Podcast appearances and mentions of Donnie Simpson

Welcome to the 38th episode of my '50 Days Til 50' series! Today, I'm sharing a story that's near and dear to my heart. When I was 12, I had the incredible opportunity to meet the legendary Donnie Simpson. Fast forward just 7 years later, and I found myself having a full circle moment, working on his iconic show, Video Soul, the summer before my senior year in college. Let's dive into this story together! And oh yeah, I got an A for my internship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quencie/support

Hi everybody. Tony Perkins, the legendary broadcaster and current co-anchor of News4 Today on NBC in Washington DC, talks to George about his career including his time at Good Morning America, performing stand-up comedy, cohosting radio programs with the iconic Donnie Simpson, podcasting with his former GMA producer Gary Stein, and delivering the news in the DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia). Plus, Tony tells us about his recent trip to England to trace the career and lives of the members of The Beatles. Watch Tony weekday mornings on News4 Today on your NBC affiliate station in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area prior to the Today Show. Follow Tony on social media at: https://www.instagram.com/tonyperkinsfmtv?igsh=MXczYnQycnZwdXdmbw== https://x.com/TonyPerkinsFMTV Thank you for listening. Connect with Meanwhile At The Podcast on social media. Don't forget to #livetweet (we're still calling it that)! Share the show, subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and rate us on your podcast apps. Those much coveted five stars are always appreciated. Stay safe out there. https://x.com/meanwhileatp https://instagram.com/meanwhileatp/ https://www.meanwhileatthepodcast.libsyn.com https://www.facebook.com/meanwhileatthepodcast NOW ON BLUESKY SOCIAL AND SPOUTIBLE @MeanwhileATP Rodney (AKA Art Nerrd): https://x.com/artnerrd https://www.instagram.com/theartnerrd/ https://facebook.com/artnerrd https://shop.spreadshirt.com/artnerrd Kristin: https://www.facebook.com/kristingollhofer https://www.instagram.com/kristingollhofer Rich: https://x.com/doctorstaypuft NOW ON SPOUTIBLE @doctorstaypuft

Don't miss out on the opportunity to hear from the 2024 NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame award winners. Radio legend Donnie Simpson and co-hosts John and Callahan Walsh of FOX's groundbreaking true crime series, "America's Most Wanted,"discuss what winning the award means to them, their impact on the broadcasting community and what made them award worthy.”

In this episode, 12Kyle reminisces about Video Soul, a popular TV series that aired from 1981 to 1996 on BET. He discusses the importance of BET as an alternative to MTV, which lacked representation of black artists. 12Kyle highlights the role of Donnie Simpson, the main host of Video Soul, and praises his interviewing skills. He also mentions the impact of Video Soul in spawning other BET programs. 12Kyle reflects on the end of Video Soul and its lasting legacy. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction to Video Soul 01:02 - The Importance of BET 05:24 - Video Soul and Cable TV 06:45 - Donnie Simpson and the Hosts of Video Soul 07:44 - Watching Video Soul 09:39 - Donnie Simpson's Interviewing Style 12:05 - Video Soul and its Impact 16:23 - The End of Video Soul 22:40 - Conclusion AUDIO https://linktr.ee/12kyle MERCH https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-12kyle-podcast YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/Vep-adpXTnI

Welcome back y'all! This week as we come down from 4/20 our #OTWEEKLYPLAYLIST has sounds from Jean Deaux, Inayah, Pastor Mike Jr., & Mozzy! During #MUSICNEWS we discuss the 2024 Class of Inductees into the Living Legends Foundation & The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, including Gwen Franklin, Mike Kelly, Donnie Simpson, Dionne Warwick, & Mary J. Blige! In #THEBLACKNESS we get into the $95.3 billion aid package Pres. Biden signed and the subsequent University protests that followed across the country. Follow Us: All Links: https://linktr.ee/otwweekly Instagram/Twitter: @onthewayweekly FB: facebook.com/onthewaypod | Youtube: https://bit.ly/3CWxgPZ Website: instinctent.com/ontheway | www.mochapodcastsnetwork.com/ontheway Sylvee - @sylveejones Kahlil - @kahlilxdaniel | www.kahlildaniel.com | www.facebook.com/kxdmusic Tap in to our latest playlists too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our third black artist episode is about Chucki Booker, a multi-talented producer, musician, and singer. Listen as Kevaun shares his story on how he became an accidental solo artist while doing the one thing he came in this industry to do. Mr. Chuckii Booker, here are your flowers!

In this episode of Da Fixx, hosts DJ Focus and Dice Gamble, along with contributor Justin Adams, explore a variety of topics including faith, music, and sports. A spiritual detox interview with special guest, pro wrestler, rapper and author, Monster Tarver reveals his journey creating the album "The War of Art" and the role of faith in his music. In the real talk segment, the hosts discuss trusting God with adversaries, celebrate notable birthdays, pay tribute to Donnie Simpson, and address mental health through the lens of hip hop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Demetrius Daniels was born on October 8, 1975, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in a family that deeply valued music, with his parents, Stanley Daniels and Juanita Hayes, being deeply rooted in gospel music. Demetrius, along with his two younger brothers, grew up attending Church of the First Born Saints, which was their family's home church. Demetrius was a natural singer and joined his church's children's and adult choir, performing many solos. During high school, Demetrius pursued his passion for music and became a member of a group called Dos of Soul, which later signed with Def Jam Records. The group's talent was showcased on the Nutty Professor soundtrack, where they were featured, and they also shot a music video and performed live on BET's Video Soul with Donnie Simpson. He worked with gospel artist Rodney Bryant, Yet Unseen, Kelly Price, Corey Rooney, Prince Markie D (from the Fat Boys), Lyon Cohen, Max Sigel, and Russell Simmons due to his singing and writing skills. He shared the stage with Case, Foxy Brown, Mary J. Blige, and many others. Demetrius' story continues. He is working back in the studio and will have new music soon. If you would like to be on Worldly Church Girl The Podcast or Live, click on the following hyperlink… HOW DO I GET ON WCG?

Prepare to be captivated as we journey together into the life and career of the legendary singer, Wendy Moten. With a career that has spanned over two decades, Hey Black Women Amplified Family, Join us for a soulful journey with the incomparable Wendy Moten. Picture this: Wendy's musical ride started back in '92, and trust us, you won't want to miss a beat.Grab your virtual tea and settle in as Wendy spills the tea on her first taste of fame, sharing her story with none other than Donnie Simpson. It's like catching up with an old friend!But wait, there's more! Wendy's music defies categories, taking inspiration from icons like Aretha Franklin and Lawrence Welk. Wendy defies genres, continents, and generations. Beginning with Micheal Bolton she began rocking stages with global icons.   For two decades, Wendy was one of the most sought-after background vocalists in the industry. Picture this: 15 years of touring with Julio Iglesias, singing in four languages, and gracing the stage before world leaders. She added her magic to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Soul2Soul tour, rocked alongside Martina McBride, and shared the spotlight with Vince Gill in 2016.Hold on, there's a twist in this melody! Wendy's journey even took her to "The Voice," where she made her mark in its 21st season. Leading her to return to the front of the stage with her empowering new release, “Don't Give Up”? Sharing her hopes and aspirations with millions of new fans.   Wendy opens up about the impact of the civil rights movement on her journey. From her game-changing audition to her solo career, Wendy's story is all about embracing who you are and finding your unique groove.So, tune in, let the music flow, and let Wendy Moten's journey inspire you to dance to your own beat of self-discovery and fabulousness. It's time to turn up the volume and tune into the Black Women Amplified Podcast!Please Share, rate, and review on your favorite podcast platform, and don't forget to check our blog and shop at www.blackwomenamplified.com.More info on Wendy Moten: https://www.wendymoten.com/aboutSupport the showPlease support our Power Partners:Buddha Tea: Rich delicious tea with soothing properties perfect for your self-care experience.www.BuddhaTeas.comVital Body is a nutrient company that has an incredible product called Vital Fruits and Vegetables with amazing ingredients, probiotics, and greens with no added sugar. www.vitalbody.comThey are offering our tribe 20% off when you use the code: OY2N2GLV5AMonica Wisdom offers one-on-one VIP Coaching sessions for women ready to take a journey of self-discovery, leverage their podcast or share their story, Monica customizes her sessions for your challenges and desired solutions. For more info:Visit www.monicawisdomhq.comThank you for supporting our power partners. I appreciate it.

We're talking Trey Sonz, Bill Cosby, Lizzo, The Little Mermaid Halle Bailey, DC Young Fly, Mrs. Jacky Oh!, Jamie Foxx, Tupac Shakur, Donnie Simpson, Sherri Shepherd, Cardi B. and Tashla K with music by Tina Turner, KAYTRANADA, Wizkid, Livt, Tucka, FATDADDY, Ombre2Choc, and more!

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Donnie Simpson (born January 30, 1954) is a longtime American radio DJ as well as a television and movie personality. He hosted The Donnie Simpson Morning Show on Washington, D.C. radio station WPGC-FM from March 1993 to January 29, 2010. Currently, he hosts The Donnie Simpson Show on D.C.-based radio station WMMJ-FM (Majic 102.3 FM), which began airing on August 17, 2015. Simpson is the first urban-format radio personality to have an annual salary over $1 million without being syndicated.   In 1983, Simpson was recruited by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television BET, to host the network's primetime music video show, Video Soul.  Simpson remained with the show until its cancellation in 1997. Over several decades, Simpson has hosted many network specials and tributes. He has interviewed well-known stars, including Stevie Wonder, Prince, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Janet Jackson, James Brown, Usher, Jay-Z, Notorious BIG, Whitney Houston, Tupac, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Smokey Robinson, and many others. In 2004, Simpson was inducted into the BET Walk of Fame.  In 2015, he was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the only non-musician so honored at that point. On October 29, 2020, Donnie, along with six other honorees, was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in a live two-hour ceremony broadcast live on radio stations across the country.   #DonnieSimpson #VideoSoul #HalftimeChat #NewJackSwing #RnBMusic #RnB #SoulMusic #Music #RnBPodcast #NewJackSwingPodcast #MusicIndustry #MusicBusiness Halftime Chat is your home for RnB, New Jack Swing and Old School Hip Hop. Dropping  Interviews with your favourite R&B artists & Music videos from the 80s, 90s and 2000s  We Love the 80s, 90s & 00s! Intro Music Music: Secret Sauce Musician: Jeff Kaale End Credits Music Music: You Know Musician: Jeff Kaale Want to Donate or support the production of Halftime Chat?

