April 25, 2024 • 25 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You are, what.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
What's up his way? But Angela yee, I'm Angela Yee.
Maino's in the building, the one, not the old one.
I have to be completely honest with you. One of
the guests who we have on the show today we
pre recorded this, but when I tell you, he came
up here with a whole bunch of food. Dara, he's
one of the owners of Yes Less and if y'all
(00:36):
do not know this restaurant, it is one of the
most popular restaurants.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
They do pop ups to.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
At different events. A little celebrity, he is definitely a celebrity.
He's been in this food industry for decades. I feel like,
as a matter of fact, one night I was with
you at a restaurant when Dara was a manager and
you got somebody in big trouble that, yeah, because.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Us to manage police.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yes, But now look, I think that's the main thing
in life, right. You should be always when you're working
somewhere thinking about how can I own And.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
That's exactly what Dara did.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
He got all the knowledge, he got all the contacts,
he got everything together and now sayle it's one of
the most popular restaurants, all right, And also Erica Ford,
Beanie Siegel, and Gregory Jackson Jr. Are going to be
joining us today. We know Erica Ford as the founder
of life Camp, and now Beanie Siegel is involved.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And Gregory Jackson Junior, who is the deputy director.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, they came up together.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
And Gregory Jackson Junior, he's the deputy director of the
White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Really important conversation.
And when we come back, who do you want to
shine a light on? Eight hundred and two, nine fifty
fifty call us up a shin a light light.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
It's way up.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Turn your lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing greatness the light on, shine a light on.
It's time to shine a light on them.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
What's up his way up at Angela Yee? I'm Angela yee.
Maino's in the building. Yes, and it's time to shine
a light eight hundred two ninety two fifty one fifty
And today.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I want to shine a light on Mary J. Blige. Mary, Yeah,
how can she not?
Speaker 5 (02:08):
You know?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Mary J.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Blige just got inducted into the Rock and Roll Holidayaga.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
That is a major thing.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
But she's always been major anyway, and this is a
great class too, by the way that she's being inducted
into because the child called Quest is also being inducted.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I felt like they would have been in there already
me too.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
There are certain people like Arapi and Rack him they
were nominated but they didn't make it in this year.
But I feel like they should have been in there
already too. Also cool in the game. They just got
into into this class, So shout out to all of them.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
But you know, Mary J. Blige, I feel like her music.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Has helped so many people get through so many things time.
And I know people like to say, oh, when you're
going through something, it's great, But I love her music
when she's feeling herself too.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
So she said she is beyond grateful. This is incredible.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
God always has the final say thank you to all
my fans all over the world. She's also, by the way,
said that this next album might be her last album.
But you know what, we celebrate you, Mary Dave Blige.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Now how we feel like that. Let's see how she
feels after right, All right, Well, who do you guys
want to shine a light on? Eddie? What's up?
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Hey? How you doing halet well? I remember calling you
when you first started.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I think I was one of your first callers, and
I had second congratulations happen for you guys.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
I'm glad you're stuck around. Thanks Eddie.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
That's all I see.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Meno's there, Okay, Mayo, what's happening brow man?
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Hey, listen, I just wanted to shine a light on me.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
Actually this time.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
I know, last time I had shut it on my
wife because she's you know, she's dealing with rumatory or
twice and she's really sick.
Speaker 7 (03:32):
Okay, But this time she pushed me to do something
that I'm really proud of. I'm sorry and getting emotional
talking about it, but I actually do fitness on TikTok.
Now it's a passion I've had for years.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
And I'm blowing up on TikTok and a lot of
people are actually thanking me, and there's kids asked me questions.
So I'm doing something now for the community. It's been
a while, and doing for my wife, and she's.
Speaker 7 (03:53):
Actually telling me to push and actually do for the.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
Community I live here in Virginia Beach.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That's really good. What's your TikTok?
Speaker 5 (04:00):
It's e bomb E b O M B seven eight.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
You can't miss it.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
It's a diesel ass guy would have hat.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Okay, all right, let me see if I could follow you.
I don't use my TikTok as much as I should.
I'm gonna get on there right now.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Diesel guy would have had is that the name of it?
Speaker 7 (04:13):
Diesel guy?
Speaker 8 (04:14):
Would I have.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Bomb seventy eight? All right, thank you and congratulations.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
I like the fact I appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Guys.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
To you too, man, know you're doing big things. I'm
already happy how you change your life around.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
So thank you doing guys a lot. How's your wife
doing now?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
She's still really sick.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Well, let's send her. There's nothing I could do for her,
so we'll send us some lesson too.
Speaker 9 (04:36):
All right.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
I appreciate that, guys, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
All right, thank you for Colin.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
All right, well that was Shining Light eight hundred and
two ninety two fifty one to fifty in case you
couldn't get through.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
And when we come back.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Dara he is the founder of one of the most
popular and best restaurants is called say lest They've done
pop ups events all over the world.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
He'll be joining us at the top of the hour.
It's way up.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
It's way up with Angela.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Let's go.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yeah, you are meeting you never know what and is
gonna say what's up?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Its way up with Angela Gee.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I'm Angela Gee, and I'm here with the special guest, Dara.
Now I've never had to say your last name before, Dara.
But let's see if I get this right, merge A Hanjirie.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Pretty good?
Speaker 10 (05:14):
Pretty good?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Okay, they had to spell it phonetically for me, but
it worked out.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Now, I've known Daarra forever just from being in the
food industry originally Philips correct. And now look at you
with your own restaurant, say Less, but not just a restaurant,
but like a destination location here in New York, and
that's sei Less. Now a lot of athletes and celebrities
and artists end up coming to say Less. How did
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y'all manage to get that following? Because that is something
that I feel like any business should want to figure out,
And it's not an easy thing to do to build
those relationships where they trust you, but they also feel like,
all right, let's all I know. I can bring like
the whole Brooklyn Nets basketball team here and we're gonna
have a good time or the Knicks.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
It's not that from the Guardian.
