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1:03

some of your favorite celebrities. This

1:05

is Gold Minds with Kevin Hart.

1:08

What up world? You already know

1:11

what it is. It's another episode of Gold Minds. And what

1:13

do we do here? Well, we get

1:15

inside the minds of amazing people. And by the

1:17

way, guys, go look at the

1:19

history, man. So many amazing minds

1:21

we have had. And it's a beauty.

1:23

It's a beauty when you can look back. We

1:26

can look back and you can see the thing that

1:29

represents the machine that

1:31

we built. And by we, I'm talking about myself and I'm

1:33

talking about you. It's not just

1:35

for me, it's for us. We're

1:37

family now. We're Gold Minds family. And

1:40

today, oh my God, it

1:43

gets bigger. It gets better. It

1:45

gets bigger. It gets better because legend is

1:47

not a good enough word. I

1:50

think I have to say icon. And

1:52

I have to say icon. Not

1:54

because it's a feeling, but now because it's

1:56

like it's truth. You have

1:59

individual. that have touched

2:01

the business that I currently

2:04

work in, that

2:07

have done so much for

2:09

so many, and that have

2:11

like paved the way for so

2:13

many more. And

2:16

that presence and that aura is something that is

2:19

just talked about. And if you

2:21

come across these type of individuals, it's a moment

2:23

that you have to hold on to. So

2:26

go mind listeners, hold

2:28

on to this moment and remember this moment. Because

2:31

oh my God, we got Patti LaBelle on

2:33

the show. Holy cow, a

2:35

Philadelphia icon, an icon in

2:37

general. And

2:40

I get to say that she came on

2:42

gold mines and allowed me the

2:45

opportunity to celebrate her in full.

2:47

Patti, how you doing? I'm

2:49

wonderful and I'm so happy to be with

2:51

you. First of

2:53

all, my mom would pop me in

2:55

the mouth. I should not be

2:58

calling you Patti. I'm

3:00

gonna say Miss Patti and

3:02

I apologize. But I know

3:04

you always mean well whenever you call

3:07

me. I never, Patti or Patti with

3:09

you, okay? Well, you know, I'm gonna

3:11

say miss because I don't want my

3:13

mom sending

3:15

a hard hand down from the heavens above

3:17

and knocking me upside my head. I

3:20

wanna say and start off

3:22

by saying you look absolutely

3:24

amazing, breathtaking that you are.

3:27

And it's insane, insane. I'm

3:30

talking here, fried, died, laid to

3:32

the side. I'm talking makeup flawless.

3:34

Patti, how are you doing it?

3:36

What are you doing to

3:39

still carry yourself with such an oar?

3:42

I have a great team with

3:44

me. Without them, I look like

3:46

old man. Stop it, you stop it,

3:48

stop it. Yeah, I'm not letting you say that. Stop

3:51

it. Kevin, I'm

3:53

blessed to wake up

3:56

looking decent. But when I call

3:58

my peeps, they call me. and come inside

4:00

of his slide and make

4:03

me beautiful and make

4:05

me feel good. I have a great people

4:08

around me, great people around me at all

4:10

times. And I'm

4:13

just loving you and everything you've done and

4:15

everything you're going to do. It's

4:17

like I'm proud of you like in my Philly son. Oh

4:19

my God. I have

4:22

so much love and respect for you.

4:25

And see sometimes I feel like crying because

4:28

I know how hard it is. And

4:32

today is one of those emotional days for me. And

4:35

I kept saying to everybody, I'm afraid to talk to

4:37

Kevin because I don't know what I'm going to say.

4:39

Oh my God. Never gets too big

4:42

for me. I'm always

4:44

trying to live. The

4:50

emotion, it's mutual, right?

4:53

And when you say like a Philadelphia

4:55

mother, I just want to say there's

4:57

an aura that you have about you

4:59

that brings such a common comfort to

5:02

people that you come across. And there's

5:04

an energy, right? That

5:07

you either have it

5:09

or you don't. And

5:12

it's a cultural thing, right? For

5:14

black women to warm

5:18

a room at

5:22

the volume in which you do.

