00:00Guys, it's Danielle Young wishing you love, peace, and soul right here on the American
00:08Soul Red Carpet.
00:17So stay tuned as we talk to all of your faves about American Soul, baby, right here.
00:23Wow, the legacy of Soul Train means so much to me because it was the first time that we
00:26ever had a nationally syndicated TV show for black people to come on the air.
00:30This man did something as a cavalier for black people.
00:32He did something as a cavalier for all ethnicities because you had never seen that before and
00:36he did it well and ran for 35 years.
00:38It's power, it's excellence, it's success.
00:41The legacy of Soul Train will be felt for generations and I feel like doing this show has sealed that.
00:48We are, I've been telling everyone, we have the great privilege of edutaining the world.
00:54We're educating them while we entertain them and we're doing it with permission of the
00:58Cornelius family.
00:59They've given us real, raw, good, bad, ugly, indifferent of their lives and said, tell the
01:06world about our dad.
01:08Tell the world about my former husband and what a privilege, what an honor to have someone
01:13trust you with their life like that because we dig deep.
01:17Actually, when I was in 3LW, I performed on Soul Train and Don Cornelius was still living
01:21and it's just interesting to see how what he created and the legacy of creating a space
01:27for black music, dancers, musicians to perform and to express themselves freely.
01:32At that time, he really changed the culture and catapulted something that has, I think,
01:39helped black musicians and artists to be heard.
01:43There was more than just entertainment.
01:45You know, it was an acceptance of our culture, of who we are.
01:49It put us on display.
01:50It allowed the country to see who we are in our various colors and not just clothing.
01:55You know what I mean?
01:56Knowing that we can still create a show around something so iconic like Soul Train is inspiring
02:02and I'm just so grateful that I could be a part of it.
02:06Being able to openly and honestly project our blackness onto the world unapologetically.
02:12It's passion, you know, that thing that makes you get up in the morning to chase your dreams
02:17even when you don't know what's going to happen, what's going to come of it.
02:20My father created a dynasty, you know, it's part of American fabric
02:24and I'm very excited and very thankful that he was able to create something that continues to move on.
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