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Paternity Court host Lauren Lake talks singing with Death Row, Jay-Z, and new show with Byron Allen

Mar 28, 2024
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frankie darcell and welcome back to frankie has a big mouth let me tell you this the podcast is growing immensely and I thank you all so much for watching this is a whole new world for me on the internet. I've been doing radio for a long time, but you all have f

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and I love that you like it and let me tell you this, my guests are calling me saying, frankie, can I go on?, but there are some people that I had to help . up first so I'm really excited that you're listening on the iheart radio network app uh of course the streaming media and the black information network and some of the baddest newspapers from around the country.
paternity court host lauren lake talks singing with death row jay z and new show with byron allen
I'm very excited to have the honorable judge Lauren Lake on the

show

I'm very happy to be here listen I'm very excited first of all you have so many things to do I'm going to get everything I can in the next 28 minutes and 45 seconds first of all motor city hello say hello to your own

lauren

lake

lauren

detroit at home born and raised in school listen like this university of michigan state law school wayne talk about it and you speak so passionately about your journey to law school sure yeah i grew up uh on the west side of Detroit, seven miles an hour drive, my father attended the University of Michigan, uh, and graduated in 1960.
paternity court host lauren lake talks singing with death row jay z and new show with byron allen

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paternity court host lauren lake talks singing with death row jay z and new show with byron allen...

He was born in America, so I grew up a big Michigan kid, We always went to the games, I was a blue maze. I think even before I came out of the womb, so after my brother went to Michigan State, uh oh uh oh, that was an interesting rivalry, well, I went and followed in my father's footsteps and went to Michigan and became blue. There I worked as a singer and backup under Boshen Beckler for much of the program. I love school and after that I told myself that I am ready to get out and pursue a life of entertainment.
paternity court host lauren lake talks singing with death row jay z and new show with byron allen
I want to be a singer. to be um, you know, on stage, I love Broadway and musicals, and my parents, both, uh, PhD educators in Detroit, told me, well, honey, uh, before you go out and do that, we suggest that you obtain some type of graduate degree and what you want to do afterward. you went to undergrad and you ended up going to law school at Wayne State and it was fascinating because I went at first because I was trying to figure out how to use my gifts properly. I really didn't know. I started, believe it or not, studying to want to know how to be an anesthesiologist, but once I decided, you know what I really want to do in this career in entertainment school, it seemed like a great transition because I was able to use my gift of gab correctly, my ability to tell stories that I used to tell. them through songs, but I can tell them verbally and it seemed like a good fit and I just said, you know what I'm going to do.
paternity court host lauren lake talks singing with death row jay z and new show with byron allen
I did and in that process I fell in love with this art of standing up for others, the right thing to do to be a voice for the voiceless, to be able to tell a story for someone who couldn't tell that story for themselves correctly and to be able to give them give that person a second chance. I was a criminal defense attorney, that's how I started and it became one of my passions. So after I graduated from law school, I took a few years to go to Los Angeles and do some background saying, "Hey, yeah, you'll be able to see everything I used to sing for Dre and Snoop and all that stuff with the records of the

death

row".
Honey, listen, let's talk about it because when I read you're talking about puffy and mary j blige and I'm like my girlfriend has cops, obviously I'm not going to ask you to sing right now, but you know, you never know what might happen. pass on this program, okay, I live an unlimited life, you hear me, but after law school I did that, we can get into that later, but eventually I came back, took the bar exam, and practiced law in Detroit for the quarters.

court

wow, yes, the late, great Dalton Roberson was the dream, yes, and I honed my skills there with mentors who, like Judge Mathis, believe it or not, how old am I, Greg, I was a young lawyer and he was a great mentor, and I did it.
For many years, Detroit has been my home. It is always said to be my launching pad and it continues to be my landing pad. I was in Detroit, helping my dear friend Porsche Robertson, who was running for Congress and I love the city it is. It's just that there's no city like this and the people in Detroit are special people we have a vibe yeah yeah yeah and we wear it on our sleeve listen so at some point you went to New York I did entertainment it was going to be the yours, talk about that experience. and there you really connected with important people and you were about to be your own Beyonce, okay, okay, I always tell people I was trying to be Beyonce, but it ended up being me. a great person, yes, I used to really think I was going to continue

singing

on stage, like I told you after law school, I worked briefly for Death Row Records

