Kenny Burns & Fawn Weaver Discuss The History Of Uncle Nearest And Jack Daniels Whiskey

Love how this brotha was showing this sista love and giving her props. That's how it supposed to be and vice versa.

I love this! When the Breakfast Club does these kind of interviews and it brings the culture ALIVE!! Thank you.

This lady is massive im loving her vibe energy

Watching a beautiful, successful, intelligent black woman speak makes my heart sore! The confidence, the articulation, and the pauses. You know this woman will put you in your place without raising her voice.

👏👏👏...." I OWN IT"...best line I heard all day

There is something special about how the young man in college who got in for football with low grades but red shirted (sit on the bench) the first year to pursue his education in earnest and he got a 4.0. Just knowing that he came from greatness was enough to motivate him. We truly need to understand how powerful that is. We need black psychologists to recreate that in every classroom because once our kids are motivated the sky is the limit.

Fawn Weaver is very inspiring...

When he said we give everyone all we got and don't get the credit I felt that in my soul

Fawn, I just showed this to my grandmother (Juanita) she's so proud of you!!!!

Lenard needs to catch that vision Mrs. Weaver prophesied to him. She's a dreamer, a realist, an educator, a believer, and a spiritualist. You can see and hear it in her tone. She has a determined and powerful voice.

GOD i love some fawn weaver. That women is truly amazing

13:23 in and I'm in love with this story. I am a whiskey and bourbon drinker. This from today forward shall be my new brand of choice. Thank you Nearest

they should make a movie about uncle nearest

Big shout to Fawn Weaver and Kenny Burns for brining Whiskey to the front! Great interview and awesome story!

I’m actually kind of outraged at this video. They totally dodged his question about trickling down some of the money. I read the article about Jack Daniels and Nearest. Nearest taught jack daniels how To make the superior whiskey, jack daniels started a business with that recipe, and in exchange Jack Daniels hired Nearest to work at his distillery. Nearest should’ve been brought on as a partner since it was his skill set a.k.a. intellectual property that provided the whiskey anyway. The Nearest family is owed more than just jobs at the Jack Daniels business they are owed billions and continued revenue. Jack Daniels does over 1.09 billion in sales each year.......and growing.

This interview= BLACK EXCELLENCE...PERIOD

My 4th great grandfather is finally getting his credit!!!

I love this so much! We have so many stories that need to be told about African Americans. This is dope.

Strong, intelligent, and melanin like coco butter! So beautiful so inspiring. We must rise as a people! Im on board

This is great history in my books, being from Memphis Tennessee I had no idea about this. I will spread the good news. Kenny Burns is well respected in my city and a very humble guy. Kudos to Kenny Burns and Ms. Fawn Weaver for the knowledge and history. I love the culture and the power moves.