This Soul Food Is More Than a Meal — It’s a Statement!

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Okay, so welcome to our podcast.

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This is a little bit different today because this podcast is a spin-off of our radio show.

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Okay, so we got sitting in front of us.

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And this is very low, this is casual, eh?

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Super casual.

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You know what's funny is that I knew I thought you were gonna wear sunglasses, so I brought my sunglasses, and when you parked outside when you're outside, you had sunglasses on.

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Same ones.

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Boom, I'm gonna put mine on too.

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Lolo, but no, now you but now your yours changes so.

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But I can also take them off, also.

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Yeah, I know, but I thought I thought for sure you're gonna be all big time with sunglasses on.

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No, it's all good.

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I know.

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I just like recording my experiences.

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People like walking through my journey of the day.

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Yeah.

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Do you post?

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Where do you post it?

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On my post, on my personal page.

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Oh, you do?

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Yeah, I follow your personal page on it, or do I not?

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Oh no.

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So with us is where all the good stuff is at.

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Larry White, Lolo.

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Where's your chain?

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I've never seen you without your chain.

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Yeah, man.

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You know, I came very professional over here today, right?

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Came very professional.

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Hey, when I saw the address was on 20th Street in Jefferson, I said, I'm gonna leave my jewelry at home.

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This might be a setup.

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So I'm just fucking with you.

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You know, I know a lot about your whole life, so it's kind of weird to ask you questions because I know so much, but let's talk about.

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I know we don't I'm gonna get into Warren's Supper Club because I had dinner there the other night.

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Yes, which is your newest venture, right?

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Um, and then also sip and brunch, you moved.

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Yeah.

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I want to get into that too.

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But let's start off with how you started in the restaurant business.

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All right, are we starting now?

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Yeah, we're on, man, right now.

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We're on, we're live.

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Hey, Lolo's chicken and waffles here.

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Larry White, born and raised right here in Phoenix, Arizona, as you all know.

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Um, worked for my grandma as soon as I was able to walk and talk.

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She put me right to work.

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And as I got older, I started having children, started having more responsibilities, bigger bills.

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I needed more.

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So I asked for the opportunity to showcase my chicken and waffle concept.

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Started doing chicken and waffles at the house for family and friends.

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And then once my grandmother gave me the opportunity to use her kitchen, her rule was only family in the kitchen.

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But did you use any of her recipe or you created your own recipe?

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Yeah, I did use some of her recipes.

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However, I probably a little heavy on it.

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Where my grandma lightly seasoned, I heavy seasoned, you know, I really doubts doubted on.

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And your grandma's is Mrs.

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White.

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Mrs.

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White, the beautiful Mrs.

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White.

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She's still with us at 102 years old.

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Are you serious?

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Yes.

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That's great because you know, you see like Dick Van Dyke got all this news because he turned 100.

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My grandmother's sister is 111.

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What?

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Living here?

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In Temple, Texas.

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What's oh, in Temple?

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How what's the secret living in Texas?

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Southern fried chicken.

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Are you serious?

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She's 111.

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She's healthy as a horse.

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She's healthy, sharp as a tack, and there will be a 112th birthday in June.

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Are you gone?

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Is it a party?

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Of course.

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Of course.

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It's a party.

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It's a party every year.

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That's amazing.

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Yeah.

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I was at the 110th birthday party.

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I didn't make the 111th, but I will be at the 112th.

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Does she walk and talk or is she in a wheelchair?

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Talks, answers her phone, still lives at home.

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No TV in her house.

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She just has a radio.

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That's the way she loves it.

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She has a caregiver that comes by during the day, make her meals, help her, assist.

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But um when she travels, last time she was here is probably about three years ago.

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So at 109, she didn't want any help out of a car.

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Wow.

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Let's say she was 108.

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She didn't want any help out of a car.

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And she said, nah, baby, you won't be here tomorrow.

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I need to do this on my own.

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Wow.

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Wow.

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What about grandma?

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Does she drive?

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Is she driving and stuff?

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Or is she?

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Grandma's sharp.

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She can drive.

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She can drive if she needs to.

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We're not letting her drive any long distance.

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But if grandma is impatient and she wants to get to the supermarket, she's on her way.

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Is she at the restaurant cooking too?

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Of course not.

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No, she doesn't even hang out.

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I'm no longer cooking at the restaurant.

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Are you in charge?

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Did you take over that restaurant?

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No, no, I didn't take over there.

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My little sister did, Kiana.

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My little sister is running that for my grandmother and my father, and um business is still going strong.

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Thank God.

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Where'd you go to high school?

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I went to South Mountain High School.

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Oh, right on.

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I am the first graduating class 100% Jaguar.

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So when I got to South Mountain in '86, they had just changed from the running rebels to the Jaguars.

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Oh, right on.

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Yeah.

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When did you graduate?

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90.

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Oh, right on.

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Yep.

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I'm a Chandler High guy.

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Chandler High.

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Wow.

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Okay, so you get you start sampling recipes in your grandma's kitchen.

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And then what?

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How what what where and how do you get the Lolos?

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And where's Lolo come from?

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Well, you know, so it goes so much deeper than that.

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Um, first of all, I come from a family of cooks, right?

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So I'm cooking at home.

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Believe it or not, my mother was an amazing cook or is an amazing cook.

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You know, mom's still with us.

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Um don't tell nobody, but my mom is fried chicken is fire.

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Fire, right?

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But um, you know, with a combination between my father and my grandmother and my home cooking, you know, just cooking was just something that just came second nature, right?

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So um, you know, when I got my first place, got my apartments and stuff, and I used to cook for the homies and stuff, and then sometimes females would come over and they taste the food, they don't want to leave.

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I was like, I might be on to something right here.

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Is that back in the day?

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Because you were doing promotion, right?

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For records and clubs and stuff like that.

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I had an independent record label at one time, Faux Life Records.

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What life?

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What was it called?

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Faux Life.

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Full Life, okay.

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Faux Life.

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Okay.

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Yeah, man.

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So it was around the whole death row thing.

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They were death row, we was full life.

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Yeah.

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Oh, yeah, yeah.

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Okay.

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Exactly.

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Okay.

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So we even um ended up in some of the same recording studios with the dog pound, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, and we can go on and on for days.

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Um, we was able to get the dog pound on a couple of tracks.

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Um, we did a lot of production with DJ Battlecat, who is a very known death row producer.

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Um, we did move music with um Swiss Beats, E40, Little Kiki out of Houston, Roger Troutman.

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Um, we got the clearance on the mini Rippleton track.

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Um, we did music with Angela Wimbush, um, Christopher Williams.

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And it was your label?

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Yes.

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I founded the label in '92.

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So two years out of high school.

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Wow.

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I wasn't even 21.

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And those are you had you had artists and you were selling product.

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I had artists.

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Listen to this story right here.

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Everybody's gonna love this story.

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No, that's what I'm saying.

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I love your stories like this.

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I remember during COVID, I'd call you every day on the air and have you tell a story.

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Thank you, thank you.

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And yeah, you did.

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So one of my very first artists, um, you know, I I named first I had a production company called Unknown Productions, and I would do these parties, and then I had a little cousin who was um singing and rapping, she'd go by the name of L1.

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Her name is Lawana Hale.

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And um I I took a liking to her and said, okay, let's let's see what we can do.

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So I spent my money and put in a recording studio and got her professionally recorded, um, mastered and all of that stuff, and um bought her some tracks.

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And we was putting a lot of time and energy and money behind her.

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But um, it just wasn't going nowhere.

