687. From Loss to Lyrics: The Heartfelt Journey of Christian R&B artist CeJae

[00:00:00] Let me in, tell em, let me in I came for the streets, the hustlers and drug dealers

[00:00:09] If you question who we be, just tell em that God with his um

[00:00:12] Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh We gon' take it down

[00:00:15] I like red letters, over trap beats to fix them

[00:00:18] Music blasting for the black sheep, yeah serious

[00:00:22] They like how you build, they still breakin' all their barriers

[00:00:25] Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh

[00:00:27] Yo, tell me yo, DJ Focus, Dice Gamba

[00:00:30] This one for the hustlers, this one for the CEOs

[00:00:33] They used to be the customers, knew it was gon' be big

[00:00:36] When, when it sees them seem impossible

[00:00:38] Woo!

[00:00:39] Comin' live on your radio

[00:00:41] What in the-

[00:00:43] DJ Focus, what we done?

[00:00:45] Making music reachin' the corner

[00:00:47] And it's all for the king

[00:00:48] And we gon' make sure they know it

[00:00:50] Woo!

[00:00:51] Comin' live on your radio

[00:00:53] What they want?

[00:00:54] They're really raw

[00:00:55] How they get it?

[00:00:56] DJ Focus, what we done?

[00:00:58] Making music reachin' the corner

[00:01:00] And it's all for the king

[00:01:01] And we gon' make sure they know it

[00:01:03] Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh We gon' take it down

[00:01:06] I like red letters, over trap beats to fix them

[00:01:09] Ooh!

[00:01:10] DJ Focus tell em turn you up

[00:01:13] Ooh!

[00:01:14] DJ Focus tell em turn you up

[00:01:16] Ooh!

[00:01:17] Yes sir, you tune back into the fix

[00:01:19] Your source of faith and fuse, hip hop, barbie and poetry

[00:01:22] It's your boy DJ Focus checkin' here

[00:01:24] When is your girl Dice Gamble in the building?

[00:01:26] Checkin' on in

[00:01:27] Okay, on this wonderful Wednesday

[00:01:30] It's time to wake up, yeah

[00:01:32] For sure

[00:01:33] We winnin', winnin' Wednesday

[00:01:35] Yeah we winnin'

[00:01:36] We still out here winning

[00:01:37] Yeah

[00:01:38] Whole team winning

[00:01:39] Shout shout out to Pat and Mike Jr.

[00:01:41] Yeah, that song goes so hard

[00:01:43] Oh my goodness

[00:01:45] Ooh listen, we're halfway through the week

[00:01:47] It's hump day

[00:01:49] Excited about that

[00:01:50] Very excited about it

[00:01:51] Beyond excited

[00:01:52] We're halfway there

[00:01:55] I know, focus you don't know that song

[00:02:00] That's definitely an old school song for a TV show

[00:02:05] I didn't have that cable channel

[00:02:06] I didn't have that cable channel

[00:02:07] I didn't have that cable channel

[00:02:08] You know

[00:02:09] Shout out to Dice that cable growing up

[00:02:11] I didn't have cable channel

[00:02:12] No, I mean I didn't till I got a certain age

[00:02:14] We didn't have cable growing up

[00:02:15] We had regular old TV that went off

[00:02:17] And I had the channel, you had to turn the top knob

[00:02:20] And then you turned the bottom knob

[00:02:22] Yeah

[00:02:23] That was normal, that's that

[00:02:25] I know it was normal

[00:02:26] Because 4S TV, yeah that 4S TV

[00:02:29] That's right

[00:02:30] That's right, no remote control

[00:02:32] Now you don't need a remote

[00:02:33] You gotta get up and turn it

[00:02:34] You gotta get up, yeah

[00:02:35] Change the app

[00:02:36] Shout out to all the metal hangers

[00:02:37] That I have used over the years

[00:02:38] And the little nefoil on the things

[00:02:40] Little nefoil balls

[00:02:42] Yeah

[00:02:44] Well, I'm gonna say now

[00:02:46] That the

[00:02:47] I never used the little nefoil

[00:02:48] But I definitely used

[00:02:50] I definitely used the hanger

[00:02:53] The wire hanger, absolutely

[00:02:54] Yeah, I know these kids wouldn't

[00:02:56] They would make it

[00:02:57] They would have a whole meltdown

[00:02:59] A whole meltdown

[00:03:00] What do you mean I gotta find the channel

[00:03:03] You gotta find it

[00:03:04] You gotta find the channel

[00:03:05] You gotta find that channel

[00:03:06] You better bust a move

[00:03:08] You messed around

[00:03:09] Missed your program

[00:03:10] Wait

[00:03:11] Mm-mm-mm

[00:03:12] The static

[00:03:13] That is crazy though too as well

[00:03:14] How things have changed though

[00:03:15] Shout out to everybody who

[00:03:17] Understands the value in showing your kids

[00:03:20] You know, we can't hold your hand forever

[00:03:22] Cause you're right

[00:03:23] Our parents didn't hold our hands

[00:03:24] Absolutely

[00:03:25] Don't figure it out or you

[00:03:26] You ain't gonna have it

[00:03:27] That's right

[00:03:28] You won't have it

[00:03:29] What is it

[00:03:30] Well, we thank y'all for waking up

[00:03:32] With us another Bless Bless Day

[00:03:33] On this winning Wednesday

[00:03:34] Come on get up

[00:03:35] Come on start your day off right

[00:03:37] I pray that you guys are getting ready

[00:03:39] To go out and have a Bless Bless Day

[00:03:41] Listen, go love on somebody today

[00:03:43] I know it's a middle of the week

[00:03:44] And I usually wait to the end of the week

[00:03:45] But you know what

[00:03:46] I feel a blessing spirit in somebody's heart

[00:03:49] That they need to go bless somebody

[00:03:51] Sowing to somebody today

[00:03:52] Bless somebody with a con gesture

[00:03:54] Buy them a cup of coffee

[00:03:55] You know, buy them some low fat yogurt or something

[00:03:58] You know, granola

[00:03:59] Shout out to everybody who

[00:04:01] Trying to still do their fitness thing

[00:04:03] That bodyati ready for the summer

[00:04:05] We working better over here

[00:04:06] We back into it

[00:04:08] I know I'm back in the gym today

[00:04:10] Shout out to everybody who's going to the gym today

[00:04:11] I'm going

[00:04:12] I'm back in that joke of the day

[00:04:14] Yeah, the devil ain't going to

[00:04:16] Ain't going to be able to mess with me come June

[00:04:18] June is over for me

[00:04:19] Over

[00:04:20] Yeah, and I say just get up and go

[00:04:22] I had a whole season before I started

[00:04:24] My whole fitness journey where I would

[00:04:26] Just drive to the gym

[00:04:27] And I was sitting in the parking lot

[00:04:29] I just couldn't get myself out of the car

[00:04:32] When I first started

[00:04:33] Yeah, when I first started

[00:04:34] Yeah, it was psychological for me

[00:04:35] Because you're in there

[00:04:36] All those people in there

[00:04:37] And they're all working out

[00:04:38] And in your mind

[00:04:39] You're like they're all good

[00:04:40] And fit in there

[00:04:41] Doing the right things

[00:04:42] And they're, you know, they're way more in shape

[00:04:44] They're running on treadmill faster than you

[00:04:46] It's intimidating if you start to think about it

[00:04:48] Like

[00:04:49] But I

[00:04:50] I never looked at it that way

[00:04:51] Yeah, when I rolled up

[00:04:52] I mean some days I would

[00:04:53] And then of course just

[00:04:54] Typically early in the morning for me

[00:04:56] So I would just sit there

[00:04:58] In the parking lot

[00:04:59] But I gave myself the win

[00:05:01] Because I was like

[00:05:02] One day you're going to get out the car

[00:05:04] And that one day happened

[00:05:06] I got out the car

[00:05:07] And then it's so funny

[00:05:08] Because I first started going into the women's

[00:05:12] You know, like at the gym

[00:05:13] I go to separate for men and women

[00:05:15] And then they have like their own

[00:05:16] Steam rooms and stuff

[00:05:17] And I

[00:05:18] First I would just

[00:05:19] Go sit in the steam room

[00:05:20] And just think

[00:05:21] And listen to music

[00:05:22] And pray

[00:05:23] And I'd weigh myself and leave

[00:05:25] And then I started getting into

[00:05:27] You know, okay

[00:05:28] I'm going to get on this treadmill

[00:05:29] For, you know, this amount of time

[00:05:31] And then there was

[00:05:32] Okay, then I'm going to run

[00:05:33] On the treadmill

[00:05:34] Then it was

[00:05:35] I'm going to lift these weights

[00:05:36] And then it was like

[00:05:37] Oh, you know

[00:05:38] Now I can do things these guys can

[00:05:40] And the free weight section

[00:05:41] So it was a

[00:05:43] It took a minute for me to get in there

[00:05:45] That's why I'm like

[00:05:46] Some people

[00:05:47] Everybody don't have that

[00:05:48] Wherewithal to just go in there

[00:05:49] I'm going to go in here

[00:05:50] And have the best workout today

[00:05:51] Some people are very

[00:05:52] Intimidated by being in there

[00:05:54] Around people, you know

[00:05:56] Working out

[00:05:58] That's crazy

[00:05:59] Because I've never had that issue

[00:06:00] My issue is just getting in

[00:06:01] But if I pull up in that

[00:06:02] In that parking lot

[00:06:04] Oh, we're going in

[00:06:05] We're going to get in

[00:06:06] And shout out to everybody

[00:06:07] Worried about what everybody else is doing

[00:06:09] Because I'm a farmer

[00:06:10] People do worry

[00:06:11] I don't

[00:06:12] No, I'm in there

[00:06:13] I'm stretching

[00:06:14] I'm chatting it up with people

[00:06:16] I'm a regular

[00:06:17] You know, and people know your name

[00:06:18] Like cheers, you know

[00:06:20] Where are you going?

[00:06:21] I had to build myself back up

[00:06:22] I had to build myself back up

[00:06:23] My wife had started before me

[00:06:25] So she was already

[00:06:27] Doing all type of stuff

[00:06:28] Doing the stairs

[00:06:29] The lift of the coat

[00:06:30] And stuff like that

[00:06:31] She's like

[00:06:32] You want to come over here

[00:06:33] You want to go in there

[00:06:34] Or these stairs

[00:06:35] I said, you know

[00:06:36] I am not

[00:06:37] I'm going to go to this track

[00:06:38] And she's like, look at you

[00:06:39] She got it

[00:06:40] I mean she go on that stair

[00:06:41] Master, she doing that thing

[00:06:42] 15 minutes

[00:06:43] I don't even think she was breathing

[00:06:45] One time I said

[00:06:46] Is you even breathing?

[00:06:47] I said, you know, am I ready?

