This is NOT Goodbye!

One on one, seven in truth.

That's your favorite host, Jazz Tyler.

Happy Friday Milwaukee.

Happy Friday.

We made it through this week.

It actually has been an amazing week thus far.

Excited to go into the weekend.

No particular reason, but man, listen.

Again, I'm just happy that we made it to Friday.

We made it to Friday.

Nonetheless today, we have an amazing show.

I have Vivian King coming on at 5 p.m.

I know you guys have probably seen her on the morning show with Homo Blow and Bailey Coleman as well as Sherman Hughes, but she will be stopping by at 5 o'clock today.

So we're gonna sit down and talk to her as well first.

So listen.

Affirmation for today.

I am not afraid of my of new beginnings I trust God to guide me into my new my next in new chapter My purpose is greater than a position in my calling is bigger than any single platform Before anything else we honor somebody in our community today is Friday.

So today's community hero is Judge Lena Taylor

What happens to be a friend of mine and someone that I absolutely adore primarily because often times when it comes to politics or any positions, black women are told that they are difficult to deal with.

or that they have attitudes or whatever the case may be.

And that's simply not true.

What it is is when you run into black women who know who they are, who are comfortable with who they are and who stands 10 toes, this is what you get.

And she most definitely is one of those unapologetic black women from the city of Milwaukee, from her years of service in the Wisconsin legislature to her work on the judicial bench.

Judge Lena Taylor has had a long public service career in Milwaukee.

Recognizing service does not mean public officials are beyond accountability.

It means we can acknowledge the work and still ask questions about the impact.

The dope thing about it is Lena is someone who comes from where we come from.

She is one of us and that's what makes her unique.

A lot of times our people get in positions.

And then they tend to either forget where they come from.

They can't relate because they're so far removed or they simply just choose not to indulge in community activities and she is not one of those people.

So again today, I want to shout out my dear friend, Lena Taylor, Judge Lena Taylor puts some respect on her name to the youth who may be listening.

Judge Lena Taylor began her career as a public defender.

in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

From 2003 to 2005, she was on the state Wisconsin State Assembly from 2005 to 2024.

Her district, she became her district state senator, going more announced around for a United States House of Representatives, creating an open seat for the fourth state Senate district for the fall of 2004 election.

Judge Lena Taylor then became the state senate and again she was a state senator for 2005 to 2024 and in 2024 Governor Judge I'm sorry Governor Evers appointed her as judge so now she's Judge Lena Taylor and again she's a very prominent figure in our community she is someone who refused even at the state level to back down and you know

That work does not go unnoticed.

We love you, Lena, and we appreciate you so, so, so much.

Again, today's show is a little different.

Shout out to the chat, Anita Nicole.

Peace and love, please.

Also, before I continue, make sure you like and subscribe to our YouTube channel, 1017, The Truth.

You can follow me on social media at tap in MKE or the Jazzy Effect.

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because it just hit me not everybody is on instagram if you are on facebook you can follow me under jasmine tyler not taylor jasmine tyler um i got brother z in the building what's the word brother z what up we was in here jamming earlier uh i think this the album uh of the month most definitely has to be toby i walked in the studio today and brother z was was jamming to toby's new

Album it was fire.

It was fire.

So um with that being said all week I have been Stating that I have an announcement and people have been hitting me up asking me consistently What are you talking about?

What's going on?

What's happening?

One thing about black people is One thing about black people is

When they assume something boy, they gonna be all in your business, but when you ask for help they ain't never there Say I gotta announce me.

Oh, let me let me fit what she talking about.

I gotta understand.

Let me listen.

Let me hurry up pay attention.

Um, so Nevertheless Milwaukee today is my final day of hosting tap in as a regular scheduled afternoon program.

Yes, I said it

Today is my final day host and tap in as a regularly scheduled afternoon radio program.

But let me be clear, before we start getting all of these messages and all of that, I am not leaving one on 1.7 the truth.

I am simply shifting roles.

I am transitioning into a reporter in journalism across Milwaukee black media platforms.

covering stories, covering leaders and movements, shaping Milwaukee and beyond.

So tap in is actually going to be, uh, come a podcast, which, um, I'm okay with because I'll have the room to, you know, dig a little deeper into things that I personally want to talk about.

Um, and I'll still pop back in from time to time, but I just want to say this, um, every, anybody that knows me know what I means with, uh, when I'm about to say what I'm about to say.

I am a part of this community.

I was raised in this community.

I work with young people in this community.

I have raised my children in this community, and I have also stood alongside families who have lost loved ones in this community as well.

I've also been around elected officials.

I've been around entrepreneurs and different people, and I have seen Milwaukee transition from the 90s, 2000s, and to now.

And I don't want to report from someone else's opinion about what our neighborhoods are.

I want to show up.

I want to listen.

I want to ask my own questions.

I want to examine the evidence and get the story right.

Behind every headline is human being in our neighborhoods.

Our communities is more than statistics and our people deserve coverage beyond tragedy.

So, again, this is not goodbye.

It's the same jazz.

It's just with a bigger mission.

And, you know, this was a mutual decision.

It doesn't mean that, again, that I'm leaving 101.7 doesn't mean that I'm not going to come back on the radio.

