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On Fri, Feb. 3, 2023, the Recording Academy® Entertainment Law Initiative® will return to Los Angeles to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its annual GRAMMY® Week Event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The event will honor Peter T. Paterno, Partner at King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP, with the 2023 Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award, presented each year to an attorney who has demonstrated a commitment to advancing and supporting the music community through service.

"We're thrilled to return to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for the 25th anniversary ELI GRAMMY Week Event to salute the impact of entertainment law on the music industry," said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. "The creative community is grateful for Peter's advocacy on behalf of music makers, and I look forward to celebrating ELI's mission to inspire dialogue between industry professionals and to cultivate an inclusive future generation of entertainment law practitioners."

"Peter's longtime commitment to the music business and his ability to confidently navigate the intricacies of our industry make him an outstanding recipient of the ELI Service Award for this year's 25th anniversary event," said Neil Crilly, Managing Director of Industry Leader Engagement & Chapter Operations at the Recording Academy. "I applaud ELI's Executive Committee for recognizing a leader whose expertise has helped countless artists succeed in their careers and who has supported the music industry through eras of change."

The Service Award winner is determined by ELI's Executive Committee, which works to uplift ELI by recognizing leaders in the entertainment law community and mentoring young professionals in the industry. The 2022-23 Executive Committee represents a diverse group of industry powerhouses working across the breadth of the entertainment law landscape. It is chaired by Laurie Soriano, and its members include Kris Ahrend, Sandy Crawshaw-Sparks, Susan Genco, Renee Karalian, Michael Kushner, Dina LaPolt, Wade Leak, Angie Martinez, Tanya Perara, Julian Petty, Leron Rogers, Henry Root, Bobby Rosenbloum, Julie Swidler, Jeff Walker, Robert Windom, and Stephanie Yu. The ELI GRAMMY Week Event will also celebrate the winner and two runners-up of the Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Contest, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association, which challenges students in Juris Doctorate and Master of Laws programs at U.S. law schools to research a pressing legal issue facing the modern music industry and outline a proposed solution in a 3,000-word essay. A $10,000 scholarship is awarded to the author of the winning paper, and a $2,500 scholarship is awarded to two runners-up, and the winning paper will be published in the ABA's journal Entertainment & Sports Lawyer.

UMG EXPANDS HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS Universal Music Group (UMG) will expand its early career development program Bonus Tracks to Atlanta’s Frederick Douglass High School and through Motown Museum’s Hitsville NEXT in Detroit this coming Spring semester. Last spring, the company completed its first year in New York at Brooklyn’s Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH). Bonus Tracks, a multi-week after-school program for student's grades 11th and 12th, is dedicated to discovering and developing future executive talent by giving students the opportunity to learn about the music industry through immersive programming.

In making this partnership announcement, Brian Nolan, EVP, Motown and co-founder of Bonus Tracks said, “We’re excited to see Bonus Tracks continue to expand and look forward to bringing the program to students in Detroit and Atlanta this fall. We knew Bonus Tracks could thrive and scale in the most meaningful ways in order to reach the next generation of music industry leaders. I am grateful to Micah Ali for his partnership in this incredible journey and to UMG for fully embracing and supporting the vision of the program: Inspiration, Education, and Pathway."

“Access is everything. P-TECH is delighted to partner with Bonus Tracks so that students see that there are many paths to a successful future. Public/Private partnerships are essential to helping students see themselves in productive lives beyond high school,” said P-TECH Founding Principal, Davis Rashid.

“Bonus Tracks has always been about giving students the opportunity to learn about career pathways in a way that meets their passion for music and curiosity about the industry. As this program moves into it’s fifth year, I’m incredibly honored to continue to expand this program to reach students across the country,” said Micah Ali, co-founder of Bonus Tracks and President of Emeritus Compton School District.

“Motown Museum’s Hitsville NEXT is devoted to supporting creativity in today’s young artists, entrepreneurs and changemakers,” said Robin Terry, Chairwoman and CEO of Motown Museum. “Partnering with Bonus Tracks is a perfect reflection of our mission. We can’t wait to work with the entire Detroit Public School system and grow this great program in our community.”

"I am truly excited to launch the Bonus Tracks program at Frederick Douglass high school in Atlanta, Georgia. With Atlanta being the music capital of the south and Frederick Douglass high school has produced some of the most famous music industry icons such as Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., better known by the stage names T.I. and Tip, Jonathan Henry Smith better known by his stage name Lil Jon, and Michael Santiago Render, better known by his stage name Killer Mike, to name a few. Bonus Tracks will create pathways for our students to learn about the music industry's business, provide mentorships with music executives, and allow our students post-graduation to have access to internships at Universal Music Group or receive a scholarship toward college. Of course, this would not be possible without Micah Ali and Brian Nolan, whom I greatly appreciate for their vision and willingness to be innovative.

I am looking forward to expanding this partnership into Benjamin E. Mays high school in the near future," said Erika Y. Mitchell, School Board Member, Atlanta Public Schools.

Natoya Brown, SVP of People Inclusion & Culture at UMG, said, “It is critically important for UMG to provide early career opportunities as an investment in the future of this industry, both from a business and fan perspective.

Bonus Tracks is a way to begin discovering and cultivating the next generation of music industry leaders.”

Additionally, the company has created The Bonus Tracks Scholarship Award, a college scholarship that continues supporting the development of the next generation of music industry leadership. One student per Bonus Tracks program in each city will be recognized for their community leadership, commitment to academic excellence and completion of the program including the presentation of the capstone project.

Bonus Tracks was launched in 2019 in partnership with Capitol Music Group (CMG) and the Compton Unified School District in Dominguez High School in Los Angeles and later expanded to Nashville through Capitol Christian Music Group and Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School. The program was founded by Brian Nolan EVP marketing and EVP, Motown, Patrick Stephens, manager of brand partnerships at CMG and Compton Unified School District’s President, Micah Ali. The program works to elevate the arts in schools while also providing opportunities for students to learn about the music industry by expanding their knowledge of a full spectrum of careers and transferrable skills.