Celebrity Haberdasher ~ CNN, Wall Street Journal, E!.,GQ, NY Times  Tyler Perry, Smokey Robinson are just two of his many clients! He's been featured in CNN, Wall Street Journal, E!.,  New York Times, GQ, USA Today, Black Enterprise.  My Guest is Everett Hall, Celebrity Tailor, Fashion Designer @ Everett Hall Signature Collection, Italian Made Suits at his Boutique & Neman-Marcus. Everett Hall is owner of his Upscale Men's Boutique featuring high-end designer suits, sport coats, pants & accessories. At just 13 years old , he designed 300 garments in a year! Everett started his Exquisite Suit Designs in the 1980's when he was a college student at Howard University. He & his brother are designers in his Everett Hall Signature Line of suits, shirts, ties, etc. for men & women.Over the last thirty years he has designed suits for Smokey Robinson, vocalist Alexander O Neal, broadcasting icon Donnie Simpson, Tyler Perry, NBA stars Dominique Wilkins, Patrick Ewing and Isaiah Thomas, Charles Barkley, Boxing Champion Sugar Ray Leonard, Filmmaker Spike Lee, TV news-show host Maury Povich & the list goes on! He is the first African-American to open a store in Chevy Chase. His Flagship store near the Chevy Chase Pavilion,  near the DC/Bethesda is 25 years old! He goes to the BEST factories in Italy to have his suits made. EverettHallBoutique.com © 2022 All Rights Reserved© 2022 Building Abundant Success!!Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBAS 