But what you have to understand is that when you have a calling that's bigger than the current role you are in, you have to follow that calling.

And because I understand my gift and I understand how God is consistently using me, amongst other things, I have to obey those orders.

And in this season, again, I always talk about the climate.

It is very imperative that we have someone who is boost on the ground, who is covering situations that's going on with our people to ensure that it is documented accurately.

Began to do my research doing this job and as I began to look into things and reach out to certain people and so on and so on I see that there is a lot of people who do not You know cover some stories the way that they should There are some stories and some people our people specifically who don't have a voice and for me that is a problem I am

With the people for the people by the people I am the people I will always be the people I always have been the people and I want to make sure that I am you know free to do so and not limiting myself so I am again transitioning over into journalism and I'm a reporter so I will be covering events not just regular events to have fun, but

I plan to attend certain trials.

I want to go to the neighborhoods that everybody talk about where everybody is scared to go to because that's where I'm from.

I want to talk to the people, right?

I want to pull up and look people in the eyes.

I want to talk to people about their stories, whether it's good or bad.

I want to highlight entrepreneurs and black people who are doing amazing things.

I want to spread my wings and really just do my due diligence.

I'll also be writing articles with.

the Milwaukee Courier.

For those who do not know, the Milwaukee Courier first covered me when I was just seven years old.

I was on the front page of the Milwaukee Courier.

God bless.

Maddie Bill Woods.

So and then they recently covered me this past Juneteenth.

And I think it's going to be.

Very, very fun.

I'm very excited that I get to be the person who tells stories.

And I think oftentimes we get so caught in, you know, having fun and what it is that we are doing.

But we have to remember that when we have these platforms and when we are doing this work, we have to become a part of history.

And I want to become a part of history by making sure that I get the history correct, right?

While we're talking about history, who's actually creating it?

And I want to be that person.

I want to be the person that gets to highlight people's stories so that nobody else can tell their stories when they are long gone.

All right.

We are going to finish this conversation when we come back from break.

It's your girl Jazz Tyler 1017 the truth.

The tap in with Jazz Tyler.

After this, on the award-winning 101.7 The Truth, 101.7 The Truth YouTube channel and 101.7TheTruth.com.

Hi, it's Bailey Coleman.

101.7 The Truth is your favorite host, Jazz Tyler.

We are live and direct at the American Family Insurance Studio in the beautiful heart of downtown Milwaukee.

If you are just now tuning in, first of all, shout out to brother Z. Listen, shout out to Meach.

That's my song right there, y'all.

That's my song.

Tell me if you still care, 833-212-1017.

The phone lines are open the entire show.

If you are just now tuning in, I announced that this will be, I won't say the final, but this will be right now, temporarily, the last day of hosting tap in as a regularly scheduled afternoon program.

So what that looks like is I am not leaving the station.

I'm just shifting roles.

I'm transitioning, which is an amazing thing.

That is what we are supposed to do.

We are supposed to grow.

So I've been a radio host believe it or not for only five months prior to this.

I have never done radio I think that my expertise in music is what helped me as well as shout out to DJ Oh Spending the weekends that be 100 with him, but Simply shifting roles I'm transitioning into reporting and journalism across Milwaukee black media platforms What that consists of is covering stories covering leaders movement shape in Milwaukee

Beyond Milwaukee as well, but before we went to break I was explaining that I have always been someone who has been You know with the people I have always been someone who has been inside of the community.

I have never been the person who has been behind The screen or at a desk not doing the work and that's no slight to anyone else, but for me personally I believe that you know my impact

and the gift that God, the gifts that God has given me throughout my entire life, requires me to be in the field, boost on the ground with the people, and to be able to assist them, you know, be a voice for the voiceless, be able to cover our people.

One thing I do know about media across the board, and we are talking historically, is that when it comes to our people, especially in this climate that we are in, in America, when it comes to our people,

media hasn't always been on our side.

when we talk about covering our stories and telling the truth historically.

And I want to make sure that I am someone who is not always talking about history, but someone who is actually creating history as we speak.

Meaning that I am able to be a part of the new history and what that looks like.

I am able to actually go into the field and talk to the people, look them in their eyes.

I want the people who see me on this screen and who hear my voice.

every single day to know that I am a real human being, that I am tangible, but most importantly, that I am on their side.

And that's what I want all of us to understand, that the mission is not just about me sitting behind a microphone, reporting what someone else has wrote or written or sitting behind a camera and constantly reading off of someone else's opinion.

I want to make sure that I am out there with the people who don't have a voice.

And I want to highlight the people who don't have a voice as well as the people who are doing amazing work.

So again, I am excited.

I am excited about it.

Do I love radio?

Absolutely.

My little sad.

Absolutely.

Does not mean that I'm not coming back.

Does not mean that I won't pop in from time to time.

But what I will say is the most exciting part about it is that you all get to be a part of it.

What does that mean?

That means that instead of just hitting me up in the chat, uh, you can hit me up on social media and say, jazz, I just, this is going down right now.

Or I just heard this.

I think you should cover this.

Send it to me and jazz going to pull up 10 toes.

That's going to pull up and you can pull up on me.

Pull up on me.

I want you guys to be a part of this.

Um, because again, I am you.

You are me.

And this is something that, uh, you know, again, it was a mutual decision and I am grateful.