[00:06:49] So what I did

[00:06:50] I went and walked around that track

[00:06:51] 20 laps around that track

[00:06:53] And it was wonderful

[00:06:54] At my old pace

[00:06:55] Listening to my own little Christian

[00:06:56] In my mix

[00:06:57] Getting that all in my spirit

[00:06:59] I got me a nice little sweat on

[00:07:01] I got my towel

[00:07:02] I walked out the door

[00:07:03] With my water

[00:07:04] And proud

[00:07:05] So yeah, I did that for a couple of weeks

[00:07:06] And built my way back up to lifting weights

[00:07:08] And lift the cold

[00:07:09] And even the bike

[00:07:11] Listen, I don't even think you need

[00:07:12] You know, sitting down

[00:07:13] Trying to get your gas

[00:07:14] Right, just pedaling that bike

[00:07:17] That's a Charlie Hoase

[00:07:18] That's a ride

[00:07:19] Yeah, you know

[00:07:20] It's good cardio

[00:07:21] You need it

[00:07:22] You need it

[00:07:23] So, you know

[00:07:24] Being current

[00:07:25] Go at your own speed

[00:07:26] March to the beat of your own drum

[00:07:28] Because

[00:07:29] I'm trying to tell you like

[00:07:30] I said this before

[00:07:31] I was on the show

[00:07:32] I was like, this is my tribe

[00:07:33] Now I feel like this is my tribe

[00:07:35] The people who are

[00:07:37] Disciplined

[00:07:38] You know, they're like

[00:07:39] This is a part of my lifestyle

[00:07:40] Like this isn't like

[00:07:41] Maybe I go

[00:07:42] Maybe I don't

[00:07:43] It's no, I go

[00:07:44] If I work out 30 minutes

[00:07:46] If it's 20 minutes

[00:07:47] If it's an hour

[00:07:48] If I just hit

[00:07:49] A couple sets

[00:07:50] You know, I'm here

[00:07:51] Like I am here

[00:07:53] Getting better every day

[00:07:54] To get it in

[00:07:55] Yeah, every single day

[00:07:56] So just, you know

[00:07:57] A little will start to show up differently

[00:07:59] You know, you go and hit them weights

[00:08:01] And max out

[00:08:02] And we're doing some arm curls

[00:08:03] You'll notice a difference in two weeks

[00:08:05] You're gonna be like, ooh

[00:08:06] I'm buying all wife beaters for summer

[00:08:10] You're like, oh they're gonna get this work

[00:08:12] Y'all gonna get this both set work

[00:08:14] Y'all gonna get this work, yeah

[00:08:16] But you feel better

[00:08:17] Well let's give back to it

[00:08:18] Yeah, let's give back to it

[00:08:19] We're coming up to the end of February

[00:08:21] We got about a week

[00:08:22] About nine days left this month

[00:08:24] That's crazy

[00:08:25] Yeah, it's only about

[00:08:26] Eight to nine days left

[00:08:27] I know it's a leap year

[00:08:28] We got 29 days in February

[00:08:30] Leap year

[00:08:31] So that's something different

[00:08:33] So yeah, we gotta talk about that another time

[00:08:35] We didn't talk about the birthdays

[00:08:36] The people who get to celebrate this year

[00:08:38] I forgot

[00:08:39] Right, right

[00:08:40] That's what I say

[00:08:41] Yeah, we gotta talk about that another time

[00:08:42] Especially for the months out

[00:08:43] So definitely

[00:08:44] We probably talk about it on the day

[00:08:45] So yeah, shout out to everybody

[00:08:46] Who will get a chance to celebrate

[00:08:48] They celebrate their own leap year

[00:08:50] I would be kind of upset about that

[00:08:52] Oh, he sucked

[00:08:53] Yeah, I'm glad

[00:08:54] I wasn't born on no leap year

[00:08:55] That's dairy

[00:08:56] You ride to it

[00:08:57] Come back around

[00:08:58] It's like

[00:08:59] Do you just want to do the 28th

[00:09:01] Or do you want to do March 1st

[00:09:02] No, no

[00:09:03] I was born on the 29th

[00:09:05] I know

[00:09:06] I was born on the 29th of February

[00:09:08] Why can't it show every year

[00:09:10] I'm trying to understand what is going on

[00:09:12] God, why are you playing games with me

[00:09:14] That's what I'd be like

[00:09:15] God, why are you playing games with me

[00:09:16] You're gonna bring me into this earth

[00:09:17] On the 29th of February

[00:09:19] And tell me

[00:09:20] I can't access it every year

[00:09:21] Why are you playing games with me

[00:09:23] Yeah, shout out to everybody

[00:09:24] We love y'all

[00:09:25] Listen, thank y'all for waking up

[00:09:26] Y'all know we got another lit show

[00:09:28] Today

[00:09:29] Stop playing

[00:09:30] We're gonna talk about it

[00:09:31] We have been highlighting a few

[00:09:33] Movers and Shakers and Trailblazers

[00:09:35] Since it's Black History Month

[00:09:37] So today, come on

[00:09:39] We gotta highlight this young champion

[00:09:42] She's done

[00:09:43] When you talk about who got next

[00:09:45] In tennis for the ladies

[00:09:47] It's to be very clear

[00:09:48] You say Cocoa Golf

[00:09:49] Well

[00:09:50] So yeah, we gotta talk about it

[00:09:51] A little bit, she's been doing it, huh

[00:09:53] She's been doing it

[00:09:54] I'm tripping because I'm like

[00:09:55] Her last name sounds like golf

[00:09:57] Makes sense to me

[00:09:58] But Cori Dion Cocoa Golf, yes

[00:10:00] Is an American professional tennis player

[00:10:02] She has won seven WTA

[00:10:05] Tour single titles

[00:10:07] Including a major at the 2023 US Open

[00:10:10] And eight double titles

[00:10:12] Listen, she has had career high rankings

[00:10:15] In the world

[00:10:16] Especially number three and number one

[00:10:18] In the doubles

[00:10:20] Women's Tennis Association

[00:10:23] You know, battles

[00:10:25] Let me just say she's only 19 years old

[00:10:27] For those of you wondering

[00:10:29] But she's shut the whole game down

[00:10:32] And she beat one of the goats

[00:10:34] Let's be very clear

[00:10:35] She beat Venus Williams

[00:10:36] She did, I wasn't gonna say it

[00:10:37] Because this

[00:10:38] Oh no, no, you gotta put some respect on it

[00:10:40] Because Venus is a goat

[00:10:41] Yeah, nobody's ever gonna be disrespectful

[00:10:43] To Venus Williams

[00:10:44] You're right

[00:10:45] You took care of her career

[00:10:46] Yeah, people are gonna be talking about her

[00:10:48] We're gonna be in heaven

[00:10:49] For 100 years

[00:10:50] And they still gonna be talking about Venus

[00:10:52] And she has to serene it too as well

[00:10:54] Both of them

[00:10:55] You know, both of them

[00:10:56] So yeah, Venus, Serene Williams

[00:10:57] Yeah, definitely

[00:10:58] Shout out to both of them

[00:10:59] For their amazing career

[00:11:02] Let's be very clear

[00:11:03] Amazing career

[00:11:04] Both of them are goats

[00:11:05] So yeah

[00:11:06] We're gonna talk about her a little bit

[00:11:07] Just highlight her accomplishments

[00:11:09] Again, like I said

[00:11:10] She's only 19 years old

[00:11:11] And she been doing it since 13, 14

[00:11:14] Playing on a professional level

[00:11:15] Listen, don't downplay

[00:11:17] A young lady playing against

[00:11:19] A grown, grown woman

[00:11:20] Don't do it, grown, grown

[00:11:21] Yeah, yeah, yeah

[00:11:22] I get y'all

[00:11:23] She's 18, she's 19

[00:11:24] No, no, no

[00:11:25] I get it

[00:11:26] But that ain't the same as

[00:11:27] Mid-20s and early 30s

[00:11:28] And out here getting that work

[00:11:30] So

[00:11:31] She been on high school

[00:11:32] What, two years?

[00:11:33] Yes, yes

[00:11:34] Amazing

[00:11:35] And she a believer

[00:11:36] She loves Jesus

[00:11:37] So shout out

[00:11:38] How about her?

[00:11:39] Yeah, yeah

[00:11:40] She loves Jesus too

[00:11:41] For real

[00:11:42] She's been very vocal

[00:11:43] On her social media

[00:11:44] About her relationship with God

[00:11:45] And giving God all the

[00:11:46] Honor and glory and praise

[00:11:47] And shout out to her parents

[00:11:48] She always shows them mad love

[00:11:50] And listen, I ain't mad

[00:11:52] Listen, 19 years old

[00:11:53] Millionaire and go wherever she

[00:11:54] Want to go and

[00:11:55] Got her head on the shoulder

[00:11:56] So yeah, I pray

[00:11:57] You know

[00:11:58] That's awesome

[00:11:59] Pops is talking to her

[00:12:00] Because yeah, I know

[00:12:01] Some little young thundercat

[00:12:02] Trying to hook her

[00:12:03] Let's be very clear

[00:12:04] She ain't that sweet spot

[00:12:05] Dice, you know that sweet spot

[00:12:07] I call it from 19 to 24

[00:12:09] That's a nice little sweet spot

[00:12:11] Where oh, it get a little

[00:12:12] Interesting

[00:12:13] These guys

[00:12:14] I know they coming for her

[00:12:15] I know they are

[00:12:16] Yeah

[00:12:17] Ain't nobody on food though

[00:12:18] Shout out to all y'all

[00:12:19] Try to shoot y'all shot

[00:12:20] But I'm pretty sure

[00:12:21] They're gonna have to be in shape

[00:12:22] I'm pretty sure

[00:12:24] You're gonna have to be able

[00:12:25] To hang with her out here

[00:12:26] But these grand slams

[00:12:27] Are definitely touring

[00:12:28] Because she's always

[00:12:29] Either out in Australia

[00:12:30] Open, a French open

[00:12:31] Wimbledon, US open

[00:12:33] These are places

[00:12:34] I haven't even traveled yet

[00:12:35] Like, I haven't been to France

[00:12:37] But I want to go

[00:12:38] I want to go

[00:12:39] So maybe we can go check her out

[00:12:41] Listen to VIX

[00:12:42] We might need to go ahead

[00:12:43] And get the interview

[00:12:44] Yeah, I need that interview

[00:12:45] I need that polo hook too

[00:12:47] As well, shout out to all

[00:12:48] The Custom Polo gear

[00:12:50] That is worn

[00:12:51] Doing these

[00:12:52] I'm just being honest

[00:12:53] I like Lolo

[00:12:54] I know everybody

[00:12:55] That's might be old school

[00:12:56] For some of y'all

[00:12:57] But if I can get connected

[00:12:58] To that polo connection

[00:12:59] Polo ain't gonna know it

[00:13:00] But do you see those

[00:13:01] Custom polo shirts

[00:13:02] That they always have

[00:13:03] Yeah, I'm like

[00:13:04] Give me a few of them

[00:13:05] Jokers

[00:13:06] You know, that list

[00:13:07] Yeah

[00:13:08] I've seen DJ Khaled

[00:13:09] You see DJ Khaled

[00:13:10] Just got a door

[00:13:11] With Tommy Hill figure

[00:13:12] So he got his own

[00:13:13] Custom Tommy Hill figure

[00:13:14] A little collection

[00:13:15] So I'm like

[00:13:16] Man listen

[00:13:17] We need to go ahead

[00:13:18] And email Polo

[00:13:19] I think he could get you

[00:13:20] An endorsement

[00:13:21] I think they would definitely

[00:13:22] Give you one

[00:13:23] Listen y'all got the hook

[00:13:24] Up out there

[00:13:25] Get at us

[00:13:26] If you got the hook up

[00:13:27] On the polo endorsements

[00:13:28] I need that ASAP

[00:13:29] Hold on

[00:13:30] If he listening

[00:13:31] There you go

[00:13:32] Focus on that

[00:13:33] He would kill that

[00:13:34] I sure will

[00:13:35] Right now

[00:13:36] Be very clear

[00:13:37] Listen shoot

[00:13:38] Listen nice

[00:13:39] Hold it down

[00:13:40] They flying me to

[00:13:41] Perre or something

[00:13:42] I gotta go do these

[00:13:43] Commercials

[00:13:44] I need to hold it down

[00:13:45] I get it

[00:13:46] I get it

[00:13:47] I'm wearing everybody

[00:13:48] The whole squad

[00:13:49] Everybody on the big squad

[00:13:50] I need something for everybody

[00:13:51] Yup

[00:13:52] I need it's every size

[00:13:53] Now come on

[00:13:54] The team is looking for me

[00:13:55] To come back

[00:13:56] And you want us to wear it

[00:13:57] We gonna wear it right now

[00:13:58] You know that's right

[00:13:59] That's awesome

[00:14:00] Listen our spiritual detox

[00:14:01] We got it

[00:14:02] We talk about Christian R&B

[00:14:03] And come on

[00:14:04] We just had KJL

[00:14:06] KJL forgive me

[00:14:07] The legendary KJL

[00:14:08] On yesterday

[00:14:09] So it's only right

[00:14:10] We had to get a lady

[00:14:11] Up and coming

[00:14:12] A lady and Christian

[00:14:13] You know R&B

[00:14:14] You know what I'm saying

[00:14:15] You know just that

[00:14:16] Smooth sound

[00:14:17] And she's making some

[00:14:18] Very good music

[00:14:20] Shout out to Sa-Jay

[00:14:22] She'll be joining us today

[00:14:23] And I'm excited to talk with her

[00:14:25] She got a lot of music

[00:14:26] She's working on

[00:14:27] And doing some collaborations

[00:14:29] I know I've seen her

[00:14:30] Doing some stuff with Melodic B

[00:14:31] So yeah

[00:14:32] Sa-Jay will be joining us today

[00:14:34] So keep it locked

[00:14:35] You know we got our news in 90

[00:14:37] I got lyrics for the mind

[00:14:38] Going today

[00:14:39] Of course

[00:14:40] We speak to everything

[00:14:41] Break down a song

[00:14:42] The lyrics and the mental health

[00:14:43] Theme behind it

[00:14:44] As well as

[00:14:45] Come on

[00:14:46] You know DICE got that news in 90

[00:14:47] Just in with that faith in sports

[00:14:49] Report and much, much more

[00:14:51] Listen keep it locked

[00:14:52] You tune into the fix

[00:14:53] And the fix is in

[00:14:54] I'm DICE Gamble from The Fix

[00:14:56] And this is your news in 90

[00:14:58] The indie autonomous challenges

[00:15:00] Are making their way across

[00:15:02] The globe

[00:15:03] Exhibits and competitions began

[00:15:05] This January

[00:15:06] And 21 universities

[00:15:08] From nine countries

[00:15:09] That form nine teams

[00:15:11] Have programmed

[00:15:12] AI

[00:15:13] Driver software

[00:15:14] In autonomous race cars

[00:15:16] That compete in a series

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[00:15:20] The indie autonomous challenge