Radio Legend and former host of Video Soul on BET Donnie Simpson joins the conversation. This man has stories! Prince, Maze, David Bowie, Sugar Ray Leonard and more. Must hear podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Radio Legend and former host of Video Soul on BET Donnie Simpson joins the conversation. This man has stories! Prince, Maze, David Bowie, Sugar Ray Leonard and more. Must hear podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Danyel is joined by one of the most recognizable voices in music journalism, Donnie Simpson. He talks about his childhood— growing up in his mother's record store and his love for music, to George Clinton being the spark that turned his aspirations to radio. Simpson also talks about his iconic interviews with artists like Sade and Vesta Williams, to being a part of Janet Jackson's pre-show prayers on tour. Plus, Simpson gleams with joy as he talks about his deep friendship with Aretha Franklin, and what she meant to him.  Host: Danyel Smith Guest: Donnie Simpson Producers: Trudy Joseph and Donnie Beacham Guest Booking: Allyson Turner Story Consultant: Taj Rani Sound Design: DJ Steve Porter Production Supervision: Juliet Litman, Chelsea Stark Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin Liles didn't co-found 300 Entertainment just to sell it. He created it, first and foremost, to fill a void he saw in the music industry — a lack of talent development. Ten years after starting the 300 record label, it's safe to say Kevin and company filled that void. By developing culture-shifting artists like Gunna, Megan Thee Stallion, Young Thug, among others, 300 has become one of the hottest commodities in all of hip-hop. This led to WMG buying the formerly-independent label for $400 million at the start of the new year.In WMG, Kevin believes he's found a partner with the “mindset of an independent, but the muscle of a major.” As the one-time EVP of WMG, Kevin would know this first-hand. And even with an influx of $400 million, Kevin isn't going to change the way he makes decisions. For Kevin, it's always been about prioritizing the cultural incentives rather than the financial ones. This mindset has followed him from Def Jam intern to its President and now as CEO of 300 & Elektra Music Group.In-between running the label, Kevin has also invested resources in creating a pipeline for future music and entertainment execs with diverse backgrounds. In particular, Kevin has tapped into HBCUs, helping set up a $250 million fundraising campaign for his alma mater, Morgan State, and connecting students directly with the FBI.   Kevin and I covered a lot of ground in this episode of the Trapital. Here are the show chapters:[3:23] Behind 300 Entertainment's Sale To Warner Music[8:29] Gunna's Meteoric Rise [10:29] How Phrases Like Hot Girl Summer & Pushin P Became A Thing [13:08] What Changes With WMG Partnership? [15:58] New Def Jam Video Game In The Works? [17:27] Launching 300 Studios [20:17] Kevin Thinks The Best Is Yet To Come For Hip Hop[22:10] Hip Hop's International Opportunity [24:23] Major Differences Between Running Def Jam vs. 300 [28:10] The Power Of Diverse Execs Making Cultural, Not Financial Decisions[30:25] How Music Industry Has Handled Diversity Issues Since George Floyd[31:00] Kevin's Attempt To Create Diverse Talent Pipeline[32:14] The Rise Of Hip-Hop Media Personalities[40:35] Young Thug's Role As Chief Innovation Officer[43:49] Keeping Narrative On The Future, Not PastThis episode is brought to you by Koji, the best “link in bio” tool. It is trusted by Grammy winners, chart-topping hitmakers, and more. Join 185,000+ creators. Check it out for free: koji.to/trapitalpodcastListen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuest: Kevin Liles, IG: @kevinlileskwl, Twitter: @KevinLiles1  Trapital is home for the business of hip-hop. Gain the latest insights from hip-hop's biggest players by reading Trapital's free weekly memo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands_____TRANSCRIPTIONKevin Liles 00:00When you put diverse people at the head of the company, and you allow that person to make cultural decisions and not financial decisions on something that they don't know, so that young people run a company, they don't know they might go to a concert, but they don't know when a kid could come in, like I came in. And I saw Russell, I said, “Oh, he's the boss.” So you mean if you're the boss, you can move stuff that you want to people not only want to be an employee or work in music, no, they want to run companies. And until we as an industry, and really this is not just about the music industry, this is about the world. Until a CEO that looks like them, act like them talk like them, you know, that's when you unleash the true power of where we are in our culture.Dan Runcie 00:56Today's episode is with Kevin Liles, the Chairman and CEO of 300 Entertainment and Electro Music Group. Kevin's been one of the most influential record label executives of the past few decades. He ran Def Jam for seven years in the late 90s, early 2000s. And almost 10 years ago, he started 300 Entertainment, which he just sold to Warner for a $400 million deal. So we talked about everything that went into that decision, what it was like to sell the record label what a partnership with Warner looks like and how the record label can maintain its independent spirit under the umbrella of native record labels. We also talked about Gunner and how he's having one of the biggest years in hip hop right now and Pusha P and everything with that. We talked about Megan Thee Stallion and we talked about Thug. Did you know that Thug is Chief Innovation Officer at 300? When we talked all about that and what that means and a whole lot more. He also gave us the latest update on Def Jam Vendetta. You know the people that ask him at Def Jam Vendetta, they want to see the video game come back through. So we talked about that. We also talked to broader about IP. If you follow me on social media, you know that I want to see the story to hip hop record labels get the same type of TV anthology breakdowns that we're seeing now about Thera Nose and WeWork and Uber I want to see the same about Def Jam and Bad Boy and Rockefeller. And we talked a little bit about that too. It was a great conversation. I think it's always inspiring to talk to one of the most influential execs in hip hop that I believe really helped to make this culture what it is. Here's my chat with Kevin Liles. All right, today we got co-founder and CEO with 300. Entertainment Kevin Liles with us today. Hey, Kevin, I got to give you a shout out man, it feels like you've had one of the strongest starts to this year sold the record label, Gunner's hit starting the year off strong. How does it feel?Kevin Liles 02:43It feels like another day at the office. People ask me all the time, Kevin, what's new, every day is new. Every day is a new opportunity. God woke me up and I feel there's a bigger purpose. And I feel the steps that we take, I don't look for number one albums, I don't look for to be, accolades or to be the best this or anything. I really just strive on doing this work that day. And I joke with somebody I said no with me, I'm never gonna be up too upset, they'll never be too sad. I will flow like water. And water is a very powerful thing because it helps grow. It changes direction with the most people around the world. So I feel like what is great about me.Dan Runcie 03:23I hear that. So talk to me a bit about the sale because that made big news, there was rumors about it happening towards the end of 2021. But walk me through that process. When did you first think about selling 300 and what went into the decision for you?Kevin Liles 03:39I never thought about selling. I don't build things to sell. I'm a serial entrepreneur, but I build things to change the world. And I find a void. And the void was the creation of 300 co-founders, the void was there was no true artist about it. When we talk about our students. I'm not just talking about developing a sound or developing of a person I'm saying we're raising young kids, young men, and women into the world. And so they need to have some have dads and we have moms and we had by my dad, but some have not, you know around them. So we need to be of service to their growth. So when people say what are you thinking about selling, I always was thinking about who was my best partner that I could have the independent of my mindset of independent, but the muscle of a major who's the best partner that independence will be in their DNA, who's the best partner that I could actually administer around the world, the good, the bad, the right the wrong and treat the body want to be treated. And so I'm not for sale. 300 as an entity I sold because I wanted entrepreneurs to learn what intrapreneurship was to add what tools in a toolboxes around the world, but you know, people can't be sold a company what I did was sold an asset that I felt could be a bigger asset to the world. I'd say do you think Steve, isn't a Jeff Bezos is still sitting in his garage. No. Do you think that guys are still in a dorm room? Yeah, I mean, Zuckerberg in a dorm room? No, no, we actually have a great idea, a great business, we're acquiring things, starting different things. So I believe the sale is something that people put too much emphasis on. Now, with that being said, I wanted also to create history. So if you think about Motown selling for 61 million, if you think about Def Jam, selling for 140 million on the face, on 425 million getting sold for 325, or even a man selling for 500 million in 27 years, eight years, we sold a company for $400 million. And so to me, I also think about legacy and history and what that means. So if people want to talk about the sale, talk about it in a way, that is historic for an African American, historic for a company, but it's also profitable for shareholders. And as a CEO, you know, we got to make sure the shareholders and the board a great, but I think the culture needed to see that it is a possibility to build something, sell something, become a bigger brand by doing it, but never lose the mindset of an independent.Dan Runcie 06:13I think that's an interesting good point, because so many of the big, whether it's the catalog sales, or the record label sales that we've seen over the past two years that we've seen this run happen, a lot of them haven't been with executives that are black, or executives that, you know, are just non-white men in general. So I think that the fact that you were able to do that shows and signals not just what you're capable of, but also what your artists are capable of, too. And I think as well on the partnership side, it's interesting because I think that 300, maybe, you know, relative to a lot of the other labels that were independent before people may have thought that “Oh, well. 300 is just as powerful as some of the majors or you know, definitely has the same firepower behind it.” But it sounds like what you're saying is that, yeah, even with all that we've accomplished, there's still more that we can have, you know, with the backing and with the further partnership of a company like a Warner.Kevin Liles 07:11We shocked the world where we had more Grammys than the majors but magazine three Grammys, you know, we shot the world that we put out and we're up against a major and had the number one album in the first week out as this little independent thing, you got to realize all the stuff that's happening now is still stuff we've set up last year. And so as we go into this year, just look for us to be doing hashtag bigger family business, not just family business, but bigger family business.Dan Runcie 07:37Yeah, I hear that. And I think too, talking about the artists that were able to do things, I mean, Ghana has been the poster child so far this year, at least when it comes to hip hop, I mean, not just him getting the number one single but him being the weekend, but then had everything surrounding around Pusha P and everything there. I mean, I assume that has to feel pretty good. Because I think it's so tough, especially in this era, to have superstars and people that are on the verge of superstar status to kind of grow in get there with so much noise and so much other artists that are coming through whether it's independence or others. So the fact that he's able to, you know, not show to he compete, but outsell other superstars, I think shows a lot of not just the potential, but also that this is still possible in this era, we can still have the biggest stars continue to reach further heights.Kevin Liles 08:29Yeah, I think you'd want to talk about true artist development and from the dropping of drip Season One, two, and three, and one. And all those things, you got to realize that young kid was just sitting by bug in the studio learning and he never stopped learning, we never stopped evolving. And when you saw him perform with commitment to balance, open up the brands, you know, one year, he's all things that became attainable to him and through by us the work that went into ds for the thoughtfulness of how it started, ebb and flows of it, of how many girl records should I have on it? What am I trying to say? I can't say I'm dripping. And I'm not really drip. So I have to be in every fashion show or it just you know, the thoughtfulness. We're not just putting out records, if you want to do that, that's not 300. 300 is thoughtful. 300 is taking the time to understand where an artist is in their career. Where is it a mixtape time isn't an album time? Is it collab time? These are all things that because people don't have the relationships with the artists, then if the artists house or going on vacation, they can't really communicate. You know, obviously, you can't hand me something without an owner's name. I have to know everything about it so I can assist. You know, Gunner is more than an RC you can, he's a human being but he's also a very good friend. You know, Evany his manager is not just a manager. She's a system that could be a daughter to me, and I have a responsibility to develop another young woman in our industry. So to me, what are we Pusha P whenever we have Hot Girl Summer, well we attract cooling it or you know, Savage in it, whatever you whatever one you want to a week bad and bougie in it. But everyone you want to pick up. We don't just, you know have moments we make movies.Dan Runcie 10:15I like that you mentioned that because you have had so many I feel like every year every other year, there's some moment that 300 is able to capture some term that they're able to introduce something in the water like power, y'all always the ones that have the terms on lock. Kevin Liles 10:29You know, I think it's a great commentary to the great artists and the great creators and the great executives that we have run if we don't make this shit up. We didn't go to FedWatch and say, Yo, do trap boo. We didn't go to mag and say have a hot girl summer. We don't go to yo, guess what the Gunner we go, Pusha P, that's not how it happens. It happens because we provide a safe place for ideation, creativity, and opportunities for people to fail. But failure is a learning experience. You know, when Marvin Gaye wanted to do what's going on, and it was an appointment, and what his biggest-selling album, it was just where he was in life. ps4 is where Gunner is in life. Punk was where thug was in life. You can't go through manufacture in the ship. And it's not cultural. And if it's not cultural, then it really can't be 300 to me, and that's really the message and one of the great things about being able to take over the electrode of entertainers we've also it's in their ethos, we have great labels like FBI, FDR, Roadrunner, iconic labels that started with founders that had a point of view. And so to me, as long as I have a point of view, as long as it be cultural, as long as I could have the independent mindset, I'm good. And I'm doing it all, again to raise great young men and women, web executives or artists. But I really believe God wakes me up to change the world. I really believe it is not even a question in my mind. And so I want to get better. I want to be a better father, a better operator, a better friend. And if you always challenge yourself that there is more, that there is more to do. If you reimagine and rethink and things you will see God will answer you in so many great way. Do you think that the VR sold a company eight months ago now months ago, Mary Jane, you connected? Did you think she was performing at the Superbowl? Do you think that the Super Bowl, who would be it they'd be run by Jay Z? Do you think that like, we don't make this up? This is I can't tell you, I can just thank God, and thank the people around me for believing that they do have a bigger mission.Dan Runcie 12:37And I think with this too, you build something so special, you talked a lot about that independent spirit that I think carry through with artists development