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You know, we kept doing shows around town, but it seemed like we just couldn't get out of Arizona, right?

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Where she had three backup dancers.

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And every time we did a show, I made sure El Wan had what she needed, I made sure the backup dancers had what they needed.

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Well, anyway, as time goes on, we ain't making no money.

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Loana comes to me and says, Hey, I got bills to pay, I got responsibilities, and we ain't making no money.

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I gotta do something.

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So she decided to join the Air Force.

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Wow.

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Well, thank God for Luana, and you know, thank you for your service.

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She goes on and joins the Air Force, and while she's gone, she's at boot camp.

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She calls me.

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Larry, Larry, you remember my backup dinner?

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My backup dancer, Adina?

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Have you heard her song?

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I said, Adina, who?

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She said, Adina Howard.

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I'm like, man, I was managing the wrong motherfucker.

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So Adina Howard was one of the backup dancers, and she blew up about two months after Luana took off.

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That's incredible.

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Is that crazy?

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Yeah, where's your cousin now?

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Um, she lit, she's actually living in Texas, and she's married.

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She's married to an ex um Dallas cowboy.

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Oh, yeah.

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And um Which one?

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Uh I think the last name is Hardy.

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Hardy or something like that, right?

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I just did something with a bunch of old cowboys about two weeks ago.

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Yeah, so his last name is Hardy.

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However, he has a son who is like one of the top football players in the state of Texas.

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Oh, really?

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And now he's in college and he's at um Alabama.

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Oh, wow.

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He's at Alabama.

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Where's Adina now?

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Um, you know, I don't know where Adina is now, but for a moment she was living here in Maricopa.

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But when you were when you were doing the record label, I mean, you had you had interactions and club nights with some big people like Ice Cube, like like they know you.

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Yes, right?

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Like Cube, you were helping them think like a lot of people know me.

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I got a weird thing.

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I know, I know, I know, I know.

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That's true.

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Yeah, but I like hearing the come up though, like I mean, Cube was you guys were like working together doing stuff.

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Well, not necessarily working together doing stuff.

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Um, I was a customer, and Q worked as a cashier at a store I used to frequent.

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Right.

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It was called Fields on 16th Street and stuff.

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Okay.

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And we used to go to Fields and pick up clothes, and Q would be behind the counter, and he would tell us all these stories about this amazing group he got called NWA.

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And, you know, us as high school kids and you know, 88.

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Well, let's say 87, 88, he's telling these this story.

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That shit is going in one ear and out the other.

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You're like, yeah, right.

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Right, right, right.

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You right here, you ringing up my stuff, so it's bag it up so I can go.

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You know, no disrespect, Cube.

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But anyway, um, yeah, man, um, Cube was working the cashier, and we would go in there and buy clothes.

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And like, why was he here?

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Because he was in L.

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Well, you know, from the movie, is it actually, you know, the NWA movie, which they did an amazing job.

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It's just straight out of confidence.

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Oh man, what an amazing movie.

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Well, in the movie, he's walking home from Dre's after recording, uh-huh, you know, and he gets jammed up by the police.

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Right.

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And he was just walking home on his business.

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Right, right.

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Well, his parents was like, We're not gonna lose you to the streets.

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You are not gonna be another victim of police brutality.

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So his parents literally shipped him to Arizona to save his life just because of all the madness that was going on.

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That's when he wrote after police, though, isn't it?

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Or at least in the movie.

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No, they wrote that later.

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Oh, they wrote after after they got arrested after that club.

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I'm pretty I'm pretty sure like over time.

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So they had for the movie, they had to cut stuff out.

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Yeah, they had to cut it.

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But it almost sounds like he's got the he's got the West Coast version of uh Fresh Prince.

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Pretty much, right?

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Pretty much, but he literally moved to Arizona for his parents just wanted him to have a better life.

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And then he went back to LA.

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Of course.

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I mean, NWA blew up.

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Yeah, right.

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Wow.

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I mean, he was out here in a trade school.

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He was in a trade school by day working at fields at night.

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His son really nailed it, man.

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For him, yeah.

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He's he's awesome.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Those um those movies that he does, um, what are they called?

00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:25.919
The the uh outside of NWA movie, the uh the den, something called Devil's Den or something like that.

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Yeah, Den of Thieves.

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Den of Thieves, that's it.

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Den of Thieves, those are great movies.

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Yeah, they are.

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Uh so then who else who else have you crossed paths with?

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Uh man, you name it.

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Who have I not crossed paths with?

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Well, how about Diddy?

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That documentary is number one.

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Yeah, it is, it is, it is number one.

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You know, I don't have any, I don't have any famous Diddy stories, but I bumped into Diddy numerous times at the Freak Nick in Atlanta.

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Oh I was just talking to my family about this recently because we were looking at the Diddy documentary over the weekend, and um, you know, my wife asked me, like, you ever come across Diddy?

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I said, Yeah, I met Diddy when he was a nobody.

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I met Diddy before he released a single album off of Bad Boy.

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And him and Biggie, they was at Freak Nick, you know, same thing.

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Man, I'm starting Bad Boy Records.

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This is my artist.

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We coming, you know, and um you meet the dude and uh you tell him, hey, I also got an independent label.

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We're out of Phoenix, Arizona.

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We do woo-woo woo.

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We got a little brief exchange, and that was it.

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That's about the gist of it.

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My Diddy story.

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I had Diddy on my show twice.

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Phone call, phone call twice.

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In fact, I just listened to the interviews the other day.

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The lat I had him on in 2010 and 2011, and I listened to the interview.

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And in 2011, he says to me, I want to invite you to my party.

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He goes, Ain't no party like a Diddy party.

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He literally says that to me on the phone, kind of gave me goosebumps, right?

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So, quick story before before that, it must have been 2005, 2006, Rich and I syndicate our show.

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We sign a deal, we're going all over the country.

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We're in Vegas, and Diddy walks in, and I got a microphone in my hand typed to a tape recorder.

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And one of the things, you know, a liner is when you have an artist say, Hey man, this is Snoop Dogg.

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You're listening to John Jane Rich.

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Hey, this is Brad Pitt.

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You're listening to John Jane Rich, hey, it's Tupac, you know, and radio stations play that.

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And so Diddy, my dad is with me, and Diddy comes walking in this place.

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He's doing two interviews.

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He's doing New York and LA.

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And here we are, Phoenix.

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And I'm like, come on, man, let me get Diddy.

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So I walk over to Diddy and I go, excuse me, uh, Diddy and his security guards grab me, throw me up against the wall, like off the ground.

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Like I'm off there.

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Two guys are holding me up off the ground, right?

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And I'm like, whoa, whoa.

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And Diddy's like, whoa, whoa, put him down, put him down, put him down.

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They put me down, he goes, What do you need?

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And I go, since you're not doing Phoenix, I go, we just signed the new syndication deal to do a radio show.

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I was hoping you could cut me an ID for our show.

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And he goes, What's the name of the show?

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I go, it's John Jane Rich.

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He goes, I got it.

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He takes the microphone, he cuts the most amazing, he goes, yo, this is P.

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Diddy, Puff Daddy, your dad.

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He does this whole thing that is amazing, right?

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And I'm like, I can't freaking wait to play this on my show.

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I run over to Rich, I tell him what happened, and guess what happened?

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When they threw me against the wall, they disconnected the cable.

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Disconnected the cable.

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But I had that moment, I got that moment, and now he's in prison.

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Wow.

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I know, I know.

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So crazy story.