singing

background for Dr.
Dre, I spied and then came back and practiced law . While practicing law, he traveled back and forth from Atlanta and New York singing at different background concerts. I started producing albums. I started producing artists. I started a production company and then I had an artist sign to um Interscope Records through Roughrider that took I moved to New York and started producing acts there in New York and in the meantime while I was producing acts I was working as a background singer. I did background work on Jay-Z's first blueprint album. I did some background work for Puppy like on good morning america uh mary j blige the victoria's secret fashion show I had great experiences working with platinum artists and it was the craziest thing that while I started producing this album for myself at a showcase I had about my album a TV producer was there and they ended up talking to me about appearing on TV on the Ricky Lake show.
Yes, in my music I talked about the scenarios that led me to write this song and they said that your thoughts on dating and relationships are so compelling that we want you to come. uh, the Ricky Lake show and speaking of which, I ended up going on his show and the rest is history, one day after I went there, his producer, his executive producer, Michael Rourke, took me aside to his office, I thought was in trouble and he said to me: I know you are destined to have a career in television and I said: "Really because at that time I am a singer, producer and lawyer, I was also a lawyer and he says no, you are destined to have a career in TV". and since that day which had to be in early 2000, I've worked consistently in television since then and you know, the bigger the show, the more things you've done, I didn't worry about fraternity

court

, well, I know.
Listen, can I tell you that sister watches a lot of TV and a lot of court TV shows and those relationship shows? You know people by their behavior. It's not what people do. I always say it's why they do what they do. Know? I'm very intrigued by court shows and fair behaviors and what the law is, so I watch a lot, I watch the good shows, so I've seen all of this, okay, let's talk about your new show that's coming out in the fall, um, it's Lauren Lake. in front of we the people will be released this fall let's talk about that show yes we the people with judge lauren

lake

will premiere on september 12 im very excited to join forces with the

allen

media group Byron Allen, as you know, is a force in entertainment and once

paternity

court was over, he approached me with an idea for me to take over a show he already had in production called We the People and he was excited to do it.
I love going to the courtroom. I love helping people solve problems in a courtroom way that I think then permeates their lives right, hey, right, the legal resolution will lead to an emotional evolution, a legal battle, whether it's a family legal battle or even a small claims legal battle, you're so stuck in that rut to get out of it, and then I'm so excited that we the people this year are able to bring into the courtroom people who are struggling with legal issues that they just don't they leave them alone and the truth is that by giving them my judgment and my resolution, I hope it helps them move forward and empowers other people who watch court shows to understand the power, yes, the contamination, even if it doesn't come out as you want, sometimes you have to understand that it's done right, so I have a couple of questions for you in relation to that and let me answer this one. out of the way because in the promotion in

