Hey what’s up people, long time no speak! #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodNegro is bringing a SPECIAL episode of #QuarantineTalks! Today me and one of my best friends, Tim, discuss #accentism in London! I felt with the passing of “Queen” Lizzie and all of the controversy surrounding the “royal” family, that this was the PERFECT time to revisit this conversation! The term "accentism" describes discriminatory or unfair behavior centered on someone's accent or language use. Tim is an Australian born and r...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Hey what’s up people, welcome to season 4 of #QuarantineTalks 🙋🏾♂️! In celebration of #transgenderdayofvisibility and #transgenderawarenessweek 🏳️⚧️🙌🏾🏳️⚧️, we want to share a conversation that our host and, #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro JC had with #Transactivist and artist Gatekeeper Adrian ! 😎🎙 In this super informative and free -flowing conversation, JC and Adrian discuss The meaning behind gender-based language, the issues that Black #transwomen and #Transmen face from BOTH the #LGTB...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Hey whats up people 🙋🏾♂️🙋🏾♀️! This episode of #QuarantineTalksPodcast is another international guest: I got my boy @TopsyTaiwo🇬🇧! Topsy is Black Millennial #PropertyExpert 🏠 or #RealEstateAgent 🏡 in the States, #ContentCreator 👨🏾💻, #Dancer 🕺🏾🕺🏾 and host of @TOPCHAT and @PropertyPurchaser 🎙! Your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT 🙋🏾♂️ and Topsy discuss his appearance on #RealityTV shows and @BBC 📺, how the US #elections 📥 affect the #HousingMarkets in the #UK 📈, an...
Mar 25, 2021•54 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Hey whats up people 🙋🏾♂️🙋🏾♀️! The second episode of #QuarantineTalksPodcast features Black Millennial Real Estate Developers, ESG Fund Managers and #PowerCouple @majesty_elize! They are the owners and creators of Evopia: a #nonprofit organization aimed at increasing the amount of #affordablehousing 🏘 in the US 🇺🇸and globally🌍 ! The Gayles and #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT🙋🏾♂️ discuss all things #RealEstate 🏡, #ContainerHomes 🚃, #GlobalHousingCrisis 🗺 and the #pandemic ...
Mar 25, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Hey whats up people 🙋🏾♂️🙋🏾♀️! Welcome back to another season of #QuarantineTalksPodcast! We are back with full video 📼 AND audio 🎧 #podcasts ! 3️⃣-4️⃣ interviews will be dropping every month, #Netflix style! 🙌🏾🙌🏾 . Our FIRST episode features @therealbenhurst! Ben and your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro 🙋🏾♂️ @JCFromTheOVT discuss all things #toxicmasculinty ☢️, male sexual and mental health🍆, being a Tedx Talks speaker and more! . As always, #COMMENT 💬 Below, #SHARE ↪️ and #LIKE 👍🏾...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Hey whats up people! This very special episode #QuarantineTalksPodcast is featuring ANOTHER #international guest: @_iam_kenzo_ coming to you live and direct from the island of #Japan! Your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT and Kenzo discuss moving from #Baltimore to #Tokyo at 16 and deciding to stay, what its like being #BlackinJapan and what pre conceived notions the #Japanese may have and, adapting to the culture! Then we discuss Japan's extremely high rate of #suicide and #alcoholism a...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Hey whats up people! This episode of #QuarantineTalksPodcast has your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT talking with #powercouple @brandencrwfrd and @lenayascrawford ! #TheCrawfords, as I like to to call them, are a set of dope ass individuals from #atlanta who have the #blackowned #yoga studio @seviinyoga and a family therapy clinic @kaleidoscopeft ! ( Not to be confused with @kaleidoscopebeautyltd, another DOPE black owned business featured on this page! ) We dive into what prompted the...
Nov 11, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Hey whats up people! Your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro, @JCFromTheOVT welcoming you back to another episode of #QuarantineTalksPodcast! Today on the show #NewYork raised and #Atlanta based #rapper @WhoIs5thLettah discusses his musical origin story, creating his first full length album in 2014 and, then re-relasing that #album 5 years later to a broader audience! We also talk about life as an #indieartist, methods for content #distribution and of course, all things #hiphop ! . Also You guys may hav...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Hey whats up people! Today on #quarantinetalkspodcast your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT is speaking with the #grammynominated vocal arranger and producer @Jehreeus! Jehreeus has worked with such artists as @JanetJackson, @BjTheChicagoKid and @cordae just to name a few! He’s a musically inclined individual, gifted with #perfectpitch (look it up) he creates vocal arrangement sample packs with fellow arranger and perfect pitcher @GabeKunda and dope ass #tiktok and IG #mashups! . We also...