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I have never been invited to a Diddy party.

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However, I I never knew all that stuff was going on until all of this stuff came out in the media.

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Right.

00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.799
I had no idea about the baby oil and what's in the baby oil.

00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.840
Right, right, right.

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But I, you know, I gotta honestly say, if I was invited back in those days, I probably would have attended.

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I was invited, yeah, and it was too late.

00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:49.120
I didn't want to go, it was too late.

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Yeah.

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I mean, I I I kicked myself because I would probably be, I want I'd be in the documentary.

00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:55.919
Well, yeah, I'm I'm glad I'm I don't I'm I'm glad I didn't go.

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So I'm glad I wasn't invited.

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Right, right, right.

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But yeah, man.

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But yeah, who didn't want to go to a Diddy all-white party?

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I know.

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You think about it.

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I mean, who wouldn't go?

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Yeah.

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Except, I mean, it was late.

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And I at the time, I there's a couple things I've done I haven't done.

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Like I got invited to party with a couple of celebs, like Enrique Glessius, Katie Perry, the Jonas brothers, and I was like, it was like, it's at 10:30, 11 o'clock, we're gonna go here.

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I'm like, that's too late, I gotta get up early.

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And I didn't go.

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So I got this most amazing story.

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This is my most recent story.

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So a friend of mine calls me, and uh, we're good friends, we talk all the time.

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And um, he's like, hey man, you you want to go to Boston to the Patriots versus Pittsburgh Steelers game this season.

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And I'm like, what the fuck do I want to go see them for?

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Like, right, right, right, right, right.

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Who cares about the Patriots and the Steelers?

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Right.

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He's like, we're gonna be sitting in Robert Kraft's booth.

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Oh, damn.

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I'm like, so I asked him about eight, nine, ten times, like, are you sure?

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We're gonna be sitting in Robert Kraft's booth.

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He's like, Yeah, man.

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It's either you want to go or you don't.

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And after about the 10th time, I said, fuck it.

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All right, you sure?

00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.960
Yeah, man, we're gonna be sitting with Robert Kraft, Robert Kraft, the owner.

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I said, Okay, let's go.

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So I book my flight, I go out to Boston, first time in Boston in my life.

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And we, you know, black car pulls up, picks us up, takes us to the stadiums, like VIP all the way.

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We get to the stadium, we go into this private room, they got badges.

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Larry Warren White, the guest of Robert Kraft.

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Wow, yeah, man.

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So I put on my little badge, excuse me, you know, pop my collar.

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So, you know, we walking around on the field like about an hour or two before the game, the guys out there stretching and going through drills and stuff like that.

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And then they say, Robert Kraft is holding a private reception in his private reception area.

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Please join him there.

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So I'm like, okay.

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So me and my dude, we walk over there and we go into this room.

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And when I walk into the room, I mean, I might embarrass myself on this podcast right here, but I walk into the room, I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, there's Jay-Z, there's Mike Rubin, there's Jason Tatum.

00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:10.799
I mean, all these fucking celebrities are there.

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Wow.

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And I'm like, get yourself together.

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So I had to get my composure together and act like I belong.

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Is that I saw the picture of you and Jay-Z.

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You saw that?

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:21.759
I saw that.

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I had to saw that.

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I had to act like I belong.

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Yeah.

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So I walked off in there, and Jay was like, hey, what's up, man?

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Reached out, shook my hand.

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We got to laughing and talking.

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:36.880
But anyway, we watched that game shoulder to shoulder.

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Jay, Emery, that's Jay's right hand man.

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Jason Tatum, Mike Rubin, um, the owner, Robert Kraft, and my boy who invited me, Mr.

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.480
Willie McGuinness.

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Willie McGuinness.

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Two-time Super Bowl champ.

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Wow, man.

00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:55.759
That's awesome.

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That's my dog.

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That is awesome, man.

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.799
Yeah, man.

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So what an awesome experience.

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:02.559
That Mike Rubin guy, he is taking off, huh?

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Bro, Mike Rubin, dude, that dude is a beast.

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I know.

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He's a freaking beast.

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.920
I'd love to interview that guy.

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He's a freaking beast.

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So, you know, I told him, hey, I would love to come to one of the white parties, you know.

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.799
Yeah, he's got different white parties.

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.200
Exactly.

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.400
And he said, you know, anything can happen.

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You know, you got to give him your info?

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:20.799
You know, I did.

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.680
I was gonna say, you're gonna be able to do it.

00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:23.359
I gave him I gave him my card.

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I say, now I got a 50% chance.

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That's right.

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Oh, that's good.

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.759
You know, you invite Jay-Z?

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I mean, to Lolos?

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Of course I did.

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Of course I did.

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Um, I gave Jay Z a card, he put it in his pocket.

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I told him.

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Because I know you.

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There's no way you let that slide.

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There's no way.

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There's, you know, opportunity.

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You all I'm always in promotion mode.

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I mean, I'm literally sitting here talking to you, and I got promotional cards in my pocket right now.

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:48.079
You know, you can see what do you got?

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:52.960
You can never go somewhere without marketing and advertising your business.

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.440
Let me see.

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:56.720
So the little promotion card, you know, I made them really nice.

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Kind of figure if it's nice enough, people keep it.

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Oh, I forgot about Monroe's.

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Oh, yeah.

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Best hot chicken in the world.

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Place is freaking great.

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The the um the dessert.

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What the hell was that?

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.160
Moonpie.

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Moonpie.

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Dude, I've eaten at all your restaurants.

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Right on, man.

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So you're eating good.

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I mean, if you want to eat, make it count, man.

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.599
You got Lolo's, you got Warren's, you got Monroe's and then Burchard Sip.

00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:18.480
What happened with Burchard's Sip?

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What why'd they move?

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:21.839
Well, the first Burchard Set was in the lease spot.

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And in business, you want to start small, just like Lolo started small.

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You know, you got to see if it's gonna work.

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Are the people gonna gravitate to it?

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Are they gonna love it?

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Are they gonna accept it?

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So we started.

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It was a brand new concept, just like Monroe.

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So we lease first.

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And you know, after you see, they love it.

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:44.079
Now it's time to go buy a piece of land, buy some property.

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.839
Oh, is that what you're where are you guys now?

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We just moved two blocks west.

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So now we're on like 38th Street in Indian School.

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We're right next door to the Bosa Donuts.

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We bought the old we bought the old ticket exchange.

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I don't know that remember we're ticking, but there's Bosa there's a pizza place, my slice of the pie.

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Yep.

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We're on the other side, big two-story white building.

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.960
Oh, wow.

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And that's the new that's the new home of Brunch Sip.

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:05.920
Oh wow.

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:08.000
Now we got upstairs and downstairs.

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We also got a brunch of sip coming in LA.

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And it's also going to be upstairs and downstairs as well.

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How many logos you got now?

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Um, right now we're at four, but number five is on the way.

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Number five is due in February, first quarter of 26th, in Houston, Texas.

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Oh, right on third ward.

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Wow.

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Since you live there.

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It's in the Edo district.

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That's gonna do well.

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East of downtown, right across the street from the University of Houston.