Speaker 10 (06:01):
So those relationships are relationships that you know, I've built
through probably the last twelve years. As you mentioned, when
I was afleep, that was before there was Instagram, before
there was Uber. So it was a different time in
night life, I think, you know, in hospitality where things
are a little bit more organic. And I used to
go out a lot more before before I had a family.
So you know, I would meet people at the restaurant,
then I would go to the club with them, and
then I would get introduced to new people at the club.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
And that's work.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
People don't look at that. They think you're just having fun. Yeah,
but that is work.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Yeah, listen, I definitely had a lot of fun, but
it was work, you know, building the relationships, getting the
contact information, following up with people. And then I would
also get out on the road. I'd go to Vegas
for big events, Miami, La. You know, it could be
you know, NBA All Star Weekend, it could be you know,
the Grammys, the Oscars, the super Bowl. I was always
at those events, networking with different people.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Right now, I'm talking to Dara and if you'd never
been to the famous restaurant, say less here in New
York City as well as the pop ups they've been
having around the world, then you are missing out. He's
the owner of that restaurant. You know, some people don't
like to have a hip hop crowd. How were you
able to see that vision and make people feel like
welcomed because some places people don't feel welcome.
Speaker 10 (07:06):
I'm going to immigrant myself, so you know, I understand.
You know how sometimes people are wanted, sometimes people aren't wanted.
You know, you can't get the celebrity following without getting
the following that comes with the celebrity following. So you
just have to understand how to deal with the people.
We worry about having good people. It doesn't matter if
you're famous. If you're not a good person but you're famous,
we don't really show you love either. Like right, you know,
you got to be respectful to the staff. You got
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to be respectful to the venue. Everyone that comes to
the restaurant they pay. We don't comp celebrities just to
get them to come to the restaurant. People genuinely come
there because they want to be there, right, and we
respect their privacy and try to treat people the way
you want to be treated. It's pretty simple formula.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And you've been doing a lot of pop ups lately,
So how instrumental has that been as far as in
promoting the restaurant and what made you guys decide, Okay,
we got to start doing these pop ups.
Speaker 10 (07:48):
The pop up concept is very important to what we
do because it allows us to take our brand on
the road to a different market, and then it lets
us understand, like, you know, will our brand work well there?
We try to do it around events that there's a
high concentration of our clients already in the market. And
I think also the cuisine kind of caters towards that is,
where you know, Chinese food, you could cook it a
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lot faster than a lot of other cuisines. But again,
you know, the customers are the ones that really dictate
where we go. And we'll be doing a lot more
pop ups over the next year, and then obviously the
long term goal is to open up new locations.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Do you know where yet?
Speaker 10 (08:21):
Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Vegas, La. Those are big markets where
a lot of our clients are from.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Ready, all right, well, doarrek y'all make sure you go
to say Let's when you come to New York, but
make a reservation if need be, and definitely one of
my favorite places to eat.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
So thank you so much, Dour for coming through.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Thank you, Angela, and when we come back, Mana, you've
met quite a few women that say less. But let's
talk about how we can help mayno find oh.
Speaker 8 (08:45):
Man I think ever since the lady called up here, man,
it's been a mission to find me Low.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
All right, we're gonna discuss it because I have some
ideas for you.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
It's way up, turn up, you bab it, way up
with Angela. Ye. More Now what's up?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Its way up to Angela. Ye, I'm Angela yee. And
Mano's in the buildings, in the building.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Looking for love and all the wrong places. Mano, you've
been looking for love. I don't know if I was looking.
I think love been looking for me.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
You've been telling me for as long as I can remember,
that you really wanted to settle down.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Allegedly, have you said it yes or no? I've said
it okay in moments of alcohol. So I did a
deep dive for you because I know you so well
as far.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
As how can you actually meet some quality, good single
women who you could settle down with instead of what
you've been chasing and.
Speaker 7 (09:34):
What I've been chasing. Let's get that, let's throw that out.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You've been chasing fun fun. Yeah, but they're calling up
right now? What are they chasing? Okay? And they are
going to continue to call out.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
But I want to think about the places where you're
meeting women, right and where meeting you? Tell me, I'm
asking you, where are the places that you meet women?
Speaker 7 (09:50):
I'm meeting women at church?
Speaker 3 (09:53):
What church? You're gonna lie about church every now and then?
So you've met women at church? Now and then I
will pull up at a church just to meet women.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
No, okay, it's like WHOA, absolutely not, We'll go to
church together.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
I want to see how you come to.
Speaker 6 (10:10):
Happen to be women there?
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Where else where do you go to meet women? Outside?
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Outside is such a broad term because all I'm thinking
about is I'm outside.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
We outside? So that's what you want? A woman who's outside? No, no, no,
maybe like Chelsea house or something. Okay, all right, So
this is what I think you need to do.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I think you need to stop doing the same regular
routines that you always have because you're not going to
meet anybody, You're going to see the same people all
the time being around. So, for instance, have you ever volunteered,
did volunteer work? Like what, I think we should do
some volunteer work, you know.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Maybe we could.
Speaker 6 (10:48):
I've done that.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah, all right, but.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Let's make that part of women people who also want
to help. Oh nice, yeah, you know, I think also
going to some coffee shops. You've never had coffee, but
I have one called coffee uplifts people.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
And there's always women in the coffee shop.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Let me tell you something, working on their laptop, chilling
and they stay there all day. I know you work out,
so any type of like and I'm in the gym
that's also another great place.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Or I've met women in the gym, yes see. Taking
classes too.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Are there any things that you feel like you want
to take a class to learn about, you know, cooking
or anything.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
That would be good cooking.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
A cooking class, all right, if anybody wants to take
a cooking class.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Women know.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
But you know, I looked at this website also in
betterhelp dot com that talks about where you should go
when you are looking to meet women and why does
it feel so difficult how to start a conversation with
the women who you don't know?
Speaker 8 (11:43):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
I don't have that problem.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
But I also feel like women that you might like
may feel like you ain't ish because I tried to
help you with.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
And I think she was intimidated.
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Like you know, I'm bothered by that too.