The program is part of UMG’s commitment to increase opportunity and diversity in executive ranks within the company, the music industry and beyond. Bonus Tracks gives students access to an immersive experience within a modern record label by meeting weekly with executives from all areas of the company including creative, marketing, commercial partnerships and promotion. Speakers have included Brian Nolan; Eric Hutcherson, EVP, Chief People and Inclusion Officer; Imran Majid, Co-President and Co-CEO, Island Records; Michele Anthony, EVP, UMG; Susan Mazo, EVP Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Events and Special Projects; and Xiarra Diamond Nimrod, VP, Marketing Strategy, Republic Records among others.

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In 2020 Miriam Graham received a Life-Time Achievement Award from Rico Owens Memphis Hip-Hop Awards Show. Sharing this achievement with Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell (Royal Studio) and Al Kapone (Hustle & Flow Soundtrack). PR of the year 2022 and Sponsor Honoree from Lit Lovely Lisa TV show.

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Yaya Diamond 00:08 I want to welcome you to dream chasers radio with me your host Yaga diamond was people's how're you doing? It is a great day. And I have to tell you I have an amazing recording artists of the show today. Okay, I gotta stop, right? No, no. It's Erica Kayden. She's on the show with me today. I am so excited. Welcome to the show, girlfriend. How you doing?

Arika Kane Oh, thank you. I'm doing good. Yeah, thank you for having me.

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Yaya Diamond Oh, anytime, anytime. So tell us about yourself. How did you get into the music and entertainment?

Arika Kane Well, it all started with the family started with the roots started with my parents. I grew up listening to them. Playing music, singing music, instruments, harmonies, you know, my parents were in multiple singing groups, and bands, ever since I was a baby. So it's really, you know, literally, literally the sound that I heard when I came here from heaven, you know, straight through the womb. So it always reminded me of home music reminds me of home. And so after high school, as I grew up, I was just still super passionate about it. And I was like, You know what? I want to follow this dream and see where it takes me.

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Yaya Diamond Awesome. Awesome. What kind of, you know, what kind of lessons have you learned along the way? I mean, there's just so many different things in the music industry has changed so much.

Arika Kane Yeah. Wow, lessons I could read, I could write a novel on the lessons. I would say the first lesson was just a straight up wake up call. Because you're told the music industry is one thing.

And you know, this is all you have to do. And like you just have to work hard and, you know, be talented and strive for the best. And it's like, Rocco, like once you get in there, you notice like, oh my god, it's all about connections. It's all about politics. It's all about, oh, goodness, you know, everything else. Other than that? Yes, it's important to have a good worth, work ethic, and you know, talent and passion. Like it's a good found important foundation. But once you get in the industry, it's a whole different ballgame. So yeah, I would say, like I said, there's a million lessons, but most importantly, to protect myself, always have a lawyer always have your people that you can really trust closely in your circle.

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Yaya Diamond I gotcha, gotcha. You know, just like any business that you go into, if you go into law, there's going to be that if you go into, you know, any kind of business, if you it's always going to be something different than what you thought it would be. When you get your feet wet, I would say, you know, absolutely, the music industry is no different, you know, now going to your music going into, like the way you right talk about that for a second because I mean, everybody has something different that they love to do.

Arika Kane Yeah. So because I got into the production engineering and writing aspect, separate from just recording, I have a lot of different processes that I've tapped into. And my favorite process of all of them is production, but mostly writing music. And because it's pure creation, you know, you have a blank canvas, and there's, there's nothing there and you know that you are going to create something from scratch, you know, literally, literally out of nowhere. And my process for writing is honestly I clear my mind. And it comes through the heart. I think everything that's pure and healing always comes from the heart. So that's kind of how I do my writing. I just come calm the busy mind and let my heart speak.

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Yaya Diamond That can be a little difficult, especially when the life thing is going on. Oh, you do that? Your mind so that you can write your songs. I mean, that's not something I've conquered yet. I'm gonna tell you.

Arika Kane Well, you're right. And and the balance to what you said is, obviously there's times where you can't at all because life is like I've had years of writer's block and just so much time where I'm

like, I can't even think about doing that right now. So it is true. It is hard. So I kind of wait for those times where I feel calm, and you know, and those are really the times that I soak it in and like okay, I'm in a really good space. I'm going to write some music. So yeah, You kind of got to go with the flow, you know?

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Yaya Diamond Wow, you know a lot. I've learned that a lot of people say that they have to be in the mood to write. And some people say that there is no mood you just have to write. So which one is it for you? Because like I said, everybody has a different process.

Arika Kane Oh, no, I have to be in the mood. I have to be in the mood. I can't force myself to be in the mood. Me personally, I don't like to force anything. Sometimes a song will I can write a song in the day and it just flows. And there's songs where it takes me months, weeks, even a year to finish because it's not flowing. So personally, I don't like to force anything.

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Yaya Diamond Yeah. And what's your favorite subject to write about? Because some people just write about love. And some people, the stuff that they put out is about love, but then they don't really want to put that out there just putting it out. Because that's what's caught. That's what what people can do you know what I mean?

Arika Kane Yeah. I always write to like to write about love, because it's so natural. It's like, my foundation, like, but many aspects of love, not just, you know, relationship, love, like loving yourself. Just love all around. But I also do like to write about my experiences. I like to write inspirational lyrics, empowering lyrics, and uplifting lyrics, as well. So

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Yaya Diamond yeah, gotcha, gotcha. Your success is just growing by leaps and bounds. How does that make you feel today that you're not where you were when you started. But you're definitely in a place now where people are starting to listen and take a little bit of a of an attention to you.

