Welcome to The Remedy with Dr. Rani Whitfield, where medicine, music, literacy, and other hot topics meet. I'm your host, Dr. Rani, aka The Hip Hop Doc. And today we're diving into the transformative power of movement with an incredible guest, LaDontae, Mr. Get Right Lots, entertainer, entrepreneur, and founder of the dance and fitness craze, Jiggaerobics. Before I introduce LaDontae, let's take a moment to talk about something fundamental to thriving life, exercise. Exercise is the ultimate elixir for health and wellness. The data is undeniable. Regular physical activity not only extends your lifespan, but enhances your healthspan, how long you live, free from chronic disease or physical limitations. Here are just a few of the profound benefits of exercise. Number one, exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness, a key marker of longevity while reducing the risk of heart disease and heart failure. Number two, exercise boosts cognition, memory, and increases levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor, aka BDNF, a protein essential for growing new neurons in the brain. This is crucial for maintaining a sharp mind as we age. Number three, regular physical activity lowers the risk of certain cancers. Studies show that exercise is particularly effective in reducing the risk of breast, colon, endometrial, lung, prostate, bladder, kidney, esophageal, and stomach cancers. The American Cancer Society recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise, like wrist walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise, like running, each week, for adults to help lower cancer risk. Incorporating strength training at least twice a week adds additional benefits. Number four, exercise enhances insulin sensitivity, which helps your body manage blood glucose more effectively and reduces the risk of type two diabetes or helps you manage the disease process if you have it. Number five, exercise has been shown to alleviate symptoms of depression in part by increasing BDNF levels in the brain. But it's not just about disease prevention, exercise is the foundation of energy, focus, increased libido, and joy. Whether it's high intensity interval training or simply finding a movement you love, staying active is the key to unlocking your potential. Now, let's meet someone who's made movement fun and transformative. LaDontae Lotts is here to share his incredible story, the creation of Jiggerobics, and how he's inspired people to live healthier lives, one dance step at a time. LaDonte Lotts, also known as Mr. Get Right, aka Mr. Get Your Cheese Up, is an entrepreneur, entertainer, and personal trainer, as well as a motivational speaker. Hailing from Houston, Texas, he is a proud Southern University alum. A member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the founder of the dance based fitness program, Jigaerobics. LaDontae has combined his love for fitness, dance, and community into a global movement. He's been featured in the Wall Street Journal and even pitched his brand on Shark Tank. We've collaborated on several projects in the past, including a music video called Summertime that was filmed on the Southern University campus, one of my favorite memories. Introducing, without further ado, Mr. Get Right, Mr. Full of Energy, my guy, LaDontae Lotts. LaDonte, my homie, welcome to The Remedy. What's going on, little bro, hip hop doc, thank you for inviting me. It's an honor. You know it, man. We go way back. They have no idea. The Southern University connection, the Alpha Phi Alpha Connection, bro. And you are my first live guest. Alright, come on bro. Now you really got me over here feeling good. I feel like the man right now. You are the man. So I'm talking to the man, but I want to get into it. The fans excited to hear from you. I could say it's a Southern University thing, but it's not because you are now national. So, what started this whole Jiggaerobics thing? What got you going? Your evolution coming from Houston to Baton Rouge and now beyond. How did all this come about? Well, I have some family roots in Louisiana. My mom is from Abbeville, Louisiana, and my dad is from Shreveport where it's from Wascom, but you know, in a borderline of Texas and Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, that's where we do our Family reunion every year. So, I had the Louisiana, blood in me. We would do family reunion every year. Just going there and seeing the dances the culture, the food, I always had that with me, but when I really went to Southern University that's when things change. The evolution of jigging, it changed the way they were dancing. Everything was really hype and you were using your whole body, jigging started in Baton Rouge. So, the basic ji everybody used to just do that. But as time changed, things, evolved and, they started using their whole body. I wanted to