The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Angela Simmons On Selling Her Cakes, Gun Purse Backlash, Fitness, Southern Accent + More

Episode Date: July 19, 2024

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. We have Angela Simmons. Welcome. Thank you. What's up, big entrepreneur energy?

Hello, hello. Big entrepreneur. You're always doing something. I mean, it was pastry back in the day. Shoes, sneakers. Shoes, sneakers. Now you got clothing line. Funnel cake mix. Funnel cake mix. Fried Oreos with slutty vegan. Pancakes, waffles. It does it all. Damn. They were mad at you about laying in a bed of Oreos in a tub of Oreos though. Why? I don't know. I don't get it. I have no idea why that was my thought. It was nice. Thank you. The internet is just weird. It's a weird place. It's Oreos. First of all, how are you? I'm great. How are you? I am blessed, black, and highly favored. The only person that should have been mad was your daddy, though. Did he get upset because you stole his whole tub flow? Never.

My dad is my biggest supporter. But you brought some Oreos. The reason I'm jumping right into it is because they're still warm right now. You gotta try. Alright, we gotta try these Oreos. Mac, come here, Mac. it is because they're still warm right now. You got to try. All right. We got to try these Oreos. Mac, come here, Mac. We need your truth. Yes, Mac. Mac.

Where Mac at? Mac is our big producer. Mac is the president of the Fat Lives Matter committee. Mac. You bringing them in to try it? We got another order for him. We got an own order just for him. You got an own one just for him?

Right here. Okay, tell me about these first of all now, because they're plant-based Oreos. How? So, Oreos are vegan, and we have a mix that's vegan, and that's our batter. So, there you go. Boom. All right, let's try it.

Try it, Mac. Come on, Mac. I'm going to take a bite. He's a vegan. We doing this live? Maybe we're doing it live. Wait, you know what, guys? Show the belly.

Oh, my gosh. I just have to. They're plant-based, so they're healthy. I don't want to eat now after seeing that. They are healthy, right?, show the belly. Oh, my gosh. I just have to. They're plant-based, so they're healthy. I don't want to eat now. They are healthy, right? I mean, healthy. They're fried. They're better for you than just.

I'll tell you if they're healthy. He could have just put the whole Oreo in his mouth. He trying to eat it like nice for Angela. I'm trying to be cute in front of Angela. Yeah. I don't know. It's fine. What's your review?

You like it? Like it. You had to double take it. They all taste the same. Let me see this one. They all taste the same. They all taste the same. They all taste the same. Okay.

These are good. Thank you. Yeah, these two taste the same. Oh, the third one. Uh-uh. Oh, my goodness. That might be a different flavor. Yes, yes.

There you go. That's the whole box, Mac. You really ate your bottle? Thank you. You want to try mine, too? No, I'm just kidding. I got mine. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I'm good. I'm good. Since when are Oreos vegan? Break it down for them. So Oreos always been vegan. Really? Yeah. But don't they have cream?

The cream is vegan. The whole thing is vegan. I never knew that. Yes. I learned that when I became vegan. I was like, oh, cool. Okay, so you are actually vegan. Yeah.

How long have you been vegan? Well, I was vegetarian first, vegan. It had to be over 15, 16 years long. Wow. And what got you into being vegetarian and vegan? My uncle started it a long time ago when I was really, really young. Showed me some videos of some animals. And I was like, I had to be like 12, I want to say.

And then I was like, I'm not going to eat no more. And I was like, I can't do that. And then I became vegan when I moved to L.A. Did he push it on you? No, really. He was like, look at these videos. And I was like, oh, I feel bad, like for the animals. And then I like became, that's kind of how it started.

You didn't do it cold turkey. No, I didn't. I waited until I got into health and fitness and then I changed it up. Okay. Now, how did you hook up with Pinky? Because you and Pinky hooked up with Slutty Vegan to, I guess you sell these at her restaurants or her spot. So how did y'all hook up?

So Pinky and I have known each other for quite some time. We sat down, we talked, we had this idea on this, this whole idea with this business. And then that was really it. We, that was history from there. And then we just launched right now, as you know, in Slutty Vegan in Harlem, Brooklyn and all the locations. And talk to us about Angela's Cakes.