[00:15:22] Gathers university teams

[00:15:24] From around the world

[00:15:25] That compete on platforms

[00:15:27] For students to excel

[00:15:28] In science, technology,

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[00:15:32] For more information about

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[00:15:38] Today

[00:15:39] And cleaning gels are trending

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[00:15:41] From auto detailing, cleaning

[00:15:43] Laptops and keyboards

[00:15:45] Cameras, printers and calculators

[00:15:47] These versatile, eco-friendly

[00:15:50] Easy to pick up dirt

[00:15:51] Non-sticky balls of slime

[00:15:53] Are used for the nooks and crannies

[00:15:55] And hard to reach places

[00:15:57] In everything from electronics

[00:15:59] To your office

[00:16:00] To your car vents

[00:16:01] If you're looking for an easy

[00:16:02] And fast way to clean

[00:16:04] Dirt and grime stuck in hard

[00:16:05] To reach places

[00:16:06] Look into some cleaning gels today

[00:16:08] And if you're looking for

[00:16:09] Some different results in your diet

[00:16:11] The science is in that eliminating

[00:16:13] Processed foods from your diet

[00:16:15] Can actually give you

[00:16:16] Some extra added health benefits

[00:16:18] So foods that have been modified

[00:16:20] In the way that they normally exist

[00:16:22] Try cutting those out

[00:16:24] So you can see a difference

[00:16:25] In your health

[00:16:26] I'm Dice Gamble

[00:16:27] And this has been your news in 90

[00:16:29] Yes sir, we back

[00:16:30] DJ Focus, Dice Gamble

[00:16:31] Thank y'all for waking up

[00:16:32] Another, another

[00:16:33] Bless bless day

[00:16:34] Happy winnin' Wednesday

[00:16:36] Now it's out there

[00:16:37] Everybody just not getting up

[00:16:38] Come on, get on up

[00:16:40] Start your day off right

[00:16:42] Let's continue to

[00:16:44] Do something different each and every day

[00:16:46] The Lord put it on your heart

[00:16:47] To maybe so into somebody

[00:16:48] Bless somebody today

[00:16:49] Show somebody a kind gesture

[00:16:51] Listen, we need to get better

[00:16:53] As believers every single day

[00:16:56] Somebody out there need to

[00:16:57] Call somebody and apologize

[00:16:59] Shout out to somebody

[00:17:00] Who's listening to me right now

[00:17:01] Who, yeah, you know

[00:17:02] There is some

[00:17:03] Maybe a family member

[00:17:05] Or maybe a friend, a co-worker

[00:17:07] You know you kinda did them wrong

[00:17:08] You know you probably said something

[00:17:09] A little bit out of pocket to them

[00:17:11] Listen, let today be the day that you say

[00:17:13] You know what, please forgive me

[00:17:14] Somebody out there, Dice

[00:17:15] I'm telling you that you can

[00:17:16] Choose somebody out

[00:17:17] You know what I'm saying

[00:17:18] At work or a family member

[00:17:20] And I get it, you know

[00:17:21] Sometimes we can agree to disagree

[00:17:23] But I still think there should be

[00:17:25] A way that you deliver

[00:17:27] Your disagreement

[00:17:28] Not just fall to the level

[00:17:30] Of the person

[00:17:31] Even if they cut you out

[00:17:32] I know you don't wanna hear that

[00:17:33] But Jesus said turn the other cheek

[00:17:35] So you know

[00:17:36] I wanna get you back to the Bible

[00:17:37] And get you back to loving

[00:17:39] Listen, even your enemy

[00:17:40] And I know that's tough

[00:17:41] Shout out to me too as well

[00:17:43] For that being challenging

[00:17:44] In my life at times

[00:17:45] But I'm trying to get better

[00:17:46] So as I continue to grow

[00:17:48] I want y'all to grow too as well

[00:17:49] So thank y'all for waking up

[00:17:51] On this winnin' Wednesday

[00:17:52] And what day is it, Dice?

[00:17:54] Come on, what we got going on today?

[00:17:55] Come on now

[00:17:56] Today is National Sticky

[00:17:57] Buns Day

[00:17:58] And the sweet sugary treat

[00:18:00] Is always recognized

[00:18:02] On February the 21st

[00:18:03] And it's a pastry

[00:18:04] That comes typically rolled up

[00:18:06] With a sugary top

[00:18:08] And almost like a Cinnabon

[00:18:09] And hey, it's perfect

[00:18:11] With a cup of hot cocoa

[00:18:13] Or coffee in the morning

[00:18:14] Or even after dinner dessert

[00:18:15] But yeah

[00:18:16] This pastry is considered

[00:18:17] A Pennsylvania specialty

[00:18:19] And many people believe that

[00:18:21] This thing originated

[00:18:23] In a 19th century German Sederlands

[00:18:25] Brought this over to the United States

[00:18:28] Using their baking traditions

[00:18:30] And this thing began

[00:18:32] Like kind of around Philadelphia

[00:18:34] So sticky buns usually serve

[00:18:36] For breakfast mostly

[00:18:38] With cinnamon and sugar

[00:18:40] And just sweetness

[00:18:42] Pecans on the top and all that

[00:18:44] So if you're ever out of the mall

[00:18:45] And you walk by one of those little

[00:18:47] Pastry shops, trust me

[00:18:49] They have these rolled buns

[00:18:51] Up in there

[00:18:52] And sometimes they make them

[00:18:53] Really big like a monster claws

[00:18:55] At times just really that big

[00:18:57] So mm-hmm

[00:18:59] And you can freeze them too

[00:19:00] So you can buy some and freeze them

[00:19:02] But for those of you who like that pastry

[00:19:04] And the cinnamon and the sugar

[00:19:05] And the butter and all that

[00:19:06] Today's your day

[00:19:08] Mm-hmm, hashtag

[00:19:09] National Sticky Bun Day

[00:19:12] And I need y'all in the gym tomorrow

[00:19:14] So after y'all eat y'all sticky buns

[00:19:16] I'll give back in the gym tomorrow

[00:19:18] There you go

[00:19:19] There you go

[00:19:20] There are no calories y'all

[00:19:21] Listen, pull back from a heavy dinner

[00:19:23] Don't have no three-course meal today

[00:19:26] You're gonna have two or three sticky buns

[00:19:28] With ice cream on top

[00:19:30] Listen, I know somebody got some ice crushed

[00:19:32] Ice cream on top of them

[00:19:34] Yeah, come on now

[00:19:36] So listen, do them

[00:19:38] Have wisdom again

[00:19:40] If you're gonna enjoy that sticky bun

[00:19:42] Make sure you pull back

[00:19:44] No fried chicken too

[00:19:46] Don't have no fried chicken

[00:19:48] You can't do fried chicken and sticky buns

[00:19:50] No, that's too much

[00:19:52] Well

[00:19:54] Listen

[00:19:56] Again, if you're trying to work on your temple

[00:19:58] Again, myself included y'all

[00:20:00] Shout out to me, y'all gonna continue to see a transformation

[00:20:02] Okay now

[00:20:03] We can't keep saying that

[00:20:05] We believe in God and we trust in God

[00:20:07] And when people see us

[00:20:08] And we got a shape and we overweight

[00:20:10] And we ain't trying to work on things

[00:20:12] I get it, some people got health issues

[00:20:14] Some people can't work out

[00:20:15] I ain't talking to them people

[00:20:17] I'm talking to the people that

[00:20:19] You can get up, you can walk around the corner

[00:20:21] You can get on that treadmill

[00:20:23] You can maybe do some push-ups

[00:20:24] Sit-ups at the house

[00:20:25] Yeah, you can pull back from maybe

[00:20:27] A couple of meals a week

[00:20:29] Where it's not so much fried and sugary foods

[00:20:31] And maybe eat more vegetables

[00:20:33] And salads and fruits

[00:20:35] So yeah, let's get better

[00:20:37] Let's represent God in every area of our life

[00:20:39] So I'm just challenging y'all

[00:20:41] Because God challenged me

[00:20:43] The show is called The Fixed For A Reason

[00:20:45] We're trying to fix it

[00:20:46] And we all in progress

[00:20:48] Again, I ain't exempt

[00:20:50] When the summer hit and y'all call me out

[00:20:52] Focus, you still got them little muffin handles

[00:20:54] On your over there

[00:20:55] It's okay, it's okay

[00:20:56] You can call it out

[00:20:57] It is what it is, you're right

[00:20:58] You're absolutely right

[00:20:59] I saw a interview with

[00:21:02] I think it was a, what rapper was that?