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Are you still in the airport here?00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:34.240


No, we're no longer in the airport.00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:35.279


Are you still in Gilbert?00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.640


No, no longer in Gilbert.00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:42.640


We actually shut down Gilbert actually about a year ago, um, exactly 54 weeks to this day.00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:46.160


I I've talked to somebody who told me having a restaurant in the airport's a pain in the ass.00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:50.319


Yeah, having an airport, having the airport deal was very challenging.00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.039


And it was a licensing deal, is what we did.00:20:53.200 --> 00:21:02.160


So basically, as a licensing deal, if I was to go and check on the store and visit the store and I see something I didn't like, I couldn't say nothing right then and there.00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.640


I couldn't do nothing about it right then and there.00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:07.759


I had to go leave, go home, submit an email.00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:12.720


Once they get that email, they had 72 hours to fix it.00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.599


Wow.00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:17.440


So if I go in there and the macaroni and cheese is jacked up, right?00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.119


I can't say nothing.00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:21.200


Yeah, damn your macaroni and cheese is good though.00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:29.599


Yeah, but you know, they you know they drop the ball and we you know, we used to train people, get them over to Lolos Phoenix and train them the right way.00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:34.000


And um, I was told these are employees of that group.00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.880


Oh, wow.00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.279


Right?00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.759


Right.00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.559


And we can move these people anywhere we need to go.00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.839


I couldn't handle that at that time.00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.640


That's your baby.00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.039


Yeah.00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:45.119


So the people that we train are now working over at Joe's barbecue.00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.319


Oh, oh really?00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.039


Exactly.00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:50.079


The people we trained are now working over at Zoyo.00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.799


You know what I mean?00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.200


Right.00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.880


So it's like what about the stadium?00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.839


You still at the stadium?00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.000


Nah, the stadium was a four-year deal.00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:58.000


It was a great time while it lasted.00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.039


Remember I helped you?00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.839


Yes, you did.00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.640


Yes, you did.00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:02.559


I needed some help so bad that day.00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:05.440


Me, you, and Rosita worked so freaking hard that day.00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.720


We were so shorthanded.00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.000


I got my steps in that day, too.00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:09.759


Yeah, we were so shorthanded.00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:16.079


And um, because that's like we were I was leaving the gym and you were, I'll never forget, you're sitting at a table by yourself, and I go, What's up, man?00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:20.240


Man, you had to fire a manager and you had to fire whatever, and you're short on people.00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.279


And I go, for when?00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.079


You go for tonight.00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:24.160


I think it was the I'm actually playing the Dodgers.00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.200


It was a big game.00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:27.119


Playoff, getting in the playoffs or whatever.00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:31.440


And I was like, My family's out of town, and sure enough, you picked me up at my house.00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.240


That was phenomenal, man.00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.200


That was awesome.00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.079


I'll never forget that.00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.960


That was awesome, man.00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.599


That was an awesome moment.00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:39.599


Which one of your restaurants would you say?00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:42.799


Uh, which which one is the biggest moneymaker right now?00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:50.400


You know, I'm gonna have to say Lolo's because Lolo's is just consistent business, you know, day and night.00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.279


Um seven days a week.00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:55.920


It's been around the long the longest.00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:58.640


You know, we just celebrated 28 years, thank God.00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.119


Wow.00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:06.559


And um, you know, without Lolos, it wouldn't be no brunch and sip, wouldn't be no Monroe's hot chicken, wouldn't be no Warren Supper Club.00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.640


And to be honest with you, without Mrs.00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:10.079


Weites, it wouldn't be no Lolos.00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.599


You're right, you're right, right.00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:21.119


Well, with all the success you've had, I mean, what what would you say is one of your biggest purchases for yourself that you were like, man, I hit success.00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:25.759


Let me do this, let me take my family here, or let me buy this car, let me do whatever.00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:31.599


You know, um, I still haven't bought my dream car, and um, I don't know if I ever will one day.00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:35.680


Hopefully, I can get to that day, but you know, I just drive old pickup truck, you know.00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.960


What's your dream car?00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:39.680


You know, I would like a Rolls Royce Wraith.00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.680


I need you to edit that part out.00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.319


Why?00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.720


You gotta have dreams, bro.00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.440


You gotta have goals.00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:50.480


I have dreams, but man, I want a Rolls Royce Wraith, man.00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.920


That's I I love that car.00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.920


But what what what have you done?00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:56.480


What have you purchased to treat yourself and your family?00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:03.359


You know, um, my wife is the one that really goes out and like, hey, you deserve this.00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.599


And um, you know, she bought me a couple of nice watches.00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:12.640


Um, you know, we she threw me an amazing 50th birthday party.00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.319


That 50th birthday party.00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:16.160


Um, I just recently turned 54.00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:18.240


So Is that the party I was at your house?00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.480


Yes.00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.440


Oh, that was a great party.00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:19.759


Yeah.00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:21.359


And people are still talking about it.00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.319


That was a great party.00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.440


People are still talking.00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:28.319


I was just telling somebody, somebody told me the other day, happy birthday, two weeks ago.00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:30.880


And they like, but that 50th?00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.799


Oh my god.00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.759


That was a hell of a party.00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.880


It was a hell of a party.00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:37.759


Rashida is an amazing party planner.00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.599


Um, she loves all she loves doing that stuff, putting stuff together.00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.480


She's hilarious.00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.799


Yeah.00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.319


Um, what about like your fashion?00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:49.519


Because when I was talking about purchases, I remember you had this jacket that I haven't seen you wear in a while, and I freaking love that jacket.00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.880


I even asked you if I could borrow it.00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.000


It's like an aviator.00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:54.799


Yeah, it's uh it's is it Gucci or is it what is it?00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.799


It's uh it's that it's a brown one.00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.519


What is it?00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.279


It's um it's it's it's poochie.00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.880


No, it's poochie.00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.599


No, it's not poochie.00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:06.720


You got a bunch of why you trying to be all, you know, just trying to dumb it down, man.00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.640


You know, I still want to wear that jacket.00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.200


You know what?00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:13.359


That's how you now that I didn't now that I didn't ward enough, I can let you know.00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:20.960


I was gonna say but but at that time when I had just got it, you know, at the time when I got it, it hadn't made it to the States yet.00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.920


Oh, I know.00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.720


I tried to buy it.00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:22.960


Yeah.00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.759


I tried to buy it.00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:26.240


It was it was it was brand spanking new.00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:31.599


And um, for my 51st birthday, um, my wife took me to Dubai.00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:37.680


And we went to Dubai with some friends and from Dubai, we ended up in Paris.00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:44.720


And in Paris, that's when I learned that Louis Vuitton makes clothes for big guys.00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:49.200


Before that, I was only wearing a little scully, a little beanie, right?00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.799


Or a belt, if I was lucky.00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:52.640


I got this one picture, you know.00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:55.200


I work out um in my trainer.00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.759


He asked me, give me a before and after picture.00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:01.039


So I gave him a before picture, and I was freaking huge, bro.00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:03.279


I was gonna tell you when I saw you when you got out, you look good, man.00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.759


Thank you, man.00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.559


Gotta get into that.00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.119


Thank you.00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.480


I um I was huge.00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:13.759


And um he zoomed in on my Louis Vuitton belt, and it was screaming, help me, help me, help me.00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:17.119


Hey, if that jacket don't fit you anymore, man, you hand me down to me.00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:19.440


Oh, that jacket, man, I'm smothering in it now.00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.119


Yeah, man, I'm down 50 pounds.00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.920


How'd you do it?00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:24.640


Um working out, man, just busting my freaking ass.00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.359


No diet?00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:27.680


So yeah, I do intermittent um fasting.00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.400


Oh, so do I.00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:34.480


So how long um, you know, when I first started, you know, I went really, really pretty aggressive.00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.880


So I will only eat between noon and six p.m.00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:41.200


And then life happens, you know, you stretch it to seven, eight to the phone.00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.079