with how your artists became the culture-makers that they are. And I gotta wonder, though, with the partnership with Warner now, of course, you're giving up a little bit of control in exchange for the power, it helps you put behind the artists. But is there any concern or any thought about okay, what will that look like? Or how may that potentially shift if we're seeding some of that control or some of that power?Kevin Liles 13:08Then, you see, I'm the wrong guy to accept because I never felt like I worked in the back. I always feel like give me the mission, give me assignment. And let me do that. Again, great thing about this opportunity, Julie Greenwald. And I ran Def Jam together along with Leah, Julie was an assistant I was starting to enter. So she knows everything about me. She knows where the bodies buried, she knows the good, the bad, the ugly, maximum side I work with as a concrete colleague for 9, 10 years, you know, he knows the good, the bad. And so I'm a position player. So if I need to be the coach to quarterback, the running back, then I have enough tools in my toolbox to play whatever position and so I never give up control. Because nobody does what I do can't keep that and so I never look at it. But we can you know, you have a boss now. Okay, what does that mean? They have a great employee. Oh, Kevin, Kevin, for your artists. They can't know we do what we do. But now we do it. It's hashtag bigger family business that it's just again, I'm not the guy that when you take on additional investment that you change, I believe the thing about 300, thing about Def Jam, these were things that were built out of necessity, and we curated them in a cultural way, not in a financial way. Not we saw a need to do Def Comedy Jam. We saw a need to have fat farm and baby fat. We saw a need to make Def Jam Vendetta and Fight For New York. You know, we saw a need to be heavily involved in political races and important countries. We saw a need that the State's Attorneys in every city can help us change the narrative around who's going while going and why they're in jail and they should be out of jail. We just saw see things because we're out in the streets without it every single day. That doesn't mean everybody has to be Mona, what it means is you have to be in touch with who you are, why you are, what your purpose is. And that is what I challenge. But listen, I don't deal with coke cans and cigars and shit talk back to me. These are real people in, my people know they have the freedom, the freedom to disagree, the freedom to try. And when you have a bunch of risk-takers, like we have in Max and we have and Julie and we have and the rest of the team and I have two great kids and rating Celine that most people wouldn't give them the power that I've given them. But remember, they may be president and CEO of Def Jam at age 30. So, to me, this is just a great opportunity for us to do what we do never change who we are.Dan Runcie 15:42I hear that. And you mentioned Def Jam Vendetta. So we got to talk about that. Because I think it was last year, you put out a little teaser. You said hey, do you all want another sequel? You want another one? So where's that ad? What are you thinking about for the future of the Def Jam video game?Kevin Liles 15:58I don't know if you saw the tweet about it yesterday. But he said, Man, we need another one. Because back and Snoop it oh my god, it's timing. For me. It's working with the right partner. At that time, Electronic Arts was the right partner, they allowed me to curate it without the limitations of “Oh, but we're Electronic Arts. Oh, and you know,” so when I find the right gaming button, and if you're out there, let me know, when I find the right gaming partner that wants to experience gaming in a way that I see it culturally, it'll come back out. But until then, I'll keep having the conversations until I find the right one.Dan Runcie 16:34That makes sense, because I think what we're talking about at the end of the day is just how valuable the IP and the brand is, and everything that you all had created, whether it's what you had done at Def Jam, or what you've now done this past decade with 300 and one of the things I've started to take notice to now is we're this way right now with media TV, where we're seeing all of these TV anthology series about the rise and fall of these tech companies. Right, we got the Theranos one, we got the WeWork one, we got the Uber one. And I want to see the same for the Def Jams and the Bad Boys. And I want to see all of that. And I feel like if we're having the conversations about the video games, it's only going to be a matter of time before we're going to see those as well. We want to get back to the early 2000s Def Jam or the Rockefeller run and see who would all play you all I feel like that's it has to be happening in at least a couple of years.Kevin Liles 17:27So one of the reasons why I created 300 Studios is because I haven't told full stories in a long time. And so you can check the credits for whether it was how high the show ended things that we did back in the day rush hour. And those things that we've been able to be a part of why did I get married a Tyler Perry was daddy's little girl and go down to this though, things that we've been able to help curate. There was a reason why I wanted him studios to not only tell the audio stories around 300, but I wanted to tell digital stories. And I had the great pleasure of finding Kelly Nolan. And they believe in the vision. And you know, within two years, we had our first doc on February 26 called Race, Bubba Wallace. And it was the only African American Cup Series driver and his trials and tribulations of not having any sponsorship to now winning races and changing the current federal flag and mascot. I didn't say hey, here's the script. But here's what's gonna happen NASCAR, here's what you're gonna have a guy come in and actually curate and trust in the brands of 2311 racing, you know, with Jordan, and Denny, Toyota, McDonald's DoorDash, all these things with the background of raising a young kid in a sport that you can't even afford to be in. You know, I mean, you just 20, $30 million, you have to have caused the crash. I know that. So again, I wanted to educate people on the sport but also wanted to take them on a journey that a lot of people have never taken with NASCAR. So I appreciate everything. And yes, there will be a story, there will be more Word docs. And I do plan because I'm going for decades in the business now telling the true stories of all of these iconic brands and iconic people and friends and people who shaped the world and conversation. I do plan on telling the story. Dan Runcie 19:14Yeah, I think people would love to hear that. I feel like that is where things are obviously heading with all of the IP that's being created. And I feel like especially for you all I mean, it's interesting now because we just see the histology of how everything is, you know, we're looking back and people are talking fondly about that late 90s, early 2000s run and it's only going to be a matter of time before people look back at this particular era. Not even just with hip hop, but music more broadly. And just seeing how many shifts this music industry has had. And I feel like the past few years, we're on the verge of another one as well. The revenue has been, you know, the highest that it's been at least since the CD era, and that I think has influenced a lot of these deals that we've seen and we're now seeing all This activity with web three NFTs and everything else. I mean, as someone who has seen it, you know the highs and the lows of it as you said, you know, you're definitely have the you know, be like water mentality. When that said, it must be really exciting to also see all the possibilities of where you could tap into.Kevin Liles 20:17Listen, all I can tell you, I was at the Super Bowl, the biggest stage in the world with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige at the Super Bowl. So if you don't know the possibilities, we have the number one music in the world when they used to tell us, you'll be a fad. They used to say we play more music and less rap. Now everybody's saying we're just stationary hip hop, and Baba, Baba. And everybody when people didn't realize, and I'm sure they're not sure how old you are. But when I was in the car growing up, I was listening to the Temptations, and Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin because that's my Mom, listen to. But now, as adults, what we listen, I listen to hip hop. So that that's been for the last 30 years. So now you have hip hop parents, you have a President of the United States, in Iraq, who knows hip hop, you have mayors and governors and lordships and keep losing, that grew up on hip hop. So you have not seen the greatness of our culture, yet, you're starting to see the seeds being planted. I truly believe that with the continent coming into play with India, coming into play, these underdeveloped nations, oh, man, this will be so many stories to be told, in a way through a hip hop lens. So I'm just excited more say, I just hope they'll still let me be around. As long as God keeps giving these gifts, I'll stay with the rope.Dan Runcie 21:44I hear that, and I think the international expansion is just being so key to so many record labels, moving Making Moves, whether it's in India, in East Asia, in Africa, as well. And I know that you all have, you know, made moves in that perspective as well. What do you see is that opportunity, especially in the next few years? I mean, I know that having Warner behind can definitely help from an international push from that perspective. But what do you see as an opportunity.Kevin Liles 22:10 One of the biggest issues that I was having is I didn't have my Rolodex is 40,000 people, but I only had 75 people working for me, couldn't reach those, I got the calls from the biggest artists in France and the biggest artists in Germany and the biggest artist in London, and I couldn't serve them in a way that they need to be served. Remember, early on, I knew where hip hop was going, Leon Russell, we thought about your Def Jam UK, Def Jam Germany, Def Jam France, Def Jam Japan, we were just too early. And those countries did not have the voice. They didn't have their own voice. They were emulating what we were doing, because we were starting the creation of it. But now you go to any of those major territories, they have their own voice, the biggest artists in that territory is from that territory. It's not us coming there. And so as a proud steward of our culture, I think the opportunity is on steroids right now, because I'm going to be able to not only help artists, but also help creators and executives realize that set up their own iPhones in their own territories, because they can say shit 300 to do that. The guy was this is his third time. Oh, if they can do it, look what we could do. And so we're starting that also. So I can only thank again, you know, Max and Julie for believing in what we're creating, loving, independent spirit, but also remembering that Do It Yourself, DIY thing, nobody does it themselves. You know, that's like saying you gonna have a baby by yourself. No! You will get married by yourself. No, you don't do, you don't do anything by yourself. And there's not one global artists around the world that did it ourselves. So I believe in collaboration, I believe in partnership. But again, the mindset has to be independent.Dan Runcie 23:50I think the piece that you mentioned on the differences of when you're running Def Jam 20 years ago, versus now especially on the international front is key because as you mentioned, a lot of those regions didn't have the developed music ecosystem that they do. So it was often, forget your artists there as opposed to now they have their own superstars. What are some of the other major differences that you've experienced from now being a major label executive in this decade as opposed to what it was like for you Def Jam 20 years ago?Kevin Liles 24:23People didn't notice them. What the fuck was talking about? They didn't understand the cultural thing. They understood the numbers, but they didn't understand what I was somewhere why I would say no, I don't want to pay, when I want to go play a tape in London to small club that I will do that 10 times before I do it. They didn't understand why. I mean, even inside the company, he said, Well, we shouldn't take Trey Songz to London, because he doesn't have the big radio record there. And I'm like, people stream their people buy music. They're people and I know when I go there, and I'm doing 500,000 to 2000 or 5000 people in shows that they just do. He's not developed enough to understand that shit moves without all the triggers sometimes. And so it was funny. We went there, and somebody said, boot camp, you know, I know you want to play, you know, 5,000 seaters, but we sold out two nights on it. So maybe we should start playing arenas? And my answer was no because we're not ready for it yet. Let me keep curating keep going through the process. And seeing and I've seen bands that haven't had one hit, but they can sell out in a real way. And that that to me, I'm so excited. There's a young lady from the UK named Pink Patras that I'm so excited about where she's going her aesthetic who shipped to the capital labor, there's no label you can put on I'm excited that if you take a look at Megan Thee Stallion schedule for the next year, she's paying every major festival around the world. So think about what that what's that gonna do for her development, allow her to become a product of her experiences, not just her limited environment, think about what she's going to write. I remember a long time ago, Lulu, Chris and I went to Africa. And then I hate the song, the best women for Africa. Oh, yeah. Jay Z, and I took our first private plane. And then you start talking about the airport, you don't mean your first trip to the South of France, you don't mean? These are the experiences that allow for great storytelling that allow for evolution, not just of an artist, but also the narrative of the employees and executives that take those journeys with. Dan Runcie 26:30That makes me think too, about snooping around with the music and the beautiful music video and that spot a landmark, you know, like, people want to go there and take pictures and be like, No, I was as powerful. It really is. I mean, for me, one of the other things I think about too, that's just changed so much from you know, back when you're at Def Jam to now with 300 is because of streaming and the Internet and so much, now, people respect much more what you were trying to do then because they realize it and I think obviously streaming helped level a lot of the playing fields side, big hip hop and r&b soul. So many lot, so much black music was able to reach more of its true potential in terms of just how easily it could spread, because there's less gatekeepers, right. And I think I'm interested to see, okay, how that continues to go. And what are the things that may continue to rehab that, you know, whether it's boost further, or have it reach even more of its potential? Because to your point, I agree with that, we still haven't reached the maximum point or we still have it, you know, really been able to have the whole world really tap into what's happening here. So I'm curious to you know, as I'm thinking through what the next decade looks like, what are those things going to be the same way how, you know, streaming and social media help level the playing field for a lot of this genre of music like is whether it's, you know, Web 3.0, or NFTs or the Metaverse is that going to be the next thing that'll help even more of the hip hop artists in r&b and soul reach their full potential. Kevin Liles 28:01It's an output to you so straight that all that shit is good and as always, we evolution that we're going to go from the small two way pages to now the cell phone game and remote control, all that shit, technological change cassette to CD and all that stuff is gonna change our biggest power. And I'm a living example of it is when you put diverse people at the head of the company, and you allow that person to make cultural decisions and not financial decisions on something that they don't know. So that young people run a company, they don't know, they might go to a concert, but they don't know when a kid could come in, like I came in. And I saw Russell, I said, Oh, he the boss. So you mean if you're the boss, you can move stuff that you want to people not only want to be an employee or work in music, no, they want to run companies. And until we as an industry, and really, this is not just about the music industry, this is about the world until the consumers today see a CEO that looks like them, act like them, talk like them, you know, that's when you unleash the true power of where we are in our culture. The C-Suite does not