The Progress Report Podcast

Neffe returns to The Progress Report Podcast for her second interview to speak about embracing the single life at age 41, losing her father on her birthday, motherhood, transitioning from television to radio, her relationship with her mother Frankie, Keyshia Cole & Ashanti Verzuz battle, and her issues with Iyanla Vanzant.

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On a new edition of Conversations with Lalaa presented by The Progress Report, Lil Jay of Crime Mob tells the story of forming Ellenwood Area, Georgia (Atlanta) based group Crime Mob. The Hip Hop/ Crunk group created notable records such as “Knuck if you Buck”, “Stilettos”, “Rock Yo Hips”, “Circles”, and released 2 studio albums, ‘Crime Mob’ and ‘Hated On Mostly’.

During the interview, Lil Jay details growing up with his sister Princess and how she and Diamond weren’t originally supposed to be a part of Crime Mob. Lil Jay was influenced musically by the likes of Three6Mafia, Lil Jon, Oomp Camp, Master P, and Pastor Troy and Lil Jay admits to making “Knuck if you Buck”, a song that would forever change his life, on a demo version of a Windows 95 program then he eventually converted to Fruity Loops. “Knuck if you Buck” would later go on to be sampled by several mainstream artists such as King Von, Lil Wayne, and the viral “Juju on the Beat” song. Lil Jay also discusses his intimate relationship with Diamond and how her on and off again relationship with Princess would eventually lead to the demise of Crime Mob.

Crime Mob fans should be excited to know that there MAY be an upcoming third studio album, if everyone can get on the same page.

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BackPack Ben is an artist, executive producer, and creative born in Columbia, raised in New York. In his first appearance on The Progress Report Podcast, Backpack Ben discusses the significance of his name, past life as a basketball player, looking up to Jimi Hendrix, working through COVID, and his debut project ‘Dropped Out’.

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Montana Da Mac is an artist from East Atlanta. He is known for his hit records “Rock On” with DJ Unk and “Girls Gone Wild” with Stuey Rock. He got his start in the early 2000s as a member of the Get Rich Clique with Bankroll Fresh and they produced “Bunny Hop” which allowed them to tour as teenagers in Highschool. In a new episode of The Progress Report Podcast, Montana Da Mac speaks on his come up in the music industry, attending almost every Highschool in Atlanta, bad contracts, the status of his relationship with Gucci Mane, his intimate relationship with Bankroll Fresh, and his upcoming project, ‘The Other One’.

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Tokyo Jetz is a female artist from Jacksonville, Florida signed to T.I. On her first appearance on The Progress Report Podcast, Tokyo speaks on her upbringing, gaining popularity through her freestyle videos, her old job as an Apple technician, T.I.’s reaction to hearing she was pregnant, ‘Cancel Culture’ upcoming project inspired by true events, Curren$y, working through COVID, and advice to other women.

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“If they can tell a short story, I’m telling my full story”

DJ Unk is a DJ, music producer, and artist most known for his hits,“Walk It Out” and “2 Step”. On a new episode of The Progress Report Podcast, DJ Unk speaks on his issues with DJ eXeL, DJ Montay, Oomp, and Big Oomp Records.

“I took Big Oomp Records nationwide”

DJ Unk shares how he worked his way from the bottom and earned a key to the Big Oomp Records store and everything going sour after not receiving credit for his mixes as a Southern Style DJ, perceived favoritism from Oomp, and issues with his paperwork.

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Famille Forever (Bones Lennon and $moov€) are blood brothers, music producers, and artists from the Southside of Atlanta. The duo appeared on The Progress Report’s Pothead Genius mixtape in 2019 with their single “Legalize It”. In a recent episode of The Progress Report Podcast, Famille Forever talks about learning music from their dad who used to play with the greats such as James Brown, getting their sense of fashion from their mother, changing their name from TNT Boys, surviving a bad car accident, and upcoming business endeavors.

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China Monai is an artist from Albany, Georgia now residing in Atlanta, Georgia. During her first sit down on The Progress Report Podcast, China discusses being the first lady of Ugly Money Entertainment, overcoming stage freight, music with Pap Chanel, DMs, and sacrifices made for her career.

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DJ P Exclusivez is a mixtape DJ and music producer from Canada. He has over 300 mixtapes to his name and started at age 15. In a virtual edition of Conversations with Lalaa, DJ P Exclusivez shares how he was influenced by BET, met artists on MySpace, has unreleased music with Bankroll Fresh, Yung LA, Zaytoven, Big Stacksss, and living in Canada through COVID.

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Barlito is an artist from Greensboro, North Carolina. In a virtual edition of Conversations with Lalaa, Barlito speaks on dealing with trauma, North Carolina’s music scene, signing to QMG, working through COVID, compassions to G Herbo and Da Baby, and fatherhood.  

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