Oct 23, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Hey whats up poeple! #QuarantineTalks is back with a FRESH new episode! Your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT is sitting down with astrologist, a hood psychologist, #artist and #rapper :@iamblve ! We talk about his origin story: growing up in #BatonRouge, witnessing kidnappings (yea you read that right) being part of a legacy of #CivilRights activists in the area, His home life trails and tribulations, and his inspirations and introductions into #music, #poetry and #storytelling! Then we...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Hey whats up people! Today your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT has a SUPER special edition of #QuarantineTalks! It all started about a month ago, we wanted to create dialogue between #BlackAmericans and #BlackBrits ! We have so much in common: from the language that we speak ( #English ), to being #Black in #colonizer countries, and our shared love of Black American #PopCulture! Today, we bring you the fruits of that labor (or labour depending on country code lol): The #London - #Atlan...
Oct 09, 2020•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Hey whats up people! This episode of #QuarantineTalks has #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT welcoming our homegirl KJ (@Youcancallme_KJ) ! She is a #digitalmarketing strategist based in #NYC who has worked with #socialmedia #influencers like @TheBudgetnista and, most recently one of our FAVORITE concert experiences: @Afropunk!! . We talk about working for the #Blackest concert in the world, her favorite performances and experiences, life as a #liveevents professional during #covid, living...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 29
Hey whats up people! On this episode of #QuaratineTalks @JCFromTheOVT is chatting with @TinaFears of #StageReady LLC! We discuss her entertainment origins; form working and recording with some of the producers of #MariahCarey and #MichaelJackson, to moving to #ATL from #LosAngeles at a young age and the #CultureShock that ensued. And then we talk about founding Stage Ready: her production and talent management agency, while still managing to be talent herself! . Then we get into stage plays and ...
Sep 25, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Hey whats up people! This episode of #QuarantineTalks has @JCFromTheOVT chatting with a man that was nicknamed “Keeper of the Jewels” by the late #DickGregory himself: Eric Majette @themrmajestic! Eric got that name because he is the owner of a traveling museum of #BlackHistory with over 10,000 pieces! We discuss how his obsession with the record keeping of his family legacy, lead him to the eventual creation of this museum; Spending over a 100k thousand dollars to purchase artifacts from legend...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Hey what up people! On this episode of #QuarantineTalks @JCFromTheOVT sat down with a lady responsible for bringing to life some of the shows we know and love: Jen Farris (@dpartur)! Jen is a location scout and manager here in #Atlanta ! She has worked on projects like the Immortal life of #HenriettaLacks, Atlanta on #FX with @ChildishGambino, #BeingMaryJane and my personal favorite shows right now #HBO #LovecraftCountry and @Starz #PValley!!! . We talk about being involved in the locations depa...
Sep 16, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Hey whats up people! This #QuarantineTalks has your #FriendlyNeighbohooodNegro , @JCFromTheOVT, welcoming a very energetic guest, all the way from the shores of #London / #Canada via the motherland of #Nigeria : @BamiKuteyi a.k.a. "Bam Bam" as she's known out here in these internet streets! A former online digital specialist at @Google, we talk about how the inclusion and diversity program she began, intended to be a healthy alternative to going for drinks at the pub, turned into @twerkafterwork...
Sep 06, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Hey Whats Up Poeple! On this episode of #Quarantinetalks Your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT chats with Mr I-Cant-Believ-Its-Not-Butter himself: @Mrsuperbran, Brandon Butler! We Talk The Ideation And Creation Of @Butter.atl, How He Started This Media Company With The Full Backing, Support And Resources Of The Company He Works For: @daggeragency, And The Steps And Processes He Takes To Make Sure The #ButterATL Team Is A Well-oiled Machine! We Also Talk Velocity To A Dollar (one of his b...
Sep 03, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Hey whats up people! Today your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT chats it up with the bonafide, Icey Amputee Warrior @keithteboy_ ! JC and Keith talk his struggles growing up and how he's become so confident in himself! How #makeup gurus like @aaliyahjay, @jackieaina and @nikitadragun spurred his interest in the business of #beauty and, how the industry at large doesn’t give enough credit to the #BlackWomen and #BlackFemmes that helped create the movement! #Shoutout to @Ladieswhobrunchat...
Aug 30, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Hey whats up people! On today's episode of #QuarantineTalks , your friendly neighborhood negro @JCFromTheOVT sits down with #BeautyQueen and international business owner @BlessedUmu! Umutoni is the creator of @kaleidoscopebeautyltd a jewelry company with roots in #Africa and the #UK ! We talk her origin story and how she came to the world of #jewelry design and sale, her feature in @forbes, @bbcafrica, and @sheenmagazine magazines and the trails and tribulations of running an #InternationalBusin...
Aug 25, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Hey whats up people! Today's episode of #QuarantineTalks has your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT chatting with an individual that is T.otally E.nthused A.bout M.aking A.rt R.eally R.eally R.aw: TEAMARRR! (@imaliltcup). She is the first #singer #songwriter that we have had on the #podcast AND she is the first artist signed to #IssaRae 's #Raedio record label! JC and Tea talk working with Issa, #Yugioh cards and #anime , her first album #ThanksForTheChapstick , and she gives us the #OVTE...