Speaker 6 (11:59):
That that kind of really disturbed me.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
You know, I would love to put you on a
dating app.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
What dating app would be the best dating app for Mano?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Y'all hit me up and let me know.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I'm gonna help create his profile and I will vet
the women and we're going to set him up.
Speaker 4 (12:16):
It's way out Women's relationship with career advice Angela's dropping facts.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
What's up? His way up with Angela?
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Ye I'm Angela yee, and Mano is here with me
and an award winning advice giver.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
So let's see your work. We got Yeasy on the
line today. What's up? Yeasy?
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Hey?
Speaker 9 (12:34):
So, I have been in a domestic relationship for the
past six years and he doesn't really do much, but
we get into fights all the time. He came to
my house at four in the morning about a threesome
broke my nose, dusted my lips, and decided to say
that he wants to get for my friend while my
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friend was there. But I will talk it to the police,
and so then I want to claim full custody in
my kids. There's no reason for you to see them.
But everybody's saying I'm being petty and being a bitter
baby mom.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Safety is the first major concern.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Have you gone to court when it comes to custody?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
And do you have a restraining order?
Speaker 9 (13:14):
I do have a restraining order.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Why do you feel like you can't get away.
Speaker 9 (13:18):
Because the type of people that they are so to me,
it was more of a being scared type thing. But
I'm to the point now where I'm tired of being scared.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
If you feel like he could potentially harm the children
or harm you again, you have to stay away from him.
And he needs to be requested required to get some
help for himself in order for him to ever be
a productive human being, let alone a good father. He's
got to go through some programming. If he wants to
see his kids, it would have to be in a
situation where you know there's some type of guardian that's
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there watching everything.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Because the court will put all of that into place.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
And I know some people are very hesitant to get
the court involved because once they're there, it can provide a.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Lot of roadblocks.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
But it feels like in this particular situation you need it.
And it is hard to keep a father from their kids.
But if the safety is the main concern, and you know,
sometimes you need a mediator. Obviously, you guys can't figure
this out amongst each other. You shouldn't even be talking
to him, you know, without the courts intervening. And there's
also apps where you guys can when you have conversations
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with each other, that will be recorded and that will
be on public records so that everybody can see what's happening,
so you don't have to communicate with him in any
way outside of that. But I think that it's time
for you to get somebody else to come in between this.
You already have the restraining order. This is literally like
your life on the line.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
You okay, I appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (14:43):
Yeah, it's a lot. It's emotional because I get tired
of seeing my kids seeing me cry just a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Yeah, I'm sorry, babe.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
I really really want you to just handle this and
you know what will make you feel better, taking those
steps that you need to take to get everything back
in order to take care of your kids, to take
care of you. And it's okay for you to be crying,
to be upset. It's normal. You went through a lot
emotionally physically. But let's start today. You don't need nobody
else to agree with what you got going on and
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what you have to do.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
You know what you need to do right.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
You got to live for you and your kids. Don't
worry about what nobody else has to say.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Thank you, all right, yeasie.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
We are sending you so much love and support and
please feel free to check back in anytime you need to. Okay,
all right, Well that was ask ye eight hundred and
two ninet two fifty one fifty in case you couldn't
get through, and we will definitely try to help you
the best way that we can. And coming up, we
have the founder of Life Camp, Erica Ford. We have
Beanie Siegel, and we have Gregory Jackson Junior on the way.
(15:43):
He is the Deputy Director of the White House Office
of Gun Violence Prevention.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
It's way up.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
This is way up with Angela.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Ye, let's go you are a media maven.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Right, you never know what.
Speaker 10 (15:53):
Ang's gonna say.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (15:55):
It's way up with Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee. And
you know, first off, let me introduce my girl. Erica
Ford is here and you're life Camp for Life.
Speaker 11 (16:05):
But she says that, but I'm like, well, I don't
is will And Beanie Siegel is here.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
This is like, I sit down now on way up
because I wasn't there when you were on the break
when you came to the breakfast club. So it's a
pleasure to have you in the building, all right. And
then we have Gregory Jackson Junior, and you are the
Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun Prevention
and Special Assistant to the President. So and this is
something that Joe Biden actually implemented last year, right.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
Yeah, yeah, we about six months in right at this point,
so excited to be here.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
All right.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
And Beanie Ciegull, so now you are also working on
this gun prevention campaign, and so tell me how this
all happened, because I want to see what the synergy
is how this all started.
Speaker 6 (16:56):
So beans was trying to shoot me one day on
the camera.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
Guys, Yeah, with a camp.
Speaker 8 (17:07):
I think it just was destinedy. I know, I didn't
want to just be an artist, and that was just
the end of my legacy. When me see the rapper.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
If there's somebody I'm gonna listen to when it comes
to this, it's Beanie Segull.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Okay, Yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Know, because I think it's also important to meet people
where they're at and for them to understand why gun
prevention is such an important topic for us to be
discussing because it has gotten very political.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
And that's what I'm gonna throw it to you. Gregory
Jackson Junior.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You know, because you are working with the White House
and this is a new position. Like you said, it's
only a six month old position. So tell me how
you ended up getting involved in why you were tapped
to be part of this initiative.
Speaker 7 (17:47):
For me, it started when I was shot in April
twenty thirteen. It nearly cost me my life. But when
I was in the hospital, I'll never forget turned on
the TV and watching leaders in Washington saying they couldn't
take action because I was shot three days after the
Senate failed to pass the background check book. You know,
I went through six different surgery, six months of recovery,
but was committed that if I got back on my feet,
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I would literally do all I can in this work.
And so that's where I pivoted. Started working at the
congressional level to push forward bills. We passed the first
bill on gun violence in twenty nine years. And when
President Biden was elected day one, I was on the
horn with his team, Erica and I did a big
call with a bunch of other activists that first week
and said, here's what we need to see done. And
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of those requests, nearly all of them have been advanced,
but the biggest one was that you needed that We
needed them to have a team to work on this
every day because gun violence happens every day. It's not
just about mass shootings, it's about our folks had to
impact it every day. And so that team was assembled
and they turned around and said, well, Greg, we want
you to serve on it and Erica advice on it.