Arika Kane It feels good. I mean, I've never gotten into this for you know, fame and fortune, like, you know, I want the whole world to know who I am. It's more like, this is my passion. This is my purpose. I have a mission, I have a message to get across. I am here to serve humanity. But at the same time, I'm doing what I love. So to me, that's important to just reach out and whoever receives

my frequency, my message, whatever healing they can get from it. Honestly, that is what's most important to me. And it constantly happens. I constantly get messages of, you know, your music did this for me, thank you so much for what you do, and things like that. And that's really what keeps me going. keeps me excited about it. So that's most important.

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Yaya Diamond Wow. Well, it sounds like the healing aspect of your music is very, very important to you, but how did it heal you? Or has it yet to heal you completely?

Arika Kane Well, it's interesting, you bring that up, because there's so many songs that I've written. That is like, I was ahead of my own healing for myself. Like, I go back and listen to my some of my songs. And because I have them on put on playlists on my, like, regular playlists, and a song will come up, and it'll be exactly when I'm going through and I'm like, Oh, my God, like I've cried to the lyrics of my songs that I've written years ago, because I didn't know that. I was it was gonna help me like heal myself.

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Yaya Diamond Wow, wow, that, and that is prophetic, in a way. I mean, think about it. I mean, you kind of knew what you needed to do for your future self.

Arika Kane Yeah, no, I know. It's one of those. Where I'm like, mind blown. I'm like, I kind of tell them, you know, nobody stands. You know, it's just like, okay. It's just the moment, you know, but it's really cool.

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Yaya Diamond Yeah, that is so cool. That I love that. I love that. I love that we can go back and listen to music that maybe we didn't understand back in the day. Because I mean, there are some lyrics when I was a kid. I was singing that. Yeah, today. I would not

Arika Kane say, right, right. Right. Right. Yeah.

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Yaya Diamond But it's also about healing. So like, you've gone back to your own songs, you've been healed by songs that you didn't even you weren't even going through that and now you are so you know, you're ahead of yourself. So What music are you doing today? That might affect you tomorrow?

Arika Kane Hmm. Well, I'm in the middle of writing and finishing my album that's going to come out in 2023. And you know, some of it is what I consider past healing like things that I'm that I've healed from, and some of it is up in the air so it may be another situation of future healing. But I honestly the funny part is I honestly don't do it for my So if I do it for everybody else, it just so happens to help me as well. And I'm also writing, like I said, there's always some songs about love. But I'm also writing some inspirational stuff, because I always gotta throw that in there because we don't get enough of it, you know, the inspirational music or lyrics, verbiage sound, it doesn't get enough radio time it doesn't get enough air time, you know?

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Yaya Diamond Wow, what's currently out today that people can actually latch on to?

Arika Kane Well, my most recent single is called dreamin. And it's different from what I normally do, which is more straight to the heart, r&b. This song is a little more up tempo, it's a little more dance.

But it's a vibe is this really, really cool. And it's called dreamin, and it's out on all digital platforms. So that's what I'm currently promoting. Wow,

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Yaya Diamond that is so cool. Congratulations on all of your success. What kind of advice do you give to those people coming up after you that look up to you?

Arika Kane Thank you so much. I always want to tell artists who learn the music business as much as you can know your power as an artist, because it's hard as artists out here, especially nowadays, the artists seems to be the last person to get paid. So understand the business know your power. And surround yourself with people you can really, really truly trust because it can get it can get rough out there. And you want to have a nice strong foundation surrounding you so you can keep moving forward and not give up.

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Yaya Diamond You're right. You're so right, I want to thank you so much. Yo, you guys, I did not forget, I'm going to say that you guys can get our cane on Instagram, follow her on Instagram, she's got a great Instagram page. And also her music in the Instagram bio. There is a link for iTunes apple

so that you can listen to the music. And please go ahead and do that. And I want to thank you girlfriend for being on the show. I appreciate it so much.

Arika Kane Thank you so much my love. I appreciate it too. Awesome. Awesome.

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Yaya Diamond And when you have your new music, you have to come back.

Arika Kane Oh, absolutely. I'll be here with better with good lighting.

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Yaya Diamond Well, you have great learning. You're beautiful.

Arika Kane Thank you. And

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Yaya Diamond I want to thank you again and I want to thank you guys so much for tuning in. Don't forget to go ahead and follow on Instagram. We're going to have all of her information in the description box below as well as that link so you can go ahead and enjoy that music for yourself. And you might even find that tomorrow's music may be relevant to you and what you're going through a year from now. Don't forget to do to be different and until next time, guys. Bye

Life Story of

Skarlett Demise

We caught up with the lovely model that goes by the name of Skarlett Demise When did you find out about you having mental illness? I had started finding out about my mental illness probably around middle school. I wasn't very aware or knowledgeable of everything that I was going through. It took quite a few years to fully understand what was going on. There was a point where I was even hospitalized in high school and that's where I really started to find out what was going on. That was probably around 2015. I think I've been struggling with some form of mental illness all my life. Even as a child being born premature, I dealt with a lot of issues from learning disabilities to anxiety and other issues that stemmed from childhood trauma. I know a lot of things have changed, especially with my mental health as the years have gone by.

And what maybe the cause of it, if you would like to tell us?

I think some of it has to do with the way that my brain was wired from birth, especially being premature. I was born at 26 weeks weighed 1 lb. My lungs are underdeveloped as well as my skin. I was living in an incubator for about 3 to 4 months of my life until I could go home and then I had spent a year or two after that on apnea monitors and oxygen tanks. I think that is definitely a scary thing to go through, especially for an infant who has no idea what they're going through. Besides that, I have gone through a lot of childhood trauma, bullying and have had a hard time making friends with people and just fitting in. But I think one of the biggest reasons I am struggling is my own mind. Sometimes it doesn't want to let me crawl out of the darkness because it thinks that it's better off that way. But that's not the case. We just have to keep pushing for better outcomes and trick our brains sometimes.

What were the best experiences you had this year?

