Anybody that knows me knows what a what a big deal this is for me right now. I was one of the co-hosts of the Ringer podcast way down in the hole where we recapped every episode of the greatest television show of all time to wire.

And we have one of the most signature characters in the history of the wire the woman who played one of the most signature characters in the history of the wire joining us today Felicia.

New Pearson. Thank you for joining us today on how to learn this new.

Thanks for having me. Thanks for having me. Now we all know your work from the wire but before we I get any of my wire near questions I don't want to talk about what it is that that you're doing right now you're actually.

We unfortunately we lost our brother Michael K Williams devastating loss we talked about it here on higher learning. He has an amazing show on vice TV called black market and you are stepping up to provide some voice over to some of those episodes that Michael unfortunately wasn't able to do before he left us the show premieres on January 10th.

2022 obviously and why don't you just take us through before you even get into the show a little bit about how you and him became so tight how y'all relationship led to you getting on the wire and what it means to kind of step in for him and make sure that this project is completed that you know he couldn't do it.

I mean you know my brother where a lot of hats man you know like he was amazing man and for them to you know call me to step in you know just I can't fulfill issues but you know just to provide a little help you know me and it was slight better sweet you know that I want to have the finish it I want him to finish it.

I want him to finish his project I want him to be it that's like my glue man that's like it's my heart it's my brother like you know acting you know just because we were set not of that it's like two peas in a pot man you know I'm like since he first.

And to do this self to me because I know who how he was and club one and Baltimore and you know they looks can be deceiving you know I mean I thought he was a straight excuse me gorilla.

I don't know you is I don't watch the wire you know so I thought he was something else that he wasn't and then like I said looks can be deceiving because soon as he started talking to me it was like man he so sweet you like.

So I know it's like a teddy bear so yeah they but you know Mike was all of know you know he was an actor this he was even a lot of hats I be here all day trying to.

Yeah this one man.

I mean he's a king.

He's legendary you know.

Yeah for real.

Yeah.

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So he can't see yeah talk talk a little bit about that conversation how that came about.

I didn't we had a conversation about it I mean I just came to the set and I was just talking and you know I came to the set to see him the set was only like what like two blocks away from my grandmother house because at the time I was living with my grandmother and.

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