So so we're here, And that's how I got.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Started, right and the Beanie Siegull you had this story.
I remember when you got shot and that was in
the news and people were not sure.
Speaker 8 (18:56):
Yeah, I heard I died and all that I'm at
a point right now where you know I had to
back up from the industry. I'm there to be on
the ground with Arika.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
But when Beans got shot and almost died, what help
did he get? What therapeutic help did he get? Greg
and the White House when he got shot, what help
did he get?
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Right?
Speaker 1 (19:15):
None?
Speaker 6 (19:15):
They didn't get none. Then when those trauma and pain
that they have grows in them and it impacts their decisions,
we blamed their decision, not the system that created where
the decision came from.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
All right, Well, Erica Ford is here, the founder of
Life Camp, Beanie Siegel is here, and Gregory Jackson Jr.
Who is the Deputy Director of the White House Office
of Gun Violence Prevention.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
We have more with them when we come back. It's
way up and were about to do this one.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Of the lingos to famous women in radio audio. We're
talking about Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
You're way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Please believe that what's up his way up with Angela ye.
I'm Angela Yee. And we are all about solutions. That's
why we have Gregory Jackson Jr.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Here Today.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
He's the Deputy director of the the White House Office
of Gun Violence prevention. We also have the founder of
Life Camp, Erka Ford, in the building as well as
Beanie Siegel, who is also now working with Life Camp.
So what are some things that are being done and
how can we support that?
Speaker 7 (20:12):
The first Executive Award on April eight, we moved forward
the first series of executive actions on gun violence. It
focused on programs for community violence intervention programs like life Camp.
How do we get more dollars? Opened up ten billion
dollars for programs like life Camp, and before that there
were zero dollars federally, so we went from zero to
ten billion dollars in the first few months. That also
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included resources for youth that have been impacted by violence,
for folks coming home from prison. But thinking about how
do we provide resources for those who are most at
risk was the first step. But since then, we passed
the first bill on gun violence in twenty nine years,
the Bipartisan Save for Communities Act, and that created the
nine to eight eight Suicide Lifeline. It included investments for
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fourteen thousand school based mental health professionals. That's a thirty
five percent increase. We turned gun trafficking to a federal offense.
We've already prosecuted over three hundred traffickers. We shut down
one hundred and fifty two gun doors that were breaking
laws and violating the law in order to sell guns
to youth and other folks who frankly will prohibited. But
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we also looked at how do we get upstream and
make sure that we're not just cracking down on our
youth and that young brother who maybe has a gun
to protect themselves. But how do we hold the dealers accountable,
the manufacturers accountable. We put two ghost gun companies out
of business right so we're thinking about how do we
hold the whole industry accountable while moving literally billions of
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resources into life saving programs.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Right now, I'm talking to founder of Life Camp Erica Ford,
alongside Hip Hop Royalty Beanie Siegel, and Gregory Jackson Junior,
the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun
Violence Prevention.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
You know, we have a national platform. It's called the
Black and Brown Peace Coalition, and so folks can text
fund Peace to five to one five five and just
be part of our national team. You know, if they
an organization in a different city. We bring people together
in the ecosystem to help get part of this money
that Greg was talking about in the different cities, or
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just get access to you know, we just did Gaming
for Peace. A young kid in Georgia won fifteen thousand
dollars right just playing video games, because we want to
meet them where they're at. Doing gun Violence Awareness Month
in June, We're going to be doing the Gaming for
Peace again because we want to get to that population
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that feels that they don't have hope. There's no reason
to vote, there's no reason to do the right thing
because everything points to negative. They don't know how to
talk their friends off the ledge or their girlfriend or
they son, you know, and they're having problems like we
want to bring folks together to show them that there
is access to hope and there is a way to
change your life. And one of the things that I'm
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going to be doing now is sharing the wisdom that
I've learned over the last thirty six years and teaching
and working with people and mentoring people on how to
succeed in this field and how to grow whatever it
is you're trying to do, and connect the people to
the right things and bring people like you and other
folks to the ground so that we can prosper off
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of our collective reach and really change your conditions of
our people from Detroit to Memphis to Atlanta, Georgia to Philly,
who's getting ready to get beat by the New York
Knicks in this playoff season.
Speaker 7 (23:25):
I don't want to talk football.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
All right, Well, thank you guys. I appreciate y'all so much.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
We'll keep it going and I'll make sure we keep
us updated, you know before June.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Yes, all right, thank you.
Speaker 8 (23:38):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
You can much that for interview on my YouTube channel
Way Up with You, And when we come back, you
guys have the last words.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Take up the phone, tap you in and get your
voice heard. What the words the last word on Way
Up with ANGELA.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Ye, amazing show today. Thank you, Mano, thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
You know it's way up and I couldn't do this
without you. That's always whenever you walk in here, I'm like,
I'm so.
Speaker 8 (24:02):
Having these other knockoff guests here though, oh my gosh, knockoffs.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Like please, for anybody listening, he's not talking about you
if you've been a guest up here talking about you, right,
But also thank you to Dara, the owner of say Less,
for joining us today. By the way, my tea is
also gonna say less you know from coffee Uplifts people
the tea buy coffee Uplifts. You can go in there
and order the tea. Don't spill the tea, say less
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you like it all right? Also, thank you to Erica Ford,
Beanie Siegel, and Gregory Jackson Jr.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
For joining us today. Gregory Jackson Jr.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Is the Deputy Director of the White House Office of
Gun Violence Prevention. Erica Ford is the founder of life Camp.
And of course we know who Beanie Siegel is and
now he's apply with life Camp. But anyway, those full
interviews are available on a YouTube channel way up with
you and you guys of course have the last word.
Speaker 5 (24:52):
Hey, and Dulie. I want to hind of light. She's
the best for allow me to be me. And I
wanted to say I love you, baby, and I hope
you love me much if I love.
Speaker 8 (25:04):
You, Hi.
Speaker 9 (25:05):
I would like to shine a light on my son,
Lavari Takes.