I think some of the best experiences that I've had this year. We're traveling, doing professional gigs in the modeling world as well as moving into my first apartment. That was a really big accomplishment for me as I've been trying to get away from trauma for years. It was one of the biggest steps I thought would have never happened but here I am and knowing this I can truly say good things do happen eventually we just got to stick it out.

When were you the happiest?

I think the past couple years I've been my happiest because I've been able to express myself more through my art and through being independent and not being trapped in a traumatic environment. But I still struggle daily with trying to be happy because my mind is still set and stone with trauma, but also, it's like retraining yourself so I don't think it's going to happen overnight. But it's definitely working slowly.

Tell us about how you deal with mental illness and what advice, or help can you give others?

Honestly, I grew up in a household where my parents tried to talk down therapy and receiving help and I think that's one of the most important things that you can do when dealing with mental health is finding a good therapist or a friend to lean on when you need someone because being alone is probably the most detrimental for your mental health. I think also one of the best ways to really deal with mental health is receiving a correct diagnosis and going from there to properly treat yourself.

While also doing research to help yourself better understand and cope. I think the one thing that kept me alive was some of my best friends but also teaching myself about what I was going through because I was stuck in darkness that I didn't understand how to crawl out of and I think the best thing to do for yourself is learning and fighting. Outside of that I think having an outlet of some sort to express yourself is also extremely important. Not only do I model but I draw right, sing, create music and do things in my community like help animals or the homeless to keep my mind off of the negative or stress.

Tell us some of your triggers and how did you deal with them and overcome them?

Tell us some of your triggers and how did you deal with them and overcome them?

I have quite a few triggers, but I've become very good at desensitizing myself. I think that's one of my problems though is that I don't allow myself to process or feel it enough and it builds up. I know that confrontation or yelling is definitely a trigger for me, I also know that violence towards women is an extreme trigger towards me as well, for me is I don't think anyone can see when these triggers are triggering me though. I'm very good at hiding them until I end up alone later. I'm still learning how to manage these things. It's very difficult as I've just started my healing journey. I think one of the best ways that I've dealt with my triggers is trying to find someone to be around or surrounding yourself around a bunch of people when you feel something bad is creeping up. Distractions are one of the best things you can have. Self-care is also extremely important, taking the time you need to to do that face mask or lay in bed for that extra hour that you need. Or take space when it's appropriate, I say that because some people take space and completely isolate, and that's not safe. Many people who struggle with coping or dealing with triggers and identifying things really struggle with knowing who they are. I think the best thing to do though is to take the time to understand yourself and to find out what you need and what makes you comfortable so you can process your triggers healthily.

Tell us about some of your experience and how do you cope with them?

This is a very hard question for me because I think for the past 23 years, I've really struggled with coping though when it comes to dealing with others getting angry or confrontational with me. Instead of giving into the anger I will walk away and cool myself off. That's definitely. One thing that I noticed is a lot of people don't know when to just walk away from situations.

I've definitely struggled with coping with experiences. I kind of ride through the motions and get through it. I don't allow myself time to process enough, which is also problematic for me now. I've been learning to walk away from situations even when it's hard then to just let go and I think that's one of the biggest things that I've had to learn is to not be so anxious about everything. Like recently I was assaulted by somebody, and it felt necessary to continue doing what I was doing because I was scared to come out about it and that was causing me even more stress mentally and emotionally and I finally learned to just walk away from it and weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.

We see you for modeling is that correct? Tell us about it I've been modeling maybe for about 4 years now. I've done professional photo shoots and videography. I've been published in our magazine, bad girls club and retro lovely. Those are just some of the few that I've been in. I'm also a hopeful suicide girl, desperately waiting to turn pink haha.. a suicide girl is an alternative modeling company and it's a pretty big thing and I'm happy to be a part of it. I finally started getting in to being a traveling model and it's been so fun!! I've even done some promotional events as a model and it's so amazing to network and meet all these amazing people. I also get to connect with many different people from all walks of life. It's taught me to be considerate and knowledgeable of others especially when it comes to maintaining relationships and connections in the modeling industry, maintaining your fandom and the people that support you is extremely important and respecting them as well, because they're people not just your followers. One of the biggest things about modeling is that it has helped me reduce some of my self-harming behaviors. I've learned to better cope with myself harm because I don't want it to end up in the photos. It's helped me gain more self-control over my body, but it's also help me love myself in ways I never imagined. It's crazy to think that I actually love my body now more than I ever did before. And honestly, I recommend any woman get in front of a camera because it teaches you so much about yourself and you'll be more grateful. It's a magical experience. Even if you're not getting into it to be in the industry, it's still empowering.

What people, situations or events caused you to feel sad or depressed?

There have been quite a few events and situations in my home state that have made me extremely disappointed and depressed. There's a lot of unfair treatment and unequal opportunity out here due to people playing favorites or popularity contests. What really saddens me is how fake individuals think they need to be in order to fit in and it's devastating. Why I'm also involved in what I do is because I want to break the stigma with individuals who believe that you have to be a certain way to be popular or famous or loved or successful, whatever you want to call it in your eyes, but I believe that's not. So we all have something special and different to give to the world and I think everybody deserves that opportunity. You don't need to be popular or the prettiest person on the world to be something because we're all smart and beautiful and amazing in our own way, and I wish more people would see that.

What were the most important things you made happen this year?

One of the most important things that I made happen this year besides moving into my own place and removing myself from a traumatic environment was doing a professional adult gig but also outsourcing more and doing more traveling that shows me that I'm making more progress and it's more than I ever imagined and that makes me happy. I feel like my child self that wanted to be a rockstar or an actor would be happy with the way that I'm headed because I'm really trying to make my dreams come true.

Did any activities lead to new relationships, partnerships or opportunities?