[00:21:04] Kevin Gates

[00:21:06] Kevin Gates, he had said

[00:21:09] Somebody asked him, I forget what show was it

[00:21:12] Was it a radio show or a podcast

[00:21:13] He was on something

[00:21:14] And they asked him

[00:21:15] What motivated him to lose so much weight

[00:21:17] Because he lost well over 100 something pounds

[00:21:19] He said, yeah Kevin Gates

[00:21:21] The rapper Kevin Gates

[00:21:22] From New Orleans

[00:21:23] If I'm not mistaken

[00:21:24] He said what motivated him was

[00:21:27] When he was holding a young baby

[00:21:30] And he said the baby tried to suck on his man boobs

[00:21:34] I'm dead serious

[00:21:36] Look it up

[00:21:37] Anybody listening to me please look up that

[00:21:39] Look it up, I'm pretty sure it's somewhere on the net

[00:21:41] And he said

[00:21:43] When that baby did that

[00:21:45] And he said all his partners clowned him

[00:21:47] And was laughing at him

[00:21:48] He said oh no, the devil is alive

[00:21:50] Yeah, we gonna get this together

[00:21:51] Yeah, so yeah

[00:21:53] Shout out to all the men that realize

[00:21:55] They supposed to be firm

[00:21:56] They ain't supposed to be, you know what I'm saying

[00:21:58] Jiggly, they supposed to be firm and solid

[00:22:00] So shout out to that push up ministry

[00:22:03] That push up ministry

[00:22:04] Shout out to Stephen Malcolm

[00:22:06] I saw him do a push up challenge

[00:22:09] And I know he's getting ready to

[00:22:11] Yeah he did a push up

[00:22:12] Go to Stephen Malcolm's page

[00:22:13] And he was doing like a push up challenge

[00:22:14] Where he was challenging everybody

[00:22:15] To do like 100 push ups a day

[00:22:17] Listen, them 100 push ups a day

[00:22:20] 5 sets and chest together

[00:22:22] And you ain't gotta leave it and leave the house

[00:22:23] Shout out to y'all who maybe came in for the membership right now

[00:22:26] If you do 100 push ups and 100 serfs every day

[00:22:29] I'm telling you

[00:22:30] Look at yourself in 90 days

[00:22:31] And I'm telling you see what God will do

[00:22:33] I love that

[00:22:34] That's awesome

[00:22:35] Yeah, it's fitness

[00:22:37] We just talking about fitness

[00:22:38] So listen, we love y'all

[00:22:39] But let's all get in shape together

[00:22:41] Let's show off God the right way

[00:22:43] Alright, listen coming up

[00:22:44] Don't touch that dial

[00:22:45] We got a super talented

[00:22:47] When I tell you Christian R&B

[00:22:49] Is in a good place

[00:22:50] We got a young lady that's about to join us

[00:22:52] That uh, yeah

[00:22:53] I'm telling you she's making fire music

[00:22:55] She's doing some fire collaborations

[00:22:57] And you wanna get to know her

[00:22:58] If you're not familiar with her

[00:22:59] Uh, she will be joining us real

[00:23:01] Really really soon

[00:23:02] So keep it locked

[00:23:03] So Jay will be joining us

[00:23:05] Of course Justin Adams is coming with that

[00:23:07] Faith and Sports Report

[00:23:08] And much much more

[00:23:09] I'm Justin Adams

[00:23:10] And this is your to fix faith and sports report

[00:23:13] Every head coach has a philosophy that they live by

[00:23:16] For example, Phil Jackson is known

[00:23:18] As the Zen Master

[00:23:19] As he led his team through meditation groups

[00:23:21] And it really worked well for him

[00:23:23] Because he won 11 NBA championships

[00:23:26] Former New England Patriots head coach

[00:23:27] Bill Belichick

[00:23:28] His philosophy was pretty simple

[00:23:30] Do your job

[00:23:31] And legendary Tennessee volunteers

[00:23:33] Women's basketball coach Pat Summon

[00:23:35] Her philosophy was attitude is a choice

[00:23:38] For Arizona Wildcats women's volleyball head coach

[00:23:41] Sharita Stubbs

[00:23:42] Her coaching philosophy comes from the scriptures

[00:23:46] Song 4610, be still

[00:23:48] And it's not because it's so short to remember

[00:23:50] But it is to be still

[00:23:52] But nowhere in the Bible does it say

[00:23:54] To be still and do nothing

[00:23:56] It's be still for me

[00:23:57] It is calm in my mind now

[00:23:59] It is be still

[00:24:00] And listen to what is being said

[00:24:02] To me, not be still and do nothing

[00:24:04] So you have to be active in what's going on

[00:24:07] So it's a constant reminder

[00:24:08] And it's what I had to take myself

[00:24:10] Through these last few weeks

[00:24:12] Because you know

[00:24:13] It sucks

[00:24:14] You know, getting close and losing

[00:24:16] And still fighting the right words

[00:24:18] Encouragement for your players

[00:24:19] That are giving you everything that they got

[00:24:21] You know, going out there fighting

[00:24:23] As they're learning to battle through the demons

[00:24:25] And things that they're enduring

[00:24:27] You know, I still gotta fill myself up

[00:24:29] Because we play on Sundays

[00:24:30] So I don't get a chance to go to church

[00:24:32] But I'm able to watch online

[00:24:34] And things like that

[00:24:35] But I have learned when I am not full

[00:24:38] Myself, I have nothing to give

[00:24:40] So in those situations

[00:24:41] It refers back to be still, Rita

[00:24:43] So I'm 46 still

[00:24:44] 46 still

[00:24:45] Be still, be still

[00:24:47] And the other thing I want to throw in here

[00:24:48] Is every Sunday at 4 am

[00:24:50] I have a prayer call with a group of friends

[00:24:53] Now it's 4 am for us because I'm on the west coast

[00:24:56] We have the east coast

[00:24:57] And the central time zone too

[00:24:59] So that's another commitment that I do

[00:25:01] The verse Psalms 46-10 says

[00:25:03] Once again in the new living translation

[00:25:05] Be still and know that I am God

[00:25:09] I will be honored by every nation

[00:25:11] I will be honored throughout the world

[00:25:13] What a tremendous message and a philosophy

[00:25:16] For all of us to be able to live by

[00:25:18] I'm Justin Adams

[00:25:19] And this has been your DeFix Faith & Sports Report

[00:25:22] Not back to DJ Focus at Dice Gamble

[00:25:24] As The Fix is in

[00:25:26] Welcome back, welcome back

[00:25:27] DJ Focus, Dice Gamble

[00:25:28] You tap back into DeFix

[00:25:29] Your source of faith infused hip hop

[00:25:31] R&B and poetry

[00:25:32] And listen, it's time for our spiritual detox

[00:25:34] And we talk about it all the time

[00:25:36] Shout out to everybody making like

[00:25:39] Super dope Christian R&B music

[00:25:42] Like it's a whole vibe now

[00:25:44] And I'm excited because for a long time

[00:25:46] We talk about some of the pioneers like Kent Jones

[00:25:48] And some of the others

[00:25:50] You know Mary Mary's and Kirk Franklin's

[00:25:52] We only had them

[00:25:53] And it was only selected songs

[00:25:55] But now it's to a whole other level

[00:25:57] There's so many different dope artists out here

[00:25:59] That are making quality good music

[00:26:01] And I have a super talented lady

[00:26:03] On the line right now

[00:26:04] Who's making some quality music

[00:26:06] I'm excited to have a great conversation with her

[00:26:08] I'm just, hopefully it's a project

[00:26:11] Bruin on the way that we can talk about

[00:26:13] And everything else

[00:26:14] So with this and without further ado

[00:26:16] Help me welcome in to Super Talented

[00:26:17] Sajay, what's going on sis?

[00:26:19] Hello, good how are you?

[00:26:21] I'm good, I'm good

[00:26:22] How's the new year been treating you so far?

[00:26:24] It's been good

[00:26:26] I'm glad to be here of course

[00:26:28] And I feel like the year is off to a great start

[00:26:30] That's good, that's good

[00:26:32] So before we jump into all the dope music

[00:26:34] That you're creating

[00:26:35] Share a little bit of your faith journey

[00:26:37] With the people

[00:26:38] Maybe kind of how like you develop

[00:26:39] Your own personal relationship with Christ

[00:26:41] Yeah so I grew up in church

[00:26:44] Christian family

[00:26:46] All that

[00:26:48] But I would say

[00:26:50] My own personal walk started

[00:26:52] With God

[00:26:53] After losing my dad in 2020

[00:26:55] To COVID

[00:26:56] That's when I

[00:26:58] Definitely started to read more

[00:27:00] And I guess I was just looking

[00:27:03] For answers

[00:27:04] Which led me to

[00:27:06] Just scoring my faith with God

[00:27:09] Listen, my condolences to you

[00:27:12] I also lost my dad in 2020

[00:27:15] And then I lost my mom in 2022

[00:27:18] So

[00:27:20] Neither one of them were COVID related

[00:27:22] But just losing parents

[00:27:24] Within almost a three year gap

[00:27:26] Listen, I was in a total like depressed state

[00:27:29] So I do have to ask

[00:27:31] What did you do to handle your grief

[00:27:33] Like how did you process

[00:27:35] The grief of losing your father?

[00:27:37] Well I was new to college

[00:27:39] So I was probably about a week or two in

[00:27:42] So my best friend was

[00:27:45] My roommate at the time

[00:27:47] And she definitely was there for me a lot

[00:27:50] And I went to

[00:27:53] I started like at a new church

[00:27:54] They had small groups

[00:27:56] And I feel like having like a small community like that

[00:27:59] Like just people close to you

[00:28:01] That you can lean on

[00:28:02] Especially like other young people

[00:28:04] That are believers

[00:28:06] Was very, very crucial

[00:28:08] Because I will say like at first

[00:28:10] Being new to college

[00:28:11] It was easy to like go to parties

[00:28:13] Or do whatever to get my mind off of it

[00:28:15] But I tried that

[00:28:17] And I was like this ain't me

[00:28:19] So that's when I really started to

[00:28:22] Go to church more

[00:28:23] Like more regularly

[00:28:25] And small group like I said

[00:28:27] And I started watching sermons online

[00:28:30] That helped a lot too

[00:28:32] I didn't feel like going to church

[00:28:34] Or I was too sad to go out in my room

[00:28:37] Being able to watch sermons helped a lot

[00:28:40] And that's when I really started to take notes

[00:28:43] Because you know you can pause

[00:28:44] Like if you're at an actual sermon

[00:28:46] You can't like pause with the preacher saying

[00:28:48] But when you're watching you can pause

[00:28:50] And I would like journal while I watched

[00:28:52] So I started journaling a lot

[00:28:54] And just really spending a lot of one on one time

[00:28:58] With God

[00:28:59] Along with that community

[00:29:01] Was very, very crucial

[00:29:03] Listen shout out to the community

[00:29:05] That understand the value

[00:29:07] And being a community

[00:29:09] I think sometimes we take that for granted

[00:29:11] Not being attached to the community

[00:29:13] So listen I'm grateful that you know

[00:29:15] You did what you had to do

[00:29:16] I did the same thing too as well

[00:29:18] I had to rely not only on my wife

[00:29:21] But also some brothers just to hold me down

[00:29:24] To as well because yeah I didn't

[00:29:26] I never had ever felt like depressed

[00:29:29] Ever in my life until that happened

[00:29:31] So thank you for sharing that

[00:29:33] So come on walk us through this musical journey

[00:29:35] When did you first started doing music?