Speaker 8 (25:09):
He was shot about a week ago.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
He's just so strongly, he's so smart and I love
him so much.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
I love you, saying angela, Ye, it's way up, the
way up
You are, what.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
What's up his way? But Angela yee, I'm Angela Yee.
Maino's in the building, the one, not the old one.
I have to be completely honest with you. One of
the guests who we have on the show today we
pre recorded this, but when I tell you, he came
up here with a whole bunch of food. Dara, he's
one of the owners of Yes Less and if y'all
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do not know this restaurant, it is one of the
most popular restaurants.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
They do pop ups to.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
At different events. A little celebrity, he is definitely a celebrity.
He's been in this food industry for decades. I feel like,
as a matter of fact, one night I was with
you at a restaurant when Dara was a manager and
you got somebody in big trouble that, yeah, because.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Us to manage police.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yes, But now look, I think that's the main thing
in life, right. You should be always when you're working
somewhere thinking about how can I own And.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
That's exactly what Dara did.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
He got all the knowledge, he got all the contacts,
he got everything together and now sayle it's one of
the most popular restaurants, all right, And also Erica Ford,
Beanie Siegel, and Gregory Jackson Jr. Are going to be
joining us today. We know Erica Ford as the founder
of life Camp, and now Beanie Siegel is involved.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And Gregory Jackson Junior, who is the deputy director.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, they came up together.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
And Gregory Jackson Junior, he's the deputy director of the
White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Really important conversation.
And when we come back, who do you want to
shine a light on? Eight hundred and two, nine fifty
fifty call us up a shin a light light.
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It's way up.
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Turn your lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who
are doing greatness the light on, shine a light on.
It's time to shine a light on them.
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What's up his way up at Angela Yee? I'm Angela yee.
Maino's in the building. Yes, and it's time to shine
a light eight hundred two ninety two fifty one fifty
And today.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I want to shine a light on Mary J. Blige. Mary, Yeah,
how can she not?
Speaker 5 (02:08):
You know?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Mary J.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Blige just got inducted into the Rock and Roll Holidayaga.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
That is a major thing.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
But she's always been major anyway, and this is a
great class too, by the way that she's being inducted
into because the child called Quest is also being inducted.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I felt like they would have been in there already
me too.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
There are certain people like Arapi and Rack him they
were nominated but they didn't make it in this year.
But I feel like they should have been in there
already too. Also cool in the game. They just got
into into this class, So shout out to all of them.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
But you know, Mary J. Blige, I feel like her music.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Has helped so many people get through so many things time.
And I know people like to say, oh, when you're
going through something, it's great, But I love her music
when she's feeling herself too.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
So she said she is beyond grateful. This is incredible.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
God always has the final say thank you to all
my fans all over the world. She's also, by the way,
said that this next album might be her last album.
But you know what, we celebrate you, Mary Dave Blige.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Now how we feel like that. Let's see how she
feels after right, All right, Well, who do you guys
want to shine a light on? Eddie? What's up?
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Hey? How you doing halet well? I remember calling you
when you first started.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I think I was one of your first callers, and
I had second congratulations happen for you guys.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
I'm glad you're stuck around. Thanks Eddie.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
That's all I see.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Meno's there, Okay, Mayo, what's happening brow man?
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Hey, listen, I just wanted to shine a light on me.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
Actually this time.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
I know, last time I had shut it on my
wife because she's you know, she's dealing with rumatory or
twice and she's really sick.
Speaker 7 (03:32):
Okay, But this time she pushed me to do something
that I'm really proud of. I'm sorry and getting emotional
talking about it, but I actually do fitness on TikTok.
Now it's a passion I've had for years.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
And I'm blowing up on TikTok and a lot of
people are actually thanking me, and there's kids asked me questions.
So I'm doing something now for the community. It's been
a while, and doing for my wife, and she's.
Speaker 7 (03:53):
Actually telling me to push and actually do for the.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
Community I live here in Virginia Beach.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That's really good. What's your TikTok?
Speaker 5 (04:00):
It's e bomb E b O M B seven eight.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
You can't miss it.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
It's a diesel ass guy would have hat.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Okay, all right, let me see if I could follow you.
I don't use my TikTok as much as I should.
I'm gonna get on there right now.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Diesel guy would have had is that the name of it?
Speaker 7 (04:13):
Diesel guy?
Speaker 8 (04:14):
Would I have.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Bomb seventy eight? All right, thank you and congratulations.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
I like the fact I appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Guys.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
To you too, man, know you're doing big things. I'm
already happy how you change your life around.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
So thank you doing guys a lot. How's your wife
doing now?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
She's still really sick.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Well, let's send her. There's nothing I could do for her,
so we'll send us some lesson too.
Speaker 9 (04:36):
All right.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
I appreciate that, guys, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
All right, thank you for Colin.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
All right, well that was Shining Light eight hundred and
two ninety two fifty one to fifty in case you
couldn't get through.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
And when we come back.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Dara he is the founder of one of the most
popular and best restaurants is called say lest They've done
pop ups events all over the world.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
He'll be joining us at the top of the hour.
It's way up.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
It's way up with Angela.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Let's go.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yeah, you are meeting you never know what and is
gonna say what's up?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Its way up with Angela Gee.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I'm Angela Gee, and I'm here with the special guest, Dara.
Now I've never had to say your last name before, Dara.
But let's see if I get this right, merge A Hanjirie.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Pretty good?
Speaker 10 (05:14):
Pretty good?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Okay, they had to spell it phonetically for me, but
it worked out.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Now, I've known Daarra forever just from being in the
food industry originally Philips correct. And now look at you
with your own restaurant, say Less, but not just a restaurant,
but like a destination location here in New York, and
that's sei Less. Now a lot of athletes and celebrities
and artists end up coming to say Less. How did
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y'all manage to get that following? Because that is something
that I feel like any business should want to figure out,
And it's not an easy thing to do to build
those relationships where they trust you, but they also feel like,
all right, let's all I know. I can bring like
the whole Brooklyn Nets basketball team here and we're gonna
have a good time or the Knicks.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
It's not that from the Guardian.