Jul 31, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Hey whats up people! We are back once again with another fresh episode of #QuarantineTalks ! Today your #FriendlyNeighborhoodNegro @JCFromTheOVT got a chance to sit down and talk with the lovely, bubbly, culinary creator of @lime_hut_london: Ms. Afiya Titus.... MISS FI, if ya hungry 😝! Not only is she your new favorite #cook but, she is also co-owner and creator of @cocofinancial : a consultancy agency geared towards financial literacy and entrepreneurship of women in the #UK. . We talk about h...
Jul 27, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Hey whats up people! It's been awhile but we are BACK with another brand new episode of #QuarantineTalks ! This is the 20 episode of the #podcast and, as promised, a very special guest: this episode we have none other than your friendly neighborhood negro himself: @JcarringtonOVT ! He's been very active and present in #Seattle with the #CapitolHillOrganizedProtest aka #chop formerly #chaz! and producing and creating an original docuseries called “ #TellMeAStoryAbout ..” Friend of the pod @kool_k...
Jul 09, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Hey Whats Up People! On This Episode Of #QuarantineTalks We have Ms. Christal Jordan ! Wondering Why Should You Care About Her? Allow Us To Explain: Ms. Jordan Is A Seasoned #PublicRelations Professional And The Creator / Ceo Of @EnchantedPR! She Talks Celebrity Relationships On @Fox5Atlanta And A Contributing Editor At @RollingOut Magazine! We Get Into Her #OriginStory: Going From Customer Relations At Barnes & Nobles In #Tulsa , Working With Ms Rhonda Freeman Baraka, And Her #PRFirm At #La...
May 27, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Hey What's Up People! On This Episode of #QuarantineTalks @JcarringtonOVT sits down to talk with #SocialMedia Guru @Gabriel_Williams1 ! Gabe Currently Runs Social And Engagement For #iOneDigital: The Digital Branch Of #UrbanOne ---The Largest Distributor Of Urban Content In The #USA! Buuuuut, Back In 2007, Gabe And Co-founder @Raeholliday, Created The Game-Changing Blog Stuff Fly Ppl Like! We Discuss Going From A Backup Singer In LA, to T-Mobile Hustling In #NYC And Finally Becoming An Overnight...
May 22, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Hey whats up people! This episode of #QuarantineTalks has us joined by a long time friend: @MeganAlodie ! Meg is a #yoga instructor, a #henna artist and a freelance #muralist ! Y'all she's basically the real-life #NolaDarling! She has managed to turn their #canvas -style #art into an actual, paid-ass living! We talk about the origin of henna tattooing, how she got her start drawing #mandalas in #nyc ,the new #netflix show #BlackAF and, last but not least the awkwardness of #ZoomParties and spoil...
May 16, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 17
Hey Whats Up People! On this episode of #QuarantineTalks We're Joined By @IamReaDavis ! She Is A #Publicist Based In #LA, By Way Of My Mama Home State of #NorthCarolina. We Talk About Her Upbringing, How Her Mother (Also A Journalist) Would Give Her Press Passes To Major Events With One Stipulation: “Don't Come Back Without A Story” ! We Talk about Her Move From #Atl To #Cali And How She's Managed To Avoid #LATraffic, And Discuss This Debate About Productivity Vs #MentalHealth In #Quarantine ! P...
May 13, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Hey whats up people! On this installment of #QuarantineTalks we have a very special #actress, guest, #celebrity friend: @brittanyinge ! She plays Crystal Garret on the hit show #BoomerangonBET! We discuss her leading her own episode in #paris (shouout to @dimedavis) and, dealing with the #acting challenge of language barriers! Her first on-screen love scene and, working with childhood idol #kellyrowland! Then she describes what its like working with #LenaWaithe , being on #HalleBerry ’s IG and, ...
May 08, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Hey whats up people! We took a look at our past #podcast episodes and noticed that they were majority #MEN. So, we have made it a focal point to interview and talk with more #WOMEN on the platform as a whole! Our next 5 #pods will be featuring prominent and popping #BlackWomen from the #USA and abroad! With that being said; this episode is featuring the lovely, #intelligent and #creative minds of @flrpln: @rachiebabie and @adialauren ! These ladies bring the dope shit you see on #IG and other on...
May 06, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Whats up people! This week's episode of #QuarantineTalks features an OG out here in these #VentureCapital streets: @JeffBoodie! Jeff is the #CEO and creator of @jobsnap, a #BizDev consultant and a #Masterclass aficionado where he demonstrates why he is, arguably, #Theplug to end all plugs! Today, we talk on the intersection of ethnicity and gender in the VC Community (or lack thereof), his podcast @7QuestionsPodcast, working for #Oprah and #OwnTV in his 20s, his close relationship with #GayleKin...
May 01, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Whats up people! This is JC and welcome to #QuarantineTalks! Today I got a good guy doing good things: @LilRichye is on the #podcast! We talk his partnership with the Charlotte @Hornets and the #BookBusTour, his appearance on the rap game with @JermaineDupri, working with @Zaytovenbeatz, touring with @DaBaby, and how authoring two books helped him work through #depression. Mama Richye, bka Cookie but, formally known as Mrs. Kesha discusses what it's like raising a superstar and, how The Church h...
Apr 26, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 12
