. >> and now realizing that lauryn's approach with nontraditional packaging was catching on. today, she is at an orange county market that sells her product. today, she is sampling it on a grilled cheese. the recipe comes from a cookbook she published for how to use and eat kim chi. >> i developed the book, because i want people to understand that it is beyond a condiment and eat it and cook with it, and put it on the grilled cheese sandwich. these cheeses and wines and natural fermented products have a common thread and kimchi is part of the natural fermented food. >> five years later with her product in widespread mainstream drirt shun, she is ready to expand her business to the next level. >> i am definitely beyond a startup, and i'm really at the stage looking to see how i can grow and fund my business. who would have thought that salsa or hummus would be a stakeholder in american diets today. >> and while she has managed so far today without taking on investors lauryn says that has to change, because she cannot expand competitively without investments. >> she had investm

. >> jupiter rising opened for boyz ii men, lauryn hill, sly and the family stone, black eyed peas.hat we kind of acquired from being on mtv. they really loved our single "electropop," but, um, my gosh. i had the best time opening up for these people that were, you know, heroes in my eyes. like boyz ii men -- like, that week was amazing. we did a house of blues tour, and it was packed every night, and i felt like i was in middle school [laughing] again. i haven't had a fan base like that in my whole career, and it's been great to really still keep up with those fans even though that band is no longer existing. we still have the best fans, and i still stand by our records being really, really strong albums. >> i read that you studied at berklee in boston. >> yeah. >> did it help? >> oh, my god, yeah. >> it did help. >> oh, yeah. like, i thought i knew music, and then i went to berklee, and i got my butt kicked. >> how did you get your butt kicked? >> being around, like, everyone that had a musical vocabulary that was not even known to me prior, and i was just absorbing all of this mu

and let's check the traffic with lauryn cook. >> reporter: good morning many we are dealing with a crash road. we are dealing with a little congestion on outer loop. that will continue as you make the push to route 40 and here's what 83 locks like in hunt valley. nice and clear. megan over to you. >> all right we are out of time of the it's almost 9 a that mean the doctors is up next. we start at 4:30 and hope to see you tomorrow.