There were a few instances where I had worked with a promotional group, and I got to network with many amazing people and also get to learn how to run a promotional group. I got to meet New Mexico bearded man. He is amazing himself, It was great to meet him because he is a part of the cannabis industry making moves and making a difference for so many people, He also as well as a few other influencers on social media have inspired me to get involved in it to break the stigma around medical marijuana. I've met a few DJs and musicians along the way as well who want to include me in music videos and other things that I have inspired. Most importantly, I think I've met a lot of beautiful women, supportive women and amazing women who do their job right! Who deserve way more appreciation and recognition than they receive currently. I think if I didn't meet the women that I met in this community I wouldn't be where I'm at. I wouldn't love myself the way that I love myself. I constantly felt that I was ugly and not worth anything or that I didn't fit in, and these women made me feel completely different from that and I thank them for that because I don't know who I would be without this experience as a model. I used to be extremely scared going to group events until they all accepted me with welcome arms. Even with the hundreds of scars that I have, they were still so very sweet to me and that means so much to me and I think that's one of the best experiences I've had with people so far.

What activities did you spend the most time on?

I've spent a lot of time building my portfolio. I have hundreds of photos. I think building myself up has been one of the longest tasks that I've worked on and I'm still continuing to do so and I don't think that will ever stop. I've spent a lot of time doing events, photo shoots and networking with many people. I've even done a couple shoot fest events where I've met models from all over the world. Besides that, I think networking is the second most heavily focused thing that I do.

7. How can you measure if the time spent was worthwhile?

I think going through the photos for the end result is usually when you can tell it was worthwhile because if you're able to post a lot or have a lot of material that you love that's important. That's worthwhile is having fun but also getting material that you like. Also being paid is worthwhile as well. Never sell yourself short, but I also think collaboration to build a portfolio or to practice is also extremely important and worthwhile

What positive changes did you make in 2020 (I know…pandemic, but still…)?

I think one of the biggest accomplishments is how many people I have impacted but also help not feel alone with my journey, especially through the bumpiness of the pandemic. A lot of people reach out to me and I could be there for them and that means a lot to me... Because as a model I'm also heavily on social media and I like people to feel connected with me with some sense of realism. I think one of the biggest accomplishments that I made was actually believing myself and getting this far, especially through all the craziness we've all been through the past couple of years.

What habits didn’t serve you well in 2020?

I think the anxiety that was developing from the pandemic was not serving me well. The idea of constantly being out of school and work totally changed. How I thought of things and did things, and it definitely changed the levels of motivation, it's like I was almost getting used to it and that's a habit. I definitely don't want to stick to you. It totally disrupted the motivation that I had and I'm trying to gain it back. Also, having arguments with certain people was not very productive. I think there was a lot of tension during the pandemic.

What did you do to support your emotional well-being?

I moved out. I stuck to how I was feeling and made sure to never invalidate how I was feeling And I definitely didn't let others who were trying to invalidate me gett in the way. I pursued therapy.

What made you feel the most alive this year?

I'm still waiting to see.

What did you do this year that you regret?

Allowing individuals to take advantage of me. I got assaulted twice this year and they got away with it.

What made you cry the hardest this year?

Losing my cousin to murder was the hardest I miss him so much.

What made you laugh the hardest?

Hanging out with all my friends and being goofy with no judgement. That is and still is the best medicine.

Which people have been there for you the most in 2020?

My best friend Janeth and even though me and my ex broke up he is still there for me and I love them both. Even my family was there when they could be despite the problems.

What are you most grateful for as this year draws to a close?

Being able to say that I have those that are closest to me still around and to be walking with a more positive lightbulb above my head while still being able to healthily pursue my dreams. I'm most grateful being able to express myself freely and not letting anyone drag me down.

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Monthly Magazine

SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT – NAY OR YAY?

By Kimberly Nguyen There are famous figures – Jackie Kennedy was one of the examples – who are well-known for keeping their eyes behind these shades. The purpose is to intimidate by creating mysterious air or just purely as a signature style.

Also, in many movies, we all see badass secret agents and spies with black suits or leather jackets plus sunglasses. Another cultural or fashion trend will be wearing sunglasses at the funeral.

"The question is what about wearing sunglasses at night?"

People wear sunglasses due to their basic function or for several practical reasons – protecting sensitive eyes from the glare of direct sunlight or the reflective lights from other objects.

Seemingly, we see some unwritten rules about wearing these sorts of eye shades. Indeed, several unspoken proper etiquettes in different situations or environments will prevent you from wearing them – you need to think twice, especially at night.

Ms Lovely Cent

The Beautiful Ms. Lovely Cent SPEAKERS

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Yaya Diamond and how you doing? Okie dokie? guys know me, CTO? No, see, I'm selling. But I am just I'm having a great time interviewing amazing people right here on Golden Rule conversations. And I'm just I'm just so excited to have lovely sent on the show today. Welcome How you doing?

Lovely Cent I'm wonderful. Thank you for having me.

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Yaya Diamond Oh, anytime, anytime. So tell the people about yourself, girl.

Lovely Cent Well, um, for those of you who know, in some of you that don't already know that I am a curvy model. And what I mean by that meaning, technically in a fashion world, but because of my size, I do a lot of runways. Up in New York and New Jersey, I model for brands by being brand ambassador, the whole nine. So I'm embracing my Corvinus.

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Yaya Diamond Hey, you know, a lot of years have gone by and, you know, you never would think that, you know, people who are short, people who are curvy people who are disabled. They have they're in wheelchair, they have one limb, they have to, they have amputations, older people. I mean, you would never think that the industry would embrace these people, because they've been set to astigmatism to the modeling world for so long. But I mean, normal people like that.