And how does your daddy feel about this name? He's fine with it. Everybody, daddy. Got it. You he's fine everybody daddy got it yeah make sure everybody got the approval i got the approval i got the approval he likes it yeah he's supportive as well but um yeah i'm vegan we came up with the mix we actually really sat in the kitchen like and like figured out the ingredients did it like we didn't just like find it like we did it i have a lot of footage of that, too, so, you know. Yeah, it says made in a facility that also produces.

Oh, okay, never mind. What? Copacker, you reading the Copacker stuff? Yeah, I'm just reading. I like to read the ingredients because I really don't know the difference between what's vegan and what's not vegan. So, it's no, like, dairy. You know what I mean?

So, there's no milk. There's no eggs. It's strictly vegan. Like, you use, like, oat milk and vegan butter. One thing I love about you, Angela, is that throughout your whole career we've seen you, it's like you're always trying to redefine yourself or reinvent yourself. Was that intentional because you didn't want to just get boxed into the reality TV star thing? Not really.

I just do what I like to do, what I love to do, and, like, I stick to it. So to me, like, when I have a passion for something, I just go for it. I don't really allow anyone else to define that. So that's what I do. Do you have a deal with Oreos? Because I know when you posted the picture in the tub with all the Oreos, people were going at you, oh, my gosh. But then Oreos left a message that was like, we love it.

So I was like, I wonder if she has a deal with Oreos. No, I don't currently have one. Not yet? No. Because they said they had a crush on Angela Simmons. I like that. They should have a crush. It's good.

I just don't understand why people got upset at that picture. It's weird. It's strange. I don't know. Are you and Keke Palmer, y'all real tight in real life? Because she came to your defense. I've known her actually for some time, too. She's been super cool, super supportive, really nice person.

So we cool. I saw you walking your dog and people got mad. Why they mad at that too? I can't walk down. That was cringe. But why did I use that word? What was it? What was you doing that made it cringe?

I was just walking the dog. She was just walking the dog. She wasn't putting up a middle finger. She didn't kick the dog, nothing. She was just walking. And it wasn't even a long video. It was a couple seconds, probably 25. It was so cute.

I would say keep a man. Thank you. Yeah, why don't you just start trolling people on purpose? Maybe get with somebody like Jess. She's good at stuff like that. And y'all just come up with ways to just troll people online. First of all, they really going to hate her. They are really going to hate her if she start doing anything with me.

No. We can make a skit. What are we doing? And even the bag at the BET Awards. You had the gun bag. People were mad about that. But that was considered fashion most people people do that all the time yeah I mean for me to apologize for that one why yeah well I only apologize because I felt like you know it offended some people and for me I mean people were offended people were in their feelings about

it and for me I just liked the bag I thought it was nice it's a green bag I'm on the carpet I'm gonna explain exactly what happened I'm on the carpet. I'm going to explain exactly what happened. I'm on the carpet. I take some photos. The paparazzi, like all of the camera, you know, they seen the bag. They said they like it. I'm at the end of the carpet. They're like, point it here. We want to see it. I'm clearly smiling. I mean, personally, I am affected by gun violence. So I'm not no shape or form promoting that. You know what I mean? Like I deal with that every day with my son. You know what I mean? So that's not something I'm promoting but I liked it I thought it was cool I liked the bag it was green and with my dress it was different it's not classic it's being with Gotti and like I don't know going to Memphis what

inspired you to have the gun-shaped purse maybe no it's a gangsta no I literally just I literally just like the purse I thought the purse was like cool and different you know like for me I don't want to do what everybody else doing I just do what I like to do and I thought the purse was like cool and different. You know, like for me, I don't want to do what everybody else is doing. I just do what I like to do and I thought that it matched the dress and it was different than a classic clutch. I didn't like that you apologized though because I'm like, what are you apologizing for? Just, I didn't, because I don't

like to upset anyone. You know what I mean? Like if you're offended or think I was trying to promote gun violence, I'm not. You know what I mean? So I'm just like true to that and true to who I am. So that's the only reason I did it reason I could have been promoting second amendment rights though like I'm I'm from I'm 2a all day I believe in my second amendment right so it's like who knows I mean they read it wrong I feel like the media just painted a picture that they wanted to and it's not true it's not even who I am you know that's just not how I am would you wear it again I don't think it's necessary

you know they seen it I mean I thought it was necessary. She did it once already. I think, you know, they seen it. I mean, I thought it was cool in the moment. I liked the purse and that was it. It was really simple. Like, I didn't mean nothing else by it. All of these rappers that be in music videos with guns and promoting guns and they're going to get mad at Angela Simmons and Angela Simmons has to apologize. Come on.

