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She girl Jaz Tyler.

Happy Tuesday Milwaukee.

Happy Bronzeville Week.

I hope you guys had an amazing evening.

It's Taco Tuesdays.

Make sure you pop out.

Summer 85, I got some tacos.

Welcome to Tapton.

We got some special guests in the building.

One of my favorite people in this city, in this world, all the women cogs.

And Kaleigh.

Hey Kaleigh.

How you feeling?

I'm all right.

You all right?

A little more Kaleigh.

First and foremost, I have to say I was at Brownsville Fest this past Sunday and it was off the chain.

Like every every aspect of it from the gospel stage to the main stage to the youth stage.

The fool was incredible.

The artists that performed were incredible to see people I haven't seen in so long.

It was truly good.

And Liz, let me tell you Beth got down on that gumbo.

I was like, okay, Ben, I see you at the Beach Cobbler.

But yeah, it's Bronzeville Fest.

It was amazing.

I know that there's a host of events throughout this entire week.

Can we tap into that a little bit?

Yeah.

During Bronzeville Week, we have 25 different events throughout the whole week that goes through August 8th.

Later today, we'll have the Taco Tuesdays as summer of 85.

tomorrow we have the Brownsville business breakfast at the America's Black Holocaust Museum from 8.30 to 10.

And then we have Rooted and Natural, which I'll leave that to Kayleigh to speak to that.

I'm from 12 to 4, Alamo.

Then we have Line Dancing with Lady...

J. Janay, 4 to 6 p.m.

on Garfield Avenue between MLK and Val Phillips.

And if it rains, it'll be inside the thrive on building.

Thursday, we have stuff like Kool-Aid and Canvas for the young kids at MLK Library at 12 o'clock.

So if you got kids, please bring them through so that they can paint.

And we have National

Night

Out at Carver Park.

And then we had a bronzer with trolley rides.

So people who want to see what bronzer really

looks like

now and get a little bit of the history while seeing some of the great new developments and hearing more about those.

The first trolley ride is at 330.

The second one is at five o'clock.

I encourage people to get there early because the trolley fills up.

But it will be outside of America's Black Holocaust Museum.

And it's just more and more stuff on Friday.

And then on Saturday, we end, of course, with together we dream the Bronzeville Art Walk, which is a capstone gallery of all the artists that are on display at the different restaurants and shops in Bronzeville throughout the week.

And then there's also High Hearts, a mono series at 6.30, which will be at Alamo.

And that's our last event of the time.

I also

want

to say a special shout out for pancakes and poetry.

Yeah, because it'll be hosted by Mario the poet at

9

30 a.m.

And we take over King Drive in front of rising grind cafe at

27 27

North Dr. MLK that's between center and Hadley.

The reason I want to give a special shout out is because it will be the last day the last day.

that rise and grind will be open.

So not

only will you get some free breakfast, be around good people, and hear some really great poetry and spoken word, but it is like a celebration of the 10 years that they've been servicing the community.

Let's, you know,

send them out

with a bang.

Yeah, shout out to Babani.

In the past, poetry is just super dope anyways.

There's always super dope vibes.

I remember a few weeks ago, you mentioned that your cousin was doing an exhibit, The Welcome Home, and I got a chance to see that, and it was so dope inside of the Black Holocaust Museum.

And we have Ms.

Kalei has her first, this is your first event?

Yes.

Yes, come on, now let's talk about it.

So you're doing a hair slash fashion show, right?

It's more like a hair walk.

Hair walk, okay.

Hair walk, hair expo.

Break it down for me, so this is your first event.

Yeah.

How did you come up with this event and what do you like most about planning this event?

Well, you know, I've always done my own natural hair.

You know, my mama got her silk press.

My father's bald.

I

work with what I can.

And I also feel like there is a lot to say about people who don't know how to take care of their hair.

don't have that connection, like I and I know a few other young people do.

And I want people to, you know, find that connection within themselves when it comes to their natural hair.

Yeah.

And I do think that there's something to say about how it relates to the mental health in the black community, especially Milwaukee.

Yes.

So what can we expect from this event?

I was going to be fired,

but.

I really just want y'all to join us for a celebration of beauty, culture, and self-care at our event because tomorrow, August 5th, I'll emote from 12 to 4.

Everybody's going to learn that caring about your hair isn't just about style.

It's about confidence, connection, protecting your peace and mental wellness.

And, you know, everybody's going to be there to enjoy expert stylists with the live demonstrations, food, wellness conversations, local vendors, a free raffle giveaway, and a black hair show with all ages.

Yes.

And who's DJing?

Homer Blow.

Come on now.

Malayla, I'm looking at K-Lay like Malayla number two.

How does it feel to work side by side with her and allow her to create her own events now that she older inside of Brownsville?

You

know, this was a project that she wanted to do and it would have happened even if we didn't have Brownsville.

blessed and happy to be able to provide the platform to the later foundation to support what she was already going to do anyway.

I think you said Malala number two, but I always say, you know, for all of us, once we had kids, you want them to be better.

And I can honestly say that she has surpassed, you

know, where

I was at her age.

And

so I think that

It is indeed an honor to sit and watch and I can't wait till tomorrow to see how it goes because she has for years supported me

in all of these

events and been a little helper and all of that kind of thing.

So seeing her do something that's close to her heart for particularly geared towards other young

people

is such an important issue.

I'm really proud to see her whole process, how she's making it happen.

And I'm glad that it could be a part of Brownsville.

So you get to run your mama around.

There's a running around helping our Bronswell.

You get to tell her what to do now.

A little bit.

I want it done this way.

I want it done that way.

So, to all the youth out there tomorrow, Wednesday, August 5th, K.L.A.'