Uh, shout out to my general manager, Biko.

He got me some beautiful yellow kind of burnt orange roses.

I think I've received roses maybe every week.

Not from Biko.

Let me say let me reword that for somebody get to being like, hmm.

I've been receiving flowers maybe every week for the past three months.

And he popped in today and gave me this because he know how hard this transition is for me.

But shout out to Beko.

Also again, shout out to our community hero for today.

If you missed it, my good sister, Judge Lena Taylor.

She is the community hero for today.

That is somebody that everybody knows not to play with.

She's the intense whole.

She mean what she say and she say what she mean.

And she is a person who is of resilience.

She never backs down and I love her deeply.

And, you know, she's someone that has always had a backbone and, you know, a great representation of what it means when it comes to black girl magic.

So shout out to Judge Lena Taylor.

Listen, again, I know that this transition is a little difficult.

I'm already receiving text messages and inboxes and.

I love being on the radio.

I do and I am going to pop in from time to time and I'm also going to transition over to the tap in podcast, which I think is going to be a little bit more free because we'll be able to do more.

But again, there's nothing more important than someone who represents our people who can actually go directly to the stories that I talk about.

and be able to cover them right then and there.

I get so tired, not to make it a negative thing, but I get so tired of reading things from someone else's point of view who have absolutely no history, knows nothing about us or anything like that.

And they cover our stories and they become the voice.

And that's something that I'm tired of seeing.

I wanna be someone who can highlight the voice for our people.

Outer city the city the outer city meaning the what we're left out of shout out to the chat Anita Nicole says congratulations jazz shout out to cousin Anita Nicole.

Thank you so much Robert Land says congrats Meach what a meach meach that big jazz We definitely needed it in the trenches that part meach that part

Me and Meach is outside.

Me and Meach is outside.

This is something that, again, no, I'm not doing it alone.

We have a team.

Shout out to Terris, who was our intern, and she's on deck now.

Shout out to Meach.

All right, hand and listen again.

We understand.

We understand what is needed in the city of Milwaukee.

And time and time again, I have from my background with working with elected officials, as well as someone who has ran for office, as well as someone who has always been an advocate, understand that this is needed.

I promise you more than you know.

Shout out to becoming better daily.

She said, just moved to Milwaukee and excited to follow this journey.

Thank you so much.

Robert Lance says, time to bridge the gaps.

That part.

That part.

You understand what I'm saying, Robert Lance?

That's exactly what it is.

What it is is us taking the real and the truth and passing along to the people that we know for a fact can enhance our voices well in our communities.

My other elephant says congratulations.

That is definitely big news, especially in today's climate where news are only based on bias or bias lens.

Exactly.

And that's the point of it all.

Um, see, uh, Misha, shout out, brother Z. Yes, indeed.

We was in here jamming today.

Shout out, brother Z. Make sure y'all catch him on the weekends too.

He be outside too.

He don't be staying where but Z be outside.

Trust me.

Trust me when I tell you.

Um, Brett's fave said, congrats.

Thank you so much.

Our dear Cherie Harris said, proud of you, Jazz.

Excited for your new journey, looking forward to attending more events together.

Absolutely.

So what this looks like is, um, I will be out and about covering events, not just events to have fun, but, you know, my plans.

I can't say, you know what, uh, I know Biko has his plans.

I know the team got their plans, but I, I really, really, really want to.

um you know dig a little deeper into current events um not just events to have a good time but

you know, trials where I can be a voice for the voiceless, especially when there is media that is purposely sent against certain people who are in situations that is unfortunate.

I also want to make sure I'm covering events that highlight leaders who are actually doing the work, not just leaders because of their titles, but because, again, they are actually doing the work.

You will also see exclusive interviews.

So I'm going to get my.

Barbara Waterall's a little bit.

You know what I'm saying?

I'll be able to sit down with some people and have some exclusive one-on-one interviews that you've never seen before.

And again, I'll probably be doing some journalism with the Milwaukee Carrier, which is huge for me because my first introduction into the community of Milwaukee publicly was at the age of seven in the second grade.

And rest in peace to Maddie.

But what Maddie, uh, Bill Woods, she came to Harvard Elementary, took a picture of me and covered me during our black history program and put me on the front page in 1996 of the Milwaukee career.

And then, um, Biko created a full circle, which means so much meant so much to me and my family and, uh, had them highlight me again this past Juneteenth.

So understand that the.

the ties.

So for those who are not familiar with Milwaukee Black Media, it's not just, you know, Truth 101.7, there's WNLV, and then there's also the Milwaukee Courier.

And we all know the history with WNLV and Homer Blow.

I've said in multiple times my relationship with Homer Blow as well as Ray Nitty for those who are not familiar.

Ray, I was signed to Ray Label back in the day and he was the first person to take me on tour.

Um, and Biko, you know, has been instrumental in pulling me in as well.

And I just mentioned my, um, history with the Milwaukee career.

So it's just.

I want a big full circle.

And again, I'm a static man.

I'm glad that I'll all got to use me the way that he does.

And, you know, if there's something you want me to cover, you somewhere you want me to pop up some stories that need to be told, holla at your girl.

We got to go to break.

Do not touch that down.

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It's open 833-212-1017.

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Milwaukee, talk to me.

