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ReLive Living Single with Queen Latifah, Erica Alexander and Kim Cole
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This is an iHeart podcast. What a matchup we got y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe. Non stop action. The band is rockin' and the crowd lit. Chance echo drum beatin Everybody showing that school pride. A game like this, yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere and in ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo. No matter the sport, no matter the yard. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going. This message comes from the International Rescue Committee. The IRC has been providing humanitarian aid for more than 90 years. 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We are in an era where I feel like a lot of our iconic television shows, when I say our, I mean black people, us, a lot of our iconic shows, our music, and a lot of our just icons across the board and all, you know, types of creative and like, influential industries are getting their flowers. And I think what we owe that to is the fact that you don't have to wait for anybody to do it anymore. We don't have to wait for the award shows to remember and get it right. We don't have to wait for the magazines to decide to drop, you know, these feature pieces and honor our heroes on the front of their magazines. And there's no knack to those award shows, to those magazines. But I'm just talking about the beauty of social media and honestly the beauty of podcasting, you know, but the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, the beauty of podcasting and the just the beauty of content creation right now in the space that it's in. We talk a lot about how any and everybody having a microphone being able to get on the Internet, express an opinion has become dangerous and has become very, like clouded and saturated. But I want to talk about today, the beauty and the blessing in that, the blessing that it is for Erica Alexander and Kim Coles to be able to create a podcast called the Reliving Single podcast, where they sit down and they talk about and dissect living single as a show. The episodes, the characters, the storylines, the crew, the moments that we had no idea even happened, the personal moments that we had no idea that happened between the cast and their personal lives. And it has been such a beauty watching people begin to give, you know, like I said, the icons and the legends that I'm speaking of, their flowers, because you get to relive certain things and stories and honestly, even relive hard times with them, but from their own voices, their own perspectives, literally from their own platforms. So today we're going to kick off the latest talking about the Reliving Single podcast. Because Queen Latifah graced the podcast and they discussed and broke down so many of their favorite episodes and, you know, just so many different things that. And y' all know Queen Latifah, she don't do a lot of the press and the talking and the things, but it was a beauty to see her in this space because instantly you felt the chemistry of living Single. You felt the friendship, you felt the automatic cues and the timing. And all they were doing was literally just having a conversation. But it was so natural and it just made you remember good, quality storytelling because just in their natural state, reminiscing and revisiting various moments and times of the show in their careers, it was so entertaining. And these women are, I mean, pillar of the entertainment industry in, in, in. In their perspective, lanes of what they do, operating at an high. So of course it is going to be that. But we talk a lot about, and I know I've talked a lot to people about just really right now in entertainment, they're not being a lot of stars. And when I watch this podcast episode with Queen Latifah and saw the chemistry between the ladies and the natural conversation and all the things I just mentioned, I'm like, man, we are so far from this. But it gives you hope that if you are a dreamer, if you're young, if you have a vision and you got a good group of people around, you are also young, talented, vision, talented, talented, talented and just willing to take a chance. You know what I mean? Maybe you could bring that beauty back. So let's get right on into it. So Queen Latifah sat down with Erica Alexander and Kim Coles for the Reliving podcast. And they talked about, you know, just the building and the basis of living Single. And one of the things that I found that was so interesting was that Queen Latifah actually had no idea or she couldn't fathom the thought that a television series for a music artist in her time was even possible. Until Will Smith did what he did with his show. Let's take a listen. If I can recall correctly, because these Was many, many moons ago. Many moons. I was a rapper, as you know. Cause y' all pretty much taught me everything I know about acting. I was rapping. And it was, you know, Shaqim. Me and Shaqim, we were on tour. We went out with Will Smith a lot. He headlined. So we became like family out there on the road for months at a time. I was 17, 18. I was like, 18. 