's event, Rooted in Natural at Alamo, 1942 North Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, an indoor, outdoor community experience of learning, confidence, and healing through natural hair, full music, live hair demonstration, and more.

Please make sure that you guys pop out as for all ages.

It is a free event, but most importantly, we have to make sure that we are supporting our youth, especially for an event like this because it is, it does matter.

Our hair has everything to do with confidence, mental health, all of the above.

I think that what you're doing is amazing.

And I would love to see, you know, more of it.

Do you plan to do this often or is this just like a one time?

You know,

I'm just starting out.

I'm trying to figure it out.

So do you take an interest in doing events like planning events or is it just this

is I Don't want to say that this is my first time because you know, I've grown up watching her even though.

She's my mom She's still like my mentor.

Yeah, so, you know, she

leads by example, but you know, with my school, I have followed under, I'm the president of our Black Student Union at my school, and we have planned events like the Black Excellence Conference with NPS.

So you know, this isn't really my first time with this rodeo, and honestly, I hope to do many more.

What do you expect, what type of impact do you want to have on...

People your age when it comes to these type of events.

I want to show them that they can do it that Even though sometimes people may think that these spaces and places aren't for them Yeah, and that there may be people preventing them on their journey There's nothing that is stopping them from being great from getting out here and doing all the things that they want to do to help others and for the benefit of others

Absolutely, so what does natural hair?

What does your hair mean to you?

Well, how does it define you?

Honestly, I think it shows my heritage, my culture, my roots, my ancestry.

And I love my hair.

I really do love my hair.

Yes.

Do you be doing your mommy hair too?

Sometimes.

Yeah.

She does?

Yeah.

The twist.

Oh, yeah.

The twist be real cute.

So you just growing up doing everything, Kayleigh.

There's also a fashion show coming up to Thursday as well, right?

Yeah, and we do have Kennedy in the building.

We should get her in here.

Yeah, she got her project.

She can she most definitely can't come back.

So she's Kennedy is over the fashion show, right?

OK, OK, perfect.

So again, tomorrow, rooted in natural from 12 to 1 p.m.

at Alamode 1942 North, Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.

This is a free event.

And it's indoor and outdoor, right?

Yep.

Okay.

And then we're going to bring Kennedy in after break so that we can discuss the fashion show as well.

I'm interested in his line dance and I ain't got no rhythm, but...

It's fun.

It's our second year doing it.

It's fun.

I want to try that out and I most definitely want to check out the Brownsville Farmers Market.

I want to go in and check that out too.

And possibly the softball game.

It's so much to choose from.

We want to see all this this week at all of these events to celebrate Bronzeville.

I remember working in your office and seeing all the work you put in to.

not just this festival, but just Bronzeville your district overall.

So to see where it is now is so amazing.

I'm excited for you guys.

I really am.

We have to go to break to pay some bills.

When we come back, we are going to tap into the fashion show with Kennedy.

Do not touch that down.

She girl, Jazz Tyler.

One-on-one point seven in truth.

This is girl jazz Tyler.

We are live and direct and we have some special guests in the building Order woman Malay late cogs order woman Malay late eight cogs is here Kalei is here and Kennedy is here.

We're talking about Bronzeville week This past Sunday Bronzeville Fest was amazing.

There was so many different vendors so many different performances Shout out to the Howard Fuller students all of the students who won all of the youth

Kayleigh mentioned that she has an event tomorrow rooted in natural from 12 p.m.

to 4 p.m.

at Alamoad 1942 North Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.

This is a free event.

This is a hair show.

Can we talk about that again Kayleigh before we happen to the fashion show?

So the hair show is generally a hair expo talking about the correlation between

Black mental health and black hair.

And it's really just an event about open conversations, with a panel discussion, food, live hair demonstrations with expert stylists, and a free giveaway.

Yes, come on out.

I know y'all like free stuff.

And, Kennedy, you have a fashion show on Thursday.

Yes, I have a fashion show event happening during Bronzeville Week at the America's Black Holocaust Museum.

Doors open at 6.30 p.m.

Showtime starts strictly at 7 p.m.

We have a lot of local designers, local vendors who will be present.

It's definitely gonna be an event to remember.

Yeah, so is this something that you do often?

Are you into fashion?

What's

your background?

Yes, I am.

I am into fashion.

I have a business Ken Vogue LLC where I do go and do shows in Chicago.

I've done shows in LA and then I like to do my own production shows here back at home in Milwaukee.

I'm just taking that experience from all over and what I've learned and just applying it here to the city and the events that I throw with this upcoming Bronzeville event, of course, which is super, super, super fun doing, just connecting with models and different designers and local vendors.

Of course, like I mentioned previously before, not only I do have another production coming up as well on August the 21st, as well as Sip and Shred events, my third personal production.

So not new to this

kind of true to

this

thing.

So what do you hope to get out of this event as far as the impact?

Absolutely.

So kind of a culture meets couture.

So kind of just expressing ourselves in fashion and then just applying it to the culture and just intertwining both and just showing people like, hey, you know, you can show up with good

feel

good because that's what fashion is all about.

Yes.

What is your guys's favorite thing about Bronzeville Week?

The history, just the history and how it just impacts now into our future.

The history of Bronzeville and itself, just learning about the different communities that take up the Bronzeville area.

I know yesterday we had a standing on the Giants.

Or I think

that's

yeah standing on the Giants when we talked about the Hallyard Park neighborhood and the Harambe neighborhood and just surrounding areas and I could recall as a little girl growing up going to Garfield days on my mom and my cousin in the neighborhood we used to go and play at the park In the Harambe neighborhood my great-great-grandmother.