[00:29:37] Um so I believe I started writing

[00:29:40] I wrote my first verse in 2021

[00:29:43] I want to say

[00:29:44] Okay

[00:29:45] So my dad he sang and it was something

[00:29:47] That often we did a lot

[00:29:49] I was really shy about it

[00:29:50] But my dad he could sing

[00:29:52] So he knew what I could sing

[00:29:53] So he would always pull that out of me

[00:29:55] Um so when I lost him

[00:29:57] I started to just do it more

[00:29:59] I guess because it was um something

[00:30:01] That we did together

[00:30:02] And so um I discovered that

[00:30:05] I had a gift of writing like poetry and stuff

[00:30:08] Um so I think I was minoring

[00:30:10] You know like creative writing at the time

[00:30:12] And I was like you know all these poems

[00:30:14] And stuff if you put it to music

[00:30:16] It's songwriting

[00:30:17] So that's when I really started to dive

[00:30:19] In songwriting and I thought coming in

[00:30:21] Since I was so shy like I would just be

[00:30:23] A songwriter and like give the stuff

[00:30:25] I wrote to people um but

[00:30:28] When I started working with Milotic

[00:30:30] He really pushed me

[00:30:31] He was like no you can do it so

[00:30:33] That encouragement from him really pushed me

[00:30:35] To into artistry so yeah

[00:30:39] Shout out to Milotic B too as well

[00:30:41] He is solid uh real solid guy man

[00:30:44] Um so you know who are some of your

[00:30:46] Musical inspirations growing up

[00:30:47] Like who kind of inspired you to even

[00:30:49] You know get you into the element

[00:30:51] Of finding your own singing voice

[00:30:53] And your creative writing process

[00:30:55] Yeah I would definitely say

[00:30:58] Younger when I was younger

[00:31:00] A lot of artists that inspired me

[00:31:02] It was like Alicia Keys

[00:31:04] Um as far as like a secular space

[00:31:07] Alicia Keys um probably like Rihanna

[00:31:11] When I was younger and then like

[00:31:13] In the Christian or gospel space

[00:31:15] Mary Mary for sure

[00:31:17] Um who else

[00:31:21] I feel like it was certain songs

[00:31:23] Not necessarily like certain artists

[00:31:25] But like Mary Mary for sure um

[00:31:29] Tasha Cobb you know some of the

[00:31:31] Classics um and then

[00:31:34] Past couple years I would say I got

[00:31:36] I became a really big fan of like

[00:31:38] Summer Walker her and then

[00:31:41] When I started singing a lot of people

[00:31:42] Told me I sound like her so that was

[00:31:44] You do you do yeah

[00:31:47] But uh yeah I would say like

[00:31:49] A lot of the top R&B girls I really

[00:31:51] Gravitated towards and I feel like

[00:31:53] Listening to them kind of helped me

[00:31:55] To find my voice because I've always been

[00:31:57] Like self spoken quiet and I feel like

[00:31:59] In church like most of the gospel singers

[00:32:01] Were like these power houses and I was

[00:32:03] Like oh I wish I wish that was me

[00:32:05] That is not me so um being able to

[00:32:07] Listen to a lot of the newer R&B

[00:32:09] Artists they have like their power

[00:32:11] Houses but I feel like they also

[00:32:13] Have like um kind of you know

[00:32:15] The self-spokenness to them

[00:32:17] Like Jenae Aiko artists like that

[00:32:19] They're still kind of

[00:32:21] Self-spoken like me and um

[00:32:23] They you know put that in their

[00:32:25] Artistry and so I was like

[00:32:27] Ooh maybe I can do it

[00:32:29] Right right so so why

[00:32:31] Why did you choose to do it more on

[00:32:33] The faith based side compared to

[00:32:35] Just going traditional R&B

[00:32:37] Yeah so um as I was growing

[00:32:39] My faith like lyrically

[00:32:41] I naturally was putting Bible

[00:32:43] Verses and stuff in there and

[00:32:45] I actually didn't know about Christian

[00:32:47] R&B until

[00:32:49] 20 I guess 2022

[00:32:51] And then when I found Christian

[00:32:53] R&B I was like oh my goodness this is

[00:32:55] Perfect because I didn't know it was

[00:32:57] Like a big space I guess I knew

[00:32:59] Like how gospel kind of intertwined

[00:33:01] With R&B a little bit but I

[00:33:03] Didn't know that Christian R&B

[00:33:05] Was actually like this space

[00:33:07] Um that I could be a part

[00:33:09] Of so soon as I found I think

[00:33:11] It was like a Christian R&B

[00:33:13] Playlist on Spotify was like

[00:33:15] Oh my goodness and I found

[00:33:17] All the wonderful Christian

[00:33:19] R&B artists that were already there

[00:33:21] And so that's when I wrote

[00:33:23] Fill Me Up that was my first

[00:33:25] Christian R&B song because

[00:33:27] I released a song in 2022

[00:33:29] It was just it was secular but it was

[00:33:31] Still clean because I feel like I

[00:33:33] Naturally gravitated to like clean

[00:33:35] You know um

[00:33:37] Music that kind of had faith

[00:33:39] Based principles but um as far

[00:33:41] As far as like Christian R&B

[00:33:43] Definitely as soon as

[00:33:45] I found it I was like this is perfect

[00:33:47] Was there a particular

[00:33:49] Artist on that playlist that really

[00:33:51] Like stood out to you was like wow

[00:33:53] You know I didn't know

[00:33:55] You know they were doing it like on this level

[00:33:57] Yeah I would say

[00:33:59] First probably

[00:34:01] Like V Rose

[00:34:03] Yes

[00:34:05] She was a big one I feel like there's another one

[00:34:07] Now um

[00:34:09] I don't know when I

[00:34:11] Learned about Madison Ryan Ward but

[00:34:13] Later on into listening

[00:34:15] I learned about her and she's probably like

[00:34:17] One of my favorites

[00:34:19] Um but yeah I feel like

[00:34:21] I'm forgetting somebody

[00:34:23] No that's good though yeah V Rose has been doing it for a long time

[00:34:25] Shout out to V Rose

[00:34:27] She has been making great music for a long time

[00:34:29] Um Eris Ford

[00:34:31] To Aswell is another one who was

[00:34:33] Doing great things in this space lady wise

[00:34:35] And we you know we can keep going Angie Rose has done some things

[00:34:37] Rap and uh

[00:34:39] We're going to do a Christian R&B

[00:34:41] Listen uh DJ Focus we got to go to a quick break

[00:34:43] I promise you don't touch that down we coming right back

[00:34:45] With more from SaJae keep it locked

[00:34:47] You're tuning to the fix you know the fix is in

[00:34:49] Welcome back you tap back into the fix

[00:34:51] Still in the middle of our spiritual detox with

[00:34:53] The Super Talented SaJae

[00:34:55] And uh come on and talk about this feel me up track

[00:34:57] So walk us through the creative process

[00:34:59] For it so when you first

[00:35:01] Arranged this track did you

[00:35:03] Did you write it first did you have

[00:35:05] To hear the production first were you working on the hook

[00:35:07] So just take us into the lab the studio

[00:35:09] When you creating how you put this

[00:35:11] Masterpiece together

[00:35:13] Thank you uh

[00:35:15] Yeah so my writing process is actually kind of

[00:35:17] Weird I hear melodies

[00:35:19] First before I ever hear the beat or anything

[00:35:21] So

[00:35:23] Literally the first line I stay at the way I wake up

[00:35:25] I got to pray, pop to my head

[00:35:27] I was at the gas station

[00:35:29] Um just thinking about

[00:35:31] I don't know my favor whatever I have finished

[00:35:33] Just finished reading the gospels in order

[00:35:35] Which I realized I had never done before

[00:35:37] So that really inspired

[00:35:39] The hook

[00:35:41] The Holy Spirit fill me up

[00:35:43] The story about the lady at the well

[00:35:45] Really stood out to me so I guess that was on my mind

[00:35:47] And yeah

[00:35:49] I came up with that first line

[00:35:51] And I was like

[00:35:53] That's kind of catchy so I put in my voice memos

[00:35:55] And I was like

[00:35:57] I wonder if I have a beat that would match it

[00:35:59] Cause I had like so many beats just in my phone

[00:36:01] Sitting there so I pulled up the beat

[00:36:03] That the song is on and I was like

[00:36:05] It literally fit perfectly

[00:36:07] So from there

[00:36:09] I finished writing the verse

[00:36:11] And the chorus and the rest of the history

[00:36:13] Were you surprised from the feedback

[00:36:15] Once you put the song out

[00:36:17] Like was it kind of like overwhelming to you

[00:36:19] Like wow you didn't know that

[00:36:21] Me people like really listen to you

[00:36:23] And rock with you on that level

[00:36:25] Yeah so I kind of

[00:36:27] Knew like the song was special

[00:36:29] Cause I had never heard anything like it really

[00:36:31] And

[00:36:33] So I had no doubt about that

[00:36:35] But I was definitely not expecting it to

[00:36:37] Blow up as soon as I posted it

[00:36:39] I really didn't even like the video

[00:36:41] I just needed to post

[00:36:43] I was focused on being consistent

[00:36:45] On social media

[00:36:47] So yeah

[00:36:49] I guess I definitely didn't expect people to compare me

[00:36:51] To like SZA and like her

[00:36:53] Well I had heard people say her before

[00:36:55] But

[00:36:57] The comparison to so many

[00:36:59] Great artists already

[00:37:01] Like Mon Buon

[00:37:03] I think that kind of really helped

[00:37:05] People gravitate towards it

[00:37:07] Yes, yeah

[00:37:09] It's still a hit record though too as well

[00:37:11] So to your point

[00:37:13] We talk about it all the time on the show

[00:37:15] When you make hit music

[00:37:17] It speaks for itself

[00:37:19] People are going to celebrate good music

[00:37:21] And everything

[00:37:23] Production wise from everything singing on it

[00:37:25] Listen it was right where it needed to be

[00:37:27] So yeah

[00:37:29] What are we working on now?

[00:37:31] Because I know you have to be working on something

[00:37:33] Yeah so right now

[00:37:35] Got a project in the work

[00:37:37] Something like I've been working on it for a while

[00:37:39] But I really just wanted

[00:37:41] To be Holy Spirit filled

[00:37:43] So just letting

[00:37:45] You know God lead me

[00:37:47] And let me know which songs

[00:37:49] Will be best for the project

[00:37:51] How long is it going to be

[00:37:53] And all that

[00:37:55] Almost for now

[00:37:57] We'll get some singles until it's completed

[00:37:59] And then

[00:38:01] Which I know

[00:38:03] Are you working with multiple producers

[00:38:05] Or are you still working with Melodic B

[00:38:07] Who can we expect to help produce this thing?

[00:38:09] Yeah definitely

[00:38:11] Melodic B for this one for sure

[00:38:13] Mostly

[00:38:15] There are a couple other people

[00:38:17] That I kind of thought about including their songs

[00:38:19] On it

[00:38:21] But for now

[00:38:23] We're kind of a power team

[00:38:25] And definitely want to see

[00:38:27] How far we can take that

[00:38:29] And what it all would be for you

[00:38:31] That's smart though

[00:38:33] You want to develop your sound

[00:38:35] So absolutely that's why I brought that up

[00:38:37] Because yes develop your sound

[00:38:39] And find your pocket so that way

[00:38:41] You can have a long career

[00:38:43] Can we expect any collaborations

[00:38:45] Is there a particular artist that you want to work with

[00:38:47] In the Christian R&B space

[00:38:49] Or Stevie Rizzo

[00:38:51] Yes for sure

[00:38:53] There are so many

[00:38:55] It would be hard to dwindle it down

[00:38:57] To one person

[00:38:59] But yeah I've definitely

[00:39:01] Had conversations about collabs

[00:39:03] A lot of conversations

[00:39:05] It's just

[00:39:07] I don't know just finding the right one

[00:39:09] There's one in particular with

[00:39:13] What's the same

[00:39:15] I can see a space where I cannot think of something

[00:39:17] Uninvited

[00:39:19] That I've kind of been

[00:39:21] Working on so hopefully that'll be

[00:39:23] Finished and come out soon

[00:39:25] But yeah

[00:39:27] Shout out to uninvited

[00:39:29] That starved lane is ridiculous

[00:39:31] Shout out to uninvited

[00:39:33] So I do want to ask how do you balance it all

[00:39:35] Obviously

[00:39:37] You do seem like you're driven

[00:39:39] To really taking your music career

[00:39:41] To the next level

[00:39:43] You definitely sound like you're grounded

[00:39:45] In a ministry that you are being fed

[00:39:47] And you're trying to be led by the Lord

[00:39:49] And I would have to assume

[00:39:51] Are you coordinating?

[00:39:53] Are you dating right now?