It's different. It's definitely different. It is different. It's definitely different. It is different. They're rappers. They rap about shooting guns and everything, even if they don't. That's a different life. She's, you know, I get why she apologizes. I'm just, I'm not about that life.

That's just not me. Like, I literally just thought it was a nice purse at the time, and it matched the dress. It was green. It wasn't the regular purse you would wear with it. I don't know. That was my, that's all I got for that. How much does social media impact you in moments like that? Because, you know, people, like you just said,

people are online saying, oh, you know, she lost her ex-fiance to gun violence, so she should be more cautious. Like, did that really get to you? To me, it's like I'm living that, right? Like, that's my everyday thing. My son's asking what happened to his dad. My son's looking it up.

Like, I go through that. So it's like, that's my real life. And then, like, whatever people, like, paint online is on them. I normally don't even, like, I just don't talk and address whatever people say. It doesn't affect me because I've been around it so long. Like, I'm used to people having their own opinion. Like, I know who I am, so I don't, it don't affect me. I only said so because I was like, all right, it's out of control, it's out of hand.

Like, let me just say what it is, you know what I mean? But that, to me, it doesn't affect me in that way did you get so big in the physical fitness because it does help with your mental and emotional oh 100 helps yeah but i got into it really young because i wanted to just lose weight and then i realized how much it helps me like i don't like to miss too many days like two days missed i'm like i gotta get there you know you've been one of those people that really showed your body in all the transformation, you know, whether you're losing weight or whatever it is. What put you in that mind frame?

Because, you know, social media, you know, you could feel that they would try to kill you, but you don't care. Whatever your body is or whatever day it is, you will post and you will, you know, show your transformation or your workout regimen. So what put you in that mind frame? I just think people should be real, like whatever it is. Like if that's how you look at the moment, that's you at just share it and just be honest just be open like to me like that's where I I just felt like it's best like I'm not gonna lie to you like this where I'm at today maybe somewhere else tomorrow but I don't I don't mind being transparent and I think there are a lot of people out there that feel the pressure to look a certain way and do certain things like no like be who you are in a

moment and if you want to get better do it that's it that's all you can do like that's how i feel about it now i was joking before but did did you did you ask your pops about the tub thing or was that just you paying homage or did he say anything to you no i actually just did it it was the idea of mine and khalilah my partner who's actually in here. And I just, we thought it was cool. Like, we were like, we're putting out fried Oreos. What else would you do except bathe in Oreos? You know what I mean? Like, it's a cool idea. So, I didn't think

nothing else of it. And then, obviously, it came up and people were like, your dad. And I'm like, well, it is true. I mean, my dad has and does sit in the tub. So, I mean, but, no, I didn't, like, even think about it like that. I just thought it was cool people forget your age because people keep saying you know like what about your dad but they don't know that you're in your 30s you know they're like do they think that you're still a teenager

like he said did your dad like i feel like you know it being on runs house and growing up on runs house in 17 it's like they stuck somewhere over there like i'm not 18 i'm not 17 like i'm grown grown but they do like i think they forget and then on top of that i think a lot of times people because of where i come from they prejudge before like knowing me i mean obviously no one really truly knows me except my people but like on social they think they know me like you shouldn't be doing that why like that's me i'm grown that's what i do you know i'm gonna tell you he's been in the South because I hear accident Is yes, probably my man Got it of your man or your what and only people to have like a crush on you he's had a crush on me

he said that in a song how did it go from a bar in a song to a full blown relationship I don't know

we got here that was years ago and then just cut to like we together like it's pretty real what was it like did you

were you was you crushing on him too or was it just like did he try to hey what's up this is Ramses Jha and I go by the name Q Ward and we'd like you to join us Was it like, did you, were you, was you crushing on him too? Or was it just like, did he try to hit you? Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward.

