Verizon Big Concert for Small Business
WHAT'S UP YA'LL. ITS YA GIRL TIFFANY HADDISH COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES. TONIGHT'S LINEUP IS HURJ, ALISCH KRA KEYS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA.
JAZMINE SULLIVAN AND LUKE BRYAN ARE HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. I KNOW ABOUT THAT. I CONSTANT MY SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN M NENEIGORORHO.. SOME OF YOU GO TO YOUR MOBILE APP FOR FOOD. NOT ME.
I ORDER FROM FRANK'S NEAR MY HOUSE. HEPEPENE A BOMB ITALIAN RESTAURANT. THE PANDEMIC EFFECTED HIM IN A BIG WAY.
I MAKE SURE I GET MY PARMESAN FROM HIM AND HIS FAMILY. DID YOU JUST ASK ME WHAT IS ANOTHER WAY I SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES? I'LL TELL YOU. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR EGGS FROM. I GET MINE FROM A LITTLE MARKET, ALL MY FAVORITE LIQUOR. I FIND SUPPORTING THESELACECE D DOE WONDERS, NOT ONLY FOR THEM BUT ME TOO.
HOW DO YOU THINK I LOST ALL OF THAT WEIGHT? ONE WAY WAS WALKING TO AND SHOPPING AT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN MY AREA. SOME OF Y'ALL ARE YIYI LOSE WEIGHT, WHAT, TIFFANY YOU WERE NEVER BIG. I WAS AND I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU LYING.
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT I IT MAY HURT. HOW I LOST OVER 40 POUNDS CAME FROM MY DEAR MOTHER. UH-HUH. I WOULD ASK MA, DO I LOOK FAT? SHE WOULD MY, HELL YES, FATSS HELL.
BY THE WAY HOW FAT IS HELL? YOU FIGURE HOT AS HELL, DOWN THERE, YOU FIGURE HOT AS HELL DOWN THERE,D BE IN SHAPE. I'M SORRY I WANT TO COUGH REAL BAD BUT I CAN'T DRINK NO WATER RIGHT NOW AND I'M SWALLOWING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET THESE RDSS OUT. ARE YOU READY TO RAISE MONEY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WITH A BIG CONCERT. I IT, I COUGHED.
I DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT I HAD TO BECAUSE IT IS DRY HERE. LET'S GET STARTED. THE FIRST PERFORMERS ARE COMING TO US, IT HURTS. I'M -- OUR FIRST PERFORMER IS COMING TO PEPERFMEMER C COMING TO US IS A MULTI-MULTI-MULTI- GRAMMY AWAR WINNING VIRTUOSO.
IT IS HARD WHEN I'M OUT IN PUBLIC BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY WE LOOK JUST ALIKE. AND SHE'S COMING TO EATETE HERE IN LOS ANGELES WITH A SURPRISE FOR SOME SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, PLEASE GIVE IT FOR MY TWIN ALICIA KEYS. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M SO BLESSED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. VERIZON'S PAY IT YRR A TO HELP ALMOST SMALL BUSINESSES AND I WAS THRILLED TO BE A PART OF IT FROM THE BEGINNING. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AGAIN TO RALLY AROUND THEM IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE NIGHT AHEAD OF US WITH AMAZING ARTISTS ALL COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT BUT FIRST I INVITED INCREDIBLE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HERE FOR OUR SURPRISE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THEM AND WELCOME THEM AND START OFF A SPECIAL EVENING UPLIFTING SMALL BUSINESSES EVERYWHERE. ♪ ♪ I HEAR YOU NOT YOU WERE COMING TO AN INTERVIEW. WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS SAY THANK YOU TO YOU.
YOU KNOW? BECAUSE YOU'RE INCREDIBLE. WE JUST WANT TO TELL THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, I I MN.N. WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU.
COULD YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME, WHERE YOU'RE FROM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE NAME OF YOUR INCREDIBLE BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS? >> I'M TONY. >> I'M TINA. OLOL CAFE IN LOS AND ANGELES. >> I'M APRIL. >> I'M AUGUSTA. >> I'M RON.
>> I'M JESSICA. >> WE'RE FROM HAROLD'S RESTAURANT IN LOS ANGELES. >> I'M J.C. >> AND WE'RE FROM THE [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR RESILIENCE.
YOUR BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE COMMUNITY AND DURING THESE TIMES WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER MORE THAN EVER. VERIZOZO I COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I'M HONORED TO BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I LOVE A SURPRISE. I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE ARE THROWN OFF. IT IS THE BEST.
YOUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPRESENTS THE BESES OFF US AND YOUR TENACITY AND VISION AND YOUR STEADFASTNESS. WE SAY A MILLION TIMES THANK YOU. TONIGHT I FIGURED LET ME DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU.U. ♪ ♪ YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ♪ DON'T GET DOWN ♪ THE WORLD NEEDS YOU NOW ♪ BB A GOOD JOB A GOOD JOB ♪ YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB A GOOD JOB ♪ DON'T BE TOO DOWN ♪ MORE LIKE YOU EVER EVER ♪ AS SOON AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOOR ♪ I NEED YOU AGAIN ♪ YOU'RE IN THE AROROD YOU'LL BE HOME ♪ KEEP THAT ENERGY ♪ YOU DON'T LET GOO♪ YOU'RE THE ENGINE THAT MAKES EVERYTHING GO ♪ SMILE ♪ THERE'S IN WAY TO EVER PAY BACK ♪ BLESESOUOUREAEART ♪ I LOVE YOU FOR THAT ♪ I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE TEMPTED ♪ BUT GOOD JOB ♪ DO A GOOD JOB ♪ INING G GOO JOB ♪ DON'T GET TOO DOWN ♪ THE WORLD NEEDS YOU NOW ♪ NEVER EVER ♪ YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ♪ A GOOD JOB ♪ YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ♪ DON'T GET T TOO DOWN ♪ THE WORLD NEEDS YOU NOW ♪ KNOW THAT YOU'LL NEVER EVER ♪ THE TEACHERS AND PREACHERS AND PRAYING FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP ♪ THIS IS FOR YOU ♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LOVED ♪ OH ♪ DON'T GET TOO DOWN ♪ LOOK AT YOU NOW ♪ KNOW THAT YOU'LL NEVER EVER♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [APPL [APPLAUSE].
>> GIVE IT UP AGAIN FOR MY GIRL ALICIA KEYS. I SEE HER AGAIN. THE RESEMBLANCE UNC UNCANNY. I GET CONFUSED WITH HER AND HALLE BERRY. FOR THOSE OF YOU CONCERNED ABOUT ME COUGHING EARLIER, DON'T TRIP, THAT'S JUST GOOD OLD-FASHIONED BLACK PLAYING. HOW A AMANGNG WAS IT TO SEE THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS GET BLESSED TONIGHT? YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ALICIA KEYS INTRODUCED US TO THROUGHOUT OUR NIGHT AS -- WE SILILICE OF OUR FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESSES.