18 babies. Yeah. But when Will got his TV show, that's when it became, like, an actual possibility. And I wasn't really thinking about a TV show until Will got one. And then when Will did it, we, like, Will got a TV show. If Will can do it, we can do it. So we just started kicking around ideas like, how can we make this happen? That was the next step. But then still being on the road, on a tour bus. One of our favorite shows was Living Color, of course, and hearing that because I think for anybody that, you know, didn't grow up in that time period and didn't really feel how Martin and Will Smith, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, how those shows actually change. The Cosby show changed how people saw black people, but also the trajectory of what we were able to do in our own storytelling. Whenever I hear these stories, I'm like, I can't imagine, like, it's like today, even though we still got a lot of work to do. I can't imagine a world without Fresh Prince, Abella, or without Martin, or without Living Single, without. In Living Color. But they were doing it. They were in it, hanging with Mr. Cooper. So to hear her say that she didn't even think it was possible for her, I'm like, didn't think it was possible for you. I can't imagine the world without you doing that. Without Set it off. And she also talked, too, in this about just the hustle and bustle that she was experiencing. Queen Latifah in her career at that time, while, you know, also very early on mourning the death of her brother and not being fully over that. But everybody on the crew and the people she was working with made it a safe place for her, especially Kim Coles. And I. Oh, my God. I just. Now I understand the sisterhood of the two leading ladies of that show, Queen Latifah and Kim Coles, and that these characters, in essence, weren't characters. This is who they really were. The loving, nurturing. I got you. You don't gotta worry about nothing. Character that Kim Coles played in Living Single was her in real life. To Queen Latifah, let's take a listen to that. What's interesting that Kim always talks about the home that y' all made together in the quick change room. Oh, man. Because being on set is like being in another home, right? So she tell about the quick change room, please. So remind everybody that you know on a set so that you don't have to go all the way back out to your trailer. Cause we had trailers. We had these quick change booths, and they are designed so that you can go in and quickly change it to the next outfit for the next scene. Yeah, you all were each separated, but for some reason, they never separated our room. Room. That was kind of weird. I wanted to make it seem safe. You think they would because you guys were the leads? No, they kept us together. Fantastic. I provided a place where we could have a whole conversation. Good at striking up conversations. So she'll be like, did you. Did you see this and that? And I remember I was doing. What do you mean? Good at striking up conversation? Mean I talk too much? Is that what you're trying to say? I wanted you to feel at home because you felt like they might be a little homestuck. Oh, I was definitely homesick. And then she gets into the hustle and bustle. I mean, she said for at least a month straight, she wasn't even sleeping. And then I just remember I got the role. But I had worked, like, 30 days straight at one point because I couldn't get the time off from the show and do the movie. So at some point, I had to, like, just go back and forth. But I think one of the most, you know, vulnerable moments I've ever seen Queen Latifah in was this moment right here when she talked about the death of her mother. And just experiencing that in real time, while also, you know, at this point, she's Queen Latifah, and there's career and there's all these things, but it doesn't change what she was experiencing in real life. We actually have not talked about in a very serious way. We haven't talked about your mother's passing because it snuck up on her. And I want to make sure that we talk about the disease and the signs so people don't know that this exists, because this is something that actually. And I applaud you because you did a documentary that I looked at. Scared the hell out of me. Oh, scary stuff. Yeah. She had some things going on. So she had something called Scleroderma, which kind of went undiagnosed. And you can't really get the oxygen that you need. So she just passed out in class one day, and that was the beginning of this journey of trying to figure out what was going on, because we didn't. No. She finally got a diagnosis of a for sure diagnosis of the scleroderma. Her heart was being treated and it instantly started to come back. So I think that people should definitely, you know, see their doctors and not play around with it, you know, so my mother actually retired at 50. It was like she couldn't keep that pace of what she was doing and have. And figure out what was going on with her own body at the same time. This is very weird to talk about because I don't really talk about this. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for sharing because you shared her with us so beautifully on the show and in our lives. And thank you for sharing that. My whole life, she belonged to everyone. Thank you. She did a great job. Because if you're here, that means she's here. What's up, y'? All? This is Big Loon from It's Up There podcast. In this powerful episode, we're breaking down the danger of silence and how way too many of us are taught to protect the vibe instead of protecting ourselves. We spend more time researching cars, microphones, sneakers than we will researching on how to protect our bodies and our partners. If you have an honest conversation, one uncomfortable minute can save you a lifetime of regret. The CDC says nearly one in five people carry an STI and most don't even know it. Real intimate isn't built in the dark, is built in the disclosure. Condoms, testing transparency. 