Lovely Cent You're absolutely right. You're absolutely right. And that is my story. That's kind of how my story actually started. Oh, growing up in like another Haitian background, you know, everybody wants you to be a nurse, a lawyer, you know, or whatever. And I knew that I always wanted to be a model. So every year my mom would ask me, oh, what do you want to be when you grow up, and I'm like, a model. And so I think she probably thought it was gonna change the bass, why she continued to come to me every year, but my story never changed. So as I got older, I'm like, 1516. So you know, I'm gonna go to these agencies. And, you know, some of them are scams, and some of them are just, you know, and I liked me, I was sure to take or whatever the issue was, so there was a part a time where I said, I'm done. I'm not doing it, the all the all the doors closed, there's no more doors to open. So I'm done. You know, but I'm gonna continue to post my look cute pictures and whatever, because that's who I am. That's what I like to do. And then one day, a guy contacted me on Facebook. He's from like, 15 dynasty up in New York. And he's like, oh, you know, we thought about being a model. I'm like, I don't have time for this, like, take your scamming behind on you. You know, you just don't really get that. So I'm just like, whatever, it's probably another guy. I want to talk to me or whatever it was. But I continue to kind of see where it led to. And he was like, No, you know, check me out and stuff like that.

So I did check him out. And he got me in through a lot of doors and a lot of fashion shows and came across a lot of different celebrities and you know, even will take management, corrupt.

You know, John blasts his game Godfather fashion, you know, I appreciate him from getting me to through the doors. And I got to meet incredible people. And I actually my first fashion show actually won the award. Nine, as nervous as I was, I was like, what would they call me? I was in the back because I didn't even know they were going to call me. But when they said my name, I was like, what? Oh. So I like rushed through the stage. And they're like, Yeah, you and I was just so ecstatic at that point. And I said, Oh, it's all from here now, so don't get me wrong.

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Yaya Diamond I mean, dreams do come true if you stick with it, but sometimes it comes true in such a procure your way like you will like forget it. I'm doing this

Lovely Cent climbing the ladder. I'm like, now like, yeah. It came at a time it needed to come because I feel like it did come earlier. I don't know if my headspace would have been at that point to really receive it. Yeah,

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Yaya Diamond I know. I know. Like oh yeah, no, I'm cute. All right. Exactly. I know because I would have been the same way it would be like I'm thinking the most Hi that I don't have hazel eyes and silky hair. Because if I did, this would not be good.

Lovely Cent Exactly. They would they say he always come on time. So he did.

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Yaya Diamond Always, always always so but yeah, not only am I at all, you do a lot of different things. So you're a songwriter, a performer, singer, tell me about that as well.

Lovely Cent So you know what a lot of people don't actually know that I started off as an artist. And I did not, you know, I didn't put forth the effort into putting my song out, I was kind of like, more embarrassed, like, no, maybe people won't like it won't sound right. You know, so I was a little bit shy when it came to that. So, and I was more into the modeling anyways. So after I did the modeling, I said, You know what, I can actually tap back in there and see what it do see if it'll work out for me, you know, so I kind of am because I had a lot connection with a couple of people anyway, I said, Well, let me see where it could bring me. So I am now transitioning into being an artist. And some of the songs are not out as of yet. Most likely, I'm gonna bring them out next year, kind of out of nowhere, just boom, drop in, everybody's like, Well, wait a minute, once you see a model where she, you know, so you want to surprise the world, and it's kind of where I'm heading to. So

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Yaya Diamond awesome. Awesome. I mean, you know, being an artistic person, someone who is, you know, always thinking of being like, you know, fashion and modeling and singing and all that stuff.

You know, what is your day, like, when you're focused on that, like, not the day to day, but the day of, you know, you have to go, you have to get yourself ready for this this runway, you know, thing that you're doing that day? What is your day look like on that?

Lovely Cent Oh, my goodness, the day is actually a really crazy day. And you know, what I always said, I want to actually do like, a separate TV series, where people can actually see the day to day of the modeling world. And I don't mean, you know, just like, Oh, more surname, oh, my goodness. I'm not talking about like Tyra Banks. I mean, like, you actually see what's going on behind the scenes from the morning to night. Like it's changing a, we don't care if there's men, there are women, their children there, you're just changing clothes, because you gotta go on to them. You gotta go on the stage with the next outfit, you know, with the next season, or the next designer, you know, so it gets pretty chaotic. People are telling you people are screaming in the back. So really, the people in the audience, you just see, oh, well, this is nice. This is beautiful. But in the back, we're all screaming at each other. You know? Ahead, because you can't be super emotional dealing with whoever is screaming at you just put on the clothes and just keep it going. You know. So you just have to be level headed when it comes to that and just keep it pushing. Just keep going. You got to keep going. Yeah.

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Yaya Diamond It's crazy, huh? I mean, so what does it feel like though? I'm gonna be very honest. And Frank, you know, I'm very upfront with my questions. And I want to know, what is it like to be in a, you know, a curvy model in a, in a society of formerly not curvy model industry.

Lovely Cent It's super tough. I don't have much designers that make curvy model clothes. So my first time that when I actually won that award, I ended up wearing my own clothes that I have bought, because remember, I went there to wear the designers clothes, to walk down the aisle. Now here's the issue with me. Not only am I curvy, but I'm short. So the curvy models, there's times where they make them for maybe bigger and taller women, versus I'm a little bit more slim. It's like I'm too small for the plus size, but I'm too thick for the juniors. So I'm always putting like right in that middle. Because I'm only five foot one, sir. But I think I'm like 5657 and nananana know, when they see me and they realize they're like, Oh, you're really like midget I'm only five foot one. I wear a lot of heels, but I'm not that tall. And then I'm curvy. I always have thick thighs and hips or whatever. So there are times where designers that have to pin the clothes around my back, you know, how am I dimensions fit fit? Because they don't always fit. So I had to actually throw on my own clothes in order to walk down the aisle. I mean, walk down the stage. And luckily I did break because that's the outfit that I wore that one. But the fact that when I first walked out there with the clothes, I was not fitting. I'm walking here trying to hold the skirt together. And it didn't it didn't look too right but I didn't put I didn't want it to fall too while as I'm walking down the stage I can't have the skirt falling, but it's like a bobby pin to hooked on to it. You know, it's this one like a spa. That's crazy. Sometimes you're trying on clothes that don't fit, you know, and if that not fit, I gotta try that one and that don't fit. So it's embarrassing at the same time. But you know, it's just kind of like, making it work without really showing people that you're sweating. Nobody would actually know that. No,

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Yaya Diamond they wouldn't. They wouldn't. And you know, I'm very happy for you. You know, five, one, Kirby never, never know, where, where and what world? World Do you live in? That there would be a runway model? Five, one, right? Maybe? What world? Right? You see, I'm saying? Yeah, how did that feel? Going out there? And were you amongst other curvy women? Or were you just it was all mixed up.