OUR NEXT PERFORMER COMING FROM OUR STAGE IN TAMPA HAS MUSICAL TALENT HAS SPANS ACROSS MULTIPLE GENRES, ROCK, P, COUNTRY, I'M SURPRISED SHE HASN'T DONE A GOSPEL ALBUM. PLEASE WELCOME MILEY CYRUS. GOOD MILEY. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I WANT TO HOLD THE HAND BEHIND YOU ♪ I WANT TO TE A BREATH THAT IS TRUE ♪ I LOOK TO YOU AND I SEE THE TRUTH. YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE, YOU GO IN SHADOWS ♪ YOU'LL COME APART AND YOU'LL GO BLIND ♪ SOME KIND OF NEAT INTO YOUR DARKNESS ♪ COLORS YOUR EYES♪ WITH WHAT'S NOT THERE ♪ FADE INTO YOU ♪ STRANGE YOU NEVER KNEW ♪ THE LIGHT COMES ON SLOWLY ♪ A STRANGER'S HEART WITHOUT A POEM ♪ YOU PUT YOUR HAND INTO YOUR HEAD ♪ A SMILE COVERS YOUR HEART ♪ FADE INTO YOU ♪ STRANGE YOU NEVER KNEW ♪ FADE INTO YOU ♪ I THINK IT'S STRANGE YOU NEVER KNEW ♪ I THINK IT'S STRANGE YOU NEVER KNOW ♪ THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS NEXT SONG IS A SONG ABOUT NOT GIVING IN, IN THE GIVING UP. I KNOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE EASIEST PAST YEAR FOR ANYONE, ESPECIALLY SMALL D SONONS ABOUT WHEN THINGS GET HARD AND WE HAVE TO PROVE OUR RESILIENCE AND WE ALWAYS COME OUT STRONGER THAN WE THOUGHT WE EVER COULD BE. SO NEVER GIVE UP. IF YOU KNOW THIS SONG, I HOPE YOU'RE SINGING ALONG AT ME,, A I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE SING IT TOGETHER SOME SOMETIME. ♪ I CAN ALMOST SEE ♪ MOST OF US ARE TAKEN ♪ MY BABY IS SHAKING ♪ THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MOUNTAIN ♪ WE GOING TO MAKE IT TALL ♪ ARE WE GOING TO BE AN UPHULL BATTLE ♪ IT AIN'T ABOUT P PLANGNG ON THE OTHER SIDE ♪ THIS SVERR THE CHANCES I'M TAKING ♪ SOMETIMES THEY KNOCK ME DOWN ♪ BUT NO, I'M IN THE BREAKING ♪ I MAY NOT KNOW IT ♪ BUT GIVING BACK I'M GOING TO REMEMBER ♪ JUST GOT TO GET GOING ♪ I GOT TO BE STRONG ♪ JUST KEEP PUSHING ON ♪ I'MM GOIOI TO BE A MOUNTAIN AND MAKE IT TWO ♪ IT'LL BE AN UPHILL BATTLE ♪ IT AIN'T ABOUT OUR PAST ♪ IT AIN'T AUT THE OTHER SIDE ♪ THEN THE GLIDE ♪ YEAH ♪ I DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER MOUNTAIN ♪ I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT MORE ♪ IT IS GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE ♪ THINK ABOUT HOW FAST ♪ IT IS'T ABOBO W WHA IS ON THE OTHER SIDE ♪ IT IS A CLIMB ♪ YEYEAH ♪ KEEP ON MOVING ♪ KEEP DRIVING ♪ KEEP THE FAITH BABY ♪ GIVE YOUR BABY ♪ OH ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU. >> WOW, GIVE IT UP FOR MILEY CYRUS.
BUT THAT IS MESSED UP HOW SHE HAD HER DADDY PLAYING IN THE DARK LIKE THAT. WHY YOU TO TT W WIT BILLY RAY. HE SUPPOSED TO BE FRONT AND CENTER.
I LOVE HIM. SINCE MOST OF US HAVE BEEN UNDER QUARANTINE FOR THE LAST YEAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE WAYS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES WAS THROUGH GIFT CARDS. I WAS THE QUEEN OF GIFT CARD DURING HAD PAN PANDEMIC. IT LEFT ME WITH MORE TIME TO ONLINE SHOP AND KEEP UP THE SPIRIT OF GIVING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I TOLD THE PRODUCERS TO PA M ME INNIFIFT CARD AND BIT COIN BECAUSE I AM INNOT DONE. COUGHING EARLIER IS NOT COVID. IT IS GOOD OLD-FASHIONED WHOOPING COUGH. I GUESS YOU MOIED I CUT MY HAIR. DID YOU LIKE IT? WHERE DID YOU GET ITIT I H HAD PROFESSIONALLY FROM ONE OF MY LOCAL BUSINESSES I SUPPORT. I GO SEE K.G. IN NORTH
G G TO BLADE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD. I HIKE MY SHORT HAIR EXCEPT WHEN PEOPLE CONFUSE ME FOR A MAN. EVERY TIME I WALK BY A BASKETBALL COURT, THEY YELL, HOMEY, WE NEED ONE. AND I USUALLY JUST IGNORE THEM UNLESS SOMEBODY O THIHIS CUTE, THEN I MAY PLAY OUT THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
YEAH, PLAY. WHAT IS UP? LAST WHAT YOU DO TO ME. I LOVE MY B BBERRSHOP. YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. IT IS WHERE I GET MY HAIRCUT. I GET MY NAILS DONE.
MY TOES DONE. I GET MY CELEBRITY GOSSIP, THE LOCAL GOSSIP. I GOT TWO PITBULLS FROM THERE. I GOT M M CROCK POT AND HUMIDFIER. I GOT MY PASSPORT AND GOT A DRIVERS ENENED.
WITHOUT MY PICTURE. I GOT MY LIGHTS TURNED ON. THEN MY BARBER DID IT. I GOT MY ELECTRIC CAR CHARMED THERE AND I GOT A FOOT MASSAGE FROM MY BARBER BECAUSE HE'S ALSO A MASSEUSE, MY PASTOR, MY THERAPIST, MY CONTRACTOR, MY CONSULTANT, MY BOOKY, MY NUTRITIONIST AND NI THIRD COUSIN ON MY MAMMA'S SIDE.
MORE MUSIC. UP NEXT, WE HAVE A WORLD RENOWNED COUNTRY SINGER. IT IS A THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME IS I USED TO DIBBLE DABBLE IN WTE A COUNTRY SONG AND IT NEVER CAME OUT BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF HATERS THERE, JUST WANTING TO KEEP ME FROM WHAT I WANT TO DO. I LIKE TO SHARE IT TODAY.
ITITCAEDED TNGNGS MEN SHOULD KNOW IF THEY WASN'T SO STUPID. OKAY. GIVE ME MY GUITAR. THINGS MEN SHOULD KNOW. LET ME GET MY FINGERS RIGHT.
BABY DADDY BABY DADDY BABY DADDY BABY DADDY ♪ WELL MY FOOT CHECK ♪ WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME? THIS WAS GOING TO BE A HIT. ALL YOU GOT TDODO A COUNTRY SONG IS THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT GET ON YOUR NERVES. WE GOT TO GO ON. LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU A REAL COUNTRY SINGER. PLEASE WELCOME LUKE BRYAN.
