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unions, as his 2024 campaign starts lining up donors, and rolling out endorsements. my panel joins me as biden readies for battle. and later, the famed apollo theater, the launchpad of countless entertainment careers. forays for a new era, as well as new leadership and a multi million dollar upgrade, nearly a century after open its famous doors. i will talk to its board chairman about the next century, and what it holds for the theater dubbed the soul of american music. earlier, i spoke with senator, raphael warnock. democrat of georgia. reverend warnock, we are glad to finally have you with us on politicsnation. you and i have done other shows on this station, but as first-time as a senator on this show, you and i go way back
to do that if janelle hadn t been such a fantastic job. the former chair, as you said, it was in a bad shape a couple years ago. they came in, entrepreneurs going to people wanted to see. they supported it. fast forward, now vibrant venue with three stages now. with the victoria theater. raised $70 million in the first renovation, we re gonna do a lot of good things with that renovation. make it more digital, automated cameras, automated rigging. lots of things, streaming. modernize it. the structure is that will set it up for future generations for the next, hopefully 90 years as well. so michelle e. banks comes from essence, which she ran one of the largest festivals in the company, called essence festival in new orleans. she knows a lot of artists, a lot of sponsors. that smooth transition between janelle, who did a fantastic job. and michelle, who had a great background to do this. they ve been working together already. we re looking forward to the next chapter.
still do. we had this year, we have lil wayne. lots of different people. at the same spring benefit gala you mentioned that i couldn t get through because i couldn t get a flight due to weather. didi was honored this week, who calls me pops. he couldn t get to it because of the weather. the apollo also recognizes longtime ceo, janelle palco, who is stepping down this month after bringing the theater back from near bankruptcy, to its place as the largest black performing arts organization in the nation. and it looks like she s leading the in the best possible hands, with my friend and sister, michelle eubanks, the former ceo of essence communications. of course, she s taking over. what does the apollo s continuing evolution look like with each banks at the helm, you as the chair, and what i understand is a 70 million dollar renovation coming next year? the first in the theater s history. first, we wouldn t be able
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