as they say in chinese, ebu, ebu, which means step by step.p at a time and i couldn't -- nobody in the world could predict what happened in my life. i couldn't predict it, man, of what happened to work with every idol i ever had from billy holiday, ray charles and i came up together between 14 and 16. cab cal obey, jay mcsham, buoy, daisy duke, ray charles, aretha, paul simon, frank sinatra, michael jackson. >> that's the whole 20th century of black music. >> ludicrous, snoop dogg, everybody. incredible, man. it is a blessing and i receive it very gracefully. >> when you got into the music business, you began as an artist. playing the trumpet. how did you get your first big break? >> i wanted to be a gangster until i was 12. >> before music, you wanted to be a gangster? >> yeah. my dad was a master carpenter in chicago in the depression. five million black people and he was a carpenter for the city's most serious triple owe gees on the planet, the jones boyce. i got my medals, switchblade, seven years old, ice pick in my head. >> so what got y

please welcome back chairman ebus. >> the chair recognizes the delegate from wisconsin. >> mr.esolved that those elected as members of the republican national committee, under the procedures of each state, american samoa, the district of columbia, guam, puerto rico, the northern mariana islands, and the virginian islands, whose name has been submitted to the secretary of the convention, are hereby declared ratified to serve as members of the republican national committee from the adjournment of this republican national convention until the successor committee has been ratified by the next republican national convention. mr. chairman, this is an important resolution, and i urge its adoption. >> without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution offered by the delegate from wisconsin. all those in favor of the resolution signify by saying aye. those opposed domino. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes at and the resolution is adopted. the chair now recognizes the delegate from florida. from florida. ascardenas >> resolve that t