Fawn Weaver's Quest: Reviving The Legacy of America’s First Black Distiller ✨ | SWAY’S UNIVERSE

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  • Dive into the world of hip-hop and whiskey with Kenny Burns and Fawn Weaver on Sway's Universe! 🎤🔥 This exclusive sit-down unveils untold stories and secrets blending culture and spirits. Discover the fascinating history of Uncle Nearest, the first African American master distiller, and how his legacy intertwines with the hip-hop scene through the insightful perspectives of these industry giants.
    Whether you're a hip-hop enthusiast or a whiskey aficionado, this discussion offers a unique look at the intersections of music, history, and entrepreneurship. Kenny and Fawn not only share personal anecdotes but also delve into the significant contributions of African Americans to the whiskey industry, shedding light on a narrative less told.
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    CHAPTERS:
    0:00 - Intro
    2:44 - Uncle Nearest Whiskey Importance
    11:32 - Jack Daniel's Recipe Origin
    15:15 - Contacting Fawn Weaver
    15:42 - Contacting Kenny Burns
    19:05 - Kenny Burns & Uncle Nearest 1856 Whiskey
    21:42 - Premium Silver Whiskey Introduction
    27:21 - Motown History & Sway’s Daughter
    30:31 - Fawn Weaver’s Jersey Success
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  • @SumayyaIahKonjo
    @SumayyaIahKonjo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This is why i love researching African & African Am History...the truth always come to light

  • @nayafreesbaum4002
    @nayafreesbaum4002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love this lady's energy and Burns. He's like her wingman.

  • @kereemdavis7576
    @kereemdavis7576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    SWAY, you are DEFINITELY in my top 5 shows of ALL TIME!!!! Your moral compass and integrity are UNMATCHED!!! We lost Graig Mack @ 46!!! I had a life changing heart attack @ age 46 on January7th!! LIFE IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY!! Peace and love people 🙏

  • @tiger4sho23
    @tiger4sho23 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fawn Weaver is a very beautiful woman that reeks positive vibes along with Mr Kenny Burns personality. To hear the history and story of how it all came together, is not only inspirational but it sets a fire down within to 1) support the movement of the brand and 2) it sparks some get up within to strive towards black excellence to create my own legacy for my family and others. Great interview and awareness of a story never told!

  • @liqquasippa28
    @liqquasippa28 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was a great interview. I love his story and I strongly agree that it needs to be told to as many people as possible. For so long, black people have been denied our history and many people tend to forget that black history IS American History. Stories like this help teach folks that black excellence existed even during the era of slavery.

  • @GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author
    @GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I teach this as part of my Black History curriculum, but it was not public knowledge before this woman was bold enough to disclose it. Black elders I interview as primary sources for my lesson plans always say "Now, honey I don't want my name all over the news and I don't want them people on my property. So, keep my name out of it." However, this woman Fawn Weaver went further and beyond basic research to make this story public! I saw the work she did on this story! I discovered Nathan "Nearest" Green after my aunt and I decided to trace our maternal side whose surname is "Green."
    My grandmother's maiden name was Green. She had a brother named Eddie who was named after their father who was named Eddie and their grandfather who was named Eddie. There was also a Charlie Green in their family too. Nearest Green had immediate relatives named Eddie and Charlie Green, but we are not sure whether they are the same Eddie and Charlie Green. We realize that just because people have the same names it doesn't mean they are related. I am excited that my research led to Fawn Weaver's research and heroism.

  • @WhatAboutall
    @WhatAboutall 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Would make a nice movie. The story of Nearest & Jack.

  • @frederickreese9515
    @frederickreese9515 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Make a movie please!

    • @patrickjones7434
      @patrickjones7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frederick Reese like the one about Karl brashear the navy diver and

  • @jamesconley7535
    @jamesconley7535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fawn thank you for all the hard and intense research you have done on this African & African History this is a great true story! we love it we as black people can't be denied there is black history to be told all over the world all you have to do is look.

  • @jermeydumas6538
    @jermeydumas6538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Granny was born in Lincoln County Fayetteville Tennessee. ❤ And me and my Lady went to the Uncle Nearest Distillery in Shelbyville TN about 3 weeks ago

  • @sherithabrown140
    @sherithabrown140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Lynchburg wow sounds like a lot of Pain and suffering went on there...

  • @murielroyal156
    @murielroyal156 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wonderful history lesson I learned about him in a black history class but not in this capacity.

