’ve never
gone out with anybody
that I’ve, like,
met on social media
or just met randomly like that.
-It’s usually somebody I know...
-Yeah.
-...and I’m comfortable with.
-Yeah, ’cause I’m still
growing in that area, and I have
trouble meeting people.
-Really?
-Yeah, it’s a joke.
We literally just talked about
it, ’cause, like,
when Gia said, like, she gets
this conservative title...
Men are also afraid
to come up to her.
-Yeah.
-And I call it the,
she got the, "I don’t want
to waste your time" look.
But it’s just like, but I’m--
I got to date.
Like, I got to get
to know, like...
You come off so serious,
as a dude, you’re like,
-"I ain’t gonna," If you...
-I’m not even serious.
-No, no, but that’s how we...
-No, you’re a nice woman.
-You’re nice.
-Well, geez, what do you want
-me to be?
-Nice women...
I ain’t trying to talk
to no nice women.
-You guys don’t like nice women?
-No, we do, we just don’t...
You don’t want to waste
your time, like,
Wait, so why is it a waste of
time? ’Cause you know...
’Cause you ain’t ready for that.
It’s like, you know,
like, you come off,
-you’re assertive about your...
-You’re talking about yourself,
though, you know you’re no good.
No, no, I’m not saying
I’m no good.
That’s what I just heard.
That’s what I heard.
No, he’s a good guy,
he’s saying that...
He was like, "I don’t even
want to waste your time"
-Like, "I ain’t shit."
-But I-I see, no, ’cause I see
men, like,
approach her and be like,
-"Yo, I don’t even want to...
-"I’m scared
"because I feel like
I would waste your time.
-’Cause I’m not in that place."
-Who says that?
-Men do it all the time.
-A lot of dudes.
-I, I do that all the time.
-I can tell, I can tell you four
ti-- four separate times
where I really liked a guy,
we’ve gone on a few dates
and then on the third
or fourth date,
they’re like, "So...
"I don’ think we should
do this anymore
"because I really like you,
but I don’t want
to waste your time because
I’m not there yet."
-And I’m like, can we decide...
-Right. That’s what it is.
...if we are even
there together?
Like, it’s been four dates.
And then they’re gonna regret it
and come back later
when they realize
there ain’t nothing out there.
I remember I dated
this one guy and he told me
from the very beginning, like,
"Look, I’m not trying to do
anything serious," and I was
like, "Cool." So we went out
and then all of a sudden,
he wanted to be serious.
But I wasn’t looking at him
like that. ’Cause I was like,
you said you didn’t want
anything serious
-so, I don’t even...
-That ain’t why you did it.
-You just ain’t like him.
-Yeah, but...
’Cause if you like him,
you would’ve...
But I think that, uh, also,
in our mind, like,
I’m a practical person.
I’m a Capricorn.
So I’m very practical.
So if you tell me
what it is, I’m-a put you
-in a category. -Of where
you want what you said.
And I’m never even gonna
feel like this is something
I’m considering, so I’m like,
"Eh, it’s nothing."
You know, whatever.
When I’m bored, we’ll go out,
we’ll go horseback riding
-and stuff.
-That’s cute.
-Horseback riding?
-Have men ever come on to you
on the show? Have men
ever tried to talk to you
-on the show?
-Yeah, but I look at, now, that
is never gonna work,
’cause I feel like
if a guy tries
to talk to you on the show,
he’s definitely going on here,
trying to talk to Gia,
going to all the other stations,
trying to talk to them.
-Oh, that’s a good point.
-Yeah, so I just
-don’t ever take that seriously.
-Yeah.
I’m like, "All right,
cool, yeah." and you know,
-Keep it moving. (chuckles)
-Keep it moving. That’s right.
-That’s smart. That seems tough.
-Yes.
I mean, well,
you know what you want.
-So, you know...
-Yeah.
-...what you’re looking for.
-Yeah, I’m good.
If you’re in a relationship,
like, that’s-- Yeah.
But for people, like, i-it’s
ha-- Like, somebody-- (stammers)
I’m with Gia.
-Come correct. Yeah, yeah.
-Please hook me up.
-Come correct with Gia.
-I got you, girl. -Please.
’Cause I need help dating
and it’s a hot girl summer.
Shout-out
to Megan Thee Stallion.
Okay, let’s have a hot girl
summer for you, okay?
I’m gonna live
vicariously through you.
-Yeah, be looking at your IG.
-I’m, I’m gonna have
-a mid-warm, lukewarm summer.
