Speaker 1: The Urban One Honors celebrates the best in Black excellence
Speaker 1: in music, philanthropy, arts, and more. This year's theme, the
Speaker 1: Best in Black Honorees included Frankie Beverly, Dion Warwick, Mary J. Blige,
Speaker 1: Chloe Bailey and Moore. And what can we say about
Speaker 1: the remarkable achievements of these honorees.
Speaker 2: Did you guys see the show? Anybody see the show?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: It was I saw it. Yeah, it was very good.
Speaker 2: I mean Frankie Beverly long overdue for him to get something.
Speaker 1: Oh, I like him, Yes, give him all of this, yes, please,
Speaker 1: And he was very grateful and very touched for it.
Speaker 1: I loved when Dion Warwick said during her acceptance speech,
Speaker 1: it's always an honor to be honored by your own.
Speaker 1: Mary J. Blige did a Snoop Dogg and she thanked
Speaker 1: herself for all.
Speaker 2: Of her hard work.
Speaker 1: She sears not a shout out.
Speaker 2: Shout out to the presenters.
Speaker 1: Tiana Taylor, who looks like is going to play Dion
Speaker 1: Warwick when they.
Speaker 2: Do Dion story. Oh wow, yeah, nic.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they definitely resemble Carl Thomas, Angie Stone, Keeck, me Wyatt,
Speaker 1: Meek Gilbert and October London saying his smash hit back
Speaker 1: to Your Place, he was discovered by Snoop right October,
Speaker 1: London's Yeah so just to name a few, if you
Speaker 1: haven't checked it out, Tommy, I know you said.
Speaker 4: You didn't get a chance to see it, Buttann, I'm
Speaker 4: gonna care minimum minimum.
Speaker 1: You know it, and other entertainment news. According to Yahoo
Speaker 1: dot com, while promoting his new memoir What Have We Here,
Speaker 1: eighty six year old Billy D Williams says he is
Speaker 1: always comfortable. He's always been comfortable hanging out with members
Speaker 1: of the l g B t q I A plus community.
Speaker 1: He went on to say that he is unbothered by
Speaker 1: the rumors that people called him closet queen. He said
Speaker 1: he doesn't pay attention to any of that. Billy De
Speaker 1: has made comments in the past that men should get
Speaker 1: in touch with their feminine side, but he said he
Speaker 1: wasn't talking about.
Speaker 2: Sex people, okay.
Speaker 1: Billy D went on to say that he identifies as
Speaker 1: a man and that he is not gay.
Speaker 2: I know. Back in the day though, Lois was yes,
Speaker 2: gonna day. Yes, what did you say, Tommy love?
Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, that's what that was our moms zili yes.
Speaker 3: Id damn just drinking cold.
Speaker 2: Yes, legend. Yes, so he has a new book out.
Speaker 3: What have we here?
Speaker 1: Also on other entertainment news, a rod of course we
Speaker 1: know on this Alex Rodrincuz as well has seen the
Speaker 1: comments and he's.
Speaker 2: Seen the memes.
Speaker 1: Okay, he's a retired Major league Major League All Star.
Speaker 1: He's been getting roasted on social media after showing up
Speaker 1: to an NBA game with his skin looking several shades darker.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we know he's light skinned. Okay,
Speaker 1: so for dark now, he said. He decided to explain
Speaker 1: his change in appearance. He posted a video with the
Speaker 1: caption quote, everybody, calm down, It's just a tan. It's
Speaker 1: just a tent. I know that I'm dark, but I
Speaker 1: am Dominican. Huh, what'd you say, Tommy?
Speaker 4: That's all it is. I saw it. It's all yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 4: y'all want to comment. Y'all need to try to figure
Speaker 4: out how why Sandy social.
Speaker 2: Look like it was much lighter.
Speaker 3: He's seen through Damn. Yeah, he talking about it. Sammy
Speaker 3: looked like he worked out at the bakery.
Speaker 2: That's the bakery.
Speaker 4: Yeah, just you know, he just looked that different. You know,
Speaker 4: he just looked like the dude, that come out the
Speaker 4: back and back there.
Speaker 3: You know. Oh that's all just just a different profession,
Speaker 3: you know. Yeah.
Speaker 4: Oh but a Rod fell As, that's that's clorox he got.
Speaker 3: Yeah white man. Yeah, yeah, he didn't get around his eyes.
Speaker 3: Good spot, they're lying around his eye. You don't getting
Speaker 3: none on them?
Speaker 2: Why are people mad that a rod is darker though?
Speaker 3: What is that about? I don't know at Kelsey because
Speaker 3: he got a fade.
Speaker 4: Kelsey didn't start to fade, and they talking about Katy
Speaker 4: he never he knew. He didn't start to fade. The
Speaker 4: brothers got phade. Man, Oh that's ours. Yeah, that don't
Speaker 4: bother me. Oh yeah, that ain't. Ain't mad at that?
Speaker 4: Now you go to that Sammy though, that's sam and
Speaker 4: something else cause that's two different looks.
Speaker 3: Said is SoCal?
Speaker 2: Why did he bleach his skin though? Why did he
Speaker 2: use those products?
Speaker 3: I wonder?
Speaker 2: I do know? Shame shame? He didn't want to be
Speaker 2: his dark skin?
Speaker 3: No? Yeah, why would you bleach yourself?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: He trying to pass, that's what that's what for? A
Speaker 3: little bit la pass? Yeah, look at his eyes, we're.
Speaker 2: Looking at them, s Sammy Solcer.
Speaker 4: Right now I'm talking about man, he just been from
Speaker 4: a black dude to just yeah he damned there albino.
Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, that's that's that's that's he got too strong
Speaker 4: a bleach.
Speaker 3: I don't know if you're down at the bleach though.
Speaker 3: They got levels.
Speaker 2: That's what Tommy said. He used chlorox instead of yeah done,
Speaker 2: no florof when I'll see it.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that's nice.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's such a marked difference from when he
Speaker 1: was on the baseball field until when he started using
Speaker 1: the bleaching cream.
Speaker 3: Excuse me, sad, give me a and give me cracker.
Speaker 2: I'll take that. He was, Sammy, So think I mean
Speaker 2: with a rod and get a tan.
Speaker 3: All right?
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Speaker 1: Do you consider lying by omission the same thing as lying?
Speaker 2: Oh, this is a great question for you, Steve. We'll
Speaker 2: talk about it right after this. You're listening Hard Morning Show.