I do one to seven.00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:44.640


You do one to seven, so good for you.00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:47.119


But um, you so you got a six-hour window.00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:50.799


When I was doing a six-hour window, I had the biggest results.00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:53.680


But now, you know, it's an eight-hour window.00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:55.359


I try not to eat after eight o'clock.00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.599


Yeah.00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:58.799


But since Warren's, you know, Warren's is so sexy.00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:05.440


And um, you know, one of the main things that I did in um late April of 24, I gave up drinking.00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.839


Oh.00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:11.680


So from late April 24 all the way to the new year, I didn't have no alcohol.00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.319


Still?00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:16.079


Well, I I was gonna say, I think I said the Cardinals game feel pretty good.00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:18.720


I I eased backed into it a little bit.00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:23.519


However, I'm just drinking tequila straight, none of all the mixtures and stuff like that.00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:26.720


You know, I'm a tequila guy, love my tequila and reposado.00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:34.640


But um, yeah, man, so I did all of that, stopped drinking, stopped eating at a certain time, not even fruit or anything.00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:41.920


And I was just wake up in the morning, go for a walk in the neighborhood, go to the gym, and um you drink coffee?00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.480


No.00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:44.160


So I'm a water guy.00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:48.640


Okay, so I don't uh my doctor put me on this fast, just like what you're doing, right?00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:51.119


And she told me, drink coffee in the morning.00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.720


I've never had coffee in my life.00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:56.880


She's like, drink coffee in the morning, it'll help suppress your appetite, makes it easier to get there.00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.640


So I started drinking coffee in the morning.00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:00.240


Coffee is disgusting.00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:03.759


So I slam it and freaking not hungry at all.00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:05.839


So, because to me that was the hard part, right?00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.160


So from six, I have a cup of coffee at 6 a.m.00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:10.240


and I don't eat till one piece of cake.00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:12.400


You know something else that suppresses your appetite?00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:12.880


What?00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.079


A green apple.00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.720


Really?00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.359


I didn't know that.00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.000


Green apples.00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.359


But then that breaks your fast.00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:22.319


Well, no, but like you said, like if you meal replacement, you know.00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:30.640


Oh, so instead of you know, like if you're on the go and you're starving, you just gotta just keep going and you need a little fuel, a green apple, that'd help.00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.359


So you did it, you lost 50 pounds doing it the right way.00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.759


You didn't do any Ozempic or any of that stuff.00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:41.200


No, yeah, now the thing is for me, what happens is just like you, it's so funny because what you said I completely relate to.00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:44.720


I had that window, and then it's like, ah, the weekend's here.00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:47.359


I'll chill out on the weekend, be a little bit more relaxed.00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:49.599


And now, since Thanksgiving, I've gained 13 pounds.00:28:49.759 --> 00:29:00.640


Well, since since Warren Supper Club, I gained probably about 20 pounds where I had jumped back up, and um, and I just like, hey, I gotta reel it back in.00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:03.039


And I got that 20 back up off me.00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:06.559


So I was down 50, went back up, down 30.00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:08.640


Now, now I'm back down 50 again.00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:11.359


So what when you do that, is that exercise, diet, or both?00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.240


It's kind of both.00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.119


Yeah, it's kind of both.00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:17.839


You know, just gotta take it easy, and you know, everything that Warrens is so freaking delicious.00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:21.519


So I'm over there eating ribeye steaks and buttercake and everything else.00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:23.599


But you asked me about Ozempit.00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:26.079


What I have been taking lately is a couple of peptides.00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.119


Oh, the peptides, yeah.00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.240


So I got a couple of peptides.00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:34.640


Which ones one of my boys turned me on to, and the one that I'm taking on a daily basis is called Wolverine.00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:37.519


Oh, that's BPC 157 and TB500.00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:37.920


Yes.00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.319


Yeah.00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.200


Wait a minute.00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:43.839


I bumped into Rashida at a restaurant and she's with these guys to sell the peptide.00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.160


Yeah.00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.559


Yeah.00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.839


So my boy Jay Vega.00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.880


Yeah, yes, yeah.00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.279


I met him.00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.759


I can introduce you to him, and you can bring him in here, you can interview him.00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:54.880


Because I was talking to him about where I get my peptides.00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.279


Okay.00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:58.000


And we kind of had an interesting conversation uh for a little bit.00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.480


Yeah, that's right.00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:01.119


So you got so the So he gave me that one and another one.00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.480


I don't know the name of the other one.00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:08.079


Well, the Wolverine one, what that does is make your body heal and and repair itself and does amazing stuff.00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:12.799


And then in the morning before I go to the gym, I'm eating the creatine creatine gummies.00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.680


Oh, creatine too.00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.319


Where do you get the gummies?00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.119


I never heard of gummies.00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.720


Oh man, I got these one stop?00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.240


No, I didn't get them from one stop.00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.440


I ordered them online.00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:21.839


It looked like just so you're in the health now.00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.960


You're way into your health.00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.319


Yeah, yeah, yeah, man.00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.519


Health is wealth.00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.279


And um, I ain't getting no younger.00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.759


Right.00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.680


So I have to do something, bro.00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.000


Yeah.00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.359


You know, to be honest with you.00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.880


Uh are you doing anything else?00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.000


Like, I mean, your face looks good.00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:35.279


You do anything, you get a face lip?00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.839


Nah, man.00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.400


No surgeries.00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.440


It's just a beautiful face.00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.160


No surgeries.00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.200


I drink a lot of water, bro.00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.440


Yeah.00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:45.599


I drink no like even before my diet, that was like the one thing I always had going for myself.00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.359


Water, water, water.00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.480


Especially in the summer.00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:51.039


In the summer, man, I'll probably go through 12 bottles a day.00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.799


Do you know about the hydrogenated water?00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.519


Have you seen that?00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.519


Um, I think I did see that.00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.240


Oh, from here?00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.480


Yeah.00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.880


Oh, yeah.00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.200


But yeah.00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.319


I saw it on your podcast.00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.720


Oh, yeah.00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.039


Have you ever?00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.599


Oh, that's right.00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.240


You sent me a message.00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.359


You sent me a text yesterday.00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.480


I saw it on your podcast.00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.720


But have you heard of this before that?00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.200


No.00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:07.519


So this is like the health trend right now.00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:13.839


But what happens is that these this company made these glasses, you fill and you press a button, you gotta wait a minute.00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.240


It turns it into hydrated water, it's supposed to be really good for your body.00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.440


Then they stopped making that.00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:19.599


Then they started making pills, and it took too long.00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:23.279


Then I found this company in Australia, and hopefully they're coming, they're coming here at some point, right?00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:28.079


But he messed, he texted me three days ago and said, How do I get some of this stuff?00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.480


Yeah.00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:28.799


Right?00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.079


Hook a brother up.00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.799


Mm-hmm.00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:34.000


Yeah, I drink a lot of water too, and this stuff's supposed to be really good for you.00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.720


Right on, man.00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:36.960


So I've been drinking the water called Path.00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.920


What's it called?00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.880


Path.00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:41.920


It comes in those um aluminum bottles.00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.640


Yeah, yeah, yeah.00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.720


Either the short white or the tall black.00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.519


Where do you get it?00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:47.200


Oh man, I got it at Costco.00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.680


Oh, really?00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.039


Costco Business Center.00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:52.000


That's good that you're taking care of your health, man, because you got young kids.00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.119


Got grandkids.00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.000


You got grandkids.00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.119


You got four grandkids.00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.759