DO YOUR THING. >> W WTT IS UP EVERYBODY? I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WATCHING AT HOME. THANK YOU VERIZON FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF BIG CONCERTS, THE BIG CONCERT FOR SMALL BUSINESS, VERY VERY PROUD TO BE HERE.
WE'LL HAVE FUN. WE'LL MAY A LITTLE -- MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE DRINKING MARGARITAS AFTER THE SUPER BOWL. ♪ ♪ EVERYBODY HERE AIN'T FROM HERE ♪ BUT WE'RE HERE DOING OUR THING ♪ LITTLE BY LITTLE SIPPING ON A FROZEN DRINK ♪ SS AIN'T NO LEAKING RAIN ♪ WE AIN'T FEELING NO PAIN ♪ IT GOES LIKE ONE TWO THREE MARITAS ♪ WHEN THAT SUN LAYS DOWN ♪ WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY ♪ ONE MORE BAREFOOT FRIEND ♪ ONE MORE LAST CHANCE TO SAY ♪ HEY, DON'T YOU THINK A ONE TWO THREE MARGARITA ♪ TOOK THELOLOODOTOT AWAY ♪ HAIR OF THE DOG SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG ♪ WHO GOT ALL DAY ♪ AND SUNBURN STREAMING ♪ WE'LL ALL BE ALL RIGHT ♪ ONE MARGARITA ♪ THREE MARGARITA SHOT ♪ WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW, LEAVE ALL YOUR SORROW ♪ OVER HERE.
WHEN THAT SUN GOES DOWN WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY ♪ ONE MORE LASASHAHANC TO SAY ♪ HEY DON'T YOU THINK WE IMMEDIATE A SONG ♪ ONE MARGARITA TWO MARGARITA THREE MARGARITA WE'LL BE GONE ♪ WE'LL BE GONE ♪ CLOUDS AIN'T THINKING NO RAIN ♪ WAY AIN'T FEELING NO PAPAININ ♪ IT GOES LIKE ONE MARGARITA TWO MARGARITA, THREE MARGARITA SHOT ♪ LEAVE YOUR SORROW HERE ON THE FLOATING DOCK ♪ WHEN THAT SUN LAYS DODO WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY ♪ ONE MORE BAREFOOT FRIEND ♪ ONE MORE LAST CHANCE TO SAY ♪ DON'T YOU THINK WE NEED A CHESNEY SONG ♪ ONE MARGARITA TWO MARGARITA THREE MARGARITA WE'LL BE GONE ♪ WE'LL BE GONE ♪ WE'LL BE GONE ♪ THANK YOU. LITTLE RUSTY ON THAT KIDOS AT HOME. YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR -- I'M CERTAINLY A SHLLLLE Y.Y. BETWEEN YOU KNOW WHEN WE KICKED OFF 2020 WE HAD JUST A TERRIBLE, JUST A TERRIBLE TORNADO SITUATION ROLL THROUGH NASHVILLE SO THAT KICK STARTED 2020 AND THEN THE PANDEMIC.
SOME SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA I WANT 0 SEND LOVE TO MIKE'S ICE CREAM AND COFFEE SHOP. THERE WAS ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS THAT IS IEIEDM'S ARMY-NAVY D SURPLUS STORE WHERE I WOULD BUY FISHING TACKLE AND SOME HUNTING EQUIPMENT FROM THEM RIGHT THERE ON 21st. THE THING ABOUT MIKE'S ICE CREAM SHOP, THE BOMBINGS REALLY EFFECTED IT. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR. EVERYBODY HELPING OUT AT HOME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES THTH I - I ALREADY GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS WITH VERIZON AND I ALREADY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOME SMALL BUSINESSES SOME -- SOME CHARITABLE MONEY AND WATCHING THE OWNERS OF THESE BUSINESSES WHEN THEY GET -- WHENHEYY GET A LITTLE HELP. ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I'VE BEEN A PART OF. THANK YOU SO MUCH VERIZON. WE'LL PLAY ONE MORE. THIS IS CALLED PLAY IT ♪♪GAIN.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ONONE OVER ON THE L TAILGATE ♪ I WAS LOOKING FOR A FRIEND THINKING NO, SHE AIN'T GOT ONE ♪ AS SOON AS I SAT DOWN I WAS FALLING IN LOVE TRYING TO POUR SUGAR IN HER DIE CUPUP ♪ COME GET OVER THE SPEAKERS AND THE BACK OF THE TRUCK ♪ SHE JUMPED AFTER CUTTING ME OFF ♪ SHE WAS LIKE MYOD ♪ THIS IS MY SONG ♪ I'VE LISTENED TO THE RADIO ALL NIGHT LONG ♪ SITTING ANDATING FOR IT TO COME ON ♪ HERE IT IS ♪ SHE WAS LIKE COME HERE BOY, I WANT TO DANCE ♪ BEFORE I SAID A WORD SHE TOOK MY HAND ♪ SHE GAVE ME A KISS ♪ SHE SAID PYY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ SOMEBODY PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ I WOULD HAVE GAVE THAT HE PLAYED ONE MORE TIME ♪ BUT A LITTLE WHILE LATER WE WERE SITTING IN THE DRIVING MY TRUCK ♪ BIF WALKED TO THE DOOR I WAS STANDING LIKE A BOOK ♪ I STOP REAL QUICK WHEN I HEARD THAT MAN YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER LIGHT UP ♪ SHE'S LIKE OH MY GOD ♪ THIS IS MY SONG ♪ I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE RADIO ALL NIGHT LONG ♪ I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT CAME BACK HOME ♪ BUT HERE IT IS ♪ AND SHE WAS LIKE OH BOY I WANT TO DANCE ♪ I SAID A WORD SHE WAS TAKING MY HAND ♪ SPINNING IN THE HEADLIGHT SHE GAVE ME A GOOD NIGHT KISS ♪ SHE SAID PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ SOMEBODY PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ THE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT WEWE WAS SITTING UNDER THE STARS ♪ YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER SMILE WHEN I BROKE OUT MY GUITAR ♪ SHE WAS LIKE OH MY GOT THIS IS MY SONG I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE RADIO ♪ SIININGROROUN WAITING FOR IT TO CULL ON ♪ HERE IT IS ♪ SHE WAS LIKE COME HERE BOY ♪ I WANT TO DANCE AND BEFORE I SAID A WORD SHE WAS TAKING MY HAND ♪ SPINNING IN THE HEADLIGHT SHE GAVE ME A GOOD NIGHT KISS ♪ SHE SAID PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ SOMEBODY PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ SOMEBODY PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY IT AGAIN ♪ THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THAT'S NOT EASY. >> NOW I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL GYM THAT IS HOT AND COOL CAFE.
>>> I TONY. >> I'M TINA. >> WE'RE HOT AND COOL CAFE LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES. >> WE'RE A COFFEE SHOT, A COMMUNITY FACE, GOT THE BEST VEGGEN BAR FOOD. >> PEOPLE BRING THEIR KIDS, PETS.