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Shop now@washablesofas.com Offers are subject to change and certain restrictions may apply. Hey everyone, Ed Helms here and hi, I'm Kal Penn and we're the hosts of Irsay, The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast I am sitting down with Jenny Garth, host of the iHeart podcast. I choose me to discuss the new audible adaptation of the timeless Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. This is not a trick question. There's no wrong answer. What role would I play? You know what? I can see you as Mr. Darcy. You got A little Colin Firth. Okay, that's really sweet, I appreciate that. But are you sure I'm not the dad? I'm not Mr. Bennett here. Listen to Irsay, the Audible and I Heart Audiobook Club on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Yeah, man, I just, I just hope that. And anytime I am in the space where I'm watching or getting the interview or getting to learn from talent of this cloth, of this elk, this cloth, you know, this is, this is cloth talk right here. This is a little different when you talking about legends and icons like Queen Latifah. Right. The thing I always think about is like, and I pray about, it's like, God, please allow me to touch people in my work the way that a person like a Queen Latifah has. Because we go through our day to day, every day, just head down doing the work, regardless of what we're going through. When you're really dedicated to something and even if you don't know the passion and the purpose, or if you know the passion but know your purpose behind your work and I, I battle with that a lot because entertainment news can be very like fluff. You report the story, you move on. I always struggle with is it impactful and if so, how. But when I hear people like Queen Latifah talk about what she was going through behind the scenes with her mother and how it impacted her and then prior to that, she talks about just how her mom was like her biggest supporter and shaped her and taught her and allowed her to be expressive and creative and all of those things. It just makes me think about like what space is my life creating for other people. Because again, seeing a Queen Latifah run a magazine in Living Single was like, oh, I could do this. Yeah, we can bring Brown girl Grinding can be a production company because Queen Khadijah had a magazine in Living Single. So I mean, I just, you just gotta really sometimes sit back and just thank God for everything that you are able to actually see and experience in real life. To see these women sit down and have this conversation and to be able to talk about it and just, you know, take in the gems and I'm not even witnessing it in real time. I was watching this like, God, thank you for this, thank you for this podcast. Thank you for everything that I'm feeling and the warmth I'm feeling just from watching it. Even in like the darker moments when they expressed some of the things they went through in real life. Cuz Eric Erica Alexander was Also experiencing death in her life while working on living single. And you just, you never, you don't know when you're pouring yourself into something, despite what you're going through, what it does for other people. And these women, I feel so connected to them. It's just like Girlfriends and any other show man or women woman, like Martin, Fresh Prince. I feel so connected to these shows because it's like, because of these shows, I felt like, okay, Hollywood, I'm coming. You know what I mean? I'm packing it up and I'm heading there. So, yes, I want to end the podcast. I know in our last episode. Please go check it out if you have not already. I talked to you guys a bit about Wendy Williams in some new reports that came out about whether she has frontal temporal dementia or not. These new neurologists that she tested with independently outside of the conservatorship are saying that she does not. And I told you guys I owed you some, you know, answers on that. I've been trying. Still don't have them, but I promise to bring them to you right back here. But another thing I'm investigating currently is the fact that Diddy's release date has gone from May 28, 2028 to June of 2028, according to the Bureau of Prison's website. So I'm trying to get more information as to why. Didn't even talk about this on the Breakfast Club yet because I want to be able to provide some answers as to why this is happening. There's a lot of speculation right now that it's, you know, caused from the reporting that he had gotten in trouble for a three way call, which I am told from sources, you know, family sources, that was a phone call between him and his attorneys. But I'm trying to figure that out now. When I get that, I will bring that right back here to you guys as well. In the meantime, please make sure you go and check out that full episode of the Reliving single podcast with Erica Alexander and Kim Kohl's I'll catch you guys in my next episode. At the end of the day, I tell y', all, any single time you guys are here with me, my low rider, checking in with me. Cause y' all could be anywhere else listening and talking about all these topics. But y' all are right here with me at the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. I appreciate you guys. I'll catch you guys in my next episode. What a matchup we got, y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe, non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. 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