I’m So Icy

Summary

Pour Minds Podcast — “I’m So Icy” (June 26, 2026)

Hosts: Lex P & Drea Nicole
Podcast Network: The Black Effect Podcast Network & iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this lively and irreverent episode, Drea and Lex dive into their rollercoaster lives as single Houstonians living in Atlanta. From hilarious strip club tales and thoughts on “fake it till you make it” culture, to laughter-filled reflections on attractiveness, friendship, and self-worth, the duo offers up a wine-fueled blend of good advice, real talk, and their trademark comedic banter. The second half spotlights Black women’s wellness through a guest interview about Black Girl Vitamins, and concludes with listener questions, song picks, and their infectious good vibes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Music, Tour Life & Bops

• [04:25] Lex and Drea catch up post-tour, joke about their musical tastes (from Ray Charles to Britney & the Ying Yang Twins to Zydeco), and swap memories of zydeco culture and unique instruments.
• [16:01] Lex: “I think we fucking potted too hard, bitch. It feels so good to touch the people because we are Poor Minds. Now lift your hands, child.”
• Touring both the U.S. and prepping for London, Lex and Drea revel in fan energy and reflect on growth: “Y’all ain’t never seen two prostitutes taking it all, the bitch. If this pussy popped, it be popping.” [14:43]

2. Strip Club Culture & “Room Temperature” Flexing

• [29:10] Lex tells a recent strip club story with sharp observations:
  • Seeing a man sneakily “recycling” other people’s thrown money to look like a big spender.
  • Critiques the social pressure for aesthetics: “If you’re having to pick up other niggas’ money...you need to be at home coming up with a plan to get you some more money.” [32:30]
• Discussion on “fake it till you make it” in clubs: “Now everybody’s trying to stunt a little bit. Nick put their moissanite on...holding the card of the nigga with the money.” [38:13]

3. Wearing (and Faking) Luxury — Jewelry, Bags, and Realness

• The difference between authentic style and trying to impress, especially among men with fake chains or women with counterfeit designer bags.
  • Lex: “Jewelry doesn’t really matter. It’s not...But that’s why to me, if it don’t matter, then why buy fake shit?” [39:08]
  • Drea: “For me, I don’t think I could date a man who wears a fake chain...I’d rather you just not have no chain.” [39:36]
• Discussion on why people chase perceived status, and a nuanced take on “buying it ‘cause you like the look” versus caring about perception:
  • “Jewelry for centuries has been a status symbol...” [41:39]
  • Lex admits to the occasional “Duplica” and keeping a healthy designer-fake balance, but not for show. [43:36]

4. Attractiveness, Judgment & Social Currency

• The hosts critique society’s tendency to give preferential treatment to “attractive” people, and reflect on “pretty privilege,” colorism, and being judged as Black women:
  • “Being attractive is social currency...we live in a world of patriarchy and men only see you valuable if they find [you attractive].” [56:16]
• Drea: “Why treat people differently or be nasty towards them because you don’t deem them or find them to be attractive?” [60:56]
• Discussion on beauty’s subjectivity and the importance of empathy.

5. Black Women’s Wellness Segment: Black Girl Vitamins

Guest: Dr. Brianne Sandiford Barrett

• [65:03] Dr. Barrett shares her credentials.
• The importance/impact of vitamin D deficiency for Black women, how collagen and other supplements support health, and personal stories of managing fibroids.
  • “As Black women, especially professional Black women, we do too much and it’s cool...but get to the bag and then come see me too.” [78:22]
• Advice on navigating healthcare, asking the right questions, and watching out for questionable supplement sourcing.

6. Rage Bait, Sex Culture, and Internet Outrage

• A spirited segment on adult content creator Bonnie Blue and the phenomenon of rage bait:
  • Her stunts (sex with 1,000 men in a day, plans to be “pissed on” at her own baby shower) prompt debate.
  • The hosts analyze the modern tendency to monetize outrage and perform for clicks even when the acts may be exaggerated or fake:
    • Lex: “I promise you, I can get online right now and say, ‘Drea just showed her booty hole on Poor Minds,’ and they’re gonna run with that and believe it.” [91:37]
• Drea: “Attention is a hell of a drug. Some people do be rage baiting, but also it’s people on the Internet who really thrive off attention.” [95:26]

7. Listener Q&A / Pour Your Heart Out Segment

• [112:23] Advice to a woman married 21 years but unhappy—her husband obsesses about her past lovers and throws her past in her face.
  • “The years don’t mean shit...You can always say fuck it if you’re not happy with a situation.” [113:14]
  • Both hosts emphasize that happiness and self-worth trump “holding it down” for tradition or history—“If you got another 20 summers left, spend your next 20, 30 years being happy.” [115:37]
• Broader life advice about not letting societal expectations around marriage or kids dictate life decisions.

8. Bop of the Week

• [104:21] Lex’s pick: “Mind Control” by Big K.R.I.T. — celebrates his artistry and status as Southern rap icon.
• Drea’s pick: “Everything Pinker” by Monaleo—praise for Houston’s rising stars and keeping the “pink” energy alive.

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Notable Quotes

• On Club Flexing:

  • “If you in the club...waiting for your homeboy to get back from the ATM to hand you some ones, you probably need to be security or something...Every nigga in the section don’t wait on the big homie. You need to go get your ones, too.” — Lex [33:02]

• On Faking Status:

  • “Jewelry...has always been like a status symbol. So to me, if somebody likes the look of it but they don’t want to pay for it, you more so want it because you want people to think that you got it when you don’t.” — Drea [41:39]

• On Attractiveness as Social Currency:

  • “Being attractive is social currency...since the beginning of time, you are seen as valuable as a woman if you are attractive.” — Lex [56:16]

• Wellness Wisdom:

  • “As Black women, especially professional Black women, we do too much...Get to the bag and then come see me too.” — Dr. Barrett [78:22]
  • “Supplements are great, but they pair well with your doctor. We gotta work together.” — Dr. Barrett [79:54]

• On Rage Bait & Outrage Culture:

  • “We not trying to convince people either way...I don’t ever get on the Internet being like, let me piss them off today. They be literally waking up being like, how can I invoke anger in people so they will turn the fuck up? Just so I can make some money.” — Lex [102:30]

• Advice for Listeners:

  • “Life is so short...if you got another 20 summers left, spend your next 20, 30 years being happy...It don’t matter that you spent 28 years with this nigga if you ain’t happy, girl.” — Drea [115:37]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Tour Recap, Musical Tastes: [04:25–13:45]
• Strip Club Story & Club Flexing Culture: [29:10–38:13]
• Fake Jewelry & Status Symbols: [38:13–46:02]
• Attractiveness & Social Treatment: [55:35–64:57]
• Black Girl Vitamins Wellness Chat (with Dr. Barrett): [65:03–90:07]
• Rage Baiting/Sex Industry Debate: [90:18–103:10]
• Listener Advice (Pour Your Heart Out): [112:06–119:48]
• Bop of the Week & Golden Triangle Pride: [104:18–111:14]

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Memorable & Funny Moments

• Lex and Drea’s impromptu ode to zydeco music and the accordion [10:06–12:54].
• “You want people to think you got a Birkin. You want people to think you got a Louis Vuitton. That’s why you went and bought what looks exactly like the original.” — Drea [44:53]
• Candid, hilarious banter about “room temperature” men and moissanite diamonds.
• Lex describing “veneer breath” as “cinnamon doo doo...bread smelling like roadkill is insane.” — [53:17–54:29]
• Spirited send-offs and “Cheerio, hoes!” as they prep for their London tour. [107:01]

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Tone & Language

• Unfiltered and real, blending humor with genuine life lessons.
• Conversational, Southern-rooted language. Equal parts silly (“Duplica!”) and sophisticated (“Being attractive is social currency”).
• Open, affirming, and occasionally rowdy (drunk-therapy-energy is their staple).

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Conclusion

This episode is classic Pour Minds: a cocktail of comedy, cultural critique, self-love, and real conversation. The duo continues to mix heartfelt advice for Black women with playful takes on relationships, wealth signaling, and modern internet life. Whether discussing club antics, beauty standards, or the importance of health checkups and supplements, Drea and Lex keep it real and keep it moving—proving you can be “so icy,” but still authentic, thoughtful, and down-to-earth.

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Interested in More?

Check out Pour Minds’ London tour dates, Lex P’s “Love Lex P” show, Dre Nicole’s Muse Beauty Collection, and Black Girl Vitamins for resources tailored to Black women’s health.

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Transcript

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Yes it's me again.

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We prepped. It's the time for empowerment and I've

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got a message for you.

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You gotta think about sexual health no matter what.

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Where, with who yeah yeah. To all you lovers out there.

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Ain't no judgment.

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Talk to a healthcare provider and visit carefortheculture.com to learn more. Now everybody trying to stunt a little bit.

[A]

Damn, that's true. Say moissanite on.

[C]

And I'm not even mad at that. N are actually holding the card of the nigga with the money so they'll hand you the card. It ain't theirs. It's his card.

[A]

I don't be mad at people wearing. I don't be mad at people wearing fake jewelry. If you say that it's fake. It's when they be trying to act like it's real.

[C]

They be like, I'm so icy. Yeah, no, you not icy. You're cold. You're chilly.

[A]

No, you warm. You're chilly.

[C]

Yeah, you're room temperature. You're warm and it's cool. You room temperature. I don't mind a room temperature, motherfucker. You it. Does it look good? What's up, y'?

[F]

All?

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It's your girl Lex P. And it's your girl Dre Nicole.

[C]

And you are tuned in to another episode of Poor Mind, where I drunk

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my sweet sober thigh.

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We ain't got no gifts today. We ain't got no gifts today.

[A]

Hey.

[G]

Hi.

[C]

How are you? I'm great.

[A]

You're my queen.

[C]

I love these shorts.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

So are you. You know, your body looks.

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It's giving. Beep, beep. Who got the keys to my jeep room?

[C]

I thought I was giving. I'm on a highway to hell.

[A]

Okay. It could give that.

[C]

All right. All right. That's what I was going for.

[A]

It could give that.

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It could give that.

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Do you remember that song I Believe in a thing. Gonna just listen to the rhythm of the heart.

[A]

I believe in a thing. I do remember that, but I don't know who sing it.

[C]

I don't know who sings it either.

[A]

Who sing that?

[G]

Who?

[C]

When I tell you.

[A]

It's so crazy.

[C]

No, I gotta tell you something.

[A]

You don't know who sings the song.

[C]

I don't. I believe in a Thing Called Love.

[F]

No.

[C]

I thought I was gonna come.

[A]

You gotta use Shazam.

[C]

Yeah, but listen, I was on the way to the studio today when I tell you my music taste is so out of line. It's not.

[A]

I feel like it's even close.

[F]

No.

[C]

My playlist went from Ray Charles. My favorite Ray Charles song is you

[A]

are now that God. The fact that you be in the car listening to Ray Charles is crazy.

[C]

On blast Disney money. No, I was listening to you are my sunshine. It's fire. I don't know that I know. How do we go the other night? Yeah, there's a holly sleeping. He was singing. Oh, you are my sunshine. You are my sunshine. My own. No, no.

[A]

How did you find out about that song?

[C]

So, throwback story. When I was in high school and the Ray Charles movie came out, I watched it and Jamie Foxx gave somebody such a phenomenal performance. Okay, I have a little bit of. I don't want to say obsession, but like, when I like something, I become obsessed with it.

[A]

Right.

[C]

And the movie was Hyper fixation. Yes, hyper fixation. And I became like overly with that movie. So I did a deep dive on Ray Charles and my mom. I grew up listening to old music, but that was a little too old, so I didn't grow up listening to Ray Charles. But when that movie came out, I did a deep dive. And when I tell you that music is phenomenal. It's so good. So till this day, I still listen to Ray Charles because of Jamie Foxx.

[A]

I mean, he made good music. But, you know, they say when people don't have one of their senses, all of the other ones are hiding.

[C]

So you can't. You saying I can't smell?

[A]

No. What are you talking about?

[C]

You said your senses. When the senses, what they got to do with you?

[A]

I'm talking about Ray Charles.

[C]

Oh, yeah. You are my sunshine.

[A]

He was blind, so I feel like that's what kind of made. I don't know. I just feel like people who are like missing one of their senses, they always be very talented.

[C]

Oh, ye.

[A]

In other realms.

[C]

You know, it's something in his music that. And mind you, I'm 17 and it tapped in with me. He said, cause you don't care a bag of beans for me. I said beans so unjet.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

He said, cause you don't care a bag of beans for me.

[A]

Didn't they used to use beans as currency back in the day?

[C]

I don't know. I would have been rich.

[A]

Maybe I made it up. But I feel like they used to use beans to pay for stuff.

[C]

I would have been balling. Bitch, you fly high.

[F]

Okay.

[C]

No lie.

[A]

Yes. Not. They did. I did not make that up. I love a fun fact. The. The Aztecs or Mesoamericans, they use cacao or cocoa beans. Not like kidney beans, but. Yeah, beans nonetheless. Not red beans.

[C]

Okay. Or lobby. So unj my heart.