represent what we're selling, and until you get that you're not going to maximize it, but it's coming because I plan on my fucking changes. I'm gonna let them know now that guys, I'm nowhere near done. This is just a, I'm on chapter one. Fuck it. I don't care what what we say. And I'm going to make sure part of my legacy is to make sure I have planted enough seeds that you know, the next CEO, CEOs of tech companies and men of various and this first in that verse, whatever you want to call it, they have representation of a culture that's using it.Dan Runcie 29:38Yeah. And I'm glad you mentioned this because I do think that that is what makes the change at the end of the day and that could influence so much it will influence so much. And I'd love to know what your perspective is on the movements or activities that the music industry has done on this front the past two years. So after George Floyd's murder, there was a bunch of announcements and funding that when after the show must be paused, and all of that in the call was exactly what you're saying, we need more black executives that are making decisions that are the ones that are really pushing this culture forward, especially since it's their culture that is making this industry what it is. So how do you feel that that progress has been since a lot of those announcements were made by the industry?Kevin Liles 30:25Not enough, and there's more work to be done. And it's one of the things that we hired a global diversity inclusion, the I would ever call officer named Dr. Smith. And when I came on, he's the first person to reach out, he said, we have $100 million, help me, help us change the world. We're not going to have a department, we're going to create the first-ever DEI Institute, and we're going to train people, we're going to go and find people in the organization and make them leaders in teaching cultural, cultural relevance, as far as it accompany cultural relevance and diversity of mindset and diversity of thought, not just color, we're going to find these change agents. No, I don't make this shit up. There's a lot of work to be done. But the reason that I'm at the more music group, and the reason I chose them is because Steve Cooper and Len Blavatnik have made in their mindset that we're going to change the world, and people who consume our products, who love our artists who buy our T-shirts, we want to have people in the C-Suite that look like them. And so that's a lot of fun work to be done. And once you're you know me, I'm not quiet. So I sit in the room and I tell everybody not charged. I said, “Guys, you can't announce $100 million and do things that don't change things.” Just not check the box. We're not doing it at the Warner Music Group. I never did it. I don't know how to check a box. I know how to create other boxes. I let everybody else do with it. Oh, we just did this? No, no, we created the DEI Institute around pingy equity, which is just amazing man, but a lot of work to be done all across the board. And I challenged every CEO, every chairman, every shareholder of a major corporations to challenge the company to allow that diversity to be in the C-Suite. It will change the company and it changing the company, will make more money. Dan Runcie 32:14Couldn't agree more. And I think too, this speaks to a lot of the work you've done, even you know, outside of just you know, running the music part of the record label, you've been active with HBCUs as a graduate of wind that you've wanted to make sure that mentorship programs and entrepreneurship supporting programs are there because you see that pipeline that you want to make sure that whether it's executives that want to go on to succeed in music or other places, the more that you can use your platform to help them the better off they'll be.Kevin Liles 32:44I think it's very important. I did a centennial raise from Golden State. Dr. Rosso, shout out to Florida State HBCU person myself, and we raised $250 million. So we knew that was the biggest institutional raise of HBCU went on to had a big conversation. I speak on a circuit a lot. And it had a big conversation around what's the pipeline to get to be a state's attorney, or a FBI special agent or a CIA, you know what, and really, I didn't know, I got to be a police officer. That's what I saw, you know, but I didn't know I don't be a basketball player, football fan, because that's what I saw. And so another program that I launched two years ago, I think, maybe last year is what I had 60 presidents of HBCUs meet with the head of the FBI, and to show that when George Floyd happened, when Freddy Gary happened, the FBI came, but people who were looking into it, when people like us, they wouldn't play for communities, there was no trust. So I want to make sure before I'm done, there will be somebody every place that will affect our culture, and have a cultural point of view, and not just a title point of view. And so that's been and I'm a big advocate of education and entrepreneurship, I believe the school system should be blown up. And we should be teaching more entrepreneurism, and not teaching people how to go work for somebody, but teaching people how to join and actually want to be change agents and not just employees. So I'm going to continue the big fight between 15 and do the work. And again, I don't do that by myself. So shout out to Dr. Smith.Dan Runcie 34:24That's good to hear. And I mean, I think you're right so much bad taps back into see where the pipeline they see how you can build it up in making sure that that leads to a promising career so people can whether it's they want to be their own boss or they want to do their own form of intrapreneurship whatever it is, the opportunities are there. One thing that I did want to talk about shifting back to music a bit. There's been an interesting movement I think happening right now where there is more of these, I call it the hip hop media personality that has come a bit more to rise and some of them You know, even some of the, you know, the artists that that 300 have definitely pushed back on some of these folks as well for someone, whether it's the things they've said or other things like that, it would be good to hear from your perspective, because I think this is not necessarily that these types of people didn't exist before. But I think social media obviously just makes the dynamic a little different. So what's your take on that dynamic?Kevin Liles 35:21No different than, we used to write on a graffiti walls now, we write it off Facebook, was used to hand out flyers and posters. Now you have Instagram and WhatsApp and this Snapchat and all these things. And when you talk about these personalities, you don't remember Starbuck while how they were. Dan Runcie 35:38They were wild. They were wild.Kevin Liles 35:41You don't remember how if you did any bit of R&B. You had to go to video. So with Donnie Simpson, you don't sit remember how sway and tech can wake up showing them what they were there. They just went on what one thing now with social media, it could be everywhere around the world. And we want those opinions. We want those pushbacks, we want those perspectives, because those things allow us to evolve as people we're not sociated for not some of them, we wouldn't be addressing some of the issues think about what Charlemagne and The Breakfast Club dude don't for mental health, you want that pushback, you want that conversation because we don't want to become stagnant as a people. And so to me, I put your nine out of 10 of my friends, Joe Biden, I signed him to be your I mean, Noriega, drink champion. Besides me, you don't mean to get Fat Joe, us you don't need to go down the list of these guys and girls around the world that have an actor that you need the crazy one, you need him to say what he wants to say, just to be thought-provoking, you know, but if you really get to know him, you know, he's Howard Stern, hip hop. That's his thing. And we don't want to do we don't not have a stern. There might be you do you're like it, you know, but you need the conversation. And I think even, what this happened with the Rogan guy, we need that conversation. As long as it is acceptable for you to use a word that you need the conversation the corporation's needed. And you need a Spotify to say, hey, we made an investment. We're gonna learn from this and teach from this, and you needed him to come on. I don't think he just apologize for his sponsors. I think that he felt that damn, you know, I never thought about it that way. Because I'm just repeating No, but even repeating is wrong. And so this is in the people that listen to him, trust me that backface was going on, they dress it up like this during all the shift is going on still. But I'm open. But I went all the smoke, bring me the motherfucking smoke because I want to have the conversation. I want to and the problem is we don't have the conversation. And so we operate in five items around things. No, I want to taste monster ball soup, which I want you to take some collard greens to I want you to go I want to go to the Trinidad festival and hang out Mardi Gras and all this. But yes, I want you to come to the hood celebration we build into the basketball is that to me, we don't have enough of the intermingling of cultures. And the lack of compensation has led to suicide, the lack of compensation has led to racism. And I knew when Barack Obama spent eight years I said, Oh, the next thing is gonna go left and be extremely other way. And then you got Donald Trump, I knew it was going to go in. But I also knew that we had to swing it back to the middle of the pendulum because he went too far left, and I can't wait to see some of the great leaders that will be born and find out of the conversation. You know, I always say we're living in biblical times. And was Moses, just a farmer competence was Job justice was married justice. No, damn, Max was the prophet. That shouldn't be a book of Acts, that shouldn't be a book of Jay, it shouldn't be a book of Todd. Because in these biblical times that we're in right now, when Moses parted the Red Sea for other people to get, there were some casualties of war. I gave my only begotten Son for us to move forward. And believe two people don't relate what we're going through as true biblical scriptures because we haven't put them all together. We call it the Bible. But there was a George Floyd in the Bible. There was a Freddie Gray in the Bible, and God bless their families and their soul. And all of them have taken on the mantle and said, his death, her death, this moment is meant to shift culture. It's meant to get people thinking a different way. And that's why again, I applaud all the noise, all the smoke, all the conversations that I have to have, and I do have a smile.Dan Runcie 39:30That's a good point because if we think about the evolution of Howard Stern, I think about the evolution of a Charlemagne there's kind of this like, you start off and you say, the stuff that makes you be like, What did he just say? And then like, a few years later, I mean, you listen to more recent Howard Stern interviews, I mean, he sounds like you know, almost like a therapist on the couch, like, you know, just talking through things and we said similar stuff about Charlemagne, given some of the books that he's written and just how much of a topic that is for him, and he definitely doesn't do interviews the way he did back in 2013. All right, is the evolution there? So thinking about it in that perspective, yeah, we'll be very interested to see like, where ACC or you know, where some of the others are, you know, seven years from now because I think I agree with you, you know, I don't necessarily think that, you know, he is a bad person or anything like that. I think if anything, it's more so this is a product of the internet and what everything has incentivized no different than, you know, Starbuck wild were incentivized to say wild shit on you know, power and you know, back in the day, and then now, you know, whether it's activated on twitch or on YouTube or whatever channel, yes. Kevin Liles 40:35You got to be doing it for rabies. He's doing it for reach. He's doing it. It's so much noise out there that you have to sometimes it's like, our chief innovative officer is Young Thug, so Young Thug, wearing a dress that people know I'm fashion, fashion shouldn't be limited, you know, but think about prints with his ass out. Think about Michael Jack and think about these guys. And again, why shouldn't we allow people to have an opinion to that that's the problem I have with a lot of people. People are really afraid of freedom. Because freedom comes check too, there's good and bad and freedom. But you're free. You're free to say and be and act and we should not judge. But we should know that people are doing things for certain reasons. The bigger your audience becomes, the bigger your reach, the bigger you become. And we can't just have Howard there by himself, can't get him broken down by itself. So what did they do to get there? What did they do to get there? I got Russell call me 10 times.Dan Runcie 41:35Oh, man, I do want to talk quick because yeah, I was gonna ask you about Thug being Chief Innovation Officer. So what does that role include? So what's what's on the agenda?Kevin Liles 41:45Change the world, change the perspective, change the conversation, changed the ideation process, don't limit yourself be as free of a person as you can be. And I actually run stuff by him. I'm thinking about doing a hot challenge with HBCUs. And my goal is to help these bands raise money. So I want to do $25 A night and campus did it. I did some around Pusha P and I kept that's not p. I said to him, I think we should do you know, I have family business. But I think you are the biggest family with lash out. So we made it out. When you have an innovative officer, there's no limitations. There's no job description, it's to touch taste and tone of his very existence that allows people to come up with new ways and things to do. You know, when Mary J. Blige said good morning, gorgeous. It was therapy for that young person that gets bullied, but it was also therapy for her coming off the ship that she came off for. And I kept her I said, guys, this is not a song. This is going to help people get through life. And people have started adopting it and dads are now looking at their daughter saying good morning, gorgeous, looking at their wife that they take for granted in the morning, and saying good morning. Gorgeous. I don't make this shit up. Everybody, be free. And Thug, I'll check with you later on about what I'm thinking about next. Make sure I got the cool factor on it. Dan Runcie 43:08Love it. Yeah, make sure he doesn't treat you like that pirate. He said, Alex, you're up.Kevin Liles 43:15You couldn't make shit up. You couldn't make none of this up. You know what I mean,Dan Runcie 43:19It's beautiful. Yeah, I mean, perfect timing for that. I mean, and just lining up with the album and everything. That was perfect.Kevin Liles 43:25But it was not scripted. It was really cool. People started to show up the shows without you posted this thing. Dan Runcie 43:36Oh, man, that's what you know, you got a movement as well. You know, you got something. I will. Kevin, this has been great. Before we let you go though, is there anything else that you want to plug? Let the travel audience know about that 300 Hands on Deck.Kevin Liles 43:49I don't know if it's a plug. But I'm in search of the truth. There's a lot of talent in the world. And the reason why I feel what it means we partnership 300, Electra Entertainment, Sparta, 300 Studios, I'm creating possibilities and platforms for you guys to come and help change the world. So I would just like to enlist your audience to say you don't just have to be an artist. You don't have to just do marketing, or digital or finance or legal. There is some place for you with us. And so I'm sure I'll come in and hang out and you and I finally get in the same space. We can have a dinner, but let's keep the narrative or where we going not where we were.Dan Runcie 44:33Sounds good. And yeah, let's definitely do it. And Kevin, thanks again for coming on. And congrats to you again on great start to the year, big sale and everything. Keep trailblazingKevin Liles 44:42God bless you, man. Thank you. Appreciate it.Dan Runcie 44:44Thank you. If you enjoyed this podcast, go ahead and share it with a friend. Copy the link, text it to a friend, post it in your group chat, post it in your Slack groups. Wherever you and your people talk, spread the word. That's how Trapital continues to grow and continues to reach the right people. And while you're at it, if you use Apple Podcast, go ahead, rate the podcast. Give it a high rating and leave a review, tell people why you like the podcast that helps more people discover the show. Thank you in advance. Talk to you next week.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