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Happy Friday Milwaukee.

It's your

favorite host, Jazz Tyler.

We are live and direct at the award-winning 101.7 The Truth.

Got my good brother, brother Z. Shout out to...

My producer Meach as well.

Shout out to the chat.

Please make sure you follow us on social media one on one point seven the truth as well as tap in MKE or the jazzy effect.

And if you are on Facebook, you can hit me up at Jasmine Tyler.

If you are just not joining us, I just announced that I am transitioning roles.

I am not leaving one on one point seven, but I am simply moving into journalism.

I will be, you know, in the trenches.

In the courtrooms, in the arenas, wherever, wherever I am called, I will be there.

And let me make this clear.

I don't want to be someone who is, you know, out and about covering things just because I want to, I want attention or because I want to enjoy myself.

Let me explain something to you.

I've been around for a long time.

I jumped off the porch a little bit early.

All right.

So I've been in the entertainment industry since I was 15 years old.

I've been in films, a part of films.

I've been in part of sports from AP from UFC to basketball to football to a host of many different things.

So it's not about that.

What it's about is recognizing that in every arena from the courtrooms to the stage to.

the basketball court or the football field to, you know, entrepreneurship, black owned businesses to the trenches.

Every arena deserves someone to report accurate information and someone to highlight people who are constantly facing battles in the media, right?

We all know I don't have to mention any examples or things of that nature, but we know the history.

And at the end of the day, the type of person that I want to be is I want to

I want to be someone who is the voice for the voiceless.

I want to be someone who is always going to bring positive news, right?

And I want to be fair.

And again, I think it's needed.

You know, it's not any agenda.

It's not just to say, hey, I'm just doing it because I have, you know, bigger aspirations.

This is just the season that guy has me in.

Might I add, you know, I'm a pretty great, great interviewer.

I believe so.

What you think, brother Z?

I think my interviewing skills is pretty good.

You might catch me getting my barber waters on a little bit.

We're gonna have some exclusive interviews, so one-on-one interviews in Milwaukee, outside of Milwaukee with some very amazing people.

I have a list of people that I am excited to sit down with one-on-one.

and be able to, again, cover some things that the world has never heard before, as well as, you know, working with a Milwaukee courier, right?

Working with them as well.

So I want you to do me a favor.

The number is 833-212.

1017 you can call you can text or you can hit the chat on YouTube as well But I want you to hit me up and let me know some things that you feel like I need to cover right and it could be whatever because remember With one on one point seven the truth, right?

We cover the real real people real conversations, right?

We don't hold back.

We are not politically correct We do exactly what it is that we need to do so if there's anything that you feel like you know what?

I don't have the means to, you know, leave work and go cover this, or I'm tired of just going on social media and making a post about something and nobody's doing nothing about it.

Jazz, we need you.

Jazz to the rescue, okay?

Hit me up, 833-212-1017.

What is something you would like to see covered?

I would love to know.

I would love to cover it.

Shoot your ideas, text me, hit me up, hit the chat line, all of the above.

One thing's for showing, two things for certain.

most definitely am going to tell the truth.

We got a caller on the line.

We got our community hero.

Lena, are you there?

I

am.

And I heard that you were recognizing me and I heard you not going to be on the radio and going into journalism.

I was like, whoa, this is a day.

Yes.

First of all, thank you for tapping in, Lena.

I love you so much.

I was just when we first came on, I was like, listen.

At the end of the day, one thing about Lena is she know how to exude black girl magic and she gonna do it no matter what nobody feel her thing and you do you stand 10 toes Lena and everything you do and you deserve to be highlighted not just because of you know being a passenger and currently a judge but you really be outside with the people.

You know first of all let me say congratulations to you because the truth of the matter is we are so proud of you.

You are really, for real, for real, the person who has grown up in this community, started young, engaged in stuff in this community, and in many ways, over and over again, have continued to be a blessing.

Music wise, but I don't know if people know, it ain't just music.

Like, that you've done so much community work.

So, to be recognized, I love you back, by the way.

to be recognized is such an honor.

I had to call in for that, but, and not really mostly for that is not why I'm calling in, because I heard you weren't going to be on the radio, so I was trying to hear.

And then I heard you say you went into journalism.

Girl, girl, we're proud of you.

Thank you, Lena.

Thank you so much.

I have to, and you know from the work that you are currently doing, and again, I want to say this too.

We need people, so when we talk about our youth and them going to college, we need to be putting them in positions like this.

Because we need people like you who are sitting behind the bench, who are fair, who see us, and our people who is a voice for our people.

And I want to add to that.

I want to sit in the courtroom as well, and I want to highlight, you know, be fair when I cover these stories.

I want to go to sporting events, whatever the case may be.

I just want to make sure that I show up in the community in a way.

that reflects, you know, what needs to be reflected?

The voice of

the voice.

That's powerful.

That's powerful.

That's powerful because journalism is a place, right, where getting a voice has not always been there for Milwaukee, even as a whole.

And I have to say, I heard you mentioned WNLV, and I have to mention that, you know, Mr. Jones, his mother really

was a person who did the courier and who was in journalism and did that work and then her son took that work and did it with her and took it to places, you know, that she had not.

