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welcome to another episode of the Bakari Cellars podcast.

Good morning, my brother, how are you? We got Roy Wood Jr. with us today.

Man, how the hell is you?

Not how I deserve. But how is you? I'm a best time I deserve.

But how is you?

Man, I was doing good.

I was doing, my bones ache a little bit, but I was doing good.

I, you know, I have some questions questions for you but before we get too deep I

know this interview will air later but this morning we just found out the news of

another young black comedian who was gone too soon.

A.J. Johnson.

Do you have any memories of A.J. Johnson, anything that stands out to?

I met Brother A.J. a couple of times on the L. A. scene, you know, as far as like if comedy is high school,

when I was a freshman, you know, A.J. was probably a junior or senior.

So I passed in cross a lot. But when they did, the brother was always nice and kind and always just funny in the moment, you know what I mean?

Like just one of them cats that just knows how to do it.

Who was it? Chris Spencer said, you know,

comedians, a comic is funny, but a comedian

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