In this episode, Donnie Simpson catches up with the king of comedy, D.L. Hughley. In an unexpected twist, Hughley gets philosophical and discusses his unique perspective on self-love and why Marvin Gaye is his primary inspiration. But, in typical D.L. fashion, he also breaks the seriousness to talk about his performance on Dancing with the Stars and his ongoing feud with Dennis Miller.

Donnie Simpson sits down with Tichina Arnold: the beloved star of many iconic television shows, such as Martin, Everybody Hates Chris, and the award-winning The Neighborhood on CBS. Tichina dissects her career path, tracing back from her start at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn through her current endeavors--even discovering unexpected fame in Brazil. They also reveal the joys of show business and their travels to Jamaica, ending with a passionate discussion about horoscopes.

From the Feb 2021 Breaking the Ceiling series: J.Belle hosts this episode featuring Autumn Joi Live. They talk about her journey into radio, interning with the green eyed soul legend, Donnie Simpson, her foray into reality TV, and what it's like being a woman in the industry. Connect with Autumn Joi: AutumnJoiLive.com Instagram: @autumnjoilive --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The team is back this episode to discuss the Super Bowl halftime show with Dr. Dre, Snoop, and Mary J. Blige, Sade vs Anita Baker Verzuz, Mr. Dalvin of Jodeci's new music, Donnie Simpson bringing back video soul, and how Tina Turner selling her likeness and music isn't a big deal because the Ike Turner music isn't involved.   email the show at ionlylistento90smusic@gmail.com  or straightolc@gmail.com.  Hit the Voicemail at 641-715-3900 Ext. 769558 Join the I Only Listen to 90s Music Facebook Group http://bit.ly/3k0UEDe      Follow I Only Listen to 90s Music on IG https://bit.ly/3sbCphv      Follow SOLC Network online Instagram: https://bit.ly/39VL542             Twitter: https://bit.ly/39aL395             Facebook: https://bit.ly/3sQn7je          To Listen to the podcast Podbean https://bit.ly/3t7SDJH         YouTube http://bit.ly/3ouZqJU         Spotify http://spoti.fi/3pwZZnJ         Apple http://apple.co/39rwjD1         Stitcher http://bit.ly/3puGQ5P         IHeartRadio http://ihr.fm/2L0A2y1 

0:09: This is the game where we find out if this is the Bull***t. A Woman is arrested for putting fake KKK memos in her neighbor's mailboxes. A Call Center Worker and three other people were running a hotel scam on the government's dollar. And A 55 woman living in PA, drives to South Jersey, to kill her father and his girlfriend because she is no longer in the will. These crime stories are a mouthful and worth a listen on America's favorite intro: This is the BS.11:31: Intro/Takeoff12:59: Is it just me or has A.D.D. caused Black America to have selective hearing as well? I only ask because the brilliance of Dave Chappelle have made groups of people unhinged, jealous, bitter, and determined to cancel someone who has made keen opinions based on his observations and through educating himself. The greatest comedian the last 20 years has put together a great collection of stand up comedy I urge you to give it a listen because there is nothing else like it! And also I say this with love: Rest In Peace to Trans Comedian Daphne Dorman who reminded us that she was having A HUMAN EXPERIENCE. Love all even when differences need to be settled. 29:38: Why is hard for Haitians to be Haitian Americans?37:31: Two alleged racist teachers. Find out which racist we believe should sue their school and why.46:42: Here lies BET. A network that was once a HUB for African Americans. I mean it still is sort of but no. What happened to Video Soul? Rap City? BET News? Donnie Simpson? Being Mary Jane? Where's the good programming? Why did BET let Tyler Perry do this to BET? It's better Black programming on YOUTUBE and most of it is ratchet nonsense but I rather watch that than the OVAL lol.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ed talks with radio and tv legend Donnie Simpson. They talk about their years at BET, his hall of fame radio career and the relaunch of Video Soul, the popular music program Simpson hosted “back in the day. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Welcome back to your new favorite podcast DMVMixTapeShow. We got another great one for you shoutout to Wayne Gretzky. Starting with news and notes, we take a look at Hulu's great Wu series Wu-Tang An American Saga. Then we talk about the DMV great/legend Mr. Donnie Simpson and his re-launch of the iconic Video Soul. And finally a Super Bowl treat, the announcement of this year's halftime performers and El Jefe has something to say about the NFL's selections you better listen up. The MTS Crew have the time to set down with M.O.M.on.the.Beats. A inspiring and motivating interview with a up and coming talent with a testimony to share. So sit back relax and hit play, you know what time it is DMVMixTapeShow time baby. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/robert-medley1/support

Legendary radio DJ and television VJ Donnie "Green Eyes" Simpson talks about getting into radio at 15, breaking some of the biggest artists and songs of his time and the key to success: being true to yourself. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

October 8-14, 1994 As promised Jim Aquino author of the new book If You Haven't Seen It, It's New to You: The Movies and TV Shows Some of Us Regretted Not Catching Until Later returns for The Young Guns II of this week's episodes. Ken and Jim discuss Goonies II NES, Star Trek vs Star Wars, Ken's love of Just the Ten of Us, The Juggernaut, Terror on the Britannic, Weird Science, The Smolletts, On Our Own, bad animation, The Simpsons, Dr. Demento, The Adventures of Lois and Clark, Bruce Campbell, Season 2 of Seaquest DSV, MTV Unplugged, spoken word, LL Cool J's deodorant caked armpits, In Living Color, Roger Corman's love of free popcorn, Steve Park, Breakfast Time, Tom Bergeron, the early days of FX, Animaniacs, Batman the Animated Series, Casey Kasam's Transformers boycot, Donnie Simpson, Lavert, the last days of Soul Train, The Jon Stewart Show, Northern Exposure, Tom Arnold, Tom Noonan, Robocop, Roc, murderers on TV, All American Girl, Models Inc., Walt Disney World Inside Out, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Kids in the Hall, Conan, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, My So-Called Life, New York Undercover, The Librarians, The Elongated Man, Comic View, Homicide Life on the Street, writing fan letters, and connecting with socially conscious teens.

Radio & TV icon Donnie Simpson stops by the "All The Rage With Shelley Wade" podcast this episode.  Known for hosting "Video Soul" on BET and for his Hall of Fame radio career, Donnie sits with Shelley for a wide-ranging interview about his career, family, those green eyes, "The Donnie Simpson Weekend Show," and the surprising thing he does every night before he goes to bed!  Watch & subscribe!  Also subscribe & watch the audio version of the episode on the "All The Rage With Shelley Wade" YouTube channel. Follow Shelley across her social media handles below: Instagram: @TheOneAndOnlyShelleyWade Twitter: ShelleyWade Facebook: All The Rage With Shelley Wade Blog: ShelleyWade.com

Celebrity Haberdasher ~ CNN, Wall Street Journal, E!.,GQ, Tyler Perry, Smokey Robinson are just two of his many clients! He's been featured in CNN, Wall Street Journal, E!.,GQ, USA Today, Black Enterprise. My Guest is Everett Hall, Celebrity Tailor, Fashion Designer @ Everett Hall Signature Collection at his Boutique & Neman-Marcus. Everett Hall is owner of his Upscale Men's Boutique featuring high-end designer suits, sport coats, pants & accessories. At just 13 years old , he designed 300 garments in a year! Everett started his Exquisite Suit Designs in the 1980's when he was a college student at Howard University. He & his brother are designers in his Everett Hall Signature Line of suits,shirts, ties, etc. for men & women. Over the last thirty years he has designed suits for Smokey Robinson, vocalist Alexander O Neal, broadcasting icon Donnie Simpson,Tyler Perry, NBA stars Dominique Wilkins, Patrick Ewing and Isaiah Thomas, Charles Barkley,Boxing Champion Sugar Ray Leonard,Filmmaker Spike Lee, TV news-show host Maury Povich & the list goes on! He is the first African-American to open a store in Chevy Chase.His Flagship store near the Chevy Chase Pavilion,near the DC/Bethesda is 25 years old! He goes to the BEST factories in Italy to have his suits made. EverettHallBoutique.com © 2021 Building Abundant Success!! © 2021 BuildingAbundantSuccess!! Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Spot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba

For this episode of Beyond The Album Cover I had the pleasure of interviewing Durik "Prince" Dajour. If you grew up watching BET in the late 80's/mid 90's then you saw him on Teen Summit and Rap City. This is an in depth interview in which he discusses his life pre BET, auditioning for Teen Summit, Rap City, Acts who appeared on Teen Summit before becoming stars, Ananda Lewis, BET turning 40, Donnie Simpson and so much more. This interview is one you don't want to miss. Subscribe to Beyond The Album Cover wherever you get your podcast and on Youtube.com/j85 for fresh video content. Follow the Facebook show page at Facebook.com/Beyond The Album Cover to stay updated with show news!!!!

In another throwback interview from The Time Machine I had the chance to interview one of my biggest influences to get into broadcasting and it is the one and only Donnie Simpson. We talk about his early days in radio, growing up in Detroit, getting pitched to host Video Soul at BET, BET's early years, state of radio and much more!! He was just announced as one of the new inductees into the Radio Hall Of Fame for the class of 2020 and can still be heard on the radio in DC!!!(Majic 102.3) So sit back, relax, and enjoy the throwback interview!!!

Angela Stribling is a 2020 BWIR Influencer! We are celebrating Angela for many reasons. She's at the center of historic Black music culture as a prominent radio and TV icon who hosted BET's "Screen Scene," Co-Hosted alongside Donnie Simpson on “Video Soul and became a significant trendsetter of the Quiet Storm with the late Melvin Lindsey.Angela Stribling helped launch the 24-hour jazz network called BET JAZZ which included Jazz Central, Jazz Scene, and Jazz Discovery. We choose the month of June to feature Ms. Stribling during National Black Music Month for her contributions in addition to her growing fame as a global recording artist. Her distinctive sultry voice that is magical in her latest single "Pillow Talk" which is produced by multiple Grammy award winner, #MarcusMiller featuring #WillDowning and #GeraldAlbright.Angela has traveled the world with other renowned musicians and entertainers. She recorded two CD's including “Live At The Blue Note”, and “Tokyo Sundays.” Other music collaborations include the legendary Stevie Wonder, saxophonist Kim Waters, and pianist Marcus Johnson, NAJEE #VanMorrison #HoraceSilver Angela is often compared with artists Phyliss Hyman, Erykah Badu, and Sade.2020 BWIR Influencer Angela Stribling  http://www.blackwomeninradio.com/cate...Black Women In Radio (BWIR) LLC.  is the first organization to push minority female broadcasters forward in a way that celebrates them as the significant contributors to society that they are. We are here to celebrate our diversity and tell our stories like only we can.

Donnie Simpson teaches us how to practice missions in a changing culture.