-Yeah, mid, yeah,
-have a mid-girl summer.
-I don’t know, they’re gonna
-be talking.
-Yeah.
But who are some
of your favorite interviews
that you’ve had?
Uh, like, literally,
y’all have had nine years,
I know that’s hard to say,
but who are a few
that really always, like,
-are your favorite?
-Um, let me see.
Well, it’s always like,
people that--
Sometimes it’s unexpected,
like, it’ll be
a great interview, you’re like,
"Damn, I didn’t think
this was gonna go that well."
Yeah, so, there’s been
some funny ones
that have been good,
-like, Webbie was funny.
-Oh, I love Webbie, yeah.
He’s gonna get them drops right.
-Ray J’s always good.
-Ray J’s amazing.
He was one of our first
interviews when we
first started
the show nine years ago
-and he’s still going strong.
-(chuckling)
-His infamous Fabolous thing.
-Yes.
That was great, um,
we just had Raphael Saadiq on
and I was
telling you beforehand.
I love him so much, like,
Tony! Toni! Toné! was my ish,
so, I was happy to have that.
Sometimes I’m impressed,
like, Smokey Robinson
came on to me, I was like,
"Oh, my God,
it’s Smokey Robinson."
Like, sometimes,
it feels surreal
when you have people on.
-Like legends.
-You know, I love "Insecure,"
so Issa Rae coming on
is always fun.
But I think it’s nice
to be like, a fan
and fan out for people
when they come on the show.
’Cause you’re like, "Oh, my God,
I love this person."
-And...
-Yeah.
I love that.
And so, now that your career
is, is doing so well,
is there, is there any--
Like, what else
do you want to accomplish?
Now that you have,
like, this platform,
you’re doing so well...
-About to own everything
in Brooklyn. -Yeah.
...like, what do,
what do you want to do?
Well, I am in the process
of writing my book,
-so that’s gonna be...
-(squeals)
Yeah, you know
I have my book club.
Marc was actually-- his book,
 Nobody, was in the book club
also, which people love,
and the book club is,
-is so awesome to me, so...
-It’s so good.
Yeah. I love the fact
that we have that.
So, I’m gonna write my own book
and I feel like
I have a good platform now
just because, you know,
I have a whole entire
book club of people
that will support me...
-Yeah.
-...um to come out.
And so, I’m in the process
of doing that.
I’ve been writing it myself,
so I wanted to get
some of it done
before I actually go out and
get that book deal.
But I feel like
that’ll be,
like, you know, easy.
-And I’m, yeah, and I’m...
-That’s easy. You a star.
-...excited ’cause they look...
-What’s it about?
They look at it, um...
It’s based on my own experiences
-and how I give my Ask Yee 
advice. -Ooh, dope. -Okay.
-Oh, that’s dope. -So it’s
what happened in my real life
that makes me think the way that
I think about certain things.
And sometimes it’s stories
that involve other people,
like, you know,
real life things.
Like, one of my friends
who was in a relationship,
-um, with domestic abuse and...
-Mm.
...you know,
how we handled that situation
-and why she reacted
the way that she did. -Yeah.
My ex-boyfriend, who used
to cheat on me all the time.
And I actually talked to him
about why he used to do it,
-so we had a nice revisitation
of that. -What’d he say?
-"Oh, no"?
-(laughs)
No, he actually gave me
some reasons why
and explained where he was
at that time in his life
and the things
about me that were--
like, made him feel insecure.
-Got you. -I mean, you know,
we never talked about it.
It was just like,
"Oh, you cheated. Bye."
-You know?
-Right. -Right.
But it was a good conversation
to have, so...
And it’s a lot of other things
that have happened in my life
that are really--
Some of them are really funny.
-I was really bad
when I was younger. -(laughter)
-So to see how good I am now
is amazing. -I can tell.
(laughter)
-So, speaking of bad...
-You’d, like, just...
push the statue over before.
-(laughs)
-Exactly.
Speaking of bad, it’s time.
-We do this every Friday.
-Okay.
It’s something called
a "Bad-Ass Moment in Blackness."
And today, it’s all about
the 30th anniversary
-of Spike Lee’s
 Do the Right Thing. -Yeah.
Everybody knows
 Do the Right Thing.
Everybody loves
 Do the Right Thing.
But for those few people
in they mom’s basement
-that don’t know...
-Huh?
...it’s a wonderful film...
(chuckles)
that explored the racial
tensions in Brooklyn
in the hot summer of 1989.
It not only was a wonderful
movie, but it really cemented
Spike Lee’s place
as the director in Hollywood
and certainly one of the great
black directors of all time.
