THE Shea Butter Baby, Ari Lennox’s Voice (And Laugh) Is Like Soul Food! (We Stan So Hard!)

Yes, Girl!

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We are all-the-way thrilled to have one of our favorite new recording artists, Ari Lennox (@arilennox), on the show this week! Cori is trying to get her bedroom decor to ‘BMO’ video levels and Charli is stanning hard for Ari’s humility and IG hilarity. R&B is having a revival of sorts and artists like Ari are leading the way. So, we chopped it up with her about her new album “Shea Butter Baby” (it’s a whole vibe!), what (THE QUEEN) Erykah Badu said to her before her Black Girls Rock! performance, cautionary tales of signing record deals, and her upcoming tour with LIZZO! We cannot get enough of Ari, y’all. Her star is rising at meteoric speeds and it warms our hearts. Check out this episode, full of laughs and real talk! Be sure to use #YesGirlPodcast to share your thoughts and follow Cori Murray (@corimurray), and Charli Penn (Twitter: @ManWifeDog, IG: @charlipenn)!

Yes, Girl! Hosts: Cori Murray (@corimurray) Charli Penn (IG = @charlipenn / Twitter = @manwifedog)
Executive Producer: Tiffany Ashitey (@misstiffsays)
Producers: Ashley Hobbs (@ashleylatruly) + Shantel Holder (@shadesofshan_)
Bookings: Cori Murray, Charli Penn, and Tiffany Ashitey
Audio: Josh Gwynn (@regardingjosh) + Anthony Frasier (@anthonyfrasier)
Music: Gold Standard Creative (@gscdotnyc)

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0:00.0	When did you know black was beautiful?
0:01.5	I feel I always knew that I was beautiful.
0:05.0	I definitely always felt different.
0:07.0	Always.
0:08.0	Always.
0:09.0	Yeah, always.
0:10.0	But always, you know, black is beautiful, definitely.
0:12.0	It's funny you ask because I wrote a song when I was seven.
0:15.8	I said I'm a beautiful black queen,
0:18.6	but I'm a generous queen.
0:20.6	That's something that my mother like always taught me. She definitely always let me know that I was beautiful consistently and she always reminded me of that.
0:29.0	Hey y'all it's Julie Global Wilson and you are listening to the
0:36.7	color files the color files is really special because it is a celebration of black beauty.
0:45.0	So you have to have that sense of self and strength and know that it's the most beautiful
0:51.6	thing, like being black.
0:53.0	But you always knew that being a black woman you were lit.
0:55.8	For sure, for sure, for sure.
0:57.6	I never felt less than as a black woman growing up.
1:00.6	No.
1:01.1	I love hearing stories and I love hearing people talk about the trials and tribulations, but also the successes that they've
1:07.9	gone through.
1:09.1	And I think we can inspire people and entertain them.
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