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Well, it's holiday time with Christmas and New Year's Eve right around the corner. But this is when party time can become a deadly time because of the excessive use of drugs and alcohol. But there's one special individual rapper extraordinaire Chili Be, who serves as a spokesperson

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for an equally special program. It's called Friday Night Live. What it makes. What makes it so unique, rather, is that it was designed to give our teens and exciting alternative to alcohol and drugs all year round. Although this piece already aired around graduation time, we felt

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its message was particularly appropriate for the holiday season. Trickett When does a Wednesday afternoon have as much energy as a Friday night when it's a Friday Night Live high school assembly featuring East Bay rapper Chili Be? Yes, 199 and I'm back on track. Just thought it

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was wax thought. I lacked the back to move a crowd on back in the black, black black, and I'm proud. Friday Night Live is a state and county run organization that promotes a positive drug and alcohol free lifestyle among high school students. For the last six

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years, Friday Night Live has been showing teenagers sober ways to have fun. Partly run by students that teaches by example and participation, rapper Chili B has been a Friday Night Live spokesperson in Mainstay for two years. Positive drug free lifestyle is what I was really interested

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in because I kind of lived on both sides of the track. So I know what there's a need for nominated for a Martin Luther King Jr humanitarian award for his work with kids, chili bees, music and message fit right in with a Friday night life philosophy.

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The message that shows most of the music is pride being proud of who you are, regardless of who you are. And, yeah, there is an anti drug message in there. But it's not bluntly saying Just say no, the drugs because anybody could just say no, the

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drugs. But if you don't really know how to say no, the drugs is a different story. It's a message that's making its mark among both teenagers and parents because it's our fear. Stop when we can hear music and this is what we listen. Toe This Friday

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night, last rally was cool. Thank you, e think for the most part, um they have a lot of faith in the program. They like to see an organization there because I hear you know, when I was in school, we didn't have a program like that would

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come to our school and provide opportunity for us to do something positive. As the school year draws to a close Friday Night Live is working to help students stay alcohol and drug free throughout the summer. I know it has helped me because their their programs around.

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I know on Friday nights for students do not go out and party and drink all night drinking and driving accidents have went down 20% since this program's been around, and I know there's a lot. There's thousands and thousands of California teenagers who really like taking care

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of themselves and taking care of friends. And they're active involvement with Friday Night Live man P H I L L E B. This is one for the fans. B Already Chili be not only performs for Friday Night Live, but organizes his own events at youth centers,

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churches and schools, all while working on his own career. Recently, he filled in for an absent M C hammer at the Bay Area Music Awards, the only unsigned act to be given that honor, just like I want You to say no. Even though local press has

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predicted he may be the next major rap star out of the Bay Area, Chili be says he won't lose sight of the kids he works with or the Friday Night Live program. Want to see toe all my brothers sisters out there to see? And when I

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mentioned the concept of brothers and sisters, my brothers and sisters is not a black and white issue because I believe there's only one race I want to say. Peace to the human race. I want to say I love you. Wanna think David Cook for making it

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possible for us to be here? E wanna thank Friday Night Live And for the nineties Ladies and gentlemen, Nazi Signs a route Peace signs. Aaron, I'm out of here, definitely Peace signs. Chili B is still going strong and has just completed two songs that can be

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heard in a sensational new movie coming out next summer, starring Morris Day and Jerome, both former members of the hot Group The Time and if you'd like more information on Friday Night Live. Just call 5109328100 And that's it for this edition of Bay Sunday. Thanks for

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watching we leave you with some inspirational music by gospel sensation Vickie Winans, who is appearing today at the eighth annual Holiday Expo in the Oakland Convention Center. Chili be will be there to Should be lots of fun. So go out and have a wonderful day. See

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you next week. Goodbye. Listen well, let catch your town record situation. Thank you. Have a hard time. The best of you. Hold your on. All right. All true, e. You see your way? Do you know what I'm talking about? Going down. I mean, you're stay in

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your fight. Jesus will be there. He's away until the lights. Come on, help me see it, You know? Yeah, Tommy.