We own a house on 4th and Loki still growing up in that neighborhood and

playing in the neighborhood with the kids and just being a part of the community, I think is what just is most important about Bronzeville.

Yes.

What about you, Kayleigh?

What's your favorite thing?

I would say pouring back into the community.

Yeah.

Like I, this morning when we had the panel discussion at Bronzeville kitchen, I believe I really watched a lot of people speak about how much we appreciate the amount of.

thoughts and time and effort and ideas and creativity that go into the development in Bronzeville and how we can pursue that in the future and how much we can pour into the next generation.

And I watched a lot of really good people speak on that today.

Yeah, so auto woman cogs again, I know before we went to break I was mentioning just watching the journey of you building Brownsville district overall.

Can you tap into the courtness of where Brownsville is and all of the things that has happened like the process throughout the years?

My predecessor Mike McGee Jr.

I have to give him all the credit.

for legislatively recreating Bronzeville.

We all know the Bronzeville Ode, the place for black

commerce that

because of urban renewal, some people believe because of the highway was destroyed.

When the

highway came through, urban renewal was done.

In 2005, he legislatively created the new Bronzeville.

I was elected in 2008.

There had been a lot of community meetings and visioning sessions and all of that.

But the general feeling in the community, at least that was told to me, was people who felt like it wasn't real.

Because I believe that people have to see, touch, and feel the chance.

And so although there have been much effort with meetings and legislation, people

need

to see.

So I committed, when I got elected in 2008, that

I wasn't

responsible for what happened before

I

got there.

But while I'm here, I'm going to work diligently to make it a reality.

And I've been able to do that over the past 18 years with an ability to collaborate with so many great stakeholders and people.

And you know, from being

in the

office, none of this would be possible.

None of the

bronzer you see when you go down the best king drive in the nation.

And all the

changes you see and development you see would be possible

if it

wasn't for.

So many other folks who poured in and use their gifts and talents and believed in the vision enough to be able to do it.

But we had a battle over King Drive in North.

The community was promised MLK supermarket.

A full service grocery store with fresh fruits and vegetables.

And then somehow it shifted.

And a Dollar Tree sign went up.

And a countdown.

A Dollar Tree open.

Stuff on the shelves,

workers in there and everything.

And I still buy the community and fought alongside community for what they deserved and what they were promised and what it needed in a grocery store.

And, you know, through our fight and protests and everything, ultimately Dollar Tree isn't there.

Then the search went for a new grocery store and I give props to President of the Council.

Jose Perez, because he came to me and he said, you looking for a grocery store still?

I was like,

yeah, he said, let me

introduce you to Pete's fruit market.

And that introduction led to what you now see as Pete's.

But that combination of friends and stakeholders and neighbors, we were talking about how we can't just fight against what we don't want to see.

We have to begin to uplift the good that we see and help others

to see the

possibility that we saw.

And we thought about how to do that.

So we was like, well, we'll do a Brownsville day.

We'll do a Brownsville weekend.

And that whole conversation ended with us

doing,

we say Brownsville week, but it's really eight days.

Saturday to

Saturday, the first Saturday in August to the second Saturday in August.

Eight days full of activities and events to get people to come to Brownsville to see and experience what we know, the beauty that we know of the arts, the culture and the commerce.

And for five years, we did it as a group.

called Friends of Bronzeville, but it started getting so big.

We eventually made it an official City of Milwaukee event.

And so for the last 11 years, it's been

an

official City of Milwaukee event.

And for this year, our sponsors, our City of Milwaukee Bader, Thrive On, Safe Summer Collective, Visit, Archwell, Athena Communications, Historic King Drive Bend, and several others.

But again, we wouldn't be able to do

all

this if it wasn't for it and make it free

for

the public if it wasn't for the help and support of all of those sponsors.

Yes.

So I don't want to make it heavy, but I do just want to, you know, say rest in peace to Akua because Akua was a huge, huge part of Bronzeville and working this in and out.

And I know this year was different for you and a lot of people who may or may not know, but for those who don't know,

That's, you know, that's a lot.

It's a lot for when someone is there to do everything and then they're not there and you still have to push forward and you did it.

You pushed for it through this year.

You got through it.

The events has been amazing thus far.

I know the rest of the week is going to continue to be amazing as well.

And then the team, I see y'all right around on a golf course.

They help out working, yes, outside working.

But

I do want to say something on a cooler tip.

Although she's not here with us in the physical, I do believe her spirit is riding with us.

And the team, we talk about almost every day.

We talk about her and the feeling of her being with us.

Because again, this is a cultural experience

too, right?

And what I noticed, the day at the festival was gloomy.

There

were some challenges

with the vendor setups and stuff and all of that.

And it just felt like everything was

not

going the way that we would have wanted.

And then we did the opening ceremony.

And normally Brother Teju does the libation for

us.

You

always want the ancestors to come be with us as we celebrate.

And unfortunately he wasn't there at the time of the ceremony.

But we went on and it just didn't feel right.

And you know, normally I get up there and do my welcome and I

can't

hear you.

Like we said, the whole, it just didn't feel right.

I didn't know why and I thought about it.

And it was because we had, in my mind, it was because we didn't pour a libation.

And I've never poured a libation publicly.

I've only done it at home.

But I was like, I don't care.

It needs to happen here today.

And I called all the friends of Brownsville and all the team up on the stage because I also wanted to use it as the time.

For us to honor a cool because she's one of the founders of Browns a week along with us and you're right She filled the gaps that we didn't even know she was feeling

yeah,

and it showed with all the work that we thought just happens But really it was her and we've had to pick up that slack But in that moment where we were all able to like pay that tribute to her and bring the ancestors including her.

Yeah

So there it's crazy.

