Churchy Life

You might know Yvette Williams as the former wife of controversial Gospel singer/songwriter Tonéx (aka B.Slade), but she's a dope singer/songwriter in her own right! Growing up as a church kid in Chicago, she traveled the world as a lead singer with Rev. Milton Brunson & The Tommies before relocating to San Diego. Yvette shares some of her funniest church moments in this episode!

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Saeed Renaud a.k.a S.R. Soul is a Brooklyn born and raised Grammy award winning singer/songwriter who made his debut on Fox Network's "The Four with his amazing rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Run To You". Growing up singing and serving at his family church, he's got funny church stories for days!

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Dana Cummings is a singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, dancer, and martial artist from Los Angeles. Born and raised at West Angeles Church of God in Christ, she shares some hilarious stories about times when it seems like the church itself has attacked the saints, and cause them to literally stumble.

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Kyle Townsend is a Grammy Award nominated producer and musician, working with legendary singers and songwriters (Diane Warren, Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Jessie J, Andra Day) on all types of projects - from albums to movie soundtracks. We talk about various stories from his churchy life and upbringing, including growing up as a church musician and trying to sneak your favorite secular songs into the worship music.

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Misty Anderson is a young music executive who serves as the operations manager of My Block, Inc. - a multi-million dollar entertainment company and record label. She's also executive assistant to Erica Campbell, gospel artist and 1/2 of Mary Mary. We talk about her journey in the music industry, as well as her churchy upbringing. Misty also shares some of her favorite, funny church moments.

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EJ Gaines is Vice President of Marketing at Capitol CMG and Co-Executive Director of Motown Gospel, divisions of Capitol Records/Universal Music Group. An entertainment lawyer and former artist manager with 20 years of experience in the music business, EJ Gaines has guided the careers of GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artists, producers and songwriters, as well as producers and talent in film and television.

EJ and I trade stories about being dads of young kids, and he shares stories about his churchy life, his upbringing, and the funny differences between the kind of church he grew up in, and the church he started attending in college.

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Kiki McKnight is a professional writer of screenplays and TV shows. Her credits include writing movies such as Bad Dad Rehab and My Other Mother, as well as writer's assistant credits on Everybody Hates Chris and Second Time around. Now living in Los Angeles, she grew up in Brooklyn New York, and was raised in the church. She shares a super embarrassing story about one of the times she went back to visit her home church.

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Terrell Fletcher is a phenomenal teacher, speaker, author, and athlete. Before becoming the Pastor of City of Hope International Church, and being ordained as a Bishop, he spent 8 years as a professional running back for the San Diego Chargers. Terrell shares some great stories with us on growing up in church and talks about some very interesting testimonies and church solos he's had to sit through.

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Dawn Chisholm is the founder of MBTees - an inspirational clothing line she created with her daughters. Dawn shares hilarious stories about growing up in a big and churchy family, and trying to avoid the trouble that all of us church kids got into back in the day.

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Dalon Collins is currently best known for his lead vocals on timeless hit singles such as "Now Behold the Lamb", "Conquerors", and "Let me Touch You and See if You are Real". Formerly with the Grammy, Stellar, and Dove award winning Kirk Franklin and The Family, Dalon is walking through the doors that God has been opening and is venturing into a solo career.

In this episode, Dalon recounts several hilarious stories from growing up in church; including wardrobe malfunctions that he's witnessed on a Sunday morning.

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