[A]

They used to use beans to pay for shit. Imagine that shit in 2026. Imagine if we could use cacao beans to pay for shit instead of money.

[C]

I love that.

[A]

But then it's like, would we be rich? Cause where the fuck do you find cacao beans?

[C]

Mm, that's a good question.

[A]

Where do you find them hoes, like, so that you can have a lot of them?

[C]

Mm, yeah. Cause I'm gonna find.

[A]

And you grow your own.

[C]

I can find a red bean, but I couldn't find a cacao bean.

[A]

You probably would have to grow it in. Yeah, but then it's like, would that be illegal if it's cursed?

[C]

Yeah, it would be illegal.

[A]

You know, they make everything a little bit in your backyard, and as soon

[C]

as a nigga would start growing it, they'd be like, oh, fuck it. They can't do it. You know what I'm saying?

[A]

That's interesting.

[C]

But, yeah. Anyways, I'm riding to the studio. My playlist went from Ray Charles. Got tired of that. Then I started listening to y'.

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All.

[C]

Remember when Britney Spears had that song with the Yin Yang Twins? I got that boom boom. Hey, hey. You don't remember Britney Spears and the Yin Yang Twins? Ah, yeah. We done became friends. A bop, right? That song ended. Then it went to Casanova.

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Nobody in the room.

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Zydeco.

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Nobody in the fucking room knew that song.

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I don't care if they know it. I'm going through my.

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My playlist, but it's like eight mind, y'. All. It's like eight people in the room. Nobody ever heard that song. But.

[C]

And that's okay.

[A]

That's why I be thinking she be making shit up. So I'm like, it's Britney Spears. Any Yin Yang twins.

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Yeah.

[E]

Hi.

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We done became friends. Might as well let the party begin, huh? That's how it go. Like, I got that boom boom. Hey, hey. That you are. Timberland did it. Timberland did it. He did. Cause quiet as it's him. Timberland did a lot. I got that boom boom. Britney Spears and copped that shit. Missy Elliott. He used the beat again.

[A]

That was the same.

[C]

I'm sorry I spilled your teeth. Timberlay. You used that beat twice. I caught you. Cause you thought niggas wasn't listening. I was, but I like to reuse clothes so you can reuse your beat.

[A]

And so then after that, something after

[C]

that, it went to the zydeco. Ooh, Casanova. Casanova.

[A]

I know the original.

[C]

Yeah, you know the zydeco version? I don't. So anyways, it went from the zydeco.

[A]

I don't know that. The zydeco song. The one Zydeco song that I know.

[C]

Chris Ardoin is a stallion in my life.

[A]

Okay, that sounds like there's a meeting.

[C]

That's what they do with Zydeca. Yeah, they kind of remake the songs.

[A]

Okay. No, it's something about some boots.

[C]

Do it with your boots on.

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Do it with your boots on.

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I know.

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That's the one. I know Boosie.

[C]

Boosie had a zydeco song.

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He was on that song.

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I' ma go my hands up. I'mma throw my hands up.

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If you got haters. If you got haters. I do know that. And you know what? A boosie zydeco song is right up my alley. Yeah, you said some zydeco in my core. Like, with Zotico isn't like a worldwide genre.

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I know, but it's so good.

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It's just us, though, in Texas and Louisiana. I feel like outside of that, don't nobody listen to zydeco but us in

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Texas, when that mother, I'd be like, yeah.

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What's that shit called? The xylophone. No, it's not a xylophone.

[C]

No, the xylophone is the thing that you hear the bed. It's what Urkel used to play.

[A]

That's not a harmonica.

[C]

No, it's not a harmonica. It's the accordion. That shit.

[E]

Fine.

[A]

They do be having it. Accordion.

[C]

You're not gonna believe me. I used to have an accordion on my soul. I did. My sister ex boyfriend.

[A]

But for what?

[C]

My sister ex boyfriend had one and I like, went to his house and he was like, I don't even know. I don't know where it came from, but I had one, I swear to God. And he gave it to me.

[A]

Did you play?

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I always wanted to learn. I never did. Cause I didn't have no money to pay somebody to teach me. So I just. Well, I think when I moved, I just, like, threw it out.

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That's such, like a niche instrument, though. Like how you decide? You know, I get when people play the tuba or when they play the flute or the clarinet or the sax. Cause that's like normal instruments. How the fuck you wake up and be like, you know what, bitch? I'm gonna play these accordions. Cause you gotta know how to play the piano one.

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So.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

What is that even?

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I know your upper body shoes gotta be on point. B swore.

[C]

But you know what was the other one? When they used to put the tube in their mouth and they used to play the piano with it and he. Computer. Computer. Auto. Auto. Yeah, but it wasn't auto. Tune is what's it called? A vocoder. Vocoder. Vocoder.

[A]

Vocoder.

[C]

Vocal corder.

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Vocoder.

[C]

Vocoder. Did I say that right? Yeah.

[A]

So you had to blow into it and then.

[C]

Yes, they would put it in the side of their mouth and they. Playing the piano. And could you bring the. In my computer? Yeah.

[A]

I don't think that's hard, though.

[C]

Shit.

[A]

That's not that difficult. Cause all you gotta do is sing and play the piano at the time.

[C]

Do it then.

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I'm not saying I could do. But what I'm saying is that's a normal act. I feel like with the accordion, it's a lot that go into that shit.

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Cause you gotta like. You know how they used to say if you can rub your tummy and pat your head, that's what it gives.

[A]

You could talk and play the piano or sing and play the piano. We done seen people do that. All you gotta do is add a little piece in there. That's.

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

The machine does the work for you. Yeah, that's what it sound like it does.

[C]

Y' all don't be discrediting folks. No, I mean, it's cool that they.

[A]

I can do it, but, like, to your point. Yeah. Piano, y' all sport, bitch. I'm not impressed.

[C]

Computer Love was a bop.

[A]

And T. Pain do that shit without that.

[C]

No, T. Pain didn't use a vocoder. He uses auto tune. And then he turned that auto tune off and still out singing, you niggle.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. He be doing it without the piece.

[C]

Cause that auto tune wasn't a thing in the 70s.

[A]

I know. It wasn't a thing in 2005 either.

[C]

Girl, shut up. Shout out to T. Pain, man.

[A]

Shout out to T. Pain.

[C]

Anyways, what have you been up to, sister?

[A]

Girl, I been on tour. What you been doing?

[C]

Tour is kicking my ass.

[A]

We almost done. Probably by the time this come out, we will be.

[C]

No, we won't. Cause we gonna have the London date.

[A]

Well, I mean, with the U.S. the U.S. leg of suicide.

[C]

Y' all ain't never what they say. We prostitutes. Y' all ain't never seen two prostitutes

[A]

taking it all, the bitch. Well, I guess if this pussy popped, it be popping.

[C]

It pops severely.

[A]

That pussy pussies is not taking them across the pond. Bitch, they pussies ain't even taking them across the street.

[C]

They finna clip this again and be mad. Look at those whores. Let me tell you.

[A]

Let me tell you right now.

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We don't care.

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Okay.

[C]

Oh, I'm not gonna lie, though. I think that this tour.

[A]

Ooh, this was tasty. Ty, I need another.

[C]

God damn.

[A]

I know we only 10 minutes in.

[C]

Oh, I know. What you finna do, Mike Tyson? Anyways, this tour has been so amazing. I think sometimes me and Dre are really locked in these past two years and was just like, okay, let's sit on this couch and get back to some good content before we go get back on the road again. And I think we fucking potted too hard, bitch.

[A]

We haven't did that. Why we don't do that no more. We used to give each other background vocals.

[C]

Keep going, Keep going.

[A]

I don't know the whole song, though.

[C]

Just keep saying that. So we potted so motherfucking hard, bitch. It feels so good to touch the people because we are poor moms. Now lift your hands, Kyle. Oh, my bad.

[A]

My bad.

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Shit.

[F]

Both.

[C]

No.

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Cause why the fuck would do it at no.

[C]

I was drunk, y'.

[A]

All. Lex be getting so up when we be on tour. Don't get me wrong, I be drinking too. But this be getting up. At the end of every show, we do a little speech, a little sentimental speech, and we be telling the audience how much we love them and we appreciate them. And you know, cuz on some real, though, it would not be no us without y'.

[C]

All.

[A]

Like Bow Wow and Jagged for making

[C]

me who I am.

[A]

Who I am is where I need to be.

[C]

I wanna thank you for the eyeballs I put in Meme. That's all right.

[A]

That's all right. They get it.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

But, yeah, so it would be no us without y'. All. So we be serious about doing our speeches. At the end of the show, Lex ass did her speech. And then at the end of her speech, she would have thought this bitch was about to levitate off the fucking ground.

[C]

I was feeling it.

[A]

Cause this bitch gonna say, and we are poor mind. And the way the whole fucking venue started standing up and rising, I was

[C]

like, where in the fuck. Cause we are, bitch. We are the world. And that's okay. I was into it.

[A]

Cause we just gotta. We gonna increase the budget next to it. Cause we gonna add that as a

[C]

part of the show. And when you do that, you gonna levitate off. I need my stream. And I wanna flip. Just like Chris Brown, bitch. I'm finna be spinning. I don't.

[A]

But this is the thing, though. I said we can both levitate.

[C]

And then when you levitate, I'm gonna start spinning.

[A]

You gonna start spinning And I'm gonna start pouring liquor out on the ground.

[C]

Oh, my God. But no, y' all don't understand how it feels to be like to be on that stage, bro. Was that Chicago?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Oh, my God. The energy. The energy. Like, being on that stage. Like, that energy is just, like, electric. I see why Michael Jackson used to go, ooh,

[A]

I felt I'm weak.

[C]

I felt it in my soul. I felt it in my. Y' all don't understand the way, like, when I tell you it be so hard. Like, our job, it is easy. But the way people be, like, so mean to us and tearing us apart.

[A]

And then, like, I told you, I'm a song.

[C]

I'm telling you. Remember that song by Jeremiah? And then people just showing us so much love. I got into it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I felt it in my heart.

[A]

They be feeling the girls. They be feeling us when we be on stage. They be fucking with it.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And we be fucking with that. It's like, literally, it's a slumber party. That's what I said. Like, when you go hang out with your homegirls and you ain't seen your homegirls in a long time, I be. We be having a ball.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

But, yeah, a time is being had, bro. Shout out to Mannie Fresh, bro.

[A]

I thought she was talking about the real one. Shout out to him, too, though.

[C]

Manny Fresh from Detroit. Oh, my God. I thought she was talking about Manny was a ball. That's what it's about. She was above a ball. She was a fucking dick. And I think she had one in her pants.

[A]

Bitch, probably.

[C]

Yeah. Manny was a dick.

[A]

Her booty was out. She started getting too close to my face with that twerking. I could have caught pink eyes, but her twerk went.

[C]

Wasn't funky.

[A]

It wasn't funky. But your booty don't need to be that close to my face.

[C]

She said booty me.

[A]

You know, they say that's how you get pink eye. For real. Like, if you.

[C]

Have you ever had pink eye? Ooh.

[A]

Like, a really, really long time ago. Like, maybe like, 15 years ago.

[C]

How did you get it?

[A]

I don't know. I can't remember. Maybe somebody farted on my pillow.

[C]

Yikes.

[A]

That's what they say.

[C]

Yeah. And, you know, imagine somebody doing that

[A]

on purpose to spite you farting on your pill.

[C]

Why does your fart give people pink eye, though? You need to go to the hospital. You need to go get your part of pink.

[A]

All farts give people pink eye, though.

[C]

I heard when you get nut in your eye, it gives you pink eye, too. Oh, Jesus. I don't know. I heard. I don't know. You got nut in your eye before?

[A]

No, I'm saying. I mean, that's never happened to me.

[C]

Why you smiling like that? You a freaky bitch. You just like Winnie the Pooh. Two freaky bitches.

[A]

I'm saying I never got pink eyes, so I can't confirm that that's how you get it. Cause that never happened to me before. Okay. Okay.

[F]

All right.

[A]

But they do say you get it from, like, somebody farting on your pillow.

[C]

Todd, what are the main causes of pink eye? Let's look it up.

[A]

To be educational, I thought it was shit particles, not the fart necessarily.

[C]

Shit particles?

[A]

Yeah, like, it's not necess. Like, if you're farting, then something's coming out. But it says that's how I.

[C]

That's what I thought. Okay.

[A]

But it does say you can get it through a viral or bacterial infection, an allergic reaction, or from exposure to irritants, like chemicals or foreign objects. Ooh, let me look. I'm gonna look specifically for farts and just.

[C]

Cause so we can know.

[A]

Yeah. Google farts, bro.

[C]

Fart.

[A]

Because then we could just lay this sheet to rest if it's not true. Yeah, it's a meat.

[C]

Cause I feel like an urban meat.

[A]

It is an urban meat. You cannot get pink eye from a fart. Oh. It's a pop culture myth.

[C]

I've never heard of that. I don't know what pop culture you in, but I'm not the only one. Ty heard it too. I did,

[A]

but fecal matter.

[C]

That's fecal matter. So if the fart is a wet fart.