And then, yeah.00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:57.039


And you're raising one of them, too, right?00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.160


One of them lives with me.00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.759


My six-year-old grandson, Max.00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.960


How different is that, man?00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.920


Oh man.00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:04.559


Hey, I thought I was almost out of the game.00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.640


Then they pulled me back in.00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.000


Right.00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.480


Jeez.00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.960


Tell me about Warren's Supper Club.00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:12.000


I ate there the other night.00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:14.400


So tell me about tell me the concept behind Warren's Supper Club.00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.759


I gotta take a drink on that one.00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:19.680


Warren's Supper Club is absolutely amazing.00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:22.319


It's a dream that come, it's a dream that came true.00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.720


Yeah.00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:32.160


You know, um, of course, we started in the hole in the wall with Lolo's chicken and waffles, and um we did the best that we could with what we had.00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:36.480


And we worked hard, but we always inspired to be better.00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.359


Right?00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:46.480


So um as time goes on, we came out with uh with uh with a high-end or fancy chicken sandwich.00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:52.400


You know, Monroe's hot chicken is um 100% organic, no antibiotics ever.00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:54.400


It's a halal piece of chicken.00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:57.759


We bring it in fresh, never frozen, right?00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:02.240


And then from there, we went to the elevated brunch concept.00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:13.920


Whenever we're out of town, whenever we go somewhere, whether you're at a hotel, you get these fancy white plates and real shiny silverware, and you eat your brunch or whatever, you go to a brunch spot.00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.440


I was like, that'd be dope.00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:18.480


What if we offer brunch all day, every day?00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:20.400


You know, so that you got brunch and shell.00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.440


All of that, all that good stuff.00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:28.319


And then from there, you know, you get that bug, you get that itch, but you want more.00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.400


And I was like, what's next?00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:33.440


Let's just come full circle, let's do fine dining.00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:39.039


So, you know, we took something from all our favorite restaurants that we love to visit.00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:43.359


And we've been seeing you at Hillstones numerous times, and we love the ribs over there.00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:51.119


So we added some ribs to the menu, we added some spinach dip, um, we did steak, seafood, pastas.00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.400


I love pasta.00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:56.400


Um great salads with the buttercake.00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:58.400


Didn't ask nobody for the recipe.00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:02.960


We just did our own spin on it, and I think we now knocked it off the park.00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:05.039


But we did one extra step different.00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:10.880


Instead of vanilla ice cream, we topped it with butter pecan ice cream to make it our own.00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.239


It was good, man.00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:14.159


And well, and then you got the band.00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:19.840


Yes, then we got the live band, Julian Stewart and the franchise band, great friend of mine.00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:22.960


Uh, me and Julian have been friends for well over 20 years.00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:26.320


Um, believe it or not, I met Julian, he was my health inspector.00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.039


Oh, really?00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:29.039


He was my health inspector at Lolo's.00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.880


Well, which one was he on the instruments?00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.840


Was he the keyboard player?00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.639


No, he's drums.00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.440


He was drums, okay.00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:52.639


So we had our I took my whole show out to dinner there, and um uh when the band started setting up, you know, we're having we're we're having a dinner and the band started setting up, and I thought, oh no, it's gonna get really loud because I've been to places before where I was never there's a band, and all of a sudden it's too loud and I can't you can't speak.00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.679


That's not warns.00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.679


No, it was perfect.00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:58.719


Yes, it was and the music they played was fantastic.00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.199


Yes.00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:01.679


And then my buddy, our buddy Aaron, went Friday.00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.239


Yeah, man.00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.639


Um, he sent me a bunch of videos, and you had a singer then.00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:06.079


Yeah, because there wasn't a singer on Thursday.00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:08.480


Yeah, we bring the singers in on Fridays and Saturdays.00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.679


And she was fire, man.00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:12.880


They were it was the the band was just the videos he sent me was fantastic.00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:16.800


Friday and Saturday, we add up singer, saxophonists.00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:19.039


We jazz it up on the weekend.00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:21.280


Your sides were out of this world.00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:25.199


I had the I had uh so many of this I made a point to eat as much of it as I could.00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:30.159


The uh Brussels sprouts were phenomenal, the spicy corn was just terrific.00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:33.440


The the filet, fantastic, well done.00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:33.840


Thank you.00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.960


So how how do you do that?00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.000


Like, what do you like?00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:40.719


How do you you bring somebody in and because you I mean you grew up with chicken and waffles, which is true, right?00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:47.119


So, yes, I brought somebody in, but I like to think of myself as a pretty good cook.00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.519


Okay.00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:54.159


Now I'm not gonna take all the credit at warrants, but we did hire a professional chef to execute the menu.00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:57.840


Okay, but we know what we like and we know what we don't like.00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.239


Okay.00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:03.840


So we sat down, we had a long conversation about all the places we like and what we like about them.00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:06.559


And he just brought all of our dreams to fruition.00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:16.639


Well, also, one of the things that I think a lot of Americans are missing nowadays, they don't get my father's from the Netherlands, from Amsterdam, and he always complained that we ate too fast.00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.800


He's like, You guys need to learn how to dine.00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:21.920


And Warren's Supper Club was a dining experience.00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.559


Exactly.00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:28.079


The food came out at the right pace, but conversations took place, and the food was delicious.00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:34.719


And it was almost like I if it I'm bummed I did it on a Thursday because I gotta get up early on Friday, but it's like I didn't really want to end.00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.159


Yeah, we were there for three hours.00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.440


It's phenomenal, bro.00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:40.639


So well, so at what point when do you how long do you keep that?00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:44.559


When does it become successful, or when do you go, we gotta shut this down?00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:46.320


Like how is there a time frame?00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.559


Like is it going well?00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.360


How long have you been open?00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:51.760


Oh, well, we've been open for a little over six months now.00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:55.440


And you know, weekends are phenomenal.00:36:55.679 --> 00:37:00.800


Um, you know, we we we um what's the word I'm looking for?00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:08.480


We get by Sunday through Thursday, you know, but um, you know, it takes time, everything takes time.00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.239


Right, so you got the time to put into it.00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.000


And we we just gotta hold on.00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:18.719


However, you know, um we got to make some serious decisions coming into the new year.00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:29.360


And um, if Mondays and Tuesdays don't dramatically make a change for the better within the next 30 days, we may have to cut Mondays and Tuesdays out.00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.000


Oh, really?00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.320


Yeah.00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.519


But if we How do you do that?00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.039


How do you increase Mondays and Tuesdays?00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:43.360


Man, we've been marketing, we're we're we're doing promotions on Facebook, social media, oh good, you know, podcasts like this, always advertising, trying to get the word out.00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.239


I think it's great, man.00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.039


It's in Chandler.00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.800


It's right off the freeway.00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.760


Right, it's right off the freeway.00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:51.679


You know, so when people hear Chandler, they're thinking we gotta go all deep into Chandler.00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:54.320


It's literally Chandler, our tookie border.00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.360


It's Chandler and Ray.00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:57.360


Get off a get off a right button hook.00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.920


Exactly.00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.559


You're right there.00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:00.239


Yeah, it's a great location, I think.00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.360


Easy, real easy to find.00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.639


And it was just a big part of the thing.00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.400


It's definitely well worth the trip.00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.880


Right.00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:09.280


When people come, when people come, they they they leave with their minds blown.00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:14.159


One of the things with Lolos is that there was all there's always you never know who you're gonna see at Lolo.00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.800


True.00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:17.679


Celebrities are there, hip-hop artists are there all the time.00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.960