[00:39:55] What does that look like with you trying to balance life

[00:39:57] And just being a believer

[00:39:59] And everything that comes at you

[00:40:01] Like I know it has to be at the get time

[00:40:03] Yes it definitely is

[00:40:05] I'm also finishing my last semester of college

[00:40:07] Praise God

[00:40:09] Because me and Milana B

[00:40:11] Are actually dating

[00:40:13] Okay

[00:40:15] Okay

[00:40:17] If you wanted to center of everything

[00:40:19] Like

[00:40:21] Our relationship is God centered

[00:40:23] Our music is God centered

[00:40:25] The fact that we can do our music together

[00:40:27] Helps balance

[00:40:29] Helps with the balance

[00:40:31] To me

[00:40:33] I feel like a lot of people are like

[00:40:35] What kind of stuff works

[00:40:37] But I feel like when it's orchestrated by God

[00:40:39] Everything fits together

[00:40:41] I would definitely say school

[00:40:43] Is probably the hardest thing to tie in

[00:40:45] My major kind of goes

[00:40:47] I'm majoring in marketing

[00:40:49] So it kind of goes along with the music

[00:40:51] And artistry

[00:40:53] But as far as that

[00:40:55] Keeping God centered

[00:40:57] And then just focusing everything around that

[00:40:59] The best way I know how to do it

[00:41:01] No that's good

[00:41:03] And shout out to you and Milana B

[00:41:05] I'm praying for y'all because

[00:41:07] I don't think we have a

[00:41:09] I don't think we have a couple in this space

[00:41:11] That's doing music so hopefully

[00:41:13] God keep it's hand on it

[00:41:15] Maybe

[00:41:17] If God say so

[00:41:19] Y'all take it to the next step

[00:41:21] Maybe y'all can continue to do music for a long

[00:41:23] Long time

[00:41:25] Especially like I say for couples

[00:41:27] Because a lot of couples need to hear that

[00:41:29] That is hope because I hear a lot of horror stories

[00:41:31] About dating right now

[00:41:33] In 2024

[00:41:35] Definitely

[00:41:37] I think Aaron

[00:41:39] I think Aaron's this husband

[00:41:41] That makes some of her music

[00:41:43] I think so

[00:41:45] Because I remember

[00:41:47] I didn't think there were any other couples

[00:41:49] Like you said

[00:41:51] You talking about Aaron Ford

[00:41:53] Okay you know he does

[00:41:55] I think he does production too as well

[00:41:57] So yeah I get it

[00:41:59] I don't know about like two artists though

[00:42:01] Right cause Milana can do both

[00:42:03] So yeah listen you in a blessed place

[00:42:05] So I'm really praying to favor

[00:42:07] That just stay on your life

[00:42:09] And give it a little cheek code to have

[00:42:11] You know what

[00:42:13] What would be some advice you would give to a young

[00:42:15] Up and coming artist like yourself

[00:42:17] Who maybe you know this is their first time

[00:42:19] In the game

[00:42:21] They're looking to make music

[00:42:23] What encouraging words would you give them

[00:42:25] Yeah I would say definitely

[00:42:27] To stay focused on God

[00:42:29] And everything else will fall into place

[00:42:31] You know

[00:42:33] Focus on improving

[00:42:35] Your craft improving your skills

[00:42:37] Focus on God

[00:42:39] And for like

[00:42:41] Upcoming Christian artists

[00:42:43] Make sure that you know your heart

[00:42:45] Is in the right place overall cause

[00:42:47] At the end of the day

[00:42:49] I feel like our purpose is to

[00:42:51] Grow the kingdom

[00:42:53] And spread the gospel

[00:42:55] So as long as you focus on that

[00:42:57] All the favor and blessings

[00:42:59] And we'll you know

[00:43:01] Follow you and you will

[00:43:03] Make a way open doors

[00:43:05] And finally he can open

[00:43:07] So yeah

[00:43:09] What's some encouraging words you would say to a young lady

[00:43:11] Who may be struggling to maybe either

[00:43:13] Rededicate her life to God

[00:43:15] Or even come to the faith

[00:43:17] I would have to imagine you know as you go to church

[00:43:19] You know you have somebody to just visit it

[00:43:21] For the first time or you might have some

[00:43:23] Some of your you know

[00:43:25] Some ladies that go to college with you

[00:43:27] Who just see the spirit of God on you

[00:43:29] And just ask you you know

[00:43:31] Why are you always smiling

[00:43:33] What would be some encouraging words you would give

[00:43:35] To them to encourage them to know God

[00:43:37] Yeah I would say

[00:43:39] It's never too late

[00:43:41] Anything you've done

[00:43:43] Anything you know in the past

[00:43:45] Is in the past yesterday

[00:43:47] Mistakes or

[00:43:49] Anything like that you know it was yesterday

[00:43:51] Today is a new day if you woke me up this morning

[00:43:53] You know that's an opportunity

[00:43:55] To

[00:43:57] For you to get to know him you know

[00:43:59] As long as you wake up there's hope

[00:44:01] Keep the hope, guard your heart

[00:44:05] I would say as far as the people you're around

[00:44:07] You know sometimes it's hard

[00:44:09] Because you do have to let go of people that

[00:44:11] May be leading you astray

[00:44:13] Or anything like that

[00:44:15] But I feel like that's a huge necessary step

[00:44:17] If you're trying to

[00:44:19] Get to know God

[00:44:21] And do things God's way

[00:44:23] And

[00:44:25] If you're new just read the word

[00:44:27] As much as you can get your spirit fed

[00:44:29] And there's always hope

[00:44:31] As long as you have hope and faith

[00:44:33] You're in a good position

[00:44:35] Yeah thanks for sharing that sir

[00:44:38] Jay go ahead and tell the people how they connect

[00:44:40] Which you follow you on all your social media platforms

[00:44:42] And please introduce your latest single

[00:44:46] Yeah you can find me on

[00:44:48] Any platform, YouTube, Instagram

[00:44:52] TikTok is to J-I-T-C-E-J-A-E

[00:44:56] And yeah my latest

[00:44:58] YouTube channel is No Worries

[00:45:00] It came out a couple weeks ago

[00:45:02] I saw on Apple, Spotify, YouTube

[00:45:04] And

[00:45:06] A new single coming out soon

[00:45:10] That's what's up, keep it locked

[00:45:12] You tune into the fix, you know the fix is in

[00:45:14] Welcome back, welcome back DJ Focus, Dice Gamble

[00:45:16] You tap back into the fix

[00:45:18] Your source of faith and fuse, hip hop, R&B and poetry

[00:45:20] It's time to get rid of these streets

[00:45:22] And again we're just highlighting

[00:45:24] All this week we've been highlighting some trailblazers

[00:45:26] In our space and

[00:45:28] Again I'm just

[00:45:30] Another young lady who came to my mind

[00:45:32] Dice was this

[00:45:34] Tennis Fennheim

[00:45:36] Cocoa Golf

[00:45:38] She's been doing

[00:45:40] Some powerful things in her space

[00:45:42] I think she's since she was 13 years old

[00:45:44] Been playing, you know

[00:45:46] Nationally or 14 years old

[00:45:48] And I know

[00:45:50] Her first Wimington win

[00:45:52] She faced a little adversity

[00:45:54] Because a lot of people

[00:45:56] One didn't think she was

[00:45:58] Should be there even though she

[00:46:00] Worked her butt off to get there

[00:46:02] I know when she

[00:46:04] Went against Venus Williams

[00:46:06] It was two sided

[00:46:08] A lot of people wanted Venus to win

[00:46:10] And they were not kind of happy

[00:46:12] That Cocoa won and she beat Venus

[00:46:14] Because you know Venus had been champion

[00:46:16] And shout out to Venus, Venus Williams is still

[00:46:18] Literally going to go down

[00:46:20] As probably the best lady

[00:46:22] Female tennis player ever to do it

[00:46:24] I really do believe that

[00:46:26] That's just my personal opinion

[00:46:28] But I just love this young lady

[00:46:30] Resilient and fighting through adversity

[00:46:32] And being able to take the

[00:46:34] Challenge on and again

[00:46:36] Just be able to win

[00:46:38] I like winners dice

[00:46:40] It's like one of those things

[00:46:42] When you get around somebody

[00:46:44] Who's a winner it's like contagious

[00:46:46] So I study winners

[00:46:48] I study people who fight through adversity

[00:46:50] Because I feel like that's always been my life

[00:46:52] I've always been fighting through adversity

[00:46:54] Shout out to all the premature

[00:46:56] Childs out there who were born premature

[00:46:58] That was my plight

[00:47:00] A lot of people didn't think I would be here

[00:47:02] The doctors didn't even think I would make

[00:47:04] Was in the hospital for almost four months

[00:47:06] Before I went home with my family

[00:47:08] And everybody, my mom stayed with me of course

[00:47:10] But just in general

[00:47:12] So that's why I always had a passion

[00:47:14] For people who had to fight adversity

[00:47:16] And just kept running the race

[00:47:18] Fighting and I see that in Cocoa Golf

[00:47:20] She has been fighting and fighting

[00:47:22] But she getting her respect now Dice

[00:47:24] Let's be very clear

[00:47:26] Ain't nobody saying she ain't one of the best to do it

[00:47:28] In the game currently right now

[00:47:30] Yeah, she's a beast

[00:47:32] So shout out to you, Corey Deion

[00:47:34] Aka Cocoa Golf

[00:47:36] For those of you who don't know

[00:47:38] Like Focus just said

[00:47:40] She's a professional tennis player

[00:47:42] She's won seven WTA Tour

[00:47:44] Single titles

[00:47:46] Being a major at the 23 U.S. Open

[00:47:49] Eight double titles

[00:47:51] And she's had just career high rankings

[00:47:54] In the world period

[00:47:56] And 19 years old, come on

[00:47:58] 19

[00:48:00] 19

[00:48:04] 19 years old

[00:48:06] Yeah

[00:48:08] And that's amazing what she's already done in 19

[00:48:10] Yeah, that's something like man

[00:48:12] That bar is set high

[00:48:14] And sorry, not sorry

[00:48:16] Is how I would feel

[00:48:18] Sorry, not sorry

[00:48:20] Is that a song?

[00:48:22] Is that a song?

[00:48:24] The whole vibe is a

[00:48:26] Sorry, not sorry

[00:48:28] You feel the way you do about me

[00:48:30] However, I am not sorry

[00:48:32] That I'm out here just cutting up

[00:48:34] Just cutting up and taking over the world

[00:48:36] I love it

[00:48:38] I'm just here for it

[00:48:40] And I don't know

[00:48:42] She's just a beast

[00:48:44] Of course our Venus Williams is

[00:48:46] I mean we have a lot of amazing

[00:48:48] African American tennis players

[00:48:50] Like Serena Williams, Arthur Ash

[00:48:52] Venus Williams, James Blake

[00:48:54] Donald Young, Zeena Garrison

[00:48:56] Angela Haynes, Brian Shelton

[00:48:58] Tally Holmes, Alexandra

[00:49:00] Stevenson

[00:49:02] Lori McNeil

[00:49:04] Michonne Washington

[00:49:06] Michonne Washington

[00:49:08] Yeah, so

[00:49:10] Camille Benjamin

[00:49:12] I mean we have a lot of them

[00:49:14] But

[00:49:16] She's added to the group now

[00:49:18] When I say lot, I just mean like

[00:49:20] We got a good hundred

[00:49:22] Out of 8 billion

[00:49:24] 4 more

[00:49:26] Yeah

[00:49:28] Yeah, so

[00:49:30] I can only imagine what she's going to do

[00:49:32] At 30

[00:49:34] I can only imagine

[00:49:36] I was saying 25 to your point

[00:49:38] Yeah, because she's already accomplished a lot

[00:49:40] Of love at 19

[00:49:42] So yeah, the next 4 to 5 years

[00:49:44] By the time she's 25

[00:49:46] She's definitely on the road

[00:49:48] To listen, rack up a lot more wins

[00:49:50] In some of these tournaments

[00:49:52] And listen

[00:49:54] I'm being honest with you guys

[00:49:56] I did not realize the last one she won

[00:49:58] I think she got 5 million

[00:50:00] I didn't realize they get paid that much

[00:50:02] I didn't realize it

[00:50:04] No, no, not that much

[00:50:06] I didn't know they're getting them checks like that

[00:50:08] To do what I love though

[00:50:10] Yeah, I'm with you

[00:50:12] Pay me, pay me

[00:50:14] I wasn't ready, 5 million

[00:50:16] Pay tennis lord help me

[00:50:18] That's in one day

[00:50:20] That's it

[00:50:22] Big money

[00:50:24] Big money

[00:50:26] Now it is wearing tear on your body though

[00:50:28] Everybody who's athlete

[00:50:30] Everybody who's athlete knows that

[00:50:32] Like yes, it's what they do

[00:50:34] Because they enjoy doing it however

[00:50:36] They notice and they need to trust that

[00:50:38] And uh

[00:50:40] I don't know

[00:50:42] You know

[00:50:44] I can imagine them needs

[00:50:46] Yeah, you might have to get a few knee replacements

[00:50:48] But you know what

[00:50:50] I'll take that 5 million and pop

[00:50:52] I sure will

[00:50:54] And then if you win

[00:50:56] You get a lot more money

[00:50:58] A lot more than that if you win a title

[00:51:00] Oh really

[00:51:02] It's just like basketball

[00:51:04] Depends on what the event is

[00:51:06] Yeah

[00:51:08] That's awesome though

[00:51:10] I like tennis but I'd rather play

[00:51:12] What is it now?

[00:51:14] Pickleball

[00:51:16] Bootleg tennis

[00:51:18] Pickleball, what is pickleball?

[00:51:20] Come on

[00:51:22] I was always coming up with these things

[00:51:24] It is how I feel when we talk about

[00:51:26] Sweetest Day, it's like nobody knows

[00:51:28] What that day is

[00:51:30] Everybody knows what sweetest day is

[00:51:32] What is pickleball?

[00:51:34] Pickleball is

[00:51:36] Everybody should know about sweetest day is though

[00:51:38] Everybody need to know

[00:51:40] You need a champion for your husband on sweetest day

[00:51:42] All the married women out there

[00:51:44] I need y'all to buy some for y'all

[00:51:46] Sweetest day

[00:51:48] That is the day you give back to the hubby

[00:51:50] Okay

[00:51:52] Come on tell us about pickleball

[00:51:54] What about pickleball, Dice

[00:51:56] Pickleball it's just up in

[00:51:58] Growing sport

[00:52:00] It's like a racket sport

[00:52:02] Kind of like tennis, you know

[00:52:04] It's like a paddle sport

[00:52:06] If you would mix table top

[00:52:08] What do you call it?