It was gloomy, right?

The sun came

up and it was

hot.

The

clouds went away and the energy just shifted.

Yes.

And that

has continued throughout the throughout the week.

You

know, I'm always worried are people going to come?

Yeah.

Is

this going to happen?

Is that going to happen?

Each event.

Yeah.

Then

after event has been has been great.

And I just encourage folks to look at the schedule.

You can get a copy of the schedule.

by looking at our Bronze Week Facebook page or Instagram.

You can also go to Milwaukee dot gov four slash Brownsville and look at the events and pick something.

Yes, come and bring somebody with you.

Lastly, I'm going to say this.

Uncoolest passing shows us mortality, right?

We all think we're gonna be young forever.

And we've been doing this

for 16 years.

I want this work to continue and I realize we can't be the only ones doing

it.

Our

generation can't be the only ones doing

it.

So we pay particular interest in making sure that some young people have the support and the platform to be able to do their own events.

And

we're gonna keep doing that into the future and for the festivals, just so people know.

Every year, youth vendors under 18.

are free.

So we really are trying to find ways for young people to get the experience so that someday it ain't gonna be me sitting

here,

somebody else sitting here,

way younger,

talking about what they're doing to help promote Brownsville.

This is just the beginning and I appreciate both

Kaleigh and Kennedy being willing to use their time, their talents and their network to help promote the future

of

Bronzeville and all that it has to offer.

And Kaleigh, she's doing the lit with lay on Friday.

She's a young professional dancer and she really has poured a lot into her event as well.

But there are the three young people that

We chose to highlight in a major way.

It's other young people that have done great stuff during the week as well.

But we put a whole lot into these three.

Because their proposals, their idea, what they want us to do, is so fitting with what Brownsville is about that we definitely wanted to help give them that platform.

They came with it.

So before we end, because I know y'all have a hard stop at 430, can you just shout out the dates and times and locations again?

Wednesday, tomorrow, August 5th, for the Rooted and Natural Expo from 12 to 4 at Ala Mode, which is 1942 North MLK Drive.

Kennedy?

Yes, and then we have the Bronzeville Fashion Show event taking place on August the 6th.

It's upcoming Thursday.

Doors open at 6.30 p.m.

Showtime, 7 p.m.

at America's Black Holocaust Museum.

That address is 401 West North Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53212.

And then we also have, we,

Lytton Roswell, shout out to Kalea, 5 to 8 p.m.

at Salute Society 2372 North MLK Drive.

Ottawa McCoggs, thank you so much for...

All that you do, not just Bronzeville, but there's so much that you do for continuously being a pillar in the community, showing up for the youth, showing up for all of us, and we appreciate you.

And I wish y'all success.

I am going to try my hardest to make it, but I'm going to push the people y'all away.

All right?

Thank you.

No problem.

We got to go to break.

Do not touch that dial.

It should grow.

Jazz

Tyler.

One

on one point seven the truth that you grow jazz Tyler.

We are live and direct Happy Tuesday Milwaukee is taco Tuesday.

It is going down.

Um, I know that they're having an event for Brownsville week this evening at summer of 85.

Um, seven to nine p.m.

Tuesday tacos and games.

Um, game night music bingo trivia chess dominoes.

All of the above shout out to auto woman cogs her daughter Kayleigh and Kennedy.

They just stopped by for a quick interview to update us on Bronzeville week and all of the things that they have going on.

This year is the first year that Kayleigh is doing the rooted in natural hair show at Alamo 1942 North.

Dr. Martin Luther King drive from 12 p.m.

to 4 p.m.

This is an indoor and outdoor community experience of.

open learning, confidence in healing through natural hair, full music, live hair demonstrations and more.

And then Thursday, Kennedy has the Bronzeville fashion show from 9 p.m.

I'm sorry, 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

at America's Black Holocaust Museum, 401 West North Avenue, a platform for storytelling, entrepreneurship, and community pride explored through fashion hosted by Kennedy Harris.

Friday night,

Lit in Bronzeville by Kaleigh.

So I'm sorry Kaleigha Kaleigha is the daughter of Babani who is the owner of Rise and Grind.

She is Industry Choreographer, so she's done tours.

She's worked with celebrities all of the above and she is doing something at Salute Society from 5 p.m.

to 8 p.m.

on Friday 2372 North Dr. Martin Luther King Drive a community movement experience designed to bring residents families artists and wellness advocates

together through movement, culture and connection.

Um, there are at least three events per day this week.

Um, and again, I attended Brownsville week this past Sunday and it was amazing, but there is, um, events for, uh, the youth for a little kids, the cool, cool laden canvas, they can paint and sip is line dancing the Brownsville farmers market.

Um, the trolley rise all of the above.

There's so many things to do.

This week, this is probably one of the biggest festivals that we have outside of the normal festivals we have, such as Stay Fair and Summer Fest.

And again, it's always important to pour back into our community.

So when we have these events, it's not that we're doing it just to do it.

We're doing it because it's actually creating revenue and putting revenue back into our community.

Um, the vendors, as she mentioned, if they're under 18, they can sign up for to be a vendor at the Bronzeville, uh, during Bronzeville week and it's free of charge, which means that whatever they sell is our profit.

Uh, but whenever you go to these events, there's so many black on own businesses who have great products, great food, great clothing, all of the above.

And again, we're able to circulate the dollar.

We're able to keep that dollar right there in Bronzeville, right there in our community, and show what exactly it looks like when we support each other.

So if you get a chance this week, please make sure that you attend one of these events.

Again, rest a piece to Akua.

Akua was Auderman Macau's best friend and legislative aide, and she was one of the founding members of Bronzeville Week.