learn it. And once I learned it, I'm like, Whoa, this is not a dance. This is a workout. I'm sweating from head to toe, man. That's right. So that leads me to the question. And I mean, you set it off, I think when you pledged Alpha Phi Alpha at Southern, and this is no, just trying to rep the frat. It's just real facts. You guys won, I think every step show every year that you were part of the team. Am I correct? Oh, most definitely we went 18 and 0 and it's crazy because during my interview process They asked me what can you bring to the frat and like, you know, I couldn't make up this MLK speech But one thing I did know was that I can help bring some money and like, you know The eyes loves like what do you mean sir? I'm utilizing a step team winning step shows We never lose and I said that In a way that I knew just confidence of my background. You were highly confident to say it like that. Yeah. And it wasn't arrogance, but it was very confident We're going to put in the work and nothing's going to stop us. And that's what we did, man. We had long practices late nights, early mornings, we really put in some work, changing up the style, going against the traditional Beta Sig too, I'm from Texas. So I had a lot of Texas, influence, when it came down to stepping, I had been stepping since Sixth grade. Just having that style and understanding This is what I know. This is what I was taught. Bringing it here, you're going against tradition. You're shaking the table up a little bit and that's what we had to do. So that way we can be able to set ourselves apart. And 18 and O is what we did, man. Undefeated. It was a blessing, it was awesome. I saw a couple of those shows and it was just a style. I'm old school, the Alpha train, that kind of stuff, the stuff that y'all were doing. And now I'm seeing guys doing those same. Style steps and things that you guys brought from Southern the human jukebox a lot of people often duplicate and never replicate it tradition like you said that old school style that's how I was raised we was raised on Old school and now we're evolving. If you see Beta Sig now, I just recently helped them with the Homecoming and Bayou Classic. They won first place too for those. Exactly. And we like change up the style completely because like you said, people are starting frats that don't even, do that style of stepping even some of the ladies. People are starting to adapt to that style. So we have to change it up completely. That's what we did for this year. With a whole different style you wouldn't even know that was Beta Sig unless they do something old school, even with the other organizations I've seen the change from the Ques the Kappas Some things you just got to change up a little bit Oh, yeah, and even them they getting good. Like I was at the show like whoa. We got some competition now These guys are stepping for real. I like it and So that brings me to another question though were you formally trained in dance or you just, you just get right. You were just born with the get right. You know what I'm saying? Everybody, I know people that can, that's rhythmic and can pick up stuff. I'm a stiff dancer. I mean, I can get the moves, I can get the line dance. Nah, doc. You got the moves. You definitely got the moves. Doc be trying to play like he don't got the move you trying to act all. Hey, not like y'all brother. Them the knees show that I'm 55, trust me. As a kid, I was trained in all styles. My mom had me in a dance company for a while before we couldn't afford it I was there for, what, two years? Man, I danced with Nickelodeon, Disney Channel. We did, TV shows and these big festivals with this dance company. Called Fly Kids. Fly Dance company in Houston. I did that for two years and then after that my middle school, trained us as well. I wasn't really into ballet, but I did still dabble in it. At first I was running from it, like my sixth grade year I was running from it, but then like when I seen like some of like, you know, all the popular kids the football players, the basketball players, everybody was surrounding themselves around. That's who was in ballet. They did it too. They was in the shows doing the, you know, picking up the girls. I'm like, Oh yeah, I got to do that. To answer your question, I know ballet, hip hop, jazz. I know a little bit of break dancing. I know a little bit of everything, man. I'm trained in all styles. I'm not totally trained. Sometimes that's the beauty of it. When stepping, you got different guys coming in and they have different swags, different moves, that's what makes it unique. But you found a way to bring it all together. I remember at one point you were doing a campus fitness program and now it's a global brand featured on major outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Shark Tank. Tell me a little bit about Shark Tank and the Wall Street