[00:52:10] The table top with the balls

[00:52:12] Ping pong, if you miss like a ping pong

[00:52:14] Mix ping pong with tennis and you have pickleball

[00:52:16] But yeah

[00:52:18] It's a little hollow plastic ball

[00:52:20] But you use paddles, these little paddles

[00:52:22] And they have a net

[00:52:24] And it's four people that you'd play pickleball with

[00:52:26] But it was invented

[00:52:28] In 1965

[00:52:30] And now you actually have

[00:52:32] Pickleball tournaments all over the world

[00:52:34] And so yeah

[00:52:36] It's just blowing up a little less string

[00:52:38] A little less strenuous than

[00:52:40] Tennis, yeah

[00:52:42] But definitely you can play singles or doubles

[00:52:44] And it's a lot of fun

[00:52:46] I'll be rude with you

[00:52:48] It's a lot of fun, you can play it indoors or outdoors

[00:52:50] Which kind of

[00:52:52] Let you know

[00:52:54] It's a lot of fun

[00:52:56] Pickleball is a whole vibe

[00:52:58] I might talk it out

[00:53:00] Never heard of pickleball

[00:53:02] I played ping pong before

[00:53:04] I tried tennis before

[00:53:06] It never was good at tennis

[00:53:08] It takes a different type of coordination

[00:53:10] To run sideways back and forth like that

[00:53:12] That's different from

[00:53:14] Shout-out, I played football

[00:53:16] So I played linebacker and defense at the end

[00:53:18] But that's totally different from chasing an individual

[00:53:20] Compared to that little bitty ball

[00:53:22] And you still gotta swing this racket to as well

[00:53:24] Yeah, yeah, it's a little

[00:53:26] Different coordination, so yeah, shout-out to everybody

[00:53:28] Who's mad at that

[00:53:30] DJ Focus Dice Gamble, we going to a quick break

[00:53:32] Don't touch that dial

[00:53:34] We'll be right back, just highlighting Cocoa Golf

[00:53:36] You tune in to the fix

[00:53:38] And the fix is in

[00:53:40] Welcome back DJ Focus Dice Gamble

[00:53:42] You tap back to the fix

[00:53:44] In the middle of this real talk conversation

[00:53:46] And yeah, we just highlighting

[00:53:48] Black History Month again

[00:53:50] Talking about Cocoa Golf

[00:53:52] When you talk about the culture impact

[00:53:54] Dice, especially

[00:53:56] For young African American ladies

[00:53:58] In tennis itself

[00:54:00] You know just the diversity in tennis by itself

[00:54:02] Just being an African American

[00:54:04] Playing tennis, but also being a young lady

[00:54:06] I think

[00:54:08] Her impact has had

[00:54:10] A significant

[00:54:12] A significant impact

[00:54:14] On our culture for representing

[00:54:16] Showing other athletes

[00:54:18] Black athletes that they

[00:54:20] Can play a different sport

[00:54:22] I think a lot of different

[00:54:24] Athletes

[00:54:26] Will change sports because

[00:54:28] Of being inspired by Cocoa Golf

[00:54:30] I know Venus and Serena

[00:54:32] Kind of was like the first trailblazers

[00:54:34] To kind of do it, especially over

[00:54:36] In California where they came up

[00:54:38] Where they grew up at

[00:54:40] And I think Cocoa was from Florida

[00:54:42] I think she's from Florida, so just in general

[00:54:44] I saw a lot of support

[00:54:46] Just at

[00:54:48] Not only at her tennis matches, but also

[00:54:50] On her social media pages

[00:54:52] That's something else she does really well

[00:54:54] She goes to our social media pages

[00:54:56] And she actually engages with her

[00:54:58] Her followers

[00:55:00] Shout out to everybody who believes

[00:55:02] In engaging with your followers

[00:55:04] I know sometimes that's a misarch

[00:55:06] Dice

[00:55:08] But I like the fact that she does do that

[00:55:10] And listen

[00:55:12] She's a believer too as well Dice

[00:55:14] Some of them IG lives

[00:55:16] Some of them things on there

[00:55:18] She be on there preaching

[00:55:20] She give God all the glory and praise

[00:55:22] I got excited when I saw that

[00:55:24] I was like oh she sold out for Jesus

[00:55:26] A little bit too

[00:55:28] You better know where your blessings come from

[00:55:30] That's awesome

[00:55:32] That's awesome now, yeah

[00:55:34] I'm glad you brought that up

[00:55:36] This is a sport that

[00:55:38] We have not had a lot of African Americans

[00:55:40] Be able to enter into, but I will say this

[00:55:42] These things take money

[00:55:44] You know, sometimes it's not about people

[00:55:46] Hating on you, it takes money

[00:55:48] Monty's

[00:55:50] So somebody you got to have you look at sponsor

[00:55:52] You talking about the trainer or sponsor

[00:55:54] You need a sponsor or trainer

[00:55:56] How does it work? Do you know?

[00:56:01] Say that again

[00:56:03] How does it work when you say it takes money

[00:56:05] Are you talking about for to get into the tournament

[00:56:07] To be trained

[00:56:09] Absolutely

[00:56:11] Equipment, training

[00:56:13] Classes

[00:56:15] You got to have people on your team

[00:56:17] Going before you

[00:56:19] Fighting for you

[00:56:21] Like all of your scouts

[00:56:23] You got to have a hype crew

[00:56:25] That's what people don't know

[00:56:27] These sports

[00:56:29] You can't just walk on the field and get in

[00:56:31] Think about it

[00:56:33] You ain't never seen anybody just walk to a tennis match

[00:56:35] And be like I challenge you

[00:56:37] Don't work like that

[00:56:39] So these

[00:56:41] I don't know

[00:56:43] On the list of sports

[00:56:45] Almost luxury sports in America

[00:56:47] You got to have some money

[00:56:49] You got to have some money to get in the game

[00:56:51] And then there's a lot of travel

[00:56:53] So you think about how many times you got to compete

[00:56:55] Think about how many times we travel

[00:56:57] With this show

[00:56:59] But they are constantly having to travel

[00:57:01] To be at a competition

[00:57:03] To hold spots

[00:57:05] Like I said, gas

[00:57:07] Hotel rooms, it takes money

[00:57:09] To take care of yourself too

[00:57:11] And the health perspective

[00:57:13] Making sure they get the down time

[00:57:15] The massages, whatever they need

[00:57:17] The IV treatments

[00:57:19] It takes a lot

[00:57:21] The health aspect of it

[00:57:23] Making sure they're training properly

[00:57:25] With the correct vitamins and stuff

[00:57:27] So it takes money

[00:57:29] It takes skill, but it takes money

[00:57:31] And I think if somebody sees your skill

[00:57:33] Your talent, you're really talented

[00:57:35] At like an ad plan at tennis

[00:57:37] Then they'll be fully invested

[00:57:39] Little piece of change

[00:57:41] Wow, that makes sense

[00:57:43] I'm thinking back to the Venus and Serena Williams movie

[00:57:45] Oh yeah

[00:57:47] Yeah, when they dad

[00:57:49] What's it called Richard?

