This is the FCB podcast network. Great. This is when they drunk yaw boot change that dot dog. We don't listen to y'alls. The Outdog. We don't listen to y'alls. This the out Dog. Make a scream out down like a sound dog because a rockets in the clown like a ball ball. Tune into the charge from the outdoor. Tune into the charge from the outlog. Welcome to the Outlaws. This is Darbio the Kingpin Maw alongside Robin on Valley Down. Stay Bry's not in today. Don't forget too. Like us on Facebook at facebook dot com slash the Outlaws Radio. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at the Outlaws or Radio. We have a very special episode to day with two very special guests that we'll get to it just a little bit. For first, Miss Somalley, how are you. I'm good. You know, I'm trying to get my brain to like wake up from Darbo, so, you know, a little slow, but I'm good. I'm excited for this interview that we had. Yeah. Absolutely, Like you know, normally we tape our show at night, and today we had to take it early in the morning, which is a which is a shift, but it's gonna be our good. Our Robin had to, you know, go get some coffee and put it in her veins. Cappuccino, but you know, to be exact, you know she you know, she kind of she kind of bougie when she wanted to be. So you know, she got cappuccino. But how are you today? I'm good, I'm good. You know, I thought I was cool with no problem, woke up all good until before the show started. You and I were talking and it was something I was great to say it. I just totally forgot it. They just blink out completely. I don't know if it's because we're old. Hey, hey, hey, speak for yourself, sir. You're a year You're a year younger than I. Listen. That is in you are. My mama always told me my full life, you are as young as you feel. And I'm listening to what she's saying. Okay, you know that that that that me thirty joint ain't no joke, you know what I'm Yeah, but we must be brained this morning. It's early. It's early. Might play a role, yes, yes, the third day of mid thirties does play a role. But I was like, hey, who was about to say, and just totally forgot, like complete and it ain't came back, not even a little bit, you know how like sometimes like you remember piece of it. I don't remember nothing. I had no idea what It's gonna come back to you at a really random time. It'll come back to me on at like Thursday, at like three o'clock, three o'clock in the morning. You're gonna be sleeping and you're gonna remember, Oh, that's what I wanted to say, exactly exactly. But obviously we're both we're both excited because we have back with us from the Spread Love Foundations, Ossie Mayneil and the legendary Crazy Bone Bone does the Harmony, And we're going to take a break now and when we come back, we're gonna air that interview in its entire So stay tuned. You're listening to the Outlaws These days, it seems like everybody's talking, but no one is actually listening to the things they're saying. Critical thinking isn't dead, but it's definitely low on oxygen. Join me, Kia Davis on just listen to yourself. Every week as we reason through issues big and small, critique our own ideas and to draw our talking points all the way out to their logical conclusions. Subscribe to Just Listen to Yourself with Kia Davis, an FCB radio podcast on Apple, on Spotify, iHeart, or wherever you get your podcasts, Fuck True, Welcome back, Welcome back, and listening to the Outlaws. Make sure that you subscribe to the show on Apple, podcast, Spotify, iHeart, wherever you get your podcasts, and if you listen to this show on Apple, please make sure you leave us a five star review and a comment. Is very important for the algorithm and for those of you who have already done so. Thank you, oh so very much. Now let's get to our interview with oc may Neil and the legendary Crazy Ball. All right, we have a very two very special guests on the show today. They've been on this show before. Grateful and honor that they've come back to talk about some important things that they're doing us you may Neil and Crazy Bone, the legendary Crazy Bone from Spread Love Foundation. First of all, thank you both coming back on the show. We really appreciate it. Um and uh, let's talk about you guys are launching the Interest to Income program talk a little bit about what that is. Oh see, you want to start let them know what it is. I'm sure. Good morning, and thank you for having us on the show today, Darby. We appreciate you. Guys. We're excited today because we are going through our events as we prepare to launch our flagship program, which is the Interest to Income Program and what it is and the nutshell is the Music Industry Workforce develop Program. And so through the program, we will be working with young adults age eighteen to twenty six for in person internships to have the opportunity to work with Crazy Bone. And the framework for the program, which is a six month cohort, is that they have the opportunity to create an album project from concept all the way through market and promotion, distribution and performance. And it's being led by Crazy Ball. So they'll actually be in the studio and in the classroom with Crazy Bone. And we have some wonderful top industry professionals who