Journal you literally were doing classes on campus with $2, $3 per class or was it free? Man, we were doing free classes, every Tuesday. It would be times where we have breaks where we have four to five practice and then we come back at like seven. Depending on how much time we have and what we're working on during that day. But like during that break instead of me going to eat dinner or something. I may go run and get my dinner. I'm doing my class every Tuesday. I used to do my class during that break time. And it grew from there. Like you said, Wall Street Journal, did a highlight on the band student that creates dance fitness, that Senator from band, like March of band and fitness, that was during the time when they was going to controversy consider it an athletic sport. You remember doing that time? That was like 2015, 2016. And yeah, like, we really used to have to put those work Jiggaerobics together, like those workouts and those dance routines we did for the field shows, that stuff wasn't easy 225 people that you have to teach and you have everyone on different cognitive levels. You have so many different things that like, you know, different people are dealing with a different people are battling with, and you have to make sure they're all on one accord. And I had to make sure I was on one of course. So I had to keep my brain sharp. I had to make sure that I was into culture. I had to make sure that I was learning more and and like that, that led. to go into ABC Shark Tank that led us to like, you know, doing things that I never would have thought I used to watch ABC Shark Tank all the time. Yeah. I'm proud of you, man. Cause I think we had just, missing each other. And then I see it on social media. Like this dude on Shark Tank, like the Shark Tank or this is the shark. They like, no, Tae is going to be on Shark Tank. I was ecstatic, man. Just proud of you, brother. I appreciate that. You always been a big time supporter since day one, even before Shark Tank. Remember who introduced us? Who introduced us? Gary Chambers. Gary is the one who hooked us. We met at a healthy food place they ain't endorsing the show, but we met at the restaurant spot. And I can tell you was just checking me out and gears like, look, doc, he bought his business. So you, you know, not that I wouldn't, but he said, he don't know you. So he going to check you out. If you don't feel like you bought your business, he ain't gonna work with you. And I think we connected and that's when we did the Summertime video and it just grew from there. So Gary Chambers, man, shout out to Gary. Gary Chambers actually connected me with a lot of different people, man. Gary is a solid guy. That's a solid fella for sure. I'm tagging him on this so he can share, And I'm glad that he said that too, because I'm very in tune into my mission and my goal and the things that I want to get accomplished. I know a lot of times they see social media, you think I'm just bouncing and dancing around, which I do, but that's all for entertainment and for numbers, you know, but like, honestly, man, when it all get down to the get down, if you actually just come spend a day with me. You'll really see like, whoa, the stuff that I get done in a day. We're not playing games. We really have to take care of business. We really have to set ourself apart to be able to get the things that that God has out there for us. Cause if we don't, we're going to be, just like the sheep of the herd, man. And that's not happening. Tell you as big brother, little brother, I'm going to tell you right now. What's for you, what's for you. And you can try to do a Jiggaerobics if you want to, it's the genuineness of yourself, what you bring to the table. Nobody can imitate what you do. So look, just keep doing it, bro. Keep doing it. Now I got another one that a lot of folks wanted me to ask. I told a lot of people I was talking to you and some folks are just intimidated by dancer fitness. How do you encourage them to get started? How do you encourage people to dance and get fit? Let's get lit to get fit. That's why I created Jiggaerobics. Jiggaerobics is specifically for that group of people. I'm not Jennie Craig. I'm not the bodybuilder, I'm here to get you moving like, and I know it probably look intimidating when we're doing it because, but that's the last part of the video. That's the last part of the class throughout this whole hour of the class. You're learning these moves. You have two year olds, you have senior citizens that take the class and they look at it like, well, you got too much energy. It's okay. That's just me. I just want to get you moving. I want to get you grooving. As you learn the moves and it all comes together, it looks like this. And this is what the videos that's going viral. It is the videos that everyone sees, but it's really not as bad as it looks, we did the music video together taking the class before. I work out it was intense, but it was fun and engaging. I didn't feel like I was working out until I looked at my, Apple watch. I'm like, I just burned. 