I watched both.

of these sisters put a lot of work into this and I'm happy to see it thriving after 11 years.

I'm still standing strong.

So again, shout out to auto woman cogs and Kaley and Kennedy and everyone else who's a part of Brownsville week.

If you missed the interview yesterday, I got to bring this up, man.

I did an amazing interview with legendary Homer Blow.

Shout out to Homer and Bailey coming on the morning show.

But.

it forced me to do some reflection yesterday and I just wanted to say how grateful I am to have the people that I have in my life and I don't know what that looks like for you all but I want you to think about someone who changed your life and where you are now because of something someone did for you and where you could have been had they not done that and again we had a very very intense conversation

Hummer was you know, I just thankful that I'm thankful that he was able to open up and express some things that he had never shared Which helps us all learn more about who he is and why he is the way that he is but the whole purpose of Me mentioning that is because it was been sitting on my heart all day to just Tell you all truth nation to be grateful for the people that you have in your life

The people who mean well, the people who want to see you succeed, the people who won't do anything to sabotage what you have going on, no matter if they feel like you're making mistakes or not, those are the people that you should allow to be a part of your life.

I met Homer when I was a young lady and I was doing music and I was a child and I wasn't always the person that I am.

And he's seen something in me that I hadn't seen in myself.

And the conversation

that we had changed my entire thought process.

It changed my outlook on life.

It forced me to become someone that I didn't expect to be.

I was out here wilding.

Y'all hear me say it all the time.

I'm gonna retire, crash out.

I said, you heard it live yesterday.

If you didn't get a chance to check out that interview, please go back and check it out.

But when you have mentors and pillars of the community who

give you advice and people who support you and what you do and want to see you win, you have to make sure that you utilize that.

You have to make sure that you take

that information and do something with it, especially because there's so many people who are gatekeepers of information.

There's so many people who are standing in the way of the generation under them, and they won't allow them to be great because they don't want to move out the way.

And I'm not saying that to say that it has to be that way, but it's enough for everyone.

And the conversation is rare that you get a chance to sit across from someone who changed your life.

and have a conversation with them about it while you both have continuously succeeded in your own respective lanes.

So yesterday was another transformation in my life in real time.

16 years ago, I set a cross from Homer and he interviewed me and that was the first interview I had ever done.

And again, just being able to work alongside your mentor and someone who helped shaped you, become who you are in your career and as a person.

It's something that's very honorable and again, I just I want to send a huge shout out to Homa Blow and if you have not checked out the interview yesterday make sure you go to our YouTube 101.7 to truth Like click subscribe you can watch live you can download the app If you're gonna go you can turn on your radio and listen to it, but just tap in with this man.

We want to

continue to utilize this platform so that we can be impactful as possible, man.

We have so many great human beings in this city.

So many people who has done so much, not just for the community, but just overall.

And it'd be a disservice if we did not highlight them and the work that they do.

So as long as you guys have me, I will promise.

you know, with everything that I have inside of me to bring great people up here who has done the work who continuously inspires and who motivates.

And again, it's free, you know, I have a consulting business, so I get paid for my thoughts.

And the way I give back now is I'm trying to give you all the game for free.

So when you see people come on this show, it's because I want them to share the information that they have given me, right?

I don't gatekeep information.

It's not a secret.

I'm successful in the things that I do because of the relationships I have.

So I want to share that with you all.

Speaking of that, at the five o'clock hour, we have my good friend, Philly Flyboy.

He will be in a building, man.

We're going to sit down and have an amazing conversation with him as well.

Catch up and see what he has going on.

So make sure y'all stick around for that.

But right now, we got to go to break to pay some bills.

Do not touch that dial.

Shagrull Jazz Tyler, one on one point seven to truth.

One on one point seven to truth.

Shagrull Jazz Tyler, we are live and direct at the American Family Assurance Studio in the beautiful heart of downtown Milwaukee.

Happy Tuesday, Milwaukee.

Shout out to Auto Woman Cox, Kayleigh, and Kennedy for stopping through.

promoting Bronzeville Weekman.

It's been an amazing week thus far.

I had the opportunity to attend the festival this past Sunday, Bronzeville Cultural Arts and Festival.

It was an amazing, amazing event.

Again, shout out to all of my students at Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy.

They won first, second, and third place on the youth stage.

Shout out to WayVD and MJ, Troy, Tyler, some

The shade G some amazing performances amazing vendors as well and There's so many different events to choose from today There's the Tuesdays Tuesday tacos and games at summer 85 from 7 p.m.

To 9 p.m

um game night music bingo trivia chess dominoes and twister um tomorrow there's the bronzeville business breakfast at 8 30 to 10 30 at america's black holocaust museum uh followed by cala's event this is her first solo event rooted in natural um it is um an indoor and outdoor community experience of

confidence in healing through natural hair, food and music and live hair demonstrations.

This will take place tomorrow from 12 p.m.

to 4 p.m.

at Alamoad on 1942 North.

Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Thursday there's some events as well.

You have the Kool-Aid in Canvas, which is pretty much the children's version of painting sip that's happening at the MLK library at 12 o'clock.

You also have the trolley rise Kennedy's fashion show at the Holocaust Museum from 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

and a host of other events this weekend the pancakes and poetry the Bronzeville farmers market the Bronzeville ride the local legends softball game with Ray Hill and G Smith from G's Clippers

And then the Mono series.

So again, there's so many different events to choose from this weekend before we went to break.

I was just reiterating how important it was to make sure that we're pouring back into our people.

So when we do our festivals, such as the Bronzeville week, which is eight days of events.

Not only is it happening in the heart of Bronzeville, but we are actually circulating the Black Dollar.

This is the time of the year where we get to spend with our people for us, by us.

