Akea J is one of the rawest, realest voices in comedy today — but the journey behind that honesty has been painful, complicated, and expensive. In this powerful and unfiltered conversation, she sits down with Jay Hill to reveal the truth about what it really takes to survive and succeed as a Black woman in a male-dominated comedy industry.

For the first time, Akea opens up about the battles she fought behind the scenes: being silenced, being overlooked, being mistreated, being blamed for things she didn’t do, and even being sexually assaulted in spaces where she was supposed to be protected. She shares the emotional toll of being punished by association, blackballed without explanation, and left to navigate an industry where power, ego, and silence often matter more than skill or integrity.

From the outside, Baltimore Bella looked like confidence, beauty, and strength — but behind the viral moments and the personality the city thought it knew was a woman fighting battles nobody ever saw. In this powerful and vulnerable episode, Bella sits down with Jay Hill to share the full story behind her childhood, her relationships, the heartbreaks that changed her, and the healing that’s shaping the woman she’s becoming today.

Bella opens up about growing up too fast, surviving environments that forced her into responsibility long before she was ready, and the emotional weight she carried as a daughter, sister, partner, and mother. She speaks on love, loyalty, betrayal, and the moments that pushed her to choose herself for the first time in her life.

This isn’t just an interview — it’s a story of transformation.

A story of a girl who had to be strong just to survive…

and a woman who’s finally learning she deserves softness, healing, and peace.

Whether you’ve lived through childhood trauma, stayed in the wrong relationship too long, lost yourself trying to love someone else, or are fighting to rebuild your identity — Bella’s journey will speak to you deeply.

What do you do when your car gets repo’d, your bank account is in the negative, your business fails, and you’re sleeping in bunk beds with your family… after believing you were on the way up?

Most people break.

Richard Gilbau built a monster.

In this emotional and brutally honest interview, Richard opens up about hitting absolute rock bottom — eviction court, repo, losing his job, moving his wife and kids into his in-laws’ home — and how that pressure turned him into the entrepreneur he is today.

But this isn’t just a comeback story.

This is THE blueprint for any man trying to rebuild his life, his finances, and his family.