Roy Wood Jr.

I listened to The Breakfast Buffet and I listened to Tom Joyner.

Tom Joyner had news.

The Breakfast Buffet didn't.

So about a month into getting back into school, I ride my bike over to Hot 105.7 and I rap with Van Wilson, who ironically, his father, Roosevelt Wilson, used to run with my pops back in the day in journalism circles.

And his pops, Roosevelt, was one of my journalism professors.

Now, I had flunked his class.

I was a terrible student.

But off the strength of my pops, it was enough of a vouch where I felt confident going, step in the van.

I go, yo, man, our pops used to know each other.

I need an internship.

I believe your morning show could use some hard news in the morning.

If you don't mind, I would like to come to the station every day at 6 a.m.

and do the news until 9 a.m.

when I got my first class.

And Van said, cool.

He shook my hand.

He said, bring Starbucks Frappuccinos and a dozen Krispy Kremes every day, and I'll see you at 515 Sharp.

that's how I got my first internship.

And the funniest part of that now, when I look back on it in hindsight is that they made me bring these Starbucks Frappuccinos from the gas station or whatever.

Cause this was the beginning of iced coffee in the mid nineties.