And it's imperative that we understand how important that is and that we continue to circulate that dollar so that we can see the effects that it not only it has on us, but on the community overall.

So if you get a chance to please make sure that you stop by.

Some of these events, you know, and before she left, she mentioned that she is.

Passing the torch passing the time meaning that she's introducing more youth to Bronzeville and what it is that they do so that a lot of these events can be youth led Which is dope.

We've had the opportunity to do some things last year during Bronzeville week There's things happening this year.

They'll always be things happening But again, if you have the opportunity, please, please, please make sure that you tap out

Check it out this week.

We got a special guest in the building.

Yup, we sure did.

My live, and my live, I hear myself.

Live and direct.

If we did Rotimi last year, we did the acting directing class.

Actually, Rotimi went crazy with that,

too.

He did.

Everybody did.

So we did the actor's workshop with you, Philly Flyboy, Rotimi, and Ruben Whitmore, and Swift Sloan.

And I was amazed to see...

How many amazing actors that we have in the city of Milwaukee?

Like people who actually know how to...

I mean, it's a lot of actors in the city, you know what I'm saying?

Good and bad, you know?

So, I mean, we come from the city where you gotta kind of finesse a little bit and then it turns into an acting career.

Right.

Listen, if you do not know, we have legendary Steven Philly Flyboy in the building.

Welcome to 1-on-1.7 at Trollfelly.

Man, it took me 37 minutes to walk from the front door to this joint.

It was like a good fellow scene, walking through the kitchen

area to

get to the table.

I thought Meach was trying to rob me or something because we kept going into different hallways and alleyways.

I'm like, oh man, Meach got, I think I owe him a couple of duckies.

He tried to sneak you up to the

side.

Listen, everybody wants success, right?

Everybody wants recognition.

Everybody wants to finish product, but very few people fall in love with the process.

Whether you are building a business, raising children, creating music, writing books, or simply just trying to become a better version of yourself, everything starts with one thing and that's a vision.

And today we have someone who has an incredible

since a vision.

Someone who is a pillar in this community when I met him, the first time I met Philly was on the set of Ray Nitty Bow and it was Philly and Stan and we were shooting at the onyx.

Yeah, Stan had me at the door checking people in.

Like

he flexed on me so nasty that day and it's just to stand he flexed I said bro I know this dude he had it like I was coming in there to shoot some and then he's like yo bro check everybody in I said bro why you got me check a piece of bro you know everybody I mean you know it's one of those on set you just kind of you got to get to it this it's always 15 jobs that everybody's got to do and when you're doing independent small

Budget stuff everybody got to do 10 jobs.

So

they do and look at you now, right started like that Now look where you are you've done so much Let's take it back to the beginning How did this come about how did how how are you introduced to film

so?

It's been a it's been a progress for sure because I've always been in the art in some way shape or form from literally all the way from drawing

to photography and then photography.

We were really just doing photos to promote music, because me and all my guys did music.

I used to rap, sing, write, produce.

I had a studio.

And I had my team.

And of course, we need promo.

We need graphics

and all that stuff.

And I already did graphics.

That was kind of a thing that I was into in photography.

So it was kind of second nature to just use it to promote the music and promote us.

So of course, you know, I'm getting crazy with the graphics and the photos and then people are seeing our stuff and everybody starts saying like, yo, who's making the graphics?

Who's doing these photos?

You know?

Yeah.

So I wasn't even promoting it like a service because for me, it was like, yo, I'm just

doing it for the

team.

Yeah.

And then all of a sudden it started getting attention.

And of course, just like anything, when you're doing music and marketing and everything, you're looking for different ways to kind of set yourself apart.

And video was that thing.

And this is all right.

You got a context.

You know, I'm 43.

This is when I'm like 19.

This

is

pre like cheap cameras, pre like easy access to filming stuff.

So it was kind of like a mission for us to figure out how to do like, yo, we got to get a video.

I don't know how we're going to do it, but we're going to figure it out.

Yeah.

And like, that's one thing that kind of who makes me who I am.

Like, I'm going to figure it out.

Like, I'm going to make some shake.

I'm going to get it done.

Yep.

So I basically just started like, you know, hitting up everybody and anybody that I knew and we ended up really low-key getting a news camera.

We got a news camera for the first shoot.

How?

Because my guys' dad worked at the news channel.

It was 6 Channel 12.

Why

y'all would shoot videos with a news camera?

Yeah, we had the channel 6 join out there, looking like we were doing some late-breaking news.

Because I'm saying, I'm like, yo, Abe, we got to get it.

Abe, there's a camera.

Because if you work there, they have the camera department.

You can rent the camera.

Got you.

So his son was one of my guys.

And he did music, too.

So he asked his pops if he could rent us a camera.

So that's how we made a shake.

By any means.

Yeah.

And that's really how being from Milwaukee is, though.

Since we have limited resources, we're not a major metro.

We're not New York.

We're not LA.

We're not things like that.

Like people from here have to figure it out So much more than other major cities because the resources aren't here, but that's no excuse not to do it It's just you got to get a little bit more creative with it.

But that actually is a gift and a curse because Starting out it's it's a curse.

Yeah,

because you're like, yo, I need to be in New York I need to be in LA whatever da da da,

but

when you figure it out and you figure out how to move in a city like Milwaukee You can literally move anywhere and you're probably gonna be out hustle

Anybody from New York, anybody from LA, anybody from Miami, because they had stuff right there readily available.

Exactly.

Where people from Milwaukee, we got to get after

it.

So that hustle, that grind to get to where you need to be at, I know people complain about it.

Oh, Milwaukee is not this, it's not that.

I'm like, yo, you got to kind of look at the positive of that.