Speaker 10 (06:01):
So those relationships are relationships that you know, I've built
through probably the last twelve years. As you mentioned, when
I was afleep, that was before there was Instagram, before
there was Uber. So it was a different time in
night life, I think, you know, in hospitality where things
are a little bit more organic. And I used to
go out a lot more before before I had a family.
So you know, I would meet people at the restaurant,
then I would go to the club with them, and
then I would get introduced to new people at the club.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
And that's work.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
People don't look at that. They think you're just having fun. Yeah,
but that is work.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Yeah, listen, I definitely had a lot of fun, but
it was work, you know, building the relationships, getting the
contact information, following up with people. And then I would
also get out on the road. I'd go to Vegas
for big events, Miami, La. You know, it could be
you know, NBA All Star Weekend, it could be you know,
the Grammys, the Oscars, the super Bowl. I was always
at those events, networking with different people.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Right now, I'm talking to Dara and if you'd never
been to the famous restaurant, say less here in New
York City as well as the pop ups they've been
having around the world, then you are missing out. He's
the owner of that restaurant. You know, some people don't
like to have a hip hop crowd. How were you
able to see that vision and make people feel like
welcomed because some places people don't feel welcome.
Speaker 10 (07:06):
I'm going to immigrant myself, so you know, I understand.
You know how sometimes people are wanted, sometimes people aren't wanted.
You know, you can't get the celebrity following without getting
the following that comes with the celebrity following. So you
just have to understand how to deal with the people.
We worry about having good people. It doesn't matter if
you're famous. If you're not a good person but you're famous,
we don't really show you love either. Like right, you know,
you got to be respectful to the staff. You got
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to be respectful to the venue. Everyone that comes to
the restaurant they pay. We don't comp celebrities just to
get them to come to the restaurant. People genuinely come
there because they want to be there, right, and we
respect their privacy and try to treat people the way
you want to be treated. It's pretty simple formula.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
And you've been doing a lot of pop ups lately,
So how instrumental has that been as far as in
promoting the restaurant and what made you guys decide, Okay,
we got to start doing these pop ups.
Speaker 10 (07:48):
The pop up concept is very important to what we
do because it allows us to take our brand on
the road to a different market, and then it lets
us understand, like, you know, will our brand work well there?
We try to do it around events that there's a
high concentration of our clients already in the market. And
I think also the cuisine kind of caters towards that is,
where you know, Chinese food, you could cook it a
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lot faster than a lot of other cuisines. But again,
you know, the customers are the ones that really dictate
where we go. And we'll be doing a lot more
pop ups over the next year, and then obviously the
long term goal is to open up new locations.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Do you know where yet?
Speaker 10 (08:21):
Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Vegas, La. Those are big markets where
a lot of our clients are from.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Ready, all right, well, doarrek y'all make sure you go
to say Let's when you come to New York, but
make a reservation if need be, and definitely one of
my favorite places to eat.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
So thank you so much, Dour for coming through.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Thank you, Angela, and when we come back, Mana, you've
met quite a few women that say less. But let's
talk about how we can help mayno find oh.
Speaker 8 (08:45):
Man I think ever since the lady called up here, man,
it's been a mission to find me Low.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
All right, we're gonna discuss it because I have some
ideas for you.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
It's way up, turn up, you bab it, way up
with Angela. Ye. More Now what's up?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Its way up to Angela. Ye, I'm Angela yee. And
Mano's in the buildings, in the building.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Looking for love and all the wrong places. Mano, you've
been looking for love. I don't know if I was looking.
I think love been looking for me.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
You've been telling me for as long as I can remember,
that you really wanted to settle down.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Allegedly, have you said it yes or no? I've said
it okay in moments of alcohol. So I did a
deep dive for you because I know you so well
as far.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
As how can you actually meet some quality, good single
women who you could settle down with instead of what
you've been chasing and.
Speaker 7 (09:34):
What I've been chasing. Let's get that, let's throw that out.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You've been chasing fun fun. Yeah, but they're calling up
right now? What are they chasing? Okay? And they are
going to continue to call out.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
But I want to think about the places where you're
meeting women, right and where meeting you? Tell me, I'm
asking you, where are the places that you meet women?
Speaker 7 (09:50):
I'm meeting women at church?
Speaker 3 (09:53):
What church? You're gonna lie about church every now and then?
So you've met women at church? Now and then I
will pull up at a church just to meet women.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
No, okay, it's like WHOA, absolutely not, We'll go to
church together.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
I want to see how you come to.
Speaker 6 (10:10):
Happen to be women there?
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Where else where do you go to meet women? Outside?
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Outside is such a broad term because all I'm thinking
about is I'm outside.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
We outside? So that's what you want? A woman who's outside? No, no, no,
maybe like Chelsea house or something. Okay, all right, So
this is what I think you need to do.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I think you need to stop doing the same regular
routines that you always have because you're not going to
meet anybody, You're going to see the same people all
the time being around. So, for instance, have you ever volunteered,
did volunteer work? Like what, I think we should do
some volunteer work, you know.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Maybe we could.
Speaker 6 (10:48):
I've done that.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah, all right, but.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Let's make that part of women people who also want
to help. Oh nice, yeah, you know, I think also
going to some coffee shops. You've never had coffee, but
I have one called coffee uplifts people.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
And there's always women in the coffee shop.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Let me tell you something, working on their laptop, chilling
and they stay there all day. I know you work out,
so any type of like and I'm in the gym
that's also another great place.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Or I've met women in the gym, yes see. Taking
classes too.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Are there any things that you feel like you want
to take a class to learn about, you know, cooking
or anything.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
That would be good cooking.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
A cooking class, all right, if anybody wants to take
a cooking class.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Women know.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
But you know, I looked at this website also in
betterhelp dot com that talks about where you should go
when you are looking to meet women and why does
it feel so difficult how to start a conversation with
the women who you don't know?
Speaker 8 (11:43):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
I don't have that problem.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
But I also feel like women that you might like
may feel like you ain't ish because I tried to
help you with.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
And I think she was intimidated.
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Like you know, I'm bothered by that too.