will also be teaching the coursework. So we're excited and the applications open March first, and our first cohort will begin on Saturday, May six. Awesome, awesome, that's that's incredible us an incredible program. Crazy talk about the importance of doing something like this. Why why you thought it was important to to have something that essentially mentors young adults into the industry. Well, man, you know I always wanted to um, you know, once I got a couple of years on the month building the music industry, and I, you know, I would be in other cities and see how you know, their music scene was flourishing, you know, in cities like LA and New York and Atlanta, and I you know, I know for a fact myself that not just in Cleveland, but Ohio has a lot of talented people, not just music not not just artists that can make music with people that have skills to work you know this, that they can run the industry one day. You know what I'm saying. They just need the They just need somewhere to start. They just need to know that that opportunity is out there for them. And what we're doing with this program is we're showing people that you know, I wanted to I wanted to put a stop to everybody having to leave Cleveland in order to make it. You know what I'm saying, Like, when when we have all the tools and materials that we need right here. All well, all it takes some organization, man, And I think when when people see this, it'll bring hope, It'll bring you know, it'll wake people up, you know, and help them to realize that you know, all you have to do is reach out for this right there. You know what I'm saying, And you know it's possible. That's the whole thing, absolutely absolutely, And do you think, um, I mean, obviously you've had a long career in the music industry, You've had a lot of success, um individually and as you know, part of the group. Um, do you think also, man, trying these people would help them avoid some of the pitfalls that can come from being in the music business. That's that's one of the main that's one of the main goals, My whole the whole goal in this is to help to break the cycle that's in this music industry when it comes to these record label and artists, particularly the black artists. You know what I'm saying, like to to to break the cycle, because the cycle has to be broken, Dave. You know, I'll study I'll study music like my entire life. You don't say I'm the same agents hip hop. I'm a student of it. I know R and B, I know Pop, I know I know this music, and I've done the research that I've seen that every single black artist has the same damn story. We start off talented as hell, we start off the man or the woman. You don't say that, you know I'm seeing that. Then we we start off that like that and it always ends tragically for us, and we always end up broke, hooked on drugs, or you know what I'm saying. So that cycle is when I'm looking to break, you know what I'm saying, because if it doesn't get broken, then we'll just keep spending and the artists will never especially like I said, especially black artists, they'll never get their just studs. Absolutely absolutely, we're talking with Crazy bab and Osci made Neil from Spread Love Foundation, um Oscie talk a little bit about um. I know the last time we talked, you were you all were in the planning stages of of these programs and now you're about to roll it out. Um talk a little bit about how that process has been from the planning stage too. Now we're actually getting ready to launch. Oh wow, a lot has happened. We actually have been at this form a little over three years, and we have garnered so much support just from locally here in Cleveland with our nonprofit organizations as well as for profit corporate organizations, the universities. We actually have an event today with University at Akron. So um, it has been a long process and as I have been learning from other nonprofit organizations and leaders that you know, it is a lot of hard work, but you know, very worth it in the end, and the support is really what the it is. We've gotten so much support that that's actually what it's like. It's a great problem to have, and so you know, we are putting one foot in front of the other and getting it done and we are just blessed to have some of the best partners on board with us because it is going to be some heavy lifting because we have some lofty goals. But the process and itself has been very challenging for me, which I like a challenge, but just amazing from the standpoint of other folks who and decision makers who see the vision and are inspired by what we're doing and willing to get behind us. So it's really been an awesome experience so far, and we're just looking to bring it to fuition. Absolutely absolutely, Robin. I know you got a question for Crazy go ready here. So my question is what is your vision for the program and for Cleveland's music industry in general. Well, the vision to make our create is to create a music scene here. My goal is to have something like you know what I'm saying, because I'm planning to also have my record label here as well. So when so people can feel like they have that you know what I'm saying, They have that more time, they have that social death to go through this