900 calories. Certain people on different levels can't exercise as hard. What I liked about it too was you had modified ways of doing things if a person wasn't as skilled. So anybody can, I guess there's a question. Anybody can do Jiggaerobics or you've got age limits. Let me tell you, anybody could do Jiggaerobics but since Shark Tank, we have developed curriculums. We have developed programs for senior citizens. We call it Super Soul fitness program, getting them moving and grooving, we have PE with Jiggaerobics with our social emotional learning curriculum attached to it. Social emotional development, behavior management. They use it as a behavior solution program, in different schools. That's the things we're working on now, the Jiggaerobics, you know, that's just a fun part, but like I said, Anybody could do Jiggaerobics, but we've created other programs we have our Gospel Get Right Program, strictly for our churches and worship, you know, man, I'm telling you, man, it's, it's amazing of so many different program. And we also partnering with different influencers and fitness specialists that specialize in different things like our maternity program. We have our HBCU dance package with Danny Stamper, The former dancing doll captain and Kayla Gordon, the former Jackson state J set captain. So we created workout kits centered around the things that they do. And we're going to partner and do some more, we have so many different programs and we tailor it just so people could get moving it's for everybody, so I'm trying to figure out where's my role. I thought I was the doctor for the program. What's going on? You the official doctor. Okay, I just wanted to say it out loud so people can know. If it don't go through you, it's not right. I'm just trying to make sure they know. Yeah, man, Tha Hip Hop Doc is the official doc. You know, I had a clown in the other school. Hey, we're gonna leave it right there. I gotta know man because that was one of my favorite shows to check out. What was the experience like pitching Jiggaerobics on Shark Tank? What lessons did you take from the opportunity? It made me understand the numbers. It made me understand my why, what we were doing, how much money we were bringing in. We did 60K in three months. 60 K in three months. But some people don't even have the resources to figure out what they're doing. They're doing business haphazardly. the whole experience was a very teachable moment. It was life changing I'd say anyone that has an idea that wants to go there do the application Like they have a Mindy Casting reach out to does the casting for Shark Tank tell her that LaDonte Lotts from Jiggaerobics sent you, you're going to see me for that application. I'm trying to get on. You can go out there, you can change the world. I'll do something, with my habit, build a blueprint. That's a whole nother story, but change happens, we've got to do better about ourselves this whole episode, I'm talking about health. And the importance of health, the benefits of health. To me, health is the elixir, you know what I'm saying? Exercise is the elixir. You gotta sleep, you gotta eat right, but if you're not moving, you're not exercising, you're not helping yourself. And that's why I think Jiggaerobics is so important. Jiggaerobics draws heavily on Louisiana culture because it's jigging. So how do you balance your roots while appealing to a wider audience? If you look up the basics of jigging, it's the culture of Louisiana, but Everyone has a jig what's the jig in Houston? Is there a name for it they call it jigging. If you type in Houston jigging, they have a specific jigging. But what I use is the Louisiana culture that is more upbeat, more fast. And it goes with anything. I'll be able to use it with rock music. I can use it with gospel music. I can use it with any genre of music. Afrobeat Amapiano we can use it to all of that. Reggaeton. We can use it to everything. I've tested it to, to it all, you know, and as far as like, you know, you're talking about classical and R and B, not as you're going into our stretch and low impact, we call it no stressing, just stretch, so many components to this that I didn't know. People just look at you on social media. Super hype doing Jiggaerobics, but this is layers to this thing that has thought out. People don't realize you have a degree, you graduated from Southern University. I ain't just out here dancing. It's crazy that you said that, and I'm glad that you're able to shine that light on this side too. I don't share it much. And I think I should start sharing this side more. So people could see the other side of LaDonte. Not just the hype side, I like for