"Life is tough...and it's also miraculous." T-Boz and TLC sold 70 million albums, becoming the bestselling girl band ever in America. Along the way they declared bankruptcy, she battled sickle-cell anemia, the death of one of their bandmates and best friends, a brain tumor, everything. She's 47 today and beat two life sentences the doctors declared on her. People say, "Well, she sold 70 million albums! That's success!" When you do your absolute best today, even though you know tomorrow everything can change - that's success. I had T-Boz on the podcast to celebrate the release of her new memoir, "A Sick Life" which I highly recommend. REINVENTION IS EVERY DAY TLC sold 70 million albums and is the #1 selling girl band in America. But to stay creative, T-Boz and her bandmates, Left-eye, and Chili had to constantly develop music that stayed fresh and relevant. 15 years after they started, they released their 5th album REMEMBERING THE ABOVE I always say "Reinvention is every day" ever since my book, "Reinvent Yourself" came out. But I'll be honest, just as hard is remembering every day that "reinvention every day". The straight and narrow and supposedly easy path is constantly whispering to me to follow it. But don't. IDEA SEX Other groups were R&B, other groups were rap, other groups were funk. How do you be the best? T-Boz (funk) + Left-Eye (Rap) + Chili (R&B) = TLC = 70 million albums PERSISTENCE Sickle-cell anemia is debilitating. You're not supposed to live. The blood cells don't want to deliver oxygen to the rest of your body. The pain is incredible. T-Boz's brain tumor took three years to recover from. The death of her best friend and band-mate took 2 years to recover from. Going bankrupt after selling tens of millions of albums forced her to start from scratch. Reinventing in a constantly changing music business is the downfall of many artists. For their last album, TLC even used Kickstarted to fund it as opposed to a record label. Success is about reinvention and persistent every day. IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST, KNOW THE BUSINESS A lot of creatives don't want to read the contracts or fine print. TLC didn't read it as well and ended up making almost no money on their first 30 million albums. At one point they even held up music legend, Clive Davis, at gun point, asking, "Where's our money". They went bankrupt and had to start from scratch. Don't outsource your financial well-being and the security of your family to others. SICKNESS AND PAIN No matter who you are, life is going to happen. "Life is tough". T-Boz had painful sickle-cell anemia since birth and often had to be hospitalized mid-album, mid-tour, mid-whatever. "When I was seven they told me I wouldn't live past 30. I'm 47 now." "They told me I couldn't have kids. I have two now." "When they did brain surgery, they told me I might never sing again. I'm on tour now with our latest album." Then she lost her best friend and band-mate, Left-eye, to a car crash. She was depressed for two years. Then she had a brain tumor that required surgery and three years of physical therapy to recover from. "I still can't whistle," she told me. "Try," I said. So she did. She couldn't whistle. "I can't move the muscles on the left side of my mouth." But throughout the podcast she laughed. "And I'm going back on tour tomorrow." CREATIVITY HAS MANY OUTLETS T-Boz has written songs, performed them, did the choreography for TLC's videos, conceived of the videos, written a book of poems, written movies, and now this memoir. People sometimes say, "I can't be creative". Or, "I don't have the talent". Or "I can do X, but not Y". Not true. Creativity is a muscle. Find some small way to be creative every day and the muscle gets developed. For me, today is the first day I'm going to try to do standup in the same day at two different clubs. I'm scared. Find one thing scary and challenging and creative every day. What happens then? Everything. SAY WHAT YOU MEAN A lot of pop music today is created by people who have reverse engineered "the hit". There's even a book about it, "The Hit Factory", about a group of kids in Sweden who have basically written most hits you've heard in the past year. But the key to TLC's success was that they were always writing the songs that were important to them: "Unpretty" - about staying true to your looks and not trying to change them to fit another person's desires. "Waterfalls" - about staying true to your dreams but not caving in to the shortcuts that destroy many lives. Hit after hit. "That's the point of being an artist, right? You feel something and you have to get it out." List today what your real values are. What do you believe in? What's important to you? What's scary to you? It's a hard process to figure out who you are and what you stand for. But this unlocks the creative well and supercharges all of your relationships. Honesty with others begins with honesty to yourself. LIVE YOUR FULL LIFE TODAY The best way to live a full life tomorrow is to live the fullest life you can today. T-BOZ: "Life is tough. And for many years I've felt like I've worked to get sick and worked to get better, just to get sick again. I'm learning to find a balance and just live. You lose people and you fall ill and bad things can happen. "But it's also really miraculous. You can have babies you were told you'd never have. You can bring joy to millions of people with your music. You can feel love and happiness and faith. "You can decide that you're stronger than any obstacle and you can empower your- self to survive. I know things can get really dark, but you'll always feel better if you hold on. 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Michael Malice (?YOUR WELCOME?) welcomes internet personality and anarchist-in-arms, Luke Rudkowski, onto the show to discuss why the election of Trump is the likely start of a renaissance in America, how RFK Jr. is ending the game of Russian roulette that American?s play with their own bodies, and what the current administration is doing to stop the emotional blackmail that many citizens have dealt with for decades.
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Michael Malice (?YOUR WELCOME?) invites the always entertaining author, Curtis Yarvin, back onto the show to talk about his surprising experience being interviewed by the New York Times, his opinion on Michael?s recently purchased ?toy? from the 19th century, and the many reasons why the jig is up for USAID.
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Michael Malice (?YOUR WELCOME?) welcomes comedian, YouTuber, and one of the greatest edgelords out there, Count Dankula, to talk about how political changes in the states influence many countries overseas, how the reality show The Traitors wonderfully illustrates the many deficiencies of democracy, and the concerning trend of political optics over political action.
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Michael Malice (?YOUR WELCOME?) invites author and television host, Jesse Kelly, onto the podcast to share his thoughts on Trump?s war against DEI, the corporate media?s exhausting attempts to paint him as a racist, and where they think he will strike next when it comes to taking power and influence away from the democrats.
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Michael Malice (?YOUR WELCOME?) welcomes journalist and political activist, Melissa Chen, onto the show to discuss the current state of censorship in the UK, the surprising progress of free speech in the most surprising countries, and why we should all be concerned about the international propaganda game that China continues to play. Â
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Michael Malice (?YOUR WELCOME?) invites comedian, podcast host, and former Californian, Bridget Phetasy, onto the show to talk about the not-so-surprising shift of support for Trump in 2024, how Bridget?s voting history has drastically changed these past three elections, and why the fires in California are a big wake up call for the left-leaning constituents of the state.
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Michael Malice (?YOUR WELCOME?) is joined by political commentator and prominent civil rights lawyer, Robert Barnes, to discuss the continuing legal ramifications of Covid mandates, the suspicious moves the SEC has made when it comes to their absurd battle against crypto, and what they both hope to see from Trump in his first few days in office.
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