Uh, that year he got snubbed
for Best Director,
uh, Best Producer,
for Best Picture nomination
at the Academy Awards.
They basically ignored the film
despite its brilliance.
And, despite its brilliance...
I should say
because of its brilliance,
-we still take care of it,
we still watch it. -Yes.
As opposed to
 Driving Miss Daisy,
which actually won
the Oscar that year.
-I don’t know if y’all
remember that. -Yeah. -Yeah.
Any of y’all watching
 Driving Miss Daisy?
-Yeah, I ain’t think so.
-(laughs)
So, Spike, we love you.
You always put
black people first.
You always make
beautiful movies.
You always give us love letters.
You made an iconic film and
we want to thank you for it.
-Yes. Do the Right Thing 
was iconic. -yes.
It made me want to, like,
live in Brooklyn.
-Yeah.
-Like, it made me want to,
when I was growing up in D.C.,
want to be like, "What’s...
-Those brownstones look
mad cool." -Yeah.
"Like, I want to go get pizza."
-Like, I...
-"I want to go get pizza."
-Me, too, actually.
-And that was good, I think,
for me growing up in Brooklyn,
to see Brooklyn
-in a movie. Right? -Oh, I
didn’t think about it like that.
-Yeah.
-For a kid it’s always exciting,
like, "I know that block,
I know that place."
It’s always dope when you see
things like that, so...
-Yep. I love it. -And Spike
got his flowers this year,
-with the Oscar.
-Yes. -Yes!
-So, finally. -Finally.
-Got his flowers this year.
And then, also--
which I think is very,
like, old-school Spike--
he used to have
all these block parties
-every summer.
-Yes.
Grew up in, like, Fort Greene.
He’s doing
the 30th anniversary block party
-uh, this weekend.
-This weekend.
-It’s this weekend.
-It’s gonna be litty.
So we gotta be out there, y’all,
-you know what I’m saying?
-If y’all in Brooklyn,
if you anywhere near Brooklyn,
-you need to be at Spike’s
block party. -We’re gonna go.
-Let’s go. -And I recommend
that you take the train,
’cause it’s right near my house
and there’s so much traffic.
-Yes. -So don’t even bother
trying to drive.
-No, no. Don’t you drive
over there. -Don’t drive.
I am just warning you right now.
-Don’t you drive over there.
-Just walk.
-Yeah, please.
-Take the train or walk.
-And get a juice.
From your spot. -Yes!
And get a juice while you walk.
Stay hydrated.
-There you go.
-Stay hydrated.
Angela, thank you for coming.
-Thank you so much!
-Thank you, guys. I’m excited.
-And congratulations to y’all.
-Thank you.
I think it’s your anniversary,
too, right?
-Fifth week? -Yeah. We just
finished week four, yeah.
-Week four! -Yes.
-So we one month in.
-Yo, we one month in. -We coming
on The Breakfast Club next.
Yeah, y’all can come up.
You know that.
-Yo, we be there. Don’t worry.
We’ll be there. -(laughs)
Before we head out, we gotta
show a little bit more love
to, uh, the Black Coffee fam.
Y’all been tweeting and
commenting and watching
all week long.
We’re really grateful for it.
On Facebook, Willie Bass wrote,
"Great show and I love
that I see my people
"with high-paying jobs
and so professional.
-I don’t know..."
-This is a great show.
"I don’t know her name,
but I have a crush on
the young lady on your show."
-Her name is Gia Peppers.
-Oh!
-She’s right here.
-@GiaPeppers.
-@GiaPeppers. Slide in DMs...
-No.
-...if you ready for
a serious relationship. -No!
-Stop!
-(laughs)
Seriously.
Also, if you’re under 37.
Under 37, and older than... 25?
-Yeah, older than 25. -Why you
putting those limitations?
-Yeah.
-Yeah. Find your blessing.
-We gonna talk about that...
-Your blessing might be 47.
We gonna talk about
that in The Refill.
-Yeah, we got to do that
in The Refill. -All right.
Terri Jones said,
"Love the show."
Jewel Rushing said,
"I’m watching.
(singsongy):
Amazing."
-They love the show.
-I like that "amazing."
-See what I did?
-♪ Amazing. ♪
-He can sing?
-Yeah, he’s a singer.
I’ve been hanging around ya’ll
too long, that’s what it is.
-Yes, you have. Yes, you have.
-All right.
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that Angela is on The Breakfast
 Club every morning.
So make sure you check out The
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