Speaker 6 (11:59):
That that kind of really disturbed me.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
You know, I would love to put you on a
dating app.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
What dating app would be the best dating app for Mano?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Y'all hit me up and let me know.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I'm gonna help create his profile and I will vet
the women and we're going to set him up.
Speaker 4 (12:16):
It's way out Women's relationship with career advice Angela's dropping facts.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
What's up? His way up with Angela?
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Ye I'm Angela yee, and Mano is here with me
and an award winning advice giver.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
So let's see your work. We got Yeasy on the
line today. What's up? Yeasy?
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Hey?
Speaker 9 (12:34):
So, I have been in a domestic relationship for the
past six years and he doesn't really do much, but
we get into fights all the time. He came to
my house at four in the morning about a threesome
broke my nose, dusted my lips, and decided to say
that he wants to get for my friend while my
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friend was there. But I will talk it to the police,
and so then I want to claim full custody in
my kids. There's no reason for you to see them.
But everybody's saying I'm being petty and being a bitter
baby mom.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Safety is the first major concern.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Have you gone to court when it comes to custody?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
And do you have a restraining order?
Speaker 9 (13:14):
I do have a restraining order.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Why do you feel like you can't get away.
Speaker 9 (13:18):
Because the type of people that they are so to me,
it was more of a being scared type thing. But
I'm to the point now where I'm tired of being scared.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
If you feel like he could potentially harm the children
or harm you again, you have to stay away from him.
And he needs to be requested required to get some
help for himself in order for him to ever be
a productive human being, let alone a good father. He's
got to go through some programming. If he wants to
see his kids, it would have to be in a
situation where you know there's some type of guardian that's
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there watching everything.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Because the court will put all of that into place.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
And I know some people are very hesitant to get
the court involved because once they're there, it can provide a.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Lot of roadblocks.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
But it feels like in this particular situation you need it.
And it is hard to keep a father from their kids.
But if the safety is the main concern, and you know,
sometimes you need a mediator. Obviously, you guys can't figure
this out amongst each other. You shouldn't even be talking
to him, you know, without the courts intervening. And there's
also apps where you guys can when you have conversations
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with each other, that will be recorded and that will
be on public records so that everybody can see what's happening,
so you don't have to communicate with him in any
way outside of that. But I think that it's time
for you to get somebody else to come in between this.
You already have the restraining order. This is literally like
your life on the line.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
You okay, I appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (14:43):
Yeah, it's a lot. It's emotional because I get tired
of seeing my kids seeing me cry just a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Yeah, I'm sorry, babe.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
I really really want you to just handle this and
you know what will make you feel better, taking those
steps that you need to take to get everything back
in order to take care of your kids, to take
care of you. And it's okay for you to be crying,
to be upset. It's normal. You went through a lot
emotionally physically. But let's start today. You don't need nobody
else to agree with what you got going on and
(15:12):
what you have to do.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
You know what you need to do right.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
You got to live for you and your kids. Don't
worry about what nobody else has to say.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Thank you, all right, yeasie.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
We are sending you so much love and support and
please feel free to check back in anytime you need to. Okay,
all right, Well that was ask ye eight hundred and
two ninet two fifty one fifty in case you couldn't
get through, and we will definitely try to help you
the best way that we can. And coming up, we
have the founder of Life Camp, Erica Ford. We have
Beanie Siegel, and we have Gregory Jackson Junior on the way.
(15:43):
He is the Deputy Director of the White House Office
of Gun Violence Prevention.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
It's way up.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
This is way up with Angela.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Ye, let's go you are a media maven.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Right, you never know what.
Speaker 10 (15:53):
Ang's gonna say.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (15:55):
It's way up with Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee. And
you know, first off, let me introduce my girl. Erica
Ford is here and you're life Camp for Life.
Speaker 11 (16:05):
But she says that, but I'm like, well, I don't
is will And Beanie Siegel is here.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
This is like, I sit down now on way up
because I wasn't there when you were on the break
when you came to the breakfast club. So it's a
pleasure to have you in the building, all right. And
then we have Gregory Jackson Junior, and you are the
Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun Prevention
and Special Assistant to the President. So and this is
something that Joe Biden actually implemented last year, right.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
Yeah, yeah, we about six months in right at this point,
so excited to be here.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
All right.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
And Beanie Ciegull, so now you are also working on
this gun prevention campaign, and so tell me how this
all happened, because I want to see what the synergy
is how this all started.
Speaker 6 (16:56):
So beans was trying to shoot me one day on
the camera.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
Guys, Yeah, with a camp.
Speaker 8 (17:07):
I think it just was destinedy. I know, I didn't
want to just be an artist, and that was just
the end of my legacy. When me see the rapper.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
If there's somebody I'm gonna listen to when it comes
to this, it's Beanie Segull.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Okay, Yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Know, because I think it's also important to meet people
where they're at and for them to understand why gun
prevention is such an important topic for us to be
discussing because it has gotten very political.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
And that's what I'm gonna throw it to you. Gregory
Jackson Junior.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You know, because you are working with the White House
and this is a new position. Like you said, it's
only a six month old position. So tell me how
you ended up getting involved in why you were tapped
to be part of this initiative.
Speaker 7 (17:47):
For me, it started when I was shot in April
twenty thirteen. It nearly cost me my life. But when
I was in the hospital, I'll never forget turned on
the TV and watching leaders in Washington saying they couldn't
take action because I was shot three days after the
Senate failed to pass the background check book. You know,
I went through six different surgery, six months of recovery,
but was committed that if I got back on my feet,
(18:08):
I would literally do all I can in this work.
And so that's where I pivoted. Started working at the
congressional level to push forward bills. We passed the first
bill on gun violence in twenty nine years. And when
President Biden was elected day one, I was on the
horn with his team, Erica and I did a big
call with a bunch of other activists that first week
and said, here's what we need to see done. And
(18:28):
of those requests, nearly all of them have been advanced,
but the biggest one was that you needed that We
needed them to have a team to work on this
every day because gun violence happens every day. It's not
just about mass shootings, it's about our folks had to
impact it every day. And so that team was assembled
and they turned around and said, well, Greg, we want
you to serve on it and Erica advice on it.