[A]

Yeah. Like, if stuff comes out, are you sharp?

[C]

Yeah, if you sharp.

[A]

If you are Winnie the Pooh and you going around just farting on pillows.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Something comes out with it.

[C]

All right.

[A]

Bacterial infection.

[C]

Yeah, I don't like that.

[A]

But I would hope if something comes out witty, that a person will see that for they lay on it. Mm.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Unless they pillows just brown.

[C]

Sometimes people pillows be dirty as fuck. I seen a lady on Threads who was complaining about her husband's hygiene. She took a picture of her bed, y'.

[F]

All.

[C]

The left side of her bed was literally brown. Oh. From where he was laying. Why are you still married, bitch? Yeah, I'm not laying next to somebody every night that's literally leaving a mark on the bed because they're so dirty. Y' all cannot wanna be married that bad. I'm sorry. Telling me. Oh, you this old and you single. You not married. The marriage. I'm sorry.

[A]

Bitch, where's your stuff?

[C]

What's going on?

[A]

Did you hear that Drake interlude that he did?

[D]

Yes.

[A]

Because for real though, y' all can't wanna be married that bad.

[C]

It's no way.

[A]

Where your bags at, bitch? Where your bag?

[D]

That.

[A]

Where's your push gift? Where's your things?

[C]

It's not giving.

[A]

Where's your Lululemon, ma?

[C]

And that's. That's low tier.

[A]

But that's the point that I think the young lady was making. Yeah, like cuz. What the. Cuz. Why is the bed brown? Why he don't bathe every day? You can't. You not taking a bath every day?

[C]

No. Do how dirty you have to be though, to leave a mark.

[A]

Mm.

[C]

That's a lot of dirt. That's dirt on dirt. On dirt. Yeah, that's a lot. That's a little dirt. Yeah,

[E]

bro.

[A]

A little dirty O.

[C]

That was funny. Little dirty O. You need to go. You cut off.

[A]

Okay, my bad.

[C]

Okay, let's get into this.

[A]

Firstly though, I do need another one. Yeah, okay.

[C]

Ty, don't ta yet. You say yes too much. No.

[A]

She will say no. But actually, let's ask Ty, what we drinking today? Ty, what we drinking?

[C]

Uh huh. Hold on.

[A]

Get my stuff together.

[C]

We giving her, Ty. Too many times. Yeah, we work, Ty. Gotta work today. We tired.

[E]

Ty.

[C]

No. You got to clock in.

[A]

All right, I'm clocked in.

[C]

Gotta be in it. It's working. Obviously I'm doing something right. I'm earning this check today.

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[A]

right, so this one we gonna call The Dirty Diablo. Okay, this is a little spicy. I know y' all like the spicy martinis, spicy margaritas. We do. So this one is a play on that. We have tequila or vodka, whichever preference you have. You could even use gin. For this one, I used a chili pepper liqueur, so that's giving some spice.

[C]

It's very spicy.

[A]

Some lime juice and a smidgen of agave, just so that it's not too, too tart. And then I used some hellfire habanero shrubs. So those are the drops that I put in earlier. And that also just enhances some of that spiciness. If you don't have the liqueur or that shrub at home, you can always just shake some fresh jalapenos when you add those other ingredients in your shaker. We rimmed the cocktail glass with some tajin and a little bit of cracked fresh black pepper. And then we garnished it with a floating jalapeno coin. So it's giving a little bit of spice.

[C]

I thought she was about to say garnish was a little crack.

[A]

Yeah, why the fuck would you think she was?

[C]

Cause she said crack. Fresh black pepper. She should have said it quicker.

[A]

Cause she was gonna get excited.

[C]

You know, me and Lamar likes to party. I'm literally about to say, like, Lamar odor. Thank you, Ty.

[A]

This is very tasty. Thank you.

[C]

Very, very tasty. So for the first topic today, I had to talk about this.

[A]

Did you?

[C]

I had to, bro. Because recently, y' all know I'm not taking the whole thing. Okay, before we get into this topic, though, why haven't we gone to the Jeezy concert? Everybody getting dressed up, putting their ball games on. They're going to Vegas everywhere. Everywhere.

[A]

But I'm saying the Jeezy is doing a residency in Vegas right now, right?

[C]

Yes, it's in Vegas right now.

[A]

Yeah, because we're on tour. We touring too, bitch. Jeezy need to pull up on us.

[C]

Jeezy need to let me come out first and let us come out and open up on him.

[F]

He do.

[A]

He do.

[C]

I need to go to that concert?

[A]

I do wanna go, but I mean, it just has not been aligning with our tour schedule. Yeah, when he got a show, we

[C]

got a show, and that's all right.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Okay. So I had to talk about this because y' all know I haven't been to the strip club in a very, very long time. I really don't go out much anymore. But we went out recently. I don't wanna say where I was At. Cause I just don't. But we was in a club, mind you. I don't know who this motherfucker was. It was a Mexican behind us. Big old Mexican. He was having the time of his life throwing bands. Bitch had some bad bitches in his section. I mean, he was throwing so much money. The DJ started playing the Mexican music, the. And I started twerking to that bitch. Cause he was throwing so much money. I thought the old me came out, bitch. Yeah, they was behind us on money. But you know what? As I'm twerking and shaking that monkey in the corner of my eye, bitch, I seen a motherfucker. Money is. He's going like this, mind you. Like, pretend like this is money. He going like this and throwing it.

[A]

No, he wasn't.

[C]

Oh my.

[E]

Oh my.

[A]

Was I there?

[F]

Yes.

[C]

But you were like partying. You were over there partying. You didn't see what I saw. And I seen it and I was shook. He was literally picking up the money. That man was throwing so much money. But it was so much commotion going on. Nobody saw what he was doing.

[A]

I'm not gonna lie. That was probably one of them niggas that be calling us stupid ass bitches online.

[C]

That was definitely one of them niggas. Cause he was trying to show off.

[A]

That was definitely one of them. That was definitely one of them niggas that be like, bitches be trying to get me for my money. They don't want me for my money. This ain't even your money. This ain't even your money.

[C]

What made me more mad about the situation, though, that it was a girl dancing in front of him, not knowing she's getting recycled money. And what we used to do back in the day, when somebody is throwing money, like, all that money that they're throwing goes back to their section. So unfortunately, even if you're dancing below and it falls in your section, like, that's not your money.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So I was like, man, I really hope that he gave her some money for real. Cause she was dancing for her life, bitch. Oh, I seen her whole pussy lip. I think it was a baby in there. She opened it so wide. Somebody winked at me.

[A]

That shit was loose.

[C]

Yeah, don't get her started. Loosey as a goose.

[A]

Don't get me started. All in all, I just think that's corny as fuck though, because again, like, it just goes back into the topic and the conversation of why do people care so much to be outside and have a certain aesthetic and look like they got it even if you don't like, if you're having to pick up other niggas money and throw other niggas money in the club to make it look like you balling, you need to be at home coming up with a plan to get you some more money. Cuz clearly you ain't got that.

[C]

You don't got it. And to take it a step further, if you in the club and you can't throw money cause you waiting for your homeboy to get back from the ATM to hand you some ones, you probably need to be security or something. Or go pop some. Or go be the bottle. Go with the bottle girls.

[A]

Or go pop your busty. Yeah, you could get some money like that too.

[C]

Yeah, I'm tired of it. Every. Every nigga in the section don't wait on the big homie. You need to go get your ones too. At least. Bare minimum is a hundred.

[A]

So everybody in the section need to at least go get a hundred ones.

[C]

As a. If you in the strip club as a man, they finna eat us up. But why are you waiting on the. Why are you waiting on one person to go get all the wines?

[A]

I think that's weird. Don't come. Go home.

[C]

Don't.

[A]

Don't come in here, bro. Not especially to no stripper hood, but where this is what's expected.

[C]

The girls are here to dance for you, for the ones.

[A]

Don't be looking at me like I'm Ms. Moneybags and you are the man in the strip club of women. Yeah, I think that's crazy. And I've seen it, and it really irritates me. It irritate me too.

[C]

Yeah, you got. If you're in a section, you gotta get some ones. You can't wait for big homie to get back from the or. Just don't go.

[A]

That's how simple. Stay your ass at home.

[C]

Cause I don't like. I ain't finna get no ones out of my bank account. So I stay home.

[A]

My friend. My male friends hand me a band.

[C]

You know what I'm saying?

[A]

Yeah, I'm here with y'.

[C]

All.

[A]

This is y' all show.

[C]

When I seen he was on and he was being sneaky with it, he was like this.

[A]

But why was he throwing it so aggressive?

[C]

Yes, he was. He was like this. And sliding him over.

[A]

But why was he throwing it so aggressively? You said he was.

[C]

No, he was. I promise I would.

[A]

So he was. I wish he was being sneaky when he was picking it up. Yes, he was like throwing it aggressively.

[C]

No, no. Na na na na na na na na na na. Then when he was collected. Finish it.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And then when he got him up, he was like, shit. Hell yeah. Then he had the nerve. Cause when the girl was bending over

[A]

with the money he picked.

[C]

He stole them. All of them. Not one was his. We watched him. And we been laughing at that shit for a long time. A long time. This happened some weeks ago.

[A]

Oh, Killa seen it too.

[C]

Killa seen it.

[A]

You know what be appalling? The most appalling part to me about all this shit is that somebody fucked that nigga that night.

[C]

Yep. And gave it to him good.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And thought I got me one. I'm finally about to.

[A]

They was throwing.

[C]

She thought she got out the club.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Damn. That's why the game different now though. The game different now.

[A]

Why?

[C]

Because I feel like back in my day.

[F]

Mm.

[C]

You could tell who we'd be acting like.

[A]

Our day was so long ago. It was like 10 years ago.

[C]

That's a long time. Maybe even like six for you maybe.

[A]

No, my day was your day. No, you was in the club two years before me.

[C]

But friend, I'm finna be 37. I was working in the club when I was like 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

So that was 10 years and more. 13 years.

[A]

But I started working in the club when I was 19. Yeah, I was working in. I used to work at Fetish when I was 19.

[C]

So it was back in the day, sweetie.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

But I'm okay with that. Cause this is what you're supposed to do in life. You're supposed to progress and do more. Like we're out the club now, so I can honestly say yes. And there's nothing wrong with still being in club. But I say for me.

[A]

No, it's not. I just never. It's nothing wrong with it. I never was a person who likes. And I've said this numerous times on poor minds. Like I never enjoyed working in the club. Like it was a means to an end for me. Like it was girls who really thrived in that lifestyle and they loved it. Like they used to love to go to work and talk to the and make money and be out till 4am Eating wings and drinking Hennessy. I never was for none of this. Cause I really actually used to want to get the about my face. Like I used to hate having to be nice so I could get a tip. Cause I actually don't want you talking to me, please.

[C]

And then they be drunk breath, be smelling breath.

[A]

Be smelling. And then they give you $10, $200. Have. And then they give you $10. Go the fuck away from me with this Apollo.

[C]

Ooh.

[A]

I used to get so fucking mad, bro. And then you still had to be nice. Cause you had to keep your job.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

That shit just was not for me. Yeah, it just wasn't then, like I said, gaining weight. Cause you eating wings every night.

[C]

Every night.

[A]

By the time you get off, you hungry. But it's four in the morning, so I ain't shit but McDonald's and Cookout and shit. Like, no.

[F]

Mm, mm.

[C]

Yeah, I don't miss the club at all. But like I said, the culture in the club is different now.

[A]

It is.

[C]

It's 100% different. Like. Like I said, you can kinda tell who had. Like, I was a waitress and a bartender. It could be the niggas in the section. Nobody can have nothing in their hand. I know who the big dog was. I could just walk. I could walk straight to him. Be like, what y' all want? Give me your card. He hand me a card. Cause I know you the one who got it. Yeah. Now everybody's trying to stunt a little bit.

[A]

Damn, that's true. Nick put their moissanite on.

[C]

And I'm not even mad at that. N are actually holding the card of the nigga with the money. So they'll hand you the card. It ain't theirs, it's his card.

[A]

I don't be mad at people wearing. I don't be mad at people wearing fake jewelry if you say that it's fake. It's when they be trying to act like he's real.

[C]

They be like, I'm so icy. Yeah, no, you not icy. You're cold.

[A]

You're chilly. Now you warm. You're chilling.

[C]

Yeah, you're room temperature. You're warm and it's cool. You room temperature. I don't mind a room temperature, motherfucker. It doesn't look good. Yeah, I don't mind. It be icy niggas, and it be room temperature niggas. I fuck with a room temperature nigga. As you fly, as you cool, as you are, you spending money on what matters. Yeah, jewelry doesn't really matter. For real. For real. It's not.

[A]

But that's the way. But that's why to me, if it don't matter, then why buy fake shit if it don't matter?

[C]

Cause it might look nice or, you know, it may look a little something. It's just like when women buy fake bags. Again, I'm not saying I agree with that.

[A]

I'm saying I don't know about that one, but it's the same.

[C]

A woman buying a fake bag is the same as a man buying a fake chain.