You never know who you're gonna see.00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:21.840


Has has Warren had anybody pop by?00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.719


Yeah, man.00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:24.000


We we actually have.00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:29.280


We have some of the cast members from a show called Reasonable Doubt on Hulu.00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.679


Oh, right.00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.360


Are you familiar with Reasonable Doubt?00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.320


Sounds familiar.00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.760


Oh, it's a great show, man.00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:35.199


Do they film it here?00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.400


No, they film in LA.00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.360


But they came down here?00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:39.199


They came down and popped into Warren's.00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:42.159


I was thinking you gotta get some of the, because there's a lot of ball players live around there.00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.800


Yeah, yeah.00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:44.800


A lot of a lot of the Cartinals live in the neighborhood.00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:47.039


So um Calais Campbell, he's been through there.00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:52.400


Darius Robinson, um, a couple of athletes, they come through and check us out.00:38:52.639 --> 00:39:00.400


Um, you know, we um we got um DL Hugley, who's gonna be in town at the end of this month.00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:05.440


And he's all over our social media, like, save me a plate, I'll be there.00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.159


Oh, good.00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:09.920


So rumor has it that DL will be in the house New Year's Eve.00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.559


Oh, really?00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.119


That's great.00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:13.840


Yeah, that's he's one of the best, man.00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:15.039


One of the kings of comedy.00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:15.679


Exactly.00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:17.920


And then we also got some cool people following us.00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:20.480


Um, um, George Lopez follows us.00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.880


Okay.00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:23.920


Um George Wallace follows us.00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:26.000


Um yeah, man.00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:28.559


So it's uh some people from Hollywood.00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:37.599


I mean, you know, I had a friend, he told me he was in um Michigan and he was just out there with his wife visiting her family in small talk.00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.480


Where are you guys from?00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:40.079


From Phoenix, Arizona.00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:43.280


People in Michigan was like, man, we need to get out to Phoenix.00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:45.920


We've been hearing about this place called Warren Supper Club.00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:47.280


Have you been yet?00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:53.599


And he had to embarrassly say, I haven't been yet, but I'll get there as soon as I get back.00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.400


That's awesome.00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:58.400


But um people in in uh Michigan already talking about it.00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.679


Where where do you get this fashion?00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.719


Sense from man.00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:02.719


Like you always every time you see, you always dress pretty cool.00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.440


Thanks, man.00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:05.760


I call myself being very conservative today.00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:07.920


But like where'd you get us this clothes?00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:12.000


Um, you know, um shit, where'd I get these at?00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:13.039


Big and tall?00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:13.519


Really?00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.400


Which big and tall?00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.440


DXL.00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:23.039


Oh, yeah, you get big and you go to DXL, get some nice, comfortable golf pants, or cohan shoes, and then just a plain white t-shirt.00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:27.360


I got to the point where, and I feel like you're you're not big enough.00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:30.159


It's like it's like the the big and tall stores.00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:44.800


I was to the point where I was so insecure, but I almost I was too small for the smallest stuff there, but I kept buying the bigger stuff, and it took a long time for me to morph out of the big and tall stores to go to smoke the normal stores.00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:48.880


And I still can't find stuff at normal stores, just like you said when you find out Louis Vuitton's big stuff.00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.440


Yeah, exactly.00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:52.000


But I mean I can I can shop regular sizes now.00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.320


Right.00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:55.760


Um, you know, I'm almost I'm almost down to my high school weight.00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.079


Right.00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.559


Right.00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:59.360


In high school, I was 270, you know.00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:01.039


So I'm 270 now.00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:05.840


And with that being said, you know, my waist is down to a 44.00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:13.119


Um, so I can go to, you know, Neiman's and or Nordstrom's and pick up something if I wanted to.00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:15.360


But um, I'm still wearing my old clothes.00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:21.039


And, you know, right now it's it's a it's a it's a struggle trying to get a brand new concept off the ground.00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:22.239


Restaurant-wise mean.00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.840


Oh, yeah, plus you gotta try all the food there.00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.719


Exactly.00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:28.719


So so you know, I'm I'm not I'm not in the market of buying new clothes at the time.00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:32.559


So everything that I'm wearing, it's it's been in my closet for quite some time.00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.840


That's how I feel too.00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:36.559


Although I bought some new shirts uh from the gap for seven dollars.00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.199


Right on.00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.519


Yeah.00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.719


Yeah.00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:40.000


In fact, I'm wearing an older one.00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:43.519


I was gonna be like, I'm gonna wear a new shoe for Lolo, but this is this is clean and hanging as I took it.00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:44.320


Nice, brother.00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:49.679


So when you talk about these celebrities, because you've you've had so many celebrities come through your restaurants.00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:51.119


Do you connect with any of them?00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:54.159


Who's like who's the famous biggest celebrity in your phone?00:41:54.480 --> 00:42:04.079


Um, the biggest celebrities in my phone that I talk to on a regular basis, I would say is um Bun B.00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.760


Bun B, I don't know who that is.00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:07.199


You don't know who Bun B is?00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.840


I don't think so.00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:11.119


U UGK Big Pimpin'?00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.360


Okay.00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:13.360


Okay, now I got you.00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:13.760


Okay.00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.400


Oh man.00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.199


Sorry, man.00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.800


That's my dog.00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:19.679


So me and Bun B, we talk often.00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:23.840


Um he's he's welcomed me to Houston um with open arms.00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:27.840


Um, right now he has um trail burger that's going phenomenal.00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:29.760


He just opened up his third location.00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:35.280


So he's a big advocate for Lolos chicken and waffles along with Dusty Baker.00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:35.920


Oh, yeah.00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:39.679


2022 Houston Astros coach.00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.159


Coach.00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.639


Yeah, yeah, yeah.00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:42.000


Yeah, World Series champion.00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.039


He's part of Lolo's?00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:44.079


No, he's not a part of Lolo.00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.119


He's excited for it.00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:47.519


He's excited for is Dusty one of the guys you talk to?00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:47.920


Exactly.00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.480


Oh, okay, good.00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.599


Dusty Baker.00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:52.159


And um, and believe it or not, E40.00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:52.800


Oh, wow.00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:54.719


Yeah, me and E40, hella cool.00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:56.159


So we talk often.00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:58.800


And then um the last one is Exhibit.00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.599


Oh, really?00:42:59.760 --> 00:42:59.920


Wow.00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.840


Me and Exhibiting Pit My Ride?00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:03.599


Yeah, we chop it up every now and then.00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:04.320


That's dope.00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:16.239


So those are the biggest ones going on right now, you know, unless you want to include my children, because um my China, my daughter, China, everything she says, she's T.00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.119


She's T.00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.840


She's T.00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:20.559


So China, Malaysia, they're a little superstars.00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.679


Where are they now?00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:24.639


You know, um Malaysia's still at school, you know, China?00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:32.559


Last year at Arcadia, and um China went away to uh Tuskegee University in Alabama.00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:34.320


Now, is she staying there?00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:34.800


No.00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.840


Okay, that's what I heard.00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:40.880


No, because she's from, you know, her and well, her and my youngest son, Dutch, went to school together a whole year.00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:42.159


Exactly, exactly.00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:44.320


They've been since all the way since Hopi.00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:44.800


Yeah.00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:52.400


So um China went to Tuskegee and it didn't crap up to be what it was crapped up to be or whatever.00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:53.679