people to you know, don't judge a book by its cover. I like when I go to places and you don't know, I could change your life. You don't know that you're missing a blessing. I'm walking in genuine love. I'm on a mission. I'm not coming with negativity. I'm not trying to take from you or no one else. If you want to partner with that, if you want to make impact on with that and you want to work with that, let's work. If not, it's okay. I'm still not going to bash. There's still no negativity. It's still no love loss. It's okay. I just like genuine love. So the fact that you were able to, work with me knowing the hype, and not even knowing the other side of me. I like that. That's who I like to work with. We work together as something called blast, Boldly Living As Smart Teens. The event that goes on in St. Landry, Evangeline parish motivating these young kids to stay out of school, do the right thing. So you're not just jigger Robics, your motivational speaker as well, just like I am, what is one of the more consistent messages? Cause you give them a lot. Well, you know, of course we go to the dance and then the hype and all that stuff, but you give them real messages. What is the most consistent message that you give these young people, as you know, a father of two, I've got a six year old and a 19 year old and I'm always trying to give them some stuff, but sometimes I'm not cool anymore. So I'm looking for that advice from guys like you, that you get those young people, you know, keep your cheese up, keep your cheese. And that's your joy and happiness, and I really stand on that. And just knowing to elevate others while you elevate yourself. Jiggaerobics is the hype. Jiggaerobics is the energy. That's how we get their attention. Once we got their attention, we show them that we relatable. We say those things like on my mama, like, bro, we speak their lingo. We let them know that we relatable. And then once we got them, we talk to them. We spread our light. We sow the seed, which is keep your cheese up. Your joy and happiness, no matter what's going on around you, you have to enjoy your life. The fact that you could be mad, that you could be sad, that you could be happy about any situation is a blessing. Because if you were dead, you wouldn't have any feelings. It's a blessing to have a feeling. That's enough to keep your cheese up. Even if you don't have that next dollar, it's okay. Just think about it. I am right here. I'm living today. I have breath. I could speak. You woke up. I lost my mom. She wasn't even 45 years old, sorry to hear that, brother. I knew you when that happened. I was very remorseful and I'm very sorry about your mom, man. I appreciate that doc. It just changed my whole mindset of how I look at life You have to appreciate this take your time and take advantage of the fact that you haven't, because yeah, you could, you could be like, man, I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this tomorrow. I'm going to do this next week, but you can lay down tonight and not wake up. Nothing is promised, man. I live like this is my last man. And I've had challenges in the last couple of years. It's like, Hey lost some people. COVID took a lot of folks, man. I'm in a small practice and I lost. 30 of my patients. Now that might sound like a small number. I haven't lost 30 patients that I've been practicing medicine, but I lost 30 in less than two years. Trust me. It's made me appreciate my life, my family, and my friends, I'm trying to get flowers while y'all still alive. So flowers and shout out to you, man, for everything you've done, how you inspire these young people. Same, to you Doc. You don't understand how many times just having those deep conversations not having a father my father is in prison right now. So, not having a father, figure and being able to reach out, to guys like Gary Chambers, having those. Relationships I appreciate those very much. You understand, like, you know, the things that if I didn't have that, what, where I will be right now, if I didn't have like, you know, guys like y'all in my corner to guide me and tell me, Hey, don't do this. Don't do that. Watch how you do this. Move like this, do this, I appreciate you Doc. It takes a village, man. The inspiration motivation I get from you too, keeps me going as well. So it's both ways. We're giving flowers. People on here, like look at that boy and the boys about to cry. It's love. It's genuine love. It's genuine love. So look, as an entrepreneur what has been your biggest challenges and rewards and building Jiggaerobics? Man, just adjusting. Like, you know, you get so comfortable at doing one thing and it works. And most of the times when you adjust and you're able to adapt and you're able to change up things. It'd be a lot of great things on the other side of that I just think a lot of times we get comfortable with