>> i went and bought the patti la belle pie. sweet potato. >> james bought five pies. he said he was going to share. i don't know if that happened though. >> on my own, why did it end this way? >> you hear him sending patt itunes to patti tunes for each bite. >> when you've been blessed, feel like heaven. >> no wonder her pies sold out. you can't pay for this kind of endorsement. >> so he did the first review and then he did a part ii. >> one of these mornings you're going to look for me, and i'll be gone. >> he can sing. of course if it makes that brother hit those kind of high notes, everybody had to get a piece. patti called him over the weekend. after his video, the internet went crazy and people started posting videos all over social media about these sweet potato pies. folks were showing up at stores pie. this dude went and bought one. >> i don't know if this pie is going to have me singing. i don't believe that. walmart. waiting to get us some of these pies. >> but the son returns and -- >> empty handed. have no patti pies in this walmart. >> what? they don't ha

sweet potato rice. >> reporter: james wright of los angeles grew unless ending to patty la bell sing. >> my mom was and is a patty la bell fan. >> reporter: james also enjoys sweet potato pie. last week, james learned that god mother of soul partnered with walmart for hers recipe, himself eating one without utensils and posted that to youtube. patty! >> reporter: after his video was posted walmart showed a pie a second for 72 hours straight, leaving many of its stores to sell out. >> every time i go to get one i can't get one. and everyone telling me how good it is, how do you sell out so fast. >> reporter: it look less than a week for a video that james roared on his phone in kitchen to receive millions of views spark a run on the pies and make jame a celebrity in his neighborhood walmart. >> i guess video passed around in walmart stores, i went into a walmart after to get soap, and everyone was like, it is the patty pie man. man for pat let's bell to find james. >> who gets a random call. >> reporter: his mom reacted more emotion alley, paly la bell called you! what! >> report

and a cause that is very personal to patti. >> reporter: patti labelle catapulted into the spotlight as the lead singer of the trio known as la bell. their 1975 hit "lady marmalade" was a combination of funk and soul. with vocals beyond compare, patti decided to go solo and the star continued the rise on the strength of tunes like these can -- i've got a new attitude got to break it now somebody loves you baby >> reporter: but singing was not her only calling including "out all night" and she continued to wow us with what she did on "dance "dancing with the stars." but she also suffered incredible loss, two of her sisters both died of lung cancer in their early 40s, so in the memory of her loved ones, patti is speaking out in an effort to fight this deadly disease. >> i don't think that many people know about this, and patti la bell is a paid spokesperson for the lung association lung force initiative to raise awareness with us. i did not realize that you had lost. >> i am happy to be here, but not happy happy, because i have lost so many family and friends to lung cancer. this is the color, the turquoise. this is the lung cancer

patti's la belle's home one seat is reserved for one it special guest on my own why did it end this way >> loving himself some sweet potato pie. she's showing appreciation by inviting him to spend thanksgiving with her and her family. >>> what would a good holiday meal be without someone making a mess. she seems to be wearing more of the beans than eating them. that's not important. she's getting some of that in there. >> loving it. >> enjoying that meal. >> looking at the spoon on the nose. >> is that not the sign of a really good fulfilling meal? >> may all of you in our viewing audience have that kind of a meal today and enjoy it. as always check out the trend online. abc 7. but that's always -- >> that's just delicious everywhere. >> some days i want to tell people, pour the food all over me t . it will ended up there. >>> a small toy becoming a huge hazards. mum -- coming up, the warning being spread about that popular toy right there. >>> a quick check on the delays of the hudson river crossing and, yeah, brace yourself. an hour on the upper level of the george washington bridge.

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