So it's amazing to see another generation of people, you know, taking journalism and making sure that a voice is available, you know, for Milwaukee.

four people of color for black people specifically.

I love that you are doing that.

And I'm glad to hear you say, but I ain't saying I ain't going in the journal.

I ain't coming back on the radio and I ain't gonna do nothing on the radio.

So I'm so glad to hear that because your voice on the radio jazz.

It's been a good time.

It's been a good thing.

I've heard about it.

I've heard about it from others.

So I don't want you to think it's just me saying it.

It's the community has been saying.

that they enjoy coming to tap in with you.

And to hear you give a voice.

So now that you get to do that on the screen too, go girl, go girl.

Thank you, Latina.

Thank you.

I'm gonna have to look, look, we're gonna have, you've been asking me to do an interview.

We're gonna have to get an interview with

you.

Yes, yeah, I got to get my barber waters on my girl, King Kong.

I got to see that.

We got to do one on

one.

Don't be making everybody cry now.

Don't be making everybody cry.

They say a barber water used to make people cry.

Don't be making

everybody cry.

No, we not gonna make nobody cry, but to your point,

It is important because you have been a prominent figure who has been mistreated in the media sometimes and again to your point when it's black people, right?

They never want to sometimes they never want to tell the full story So my job is to make sure that yeah, they can say whatever they want, but understand you don't hear it from us first

Well, I'm excited

That's what I want to say.

I'm excited.

I'm honored for you to be able to recognize me also as a community hero.

My love for the community and my commitment to serve, it comes from the people that raised me, my mother, my grandmother, my father.

My grandmothers were people who gave back.

My mother's mother was somebody who owned a business, both a grocery store and a restaurant.

She and my mother had the restaurant.

And, you know, they taught me that to whom much is given, much is required.

So your statement makes me feel as if my work is not in vain.

Absolutely.

And that their work and their nurturing in me was not in vain.

So bless you for that, sister.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And I have to ask you, Lena, how is it?

What is one of the things you would like to talk to the community about or say to the community when it comes to your job currently as a judge?

Thank you for asking that one of the things that I would really say is remember that when you go to court that you're going and Okay daddy, I'll take care of it Remember when you go to court that is crucial that you remember to Impress right and be prepared don't come to court in the same way that what brought you to the system.

What do I

mean by that?

I mean, if you have a case, let's say it was a battery or an OWI or whatever it might have been, some behavior brought you to the system.

Show the judge that you're serious about what has happened and that you have done things so that that behavior won't bring you back to the system at all.

Yes, and to be in the same place, right that you were in when you got the case You don't want to do that.

Yeah

Because that seems like you haven't taken anything serious.

Yeah, that's why and the the other thing I say, you know Back in the day when I grew up, you know, we had slips people, you know ladies were yes So people don't see dressing

It's raining dad.

Yeah.

Why don't you come on and come in the house?

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

So, um, so when you, uh, come to court, if you come to court, like you rolled out the bed, that's not a good impression.

No, not when no body don't come to court with no

body.

Had to tell somebody that in the last 30 days, I don't do bonnet in my courtroom, right?

I had to tell somebody, you know, I don't do underwear.

In my courtroom, you know, uh, I had to tell somebody the other day, you know, you're not trying to pick up a date.

So please don't have everything hanging out when you come to the courtroom.

So appearance and preparation are the things I want to tell people.

And then to the community as a whole, I want to say, we need you when you get the summons to, when you get the summons,

to be a juror.

We need you.

Yes.

Yes.

If you don't show up, how can we give somebody a fair and impartial jury?

How can we make sure that they get their day in court and that they can be treated fairly?

That can't happen if nobody is willing to be a juror.

And you can't be a juror if you don't have the things that get you on the list.

What get you on the list?

driver's license, voter registration.

So all of those things are crucial.

So I need you to do the jury summons and I need you, I need you to be prepared when you come to court if you are defendant and to be prepared both in your appearance and in your preparation for court.

Yes.

Don't come up in there.

Talk about some what you don't do.

Be the person to come to court

showing what you have done.

That's right.

That's right.

And what you just said is so

important.

Thank you so much, Lena.

Oh my gosh.

I want to, I wish I could do the whole

thing.

Let's say something for our interview.

I'm a girl.

Look, I'm a girl because I got my dad with me and it's raining now and I need to make sure he don't fall.

So love y'all much.

Love

you, Lena.

Thank you so much.

So appreciate the honor.

Thank you, my sister.

Have a blessed day.

Thank you, you too.

Thank you so much.

That's our community hero for the week.

We got to go to break when we come back.

I ain't going to dig into it a little bit, but let me tell you, she just said something that proves my point about what I talked about with the writing hint in Hinton Jr.

case yesterday.

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I gotta give a shout out to our community hero of the week, Judge Lena Taylor.

Yes, indeed, just had an amazing conversation with her.

She called in and one of the things she said, and we're not gonna get too much into it because we are gonna save it for the exclusive interview, but one of the things that she mentioned was how important it is for our people, black people, don't run.

when you get those notifications in the mail to be a juror.

Because you know how we is, man.

I ain't listening.

Anytime you say court, I ain't going to court.

I ain't sitting on no bitch.

I ain't finding nobody guilty or not guilty.

I don't want no parts, right?

But the reality is when you don't.