Demetrius Daniels, born on October 8, 1975, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the parents of Stanley Daniels and Juanita Hayes was born into music. Both of his parents, raised in deep gospel roots, raise Demetrius and his two younger brothers in their home church, Church of the First Born Saints. Seeing that Demetrius was a natural, he sang at his church in the Sunshine Band, the adult choir, and sang many solos. In High School, Demetrius continues his love for music by joining a group that was later signed to Def Jam Records. That group was rightfully named, Dos of Soul. Soon after being signed, that was featured on the Nutty Professor soundtrack, made a music video, and performed live on BET's Video Soul with Donnie Simpson. His singing and writing lead him to work with Rodney Bryant, Yet Unseen, Kelly Price, Corey Rooney, Prince Markie D (from the Fat Boys), Lyon Cohen, Max Sigel, and Russell Simmons. He had the honor of sharing the stage with Case, Foxy Brown, Mary J. Blige, and the list goes on and on. Demetrius' story continues. He is currently working back in the studio and will have new music soon to come. Don't forget...if you have a suggestion or would like to be on Worldly Church Girl, shoot an email to: https://worldlychurchgirl.com/contact/

Celebrity Haberdasher ~Tyler Perry, Smokey Robinson are just two of his many clients! Everett Hall is owner of his Upscale Men's Boutique featuring high-end designer suits, sport coats, pants & accessories. At just 13 years old , he designed 300 garments in a year! Everett started his Exquisite Suit Designs in the 1980's when he was a college student at Howard University. He & his brother are designers in his Everett Hall Signature Line of suits,shirts, ties, etc. for men & women, Over the last thirty years he has designed suits for Smokey Robinson, vocalist Alexander O Neal, broadcasting icon Donnie Simpson,Tyler Perry, NBA stars Dominique Wilkins, Patrick Ewing and Isaiah Thomas, Charles Barkley,Boxing Champion Sugar Ray Leonard,Filmmaker Spike Lee, TV news-show host Maury Povich & the list goes on! He is the first African-American to open a store in Chevy Chase.His Flagship store near the Chevy Chase Pavilion,near the DC/Bethesda is 25 years old! He goes to the BEST factories in Italy to have his suits made. EverettHallBoutique.com © 2018 Building Abundant Success!! 2018 All Rights Reserved "LIKE" my Facebook Page ~ Facebook.com/BuildingAbundantSuccess

Put another mink on it... Black Business of the Week: Simply Scents Candle Co. | https://www.simplyscentsbyshan.com | http://www.facebook.com/simplyscentscandleco In this episode: - Nicki Acting Out (Part 1) - Omarosa Mixtapes (Part 1) - RIP Aretha (Part 2) - Life vs Coming To America (Part 2) WYBLT: Boom - Mac Miller, "Swimming" https://open.spotify.com/album/5wtE5aLX5r7jOosmPhJhhk - Tracey Lee, "Many Facez" https://youtu.be/vg6SD5fOZJE?list=PLi-36r7Y9Zs-ZsoQZHo20rhE0OaVzcs3N Remy - Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer" https://open.spotify.com/track/7haFcQaoTBr2qY6G0r4JSH - Michael McDonald, "Sweet Freedom" https://open.spotify.com/track/0x5T32khKAbro9bHapjoRL - Dobbie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes" https://open.spotify.com/track/2yBVeksU2EtrPJbTu4ZslK Cannon - Grandmilly x Shozae, "Adventureland" https://open.spotify.com/track/1y6NJDaJ4tTV1bdcXNektm - Doja Cat, "Moo" https://youtu.be/mXnJqYwebF8 - Doja Cat, "Amala" https://open.spotify.com/album/54tInqO543zy0Y5F2VsUQI Mentioned in the show: Aretha Franklin x Donnie Simpson, "The Makings Of You" https://youtu.be/_A9FFmmo4Rg Email: podcast@defconjive.com | Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcjpodcast | Patreon: https://patreon.com/defconjive

Put another mink on it... Black Business of the Week: Simply Scents Candle Co. | https://www.simplyscentsbyshan.com | http://www.facebook.com/simplyscentscandleco In this episode: - Nicki Acting Out (Part 1) - Omarosa Mixtapes (Part 1) - RIP Aretha (Part 2) - Life vs Coming To America (Part 2) WYBLT: Boom - Mac Miller, "Swimming" https://open.spotify.com/album/5wtE5aLX5r7jOosmPhJhhk - Tracey Lee, "Many Facez" https://youtu.be/vg6SD5fOZJE?list=PLi-36r7Y9Zs-ZsoQZHo20rhE0OaVzcs3N Remy - Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer" https://open.spotify.com/track/7haFcQaoTBr2qY6G0r4JSH - Michael McDonald, "Sweet Freedom" https://open.spotify.com/track/0x5T32khKAbro9bHapjoRL - Dobbie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes" https://open.spotify.com/track/2yBVeksU2EtrPJbTu4ZslK Cannon - Grandmilly x Shozae, "Adventureland" https://open.spotify.com/track/1y6NJDaJ4tTV1bdcXNektm - Doja Cat, "Moo" https://youtu.be/mXnJqYwebF8 - Doja Cat, "Amala" https://open.spotify.com/album/54tInqO543zy0Y5F2VsUQI Mentioned in the show: Aretha Franklin x Donnie Simpson, "The Makings Of You" https://youtu.be/_A9FFmmo4Rg Email: podcast@defconjive.com | Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcjpodcast | Patreon: https://patreon.com/defconjive

Put another mink on it... Black Business of the Week: Simply Scents Candle Co. | https://www.simplyscentsbyshan.com | http://www.facebook.com/simplyscentscandleco In this episode: - Nicki Acting Out (Part 1) - Omarosa Mixtapes (Part 1) - RIP Aretha (Part 2) - Life vs Coming To America (Part 2) WYBLT: Boom - Mac Miller, "Swimming" https://open.spotify.com/album/5wtE5aLX5r7jOosmPhJhhk - Tracey Lee, "Many Facez" https://youtu.be/vg6SD5fOZJE?list=PLi-36r7Y9Zs-ZsoQZHo20rhE0OaVzcs3N Remy - Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer" https://open.spotify.com/track/7haFcQaoTBr2qY6G0r4JSH - Michael McDonald, "Sweet Freedom" https://open.spotify.com/track/0x5T32khKAbro9bHapjoRL - Dobbie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes" https://open.spotify.com/track/2yBVeksU2EtrPJbTu4ZslK Cannon - Grandmilly x Shozae, "Adventureland" https://open.spotify.com/track/1y6NJDaJ4tTV1bdcXNektm - Doja Cat, "Moo" https://youtu.be/mXnJqYwebF8 - Doja Cat, "Amala" https://open.spotify.com/album/54tInqO543zy0Y5F2VsUQI Mentioned in the show: Aretha Franklin x Donnie Simpson, "The Makings Of You" https://youtu.be/_A9FFmmo4Rg Email: podcast@defconjive.com | Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcjpodcast | Patreon: https://patreon.com/defconjive

Put another mink on it... Black Business of the Week: Simply Scents Candle Co. | https://www.simplyscentsbyshan.com | http://www.facebook.com/simplyscentscandleco In this episode: - Nicki Acting Out (Part 1) - Omarosa Mixtapes (Part 1) - RIP Aretha (Part 2) - Life vs Coming To America (Part 2) WYBLT: Boom - Mac Miller, "Swimming" https://open.spotify.com/album/5wtE5aLX5r7jOosmPhJhhk - Tracey Lee, "Many Facez" https://youtu.be/vg6SD5fOZJE?list=PLi-36r7Y9Zs-ZsoQZHo20rhE0OaVzcs3N Remy - Aretha Franklin, "I Say a Little Prayer" https://open.spotify.com/track/7haFcQaoTBr2qY6G0r4JSH - Michael McDonald, "Sweet Freedom" https://open.spotify.com/track/0x5T32khKAbro9bHapjoRL - Dobbie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes" https://open.spotify.com/track/2yBVeksU2EtrPJbTu4ZslK Cannon - Grandmilly x Shozae, "Adventureland" https://open.spotify.com/track/1y6NJDaJ4tTV1bdcXNektm - Doja Cat, "Moo" https://youtu.be/mXnJqYwebF8 - Doja Cat, "Amala" https://open.spotify.com/album/54tInqO543zy0Y5F2VsUQI Mentioned in the show: Aretha Franklin x Donnie Simpson, "The Makings Of You" https://youtu.be/_A9FFmmo4Rg Email: podcast@defconjive.com | Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcjpodcast | Patreon: https://patreon.com/defconjive

Donnie Simpson honors his brother Harry ~ "My second oldest brother, Harry. . .a fascinating story. . . because of his experiences, he was able to go in and help people that I never could have helped. . .I wanted to mention it because, I honor him. I feel like, maybe that's why God had him in that situation. . .To help people." Donnie Simpson, Washington DC Radio Icon, and TV and Movie Personality in studio interview Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen, and this is Our Town, and I'm so thrilled to be sitting next to a man who, he's the best looking man in radio. I used to have that title but I got old. The Love Bug. Donnie Simpson: The Love Bug? No ... Andy Ockershausen: Donnie Simpson is one of the most beloved radio personalities in Our Town, and still. We don't see each other often, but I have the utmost respect for Donnie. He's a consummate professional. He's been on top of his game not once, but twice, as a ratings later at WPGC and WMMJ over the past four decades. In addition, he's been recognized by BillBoard Magazine as one of the best top radio personalities, and the top program director in the Country. It's been great, Donnie. He's such an important part of Our Town. It's a fiercely competitive business radio, and we know that, but Donnie did something in 1985 that touched my heart and touched me completely. You sent two dozen roses to Harden and Weaver on their 25th anniversary, Donnie. Donnie Simpson Personally Delivered Two Dozen Roses to Harden and Weavers at Their 25th Anniversary Celebration Out of Respect Donnie Simpson: I brought them. I didn't send them. Andy Ockershausen: Donnie, you brought them- Donnie Simpson: I brought them. I left my show and brought them to them. Andy Ockershausen: Oh, I didn't know that. Donnie Simpson: Oh yeah, yeah. I mean, it was a big, heavy glass bowl that I had to put ... It was an awesome arrangement, but no I wasn't- Andy Ockershausen: It's so classy. Donnie Simpson: That would've been disrespectful to me, to have them delivered. They deserve to have them brought. So, I leave my show to bring them. I mean, that's the kind of respect I have for those guys. Andy Ockershausen: Well, you're so right, Donnie, because those guys worked. Donnie Simpson: Oh, yeah. Andy Ockershausen: They worked that job for ... They eventually went to 30 years. It's the same broadcaster. The same time slot. That'll never happen again, Donnie. Donnie Simpson: I know. It's unbelievable what they've accomplished. Andy Ockershausen: But, what you accomplished by doing that, in my eyes, and to the market's eyes, it was so much good publicity on that. But, you've always been a class guy. Donnie Simpson: And you know Andy, I don't have to tell you, you know that was not why it was done. It wasn't done for publicity. Andy Ockershausen: Oh, I know that. You felt it. Donnie Simpson: It was strictly out of respect, you know, that's all it was, out of respect. I have to say this. The same level of respect I had for Harden and Weaver, I have for you. Andy Ockershausen: Oh, gosh. On Andy O's Advice - Stay At An Even Keel Donnie Simpson: Really! You are an amazing man to me. I mean, what you accomplished at WMAL was just unprecedented. You guys had a powerhouse going there, and I owe you ... I want to say this, too. That I owe you. I thank you for something that you gave me. You don't even know this, but you gave me, and it was through an article in the Washington Post. It was just a ratings cycle, but you were talking about ... You made the point that, you don't get too up with the ups, or too down with the downs. You stay at an even keel. I'm telling you, for a young guy on the radio at that time, that was such great knowledge for me. It helped me immensely, through the years, and I never forgot that. I always kept an even keel after that. I was like, he's absolutely right because ratings go up, ratings go down, and you can't get caught up.

