00:00Hey everybody, Janelle Snuggle here with the one and only Dion Cole, who will be raising the stage at this year's 25th anniversary of the Essence Festival.
00:08This is my second time at the Essence Festival.
00:10This is your second time?
00:11My only second time.
00:12Wow.
00:13But it's going to be great, man. Essence is the black mecca. If you ain't never been to a festival before, it's a great, great festival, man. It's fantastic.
00:20We'll come down there and do what I do, bring what I bring, and hopefully we'll be able to learn.
00:23What is that exactly?
00:25See, today he's a little low-key because he's outdoor, but normally when you see this man, he is giving you Chicago's finest people.
00:31I know. I'm going to give them what I have, which is originality and another way of thinking, man.
00:37And you know you're going to bring the look.
00:39No, I'm trying to.
00:40So he more than tries. We're going to put together a little fashion montage, so you can see he's got the striped pants, the tail bottom sundaes.
00:46You know, I try to bring a little something sometimes.
00:48Yeah, you know. And when it's that many black people, you know you really gotta bring it.
00:52So, Salvi, do you already have your outfits picked out?
00:55I got a couple things that I'm juggling, so I'm going to put it in.
00:58Oh, okay, okay.
00:59But we're going to have a good time, man. Essence, y'all make sure y'all there. Let's do it.
01:02Don't try to end this interview that way.
01:03I ain't trying to end it. I ain't trying to end it.
01:05He was like, and I gotta go.
01:06Listen, don't you hear that helicopter waiting on me?
01:08Yes, because he's in Hollywood right now.
01:10You got that blackish money.
01:11You hear that noise? That noise, that's a helicopter.
01:13A.B.C. and a helicopter to pick this man up from Aruba.
01:15I'm going to let you go get your chopper.
01:17I know, I'm going to get him.
01:18We met the 20th anniversary of the Essence Festival.
01:20Love y'all.
01:21Yes, we will see you there.
01:22For more info, go to EssenceFestival.com.
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