A WHOLE SYSTEM OF LOVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE OPEN THE DOORS IN APRIL, 2019. >> 2018. >> IT WILL BE THREE YEARS TS AILIL 2021. SMALL BUSINESS MEANS FOR US, IT MEANS PERSEVERANCE.
IT MEANS BELIEVING IN SOMETHING AND NEVER STOP BELIEVING. >> YEP, AND MAKAKING YOURSELF A PARTF A A COMMUNITY. >> REALLY REALIZING THE ART OF LOOKING EACH OTHER UP. COMMUNITIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD EACH OTHER UP. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO NECESSARY FOR EACHER 0. >> WE HAVE THREE SMALL KIDS, SEVEN-YEAR-OLD, FIVE-YEAR-OLD, TWO-YEAR-OLD.
FOR THEM TO SEE US GROW AND STRIVE AND BENEFIT A COMMUNITY IT GIVES THEM SELF-CONFIDENCE. OWNING A SMALL BUSINESS IS AN HONOR. >> IT IS. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO GO GRAB A HEALTHY SNACK FROM HOT AND COOL. I MEAN TO MAINTAIN THIS NEW FIGURE AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS, LET'S GO.
OU NEXT PES A CAREER I HAVE BEEN -- OUR NEXT PERFORMER HAS A CAREER I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT FROM THE BEGINNING. WHEN I SAW HER KILL IT ON T B.E. SHE COMES FROM CALIFORNIA AND TONY CAKES. THEY HAVE APPLE BUY SO GOOD ANDWEETET THAHA YOU'LL GET A CAVITY JUST LOOKING AT IT.
THEY ASKED ME TO VAMP. TO ME BE A VAMP MEANS BE A VAMPIRE OR EVAPORATE OR ABORORE.E. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE USED. ELABORATE.
LET'S CONTINUE ON. PLEASE WELCOME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SUPER STAR AND SOMEONE I CONSIDER A FRIEND. MORE VAMP. Y'ALL GOT TO COMMUNICATE IN PROPER ENGLISH. IN MY EAR THEY WANT ME -- THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO BE COOLOL WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I'M THE COOLEST.
NOW THEY SAY -- I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO PLEASE WELCOME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SUPER STAR AND SOMEONE I CONSIDER A FRIEND, H HER.
>> IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS ♪ DON'T FORGET ♪ SHOW MEYY IMPERFECTIONS ♪ ALL WE COULD BE ♪ YOU COULD DO ♪♪ YOU COULD DO IT ♪ YOU COULD DO IT ♪ YEAH YEAH ♪ DON'T TAKE ME FOR GRANTED ♪ BABY I PROMISE ♪ WE COULD BE WHATEVER YOU WANT ♪ HOLDING ME TIGHT ♪ GIVING ME LIFE ♪ YOU CRAZY ♪ HOLD ON ♪ YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED ♪ YOU COULD DO DAMAGE ♪ YOUU C CLDO DAMAGE ♪ YOU COULD DO DAMAGE ♪ ♪ YOU COUOU D DO DAMAGE ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WHENEVER I'M NOT WORKING ON A PROJECT, I ALWAYS ASK THE PRODUCTION COMPANY -- WHENEVER I'M WORKING ON A PROJECT I ALWAYS ASK THE PRODUCTI COMPANY TO CREWS MY FAVORITE CATERING COMPANIES. THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES I LOVE TO HAVE AROUND. HIS FOOD IS THE BOMB. THE FOOD IS SO GOOD EVERY FRIDAY I WOULD BEG IF FIVE OR SIX PLATES TO FEED ME THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
IS IT SET UP? >> NOT YET. >> LET ME MENTION HAS VERIZON HAS BEEN HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES FOREVER. THEY MOBILIZE SUPPORT FOR SMALLUSININS LAST YEAR WITH AMAZING WEEKLY MUSIC AND GAMING LIVE STREAM WITH MUSIC AND GRAMEBAU GAMING. YOU CAN JOIN AND SUPPPPTT BYY TEXTING SMALL BIS TO MAKE ONE-TIME TEN DOLLAR DONATION. WELCOME SONGWRITER AND SINGER AND PRODUCER BRBRAN CARLILE BUT BEFORE I BRING BRANDI CARLILE TO YOU, LET ME -- I HAVE NO NEED FOR THESE FOOD RIGHT NOW.
IT IS COOL I GOT TWO PLATES FROM LAST FRIDAY IN CASE THEY HIRED SOMEONE ELSE. THIS IS TAKING A MINUTE TO SET UP. I'M GOING TO WAIT IT OUT. YOU PROBABLE WAITING TO SEE THE NEXT MUMUCAL L AC WHILE YOU'RE WAITING WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DONATE.
TEXT TO 2022, SMALL BIS AND MAKE THAT ONTITIME T D DONATION. IF I HAD MY PHONE HERE, I WOULD DO IT WITH YOU. BUT NOW PLEASE WELCOME MULTI-GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER, WE GOT TO STRUT SOME MORE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT READY.
MY SLOGAN IS SHE READY. LET ME GO AND SHOW YOU WHAT I DO BEFORE I TWO TO BED AT NIGHT. I MAY AS WELL DO IT NOW SO WHEN THIS IS OVER WE SHUT IT DOWN. WE BRING IT THIS WAY BEHIND YOUR HEAD.
THEN WE BRING THIS ARM OVER. DID I SHOW YOU? ALL RIGHT. WE LIKE -- WE LIKE TO REACH. WE LIKE TO REACH FOR TH.. WE REACH FOR THIS TOE. I HOPE Y'ALL CAN'T SEE THIS.
WELCOME AWARD WINNING SINGER AND SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER B BRAII CARLILE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AT THE BIG CONCERT FOR SMALL BUSINESS. MY NAME IS BRANDI CARLILE, I LIVE OUTSIDE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. WE LIVE TOGETHER OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO SING SOME SONGS FOR YOU GUYS. THIS IS CALLED THE EYE. ♪ ♪ BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE A DEAR OLD FRIENEN ♪ DO YOU KNOW THE SOUND OF A CLOSING DOWN ♪ HAVE YOU HEARD THAT SOUND SOMEWHERE BEFORE WRAP YOUR LOVE AROUND ME L LE A TRAIN ♪ YOU CAN DANCE IN A HURRICANE ♪ BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE ♪ WHERE DID YOU LEARN ♪ WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO RIDE ♪ THAT AND EVERYTHING YOU LOVE ♪ DID YOU THINK THE FINAL ♪ DID YOU EVER READ YOUR PAIN ♪ A POOLISH GAIN ♪ DID YOU FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE THE BLAME ♪ WRAP THEIR LOVE AROUND THTH LI♪ I NEVER ♪ YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE HURRICANE ♪ ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE ♪ YOU CAN GO THROUGH A HURRICANE ♪ ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE ♪ THERE AIN'T NO SHAME ♪ IN LYING DOWN IN THE BED YOU MADE ♪ CAN YOU WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY ♪ YOU LEARN TO STAY ♪ WRAP YOUR LOVE AROUND ME LIKE A CHAIN ♪ BUT I NEVER WAS AFRAID ITASAS ♪ YOU CAN GO THROUGH A HURRICANE ♪ ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE ♪ YOU CAN DANCE IN A HURRICANE ♪ ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE ♪ MAN, I CAN'T HEAR THE CLAPPING BUT I FEEL IT.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL GEGETTGG UTHTHIS PHIL. >> I HAD TIME OFF. I'M RESTED.