[A]

Right? And that's why, like, for me personally, I don't think I could date a man who wears a fake chain.

[C]

You don't like a room temperature nigga,

[A]

I would rather you just not have no chain.

[C]

All right, all right.

[A]

How can you tell? Is it like, is and this is me? Cause I don't know moissanite or. But can you tell just by looking at it? Or is it something that up close, does it start turning? Is his neck green? Like, how do you know the difference? So to be honest, sometimes I feel like you could look at people's stuff and tell that it's fake, but then sometimes you won't know because they have like, moissanite diamonds and stuff these days. To where it looks so, like, real to the eye to where even, like, they be having these videos on TikTok and stuff where people be getting they change tested and stuff. And it be passed in the diamond. It be passing the diamond test.

[C]

The diamond still be dancing.

[A]

Yeah, but like, if I, like, if I was dating a dude and I found out it was fake, I would just kind of want to know why.

[C]

What if he was like, because I like the look of diamonds. I like how they look, but to me, it's a bad investment.

[A]

So then why, like, because he likes

[C]

the look of it.

[A]

Yeah, I don't know. I don't like that because I feel like it's still giving you care what people think. Like, even if you try to make it seem like, oh, I just like the look of it. You like the look of it because people think that diamonds mean people got money.

[C]

Not necessarily. Sometimes you just like how something looks, though. Like, okay, for example, that's a nice, beautiful shoe, right? I like the shoe. I don't know what. I know it's designer because it's you. Yeah, but if I seen another girl with that same shoe on, I'm just like, that's a nice shoe and I like the way it looks. But I'm not buying the thousand dollar version. I'm gonna get the $40 version. Cause I like the look of the shoe.

[A]

But for some women, they might not even know about the designer version. You see what I'm saying? So, like, like you said, you know this is a designer shoe because you know me. But it's some women who will style of shoe and not even know that it's Jean Vito Rossi. They won't even know like the designer of the shoe that was like, oh, that's a cute shoe. And if they see it as Steve Madden or whatever, they will buy it. With jewelry.

[C]

Yeah. Okay. You ate me up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

With jewelry. I feel like it's a little bit different because jewelry for centuries has been like a status symbol.

[C]

Okay, you're right.

[A]

Diamonds have always been like a status symbol. So to me, if somebody likes the look of it, but they don't want to pay for it, you more so want it because you want people to think that you got it when you don't. And that's what I don't with like, because I. I feel like people who care that much about perception and about other people's opinions. I don't want to be around people like that because I would rather deal with a who got the money and who got it like that. But he just don't even got a chain, cuz he not into this.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Versus somebody who wearing a fake one. Cause he liked the look of diamonds. I don't know.

[C]

I don't like it.

[A]

You right, but it's just me though.

[C]

No, I don't think. I think you're absolutely right. Cause I didn't look at it from that perspective.

[A]

Cause I've dated men who wear jewelry and I've dated men who don't. They both got money, but like some niggas just don't.

[C]

We know you don't got to worry about that. We know, baby.

[A]

But some n just really don't give a fuck about that. Like I've dated a dude who, he don't care about diamonds and stuff. Now he do got a Rolex, the plain Jane Ry. And he'll wear that. You so annoying.

[C]

I did not say nothing.

[A]

But he don't care about diamonds and stuff. So you'll never see him with a big flashy diamond chain. And then you got who they do give a about that, cuz they flashy and that's okay either way.

[C]

But how do you know that that with the flashy chains, how you know that one's real?

[A]

Cuz I know where he bought it from.

[C]

I know that's right.

[A]

It's certain jewelers who are reputable jewelers, especially out here in Atlanta.

[C]

Okay, that's fair. That's fair. Okay. I feel like though I do agree with you, I think that when you're trying to buy something to look a certain way, that's when it gets corny. Versus buying something that you actually like. Like I said, I'm not gonna lie to you. There's been times I bought a shoe and then I realized it was a

[A]

rep. And I was like, what the fuck? Yeah, a replica. A replica.

[C]

A Duplica. I wears a Duplica, bitch. I got on a Duplica right now. I feel like these little hats that people be wearing. No, somebody started this trend.

[A]

I thought it was Harley Davidson.

[C]

Maybe it was.

[F]

What are those called?

[A]

Leather scarves. That's what I saw it.

[C]

But I feel like something started this. And we said, oh, that's cute. Or whatever. Like that.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay. You know that hat that you got? The little hat? It's the black hat with the diamond R on it.

[A]

Ruslan Baginsi.

[C]

Yes. That was another hat that became trendy. But I was like, oh, let me get one. And I realized I was like, oh, bitch, I threw that whole way. You not finna. I'm a cheap ass bitch and I don't really care. I do have my designer things that I do care about, which, you know, I'll keep to myself. I like my little things, but it's not nothing that I'll be like, oh, y', all, I got this.

[A]

I got that.

[C]

So I do agree with you on that. Cause I didn't look at it from that point of view. I like to buy things that I like versus trying to look like. I don't need to look like I got money. I know what's in my bank account. Yeah. I don't got nothing to prove to y'. All.

[A]

I agree.

[C]

I agree.

[A]

And that's where I just kind of more so be feeling like when people do stuff like that, it's more about what other people think then you just really being like, oh, I just like the look. No, you want people to think you got a Chanel bag.

[C]

You want people to think I hate them soggy Chanel's.

[A]

Yeah. You want people to think you got a Birkin. You want people to think you got a Louis Vuitton. That's why you went and bought what looks exactly like the original. I just. I don't know.

[G]

Cool.

[A]

I mean, kudos to the people. But you know what they be saying? They be like, y' all dumb. Cause I be having the same thing for $200.

[C]

Yeah, they do say that. And it be a lot of people who. But it is a lot of wealthy people who buy knockoffs. It is like wealthy, wealthy people, they be buying. The fake Chanels.

[A]

They be buying. I believe that they actually have the real Thing? Yeah, that was an episode of Sex and the City.

[C]

Yes, it was.

[A]

It was an episode. I do remember that.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I think for me, like, I'm just. I just buy what I like.

[A]

Me, too.

[C]

So it's just like, I just buy what I like. If it looks good on me or I feel like this is a cute purse, I'm gonna buy it.

[A]

But I feel like that's the thing about us. We like a good balance. Like, we be having designer shit, but we also, like, if I think some shit is cute, it's cute. And it don't have to be designer either. But I'm not buying up. I'm not buying something that looks exactly like something else just so I could look like I got the real thing, if that makes sense.

[C]

Would you buy something from the consignment? Yeah, yeah.

[A]

People buy reasons.

[C]

Well, Drake said the only thing secondhand that he get is embarrassment.

[A]

I mean, Drake is also worth like $600 million. So we not even in the same tax bracket.

[C]

All right, you right.

[A]

Like, the average person can't even relate to the shit he be talking about.

[C]

Okay, okay. So we can fuck up.

[A]

He also said he went to Turkey with his bitch and stayed at the Bulgarian. They ain't go for no cheap tea.

[C]

Why would he say, I know bitches that went to Turkey was.

[A]

Was like this fucking nigga, he stopped,

[C]

but he was dissing somebody. Every time Drake has a bar, he's talking about somebody that he personally knows.

[A]

Y' all think so?

[C]

Nothing big time.

[A]

Even when he said, only thing I

[C]

did secondhand is whatever he said. He talk about a bitch that he fucked. Bitch, I took you to the consignment store. You was happy as hell.

[A]

To be fair, though, Ty, a lot of people be going get big. Like, be going get veneers and they these days. So he could have been talking about people.

[C]

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[A]

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[A]

can I say something now with consignment real quick? I will say, I don't see nothing wrong with that.

[C]

I like it.

[A]

Vintage pieces are consigned.

[C]

I got two bags from consignment, and they tea.

[A]

Yes. And that's what vintage pieces are like. If you're trying to get some Roberto Cavalli jeans from like 2002, or if you trying to get a Louis vuitton purse from 2001 or a Chanel bag from 2002, some sunglasses, whatever, that's vintage shit. That's resale. Somebody already owned it, and I don't see nothing wrong with it.

[C]

I mean, y'. All, Somebody already owned this pussy, and you own it. It's concerning. They still. It's on concern.

[A]

If you want it, if you want it, if you. I'll take you to the. What you was about to say.

[C]

I don't remember.

[A]

You was about to say something. Can I say something?

[C]

Oh, can I say something? And I'm so sorry about this, because I'm a girl. Y' all know me. I'm all for whatever you want to do to your body, do it because you get one life. Do what you want. If you want a fat ass, a small waist, big titties, clear skin, whatever you want to do, Laser. Do whatever you want to do that makes you feel happy in your own skin. And I hate when people get online and talk about, oh, BBL stink. These fake titties don't look good. I like a little Hank shucker.

[A]

Those who don't got no ass ass stink, too.

[C]

But wait. But wait.

[A]

Ty,

[C]

what the fuck are you. Ty, no more. Dirty Diablo is done. Dirty Diablo is fucking cooked.

[A]

I'm just saying, though, I've definitely smelled skinny hoes ass before. Like, what is we talking about? Them hoes be musty.

[C]

Jarriah, why is you cutting up like this? That was not the point I was trying to make.

[A]

This is what she.

[C]

First of all, hygiene is hygiene, right? You either clean or you dirty, right? That has nothing to do with surgery or not. But I will say. And I'm not talking about you, y'.

[E]

All.

[A]

What did you preface that?

[C]

Cause y' all veneers be funky.

[A]

Oh, damn.

[C]

And I understand what veneer breath is now, y' all Please stop going the cheaper route to get your teeth done. And I'm not even saying this from. Cause I know y' all be like,

[A]

oh, you hate the bbs.

[C]

Thank you. First of all, Nuts.

[A]

Her bbl don't stink.

[C]

My BBL don't stink. Trust me. I don't give a fuck what y' all finna talk about. And clip. I don't give a fuck. But y' all have to make sure that your natural teeth are healthy. You're going to a reputable dentist that's making sure your teeth are healthy before they add that shit on the top. Because I don't know what's going on underneath that hat, that cap, that thing, but it's smelling like cinnamon doo doo. Cinnamon doo doo. Cause they chew gum.

[A]

Oh, no. He whose Name Shall Not Be Said.

[C]

You don't talk about him.

[A]

We gotta delete that part.

[C]

But that's when you put the spray on top of the funk. They chew that gum on top of the funk, them veneers. And it be the same smell every time. So I will say, the people that I have been around, I was like, oh, veneers don't stank. Y' all just cap, but it's get you.

[A]

So you smelled it that one time with that one person? That three times with that one person?

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

And it was one person who have changed Lex's whole perspective.

[C]

I was thinking about getting my teeth done at one point. I was. I was like, mm, I could. I could. But you know what? I decided I'm gonna just get some Invisalign. I'm straight, bruh. I'm straight, if that's what I'm cool, bruh.

[A]

Can I ask, does this smell different than, like, how we talked about the people with grill breath? Like, if they leave their grill?

[C]

Yeah. Grill breath is like kidney metal. Okay. This is like rotten rotten.

[A]

So it's something dead underneath.

[C]

It's something dead. It smells like roadkill.

[A]

Bread smelling like roadkill is insane.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It ain't bread. I don't even know roadkill smell like

[C]

it comes from the depths.

[A]

Carcass.

[C]

The depths. You know, you can tell, like, sometimes I might eat a little something that come from the surface.

[A]

So maybe that's on they tongue.

[C]

It's on a. You know, I smell like when you take a shot. I probably got a little dirty diablo on my tongue right now. It's probably a little sour, but that's on the surface. A little garlic. I had a little pepperon.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know you gonna smell that. That smell. I smelled Was from the pits.

[A]

It was coming from deep in there.

[C]

That's from that gut.

[A]

He had that leaky.

[C]

Good. You gonna spill too much tea. Cut that, Dee. Let's move on.

[A]

I don't know, I just think that, yes, people need to just do their due diligence.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

Do their due diligence when it comes to work done.

[A]

But. So why are people mad at folks? Mean.

[F]

Huh?

[A]

Oh, yeah. Why are people mean to folks that they don't find attractive? Do you think that I don't. I don't. I don't resonate with that.

[C]

Of course. Cause you're attractive, so people aren't mean to you.

[A]

I'm not talking about people. Of course we're not talking about me. I'm talking about other people. Like, I'm not mean to people. I'm talking about how I treat other people.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I'm not mean to people that I don't find attractive. That's strange. Even if you're not attracted, why would I be, like, unkind to you?

[C]

I think because in the. And this is not even a thing that's in America. What I've realized, it's a worldly thing. Right? People are just nicer when you are attractive. Like being attractive is social currency.

[A]

Right?

[C]

Because unfortunately, we live in a world of patriarchy and men only see you valuable if they find.

[A]

That's a word for Elmo.

[C]

I read a book yesterday. You can tell.

[A]

I'm impressed.

[C]

They called us one too many whores. I gotta get my j.

[A]

You gotta tap in.

[C]

I gotta let them know I am a woke queen. Let watch how I talk.

[A]

The knowledge is there. Okay with you, But.