making 10k a month or 20k a month you know you get comfortable doing that but it's other it's so much more out there like you have to be able to adjust you have to be able to okay this work let's do the next thing okay I like this city but let's see what this city has to offer okay I like this country but let's see what this country has to you know what I'm saying like just being able to Adjust a Just having that faith and keep going. Yeah. Keep going. Adapt. I like it, bro. Keep your cheese up. Sometimes, man, I just have to sit still and let life move around me. I got to calm it down. I can only control some things so I'm gonna sit still for a minute my nurse always tells me, you decrease and let God increase. You give it to him. I turn it over to him, you decrease and let God increase. I like that. That's it you've used your platform to inspire health and positivity. You've done some great stuff, what role does community play in your mission? Community is everything. With our community, you can't build my nonprofit was the Jiggaerobics community project, so that tells you a lot but We just had a name change to the Multisphere Foundation. And that was like, you know, on some personal reasons just to open up more opportunities to impact on a deeper level. When you have Jiggaerobics in front of anything. It's going to automatically put you in a stance where you can only do fitness. Health and wellness. but community plays a big part in a big role. I come from community. I was raised by community. My mom and my dad was young when they had me. So like the whole, it takes a village to raise a child. It takes a village. Like, yeah, that I really stand on. And that's what raised me and my community raised me as well from the good, the bad, the things that I want to do, the things I tried, the things that I don't want to do anymore. Community is everything. If you start to sow those good seeds and that light inside of the communities, everything else will come, trust me. Harvest time will come. You don't know what impact. If you could just touch one. I can tell you examples of things and we could go on and on about it where somebody's coming to me and said, bro, remember that time? You might never remember that time. But you spoke to me and that resonated with me. I changed this because of what you said. So I'll just use that Tae in my public speaking. I'm using it at home now. My six year old son, RJ, sharing those experiences and trying to help young people, is what we do best. You start them off young, when you started me on, you got them. That's why we started our learning center get right plan, right? That's when we go into the learning centers where we're sowing the seeds early with these childcare centers, because they need it the most, if they have the habits early, they're able to adapt it and take it along with them in elementary, middle school, high school, college. I'm on a book tour now and my age group has gotten younger and younger. I didn't feel like delivering messages to those younger age groups, because kids are a little bit sharper, a little bit faster. They get access to more stuff that we don't. So it's not just parental involvement. And a lot of my parents, you know, you got single parent households, you got parents that work in two or three jobs. These kids are at home sometimes with their grandparents who is not as savvy. So you got to get the messages into them quick. I used to want to do, Eighth and ninth graders. Now I'm feeling better. Cause I got a six year old. I understand that age group a little better. I like dealing with pre K through third grade, trying to impact them and I can dump them off on the next guy. So I feel a little bit better cause I'm dealing with my son who's six years old. We do positive affirmations. This kid is playing basketball. He's swimming. He's doing martial arts. He's doing well on his standardized testing, which you know, African Americans tend to turn out to perform well, superintendent Lamont Cole, a very good friend of mine told me, he said your son's going to be better because of the environment that he's raised in. You talk to him a certain way, you and your wife have a certain education level, so that child will get more just because of who he grows up with. It's unfortunate some of these other kids don't get those same opportunities. So it's up to brothers like yourself and me and the Gary Chambers of the world, Lamont Coles of the world to put those messages out there and to raise these young kids. It takes a village, they're not living in our households, but we put our hands on them. We need to give them something that they can truly take with them. Most definitely. You know, I'm going to see you in a couple of weeks. In st. Landry, Evangeline Parish with the blast conference, but what's next for Jiggaerobics. What's next for LaDonte Lotts well, I just