We end up in situations like Nolan Wales, like Rodney Hinton Jr.

and other cases where a majority of the jurors are older white women who do not relate to the defendant, right?

So I'm glad that she mentioned that.

That is extremely, extremely important.

We must show up.

We must show up.

So again, shout out to our community.

Um, sister, our community hero for this week.

Judge Lena Taylor.

Shout out to, um, the chat.

Marty says, uh, let me see here.

You got that pressure.

No need for validation.

That's right.

Um, meet.

I'm not even going to entertain when we just talking about right now, but I love you, meet.

Marty says, you the best jazz, you stole me from Professor Hughes.

Listen, shout out to Sherwin.

What's the name of Sherwin Shaw again?

The truth was Sherwin

Hughes.

The truth was Sherwin Hughes.

Thank you so much, Sherwin.

I heard him earlier, uh, where he, you know, made the announcement that I was making the announcement.

And again, if you are just not joining us, the announcement is that I am moving over into journalism and reporting.

So I am not leaving the station.

I am simply transitioning, spreading my wings and being the voice for the voiceless, which is actually dope because guess what?

God get the pull up on me.

So instead of me sitting behind this microphone, you get to see me live and direct.

And again, the phone lines are open 833-212-1017.

If there is anybody you would love for me to do an exclusive interview with, anybody you would love or any situation you love for me to cover, please hit me up.

You can also hit up the chat.

You can hit me up on Instagram at the jazzy effecting on Facebook.

Jasmine Tyler, Marty says, we love us some jazz.

Love you too, Marty.

Thank you so much.

And he's, Robert Lance says, Lena is amazing.

Listen, at the end of the day, the day got to end.

Mother Elephant says, sorry, Jasmine, but in some cases, some of us like to play in the snow.

What, I don't, what did I say pertaining to that, brother Z?

About playing in the snow?

Yeah.

Wait, I gotta look at the comment.

I don't he says sorry Jasmine, but in some cases some of us like to play and oh he might be talking about because I

women

yeah when I was talking about the jurors.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think that's what he's talking about

But yeah, so when you think about some of the things that you see in the community, right?

And you think about some of the articles you read and how a lot of, you know, stories that are being covered is not telling the full story, right?

So it's always half of the truth, meaning like the media puts out whatever.

So this is what I do want to tell y'all.

My background.

I've been in many different rooms.

I work for amazing people.

I've also done PR.

And one thing about public relations is people know how to spend things the way that they want to spend them.

And you know that.

I'm not talking about S-P-E-N-D.

I'm talking about S-P-I-N, which is why I keep stressing the importance of being a voice for the voiceless because nine times out of ten, you have seen stories that are put out into

to the community.

That is not the complete story.

And that is where I come in.

I want to make sure that our people has a voice.

And that is my job.

That is my calling.

And that is what I am here to do.

Marty says, I can't wait to meet you.

Pull up on me, Marty.

Pull up on me.

He says, my elephant love you.

Play in the snow.

Jazz is off limits, respectively.

Yeah, I'm not.

I'm not a snow buddy, though.

He said I'm off limits.

But listen, whatever you like to do, Mal, be my guest.

But your girl, I don't like raw chicken.

I don't like raw chicken, baby.

I like my meat well done.

I like my meat well

done.

I heard it, and I chose not to, so no.

No.

I'm just saying what I'm just saying when you pull up on me.

It can't be minimum.

Well gotta be well.

All right Pick me up

Listen, um, it's Friday man.

It's time to kick back sit back relax.

We're going back like full flats on the lack We're gonna enjoy ourselves again The tapping is not over

Uh, we are transitioning to a podcast so that I can step out and be, uh, the person I am, you know, I don't got ADHD, but I promise you just, I have to do more than one, one thing at one at the same time.

I do.

That's how I've always been able to operate.

And, um, I'm truly, um, again, excited about, you know, being back in a space where I can physically, uh, get out and see the people, um,

For a long time, I'll say for about the past five years, I haven't really been in Milwaukee as much.

And when I am here, I was doing events for the community.

But I really was in the background and I played the background role a lot in orchestrating, you know, community events for that for the people.

And I did that because I spent so many years boost on the ground.

But now I'm just ready to get back out there with the people.

I'm ready to get back out there with the people.

It's time, it is given the circumstances.

Again, when I was thinking the other day about quotes, right?

And how I often quote people, our ancestors, right?

But who is currently creating history for us?

Who is documenting history for us?

Right.

We always talk about our history in the, in the greats and we read the books in the close, but I don't see anyone else, uh, adding to that.

And again, I want to be a person that adds to that.

I want to be a person that you can go back and say, well, in, in 2026, it can be the year 2040, 2030.

In 2026, the good sister Jazz Tyler, uh, covered this and based off of this, this was this, this, this.

Those are the things that we need.

We don't need more reports on entertainment or on celebrity gossip on, you know, nothing that has nothing to do with nothing.

We're going to get to the root of it.

My ex-husband to tell you, I promise, because boy was I good at investigating.

Let me tell you.

If you want somebody to get to the bottom call your girl, I promise you we gonna figure it out.

You hear me?

We're gonna figure it out shout out to the chat Marty says you was on Loki Saturday.

I should have put up was on Loki's on Saturday Hmm, I might have been Marty.