Tony Perkins on being back on air with Donnie Simpson and what happens when you make listeners laugh~ "Here’s what Donnie has said for many, many years. When we used to work together, one of the things that he liked about it and I liked about it and the listeners liked about it was we could make each other laugh. We worked with a news guy at KYS who we just lost last week, unfortunately, John Irving, who also could make us laugh. That’s infectious. It’s infectious in the room and it’s infectious to the audience. Now, we will have that again. " Tony Perkins - 2x Emmy Award Winner, Radio and TV Broadcaster with Andy Ockershausen in studio interview Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen and this is Our Town with the at one time the premiere weathercaster in the city of Washington. A very, very, very dear friend who shall always be known to me as Tony Perkins, morning weatherman. Tony, welcome to Our Town. Tony Perkins: Thank you very much, I'm very happy to be here. This is an honor, really, this really is. To sit here and talk to you and to Janice, this is great. Andy Ockershausen: Tony, you flatter us and we are trying to do something for Our Town, which was almost lost as names and dates of people that we had a chance to talk to because they sort of disappeared from daily action, like Mark Russell, a name like that, an artist, various people. We consider Our Town to be everything within 100 miles of our signal. We don't have a signal anymore. Tony Perkins: Well, now we're signal-less and with a podcast there's no, it's not 100 miles, it's worldwide. Andy Ockershausen: Anywhere. Tony Perkins: You can say you have international followers. Andy Ockershausen: I like to have people I can call in California and tell them and say, "You got to listen," and tell them how to get it because they can, like you say. Janice is the one who discovered podcasting and put me on it, but who discovered Tony Perkins. I recall ABC discovered you for a while. Donnie Simpson and Tony Perkins Meet at The Comedy Café and The Rest is History Tony Perkins: Well, yes, they did for a while, boy, but who discovered me? That's a great question. Okay, I've got a couple of answers to that. When I started doing all of this that I do, it began in earnest in the early '80s and I was doing stand-up comedy. I'd had a couple of little radio jobs. One of my first jobs was for Cathy Hughes at WOL and now I work for her again, which is amazing but- Andy Ockershausen: Fourth and H, I remember it well. Tony Perkins: Yeah, that's right, absolutely right, absolutely right. I had a couple of early radio jobs but I did stand-up comedy, and I met two people who were key to everything else that happened for me. First, Donnie Simpson. Andy Ockershausen: A legend. Tony Perkins: A legend, dear friend who I'm now back with at Majic 102.3. Andy Ockershausen: We'll get into that later. Tony Perkins: Yeah, but a friend of mine, a guy named Jeff Newman who worked with Donnie and I went to college with, Donnie was looking for a comedian to work on his show to write lines and a producer. Jeff said, "Well, you should meet my friend Tony, he's a comedian, he's really great and I think you would hit it off." Donnie came to the comedy club, it was The Comedy Café, doesn't exist anymore, came down on a Saturday night, saw my set. It was one of the best sets I'd ever had, luckily. Andy Ockershausen: Jackpot. Tony Perkins: Jackpot. And he hired me on the spot. What's cool about that is, he said, "You're the guy. I want you to come in and I want you to work for me." I said, "I would love to because I'm a fan but I'm booked. I'm doing comedy and I've got three months of bookings." He said, "I'll wait." Now, you know, that's amazing. Andy Ockershausen: Well, he deferred to you because he knew you had to do that. If you make a commitment you stick to it. Tony Perkins: Absolutely right, absolutely right. That was very cool and that was the beginning,

Radio superstar DONNIE SIMPSON returns to the studio and joins Tony and Gary to talk about re-uniting on the radio with Tony, and MUCH more; as it always is when Donnie visits, it is uproarious fun!  Plus, Donnie weighs in as we reveal the winner in the new round of our "Worst Song of All Time" contest! ALSO: Gary tells the AMAZING and hilarious tale of his drive down to D.C., and the unfortunate situation he found himself in. (It involves a Starbucks cup.) You DO NOT want to miss this story! And....we pay tribute to JAY CLYDE, a good friend and a great supporter of our show. We miss you, Jay, and this episode is dedicated to YOU.

Andy is joined by a DC radio legend, Donnie Simpson to discuss his Hall of Fame career which began as a 15 year old in Detroit.  They cover his move to DC in 1977 (15:51), and a few years later hosting on BET.  Donnie says what Barack Obama's Election in 2008 meant to him (36:52), and finally his first retirement/ comeback.

In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with veteran radio and television personality and Detroit native Donnie Simpson, about his illustrious career and ground-breaking work in high-profile radio and television programs, and his return to the airwaves after a five-year retirement.

In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with veteran radio and television personality and Detroit native Donnie Simpson, about his illustrious career and ground-breaking work in high-profile radio and television programs, and his return to the airwaves after a five-year retirement.

Due to Tony being laid low by an illness, this week we present an encore presentation of one of our FAVORITE episodes, featuring radio and TV legend DONNIE SIMPSON! Donnie, Tony and Gary have an instant rapport, and it was a warm, funny, and comfortable conversation. (This was the first time since 1992 that Donnie and Tony had reunited for an extended time on-air!) Enjoy!  (And don't forget, now you can hear Donnie on the radio again, weekday afternoons on MAJIC 102.3 in Washington, D.C.)

On October 28, 2016 The New Voice for Pine Hills/Orlando 98.5 The Wire went on air. The Station featured an All-Star line up of guest including the Legendary Donnie Simpson.

In this episode we had former Baltimore Cop and current Donnie Simpson Show Co-Host, Timmy Hall stop by and shared his story about being a police officer, the nightmare of Trump, transitioning from being a cop to a comedian, working with Donnie Simpson and more. Please sit back, press play and enjoy. #MindOverMatter

April 11, 2016. Radio and TV icon Donnie Simpson spoke about growing up in Detroit and his experiences in Washington, D.C. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7327

Your votes are in, and we reveal the TOP TWO “Bad Songs”, which will now go head-to-head in a fight to the death to see WHICH song is the absolute “WORST Bad Song”!  Remember to follow us on Twitter at @TPerkShow to vote! The polls will be open until April 15th. Also: Gary and Tony discuss their exercise regimens; more details (and a guest announcement) about our upcoming LIVE show at the D.C. Improv; and some sad losses in the TPSFGS and TMOS families. PLUS: The response to our interview with radio legend Cerphe got such a great response, we decided to present an encore of our hysterical, incredibly fun interview with radio and TV star DONNIE SIMPSON, from May 2015! Important info: Order your tickets NOW for the live show at the D.C. Improv at www.dcimprov.com. And you can hear Donnie Simpson Monday through Friday afternoons on MAJIC 102.3 FM in the Washington, D.C. area.

Recently, Tony and Gary noticed that SEVERAL guests who have appeared on the show have suddenly had BIG things happen in their careers.  So the natural conclusion that we have come to is:  Tony and Gary are STAR MAKERS!  And in THIS all-new episode, we force these stars to admit it!  On this show:  DONNIE SIMPSON tells us about his long-awaited return to radio (at MAJIC 102.3 in D.C.) and TV (on the TV One cable network); "Fox 5 News Morning" anchor ANNIE YU tells us about her cameo in the movie "PIXELS"; and ANGELA STRIBLING tells us about the expansion of her radio show, "Pillow Talk with Angela", from one night a week to FIVE nights a week (on 96.3 WHUR-FM, and on Sirius/XM Channel 141)!  Aren't these guys doing great?!  Don't they owe us money or something?!   PLUS: Laughs galore, as Gary and Tony kiss up to Donnie, Rob Ford "role plays" with Angela, and Annie Yu sings!  This episode is....wait for it....CHOCK FULL!

Radio personality Donnie Simpson returns to the air on Radio One’s WMMJ-FM in Washington, DC.  John talks about his return, what it means, and how it could affect the radio market.

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In this uproarious and special episode, broadcasting legend Donnie Simpson sits in with the guys for nearly the entire show.   Donnie spent over 30 years as the KING of D.C. radio, first at WKYS-FM, and then at WPGC-FM.  He was also the original (and best) host of BET's "Video Soul" for nearly 15 years.  Tony was Donnie's morning show producer and on-air sidekick at WKYS for eight years, and this episode marks their first long-form reunion in many, many years.  30 years of friendship and laughter shine through, as Donnie tells amazing and hilarious stories about his years in broadcasting, and his encounters with such stars as Michael Jackson.

In this uproarious and special episode, broadcasting legend Donnie Simpson sits in with the guys for nearly the entire show.   Donnie spent over 30 years as the KING of D.C. radio, first at WKYS-FM, and then at WPGC-FM.  He was also the original (and best) host of BET's "Video Soul" for nearly 15 years.  Tony was Donnie's morning show producer and on-air sidekick at WKYS for eight years, and this episode marks their first long-form reunion in many, many years.  30 years of friendship and laughter shine through, as Donnie tells amazing and hilarious stories about his years in broadcasting, and his encounters with such stars as Michael Jackson.