[00:57:51] It was about their dad though

[00:57:53] King Richard movie

[00:57:55] You're right, when you said the sponsor

[00:57:57] He kept shopping his daughters around

[00:57:59] Because he knew he needed to get some money

[00:58:01] Behind them

[00:58:03] To take them to their next level

[00:58:05] He knew they had all the talent in the world

[00:58:07] You know, point yes, there is a buy-in

[00:58:09] There is certain fees and stuff you have to pay

[00:58:11] To get, you know, make sure everything is covered

[00:58:13] So it makes sense, no that makes sense

[00:58:15] That's funny because

[00:58:17] Wow

[00:58:19] I can't even remember

[00:58:21] It probably was costs, but yeah

[00:58:23] Shops out to all the parents who don't

[00:58:25] Put this on the kids

[00:58:27] Because I don't remember if my dad

[00:58:29] It was a cost like that when I played sports

[00:58:31] But it probably was

[00:58:33] Yeah, I thought this was ignorant to the fact

[00:58:35] That you know $500 a thousand dollars

[00:58:37] For me to play on this basketball

[00:58:39] This AU team or this football team

[00:58:41] So yeah, yeah

[00:58:43] Listen, any beautiful to be a kid

[00:58:45] Dyson, you ain't got to worry about these things

[00:58:47] I just sit here thinking like

[00:58:49] I played sports because I was seven or eight years old

[00:58:51] Yeah

[00:58:53] A lot of money spent, yeah

[00:58:55] I'm thinking all they did was buy me sneakers and some cleeks

[00:58:57] I didn't do too much

[00:58:59] Yeah, I doubt that

[00:59:01] In my mind, that's what I just said

[00:59:03] I'm going to wear jeans and give me a fresh pair of cleeks

[00:59:05] The uniforms

[00:59:07] Listen, listen, every time I got the uniform

[00:59:09] It came directly from the team

[00:59:11] So to me, I thought the team paid for it

[00:59:13] Little I know my parents probably played for that thing

[00:59:15] Huh

[00:59:17] That's funny

[00:59:19] Yeah, parents out here paying for stuff

[00:59:21] That's why I'm like man we

[00:59:23] Ooh dealing with our four and it was

[00:59:25] Definitely volleyball basketball track football

[00:59:27] You know cheerleading dance

[00:59:29] Over here and every single sport

[00:59:31] You got to get your new pads, new helmet

[00:59:33] And LJ has always been a stricter

[00:59:35] For I'm buying my boys' stuff

[00:59:37] I'm not about to get nothing

[00:59:39] You know because I think one year we let them all have

[00:59:41] The stuff from whoever had it the year before

[00:59:43] And one of them

[00:59:45] This little helmet was jacked up

[00:59:47] One of them the pads was jacked up

[00:59:49] I just wanted to be safe out here

[00:59:51] But it's $500 apart for any sport right now

[00:59:53] And then don't even talk about this dance cheerleading thing

[00:59:55] It's expensive

[00:59:57] I mean I can't count how many times I had to bring snacks

[00:59:59] And so I'm bringing snacks for

[01:00:01] Four kids not one

[01:00:03] And you got to bring like 25

[01:00:05] Of a drink 25 of a thing

[01:00:07] For the team

[01:00:09] Because it's your rotation and you're

[01:00:11] Shout out to all the moms you know

[01:00:13] Who had to do this like I love doing it

[01:00:15] But I hated doing it because it was like

[01:00:17] Man really? I'm dragging coolers everywhere

[01:00:19] You spending this money every week

[01:00:21] For these teams so it's expensive

[01:00:23] Yes I can only imagine in a professional sport

[01:00:25] How much it costs

[01:00:27] For people to play

[01:00:29] Shout out to me

[01:00:31] I guess I was a cheat advice

[01:00:33] I did this from my daughter and when she was in high school

[01:00:35] I ordered everything I ain't bringing her nothing

[01:00:37] The Lord knows

[01:00:39] I'm sorry I'm sorry

[01:00:41] I ordered everything

[01:00:43] Shout out to Pizza Hut

[01:00:45] Who else Papa John's in them

[01:00:47] And yeah Pizza Hut Papa John's

[01:00:49] And yeah absolutely

[01:00:51] I got them all waters too I didn't get them pot

[01:00:53] So you got them pizza and soda

[01:00:55] I got them pizza but I got the water

[01:00:57] I bought 24 individual

[01:00:59] Water so you can imagine from a pizza place

[01:01:01] How much that cost me but yeah

[01:01:03] The Lord knows I wasn't going to pick up nothing

[01:01:05] Making those sandwiches and pick none

[01:01:07] I got time for that

[01:01:09] Lord I ain't got time for that

[01:01:11] I only put my name on there a few times too

[01:01:13] So y'all call me what y'all want

[01:01:15] I wasn't the ones who was doing it every week none

[01:01:17] Did everybody listen wait till everybody else go

[01:01:19] And then yeah I'll be the last one

[01:01:21] There's 20 names in front of me Dice

[01:01:23] So I already had it in my mind alright

[01:01:25] Let me start putting $50 here $50 inside

[01:01:27] $50 inside shout out to everybody

[01:01:29] Who understands how to put money to the side

[01:01:31] So when it happened you can pull the trick on that

[01:01:33] $300 and you don't feel bad about it

[01:01:35] Like nope I already had it and I already knew

[01:01:37] It was calling me $300 bucks feed them 20 kids

[01:01:39] Get them both boxes of pizza

[01:01:41] And get them waters and

[01:01:43] They had the

[01:01:45] What was those little things? Cinnamon buns

[01:01:47] Or something like one of them pizza spaces

[01:01:49] So they had that one they snack because you're right

[01:01:51] A meal, a snack and a drink

[01:01:53] Ain't that about nothing

[01:01:55] That's why I'm trying to say

[01:01:57] These kids they're expensive if you

[01:01:59] Involve them in anything and don't get the twist

[01:02:01] Don't just think it's just going to be your kid

[01:02:03] Playing on a team and you paying for a jersey

[01:02:05] You know they're going to get their money out of you

[01:02:07] Here they are and shout out to the people

[01:02:09] That go through there are involved

[01:02:11] In their community and go to their city hall

[01:02:13] Because I showed went to the arts and y'all

[01:02:15] And had questions I said where my taxes going

[01:02:17] That I got about lunches for these kids at high school

[01:02:19] No I'm trying to figure out

[01:02:21] Every quarter you

[01:02:23] Yeah you make sure you sit that thing around my house

[01:02:25] Now and you tell me pay

[01:02:27] Now where exactly is that going

[01:02:29] Can we get a little buzz for the kids

[01:02:31] The kids they need help

[01:02:33] I mean we had to pay for them school supplies too

[01:02:35] Because a lot of these schools

[01:02:37] Teachers had to start

[01:02:39] Yeah I was used to getting the lists

[01:02:41] So we would just

[01:02:43] I got four lists because all these kids

[01:02:45] Are in well no it'd be three lists

[01:02:47] Two of them are in the same grade

[01:02:49] Three lists you go to Walmart

[01:02:51] Knock it out uh-uh not by the time they were

[01:02:53] In middle school and high school

[01:02:55] Because you had to buy stuff the teacher needed

[01:02:57] For their classroom because their budgets got cut

[01:02:59] So we were buying supplies

[01:03:01] For the classroom

[01:03:03] So you're buying the stuff that your kid needs

[01:03:05] For the school and you're buying stuff

[01:03:07] For the classroom it's crazy but yeah

[01:03:09] Expensive and then you pile on sports

[01:03:11] On top of that if you got kids you spending money

[01:03:13] You spending money right now okay

[01:03:15] Yeah and uh yeah

[01:03:17] I hear playing games

[01:03:19] Yeah please and shout out to Coco Goff

[01:03:21] And her family

[01:03:23] Yeah yeah definitely Coco we appreciate you

[01:03:25] For being a trailblazer in your space

[01:03:27] We pray for you sis keep doing what you need to do

[01:03:29] Listen we'd love to get you on too as well

[01:03:31] Because you are a believer

[01:03:33] And we want to talk with you about faith

[01:03:35] So maybe we can Coco on one day dice

[01:03:37] Alright that's it we got to go to a break

[01:03:39] Don't touch that down we coming back with more

[01:03:41] Keep it locked get to the fix

[01:03:43] And the fix is it

[01:03:45] Alright dice who we got happy birthday to who

[01:03:47] Well happy birthday to somebody

[01:03:49] Pretty much everybody knows

[01:03:51] Miss Rihanna herself is turning

[01:03:53] 35 years old today

[01:03:55] Born in St. Michael Barbados

[01:03:59] The pop and R.E.B. singer

[01:04:01] Who has been releasing so much music

[01:04:03] Since 2005

[01:04:07] Her number one hit

[01:04:09] Off a girl gone bad is

[01:04:11] Cinderella

[01:04:13] Listen from her Grammy award

[01:04:15] Wins for only girl all the lights

[01:04:17] We found love the monster

[01:04:19] She also has her fenty makeup line

[01:04:21] So shout out to you

[01:04:25] On this day ma'am

[01:04:27] For your birthday Trevor Noah 39 years old

[01:04:29] Not only is Trevor a comedian

[01:04:31] Also a radio host

[01:04:33] And he turns

[01:04:35] 40 years old today

[01:04:37] Okay and

[01:04:39] A political advocate

[01:04:41] For those of you who don't follow him

[01:04:43] Often highlighting

[01:04:45] Civil rights and things like that

[01:04:47] Cindy Crawford turns 57 years old today

[01:04:49] One of our first models

[01:04:51] She was called a thick model

[01:04:53] Wearing sizes

[01:04:55] 10 to 12

[01:04:57] She is the first

[01:04:59] Plus size model and very successful

[01:05:01] Has had a very successful career

[01:05:03] And definitely has been

[01:05:05] You know

[01:05:07] Not just a model but an actual model

[01:05:09] For those women who weren't just like

[01:05:11] Super skinny Charles Barkley turns 60

[01:05:13] Years old today

[01:05:15] Legendary NBA power forward

[01:05:17] Who played for the Philadelphia 76ers

[01:05:19] Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets

[01:05:21] In 11 time all star

[01:05:23] Period named NBA MVP

[01:05:25] In 1993 member of the Suns

[01:05:27] And of course we already know

[01:05:29] He's a sports

[01:05:31] Newscaster as well

[01:05:33] Many many other things so shout out to you guys

[01:05:35] If your birthday is today please

[01:05:37] Please enjoy it today

[01:05:39] God bless you all for your safe hope you get something

[01:05:41] That you wanted and happy

[01:05:43] Happy birthday from the fix

[01:05:45] Absolutely happy birthday everybody

[01:05:47] Definitely want to shout out my grandmama

[01:05:49] And my daddy

[01:05:51] Birthday birthday

[01:05:53] Well they celebrate them both this week

[01:05:55] My grandmama today and then my father tomorrow

[01:05:57] But I just want to shout them both out

[01:05:59] Shout out to y'all

[01:06:01] I know y'all looking down from heaven

[01:06:03] For anything I'm bad at this

[01:06:05] Y'all still love me

[01:06:07] I was

[01:06:09] Shout out to everybody who knows

[01:06:11] It's okay

[01:06:13] But the beautiful thing about it is

[01:06:15] I learned a lot from both of them

[01:06:17] My grandmother as well as my father of course

[01:06:19] I really believe they're proud

[01:06:21] I really believe they're proud

[01:06:23] Alright we gotta get out of here

[01:06:25] Dice but

[01:06:27] How good was that combo we just had on

[01:06:29] Uh

[01:06:31] Cocoa golf and her little legacy

[01:06:33] And everything

[01:06:35] Her big legacy that she's already setting up

[01:06:37] Forgive me Cocoa if you listen I'll be that

[01:06:39] Little legacy I just noticed you a young lady

[01:06:41] So I'm always using that

[01:06:43] So forgive me but yeah she did some big

[01:06:45] Things for her age

[01:06:47] And what she's accomplished already

[01:06:49] I think it's all the way up

[01:06:51] And she gonna have a very

[01:06:53] We gonna look up in ten years and we gonna see

[01:06:55] Wow she might be some of Venus and Serena's

[01:06:57] Records you know

[01:06:59] She is I mean good grief she's 19 years old

[01:07:01] Like already taking over the world

[01:07:03] That was a very inspirational

[01:07:05] Conversation and I know

[01:07:07] It's motivational for women period

[01:07:09] And not even just the age

[01:07:11] You know just like

[01:07:13] The things that

[01:07:15] She's doing like she's

[01:07:17] Doing something nobody's ever done before

[01:07:19] I mean just shaking it up

[01:07:21] Like letting you know like hey if you put

[01:07:23] Your heart and soul into

[01:07:25] Something you can accomplish it

[01:07:27] You can't go hard for your dreams but

[01:07:29] I wanna say this

[01:07:31] You guys gotta work hard

[01:07:33] Nothing's just gonna be given to you

[01:07:35] That was pretty much what I got out of

[01:07:37] Our conversation was like yeah

[01:07:39] You can have those things that

[01:07:41] God is showing you you can have

[01:07:43] But there will be work behind it

[01:07:45] And so don't give up because there's some work

[01:07:47] Behind it you know

[01:07:49] Because I think if you just

[01:07:51] You know do what God is putting

[01:07:53] Your heart and be faithful

[01:07:55] Like I truly believe he's gonna bless you

[01:07:57] I truly truly believe that

[01:07:59] Absolutely absolutely he gonna bless you

[01:08:01] And uh

[01:08:03] Shout out to Sejay came through here

[01:08:05] And uh listen if you have not heard

[01:08:07] Some of her latest singles she has

[01:08:09] Out right now go run them numbers up

[01:08:11] Feel me up

[01:08:13] She also has promises

[01:08:15] Featured in Melodic B

[01:08:17] Up above another year

[01:08:19] Listen she got uh no worries

[01:08:21] So uh yeah

[01:08:23] Y'all be asking come on

[01:08:25] Give us some new Christian R&B music

[01:08:27] Sejay is doing some powerful

[01:08:29] Songs right now and I'm excited

[01:08:31] She in album mode right now Dyson

[01:08:33] Melodic B is working on probably a classic

[01:08:35] Over there so

[01:08:37] We already talking about Korean Hawthorne

[01:08:39] And that Korean Hawthorne project is

[01:08:41] Straight Christian R&B so I'm excited

[01:08:43] To see what Sejay do too as well

[01:08:45] She's been dropping single after single

[01:08:47] After single and so in 23 I don't

[01:08:49] Even know how many singles she dropped

[01:08:51] But she was just not letting up off the gas

[01:08:54] I think she's found her niche or her niche

[01:08:56] Is the correct way to say that

[01:08:58] And I'm here for it cause we need more Christian

[01:09:00] R&B or more Christian jazz or more Christian

[01:09:02] You know like that alternative feel

[01:09:05] Especially when you're hanging out with

[01:09:07] Chabu or you going out you know

[01:09:09] You know to a nice little restaurant

[01:09:11] Or bar or whatever you're at

[01:09:13] Like we need options and so I'm

[01:09:15] Glad that she's the kind of artist

[01:09:17] Who is not afraid to give us those

[01:09:19] Options and the music sounds awesome

[01:09:21] Beautiful

[01:09:23] Alright we got to get out of here y'all

[01:09:25] We love y'all listen go out and be

[01:09:27] Great today listen tap in

[01:09:29] Thirsting for the Lord and His Righteousness Thursday

[01:09:31] We going to have a little fun tomorrow

[01:09:33] On the real talk topic like

[01:09:35] We've been highlighting some movies and shakers

[01:09:37] And trailblazers last three days but tomorrow

[01:09:39] We going to have some fun yeah

[01:09:41] Shout out to everybody go ahead and call

[01:09:43] Your cousin, Texas cousin and them

[01:09:45] And tell them tap into the fix tomorrow

[01:09:47] And pray for us y'all we

[01:09:49] Every now and then we just you know

[01:09:51] Bring a little humor to the show and

[01:09:53] Reminisce on the great childhoods

[01:09:55] Me and Dice added I think so much different

[01:09:57] So much different

[01:09:59] Just different yeah

[01:10:01] Because you get the unprivileged and the privileged

[01:10:03] You know what I'm saying you get

[01:10:05] Why were not privileged

[01:10:07] I had to buy my first pair of track shoes

[01:10:09] In high school I had to buy them

[01:10:11] Like I had to buy my prom dress

[01:10:13] Like I was not privileged folks

[01:10:15] I had to work a job I started working at

[01:10:17] 15 years old making $525

[01:10:19] In a Burkain

[01:10:21] Like I was not privileged

[01:10:23] I had a

[01:10:25] Lemonade stand at age 5

[01:10:27] I was hustling in them streets

[01:10:29] You know what I'm saying

[01:10:31] In the suburbs hustling in the suburbs

[01:10:33] I wasn't in the suburbs bro

[01:10:35] I was listen I was in

[01:10:37] Evil all day don't play

[01:10:39] It wasn't safe you know

[01:10:41] They put you in the trunk where I'm from

[01:10:43] Headless

[01:10:45] That was the popo though

[01:10:47] Okay I'm so glad

[01:10:49] Stay right there and so my life

[01:10:51] Was in constant danger

[01:10:53] Two brothers who sold drugs what are we talking about

[01:10:55] And then when my father

[01:10:57] Made he's the first black lieutenant

[01:10:59] Evansville Indiana when he made

[01:11:01] First black lieutenant they burned crosses in our yard

[01:11:03] I did not have it easy bro

[01:11:05] It was when you try to do

[01:11:07] Good things in the hood especially

[01:11:09] If your African-American family is target

[01:11:11] On your back it's a target on your back

[01:11:13] And your community and other people

[01:11:15] They look like you they don't protect you because they're like

[01:11:17] Well you shouldn't be trying to do be a better

[01:11:19] Human it's like okay

[01:11:21] Trying to get up out here

[01:11:23] But often we don't support our own

[01:11:25] Who are trying to do great things in the

[01:11:27] Community so

[01:11:29] We'll talk about these things later

[01:11:31] And the challenges that you know

[01:11:33] When you have a divided household where some people

[01:11:35] Are doing right things and some people are not

[01:11:37] It brings a lot of drama to your

[01:11:39] Front door

[01:11:41] So we'll talk about me one day

[01:11:43] But we probably we have to do a whole series on me

[01:11:45] My life is out of control grown up

[01:11:47] Not much has changed by the way

[01:11:51] So tap in you already know it's gonna be

[01:11:53] All the way lit

[01:11:55] All the way lit

[01:11:57] Alright we love y'all we catch y'all at all as always

[01:11:59] Remember to stay focused on turning your negative into

[01:12:01] A positive Jesus crisis

[01:12:03] Always the answer

[01:12:05] Kingdom Vance should always be the go

[01:12:07] The fix is in should be the go

[01:12:09] The fix is in and we out

[01:12:11] Be sure