It is really difficult to get to where you need to be.

that journey to get there, you're gonna learn so much that the second you crack the door open, you're gonna be flying and that's what happened to me.

The

second I got opportunity, it was like, I was already, I was already running, I was like literally like a dog on a leash, like they unhooked me and I was already pulling like, yo, I was gone.

So that was really like, and I wouldn't have been able to.

to work like that or think like that had I now been from Milwaukee and had to struggle to get to where I was at.

So I mean, I never looked at it as a bad thing.

I just looked at it.

I like, I'm like, I'm that's kind of my thing though, too.

I'm like a puzzle guy.

Like I want to figure out how to work the puzzle.

Yeah.

Even if it's difficult, like it's again, people say if you can make it from New York, you can make it anywhere.

I always say if you from Milwaukee.

You can make it anywhere.

We got Philly Flyboy in the building.

When we come back, we're going to tap into the work that you've done, the work that you're currently doing, and the impact that you've had on the culture, not just in Milwaukee, but throughout the entire world.

Michigan Girl Jazz Tyler, do not touch that dial.

101.7, the truth.

We had an

amazing interview today with Philly fly boy shout out to Philly

Shout out to order woman cogs in Kaleigh and Kennedy for stopping through today as well to promote Bronzeville week We kicked it off this past Sunday with the Bronzeville cultural and arts festival Amazing amazing event today.

They are doing

Tacos and games at summer 85 from 7 p.m.

To 9 p.m.

Is game night.

There will be music bingo trivia chess dominoes all of the above Tomorrow, there's the Bronzeville business breakfast Rooted in natural which is an event that auto woman cox daughter Kayleigh is doing at Alamo 1942 North MLK Drive.

There's some line dancing

Um, a host of other things throughout this entire week earlier, I was just mentioning that how important it was for us to continue to circulate the black dollar dollar inside of our community.

Um, so if you do get an opportunity to attend one of these events, please do so.

Um, with that being said, this next segment I want to go into, uh, is based off of the past couple of days, a past couple of interviews I've done, um, relationships.

Right.

Just how you manage your relationships with people, um, the people that put you in positions to win is very imperative that you, um, honor them by living up to your standards, meaning, um, do your due diligence, right?

When someone puts you in position or someone gives you advice where it becomes a mentor, um, is all because they see something in you that you may or may not see within yourself.

at that particular time.

And a lot of us, we don't understand how important it is because we can't see that far ahead.

And I've had the honor of working with some amazing people throughout my life, throughout my career.

Hummer Blow is one of them.

Water Woman Cox is one of them.

Ray Nitty is one of them.

Philly Flyboy is one of them.

And to be able to sit across from them years later, and have these conversations about

our journey and just life in general is such a blessing and so amazing and I'm extremely, you know, extremely grateful for that.

There are people in our lives who has impacted us in both negative and positive ways and, you know, my call to action to you all would be just simply focus on those who have affected you in a positive way.

There's enough for everyone to go around.

That means that whatever it is you want to do, if someone pulled you up and someone assisted you and someone provided you information and resources, you need to do the same, right?

Do the same thing for someone else.

That's how we become fruitful.

That's how we become successful as a society.

There is no way that we can have the city that we have now.

if it wasn't for people working together and pulling resources together.

And in this day and age, you know, especially with everything being microwave driven and social media and clickbait and all of this other stuff, it can become extremely difficult to attempt to, you know, build those relationships or want to help people.

But again, we need that, you know, we need that.

And I keep going back to the Brownsville Fest because I've seen physically, you know, I was

a part of auto woman's COGS staff.

So in 2018, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and I was working for COS for the office of the president at COS corporation and ended up, they ended up letting me go when literally when I got diagnosed, which means I didn't have insurance to pay for my cancer surgery, any of those things.

And during this process, it's ironic that it happened.

I was diagnosed

In October breast cancer awareness month ended up having my surgery that month as well and During my recovery I was going through my divorce, you know on a verge of losing everything and auto woman cogs asked me to come in You know I called her she said hey come work for me come work in my office You've been around you've been in the community.

Let's do some things together and when I got in her office.

I was able to

See the workload from 40,000 constituents to DNS, to DPW, to speaking for her if she couldn't make it to the comic council meetings, campaigns, all of the above.

And one of the things that I've learned and got to see up close and personal was the development as it pertains to the Brownsville district.

And how much went into making sure that Milwaukee has a district that reflected the history of our people, right?

Um, as you know, this is a, this is a, can be a very segregated city, a very segregated state.

Um, and we have had rich history in the past, um, still have a rich history, but for some reason something always happens to the point where, um, it's either a race or like she mentioned, you know, they came in and knocked the highways down, et cetera, et cetera.

So.

There was so much that went into Building just Bronzeville in general or just building something that we can be proud of to say That is our culture something that we can claim out on our own So again to to sit here and see 11 years later that this festival is still going And when you ride through Bronzeville if you from the east side if you from that area, you know that

It did not look like that for a long time, right?

It's a lot that went into it a couple of years ago when I moved back when I came home before I moved back to visit I just spent the day in the summertime just kicking it in Bronzeville, right?

And was just shocked to see like hey, it's so much stuff to do I'm watching on social media people like it ain't nothing to do.

It's a lot to do in Milwaukee It's a lot you there's so many different places you can go, right?

It just depends on what side of town

You like to be on but there are a lot of things to do and if you haven't had the chance to Kick it in Bronzeville yet man go down there You know go down there.

You got dream lounge shout out to Joe Tucker.

You got Bronzeville kitchen You know dr. Howard Fuller collegiate Academy high school is down there as well We have the America's black Holocaust Museum.