[C]

No, but I feel like that's what this world is based on. Right. So I feel like since the beginning of time, you are seen as valuable as a woman if you are, you know, attractive.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

And I think that's just how society has always been. Like, you are literally looked over if somebody in a higher position or whatever, a husband, you know, marriages used to be assigned. So you're not even seen as valuable if this 40 year old doesn't find this 12 year old attractive. Seriously, it's as crazy as it sounds. So I feel like that is something that has been instilled in humans. This is not even like an American thing where. No, this is something that is in every country. It just looks different. Right. So in Asian cultures, the lighter your skin is, the better you look back in the day. Like in the 1800s, if you were fat, that was a sign of wealth. You had Money. So I think looks tying into your value has always been a thing. So I feel like in 2026, people feel like if you're not attractive, how can I benefit from you?

[A]

That makes me so sad. Cause you know who just came to mind?

[E]

Uh.

[A]

Oh, remember Quasimodo?

[C]

Quasi.

[A]

That's how they treated him.

[C]

And he was such a good person.

[F]

He was.

[C]

Quasi did not deserve that.

[A]

Quasi did not.

[C]

And you know, that was based off a real person.

[A]

I know. But they was just so mean to him and treated him like an outcast just because he was unexpected.

[C]

And that eye was so big. He did. That eye was big. But his heart was bigger.

[A]

It was.

[C]

And he didn't deserve that.

[A]

He didn't. But I often be feeling like that's how some people treat people that are like, not cute to them. And it's just so crazy to me. That's just so mean. Why be like that? But that's why people don't be blessed in life.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Cause they don't know how to treat other people.

[C]

They don't know how to treat other people. And I think I do believe, like whether you believe in God, Christianity, the universe.

[A]

I met some ugly people. That was nice.

[C]

Yeah, but. And I've met a lot of other.

[A]

Kyla, why. Why are you laughing?

[C]

And then you meet some people who are attractive by society's standards and they be. I shit. I see why you wear it in life. Cinnamon fucking doodles.

[A]

Cinnamon doodles.

[C]

I see why you at. Where you at in life. I see why you ain't got no friends. I see. Cause you full of bullshit.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't give a fuck how a person look. That's why when it comes to dating my friends who I'm around, looks have never. That has never been a thing that's been like, on my. Now is it me either? Is it okay, No, I was going to say. No, no, you got to say we're gonna cut that out. I would say I was a joking, though. That was a joke, sweetie. This the dirty diablo. You can't blame me. You can't blame. Cut that out. Cut that out. No, I say all that to say, though. I think that this is why y' all be in fucked up situations too. You niggas get online and y' all complain about, oh, she used me. Women only one. That's because you see a fat ass and lose your mind and you don't really get to know people. Y' all can say what y' all want about me and dread y' all don't Know us. And when I tell you it ain't one man walking this earth that will literally look in your eyes and say, that's a bad person. She used me. She ain't shit.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Hell no. Absolutely not. So I think when you're judging a lot of women, too, y' all see these niggas, he wrapped up in the fucking Los Angeles Lakers jersey. He fine. He tall, he got money. You be like, oh. Going. And then you get your feelings hurt. And you left with a baby.

[F]

And you.

[C]

Cuz y' all be looking at everything that glitters ain't gold.

[A]

I think it has a lot to do, though, with people lacking empathy as well. Like, people are not as empathetic as they should be. Because the thing about being unattractive is nobody acts to look the way that they look.

[C]

Right.

[A]

You know what I mean? People don't have control over that. Like, of course you can change it in adulthood. Like, you can go get surgery, you can go alter your face, alter your body. You can go alter your face. You can go alter your body. But nobody asks to look the way that they look. So why treat people differently or be nasty towards them? Because you don't deem them or find them to be attractive.

[C]

And it's so crazy because beauty is subjective. Subjective. No.

[A]

I think some people are, you know.

[C]

No, no, that's not true. Because it can be somebody that you think is so unattractive, but the next person may find the beauty in them. Literally everybody. It's somebody out there that can look at me and be like, ew, she's disgusting. And then the next person will be like, this is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.

[A]

I don't think anybody looks at you and say, ew, she.

[C]

No, but you know what I mean. You know what I mean? Like, beauty literally is subjective. So it's like.

[A]

It is.

[C]

You cannot treat somebody just because how they look. And you don't know. This person could change your life. It ain't about if you wanna fuck them or not. Maybe this could be a great friend to you. Maybe y' all could do some business together. I just think that the way a person looks on the outside is so surface level and childish. Y' all cannot be adults and literally just hold the door open for somebody. It's two seconds. You gotta be nasty and be rude. And it's like. It's crazy because, honestly, I will even say this. Cause I disagree with you on this. In the past, and I had a conversation with Killa about this. I was like, we were talking about the success of Four Minds that we have seen recently. What?

[A]

I'm just thinking about how we was in Houston and Killa had came backstage and like my mom and my uncle, and all of them was backstage and she came in the room and she was like, hey, Ms. Barbara. And she gave my mama a hug. And then my uncle was like, what's your name? And she was. And I was looking, she lied because I love to see what she was going to say. She told my Brittany, Cause who call you that, bitch?

[C]

She always do that. Mind you, Killa has a cat named Shaquita.

[F]

Oh, Lord.

[C]

Shaquita, Shaquita.

[A]

I like Shaquita, though, mind you, she

[C]

had this cat, she run into this white lady. She run into this white lady. The white lady said, oh my gosh, your cat's so cute. What's his name? She said, sansa. No, switch it up. Yeah, pedal that cat name, ho. You want to be funny? Why is the shame of your cat name?

[A]

And that's what I was thinking with my family. I'm like, no, bitch, tell me what you go by.

[C]

Don't you introduce everybody. I'm Killa. My name Killer B. No, tell them your name, bitch. Tell em.

[A]

That was funny though.

[C]

But I'm sorry, okay, what you were saying. I don't even remember what I was saying. Long ago

[A]

you were saying something about Killa had went somewhere or you and Killa was having a conversation.

[C]

Oh, we was having a conversation.

[A]

And.

[C]

And we were talking about how, you know, by the grace of God, Poor Minds is on another run again. You know, we're doing very well. And I was like. She was like. And I'm not gonna lie, like, I think a lot of times podcasts in certain arenas, like, y' all are so good, but I think a lot of times, like y' all get treated a certain way but just because you are black women and then, you know, you're dark skinned black women, but at the same time, y' all are attractive black women. So people be like, man, fuck these hoes, but let me listen to them a little bit, you know what I'm saying? So I do believe in pretty, but there's just like levels of how people would treat you, right? Cause although we do kind of have pretty privilege, we still get treated a certain way because we're dark skinned black women versus if there are white counterparts of us talking about the same thing, talking about sucking dick, talking about running it up on these niggas. It's funny, it's cute. As he Ha. But as soon as we talk about it, there's debates online if we're fucking prostitutes, you know what I'm saying? It's a big difference. But even being attractive, you get treated a certain way. Nobody is above being treated by the way that they look. You know what I'm saying? So even if it's unattractive being attractive, it's like y' all are subjecting to treating people by how they look, and it's all childish.

[A]

I would mention something about that tweet the other day, but I won't even platform it.

[C]

Yeah, we're not gonna do that.

[A]

Hey, y', all, what's up? It's your girl Dre and Nicole.

[C]

And it's your girl xp.

[A]

And we have a business spotlight today. And we have the lovely Dr. Stan here, which is. She's a medical advisor from Black Girl Vitamins. Black Girl Vitamins is a black owned wellness brand dedicated to addressing the unique nutritional needs of black women through science backed supplements, health education and community impact initiatives. Thank you so much for joining us. Yes. I feel like this has been a long time coming. Like, Lex and I are both like health freaks. We love our supplements and we have been wanting to have someone on the show to like talk about different supplements and like, let the girls know. Put them on game.

[F]

Exactly, exactly.

[C]

So let me say something first. Y' all know the things that's going around in the vlogs about who's a real doctor and who's not. So let us know your credentials to start it off.

[F]

For sure. I can do that. So I'm Brianne Sandiford Barrett. I have a medical degree, an md.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

I'm also a certified menopause specialist too.

[A]

Okay.

[F]

Went to med school in Michigan State. I'm qualified clinical professor. I do this for real.

[C]

Okay. We had to make sure, Chad. Cause they be cutting up.

[F]

They do.

[A]

So for those who have not heard about Black Girl Vitamins, could you tell us a little bit more about the company and why it was created?

[F]

Yep. So it was created by family. One of the ladies, one of our founders, actually had vitamin D deficiency herself. So she found out just on a routine visit. And then upon her finding out, she found out a bunch of her friends also were the same way. So then hence developing this company to help meet the needs of black women.

[C]

Okay. I mean, I had an issue so bad a few years ago and that's when I found Yalls products and started using Yalls products because I had a fibroid so big. I went to obviously A doctor. And she was like, this is the biggest fibroid I've ever. She said it was the size of a grapefruit. It was so big. I was having periods so bad. Like, I mean, I'm changing my pad, like, every hour. It got to the point I was literally. We make a joke about it now, but I was wearing diapers at one point because it got so bad. And then I was like, okay, let me do some more research. And then I found out, you know, I was vitamin D. Like, efficient. That's the right word. That's the right word.

[F]

Efficient. Industry.

[C]

But, yes, I didn't have enough vitamin D. And I'm realizing that a lot of people, especially women of color, were not getting that. Cause a lot of people get vitamin D from the sun.

[F]

Exactly.

[C]

And we're melanated, you know, so talk about the vitamin D, the effects that it has on your body, and how is it that we need that in our system as black women.

[F]

Yep. So vitamin D actually controls everything, literally. And I think the more as time goes on, the more we're learning, actually, what it does. Black people in general, because of our melanin, our beautiful melanin, is like a protection from the sun. And so, as a result, when you get vitamin D5 from the sun, black people actually need to be outside two times longer than someone else just to get the same vitamin D in our systems. So, yes, it does come from food,

[A]

but we supposed to be outside.

[F]

Like, literally supposed to be outside.

[A]

You need to be in that sun.

[F]

It's all in the sun. And so, Bones, your immunity, your hair, your skin, your mood. And I'm from Detroit, so it's cold most of the year. Yes. Right. So most of us are in the wintertime thinking we're depressed when it's really just low vitamin D D, which is crazy. And it's affecting us. Like, I'm. I also practice clinically, so I can't tell you how many people come in here, and I predominantly care for black women. Vitamin D is low in all of us.

[E]

Oh, my God.

[F]

It is not an unknown thing. It's affecting us. And we're thinking we're crazy, and we're not.

[A]

We just need supplements. And vitamin D is also really good for women who are, like, in the childbearing ages of their life. Right. Because it's really good if you're trying to prepare to get ready to have children.

[F]

Yep. It can help with that. And there's some new literature that suggests that it can also help with fibroids as well, there's a link between low vitamin D and higher fibroid production.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

That's probably the same thing that I read. Because honestly, like, when I tell you it changed my life, like, having that, I didn't know I had it, literally. We were in Miami for your birthday, and I'm laying on the bed and I'm feeling my stomach. I'm like, what is going on then, child? Look, I miss. I had to go. I wanted to get a little plastic surgery done, right? And the doctor was like, oh, I can't operate on you. Like, he was like, you have something, you know, in there. And he sent me back. And then I realized, like, I had a huge fibroid and it was affecting my life so much. I didn't realize how bad it was affecting my life until I got it removed. Ah. And I was like, oh, my gosh, this. This sadness. I'm feeling, the depression. I was in mood swings. Literally. My period is so different now. Like, I can function on my. You're not supposed to be literally feeling like you're on your deathbed on your period. That's not normal. But I didn't know that. You know what I'm saying? So once I did my research, I was like, okay, let me take some vitamin D. But I wanted something that was specifically for black women. And that's when I found Yalls products. I was like, okay, let me take this and still take it to this day. And it affected my hair too.

[F]

Yes. Yes.

[C]

My hairstylist was like, what's going on with your hair? It feels different. It's stronger.

[F]

Yes.

[C]

It's growing. Yep. I was like, oh, I've been taking some vitamin D for my fibroids. Just because I was like, I'm being on the safe side, getting that in. And she was like, oh, it's affecting your hair too.

[F]

Yes.

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so I do definitely want to get into talking about some of the supplements because we actually have the collagen powder in our mocktail today. And I am a collagen girly. Like, I take my collagen faithfully every day. But for the women out there who don't know, can you tell us why incorporating collagen into your wellness routine is really important?

[F]

So as we age, just naturally, we start to lose collagen. And collagen is a peptide. Peptide, it's a building block for dang near everything in the body. And so as we enter into perimenopause, it starts to go down. We hit menopause, it starts to go down. It helps with our joints, our hair, our skin, acne, and even wrinkles. So it's one of those earlier things that we should be getting in to help. It's a building block just like it would be.

[C]

So is it true that, like, collagen is better when you ingest it versus, like a topical thing?

[F]

Yeah, so it depends on what you're targeting. And there's a bunch of different types of collagen too.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

Like, ours is specifically for the things that I name in terms of your joints, your skin, and all that. So you have different peptides that kind of target different things and have different mechanisms.

