i lived down south. east coast. i just now moved to the west coast, but, man, i ve been everything, a little bit of everything. do you think that s left a mark on you? i think it s left a good mark on me. i know what to expect when i bump into different types of people, especially different races and the different cultures. i kind of know how like to entertain them and what to expect from them and their crowd because everybody communicates on a different level. like music brings everyone together, but you have to real be able to identify with those certain people, too, for them to, you know, gravitate towards your stuff. so much of what happens to a lot of artists, hip-hort hop artists, roots are a big part of it and it s really important to represent where you re from. but a guy who didn t have roots for a very long time, you have a very different relationship with that. yeah. i just take it more as the most that i ve learned from my life has been from pittsburgh, you know, an
coast, but, man, i ve been everything, a little bit of everything. do you think that s left a mark on you? i think it s left a good mark on me. i know what to expect when i bump into different types of people, especially different races and the different cultures. i kind of know how like to entertain them and what to expect from them and their crowd because everybody communicates on a different level. like music brings everyone together, but you have to real be able to identify with those certain people, too, for them to, you know, gravitate towards your stuff. so much of what happens to a lot of artists, hip-hop artists, roots are a big part of it and it s really important to represent where you re from. but a guy who didn t have roots for a very long time, you have a very different relationship with that. yeah. i just take it more as the most that i ve learned from my life has been from pittsburgh, you know, and anybody who can identify me with anything, it would be pittsburg
i lived in japan. i ve lived in germany. i lived down south. east coast. i just now moved to the west coast, but, man, i ve been everything, a little bit of everything. do you think that s left a mark on you? i think it s left a good mark on me. i know what to expect when i bump into different types of people, especially different races and the different cultures. i kind of know how like to entertain them and what to expect from them and their crowd because everybody communicates on a different level. like music brings everyone together, but you have to real be able to identify with those certain people, too, for them to, you know, gravitate towards your stuff. so much of what happens to a lot of artists, hip-hop artists, roots are a big part of it and it s really important to represent where you re from. but a guy who didn t have roots for a very long time, you have a very different relationship with that. yeah. i just take it more as the most that i ve learned from my life ha
jenna: a little bit of everything. we ll keep an eye on it maria thank you. jon: become now to that deadly plane crash that happened earlier today. a twin-engine turbo prop goes down in a snowy field just after take off. 31 people are dead, but there are 12 survivors. what went wrong? let s ask steve wallace, the former director of accident investigations at the faa. there were reports, steve, that as this plane was taking off, and it s a turbo plot, you have a jet engine spinning propellers that there was smoke pouring from both engines? that is pretty unusual, isn t it? very unusual. those are very reliable engines, this is a recently modern western built aircraft in the soviet union, in russia there historically has been a bad accident record substantially attributed to the poor quality of airplanes and that is not the case here. i would point out, jon that the
losses. their $40,000 investment actually translated into a 15% drop in revenue. customers weren t shy in their upset either. to some, it seemed like the restaurant was having an identity crisis. some was very angry, some was frustrated, some was sincere, a little bit of everything. but they were definitely honest and blunt. both men were committed to letting the experiment run its course. but about nine months in they decided it was time to rethink their business plan. there were simply too many empty seats. customers and staff noticed changes almost immediately. the flowers came off the tables. went back to the old salt and pepper shakers. made it look nicer. we incorporated some more specials. we slowly decreased the menu a little bit. the decision to scale back meant letting go of the chef and general manager hired to supervise the venture in the first place. it s been a process trying to get the main street grill back to where it was but every move