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change of plans on the iHeartRadio app apple podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts you up keep on hitting you up nah he wasn't like that he wasn't like that we had no like you wasn't like that he was oh my gosh you can't take my pass but now he wasn't like hitting me up all the time or nothing like that like we had seen each other previously went to dinner like which is cool you know what I mean and then after we hung, like, whenever that was,

like two years ago almost, like, we just never stopped hanging. And then, like, we was together. He was together. We were together. What was your reaction? Y'all get me for my accent. You're not New Yorker. What is this?

You about to do a country album or something? I can't even help it. She can't help it. It's just me now. I don't know. It's a part of me. It's me now. What was your reaction when you saw the video of Gotti answering your call during an interview?

I thought that was cute. I mean, if he wasn't going to answer it, okay, just hit me when you're done. But I thought that was cool. Did you think to yourself, he really likes me? Yeah. He really loves me. Okay. Yeah.

Okay. Okay. She said, like, she's mean. Okay. I love. Is Gotti the one? yeah he really loves me yeah okay okay okay it's got either one yeah for sure so you want to get married and all of that yeah definitely yeah okay yeah i'm too old to be playing games i'm in it and that is a good that is the thing you know when we had him up here we had we was talking to him about it he said he hadn't uh he hadn't really sat down and had a conversation with your father yet. So, do you feel men have to get dad's approval? For sure.

My dad likes him, though. He does. So, I mean, for sure. I think a man should always go to a father. And I'm daddy's girl. So, for sure. I'm going to tell you something. He look like a part of the family.

He look like a part of the family? He got the head shape. He does. He does. Tell me I'm lying. of the family he looked like a part of it he got the he got the the head shape he does in the league of his own he do not have no not Not in the league of his own? Jesus Christ. No, I'm saying, like, you know, he got his own shape going on. How you gonna try and put... No, no, no, no, no. It's not like that.

You don't look related. Why was it important for you to make your son CEO of his father's company? Well, first of all, my son likes business already. He's already, like, a little mini hustler.

He wants to know how to make money, get his own. Like, he's just... That's just who he is. But his father actually left that company in his name and when his father was here he helped build up that company so I want him to know what his father left for him and so and he's ready he's like I wanna go to work I'm trying to go every day I got ideas how old is he shirts he's 7 Wow he just likes that stuff like he's into it into the sneakers he's into the

things that his father was into but his dad left it for him. So I wanted him to know that this is available for you, and they're still building it up. His partner, Ivan, actively runs it. But, you know, I wanted him to know that that's an option. How is Gotti with him? Because Gotti has a great business mind, and that's somebody that definitely, I'm sure, can teach him a couple of things about a couple of hundred millions and stuff. Yeah, he's great with him.

Like, he sat him down. Cause actually likes, like he wants to do gaming YouTube. He just has ideas. Like he sat him down before and showed him his plaques with the YouTube stuff. And he was like, okay. You know,

like my son just processes information, but he's good with him. He's really good with him. What's up with your sister, Vanessa? Cause you know, even with the pastries, we always saw y'all together doing business.

Is she involved in any of these new entrepreneurial? We got some other stuff we working on on so we got some cool stuff when when we ready we come back but she's good i'm always with my sister they're always like where's vanessa i'm like around it's my family of course speaking of your baby boy do you want more kids um eventually i think yeah when the time makes sense but for now i'm like I'm cool God's time God's absolutely yeah do you do you rely on like you know your siblings for support and comfort like you know in those moments when social media is coming at you or there might be some pressure do you like the funny part is like they know me like that stuff don't affect me like I don't it don't do like they might hit me like

you straight I'm like of course I'm straight but like um I always rely I rely on them whenever i need them you know what i mean if i need to call them for something for sure or vice versa absolutely man you and god he gonna do atl too this is like the new new new does your family say anything about you yeah everybody does i don't i don't even i've never seen this before this is no you gotta but i don't even hear it. I've never seen this before. No, you got a black-skinned accent. But I don't even hear myself. But I literally think once I started dating him, like, it just, who knows? If anybody closed their eyes, they would swear you from the South. For real?

Like, you're a New Yorkie. Don't say that because they used to say my accent from New York was so strong, you can't tell me I'm a New Yorker. Oh, no, that changed. You don't hear it? Hear it? You don't hear it? I can't hear it over the music. Oh, my gosh. You don't hear it? Hear it? You don't hear it? I can't hear it over the music.

Oh, my gosh. I can't hear it. She ain't say her. She ain't say her. Yeah, I ain't say her. It's almost there. Almost. It's almost there.