[A]

Okay, baby, I love me some collagen. Whenever people be asking, people ask me Alexa all the time. Cause they. We're in our 30s now. Both of us are in our mid-30s. And people are always like, y' all look so good for y' all age. And I be like, I'm telling you, I started collagen a very, very, very long time ago. And I think that has helped so much with wrinkle prevention. Me not having so Much volume loss as I'm getting older. And just all of those things that I think, you know, us as women, especially as black women deal with as we're aging.

[F]

Exactly.

[C]

I've been able to drop it low on tour this time.

[A]

I've been dropping I'm joints.

[C]

My joints. Done got the joint. So, Todd, can you tell us how you made this mocktail today?

[A]

Absolutely. Y' all know I love a mocktail. And you can add whatever spirit you want into it if you'd like, but it's so good as a mocktail itself. We're gonna call this one the Glow Getter. Okay, so this one is featuring our black girl vitamins, collagen powder. I used a whole pack when I made ours for all of us today. It has some pineapple, some chipotle syrup, some passion fruit, a little bit of lime juice. And then I topped it with a Lacroix pineapple coconut sparkling water. So that's giving it really, that tropical vibe. And then the cocktail glass is rimmed with some coconut flakes, and I garnished it with a dehydrated lime. So we're giving tropical, we're giving summer. We're giving some of that vitamin D. Yes. I love that. That's the instantly she is.

[C]

So I do wanna touch on PCOS as well, because that affects a lot of black women, of course, as we know. So what products do y' all have that can help the women out there struggling with that?

[F]

Yep. So pcos, we do have PCOS relief. And as y' all know, PCOS just had a name change recently to.

[C]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[F]

Yeah, it's now polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, because it's an interplay between hormones, our ovaries, our insulin production. And so our PCOS release specifically targets each different phenomenon. So, like, your hair, extra hair, growth on your chin or face, that mood change that starts to happen, and that can also help regulate some cycles to a certain degree.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

That's amazing.

[C]

Yeah. Cause when we get y', all, I got this chin hair. So if I take that, will it help with that little chin hair lid?

[A]

It can help. Yeah, it can. You might still need to pluck it. All right, all right. But no, I do think that that's really important because there's so many black women out there who have PCOS and endometriosis and all of these things, and they have been, like, not diagnosed properly.

[F]

Exactly. And it's one of those. It's kind of hard to diagnose one, because, like, when you think about pcos, the characteristic person is largely, like, bigger, may have a mustache, but not everybody looks like that. So people, unfortunately, especially us, we get stigmatized. And so if you don't look like that, you'll get misdiagnosed or just get wrote off and just told to take this one thing where you should be, you know, evaluated better.

[A]

Overall, I agree with that. What would you say are some of the major health and wellness challenges that you feel like a lot of black women are facing these days?

[F]

I think the biggest is because as Black women, especially professional Black women, we do too much, and it's cool, everybody get into the bag, but get to the bag and then come see me too. You know what I'm saying? So I think we're so used to working in overdrive, we're good at that. Right? And we don't know. Like, you were saying you didn't even know you had the fibroid situation when I'm sure your D was low and probably your iron was low too.

[C]

Oh, my gosh. Yes. That was.

[A]

Yeah, she had really low iron.

[C]

You know what? I was craving the weirdest stuff, like, crunchy stuff. I wanted ice all the time. And I'm like, what is going on? When I went to the doctor, he was like, how are you standing up right now? Because my hemo levels were so low. He was like, I don't even know how you're standing up. I had gotten so used to feeling dizzy, feeling drained, I didn't know. I thought it was normal. I was like, oh, my period's just draining me again, not knowing. Girl, you finna go to the upper

[A]

room for real, Literally.

[F]

And what you do as a black woman, you just kept pushing through, kept pushing.

[C]

I gotta go to work. I gotta show up.

[F]

I gotta show up. And I'm sure you did a phenomenal job at it all. You know what I'm saying? And so I think for us as Black women, we have to. And men, too. We need to sit down and prioritize our health. Cause, like, what I'm seeing now clinically is the sicker people are between 35 and 55.

[C]

Wow.

[F]

It's not even our 70s no more.

[C]

It's us.

[F]

So that's my biggest advice, is just really. We talk about wellness, and it's cute, but, like, are you actually going to the doctor? Do you know what your levels are? Supplements are great, but they pair well with your doctor. We gotta work together.

[A]

Mm. And I had a similar situation to Lex because I ended up Finding out, I think, at, like, the end of 2023 that I had fibroids as well, but mine were, like, really small. So I had no ide until I was thinking about getting my eggs frozen, and I went and did a vaginal ultrasound. And then that's when they saw them. They were like, oh, they're really small. I don't think it's any cost for concern right now because it's not blocking anything and you're not having any issues. Just try to focus on your diet. And so I changed my diet. I stopped drinking caffeine. I started limiting my alcohol intake. I stopped drink. I mean, stopped eating red meat as much. Just a few different things that I found out contributed to the growth of fibroids, and then they actually ended up shrinking. And I think sometimes women, we don't realize how much a diet change can really change our life as well. Yes, it's a lot of the things that we consume that contribute to these health issues that we're having.

[F]

That part.

[C]

So what are some questions that, like, black women need to ask when we go to the doctor, when we're concerned and doctors aren't hearing us out and things like that? Because I feel like, I'm not gonna lie. My health and my wellness changed when I moved to Atlanta because I had access to black women as my caretakers, my dentist, my. My obgyn. Like, everybody's black on my team. So what are some questions for people who maybe don't have that access in their areas that they're in? What questions do we need to ask when we go to the doctor?

[F]

Yep. So I think foundationally, your basics. What's my blood pressure? Is this normal? Is this normal for me? What's my. So your basis Cholesterol. What does that look like? Like your diabetic markers. Like having your foundational piece first. And then based off of that, health should really be individualized. So let's say you do have high cholesterol. Then really trying to understand and work with your doctor. How do I get this down? Yes, I know diet. Yes, I know exercise, but teach me how. And don't leave the room until you have your questions answered. I tell people to write them down before you come in. Know where you stand. Because sometimes when y' all come in, we only get so much time.

[D]

Right.

[F]

So you feel rushed, and then you might think about something else. Forget the other things you were really coming in there for. So I think trying to be organized with your health before you come in, knowing too. No question is too Silly. No question is too dumb. I'm a doctor, I'm not a mall. So come in as you are. You don't have to come in and be your most perfect self. Just come in as you are and be comfortable. And I think more importantly too, if you're not feeling heard after you've set the standard, like, this is what I'm looking for, this is what I need. I need you to explain to me, you gotta get another doctor. And that's okay too, you know what I mean?

[A]

Could you tell us a big misconception that you think a lot of people have about supplements and vitamins and things like that when they come into your office, girl.

[F]

So people, they'll go on these sites, buy everything from everybody, be taking everything from everybody, not realizing that it has to be individualized to their needs. Right. My cousin's taking this supplement from Amazon, so I'm gonna take it too, you know, and not knowing that. Cause some things can be harmful. And that's one thing I love about Black Girl vitamins, is that we actually use premium ingredients. Because I've seen it, people come in, they're taking this supplement from somewhere else. I like, I'm objective. I need to see the levels, let me see the value so I know it's what it is.

[A]

Right? Right.

[F]

And so with Black girl vitamins, I noticed when people actually take the supplements, I see level change, I see improvement actually happen. So there's other things on the market that can harm your liver. Again, working with your doctor to have an individualized plan instead of just kind of doing it willy nilly.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And let me ask you this. Cause we asking questions today because I've done the D3 vitamins. That's the one that, like I said, my hairstylist noticed my hair has changed. Mine noticed my mood swings. But this is a dye's hair. It's a liquid dye. So you add this to like, you know. But I want to talk about the K2 because I know what the D3 is. That's the vitamin D. What is K2?

[F]

So if you can imagine, K2 is like the GPS system for the D3, okay? It tells the D3 where to go, right?

[C]

Okay.

[F]

So you want it to go to your bones. You want it to go where it has to go to absorb that calcium. And that's what K2's job is, okay?

[C]

Because I know there's things that work against vitamin D too. So talk about the things. Like if somebody's like, okay, I want to start taking vitamin D. What are the things they need to avoid when they're taking vitamin D. So first thing,

[F]

from what I understand is you take it first thing in the morning with food, with the vitamin D because it's a fat soluble.

[C]

Okay?

[F]

The thing with vitamin D too, is you want to check your levels because you can't overtake vitamin D. And because it's fat soluble, it can store in your fat. So you can develop a toxicity to vitamin D if you're just out here taking it without being checked.

[C]

Yeah, because once my hair got stuffed, I started popping them. I said, hold on, let me slow down. So you got to regulate your vitamins. I think people think, because when we're younger, you know, we had the little Flintstones.

[F]

Flintstones, yeah.

[C]

We just taking them. But you have to regulate your vitamin intake.

[F]

And more importantly, too, what I hear a lot in office is people take the D, they take the iron, and they're looking for energy. When it's like, sis, no, you need to go sit down. You need to get checked. I had a lady come in. Her thyroid was off. Another one blood pressure high. Another one diabetic. And you just taking D, thinking that's the thing saying they don't work. No, sis, you're not treating the actual problem. So that's another big thing, too.

[A]

Yeah, I think a lot of people don't think about that. Like, it's so many different things that could be going wrong. That's why it's so important to go to the doctor. And in the black community, I don't know why that's such a taboo thing. Like, people be like, I don't feel like I need to go to the doctor. No, you do. You need to go get your wellness, check your physical every single year.

[C]

I think it's scary for our community, too. We don't like to talk about things we don't like to. But I feel like I love brands like this that are targeted for us because it makes us feel comfortable in these spaces to have these conversations because it's so important. When I tell you I was so uneducated, I didn't get even. I mean, of course we know what vitamin D is, but I didn't know that I needed it. I didn't know that my iron was low. I didn't know that until I'm trying to go get fine for the summertime. He like, oh, girl, you are sick. You know what I'm saying? Like, you need to heal yourself. But outside of the vitamins and things that y' all have talk about black Girl vitamins and the scholarship funds that y' all have as well.

[F]

Oh my God. So that's another thing I love. So we actually donate scholarships a couple times times a month to a black person, Black woman in the medical field. Like we're giving another one away at the Wellness Fest this next weekend.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

So always giving money for that. Also, there's a couple other webinars that we do at least a couple times a month where we're also educating. Because I also understand everybody can't get a black doctor. You know what I mean? That is a luxury in a lot of different things.

[C]

It really is.

[F]

So we sit and I do these and I educate people so that you can feel informed and know how to advocate for yourself.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

So what is one message that you would like for black women to be able to take away from this conversation?

[F]

Slow down. Take care of yourself. If you have not been to the doctor in at least six months to a year, get there now. Right? Get to the bag. But get to the doctor. Know your blood pressure. So there's this misconception. I'm an internal medicine doctor, so I'm real big on heart health and keeping y' all from dying. That's my goal.

[A]

Right.

[F]

And so what people need to do too is especially busy black women is everybody should be checking their blood pressure a couple times a week, period, and logging it. Don't rely on the one reading that you get from me in the office. Because the reality is you spend most of your time in your environment and not mine.

[C]

Right?

[F]

And the first thing people do when they come in the office is they get on the scale and they stress and my blood pressure go up or you don't know if I'm a man or a woman. So you stress. You know what I mean? Like all that kind of stuff. So I think that having that log so you can then also advocate for yourself. Like, hey, my blood pressure is high. It's more than 130 over 80 consistently. I need to get this checked. I want to talk about it. What can I do?

[C]

Yes. Okay. I like that.

[A]

I do. I really like that too. And I have to ask you, what are some of your favorite supplements from black girl vitamins? Like, girl, what you be taking?

[F]

Girl?

[A]

Cause you look good.

[C]

Yes. Glowing. Honey. I appreciate.

[F]

Cuz it's about to be 40 this

[A]

year and see, and you can't tell. That's the thing. Black don't crack. Okay? It don't.

[F]

I actually think we aging better.

[A]

We are.

[F]

You feel like you looking better the Older you get.

[A]

Yes, I'm feeling that way right now.

[C]

Yes, absolutely.

[A]

When I look back to myself in my 20s, I'm like, I feel like I look the best that I've ever looked right now. And I'm the healthiest that I've ever felt as well.

[F]

Absolutely. But I'm sorry, back to your question.

[C]

Oh, we known for getting our.

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You good.

[F]

So my favorites are the one a day, the vitamin D and the collagen.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

Those are my three I use every day.

[A]

Okay. Yep, yep.

[C]

So for the listener who's maybe like, strapped on cash and they just want to try the product out, what is like the one product you say this is going to be your go to. To start off?

[F]

I would say a one a day. Because everybody needs a multivitamin. Because your body needs those essential nutrients to build and to make your system them work. Right. So if you had to pick one, I would say the one today to start.

[A]

I agree with that. You got to take a multivitamin. That's where you should start, man.