How you know?

How you know I might have been on Loki's I don't know um

Me said, we gotta have big interviews, podcasts.

We gonna have big interviews, podcasts, high school pop-ups, neighborhood walk-throughs.

You heard me?

Yes, me and Meach is outside.

Me and Meach is outside.

When I say we pulling up, we are pulling up.

And we're not talking about just the, you know, simple type of interviews.

No.

We are talking exclusive interviews.

We are talking, you know, events.

We are talking going right to the source.

See, I don't I'm not the person that wants to, you know, be a middleman and I don't like to operate with the middleman.

I want to go right to the source.

Why?

Because it's easier that way.

What's the point of me sitting behind a mic talking about what somebody else wrote when I could just go and Talk to the person myself and again I love this job and it's not to say that I won't ever come back and do it But I promise you there's only so many words to prove What it is that I am saying when God uses me I promise you he uses me in a way that is extreme

in a way that I don't even understand sometimes until it is over.

And this is one of those situations.

And most importantly, you have to be willing to understand that when that season is put on hold and you are transitioning to

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It's your favorite host, Jazz Tyler in Milwaukee.

Oh my gosh, we have a very special guest in the building.

Thank you so much for joining us today.

How are you, Viv?

I am well.

How are you doing?

I am good.

Is it OK if I call you Viv?

You can.

Miss

Viv, OK.

Right, especially since my show is called Viv's View, you can call me Viv.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for joining us today.

I truly appreciate you for being flexible and willing to come and sit down.

I'm excited for a couple of reasons.

I do.

I don't want to say this into disrespect, you know, age, but I did.

I was I watched you growing up.

And wait, you know what?

I embrace that because it was so funny.

I was covering something.

I was I was I was in.

Oh, I guess I don't know, Green Bay

or

someplace.

And somebody who said they, you know, grew up in Milwaukee and they were like, I grew up watching you.

And I was looking at him

like, really?

But then my friend said, well, you know, there are some people who was.

And I said, OK, I get it.

I guess I don't like to, I'm like, oh, am I that old?

You know what though, it's amazing because honestly, I'll tell you that little black girls need that.

Absolutely.

We need someone to look up to.

And I think that society has made it difficult for black women to embrace age and because they talk about, you know, certain things.

But to me, it just shows that you are who are who you are supposed to be.

Absolutely.

And you know, there was for me, it was Susan Kidd.

She was on NBC.

I grew up in St.

Louis and she was on Channel five in St.

Louis.

And then she left and went to DC.

And

so I had friends at Howard, who actually my cousin ended up babysitting for her kids.

And

so

I was like, you're babysitting for the kids.

I was like, how does that

happen?

Yes.

Yes.

No, you are a huge pillar in our community.

And I just wanted to tell you that.

I did appreciate it.

Absolutely.

So are you excited?

I'm really

excited.

I'm really excited.

Yes.

I just announced that today is I am moving into journalism and reporting.

I heard

that on

my

way

here.

And I was like, what?

You got to give me some tips.

Absolutely.

I mean, just kind of like.

listening, you know, when you interview people listening so that you can, you know, really hear what they're saying

and

have like an appropriate follow up question, you know, some people go into interviews and granted, I do too.

Still, you know, you have questions that you're going to ask, but sometimes the conversation may take you in a whole different direction.

And so you, you know, if they say something, you know, that you're like, wait a minute, I got a.

I got to follow up on that.

Like,

you know, I killed three people yesterday.

And then, well, I wanted to ask you, you

know,

like, wait a minute, they just said something.

Right.

That's needs attention.

But

yeah, it's really about listening to people.

And I think, I mean, I left, I left the air in 2005.

Yeah.

And it's 2026, and when I tell you, people still come up to me saying, oh, I watched you on TV,

and

oh, you know, I like, I mean, you know, the fact that I could have that kind of impact on people, you know, it's a responsibility, a huge responsibility, but, you know, I'm just glad that I, that people respected the work that I did.

Because I just feel like, you know, we're like, we're all, we all just want to.

belong, be loved, be understood.

And so when you listen to people, you know, and if you're fair about what you're reporting, you're good.

That's

right.

And I love one of the things that I love about this is I'm not a transactional person.

So that's why I love to interview.

because I love information, I love getting the information to the people, but I also love showing that how humane someone is, right, and having these conversations.

And speaking of when you were on air, it's like, I remember thinking back to, even when I was a smaller child, you wake up to your parents, got the news on.

When you

come home from school, the news is on.

And you don't realize the impact that it has, you know, the people

that you

see.

Uh, I believe her who is that was a channel for carolin carol meekies carol meekies, you know different people from from so long

ago

Jim love exactly and now it's like yo I get the opportunity to be that

You

don't think about it that way so um, just thank you for uh allowing us and showing

us, people like me, that it is possible.

Absolutely.

And

it is OK.

It is.

I truly

appreciate that.

I do.

So my first question is you spent years telling other people's stories.

What's the story about Vivian King that you feel has never been properly told?

OK, this is this is probably going to sound like.

out of left field, but I just, this past weekend was my alma mater's homecoming, so Missou, University of Missouri, Columbia.

And so in 1985, my sorority sisters talked me into running for homecoming queen.

And the Alphas talked one of my high school classmates into running for homecoming king.