Lovely Cent It was either your assigned zero to three, or 18. And above. And here comes my little midget self that's like, randomly in between. So it's kind of like well, wait a minute, are you? Are you plus, what are you doing here? Are you what it's like nobody really knew where I fit in. But then again, a story of my life, I kind of felt like I never really fit in. There's times where I'll go to the store and I'm shopping, they're like, get a plus size department. And they're too big. Then I might want I'm gonna put a junior I like this. And it's like, Wait, you don't fit. I'm like, as my shoulders too wide. What was gone, you know? So it's always been that issue. But to be backstage, watching everyone just throw my outfits and ready to just start the wrong way. Up

walkway. And here I am like, I want to wear that hat. But I can't. I want to wear this but I don't want to fit. And this is too big. It's like embarrassing. Embarrassing. So I actually have to find a specific designer that can take all my dimensions and actually make the clothes for me.

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Yaya Diamond Wow. But I thought that that's what they did.

Lovely Cent Right? But see, with that particular fashion show that I was in there, like plus i designer, bring all the outfits you have, and what have plus size models for you. So they never got to see my dimensions. They don't even know who was walking. They just knew plus size. So they had 18 and 20s and 20 twos. I'm like, I'm not neither one of them. I'm like 1416

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Yaya Diamond Yeah. I mean, I mean, you got to break in some kind of way. You know, you got to get in there and you're a pioneer for I mean, I just It goes right back to five one. I mean, I'm five, five and narrow. You can't be a model, you're not tall enough. And you're definitely not skinny enough.

And it's like, dude, every person I know is a 12 and above, which is zero from who's as low as zero is like a kid in the seventh grade. Maybe you're probably not even in the seventh grade.

You're probably like elementary school. I mean, zero. We're in my thigh. Seriously, it makes no sense. Yeah. And I mean, I'm tired of seeing the skinny girls represent. You know, curvy girls, I'm not like, huge, but I'm not like small. And don't be giving me these flat butt pants either.

You'll be walking around in your buggy all halfway out because and then and then the pockets and all that and then the back part is all out like this. And you got to put a belt on and the belt has these. It goes straight across, but then the pants buckle down. Come on.

Lovely Cent Yes, they make those type of clothes for a certain type of women. So this is like that's the journey that I've been struggling on for so long. But you know what I did ended up finding this lady that made all types of clothes for different sizes. And when I told tell you every single outfit she made without seeing me fit me out. And she even the but even the but even the but they were like it

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Yaya Diamond wasn't about fit, right? Yeah, you

Lovely Cent I had this feather outfit, and I'm like, that's not gonna fit me. And when I tell you it's sat on me perfectly. I was like, Oh, you knew me. You knew this was my size. And she's like, No, I don't know. I'm like, This is what I'm talking about. It fit me and I felt a little bit more comfortable, a little bit more confident. Because I'm like, okay, I can actually walk in a clothes that fits me just right and left For a society, these designers are coming out with making different clothes and not just like zero. That's what makes a lot more and better for me because I could actually be why I said I wanted to be and I think they realize they realize that wait a minute, there's a lot of people that want to be models. That can't be because they're not zeros. Well, I'm sorry, zero steel.

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Yaya Diamond I don't know anybody that's zero. past 15 years old. All right. Okay. Yeah, way past $15. Right, kids, life, chocolate cake. Man, you know, you know, like, man, you know, stress eating?

Lovely Cent Right? What that was a lot of challenging on people that wants to be the model. They want me to be, I need to be skinny. So maybe if I start, you know, I'm sure there's so many girls that are going through that trying to fit into that model, you know, criteria that they want it. Right, that it's not like that anymore. Like,

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Yaya Diamond I'm so happy. I'm very, very happy. It's not like that anymore. Because, you know, there was a stigmatism with that and also came diseases, you know, you know, bulimia and all kinds of different things came with it. Just to me, it just wasn't worth it. It wasn't worth and it still isn't.

It's still I'm glad that we have people like you pioneers like you who've gone before. What is your model? What do you want people to remember you for and by?

Lovely Cent Well, you know what, I always have a thing where people always remember my face. Oh, she's so beautiful. She's so beautiful. And I'm like, I want to be more than beautiful. Everybody has a story to tell. And I want to tell my story. Which is why I geared towards writing my book.

Because I'm like, they're not gonna hear me through my music, they're gonna hear me through my books, they're not going to hear me through my books, they're gonna see my walk. But then I'm gonna see my walk, they're gonna see me, they're gonna see me somewhere, is because every journey is a story to tell. And I feel like I want people to look at me deeper than just, oh, she's beautiful. She likes skin or she's sick. And she, Oh, she got a tattoo or you know, because people are attracted by, you know, your physical, you know, appearance, and I get it, you know, first thing you see is appearance. So I get that. But I want people to just kind of dive into it a little bit more. So I'm gonna be reaching every platform. I hear

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Yaya Diamond you, I hear you tell me about your book.

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Lovely Cent So this is actually a journey of my life. started, you know, not not too in details, I just mostly important parts that affected me good ways in positive ways. One thing about me is, you know, when I, when I go through certain things, I end up going through them alone, which is not a good thing, because nobody knows what's going on. So I try and spend some time I lost my mom in 2020. And no, like, no one has a lot of people that still don't know that even though you see my physical appearance or pretty pictures, oh, she's dancing, this video and whatever.