It didn't live up to it.00:43:53.920 --> 00:44:05.360


So anyway, she was like, hey, you know, I gotta applaud her because she said, Hey, mom and dad, I know I made this choice, and if I gotta stay, I'll stay.00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:10.400


But if you can get me out of here, hey man, out of state tuition, bro.00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.599


Give me, yeah, right.00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:13.519


She was like, get me out of here.00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.480


Where's she gonna go now?00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:17.519


And mom was like, You ain't saying nothing but a word, baby.00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:19.599


So, you know, Rashida was all over that.00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:19.920


Right, right.00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:22.159


Rashida didn't like her going that far anyway.00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:22.559


I know.00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:24.639


But we kind of want to give the children their own choices.00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:28.320


Plus, I mean, that's huge for her to take a leap to go that far out.00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.119


Yes, right?00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:30.480


I mean, it's not like Alabama's a skip.00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:33.760


I would say she didn't sleep good now, night she was gone.00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:35.679


So is she gonna come to school here?00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:37.920


Yeah, she's back in Arizona.00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:44.239


Um, she's gonna stay here for this semester, uh-huh, and then Malaysia is gonna be graduating in May.00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:49.280


And maybe, just maybe, China and Malaysia may go off together.00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:52.239


To um, either U of A.00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:54.639


U of A's that's where my youngest is.00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:54.800


Yeah.00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:56.239


And it's mom will love U of A.00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:57.920


Having the time of his life there, Matt.00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:59.920


Mom will love UNA, U of A.00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:05.840


However, the girls are talking um University of Houston, LSU.00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:08.800


It's still not, that's not here.00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:11.440


Well, mom's perfect world, U of A.00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:11.679


Right.00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:12.719


U of A's great school.00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:14.400


But you know, kids are gonna be kids.00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:17.679


They trying to, they're trying to get out there and think they know it all.00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.000


Right.00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:20.880


So they probably want to get a little distance from helicopter mom.00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:25.440


All right, so you got Monroe's, you got Lolos, you've got Sippin' Brunch.00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:27.119


Are you gonna open more sip and brunches?00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:29.039


Yeah, we got one coming to LA.00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.760


Where in LA?00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.960


Um, Studio City.00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:36.800


Okay, Venture Boulevard, 11801, Ventura Boulevard.00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:41.039


We're literally 1.7 miles away from Universal Studios.00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:42.000


Now, how'd that happen?00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:43.199


Why how do you pick that place?00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:44.400


Like, how do you pick LA?00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:47.920


You know, I would think maybe you do another location here before.00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:50.320


Yeah, I know, I know, I know.00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:56.719


You know, I picked LA because everybody that came to Brunch and Sit was like, this reminds me of LA.00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.920


This reminds me of LA.00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.960


It's so LA.00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:08.639


And you know, you go a lot of places in LA, and it's either they got great food, no vibe, great vibe, not such great food.00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:12.000


Well, at Brunch and Sip, we feel that we master both of them.00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:16.079


We give a great vibe with great food, and it feels so LA-ish.00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:18.960


And plus, one of my best friends lives in LA.00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:21.840


Oh, and he was begging me to bring one down there.00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:23.280


There's a lot of Arizona restaurants.00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:24.719


Right down the street from his house.00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:29.119


You know, there's a lot of Arizona restaurants that branched out and are hugely successful in LA.00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:31.760


And people in LA have no idea that they're Arizona restaurants.00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.239


Exactly.00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:32.960


It's pretty crazy.00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.199


Yeah.00:46:33.280 --> 00:46:34.880


And Brungeon Sips such a great concept.00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.360


Thank you.00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:35.840


That's great.00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:37.840


All right, so you do when's the LA one open?00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.239


Um, that's scheduled to open sometime in February as well.00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:41.679


So are you flying out there a lot?00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:43.039


Yeah, actually I am.00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:43.840


And Houston?00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:45.199


And Houston.00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:46.400


And Houston.00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:49.039


Literally just got back in town last night.00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:49.679


Oh, really?00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:57.920


And you know, funny thing, when we were um when my wife was going to get China, I was like, I gotta be back for John Jay's podcast on the 15th.00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.320


Good.00:46:58.639 --> 00:46:58.800


Yeah.00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:01.599


If it would have been up to Rashida, we would have stayed one more night.00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:03.199


But I was like, I gotta be back.00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:04.239


I made a commitment.00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.280


I'm gonna honor it.00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:06.559


The thing, well, thank you.00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:11.679


The thing about for me for traveling when I'm trying to eat be healthy is it throws you off.00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:12.239


It does.00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:14.159


It's hard to eat health, especially.00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:15.679


There's so much food in Houston.00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:17.199


I lived in Houston for four years.00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:18.400


I got so fat.00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:21.280


I weighed 360 something pounds when I lived in Houston.00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.239


Wow, you got that big.00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:23.199


I got way big.00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:24.159


I got way big.00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:25.599


I dropped 100 something pounds.00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.239


Good for you.00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:31.280


It took me a while, but I could, I mean, because in Houston, the weather sucks, but the food is delicious.00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:33.039


Food is magnificent.00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:34.559


Great restaurants in Houston.00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:37.920


But I can't think of a soul food place that's popping there.00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:39.519


And I I everywhere.00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:41.679


It's a lot of great soul food places in Houston.00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:42.639


I can't think of any.00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:44.719


And you know, we're not knocking on none of them.00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.280


None of them.00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:48.480


We um we we just come in just to join the party.00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:51.199


But like here, there's some great soul food restaurants.00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:52.559


There's well, there's a handful of them here, right?00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:55.119


But Lolo's stands above the all of them.00:47:55.280 --> 00:48:02.480


But when I think of Houston's, I know there's Tony's, there's freaking good company, there's uh I'm talking about restaurants.00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:04.719


Yeah, there's uh um This is it.00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:06.480


There's there's so many restaurants there.00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:09.920


Oh god, what did I used to go all the time to the steakhouse there?00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:11.519


Anyway, there's a lot of food there.00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:16.880


I think at one point in Houston there were more restaurants in in the city of Houston.00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:20.559


There were like 7,000 restaurants within like three square miles or something like that.00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:22.400


There's some weird statistics like that.00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:25.039


But anyway, I'm glad you came on the podcast, though, man.00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:26.079


Thank you for having me, man.00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:26.880


What else?00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:28.159


What am I what am I missing out?00:48:28.239 --> 00:48:29.280


What else do you want to bring up?00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:30.239


Nothing, man.00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:30.719


Nothing.00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:36.239


You I mean, you hit it all on the head, and um, you know, we just ask people to come give Warrens a try.00:48:36.320 --> 00:48:40.159


If you're looking for a great steak, um, we we smoke our meats.00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:45.599


We put our meats on the on a slow smoker and get that apple or no, I'm sorry.00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:49.599


We get the post oak, hickory, and cherry wood.00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:51.679


Smells all up in your meat.00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:54.960


And we bring it in and sear it up at 700 degrees.00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:55.840


You're making my mouth.00:48:56.239 --> 00:48:59.920


And we deliver it on a 500 degree plate topped with cowboy butter.00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:01.280


Yeah, it was delicious, dude.00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:04.000


Once you bite into it, you're gonna know.00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:07.679


Yeah, I've never tasted anything like this before in my life.00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:09.679


Yeah, you had your eyes closed when you're saying it.00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:10.079


Prayers.00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:11.119


All right, Larry.00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:12.800


Larry White, thanks for being on my podcast, man.00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:14.159


Thanks, man.00:49:19.119 --> 00:49:20.719


Okay, so welcome to our podcast.00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:27.360


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