WE'RE BORN AND RAISED SEATTLE FOLKS AND FAMILIAR WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES UP THERE. SOME ARE NEAR OUR HEART. I WANT TO MENTION TWO TONIGHT, ONE IS LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESS THAT I PERSONALLY PARTAKE IN QUITE A LOT, CUPCAKE ROYAL. I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY MISS GETTING TO BE WITH THEIR PEOPLE THERE. AND THE OTHER IS FAMOUS CHICKEN.
IT IS FAMOUS FOR A REASON. IF YOU LOOK THEM UP. MEL'S FAMOUS CHICKEN AND CUP CANE CAKE ROYALL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> WITH YOUR QUIET VOICE ♪ YOU'LL NEVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR TOYOY ♪ AND YOUR GENTLE RAIN ♪ TO KEEP THEM FROM RUNNING WILD ♪ MAKING THEM GET IN YOUR FACE ♪♪ TRYING TO HIDE INSIDE ♪ AND HOW MUCH IT HURTS ♪ A LITTLE LOVE ♪ LET THEM SPIN ♪ LET THEM SCATTER I I TH WIND ♪♪ GET DISCOURAGED ♪ DON'T YOU GO ♪ IT IS YOUR BROTHERS WORLD ♪ FOR A WHILE LONGER ♪ YOU GOT TO DANCE ON THE DEVIL TO BEAT THE STRAIN ♪ CALL LIVING THE DREAM ♪ CALL IT KICKING THE LADDER ♪ THEY CALL YOU WEAK AND THEN DISPLACE YOU ♪ CARRYING YOUR BABY ON YOUR BACK ACROSS THE DESERT ♪ SEE YOUR EYES BEHIND YOUR HEAD ♪ AND YOU'RE LOOKING TIRED SMOETS BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ♪BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ♪ LET THEM SCATTER IN THE WIND ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LOVE ♪ LITTLE SPILL ♪ LET THEM SCATTER IN THE WIND ♪ I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE MOMENT ♪♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU. >> BEFORE WE GET TO OUR NEXT ACT, I WANT TO SHARE THAT VERIZON IS STEPPING UP IN A NEW EVEN BIGGER WAY TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES BY DONATING 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO L.I.S.C., THE LOCAL INITIATIVE SUPPORT CORPORATION. SO Y'ALL BETTER GOOGLE THEM RIGHT NOW AND LOOK THEM UP. PULL OUT YOUR PHONE AND GOOGLE THE L.I.S.C. OKAY. THEY WORK WITH SMALL BUSISISSESESN COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY TO HELP KEEP THEM AFLOAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS.
SO LOOK UP THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP YOU. I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR LOCAL NAIL SALON, YOUR FAVORITE HAIRDRESSER. YOYOUR EYEBROW BAR.
TELL A FRIEND IN NEED. LOOK IT UP. SHARE. VERIZON IS GIVING THEM 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO SHARE WITH US.
FIND OUT IF LISC CAN HELP YOUR FAVORITE SML BUBUNESSSSTODAY. DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE EDGES GROW PACK. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. ♪ ♪ ♪ SMALL BUSINESS. WHY DO WE CALL IT SMALL BUSINESS? THERE'S NOTHING SMALL ABOUT IT. THEY'RE 99 PERCENT OF ALL OF THE BUSINESSES IN AMERICA.
EMPLOYING NEARLY 60 MILLION BAKERS ACCOUNTANTS, FLORISTS, BOOK SELLERS, DOG GROOMERS TO NAME A FEW. HERE OUR FRIEND AND NEIGHBORS AND MOMS AND DADS. PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
WE STOOD BY THEM AND NOW WE'RE STANDING UP FOR THEM IN A BIGGER WAY. WE'RE MENTALING TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES MOVE INTO THE DIGITAL ECONOMY. >> HEY Y'ALL.
WELCOME BACK. THIS IS YOUR GIRL TIFFANY. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. IT IS CALLED I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT COVID BUT SEEMS EVERY BUILDING I GO INTO, IT IS SUPER COLD.
THEY GOT ME IN THIS VERY BEAUTIFUL DRESS BUT I'M VERY C■OLD. I'M GOING TO COVER,UP. THIS IS PROBABLY WHY I WAS COUGHING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE DANG THING BECAUSE IT IS SO COLD. NOW I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT WAS COLD AS HELL BUT I REALIZED, I HAD RAN THAT JOKE EARLIER A HELL IS HOT. I ALSO SAW A YOUTUBE VIDEO BACK IN THE DAY, IF YOU TAKE COLD SHOWERS IT HELPS YOU LOSE WEIGHT.
I WAS DOING THAT FOR A MINUTE WHEN I WAS SINGLE BUT WE DON'T DO COLD SHOWERS NO MORE. WHAT THEY TOLE ME IN MY EAR IS I'M ABOUT TO DO A 15-MINUTE STAND-UP SET THAT I'M NOT PREPARED FOR. NO WHERE I WAS DOING A 15-MINUTE. I'M HERE TO JUST HOST THE SHOW. NOW I'M DOING A 15-MINUTE STAND-UP. I'LL TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT BEEN BOTHERING ME.
Y'ALL HATERS, THE HATERS OUT THERE, I APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE YOU THE BEST PR I EVER HAD. Y'ALL PROMOTE EVERYTHING. WITH YOUR HATE IS HIKE ME PENETRATING THE AWESOMEIST THING IN THE WORLD.
THIS TAKES ME TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF SUCCESS. EVERY TIME YOU HATE ON ME AND YOU TWEET SOMETHING NEGATIVE THAT GIVES THE STUDIO EXECUTIVE THE IDEA THAT SHE'S CREATING A FEELING AND EMOTION IN THESE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T NEED THIS HATERS. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU. PLEASE GO ONLINE RIGHT NOW. HATE. SPREAD IT.
TELL EVERYBODY HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT TIFFANY HADDISH. YOUR NEGATIVITY IS CAUSING MY BANK ACCOUNT TO EXPLODE. YOU SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS AND YOU DON'T EVEN MKNOW IT.
THANK YOU. I WOULD CALL YOUR NAMES OUT. THEY WOULD SAY I'M TOXING. YOU KNOW WHAT BOTHER ME WITH YOU HATERS, MY MAN WAS FOLLOWING ME ON THE I.G., WHY HE NEED TO FOLLOW ME ON THE I.G. WHEN HE FOLLOW ME INTO BED.
