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Welcome to I Will Not Lose, Stories of Successes Learned From Failures.

I'm your host, Tony Ortiz. This week Kanye "Ye" West made media headlines for his Anti Semitic commentary on N.O.R.E.'s Drink Champs Podcast. Since the time of recording this he has lost lucrative partnerships with Adidas, Gap, Madame Tussaud's, and more.

As if that wasn't enough, He also wore a "White Lives Matter" shirt with Candace Owens and said that Fentanyl, not Derrick Chauvin's Knee was the cause of George Floyd's death.

The world is upset.

Is this an overreaction?

Why was what Kanye said received so poorly?

We explore the weight of the words that shook the media on this episode.

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Gil "GT" Thompson is an American rapper from Allentown/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gil explains how Hip-Hop has influenced his life and the personal success of using writing to overcome mental health tribulations after the death of his mother.

His latest project "Writing To Heal" is out now on all streaming platforms and available for purchase/donation at https://www.gilthompson.com

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I'm your host, Tony Ortiz. I'm on a mission to collect stories of people who learned a lesson not from their monumental success, but from the missteps along the way. This podcast is a thought exercise that great lessons can be learned from what may seem, at the time, to be a catastrophic failure. These stories are defined by strength it took to persevere and evolve to the next level.

The tone is intimate conversation between friends and started as an outlet to promote endeavors going on in my network. The popularity of an outlet for creativity, promotion, and open dialogue caught wind fast.

These stories need to be told.

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