Now he was two years ahead of me.

But we ran for Homecoming King and Queen

at the

University of Missouri, which at the time I went there was 2% black students.

And so you had to interview and the homecoming, then the homecoming, the homecoming committee, they had this whole process and then you had ended up with the court.

And so we ended up being...

crowned Homecoming King and Queen at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Yeah.

They weren't ready for it.

Yeah.

You know, I remember when at the time we were crowned your first crowned at this luncheon before the game.

And at the luncheon, as you know, it's it's it's Mizzou alum and, you know, boosters and all these people.

And.

there was one person that said, I can't believe two Ns won.

And we were just like, what?

But the bottom line

is we won.

Right.

Right, exactly.

The N word,

they called

us the N word.

And so the thing is, first of all, we went through the process just like everybody else.

And then the student body votes.

And so I was involved in the student.

You know, I was involved in various things.

Marvin Cobbs was his name.

He was involved in several things.

And so we got the student vote.

Yeah.

And so, um, but it's interesting because after that, people have always said, Oh, Vivian was the first black homecoming queen at the University of Missouri.

But that's not the case because there were, there was another black homecoming queen in.

the seventh, no, in the sixties, in the late sixties, I found that out because she actually went to my church in St.

Louis.

And so people always say, I'm the first black homecoming queen, but I'm not.

And I'm just a part of the first black homecoming couple.

So, you know, it was, you know, that was a big deal.

There

was a black homecoming king the year before me, the year before we were king and queen.

And, and so I, you know, they tell that story.

They, I'm always, oh, she's the first black homecoming queen.

No, I'm not.

Sometimes I go ahead and explain the whole thing,

but other

times, you know, do I even have time to do it?

You

know, no.

But I'm like, I, because I was a reporter and I want the facts correct, I'm like, I can't have the misinformation about that.

So that's just one of the things.

It is, it is, you know, to follow up on that.

A lot of people like to say what someone was, but they never like to talk about what it took to even get there or how it came about, right?

We

hear it.

Oh, Vivian was the first black homecoming queen, but it's like, do you understand what that means?

A, and that type of climate during that year and

the

things that you guys had to endure.

Even though it was fairly, it was justified, the student vote.

Exactly.

Matter.

And it was funny.

We were just, you know, there at homecoming.

And so there was another black queen that won.

And there have been several.

There have been a few since me.

Yeah.

And and I was laughing because I said, you know, any time that I have gone back, like the homecoming king and queen, they're there in, you know, black and gold, right?

Because those are the colors.

Yeah.

And I was like.

You know what?

I had on a red dress.

And so I was laughing with my sorority sister.

But my sorority sisters, our colors are crimson and cream.

And so she was like, that's because we nominated you.

And so we wanted you in red.

You did it your way.

I did it my way.

It was funny.

And so, yeah, it was a trip because afterwards, not only did you have that comment, you had

Like the students sit on one side of the stadium and the alums on the other.

There was like a spattering of booze when we were crowned.

And then usually the homecoming king and queen, they get, you know, gifts from the local businesses.

We didn't get any of that.

It was kind of a trip.

And so, you know, there was.

The Chronicle of Higher Education did a whole story on it.

I want to say Ebony did a story on it.

You know, so we were, the chancellor invited us to his office at the time because he did not want us to think that, you know, that they did not want us to be homecoming.

So it was, it was a big deal back then.

They

had to do damage

control.

They had to do damage control because the people were acting up.

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Vivian King is here with me.

Now, I know that you have sat down with my favorite person.

Everybody knows Homer blows my favorite.

Oh, yes.

Yes.

As well as Sherwin.

So again, thank you so much for being willing to sit down with me as well.

Absolutely.

So I had the opportunity to look at your story, and we won't go into full details, but I followed you for a long time.

As I stated earlier, I grew up, you know, watching you as well.

And one of the things that I like, and I just mentioned this to my community hero for today, my friend and sister, Judge Lena Taylor, is the way that you exude black girl magic and what it means.

And just take...

to look at your stories, the things you've been through.

I'm a breast cancer survivor as well.

Well, not as well.

I'm a breast cancer survivor.

I've

been through a lot of different, you know, challenges in life still kind of face some health challenges.

So I know what it means to, you know, sometimes it's, it's rough getting up out the bed.

Sometimes it's rough pushing through.

And we still have to be mothers, wives, women, right?

Everyday all day so when you look back at your journey and at your career When you were when you first entered the industry, what was surprised you most about the woman you've become You know I

Guess when I started in the industry well before I started I went to the University of Missouri as I mentioned and

I had a professor tell me, associate professor tell me, well, you probably won't make it into the top 50 because your voice is too high.

And, you know, it's like when you have like worked like I made the grades, all that, and you have somebody say that to you, you're just like, what?

So, you know, my voice isn't high, you know, and I,

When I started, I wanted to sound, you know, deeper than I am.

Right.

And so I was trying to sound like Jane Pauley and I was trying to Carol Simpson.

I loved Carol Simpson, you know, and she was on ABC anyway.

And so I was trying to be somebody that I wasn't.

Yeah.

And so once I said the only person I can be is me.

Yes.

That is when things got easier.

Yeah.

because it's harder trying to be somebody that you

are

not.