got back from Zimbabwe. I'm still letting that marinate and getting all things planned out over there now I'm in Georgia. I'm in Atlanta right now. I'll be doing some work in Georgia with the mayor and getting everything rolled out. You know, macon Georgia right now, they're buzzing. We have a little bit of buzz in Atlanta and we're looking to expand that. We got some stuff coming, just keep watching and keep sharing. Tell the folks where they can find you brother. I know on Instagram, maybe TikTok. Hey, it might not be around. That's what I'm saying. We need some other outlets, you can check us out at Jiggaerobicsfitness.Com, sign up for our email list, we have a premium library with all of our programs, Jiggaerobicsfitness.Com if you need any information where we're going to be at, all of our cities, we have new digital online workouts that we're about to get ready to do, starting in February. Getting ready for that black history month special, I just want to give back I know I can't get to a lot of people and everybody been like, you know, try to book us and we have a lot of things going on in February. So like through all my days when I'm not doing anything, I'll be doing some free workouts. So y'all make sure y'all go sign up for the email list to get more information on that. Other than that, you know, Instagram, Ayo Tae. I really just want y'all to follow Jiggaerobics. Just blow up Jiggaerobics, Jiggaerobics, Jiggaerobics. Blow it up y'all, blow it up. Yeah, if you so happen to find my personal, then you find it, but Jiggaerobics. Well, look, LaDonte, your journey has been nothing but inspiring from your roots in Houston to making fitness a global movement. You've shown passion and purpose. And how it can transform lives. So brother, I want to thank you. Love you little bro. I really appreciate you for sharing your story for all the work you do. And again, for anyone looking to bring energy and joy into their fitness routine, you got to visit JigAerobicsFitness. com. Trust me. You will have a blast getting fit. It's your boy Ayo Tae aka Mr. Get Right. Thank you for coming on the show, man. I truly appreciate you. Thank you, brother, man. It was an honor, brother. And you keep being great and keep inspiring the world, brother. That's it, man. I'm keeping my what? My cheese up. Cheese up. Great interview today with my little bro, Dante lots, AKA Mr. Jiggaerobics, AKA Mr. Keep Your Cheese UP, AKA Mr. Get Right. Truly, truly inspiring. Thank you again. Before we wrap up, let me share with you what's inspired me this week. I'm finishing up Magic Pill by Johan Hari. This thought provoking book delves into how modern lifestyles characterized by ultra processed foods, sedentary habits and disconnection are fueling the obesity epidemic and impacting our mental and physical health. Hari provides a fascinating exploration of GLP 1 drugs, the hormone at the center of weight regulation and how it influences hunger, metabolism, and fat storage. He also critiques our reliance on quick fixes like weight loss drugs, emphasizing that sustainable health is rooted in movement, genuine connection, and a sense of purpose. A must read for anyone interested in the science of weight loss and holistic well being. Musically, I've been vibing to Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest. This album is a masterpiece of hip hop, effortlessly blending jazz inspired beats, clever lyricism, and socially conscious themes. Tracks like "Verses from the Abstract" showcase Q Tip's smooth flow, layered over mesmerizing grooves, while Check the Rhime" delivers witty wordplay and a classic call and response energy. The album's stripped down production highlights its rich organic sound, making it timeless and influential. It's been the perfect soundtrack to my week, both thought provoking and endlessly chill, especially in this freezing cold snow here in Louisiana right now. Thank you so much for tuning into the remedy with Dr. Rani Whitfield, where medicine, music, literacy, and other hot topics meet. If you are ready to take control of your habits and improve your health, please take advantage of the free downloadable Habit Builder Blueprint today at my website, www. h2doc. Com. It's a step by step guide to building consistency that you need to thrive and live a healthy and happier life. And remember, we were born looking like our parents, but we died looking like our decisions. Take care of your body, your mind and your spirit. It's Tha Hip Hop Doc. They call me H2D. Come on y'all. Let's get hip hop healthy. Peace and blessings, I'm Out!. The content on the remedy with Dr. Rani Whitfield is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider for personalized medical guidance. Dr. Rani Whitfield is a licensed family physician, but the information provided on this podcast should not replace professional medical consultation.