local you know what I'm saying. And if we can't help the person here, you know what I'm saying, we have we have avenues to turn them onto different labels if need be, you know, because I know we're not going to be able to work with every single artists, but we'll be able to turn them into the right people who can help them. And man, my whole vision is to have people come here to check on the music, to check to look for artists, to check on the music scene here, like other people go to Atlanta and New York and these other places. I think I think Cleveland can be because people secretly come here looking for talent. Right now, people just don't know it. Like people come here looking for talent, it's just real hush hush because they know that it's talenting here. So I just want to I just want to highlight it. We're talking with Crazy Bone and Ultimyneil and Ulti. My question to you is, Uh, you're launching this program, what's next? Well, actually, we have a few things going simultaneously. UM. In addition to launching our flagship program Interests to Income, we also are looking to UM to raise funds to build the Bone, Thugs and Harmony Urban Arts Academy and District over in Glenville, will which will also include the Ohio Hip Hop Museum. We have a lot of big events coming up for twenty twenty three, as Craig is mentioned for hip Hop's fiftieth birthday. UM, there's some big events planned all summer, spring and summer long and Bond will be highlighting some of our events as it relates to a celebration of actually recognizing hip Hop's birthday in August and so. We also are participating as a part of the planning committee for the City of Cleveland's Community Police Review Commission. So they are planning a series of events and conversations and spread the love is at the table as a part of those plans and helping them create the framework for that which will also be taking place this year and it will be under included in the Hip Hop's fifty of birthday celebrations. So we're working on quite a few things. And Cray is also working to bring a event towards the end of the summer, and I don't know if I can mention it yet, but it's some other really really big, exciting stuff that's coming down the pike dar Bo, So I don't know if I can talk about that, but we are quite quite busy. UM. In addition to building our programming and launching that, we have a lot of different UM cogs going at the same time. So twenty twenty three is really going to be a big year for Cleveland. Awesome, awesome, and uh crazy man, I would be remiss if I didn't ask you this. Both of you brought up that you know, this year is the anniversary of hip hop UM, which is obviously a genre that's been very important to a lot of people. UM, just talk a little bit about what hip hop has meant to you, man. Uh, when hip hop has been a lot to me. You know, Like I said, I considered myself a student of hip hop. I've I've been here through almost every era, you know, saying, I've witnessed it. I've seen it changed, I've seen it grow, you know what I'm saying. From when people said it was just gonna be here for a while too. Now it's the number one genre, you know what I'm saying. So I think, you know, with with hip hop tunning fifty this year and making that statement, I think it's time for other genres to respect it for what it is. You know, because I was a little upset when I saw them the little tribute that they did on the Grammy Awards because I felt like I felt like it was rushed. It was like I felt like, how dare they give us that small amount of time for the number one genre in music, even above country music? You know what I'm saying. So I'm I'm looking to see hip hop. I know hip hop is still young and hip hop has to mature, you know what I'm saying, But I'm looking for for hip hop to be more more respected because we've we've saved a lot of lives, we've created a lot of jobs and changed a lot of people's lives with this, with this, with this thing called hip hop. So I just feel it should be respected way more absolutely so, uh crazy, Let us know how to keep up with what you are, what you all got going on, How to follow you on social media, how to follow the organization on social media? Article stuff? Yeah, you can follow me on social media and uh on m ig is crazy underscore Bone on Twitter? Is I am crazy? Bone? We have a website, spread the Love Foundation, Ohio. You want to give that information? Sure it is. Spread the Love oh h dot com for our website and spread the love o hum across all media channels. So Instagram, Facebook and cram right on top of said en up that that Twitter page. Okay, awesome, awesome, Thank you both so much for coming back on. I love what you all are doing. Any way that we can help, We're willing to do. So, you guys have an open door whatever whatever you guys need, let us know. So thank you once again for coming back on. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I appreciate you guys one more time. Thank you so much too, Ultimneil and the legendary Crazy Vall for coming on the show. We really appreciate it. We are out of here. We'll see you next time. Peace. This has been a presentation of the FCB podcast Network, where real talk lifts. Visit us online at FCP podcasts dot com.