  • @charlenewalker7891
    @charlenewalker7891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    great interview

  • @AddixxTM
    @AddixxTM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing Story. Thanks for the interview

  • @gtjohns220
    @gtjohns220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you love unsung Black Heroes check out the story of the Black Count Alex Dumas. The adventures of the 3 Musketeers and the Count of Monte Cristo are based on his life and were written by his son French Author Alexander Dumas.

  • @SpiritLedServant
    @SpiritLedServant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    INCREDIBLE HISTORY FROM BEGINNING TO END

  • @grittin55
    @grittin55 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!

  • @darlenebacon4536
    @darlenebacon4536 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful story!

  • @gakahuruko2331
    @gakahuruko2331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very profound history. Thanks for the research.

  • @djvell01
    @djvell01 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just did the tour of the Uncle Nearest distillery today it was awesome and beautiful I encourage everyone to see it and support it

  • @torreythompson4551
    @torreythompson4551 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    She fine as hell

    • @jaydiddat2127
      @jaydiddat2127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      With a personality to match

  • @HighahSeekah
    @HighahSeekah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you!

  • @mickyamenasa588
    @mickyamenasa588 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sways Universe : thanks so much for you beatiful interview concentrate in this beauty history. that we dint known. respect for Nearest Green.

  • @kinyounwarren2211
    @kinyounwarren2211 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    she is beautiful

  • @patrickjones7434
    @patrickjones7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make a film like the one about the Karl brashear navy diver

  • @patrickjones7434
    @patrickjones7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They should make a film about Madam Cj walker and beret a morgen

  • @rhondag8684
    @rhondag8684 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sound like more Black Wall Street to me!!!!! Ase' Ancestors!

  • @matt1980
    @matt1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this would be a very interesting movie

  • @charlenewalker7891
    @charlenewalker7891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SWAY PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSE OCHESTRATE THE MOVIE, KENNY anybody out there; that knows somebody...I can see DENZEL DOING the role or lil KEVIN (HART)....loi...LOVE YOU FAM...

  • @brendasmith6729
    @brendasmith6729 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh yeah Heather! She was the bartender at Melba's and if was phenomenal.

  • @marcep1078
    @marcep1078 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This helps build a case for reparations... #ados

  • @marlonhendry5954
    @marlonhendry5954 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dane Callaway have you checked out his black history information?

  • @quintinbarnes1444
    @quintinbarnes1444 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw a picture of Mr Green and we look alike

  • @tiwantiwaabibiman2603
    @tiwantiwaabibiman2603 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I LUV my little SiStar Fawn and all that she's achieved. I'm truly inspired.
    I have point out a major distinction between Jack and Uncle Nearest more significant than their class, caste and "colour" is Jack was a white man who was not ENslaved. Jack had his freedom and rights in spite of his class/caste and poverty... Baba Uncle Nearest was not free and had no rights in spite of how close he was to Jack Daniel.

  • @darrylnelson6264
    @darrylnelson6264 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't find a bottle of this anywhere.

    • @GeronFletcher
      @GeronFletcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Darryl Nelson it’s gaining steam

  • @MarcYoder1
    @MarcYoder1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great story, but it’s certainly not untold.
    Her research “uncovered” something that’s literally covered on the public tour. There are pictures of Nearest and story in the visitors center. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @joanclayton5212
    @joanclayton5212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How does she know this information? Because this sounds like a glorified biography of Jack Daniels by the Jack Daniels' marketing department. Instead of Nearest being the main hero of this narrative, we hear a glorious tale of how Jack Daniels is a mere teen who manages to overcome all obstacles of poverty and create this empire. Nearest is almost a footnote.She emphasizes over and over how he was a slave. We want to know how Nearest created his empire.

    • @morganreid7096
      @morganreid7096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jack Daniels distillery never wrote the book a independent writer named Ben green who interviewed the family’s wrote the book don’t try to divide people when we have this unique and beautiful story

    • @samsneadd
      @samsneadd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jack and nearest oldest living relatives helped her. They go more into in othet interviews that I have seen in yt.

  • @joanclayton5212
    @joanclayton5212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Neatest was a "rented slave" but the white boy was a "chore boy". yeah right.....

    • @wilson9575
      @wilson9575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Chore boy" Since he wasn't a adult he did odd jobs/chores on the property. "Rented slave" why pay a white distiller 1,000 per week , when you can have a slave do the same job for cheap or damn near free. Its not hard to figure out but difficult for you and others to "accept".

    • @samsneadd
      @samsneadd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are pther interviews on yt that go more onto debt. Jack and nearest oldest.living relatives helped her.