5:24

And when there is a

5:26

moment of a hug or an

5:28

embrace or a simple touch, it's

5:30

something that you transfer. It's something

5:33

that you give off. And it's

5:35

bigger than just the, you know,

5:38

it's bigger than the fame. It's bigger than

5:40

the star attached to you. There's

5:43

an amazing heart inside

5:46

the person that you are. And

5:49

what I want to ask you is like, how

5:51

have you maintained that, right? Because as you

5:53

talk about it being so hard, as you

5:55

talk about this being a business, like where

5:58

you're always, you know, you're always trying. and

6:00

wanting to do more, but you know how hard it is. I

6:03

can only imagine through the years, how

6:05

much wear and tear of emotion one

6:07

would go through. For

6:10

you, how have you managed that? How

6:12

have you managed that and held on

6:14

to the beauty of your heart throughout

6:16

the duration of your career? I

6:19

just know how hard it is to get to where

6:22

I am. I've

6:24

not stopped growing. I'm continuing

6:26

every day to be bigger than I am

6:29

today, but tomorrow I wanna be bigger than this, and

6:32

I wanna be better than this. And

6:34

no matter what I do, no

6:36

matter what my age is, I

6:38

don't feel old. You shouldn't.

6:41

I don't feel old, I don't feel like I'm a,

6:44

has been, because sometimes when you

6:46

reach my age, I'll be 80

6:48

in May, May 24th. And

6:52

then I wake up in the morning and I said, what should 80

6:54

feel, what should 79 feel like? And

6:58

I have no answer for that. God's

7:00

grace, I'm still here. And

7:04

it's about my believing in somebody

7:06

bigger than you and I. And

7:08

that's what I do every day. And then I say, well,

7:10

Todd, I'm in this position, which is a wonderful place

7:13

to be. But at my

7:15

age, they usually cut us off. You

7:17

know what I mean? I'm

7:19

still sort of like trendy and

7:22

still there in people's face and then

7:24

their eyesight and saying, yeah, she's 79,

7:26

but it doesn't matter. Age

7:29

is a number. And then I

7:32

have the greatest people around me. Like I

7:34

said, if I had some

7:37

sorry behind people around me, I'd

7:39

be a sorry butt. But I'm always

7:41

lifted by all of them around me, my

7:44

publicist, my makeup, my hair, my son,

7:46

Zori, who manages me, which is

7:48

a very hard thing for him to do,

7:50

managing his mother. You know,

7:52

and he always makes the right decisions for me.

7:54

I'll go left and he'll go right. And

7:57

he's usually right. So

7:59

I listen. to my management. Who

8:01

is it? You know, I

8:03

want to listen to really listen

8:06

to what you just said, because it's

8:08

so amazing to share such

8:10

a bond of business,

8:12

of course, love with

8:15

the one that you're closest to that

8:18

gets to say, well, not

8:20

only is my mom who my mom is, but

8:23

I get the lucky responsibility of making

8:25

sure that I'm working hard

8:27

to put my mom in the best positions,

8:30

the right spots for her. And

8:32

in doing that, if my mom is happy, well,

8:34

that's when I'm at my happiest, because that means

8:36

I'm doing my job. That's

8:38

an amazing thing for a son. And

8:41

I can only imagine his

8:43

happiness in doing the job, because the toughest

8:45

days, although they may be tough,

8:48

are not the toughest, because

8:50

ultimately, he's close to the one

8:52

that he loves the most. And that's a

8:54

beauty, that's a joy. My

8:57

question for you is, I'm

8:59

now 44, right? And

9:04

I'm at a place now where I'm watching

9:06

the next generation and the generation after come

9:08

and embrace the thing that I love to

9:10

do. And it's

9:12

crazy to get to see the

9:14

new approach, the craft, right? And

9:17

new talent and look and reflect, like, wow,

9:19

I've been doing it for a long time,

9:21

that now I'm in a position where I'm

9:23

able to look and have a POV, but

9:26

I remember when it was different for me.