There's a new art center.

That's coming.

You have my so you have thrive one

There are so many different places and things in Bronzeville and it has become one of the best MLK drives in the country.

We all know what that means.

We all know what that looked like when y'all go out of town and you go up and down third MLK drive.

It don't look like ours.

We've come a long way.

But again, it's just, you know, it's a testament of the work that people has.

Put into making sure that we can highlight black owned businesses We have eight days to say hey, let's circulate the black dollar.

Let's get the youth involved Let's get the elders involved.

Let's make sure we boost up our black businesses And make sure that we bring arts in our culture to life and that's what it's about, you know from hair to fashion to the Bronzeville history to

The work that some of our artists are currently doing in the city of Milwaukee in the state of Wisconsin.

There really isn't any other major platforms for them to be recognized.

So this festival highlights a lot of that.

And I know again, you know, we have a lot of events and a lot of festivals that happens around this city.

But this one in particular is something that we have to start supporting more.

And I was extremely happy to, as some of these events, when I seen the amount of people that came, the type of people that came, that the fact that the young people are starting to, you know, find out about it.

And then earlier, you know, Otto W. McHawks mentioned that she is now, you know, joining forces with the youth so that they can begin to assist with leading these events during Brownsville Fest.

Um, so again, there's so much to do, um, this weekend, today, tomorrow, the rest of the week until Saturday.

Uh, there's so many different events that you can choose from.

Um, they have the, the Kool-Aid and canvas for the little kids, which is their version of the sipping paint.

The fashion show is tomorrow.

The Brownsville, uh, farmers market in the trolley ride.

You know, if you haven't had a chance to, you know, really take a look at what's happening in Brownsville, you should and not to mention, right?

The new developments, there's a lot of new development that's happening in Bronzeville.

There's a lot of real estate development that's happening, a lot of thriving businesses that's coming as well.

And if you are someone who is looking to open up a business or someone who is interested in development, then I would encourage you to make sure you join them for that trolley ride tomorrow and Saturday.

Well, so again this week is Bronzeville Fest today.

They have the Tuesday tacos and games at summer of 85 from 7 p.m.. To 9 p.m.. 22 13 North MLK Drive Tomorrow is a Bronzeville business breakfast the rooted in natural even at Alamo 1942 Dr. MLK Drive.

You have line dancing Thursday the Kool-Aid in canvas

The National Night Out, Bronzeville Trolley Ride, Bronzeville Fashion Show at the America's Black Holocaust Museum, 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

401 West North Avenue.

Then we go into Friday.

Friday got a lot of action.

You got the Bronzeville Lunch and Learn at the House and the Neighborhood Resources, lit in Bronzeville at Salute Society.

The Bronzeville Sleepover for Education from 7 p.m.

to 8 a.m.

Um, then you also have on Saturday, the pancakes and poetry hosted by Mario, the poet at rising grind, uh, 2737 North Dr. MLK drop.

I just want to give a huge shout out to Bobbiny, the owner of rising grind.

Um, this is going to be the last day that they're open.

So they're permanently shutting down.

So again, if, if you know, Bobbiny, you know, she put a lot of work in, um, rising grind into this community.

And we hate to see them go.

So let's make sure we go support with the bang for the pancakes and poetry this Saturday at 9 30 a.m.

at a rising grind followed by the Brownsville farmers market at 10 o'clock until one o'clock the Brownsville trolley ride the local legend softball game with Ray Hill and G's Clippers together we dream Brownsville art walk

And we ended off at 630 on Saturday with High Hearts, a Mono series.

So again, there is so much to do this week when it comes to the Bronzeville events, the Bronzeville festivals.

Again, circulate the Black dollar, take the kids out, take the family out, enjoy yourselves, have fun, do whatever it is that you need to do.

Because after the eighth, y'all know what time it is, back to school.

Baby when we come back, let's talk about it.

She girl jazz Tyler.

We got to go to break do not touch that dial one on one point seven the truth

One on one point seven the truth

happy tools.

They've been walking a sugar jazz Tyler

Thank you all so much for tapping in.

Shout out to all of our special guests today, Order Woman, Kays, K. Lay, Kennedy, and the one and only Philly Flyboy.

Listen, school is on the way.

School is back.

And as a parent and an educator, I have to tell y'all, this don't make no sense.

Something I don't know who didn't mess with this calendar, this clock, this whatever the case may be, but...

The fact that summer is almost over and school is almost here is ridiculous to me.

And I am so not ready, right?

I'm so not ready.

Um, I feel like we have to mentally prepare, especially if you work in the school, waking up early, making sure lunches is packed, making sure you have uniforms, making sure they have school supplies, all of the above.

There is just so, so, so, so much.

to worry about.

So, I want to hear from you.

A332121017.

If you could change one thing about Milwaukee schools before classes begin next week, what would it be?

We got a caller on the line.

Brother Love, are you there?

Yes.

How you doing, Jay?

I'm doing good.

Thank you so much for tapping in.

How are you?

All right.

I just want to tap in, Jay, about the

when Malalee Cox is talking about the Brownsville demonstration.

Do you think the mention in this part of it, is there something because it reminds me of my first love or my first time experience.

And I actually met my, saw my first love again in Brownsville.

And each side got some of the realest people jazz.

Come on now, I'm gonna say it.

You better know

it.

Hey, in my lowest time, I was on the east side and they were showing me all love.

So yes, that's out the east side.

They, they both over there real.

Okay.

So, so yeah, Jess, I want to ask you, do you only have one love experience or one love affair?

Or, or do you have two or just another company of the mental illness that black men have?

Ooh, that's a lot of questions.

Um,

thank you so much.

Thank you so much for tapping in with us.