YOU SAW HER KILL THE MARBLE ANTHEM. THEY BROUGHT IT BACK UP AT THE SUPER BOWL. A SISTER WHOSE NEW ALBUM IS ABOUT SCANDALOUS RELATIONSHIPS. THIS COULD BE CALLED TIFFANY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS AUTO BIOGRAPHICAL. PLEASE WELCOME JAZMINE SULL SULLIVAN. >> WHAT IS UP EVERYBODY? I WANT TO THANK VERIZON FOR HAVING ME AND SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO IT PEOPLE DOING AMAZING THINGS. IT IS HARD THIS YEAR BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TOGETHER, GUYS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN. PICK UP YOUR FEELINGS.
>> FUNNY HOW ♪ WAKE UP ♪ GOT THE EXTRA BAGGAGE ♪ DON'T LOOK ♪ YOU NEED TO HURRY ♪ I DON'T NEED IT ♪ YOU COULD KEEP IT ♪ PICK UP YOUR ♪ YOU AIN'T GOT TO CHANGE IT ♪ JUST FOR YOU TO GO AND BREAK MY HEART AGAIN ♪ YOUR FORTUNE ♪ ♪ JUST WAIT ♪ ♪ EXTRA BAGGAGE ♪ DON'T LOOK COME AND PICK UP YOUR ♪ YOU NEED TO HANG THERE AND PICK UP ♪ COME AND PICK UP YOUR ♪ THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR ♪ I MADE MY PIECE ♪ PICK UP YOUR ♪ DON'T NEED NO ♪ PICK UP YOUR FEELINGS ♪ PICK UP ♪♪ ♪ . >> THANK YOU. >> YOU KNOW GROWING UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IT WASN'T EASY TO FIND BOOKS THAT SPOKE TO OUR HISTORY, WRITTEN BY BLACK AUTHORS OF COLOR. I AM SO EXCITED TO -- I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE MARE STORES LIKE MALICK'S BOOKS POPPING UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LET'S SUPPORT BOOK STORES THAT TELL OUR STORY. LET'S HEAR FROM MALICK MUHAMMAD IN SOUTH L.A.
>> MY NAME IS APRIL. >> I'M MALICK. >> MALICK BOOKS. >> LOCATED IN THE PLAZA AND WE'VE BEEN SELLING BOOKS SINCE 1990. WE SPECIALIZE IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOOKS AND CALENDARS AND WE GIVE VOICE TO THE VOICELESS. >> OUR SMALL BUSINESS MEANS THAT WE'RE INDEPENDENT AND WHEN YOU WALK INTO MALICK BOOKS YOU SEE YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. CHILDREN ARE 100 PERCENT OF OUR FUTURE AND -- WE AT MALIK BOOKS REALLY FOCUS ON THE UPLIFTMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF OUR YOUTH AND CHILDREN BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AND WHEN CHILDREN FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AS ADULT AND IT MAKES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER.
>> UPLIFT THEIR SELF-ESTEEM. >> WE BELIEVE MORE TOGETHER. >> YES. ♪ >> SEE READING IS FUNDAMENTAL.
APPARENTLY MALICK'S BOOKS IS WORLDWIDE. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
I KNOW I AM. YOU KNOW THAT -- YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE? I HAVEN'T CONGRATULATED OUR 2021 SUPER BOWL 55 CHAMPIONS THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. MAN THAT TAMPA BAY QUARTERBACK IS DEFINITELY A GO, HE BEEN PLAYING FOR SO LONG, HIS FIRST TWO RECEIVERS WERE CANE AND ABEL BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG HE BEEN PLAYING. ABEL DIDN'T MAKE IT BUT CANE KILLED.
THAT'S HILAIRE CRUS. I'LL LET YOU MARINATE ON THAT FOR A SECOND. SEVEN SUPER BOWL RINGS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
HE HAS SEVEN -- HE HAS SEVEN BEFORE WITH I EVEN GOT ONE. DID YOU HEAR THAT? OLD BOYFRIEND OF MINE? . HE HAD SEVEN RINGS BEFORE I GOT ONE. NO, THAT'S A LIE. I HAD ONE, I MIGHT HAVE HAD TWO.
I AIN'T GOT IT NO MORE BECAUSE THEY HAD TO -- HAD TO RETRACK THAT BAG AND GIVE THAT BACK BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT WHERE I NEEDED TO BE IN MY EXISTENCE. I SURE WOULD LIKE ANOTHER ONE THOUGH. DO I HAVE TO PLAY FOOTBALL TO GET ANOTHER RING AROUND HERE. I BUY MYSELF A RING. A MAN CAN BUY ME AN APARTMENT BUILDING. FORGET CARROTS, I WANT UNITS.
THAT'S WHAT BY NEED. UNITS. THE NEXT ARTIST CAME RIGHT FROM THIS BIG GAME TO OUR BIG SHOW FOR AN ENCORE.
PLEASE WELCOME ERIC CHURCH. >> I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN AND SMALL TOWN BUSINESS MEANS A LOT TO ME. IT WAS THE BACKBONE OF WHERE I GREW UP. I THINK IT IS THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. THIS NEXT SONG GOES OUT TO -- I WAS A GUY THAT GREW UP IN A TOWN ON FRIDAY NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL MATTERED AND EVERYBODY WOULD -- WOULD RALLY AROUND THE TEAM AND NEXT DAY WIN OR LOSE WE GO TO THE SMALL BUSINESS AND CELEBRATE OUR TOWN OUR SORROWS. THAT'S WHERE THIS SONG CAME FROM.
♪ ♪ ANOTHER FRIDAY NIGHT THERE'S A LINE OF CARS ♪ HOME TEAM GONE OUT OF TOWN ♪ ME I'M SITTING ON THE HOOD JUST A PARKING LOT DOWN ♪ UNDER THAT HIGH SCHOOL BLEACHER I DROVE THAT PREACHER'S DOG CRAZY ♪ MAMMA WAS MY HOME ROOM TEACHER AND DAD WAS ♪ I SHOULD AS HIGH ♪ BUT ALL THERE TONIGHT ♪ CATCH ME AROUND HERE ♪ BECAUSE YOU AIN'T AROUND HERE MUST HAVE ♪ YOU PUT [INDISCERNIBLE] ♪ LOOK HIKE I WON'T STOP LATE ♪ ACROSS MY WELCOME SING ♪ SINCE YOU CUT THAT OUT ♪ CATCH ME AROUND ♪ THEN BIG CITY ♪ NO IDEA WHERE YOU ARE NOW ♪ SCOTTIES AIN'T GOT IN GAS ♪ HE'S GOT TWO FOR ONE ♪ I CATCH ME AROUND HERE ♪ BECAUSE YOU AIN'T AROUND HERE ENOUGH ♪ YOU PUT THEM DOWN HERE ♪ AROUND HERE ♪ I WON'T STOP ♪ ACROSS MY WORLD ♪ EVER SINCE YOU CAUGHT THAT OUT ♪ I CATCH ME AROUND HERE ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ CATCH ME AROUND HERE ♪ YOU AIN'T AROUND ♪ YOU PUT ♪ LIT UP LIKE ONE STOPLIGHT ♪ ACROSS THE WAY ♪ EVER SINCE YOU CAUGHT THAT EYE ♪ CASH ME AROUND ♪ CATCH ME AROUND ♪ CATCH ME A SMALL TOWN ♪ ♪ ♪ AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS WERE THE BACKBONE. I WANT TO MENTION A NEW OF THOSE. THE FIRST MACE I EVER SANG I WAS AT A MACE CALLED TEXAS FISH CAMP. I WAS IN A PLACE CALLED SPRINGS CALIFORNIA AND MY MOM WOULD MAKE ME GET UP ON THE TABLE AND SING EVERY TIME WE WOULD GO THERE.