[C]

I'm a vitamin girly. Like I said I was taking when I went through that whole ordeal, Black girl vitamins, it changed everything. Like, it's so good. So thank you so much for coming. This was so. We have to educate the girls, and conversations like this are so, so important, especially. Especially in our community. Because I feel like fibroids. That's something I personally dealt with, and it's so common.

[A]

It is.

[C]

Like, when Draya found out that she had them, I was shocked. Cause I was like, oh, my God, I can't believe you have to go through this. Cause I went through this and my sister went through this, and I'm like, this is insane. But small conversations like this will lead to a bigger change. So thank you so much for coming.

[A]

And sidebar real quick too. I also want to say this mocktail is so good.

[C]

Shout out to my.

[A]

So if you're looking for an easy way to take your collagen every day, make you a mocktail, put your black girl vitamin collagen powder in there and yes, you gonna be good to go. Cause you can't even taste.

[F]

I was about to ask you.

[A]

You can't even taste.

[F]

Exactly.

[A]

Amazing.

[C]

I need to put one of these in my purse and slide it in. Thank you.

[A]

Slide it in there.

[F]

Yes.

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Thank you.

[F]

Thank you.

[C]

So now it's time to get. Get into the beat.

[A]

Bow the beat a bow the be a bow bow, bow, bow, bow. Using sex is rage based online. So want to get a backstory?

[C]

Yeah. Okay, you want me to or you? Yeah. Okay, so there's a content creator. She's a British woman named Bonnie Blue. She's an adult content creator. She became widely known online through, like, publicity stunts. Okay, so she's the girl. I don't know if y' all remember, she went viral for having sex with a thousand men in a day.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

She actually said it was more than that. And it was everywhere.

[A]

And she has, like, a very innocent look to her.

[C]

Yes, yes. And, you know, she has. She's pregnant right now, and she's doing a baby shower. And to celebrate her baby shower, she's inviting men to a public where they can come piss on her golden shower to celebrate her baby. Okay, so she's also gonna be having sex with these men at the event. Yeah.

[A]

So while she's pregnant.

[C]

Allegedly.

[A]

But this baby about to have a big dent in here.

[C]

That's awful.

[A]

Call the circus.

[C]

But see, this is where. This is where it turns for me. I don't think. I do not believe this girl is really doing all of this stuff. I believe it's rage bait. Right. Cause back in my day when you said you was doing something we want, we need evidence nowadays. I can. I promise you, I can get online right now and say, y', all, oh, my God, Draya just showed her booty hole on Poor Minds. And they're gonna run with that and they're gonna believe it. And mind you, you don't have to see a clip of it. You don't got. As long as them words is bold and black on a white background, you're gonna be believed. So I think this girl has found a way to monetize off of rage bait. Not being funny, not that we do it on purpose. We have been able to monetize off of rage bait. It's a lot of people that don't. That don't like us from our clips, but they'll come and watch just so they can clip and hate. Rage bait is the thing now. We rage bait on accident.

[A]

Nah, we be trolling people sometimes.

[C]

So, yeah, we do be trolling, But I do feel like rage bait. Honestly, though, when you involve sex, it gets a little. Hold on now. Cause you making other women in this industry that look up to you that are trying to build up to that, they really going out there and doing some wild ass shit that you not even doing. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't know, though.

[A]

Considering her history and her track record, I don't not believe that, though.

[C]

You think she really doing it. Did she.

[A]

She fucked a thousand niggas in the.

[C]

I don't even think she did that.

[A]

Was that showcase how many minutes? Siri Alexa, she said 12 hours. Was that showcase like one per. I'm sorry, Tywood.

[C]

No, I was just gonna.

[A]

I'm asking like, did she record the Thousand Men? Was that on OnlyFans? Was that broadcasted? Like, do we know that for a fact that it actually happened?

[C]

I mean, there was like footage and stuff, but I don't think there was like a live stream. There wasn't like a live stream of them like watching it the entire time. So you can find 100, 200 people, especially niggas that want $150 that wanna just slide it in real quick, quick. And 150 still a lot. But I'm saying I don't, I don't. I think that a lot of that shit be capped. I think a lot of shit be capped. Paul Pierce talked about it on their podcast and he was like, what he say that it was another only fans girl who said that she got $15 million from a man from tipping her. Do I think that she's gotten millions from men? Yes, because she looks young, she's a white girl, and men are horny. But also if you get online and say, I got $15 million, niggas, one thing about men, he gave you $100, I'm gonna give you $200. And women know that. So she gets online and says, I got $15 million. You know what that's gonna do? That's gonna make men be like, well, let me see what was worth it. So maybe I can just give her 3,000. So imagine you got. You got 50 suckers out there that's believing that shit, giving you 3,000 to $5,000. You done ran it up, bitch. And I ain't mad at her, but a lot of this rage, this sex content be rage. That's why the only girl I give my flowers to is Ms. B. Nasty. That's a real freak. She was really in the stores, DJing, spraying all over them Steve Madden shoes.

[A]

But that's also different because she was doing solo content. Like, Like a lot of these women, they be like, they're not just doing solo content. I don't know, I just. Maybe it's me, cuz I just don't put nothing past nobody.

[C]

Yeah, same.

[A]

I really don't. I feel like attention is a hell of a drug. Some people do be rage baiting, but also it's people on the Internet who really Thrive off of attention. And now that they've built these fan bases and they have these cult followings of people who are used to them doing. Doing outrageous and outlandish, they will do whatever. Especially if it's paying their bills. Especially if this is your main source of income. I just really don't put that past anybody. It was a. It was a porn star that I remember who was like literally still having sex and still on only fans. And. And. And she was pregnant the whole time.

[C]

Well, there's. You know, there's.

[A]

But she wasn't her baby daddy. She was other. So I'm.

[F]

It.

[A]

It's not the most craziest idea to me because of what I've already seen online. And like I said, I truly do. I think we're in a different realm. You know what I mean? We in a different world. So sometimes things just don't even sound fathom. Fathomable to us. To us for real though.

[E]

And.

[A]

And whereas in that world, nothing is really off limits. Yeah.

[C]

And we're just kind of like ignorant to what goes on.

[A]

We're ignorant to what goes on. And we just be like clutches, pearls. I can't believe that somebody would do that. But in that world, it probably ain't really that crazy. Like, I would never let. I wouldn't even let my baby daddy piss on me, let alone a hundred niggas pulling up and pissing on me. That's crazy. Being pregnant to me, I just felt like you're not even protecting your child.

[C]

That's like some weird energy that you put on your baby. And I don't like to judge people what they do for a living. But like I said.

[A]

But you said also on a previous episode, sometimes people be needing to be judged. And I had disagreed. I did. I was like, I don't know. Cause I don't think it matters. Like, I feel like people gonna still do whatever the fuck they wanna do. And I do still feel that way. However, though, in some situations, bitch, we need to start throwing stones at hoes again.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Shame after she dropped the baby. But we need to start throwing rocks at these.

[C]

But I'm not gonna lie. I guess it's the girl in me that had a little minor in marketing. I be feeling like sometimes shit be kept. Yeah. Just because we are in a day and age of rage baiting. Like, I literally saw a guy make content. He was making so many videos. Cause I guess he went to Drew Ski's shoulda been, coulda been thing. And he was like, oh, this is corny he's not looking for celebrities for real. And everybody was in the comments like, you're dumb. Everybody know what Drew Ski's shit is. It's meant to be a good time. And him just doing comedy bits. And once he didn't get the reaction he wanted, he was like, oh, I'm trolling y'.

[F]

All.

[C]

I'm trolling y'.

[F]

All.

[C]

I'm ragebaiting. And I went viral and y' all fell for it. But it was like, what's the point? This is what you wanna be known for. So when I see stuff like that, that's why I don't put past nothing, nobody, as far as what they'll do to rage. Bait people.

[F]

Yeah.

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is why I get so mad. Cause I'm like I ain't pushing no agenda. I'm just here getting drunk with my best friend having a good time.

[A]

Yeah, we not doing Nothing. We not harming our thoughts and opinions. And sometimes a lot of the time, people don't like our thoughts and opinions, and that's okay. But we not trying to convince people either way.

[C]

Or we fight to make people. I don't ever get on the Internet being like, let me piss them off today. They be literally waking up being like, how can I invoke anger in people so they will turn the fuck up. I don't like that just so I

[A]

can make some money.

[C]

Yeah. And you fucking letting people piss on you. And even if you not doing that, why do you want. Now, your child, yes. Is gonna be 16 in school one day. And even if you didn't do that, that's gonna follow them around.

[A]

And I probably shouldn't even bring this up. Cause I feel like we talk about this man way too much on the show. But, like, I wonder if that was a thing before R. Kelly, or did

[C]

he usher a generation to pee on people?

[A]

Yeah. Was that, like, even a thing, I wonder before R. Kelly? Like, people getting pissed on? I just think it became more known and more common as of later.

[C]

It was like a quiet fetish. Cause he learned that from somebody. Cause somebody pissed on him.

[A]

Yeah, I agree.

[C]

Somebody definitely pissed on that nigga. For him to even know that he liked some stuff like that. Or he saw somebody pissing or something. That's a pissy nigga. He in jail pissing on somebody right now.

[A]

Now we're getting pissed off.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

Probably a little bit of both.

[A]

And I know that piece ain't.

[C]

No.

[A]

It's funky because they can't even get spring water in it.

[C]

Yeah, they need to keep him in there. They need to keep him in there.

[A]

They do. No coconut water.

[F]

No nothing.

[C]

Coconut water.

[A]

All right, so now it's time to get into the bow. Hey, the bow. Bow. The bow.

[C]

About bow.

[A]

Bow, bow, bow, bow.

[C]

I always call my hair my wig. Okay, so my bop of the week is a little throwback. Big Crit, he has a song called I think I Made this my bop of the Week, but a long time ago. But again, I told y' all I was riding to the studio today, and I had just a bunch of different songs playing. And Mind Control by Big Crit came on. And it's a song that he had with E40 and Wiz Khalifa back in the day. And is this. This is such a good song. Chill now. I don't know. I feel like music is still hitting the same. Y' all know I like to say that, but I feel like that Big Crit era, nobody does it like Big Crit. Big Crit, I know you dropped the project last year and it was amazing and phenomenal, but Big Crit is one of them artists I feel like should be way, way, way, way bigger. Like when we talk about, I'm trying to think, like, what level should I say, like, he should be on? I don't even know. Like, I feel like how we bump and ride Kendrick Lamar, like how Khali fucked with him, but he's like a global superstar. I feel like that's how Big KRIT is. Like the south fuck with him, but he should be a global superstar for sure. Shout out to Big Crit. Mind Control. That's one of my favorite songs by him. But yeah, he's got a lot of good music. So that was my throwback bop of the week, which you got. So what?

[A]

What the. Why do you do that every time?

[C]

Cuz I don't know. I thought you teach me, baby Call my moon I said you need me. That's my though this how I know

[A]

you be getting drunk as on the episode.

[F]

For real?

[A]

Because we already talked about that album. We already talked about that like weeks ago.

[C]

That's my shit.

[A]

So you really wanted to talk about that is a bop, though.

[C]

You know what I'm saying?

[A]

That is a good hit.

[C]

Free man say him and Future said we fitta fuck the club up one more time.

[A]

They did. I'm glad they back.

[F]

Cool.

[A]

That makes my heart happy.

[C]

Oh, yes.

[A]

Cause I mean, Drake and Future be making some bops. They made some of the greatest songs of our generation. I really do feel that way. So I'm glad that they got back together.

[C]

Shout out to them, ma'. Am. Okay. Go ahead with your bop.

[A]

Yeah, sometimes you need your bromance back, man.

[C]

Fuck yeah. Fuck that. They make some fucking hit. Y' all know I turn.

[A]

What would we call ourselves? We got like a bromance, but we

[C]

not bros. We got a hoe mance. My ho.

[A]

My ho.

[C]

That bitch. My homie. You my homie. We got a homance.

[A]

A homance is funny as fuck. Cause yeah, exactly. Cheers. Cheerio, hoes.

[C]

Cheerio, hoes. Cheerio, hoes. My dad.

[A]

No, we forgot to talk about that. We gotta mention it, but no. So my song is Everything Pinker by Mona.

[C]

Leo just had my clothes.

[A]

La Queena about this one gonna feed us. You know everything.

[C]

You know everything. Three girls.

[D]

Come on.

[A]

You like that song? Yeah, I do.

[C]

And you know what happened.

[A]

And feed her. I'm glad she said feed her. Cause people don't. People from theaters, they don't know what a feeder is.

[C]

They don't have feeders.

[A]

They don't know what it is.

[C]

But we all got eaters.

[A]

And tell them that I need a.

[C]

Let me say this. When I phone. When that song dropped, I had some friends that we was debating. I'm like, y' all don't get it. Yeah, that shit gonna catch on. I got a little ear. It's hard. I got a little ear on air now. This ain't it. This ain't it.

[A]

I love my little.

[C]

I said, this is another one. That's why she on y' all ass. She don't quit.

[A]

And I seen yesterday they announced she had 800,000 downloads on Spotify for this song. I mean, it's. It's a Bob. It's so cute. I can't wait to put on, like, a little All Pink feet and put it on my Instagram picture.