The herbs. I know you got a love for herbs. I love herbs. I do. Are you going to do anything with herbs? Yeah, I've talked to a couple of them. Introduce herbs to our culture? I love herbs.

I've naturally just healed myself a lot with anxiety and different things I suffered with over years. And so to me, I like to share information for sure. So what do you do? You sit down with, I don't know what you call them, plantologists? Different wellness coaches, different naturopaths, herbal doctors. I just love it because it heals you and it's natural. It's like there's no better way. What's the last thing that you discovered that really changed something?

You said about anxiety, I think. Oh, anxiety. So there's just different stuff. But adrenals, I can go too far. But everyone's adrenals, it's really important. So I have different things that really help for nighttime, daytime. There's a lot of different routes you can take. I like a lot.

I have a plethora of herbs. I literally have an herbal library. I'm really just into it. Is that why Gotti's skin was glowing? He was just up here yesterday. When was he gone? Last week. Last week, yeah.

His skin was glowing? Yeah. Could be. What you giving him? I got different stuff. He thinks I'm a little, you know, like I overdo it. So he's like, what is this? I'll come with the whole layout.

Like take this, this, that, that. I should go on to this, that. Like I just be having it laid out. But that's good that he's open to it though, you know. To a degree. He thinks I'm a little crazy, but yeah, to a degree. He thinks you crazy for being in the plant? No, because you got to imagine, I might be overwhelming when you come with a whole lot of them.

And I'm coming with everything. So this is for this and this is for that. You need to take this and you got to take that. I just believe in taking things preventative medicine more than treating something first. You should be preventative more than anything. Are you the person who tries to change everybody's lifestyle around you since you're vegan? I share information. I don't think that it's best to be forceful so i'm like look this is what i learned or this is what i know and whatever you do with it it's totally on you you had dinner

and you know you're paying the bill and people ordering meat do you pay for the food or not i don't pay if you order pork and i'm paying i'm not you? No but I just don't eat pork So you gotta get something else So you gotta pay for yourself That's right I just let people do what they do I'll tell you But again I'll give you my information

What I do and don't do But I just I don't I don't go so far And how was eating with Gotti Because Gotti eats meat balls right? Yeah he eats Whoa

Meat balls I wanted to pause on him Because I didn't want to do that To my guy Gotti It sounds like you said Gotti eats meatballs. I said meatballs. I said pause.

Why would you pick meatballs out of everything? Oh, God. Jesus Christ. I said meatballs. What's going on? Oh, you know what? Forget it. And you know, you've heard the,

of course you've heard the one. Yeah. Of Gotti's album. He said that song was inspired by you. That's what he told us. Yeah. What do you think? How did you feel when you heard it?

It was cool. We shot a video. We were in Greece and we traveled and shot it in Dubai, the video for that. But I liked it. I think I was in the studio a lot around that time with him when he was recording. So I thought it was cute.

It's just cute. I like it. Yo, her little blessings are so cute. No, I just love it. I love everything that, you know, I just like seeing y'all grow. You know what I'm saying? Because I feel like we literally grew up watching y'all on television. It's unbelievable.

It's absolutely unbelievable. So what's next for Angela and her entrepreneurial efforts? Angela's pushing Angela's cakes. That's my main thing is getting them, you know, in the stores, which I'm working on and putting them where it got to go and just growing it, growing the brand, continuing on my wellness path. Always got some other stuff up my sleeve. Ain't no hold up.

Leave a little. Did you hear it then? Yes. My God. Which one was it? Everything. Wow. Now, if Gotti comes up here talking New York,

then that's just total something. Oh, my God. He ain't coming with New York. See, he didn't influence me. It's his accent probably on me. Is Miss LaBelle an influence to everything you're doing? She's awesome. I love what she does.

So she'll always be an influence. I would say I just love the way she does. It's a legend. I just wonder who you reached out to to talk to about doing these things. You know, Pinky's been really my mentor in the space with us because she's doing the food business and she's doing it well. So that's been somebody my mentor in the space with us because she's doing the food business and she's doing it well.

So that's been somebody that I really reached out to for a lot of information. Oh, so you reached out to her? Yeah, Pinky's great. So you saw what she was doing with Slutty Vegan? Yeah, and we sat down, talked, pow-wow, had that damn... We sat down and talked and pow-wow. New Yorkers don't say pow-wow!