IT IS STILL THIS ALL THESE YEARS LATER. THAT'S A PLACE THAT MATTERS A LOT TO ME. A PLACE CALLED BARBECUE. MY DAD WAS CHIEF OF POLICE. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT'S STILL THERE. A PLACE CALLED [INDISCERNIBLE] BUTCHER WHERE I LIVE NOW.
IT IS SMALL TOWN FUNDED AND JUST -- THE EPITOME OF WHAT A SMALL BUSINESS SHOULD BE. TO THOSE GUYS, I WANT TO SAY, I LOVE YOU. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I HOPE THIS HELPS KEEP EVERYBODY AROUND LONGER UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS. AND WE GET TO A BETTER PLACE. THIS IS CALLED DON'T LAUGH AT ME. ♪ ♪ AIN'T EASY ♪ A LITTLE JACK ♪ YOU TALK ABOUT THE BACK SEAT ♪ I DON'T KNOW ♪ AND SHE SANG ♪ MY BURDEN ♪ I DON'T PRAY MUCH ANYMORE ♪ HAPPINESS SHARED ♪ THE SHIPS I NEVER SANG ♪ NOTES AND WORDS AND SONGS I SING ♪ COULD HAVE EASILY SAID GOOD-BYE ♪ THIS RUN AWAY TRAIN ♪ DON'T GET IT ♪ BABY HOW YOU ROLL WITH IT ♪ THIS IS THE STARS OF THE BATTLE ♪ THE JUDGE'S GAVEL ♪ HAPPINESS ♪ GIVING THANKS FOR THE SHIPS I NEVER SANG ♪ ♪ AND WORDS OF THE SONGS I SING ♪♪ ♪ SET ME FREE ♪ I DON'T PRAY MUCH ANYMORE ♪ HAPPINESS ♪ WANTS AND NEEDS AND FOLKS DREAMS ♪ EVERY BIG AND EVERY LITTLE AND THE NOTES AND WORDS AND SONGS I SING ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> YOU GUYS ARE REALLY MAKING ME WANT TO DOWNLOAD SOME COUNTRY MUSIC TONIGHT.
I'M FEELING THAT. OKAY. I'M GLAD. ANYWAY, BY NOW YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF TONIGHT'S ARTISTS SHARE PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT HOW SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THEIR LIVES. BUT IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT GIVING MONEY. VERIZON IS DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
CHECK IT OUT. ♪ ♪ SMALL BUSINESS. # >> SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED TONIGHT, Y'ALL? WHEN YOU'RE DOING A LIVE SHOW AND COVID IS OUT AND ABOUT THINGS CAN BE DELAYED. AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE SMOOTHEST RUNNING SITUATION, OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL EVERY TIME THEY HAVE TO CLEAN THE STAGE AND GET ALL NEW MICROPHONES AND EVERYTHING. NOW YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND SOME OF THESE ACTS HAVEN'T PERFORMED FOR NOBODY FOR A LONG TIME. THEY GOT TO GET THEIR CONFIDENCE TOGETHER.
ME PERSONALLY I'M IN THE STUDIO ALONE. IT IS COLD. AND I'M READY TO BRING THE HEAT ALL RIGHT. BUT IT IS COLD. SO THIS ARE MANY WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESSES. INSTEAD OF BUYING SOME RED BOTTOMS GET SHOES WITH A BLACK BOTTOM AND RED PAINT FROM YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE, BRING BACK THOSE ARTS AND CRAFT SKILLS YOU LEARNED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OKAY, INSTEAD OF THE COACH BAG, DONATE THE REST TO US TONIGHT.
AND NOW WELCOME TO THE STAGE A WOMAN WITH A POWERFUL VOICE. THIS YEAR SHE'S NOMINATED FOR SIX GRAMMY'S. SIX GRAMMY AWARD.
GIVE IT UP FOR BRITTANY HOWARD. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WANT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ♪ BACK TO WHERE YOU IS ♪ I JUST WANT TIME WITH YOU ♪ EVERYBODY PROUD ♪ WHEN I CALL ♪ WE WORK HARD ♪ WE'RE SMILING ♪ I JUST WANT TO BE WITH YOU ♪ WITH YOU ♪ SURE DON'T QUESTION MY STATE OF MIND ♪ THANK YOU ♪ EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL ♪ SEE WHAT I DO AND KEEP IT COOL ♪ DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING ♪ I ALREADY DOING IT AGAIN ♪ I JUST WANT TO STAY HIGH ♪ I JUST WANT TO STAY HIGH ♪ WITH YOU ♪♪ ♪ >> I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, WORKING WITH VERIZON TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. THE SMALL BUSINESS I CHOSE TO REPRESENT WHILE I'M HERE HAS MUSIC THAT IS FROM NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. IT IS MY FAVORITE MUSIC STORE AND THEY BEEN THROUGH STRUGGLES TO GET BACK IN BUSINESS.
FIRST WITH THE TORNEDS DESTROYING THEIR STORE LAST YEAR FOLLOWED BY COVID. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THEIR DOORS OPEN AND GIVE THEM ASSISTANCE SO THEY COULD KEEP BOOING THE BEST MUSIC STORE IN ALL OF AMERICA. ♪ ♪ THEY ARE AND THERE IS SOMETHING BETWEEN US ♪ I MAY BE ♪♪ GOD IT FEELS SO GOOD TO DREAM AT ALL ♪ SOMETHING SHORT AND SWEET ♪ THERE'S ALWAYS ♪ I'M WAITING ♪ I'M WAITING ♪ TIME TRYING TO KILL ME ♪ THEY ARE KNOWN ♪ THERE'S TEAR BETWEEN US ♪ BETWEEN US ♪ SOMETHING SHORT AND SWEET ♪ I'VE BEEN HURTING ALL ALONG ♪ IT WAS NOT FUN ♪ TO COME AND GET YOU ♪ I ONLY WANT THE BEGINNING ♪ WE GIVE EACH OTHER ♪ TIME TO DO WHAT IT WANTS ♪ THEY ARE BETWEEN US ♪ THERE IS TEAR BETWEEN US ♪ WE GOT SOMETHING BETWEEN US ♪ SOMETHING SHORT AND SWEET ♪ SO I THINK I WAIT ♪ I CANNOT WAIT I CANNOT THINK ♪ WITHOUT YOU ALWAYS ♪ A FEELING ♪ THIS IS A BIT TOO LONG ♪ TIME IS GONE ♪ TIME IS GONE ♪ TIME IS GOING TO KILL IT ♪ TIME IS GOING TO KILL IT ♪ >> ANOTHER POSITIVE THING ABOUT MY WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY IS I GET TO BUY MEOW CLOTHES. SO FINDING NOBODY JONES BOUTIQUE, SHE IS A MOTHER, WIFE AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
THAT DESERVES APPLAUSE. >> THIS IS RON. WE OWN KNOWN'S OWN BOUTIQUE IN LOS ANGELES.