paternity

court you got two sisters pregnant, okay, I did that, okay, I did that, that's just one, so on the other show we're the people you're going to talk about one litany of different issues not just paternity I'm going to expand my entire caseload I'm going to talk about small claims family issues things that everyday people I mean look at fraternity court it was an amazing niche I couldn't love helping people more to find their parents or at least understand the truth so that they have the ability to move forward and figure out what to do next, then I realized while I was talking, you know, with Allen Media Group and the executive producers, you know, Patricia Wilson, She's phenomenal, you know, there's so many people. hold on to these little complaints that need the same kind of quick kick that they need to understand that at some point you have to go and get into a place where you are ready to solve a problem properly and that's why I love the name of this program. people because it lends itself to this sense of community I believe we all exist properly black brown white whatever we are we are our blood our emotions we have all loved and lost we have been betrayed we have all felt like we didn't get our fair share at some point we all We've felt like we've been done wrong and most of us, you know, we've had legal problems that we needed to solve properly, figure out the tools to avoid court, I always tell people if you really listen to the shows I do if you really listen to the paternity court if you actually come into us the people and listen to what we are doing my hope is not that you will appear before me but that you won't have to it seems right that's right let me talk to you about a couple of things: when people see a lot Of these shows, they think it's about theatrics, they talk about how authentic your show really is and whether they have to honor your decision.
Well, this is what we people do, we're all about recreating cases that have happened, so the judgment I'm giving is to look at the facts of the case and decide, and this is what I love about this because I gives the opportunity to I can correctly follow the law of my courtroom and look, you know, people it's a mock court, it's a television forum. I am not always necessarily bound by the law of the land. I am obligated to what is fair, sometimes what is morally right and allows me to impart more genuine legal and life lessons directly to people so they can avoid the courts.
Remember that this is my thing, which is that I don't want you to come to court. I want you to find out what you should do in your case. Life to avoid that fraternity court was of course real problems with real people and real babies and the need to know the real answers to parenting with us the people, we were able to expand that and include many more cases that are based on real cases that have happened and then we can give a ruling and a decision and most importantly give the necessary lessons to help and empower people, that's what we do there, do you have a chance?
You know one of the things, especially in communities of color. most of us don't experience that you talked about someone we know and love, Porsche Robeson, who is also an amazing lawyer and right now Focus Hope ran for the congressional seat recently, but when we are, this is an opportunity for you too . uh to tell people how to get to court, you know, in a lot of courtrooms across the country, the great Judge Greg Matthews, good friend of mine, and other judges that I know talk about frankie today in the courtroom , so many people don't know how Come, how do you dress?
How could you introduce yourself? Talk about it. I love that you brought that up because that's the beauty of port television. Yes, it's entertaining but it's also empowering. It is also educational and informative. I don't know, the other day some people came and I told them: "You're not ready. I'm asking for this. I'm asking for this test. I'm asking for this. Nobody has what?" You're not supposed to be ready for court, you just want to come in and charge in and tell me a story, but you can't prove anything and I left because people need to understand that court is about being able to prove the right thing through evidence. through physical evidence throughfactual testimony about what your problem claims to be and why you should be the person who wins this case.
I can't tell you how many people come to court like it's a psychiatrist or a psychologist like you want to go to the psychologist right it's a different door right we all have couches and beds here when you stand at the podium you're here to present a case like that that yeah, that's the beauty of it, I can walk by and say, "okay," you say you did it, when she did this she damaged the car, where's the photo? So a tattered picture in which you can't even receive the average. How can I assess what the damage is?
You didn't have enough common sense to go get the photo you need, okay? You say you gave him 350, do you have a receipt for that on your phone? Now we have too many ways, now don't tell me you gave it. to her in cash because you could take back the saleI know we have too many things right now that you can prove your case on, so it's a great opportunity for me to help inform and train people so that when you have your day in court, yes, yes, how should people think that the judges are not necessarily you, but Do you think that how a person presents himself in court?
Because it should be the scales that justice is balanced. It's true, it's blind, but do you think and can you recommend to two people how you should and shouldn't dress? You shouldn't look like you just got it. from a pole I'm just going to say okay I'm just going to say let's say that okay, okay, and what we know, I always tell people, honey, we know that the church could become like you are now, when I grew up, I you dressed for church. understand now the new church you come to when you are courted is not a pro-plum church as you are you come as you want to be perceived well you want to be judged right when you walk through those doors I don't have your papers organized I don't want when I ask for something this is like If we were doing a magic act, right, I want to see an organized person, a person who seems ready for a day in court that honors the fact that right now they are going to receive a trial about something that will affect their lives and the lives of their loved ones. family.
I want to know if you care. I would often say in fraternity court. I'm not running a circus. I'm directing. porn behavior and that means you know what you look like and how you act okay so as we get ready to get started I want you to share with us anything you want to leave us with um go yeah no no. Sorry, okay, well, I just want to say please tune in, people, it's coming out on September 12th. Also follow me on Judge Lauren Lake TV's social platforms and I want to encourage everyone. This is what I talk about the most.
Live your authentic unlimited. life, I mean living an unlimited life, your mistakes don't have to define you, they can refine you, which means there are unlimited possibilities for you, whether you are stuck in a legal dilemma, now your tomorrow can be brighter with a mindset unlimited, okay? Tell people Tell people about your book How they can get it Is it still available? Is still available? Honey, I know you've done it all. I'm going to try to get it. I got my book, girl, let me tell you. I wrote that years ago, but I've been inspired by everyone, they just love the advice I give them and want to know how I got it.
I always tell people that I speak from a place of perspective, not perfection, honey, because I have lived loved and lost. I'm going to be working on a new edition of Girl, let me tell you that maybe in digital format, I'm thinking if I'm going to make a book or just digital, that will be available soon and I'm very grateful for everyone's support. Support, great, thank you very much. Hit your social media one more time. Yes on Judge Lauren Lake TV on all platforms. If you don't have the TV at the end, you'll still find it.
I love it. Judge Lake. Thank you. So much for joining me, I can't wait to meet you in person, I talk to you all the time, I look forward to us icon people, we all know who you are, I've listened to you for years, you're an icon, it's my heart, thank you so much , the pleasure is mine, I know well, I know this new show is coming and I'm glad it's with the allen group too, he's doing phenomenal things, another Detroiter is making it happen and he's very excited so we'll see. I really want to see you and I hope to see you very soon, thank you, thank you very much.
It's Frankie who has the big mouth. I tell you I will also have great guests. We look forward to the upcoming shows with Judge Lake. and of course you can also follow me on social media and check out all the podcasts offered by the iheart uh media podcast along with black entertainment network uh black information network and real times media. This was great, thank you very much, we'll talk soon, thank you. thank you for joining us for this edition of frankie has a big mouth, find us on the iheartradio app, the black information network, real time media or wherever you get your podcast, we'll see you next time for more interesting conversations.

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