Oh, my God! Jesus! Jesus Christ! Look, this is going to go viral, too. New York is gonna say powwow. Oh my God. Jesus. Jesus Christ. Look, this is gonna go viral too. They're gonna be lying. Ain't no accent you can sell me, Angela. All right? My God.

This is insane. It is. It's heavy like that. Yes. Who's the first person that pointed that out to you? Because it can't be us. No, it's heavy. No, you're not.

I keep hearing it. Now when I'm, they're like, where are you? The South? What happened? I'm like, dang, is that bad? I didn't know that it could influence. It just happened. Where are you spending most of your time nowadays?

I'm in a couple places. You know, I'm in New York. I'm in Atlanta. I'm in Miami. Yeah. They're my hubs. No, no. You think I'm somewhere else? Where you think I am? I don't feel like you need to pick up an accent. He think you be in Miami. Yeah. They're my hubs. No. No. You think I'm somewhere else?

Where you think I am? Because I don't feel like you need to pick up an accent. He think you be in Memphis. Yes. You don't pick up an accent in those places. He's just my man. He is. I don't know what to say.

He's just my man. It don't even really sound Memphis, though. It sound like Atlanta, like down south, Mississippi. No, it ain't Atlanta. It don't sound like Atlanta, neither. That don't sound like Memphis like that, though. That's not Atlanta. I'm just not picking up the words like y'all think.

The words is Memphis. The music. Like, you think that's not going to fully happen. But it's definitely. What's your favorite artist right now? This is how we're going to do it. I like a lot of artists. I'm trying to think of my playlist right now.

I like that song, Lotto, Big Mama. I like Glow's music, of course. You just missing two Souths. Keep going. Two Souths. So you're saying that's where it's coming from? That's what I'm saying. I'm just saying.

You know, I'm from the Souths. I love it. Oh, I like Tyler. I love her stuff. Okay. Oh, Tyler. Yeah. I love that album.

You know, I like a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Okay. Say, yo, deadass B. Yo, deadass B. Nah. What'd you mean, no? What that mean? It's wrong?

Nah, that wasn't it. Yo, deadass B? Nah. That was a little... She sound like a southerner trying to sound like New York. No. You sound like Drake trying to sound like he from New York. Nah, chill.

See, nah, that was New York. That was New York. Nah, chill. You can't say I sound like I'm from somewhere else. like he from New York. Nah, chill. See, nah, that was New York. That was New York. Nah, chill. Nah, chill. You can't say I sound like I'm from somewhere else. I'm from New York. Y'all tripping. Angela Simmons, ladies and gentlemen.

Listen, where can we get Angela's Cakes? Eatangelascakes.com. Damn. Damn, what? You ass. You got to prove that and ref. That a ref? I'm just telling y'all to eat the cake.

Damn. Alright, well if you want to eat Angela's cakes, go to eatangelacakes.com. And you can get the fried plant-based Oreos from Slutty Vegans. Yes, you can. Any Slutty Vegans. Any Slutty Vegans. We are live for the next three months. There's two of them, right? There's one in Atlanta, one in Brooklyn. There's multiple. There's one in Harlem. This came from Harlem, right?

This came from Harlem. It's Harlem, Brooklyn, Chicago. She's in LA. We all love Pizzeria Kalila. They a lot of places. Let me look. I'm hyped to announce that she finally opened up. She's opening up Bar Vegan in Baltimore. Yeah, we actually did a launch last night at Bar Vegan.

We did it in Atlanta. We were in Atlanta last night. We did it in Lawrenceville and we're also in the Bar Vegan in Ponce yeah that's dope so that she serves it with ice cream over there

yeah she got a bunch of them I did not know that I mean I knew she had a few I didn't know she had all of these Jonesboro Edgewood

Gwinnett Birmingham Brooklyn oh no my baby doing her thing Harlem yes Atlanta Brave Stadium

Georgia Tech Dallas yes Spelman Bleaker Street you'll fit right in in Dallas Angela that's what they should

have you go that's what you're saying that's where we go yeah you go to Doodee in the morning on K104 you can fit right in over there

I'll just like them that's just like Jesus Christ alright well Angela Simmons we appreciate you for joining us I'm making it worse

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