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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Daymond John on the Origins of FUBU and Black Entrepreneurship

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by FUBU founder and CEO—and ‘Shark Tank’ cohost—Daymond John to discuss the beginnings of the iconic brand (1:09), supporting Black entrepreneurs (8:52), and his new children’s book ‘Little Daymond Learns to Earn’ (17:08). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Daymond John Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

Welcome to another episode of the Bakari Service podcast.

0:18.0

Today we have a legend.

0:19.0

I'm actually excited about this show.

0:20.0

I get excited about most of my shows because sometimes they're friends of mine.

0:24.0

Today is, we're not, he's friend in my head. I feel like I've known him forever.

0:28.2

We feel like we have all known him forever. None other than Mr. Damon John. How you feeling today? What's up?

0:34.0

I am amazing. I'm here with you brother. Thank you so much man.

0:38.0

Appreciate it. I'm sorry this wasn't by choice. I was kind of

0:42.0

gathering on my team and we rented a space and I'm like I think okay yeah I was like all right I mean I'm not knocking it I like I like her too is that that's Madonna right?

0:55.2

You know I don't know if it's Maryland.

0:59.0

Oh you know what is Madonna you know what I am dyslexic but the room says the Madonna room.

1:04.0

Okay so there you go. Well she's changed a lot I'll leave it at that. So my show is

1:10.3

unique and say that we we start each one of our episodes by having our guest walk us through the arc of their careers.

1:17.0

So talk to us about the arc of your career, because people just think that you showed up on Shark Tanka, you just wound up with Fubu. So talk to us about the arc of your career from

1:25.2

Fubu to Shark Tank and what got you started in fashion and later inspired

1:29.6

where you are today.

1:31.6

Oh, all right, let me try to make this quick.

1:34.2

I need to do it within two minutes.

1:36.7

Grew up in New York City, new emerging music coming out of the Bronx.

1:40.7

This is the 50th anniversary of that I call it our

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