IT IS A WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORE WHERE WE DESIGN AND BUY AND LOOK EXPENSIVE BUT AT AFFORDABLE PRICES. THIS HAS BEEN FOR 18 YEARS. WE KIND OF BECOME A HUB, A MECCA WHERE WE SHARED OUR CONVERSATIONS AND WE HOPE OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES ARE SHARING OUR RESOURCES. MY SMALL BUSINESS TO ME IS A DREAM COME TRUE. WE HELPED OTHER PEOPLE'S DREAMS COME TRUE. IT HAS BEEN A FAMILY.
I MET LONG LIFE FRIENDS AS WE'VE BEEN A BUSINESS FOR 18 YEARS. I HAD SO MUCH -- IT HAS BEEN FUN. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. HIGHS AND LOWS AND TO SEE A BUSINESS DEVELOP FROM THE GROUND UP LIKE HAS AND THEN TO INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE TO OPEN BUSINESSES. IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN TO IT.
IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. >> ALSO ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF IT IS WATCHING OUR KIDS SEE ACTUALLY, MY WIFE DOES MOST OF THE WORK, SO THE BENEFIT SEEING OUR KIDS LOOK AT HER AS LIKE WOW, SHE CAN START HER OWN SMALL BUSINESS. IT IS SUPER HELPFUL TO EVERYONE. >> REMEMBER, EVEN IN A PANDEMIC WE CAN FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT. NOBODY JONES HAS NICE ONLINE SHOPPING TOO.
CHECK THEM OUT. SHE ALREADY HELPED CHANGE THE LIVES OF FIVE BUSINESS OWNERS TONIGHT AND SHE'S BACK ONCE AGAIN FROM THE LEGENDARY GREEK THEATER IN LOS ANGELES, THE WONDERFUL TALENTED ALICIA KEYS. THAT'S MY SISTER. WE SISTERS. >> ALL RIGHT.
THIS ONE, WE NEED YOUR HELP. YOU NOT SHY. TO START A BUSINESS, YOU BOUGHT TO BE PRETTY BALLSY. SO FOR ME ON THE PINOT AND US TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING YOU SO SPECIAL. NOTHING, NO ONE IS GOING TO GET IN THE WAY OF US.
I JUST WANT YOU CLOSE ♪ BUT WE CAN STAY FOREVER ♪ YOU CAN BE ♪ AND IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER ♪ WE'LL BE TOGETHER UNTIL THE DAY ♪ AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT ♪ THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY MAKE ♪ BUT ALL I MOW IS EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT ♪ NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE ♪ WHAT A FEELING ♪ NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE ♪ GETTING IN THE WAY OF WANT TO FEEL ♪ YOU YOU YOU ♪ GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU ♪ WHEN THE RAIN IS FALL DOWN ♪ AND THE HEART IS HURTING ♪ YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND ♪ IT IS NOT FOR CERTAIN ♪ YOU WILL BE TOGETHER UNTIL THE DAY AND NIGHT ♪ DON'T WORRY ♪ IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT ♪ PEOPLE BE TALKING ♪ THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY LIKE ♪ AND ALL I KNOW IS EVERYTHING GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT ♪ NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE ♪ GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I AM FEELING ♪ NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE ♪ GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU ♪ YOU ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GETTING IN THE WAY OF WHAT I FEEL ♪ I KNOW ♪ SOME PEOPLE SEARCH THE WORLD ♪ TO FIND ♪ SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE HAD ♪ I KNOW PEOPLE WILL FIND SOMETHING SO REAL ♪ THERE WILL BE NO ONE ♪ NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE ♪ GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I'M FEELING ♪ NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE ♪ GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU ♪ OH OH OH ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE ♪ NO ONE ♪ NO ONE ♪ NO ONE ♪ NEVER ♪ GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU ♪ ♪ >> WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP, FOR YOUR TEN MASSITY, FOR YOUR VISION, FOR YOUR POWER AND YOUR BEAUTY.
WE FEEL YOU AND LOVE YOU. YOU'RE A STAPLE IN OUR LIVES. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW APPRECIATED YOU ARE. SO WE CELEBRATE YOU TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT.
I HOPE YOU FEEL GOOD. I HOPE YOU LIKE YOUR SURPRISE. WE LOVE YOU GUYS. GOOD NIGHT. [APPLAUSE].
>> NO ONE NO ONE CAN GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU ♪ OH OH OH OH ♪ WE RELATED. WE GOT THE SAME SINGING VOICE. THANK YOU ALICIA.
WE KNOW EVERYBODY HAS AT THE TIME WITH SETBACKS. AND THIS PANDEMIC HAS MADE IT TOUGH ON SO MANY OF YOU. I'M GLAD WE COULD TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THINGS.
TONIGHT HAS BEEN GREAT. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO SOME OF MY FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE OUT HERE DOING IT. OKAY. YOU CAN FOOTHILL LOW THEM ON TWITTER TONIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU COULD FOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER TONIGHT. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. A SIMPLE FOLLOW CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND NOW TO FINISH OUT OUR NIGHT THIS SUPER STAR YOU'VE SEEN ON THE VOICE. SHE HAS GRAMMY'S GALORE, SHE HAS LATIN GRAMMY'S, BEEN ON THE MTV AWARD. SHE HAS A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
WHEN I FIRST MET HER WHEN SHE WAS ON DISNEY AND SHE SOLD OVER 75 MILLION ALBUMS. PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR CHRISTINA AGUILARA. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OH ♪ EVERY DAY IS SO WONDERFUL ♪ SO HARD TO SAY ♪ NOW THE PAIN ♪ I'M BEAUTIFUL ♪ OH CAN BRING ME DOWN ♪ I'M BEAUTIFUL ♪ NOTHING CAN WEIGH ME DOWN ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TRY SO HARD TO FILL THAT EMPTINESS ♪ IS THAT THE WAY IT IS ♪ YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ♪ YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL ♪ BRING YOUR VISIONS DOWN ♪ YOU NEVER KNOW ♪ YOU BRING ME DOWN ♪ NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ BEAUTIFUL MO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ♪ OH ♪ WE ARE BEAUTIFUL ♪ IN EVERY SINGLE WAY ♪ ♪ ♪ BRING ME DOWN ♪♪ ♪ DON'T YOU BRING ME DOWN ♪ ♪ >> WHEN I WAS LITTLE MY MOM AND GRANDMA USED TO TAKE ME TO ATTIC RECORDS IN PITTSBURGH WHERE WE WOULD SPEND HOURS SIFTING THROUGH OLD VINYLS TO FIND SONGS FOR ME TO SING AND PERFORM. IT IS WHERE MY MUSICAL EDUCATION WAS BORN AND WHERE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GREATS THAT STILL INSPIRE ME TODAY. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE ATTIC RECORDS DURING THESE TRYING TIMES.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE HIDDEN GEMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES ALIVE. LOVE YOU GRANDMA. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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