So so we're here, And that's how I got.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Started, right and the Beanie Siegull you had this story.
I remember when you got shot and that was in
the news and people were not sure.
Speaker 8 (18:56):
Yeah, I heard I died and all that I'm at
a point right now where you know I had to
back up from the industry. I'm there to be on
the ground with Arika.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
But when Beans got shot and almost died, what help
did he get? What therapeutic help did he get? Greg
and the White House when he got shot, what help
did he get?
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Right?
Speaker 1 (19:15):
None?
Speaker 6 (19:15):
They didn't get none. Then when those trauma and pain
that they have grows in them and it impacts their decisions,
we blamed their decision, not the system that created where
the decision came from.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
All right, Well, Erica Ford is here, the founder of
Life Camp, Beanie Siegel is here, and Gregory Jackson Jr.
Who is the Deputy Director of the White House Office
of Gun Violence Prevention.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
We have more with them when we come back. It's
way up and were about to do this one.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Of the lingos to famous women in radio audio. We're
talking about Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
You're way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Please believe that what's up his way up with Angela ye.
I'm Angela Yee. And we are all about solutions. That's
why we have Gregory Jackson Jr.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Here Today.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
He's the Deputy director of the the White House Office
of Gun Violence prevention. We also have the founder of
Life Camp, Erka Ford, in the building as well as
Beanie Siegel, who is also now working with Life Camp.
So what are some things that are being done and
how can we support that?
Speaker 7 (20:12):
The first Executive Award on April eight, we moved forward
the first series of executive actions on gun violence. It
focused on programs for community violence intervention programs like life Camp.
How do we get more dollars? Opened up ten billion
dollars for programs like life Camp, and before that there
were zero dollars federally, so we went from zero to
ten billion dollars in the first few months. That also
(20:33):
included resources for youth that have been impacted by violence,
for folks coming home from prison. But thinking about how
do we provide resources for those who are most at
risk was the first step. But since then, we passed
the first bill on gun violence in twenty nine years,
the Bipartisan Save for Communities Act, and that created the
nine to eight eight Suicide Lifeline. It included investments for
(20:53):
fourteen thousand school based mental health professionals. That's a thirty
five percent increase. We turned gun trafficking to a federal offense.
We've already prosecuted over three hundred traffickers. We shut down
one hundred and fifty two gun doors that were breaking
laws and violating the law in order to sell guns
to youth and other folks who frankly will prohibited. But
(21:13):
we also looked at how do we get upstream and
make sure that we're not just cracking down on our
youth and that young brother who maybe has a gun
to protect themselves. But how do we hold the dealers accountable,
the manufacturers accountable. We put two ghost gun companies out
of business right so we're thinking about how do we
hold the whole industry accountable while moving literally billions of
(21:33):
resources into life saving programs.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Right now, I'm talking to founder of Life Camp Erica Ford,
alongside Hip Hop Royalty Beanie Siegel, and Gregory Jackson Junior,
the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun
Violence Prevention.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
You know, we have a national platform. It's called the
Black and Brown Peace Coalition, and so folks can text
fund Peace to five to one five five and just
be part of our national team. You know, if they
an organization in a different city. We bring people together
in the ecosystem to help get part of this money
that Greg was talking about in the different cities, or
(22:08):
just get access to you know, we just did Gaming
for Peace. A young kid in Georgia won fifteen thousand
dollars right just playing video games, because we want to
meet them where they're at. Doing gun Violence Awareness Month
in June, We're going to be doing the Gaming for
Peace again because we want to get to that population
(22:29):
that feels that they don't have hope. There's no reason
to vote, there's no reason to do the right thing
because everything points to negative. They don't know how to
talk their friends off the ledge or their girlfriend or
they son, you know, and they're having problems like we
want to bring folks together to show them that there
is access to hope and there is a way to
change your life. And one of the things that I'm
(22:49):
going to be doing now is sharing the wisdom that
I've learned over the last thirty six years and teaching
and working with people and mentoring people on how to
succeed in this field and how to grow whatever it
is you're trying to do, and connect the people to
the right things and bring people like you and other
folks to the ground so that we can prosper off
(23:10):
of our collective reach and really change your conditions of
our people from Detroit to Memphis to Atlanta, Georgia to Philly,
who's getting ready to get beat by the New York
Knicks in this playoff season.
Speaker 7 (23:25):
I don't want to talk football.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
All right, Well, thank you guys. I appreciate y'all so much.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
We'll keep it going and I'll make sure we keep
us updated, you know before June.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Yes, all right, thank you.
Speaker 8 (23:38):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
You can much that for interview on my YouTube channel
Way Up with You, And when we come back, you
guys have the last words.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Take up the phone, tap you in and get your
voice heard. What the words the last word on Way
Up with ANGELA.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Ye, amazing show today. Thank you, Mano, thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
You know it's way up and I couldn't do this
without you. That's always whenever you walk in here, I'm like,
I'm so.
Speaker 8 (24:02):
Having these other knockoff guests here though, oh my gosh, knockoffs.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Like please, for anybody listening, he's not talking about you
if you've been a guest up here talking about you, right,
But also thank you to Dara, the owner of say Less,
for joining us today. By the way, my tea is
also gonna say less you know from coffee Uplifts people
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(24:27):
you like it all right? Also, thank you to Erica Ford,
Beanie Siegel, and Gregory Jackson Jr.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
For joining us today. Gregory Jackson Jr.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Is the Deputy Director of the White House Office of
Gun Violence Prevention. Erica Ford is the founder of life Camp.
And of course we know who Beanie Siegel is and
now he's apply with life Camp. But anyway, those full
interviews are available on a YouTube channel way up with
you and you guys of course have the last word.
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Hey, and Dulie. I want to hind of light. She's
the best for allow me to be me. And I
wanted to say I love you, baby, and I hope
you love me much if I love.
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You, Hi.
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I would like to shine a light on my son,
Lavari Takes.
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He was shot about a week ago.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
He's just so strongly, he's so smart and I love
him so much.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
I love you, saying angela, Ye, it's way up, the
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