[C]

And let me say this, you hoes that talking about y' all done dropped the Pink song and she shut the fuck up. It ain't about who did it first, who did it the best. Shut up, girl.

[A]

And Drake said that.

[C]

Yeah. I'm tired of people doing that. When you see a black woman shining, just give people our props and come harder. Go in that studio and go harder. Leave my niece alone.

[A]

Leave our niece alone. Our Ace town Queen. Yeah, but, yeah, so I love that song. I love, love, love, love.

[C]

And what's his name? Teezo.

[A]

Tezo.

[C]

Tezzo.

[A]

Tezo. Touchdown.

[C]

Tezo Touchdown.

[A]

He from Houston, too, right?

[C]

I think he from Beaumont, bitch.

[A]

Okay, but he from six.

[C]

No, he from that 409, baby. The Golden Triangle. Fruit City. BMT, P. A trill nigga. Polo. Fuck that hill figure.

[A]

Okay? He really is okay.

[C]

Greg peeked his head, he said, what's going on? But no, he from the 409, though.

[A]

Yeah, he's still from Texas, though. That's all I was saying.

[C]

But it's different when you from that dirt. He from that dirty, dirty.

[A]

So with you being from the Golden Triangle, with you being from Orange, Texas, do you feel like you can claim ugk?

[C]

Yeah, it's the Golden Triangle. So we all.

[A]

So it's all three of y'.

[F]

All.

[C]

It's golden.

[A]

It's orange.

[C]

What? My life like is golden.

[A]

It's orange. It's Port Arthur, and it's Beaumont. For the people who don't know. Why do y' all call it the Golden Triangle, though? Like, what's the origin behind that?

[C]

Because. Because if you look at it on the map. It goes Beaumont, Orange, Port Arthur. Also, it's literally a triangle.

[A]

Got it.

[C]

Because the distance, you know, you go Port Arthur from Orange, Beaumont, then Port Arthur to Beaumont, you go right. You don't have to take the same route.

[A]

Got it?

[C]

You feel me? It's a triangle.

[A]

So what makes it golden?

[C]

Because we are the golden

[E]

Y.

[C]

That's what it is. And there's a lot of talented motherfuckers out there, man. The funniest people. The funniest people, the coolest people. I'm telling y', all, it's so much talent in the 409, but obviously it's a little harder to get out there,

[A]

you know, Ain't nobody tell. Hey, you ain't got to convince me. Cause let me tell you something. Nobody can tell me nothing about ugk. Nobody can tell me nothing about pimp C. I'm a Pimp C and ugk. Bun B's team.

[C]

Bun B can rap and he can make you a fire ass burger nigga.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Who you know can do that? Man, fuck what y' all talking about?

[A]

You, right? That's why I multifaceted.

[C]

I love being from where I'm from.

[A]

I was devastated when Pimpsy died. Like, I really was.

[C]

The pimp in me died. The pimp in me has died. He died. Oh, it died.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But, yeah, it didn't die in me,

[C]

but I mean, he did.

[A]

And it made me sad.

[C]

It was really devastating. But, yeah. School.

[A]

Do you remember where you was at? I don't remember where I was at in 11th grade. I was in my geography class.

[C]

Yeah, I don't remember exactly where I was at, but I do remember. I feel like my sister had called

[A]

me, cuz it wasn't that long after international players came out.

[C]

Yeah, that was crazy, though. Like, everybody was like, this is not real. This is not real. But yeah, shout out to pimc. But yeah, I love being where I'm from the back.

[A]

You see that hairy asshole?

[C]

It do be hairy.

[A]

I got a young brown stallion and she 20 years old. It don't be hairy, though. What are you looking at?

[C]

My homegirl is insane.

[A]

I thought she was looking at something else.

[C]

Baby, I'm a businesswoman. I'm at work.

[A]

You was on your phone, though.

[C]

Because I'm getting to the next topic.

[A]

What was. Who was it? What's the next topic?

[C]

Now it's time to get into our favorite segment, the pour your heart out segment. If you want your question answered on the show, make sure you email [e-mail] if you're a Patreon member, make sure you put that in the headline and you can skip the line,

[D]

we're going

[C]

to read one today.

[A]

I was just thinking about. That song is so good.

[C]

You want me to go? Can you read the last one? Hey, Drea and Lex, I have been watching your podcast since I saw you on Breakfast Club. I have been with my husband for over 28 years. He still questions me on my previous partners and literally asked me what I said to them during intercourse. And yes, he brings his previous partners into our sexual intercourse. Also, he throws in my face the time I was talking to a gentleman when he has verbally told me he has cheated on me. Only reason I talked to that gentleman is because I did it as a revenge of what he told me. Yes, we are married for 21 years and we've been together for 28 years. Am I too deep in. Or can I say fuck it?

[A]

You can always say fuck it. If you asking me always, the years don't mean she like. Like, you can always say fuck it if you're not happy with a situation. Number one. I think that's weird as fuck. I think it's very strange when n be bringing up other niggas that you dated prior to them. Like, why are we even talking about it? Like, be secure. Be you worry about you worry about you in this pussy. Why you worry about him and what he did?

[C]

Yeah, I just think it's a little.

[A]

I don't like that.

[C]

I don't like that either. And I feel like everybody tries to put this thing on, like, oh, hold it down, hold it down. Life is so short. When I tell y', all I felt like I was 6 years old yesterday I watched this. It goes by too fast.

[B]

It.

[A]

Do I watch this interview? Cause, you know, I don't really be watching podcasts like that. But I love me some Melissa Ford. So I had watched this interview that she did with Shan Boody recently, and on the interview, she was just basically talking about how, like, people online are always, always talking about her and saying how, you know, she's in her 50s. Well, I don't think she's 50 yet, but I think she's in her late 40s, and she's unhappy because she wished that she could have got married and she wished that she would have had kids. And she was like, actually, I'm very content with my life. If those were the things that I wanted to do, I could have did it 10 times over. That's literally just not something that I wanted bad enough, and that's why it didn't happen. And then she was just kind of saying how, like. Like, people are just. You have to realize, like, when she started looking at her life after her mom died, she started looking at it from a space of like, okay, I'm 48 or 49, whatever. I might only have 15 more summers and winters or 20 more summers and winters if I'm lucky. When you start looking at your life from that lens, it makes you look at things completely different. Different because I think sometimes we be looking at the days like, oh, tomorrow is a new day. Oh, I got next year. I could do this next year. I could do this two years from now. Just be putting off. But when you really look at it like, how many summers and winners have passed already and how many you possibly have left, the older that you get, it makes you start valuing your time more. And I said all of that to say, like, it don't matter that you spent 28 years with this nigga if you ain't happy, girl, if you got another. Another 20 summers left, another 20 years, 30 years left. Spend your next 20, 30 years being happy. Because that nigga's weird from the shit that you said he's weird as. And I don't think that's something that's gonna change. So why be unhappy when you could just start over and possibly find a situation that makes you happy, that makes you happy and just makes you feel more at peace? Even if you. Even if it's not finding another man, maybe you might just end up being single again for the rest the of of your life. And then you might just have partners, like a few different partners throughout your years. I don't understand what it is with people just always making it, making themselves feel like marriage has to be the ultimate goal in life.

[C]

And when somebody doesn't feel that way or they don't feel like the ultimate goal, they make you feel like you're less than or you're wrong.

[A]

That's the first thing love to say to us online. They be like, that's why them ain't married you. And even if I was, it wouldn't be to you.

[C]

I ain't gonna lie.

[A]

The fuck the way you niggas don't have a chance.

[C]

But the way my life is just so, so, so grand and great. I'm surrounded by people who love me. I have a great job. You have to be a special man.

[A]

I have a great pussy.

[C]

That too. I cook. Cook good Pussy good. House beautiful. Everything just lit.

[A]

Everything Pinka.

[C]

Everything Pinka. Everything twinkle.

[A]

Everything twinkle.

[C]

So if you think I'm gonna share my space, share my life, share my world with you, you have to be exceptional and special to me.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

And that's okay. But until I'm there with a person or whatever, my life is beautiful. I am blessed. And God has literally. I'm blessed, I'm touched. So I'm living exactly the life I'm supposed to live. You never gonna make me feel bad about my lifestyle. I'll be having a ball baby.

[A]

And if marriage come, it come. If kids come, come, they come. Like, but it's just nobody can make me feel bad about where I am in life. Where we are the things that we doing. Like we be having a dig, always having a dig.

[C]

And.

[A]

And we don't be just saying this for the Internet. I think anybody who knows us, who is in our real life can attest to the fact me and Lex, we really be having a ball. And all of the women around me tie a lot of my other friends like. Cuz I'm not going to lie. Like I feel like I'm in a very specific position because I literally don't have no friends that have kids. And I know that that's rare. Cause most people have at least like one or two friends that have kids.

[C]

Yeah, well, outside of my sister. I don't count my sister.

[A]

Right. Outside of your sister. But like I literally, all of my friends are in their 30s and none of them is.

[C]

Bro. Do you remember how Detroit clapped when we were like, who is in here with no kids? And literally the crowd was roaring. I was like, damn, that's shocked me.

[A]

Yes. All of my friends are in their 30s and they don't have children. And they live very full lives. They're very happy. Like some of them do still want to have children.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And some of them don't. But either way they cool. Like they content with the life that they living. If it happen, it happen. If it don't, it don't. Like, but it's so much more to life outside of niggas and kids. Yes, I agree.

[C]

And that goes into what we were talking about earlier. Even with with things. Stop letting society make you feel like this is what a good life looks like. Yeah, my good life don't look like your good life.

[A]

Cause like Lex said too earlier, a lot of that shit be fade.

[C]

Yeah, it be moissanite, it be room temperature lifestyles. So do what makes you happy and live for you. I Don't know if that means stay, work it out, go to therapy, leave. I'm not gonna tell you what to do with that person, but whatever space y' all are in right now, it needs to end today. Go to therapy, go to church. I don't know what that looks like, but you can't stay in that position no more. That's the best advice I can give you.

[A]

What you think, Tara? I agree. I agree wholeheartedly. Figure it out. Pray fast. Whatever it takes on your end, figure that out. Yeah, for sure.

[C]

Well, this was a good solo.

[F]

It was great.

[A]

It was a good.

[C]

And London.

[A]

Cheerios.

[C]

Cheerios. We on the way. I'm finna. I done. We done sold so much pussy. That's what they say. That's what they say.

[A]

I was about to say why.

[C]

We're rage, baby. That's what the kids do. We rage. We rage, babe. Y' all gonna have my family.

[A]

Like, why are you with them girls selling pussy? Never sold pussy.

[C]

Okay, we've never sold. Literally never sold pussy. But. But we have potted. Talked shit so hard that we are going overseas, guys.

[A]

Hey, that's exciting.

[C]

It's so exciting. It's so exciting. We planted the seeds in London two years ago, and now the fruits have grown. So we will be in London August 22nd. Make sure y' all go to poorminds.com and get your tickets. We are so excited to see the girls overseas. Y' all show me where to eat at. Turn up at. Cause we staying out there for a while.

[A]

I know the first place I'm going.

[C]

Duck and waffle.

[A]

Duck and waffle in Soho House. That food was good.

[C]

Oh, my gosh, yes. I can't wait. So, yeah, London. We'll see y' all soon. Make sure y' all tune in to love Lex p every Monday, 10am muse beautycollection.com.

[A]

make sure you get your lip glosses, matte liquid lipsticks, lip liners, eyeliner, mascara, blush, all the things. Oh, I have some new products dropping. Like, they'll probably have dropped already by the time this come out. So. Yeah, I'm excited, Ty. So mixy.com book us for all of your elevated bar catering events. And we also have our summer cocktail guide. It should be out probably when it's dropped, too. So go download that period.

[C]

Thank y' all so much. We'll see y' all next week. Bye. Go, go, go. Won't lover don't you just slow down Go longer, you can last more round Push harder, you're almost there now

[A]

so

[C]

go Lover make mama fall and when we're done I don't wanna feel my my legs. All over me baby girl but you can't stop there what love music still playing in the background and your all my. So close from here baby I'mma be a motivation Go go, go go mot.

[A]

Girl I saw that thing into a rainforest rain on my head Call it brainstorming yeah, this is deep oh but I go deeper make you lose yourself and find a sleepers ego green light Go, go, go Lexi go Like the sugar that's sweet and low well hold up, wait, new position I put her on my plate yeah and I do the dishes she my motivation I'm her transportation Cause I let her ride while I drive her crazy Then I just can't keep going going like I'm racing when I'm done she owe me like

[C]

a conversation wheezy baby but you can stop there. In the background and you're almost there so close from here you can be a motivation all over my name. Can't do that the same

[A]

I won't

[C]

let you get about the game so go lover and gonna make me rain it's time to wrap this shit up make my booty that hard Go lover yeah, we'll see y' all next week.

[D]

What's up, y'?

[C]

All?

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And now that AZ's starting a new

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next season is going to bring.

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But we know that we're all on the same team and it's been amazing

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to feel the love and support.

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