They didn't realize that I was grieving during that time. You know, so I just want to be able to write my story. And let people know that it's okay to still grieve and still be normal. And not have to always show this look just to be accepted. You're gonna set me with or without it. I have to be authentically me.

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Yaya Diamond Yeah, yeah. And we're not always going to be beautiful, right? I mean, I got an ugly cry. So I'm just ugly. But not only that, you know, you as you get older that beauty it does fade. I mean, you know, you do, you're beautiful, but you're not as you're not that young, beautiful. You're gonna mean like, as you get older, the wrinkles come depending on what your what, you know, your genetics it is, you know, the kids stretch you out. You know, you got stretch marks everywhere. I mean, conscious things that, you know, but I've heard that men don't care. Oh, no, they don't. It's all in the woman's mind.

Lovely Cent You know, it's the sad truth. It's the sad truth. The army, like, What are you talking about? I'm like, so you don't see you don't see this view, right. We're having a panic attack. And they're looking like no, we see nothing, you know, but it's the truth is all in the mind.

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Yaya Diamond Yeah. Am I and I believe that came from being a size zero and a size two and a size one. And the industry that has told us as you know, young is beautiful and old is fart. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't believe that any Mr. I don't believe that anymore. I don't believe that young is beautiful. I believe that young as young, yes. And and as you get older, you get wiser, and you appreciate every little thing that you've been through to get where you're at, you know, as you get older and as you go in your field and you know, you crossover to all the different things, what is it like for you is always going

Lovely Cent to be a challenge, it's always going to be a challenge, because for me, it's kind of like, okay, how do I get people to not only see me as a model, but I'm doing other things as well, you know, it's a little hard for, for people to get out of that mindset. Because whatever it is, in your

mind is just what's in your mind. Because like I said before, they only go by what your your appearance is. So that's why it's important to always speak your truth. And to always just be authentically you and be this be genuine. You know, a lot of people would leave with me for, you know, modeling their clothes or whatever they're like, Oh, my God, you, you actually cool.

And I'm like, well, that's supposed to be some mouse. Models. He's pretty girls, I stuck up that about and I'm like, that does not mean like, I have a childlike mentality. Like, you know, I like to play and I can be serious. I mean, there's different parts of everyone. Yeah, for me. I just want people to see a little bit deeper, genuinely. And it's just who I am.

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Yaya Diamond Yeah, I like your Twitter handle. You said before you before you burn a bridge or something like that. You better make sure you know you don't need me.

Lovely Cent Because people may not realize it. They'd be knocking on your door like, wait a minute,

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Yaya Diamond make sure you don't need me anymore, right? Well, yeah, yeah, definitely. Definitely. Oh, my gosh. Well, I want to thank you so much for being on the show. There's just so many different aspects to you. You know, what is it that you want to leave this world? I mean, the final impression of four lovely said, what is that?

Lovely Cent My biggest thing is to make sure that people are okay with who they are. A lot of people don't accept who they are. They accept. Who are you think that I am? So, if I'm supposed to be this classy person, then that's what I'm going to show you if I supposed to be this ratchet person.

And that's what I'm going to show you it has got to be this thug that I want you to see that. No, I want people to break down these layers and say, This is who I am. And I want people to know, this is who I am. I'm not just the face. I'm not just the model. I'm a genuinely I'm a mother of four. I am you know, a rent, just like everyone else, you know, it's just I'm making life I'm walking through my drives, I'm putting my footsteps through life. But I have to be authentically me so I can be happy. And there's actually a quote I have put on on Facebook, I'm sorry, on Instagram on my story. And it says popularity makes people like you. But your happiness makes you like I want to be happy within me. That's the footsteps I'm gonna leave you it on my kids so they can teach it to their kids and yours and whoever's around them. Yeah, spreading positivity. That's all I want to do.

Yaya Diamond That's it. I said, girlfriend. Thank you lovely say Where can people find you girlfriend? I know you got an Instagram. I know you got a Twitter. So but where is your preference?

Lovely Cent So my go to is usually Instagram and Snapchat. And let me tell you something, my Instagram might be slightly different from my snapchat which might slightly differ from my Twitter, you get different versions of me okay. But my most of the go to is my Snapchat. That's where you see all the while that's happening. But I usually go to my Instagram lovely underscore sent. And the same as my Facebook. Really, if you just put in lovely Sandy, kind of see me everywhere with Twitter and Snapchat, it's all the same. And set and CNTs some people will be saying st like the smell. No, say it's short for Cynthia. So C E N T.

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Yaya Diamond Awesome, beautiful. Beautiful. Well, I want to thank you lovely set for being on the show today.

And we're gonna have all of that information in the description box expecially the Instagram so that you can follow and if you'd like a little wild thing going on there a little bit. You got it. Go ahead and subscribe to the and ask for her Snapchat, which I'm not sure we had. If we do we'll put it down here. But I'm telling you one thing, you know, it's just it's just a refreshing thing to see someone who beforehand wouldn't have the opportunity but now is a trailblazer. And you know, and there are people We're coming behind you and droves. It's like you're going in as one. And there's a triangle of people coming in right after you. And you've opened the door for so many different people to come through that door that you're open and you know, for people who have before been rejected, now can't be rejected any more, because of you. Thank you.

Lovely Cent Thank you. I'm honored to be on the show. I appreciate you giving me another voice and another platform to speak on. So thank you.

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Yaya Diamond Awesome. Thank you. And thank you guys so much for tuning in. Don't forget to dare to be different. And don't forget to subscribe right here to Golden Rule conversations. And this has been a lovely conversation with the lovely said I am telling you, and until next time, guys, bye.

Lovely Cent Bye. Thank you

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