9:28

How do you view the

9:32

generations that you've been able to witness

9:34

that have come into the world

9:36

of music and had such a

9:39

splash and an impact

9:41

and watched the business

9:43

change through the years?

9:45

How do you feel

9:47

about that? And is it something that you embrace and

9:49

enjoy? I embrace it every

9:51

day. I have all of my little show

9:53

business babies, you know, the

9:55

Beyonce's, the Lattices, the Fantasias, the

9:58

Ariana Grande's. All being

10:00

vulgar have come to me for fine.

10:02

I went to see a Legacy three

10:04

nice it on Philly. And I.

10:07

Played in. She always remembered a lot of

10:09

things our tell her what she was first

10:11

starting. A lot of things I said.

10:14

girl, I've been there, earn a t shirt

10:16

and I'm here to getting any information you

10:18

need. So she causes. All the

10:20

time. For. Information. And.

10:22

I am. I have to. Give it up

10:25

and make sure they made sometimes I hope

10:27

it's the right move for them when I

10:29

get my and both ah and use with

10:31

a commie that a year later so as

10:33

and mom wix lot of and com a

10:35

month which he told me work. And

10:38

that's my job, as as I've been

10:40

in the sensory for like sixty years.

10:43

And I've know so many things that

10:45

they want to go up against. So

10:47

a sniper money from young girls are Casey

10:49

and Joseph. mother asked me alone family

10:51

that unless my boys to say were

10:53

on tour with with me and I had

10:55

a lot information to give them as

10:57

noxious ladies is it's guys it's. It's

11:00

are people that are one information

11:02

that worked for me. It might

11:05

help them so much that that.

11:09

It makes me. It makes me

11:11

so happy because like you know,

11:13

for. For. Someone like you, there

11:15

has to be joy. Like Usain, you

11:17

show business Babies is so dope because

11:19

you mean it and is what I'm

11:21

talking about. Vanessa, your or when I

11:23

say like your heart likes to be

11:26

able to give any type of information

11:28

or any. Other advice I'd I'd

11:30

known. The jewel it's you find a mess

11:32

and to see. Them apply to apply

11:34

it. To the craft arm brings you

11:37

either more joy. Do you feel like

11:39

music? Diesel. I music has

11:41

made changes for the better. Oh do

11:43

you feel like you know? We're

11:45

we're seeing a nice little wave

11:47

of of or turn in in

11:50

in a con types a contest

11:52

of music that you can refer

11:54

or understand more of a do

11:56

you. Feel like you know what

11:58

time the changes are. It's just like, it's

12:00

not the same, but ultimately we'll get back to the

12:02

same. Like I feel like you go through peaks and

12:05

valleys, but I want your take on that. Their

12:07

peaks and valleys, okay, when I was doing

12:09

it, I've been in

12:12

the industry for 60 years performing.

12:14

Back in the day when I was doing

12:17

it, it wasn't as good as it is for

12:19

the girls that are doing it now. Ladies

12:22

are taking over, step aside

12:24

sometimes. The

12:27

girls are writing their beautiful music,

12:29

they're performing, they're doing it well,

12:31

and they're being recognized. When

12:35

we did a LaBelle, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendricks,

12:37

and myself and Cindy Bertone, we

12:40

were not really recognized, but now

12:42

the girls are putting it in your face, but they're putting

12:44

in talent too. They're showing

12:46

you that they can do whatever the

12:49

other type of performer might do.

12:55

A different type of person. I

12:57

think we have this thing as black women

12:59

and black men that we work

13:01

even harder than some folks. It's

13:05

a long time for us to be recognized. Lately

13:08

of here, I've been seeing that we're being

13:11

recognized more, which is wonderful.

13:13

So it's on the good foot now. Thank

13:18

you for listening to this episode of Gold Mines

13:20

with Kevin Hart. You can catch the rest

13:22

of this episode exclusively on the Sirius XM

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for a full episode of Gold Mines with Kevin

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