Speaker 1: Samuel L. Jackson and Gabrielle Union were among those paying
Speaker 1: tribute to Richard Rowntree in the wake of his death
Speaker 1: from pancreatic cancer.
Speaker 2: This week.
Speaker 1: Samuel L. Wrote quote Richard Rowntree, the prototype, the best
Speaker 1: to ever do it. Shaft as we know it is
Speaker 1: and will always be his creation. His passing leaves a
Speaker 1: deep hole not only in my heart, but I'm sure
Speaker 1: a lot of y'alls too. Samuel L. Starring starred alongside
Speaker 1: Richard Browntree in the two most recent Shaft movies, and
Speaker 1: actress Gabrielle Union posted a tribute to Richard Browntree and
Speaker 1: talked about her TV dad and the fun they had
Speaker 1: on the set of the TV show Being Mary Jane,
Speaker 1: which ran from twenty thirteen to twenty seventeen. And we
Speaker 1: all love that show, Gabrielle said in part. He was
Speaker 1: always the coolest man in the room, with the best vibes,
Speaker 1: and people would literally run over to come see him.
Speaker 1: He was simply the best and we all loved him.
Speaker 1: Rest in peace, Richard Browntree.
Speaker 2: That's a true statement about him. Man. When I tell you,
Speaker 2: just cool that dude, man and just go play golf.
Speaker 2: Of the cigarette the whole time. I burned the show
Speaker 2: to play. He wasn't great, but it ain't none of
Speaker 2: us great. I hear something brilliant. He's just a good dude, man,
Speaker 2: good dude man.
Speaker 1: He was eighty one. Yeah, but he was a fan
Speaker 1: of the show.
Speaker 2: A lot of celebrities. Yeah, Ralph, I mean I just
Speaker 2: kept seeing.
Speaker 1: The celebrity Yeah, wow, legend Yep.
Speaker 2: It's cool. You know, I would rather. You know, we
Speaker 2: got to start giving our legends and stuff they fly
Speaker 2: with while they're still living.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: We got to do more of that. That's why I
Speaker 2: appreciate Byron out his Green Awards, because he's starting to
Speaker 2: do that. Man, with the out of the people out there,
Speaker 2: He's starting to recognize people while they're still living. You know,
Speaker 2: it's great you get these tributes and stuff after they go,
Speaker 2: but you know, we got to do a better job
Speaker 2: of taking care of each other while they're living. We
Speaker 2: want to do more of that on this show. We
Speaker 2: should have an Uplift moment once a week. I think
Speaker 2: we should come up with a once a week thing
Speaker 2: where we honor somebody, just you know, a shout out,
Speaker 2: nothing big, just a ninety second tribute to somebody you know,
Speaker 2: all right, And you know I didn't appreciate the look
Speaker 2: on your face, Monica on this zoom when I was
Speaker 2: saying that suggestion. You know, like it's just some more
Speaker 2: work you got to do. We'll just get to doing it.
Speaker 2: Damn it. Anyway, we're gonna switch. It's just attitude, That's
Speaker 2: what it is to you know, I got time to
Speaker 2: come up with ideas, and then I look at the
Speaker 2: zoom and somebody rolling their eyes and everything. You know,
Speaker 2: all that or eye rolling? We lost Harvey. Guys can
Speaker 2: get back there and stay back there if you do
Speaker 2: it again.
Speaker 1: Are you gonna give Monica? Are you giving Monica her flowers? No?
Speaker 1: Not at this moment.
Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna switch gears here, you know. Sure, Yeah,
Speaker 2: you need to be real careful, girl. You need to
Speaker 2: be very careful.
Speaker 1: Are you? Are you putting your finger at me right now?
Speaker 2: I'm pulling my finger to this a damn threat. Everybody
Speaker 2: getting something this morning? You know? Why are you in this? HBC?
Speaker 2: You wh yeah, HBC? You and ain't ain't talking about Prayerview.
Speaker 2: You ain't talking about Prayview. All right?
Speaker 1: Switching gears and other entertainment news during the NBA season
Speaker 1: opener game the Lakers versus the Denver Nuggets. Full time
Speaker 1: NBA champion Lebron James rock to Louis Vautan outfit for
Speaker 1: the latest It was from the latest Pharrell Williams collection,
Speaker 1: reported to be worth about twenty eight thousand dollars. According
Speaker 1: to TMZ, the jacket costs five thousand, while the pants
Speaker 1: and shoes were over twelve fifty and twelve twenty respectively.
Speaker 1: The speedy bags slung over his shoulder cost eleven thousand dollars,
Speaker 1: while the briefcase is worth another nine hundred and five
Speaker 1: nine thousand, five hundred dollars.
Speaker 2: We all know the.
Speaker 1: Sports Arena's entrance tunnels for the players is now considered
Speaker 1: a very fly fashion show in the NBA. Everybody's sitting back,
Speaker 1: you know, watching what the players are gonna wear.
Speaker 2: Boys be dope, don't so the boys be dope, man,
Speaker 2: Some of them cast be rocking and fly. Some of
Speaker 2: the dudes, you know, be I'm talking about be letting
Speaker 2: them have it, man, I'd be watching them going go ahead. Player.
Speaker 2: A couple of dudes you know need to consider it
Speaker 2: a height on Some of these good thing don't come
Speaker 2: in seven foot everything should not be.
Speaker 1: In word for the day out of your mouth.
Speaker 2: Uplift, uplift. I was doing it. I was doing it,
Speaker 2: but you know, I also you know, I have to
Speaker 2: forewarn catch. You know. It's like it's certain things I
Speaker 2: came by because of my age. You know, it's like
Speaker 2: this age appropriate, like skinny jeans. You know you can't,
Speaker 2: you know, like your age. But Steve, you pretty much
Speaker 2: rock anything.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've seen plenty of men in your agents.
Speaker 2: I rock anything because I don't rock everything. Oh deep.
Speaker 2: That's how you know what I'm saying. See, you gotta
Speaker 2: be careful, and I put it on a lot of variations,
Speaker 2: but I'm selective of them. Very It's a lot of
Speaker 2: stuff they making out there, man, that Ellie be coming
Speaker 2: to me with, and I'll be going, boy, get your
Speaker 2: ass somewhere and sit down. First of all, I'm sixty.
Speaker 2: It's just some stuff that's looked like Winton. I was
Speaker 2: with Winton one day. Winton had on the top. The
Speaker 2: other day that was crochet and it cut right off
Speaker 2: at the belt. I put that thing on the TOI
Speaker 2: looked like one of the biggest new pronouns. Ain't what
Speaker 2: y'all are called me. I just yeah, the stomach God
Speaker 2: Don I said Winton had on the top. Now I
Speaker 2: can't rock that. That's what other You ain't got to
Speaker 2: visualize nothing. I just told it to you. We gotta
Speaker 2: go coming over.
Speaker 1: Yesterday Donald Trump had a temperature and tantrum and stormed
Speaker 1: out of his civil trial in Manhattan. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: that right after this. You're listening Hard Morning Show.