How are you doing?
Hey, how are you?
Hi, sweetheart.
How are you?
Good to see y'all.
You too.
Welcome back.
You too.
Woo.
Now you all see what we had to have him back, right?
[LAUGHTER]
It's-- honestly, it's great to see you.
And so much time has passed, and a lot has happened since then.
I'm a father now, as well.
Man, what's your favorite part about being a parent?
My favorite part about being a dad,
man, is seeing the reflection of myself.
You know, when we were growing up--
me and my father are cool now.
Mm-hm.
But, you know, I didn't have him growing up.
So it's really cool to see this reflection, man.
Give it up for my man.
[APPLAUSE]
Come on, man.
Come on.
Yeah.
Now, I've got to ask, how did the kids get into dancing?
Because all of them is dancing.
Well, they've been in the studio since they were born.
He used to-- so we couldn't afford daycare.
Right.
And so I had like a regular day job.
And he was like, you know what?
We're not going to put them in daycare.
We're going to have the opportunity
to work opposite schedules.
So he would bring Manny's Pack 'n Play into the studio.
And he'd just been ripping since he was 1-year-old.
Wow.
Since he learned how to walk.
Yep.
And then, so it's your dream to open up a dance studio too,
right?
Yes sir, man.
You know, like I said, I grew up in a really bad neighborhood.
And so-- man, I've seen friends die.
I've seen friends go to prison.
My outlet was dance.
So I talked to my mother a couple of days ago.
And she said, you know, I remember when you were little.
Your outlet was dance, you know.
And so I feel like if kids had an outlet-- somewhere to go,
then more people wouldn't be going to prison or dying.
And so I really, really want to give back and open up a studio,
man.
And isn't it so cool too now.
You've been getting a lot of celebrity reaction since--
Oh, I--
--you posted your videos on YouTube.
Yes!
Right?
Ciara saw you on Ellen.
She tweeted about it.
Now, you're going to dance to "Level Up."
Is that right?
Yep.
Yeah.
All right.
We're excited to see you all dance.
Let's do it.
You ready to get it?
Come on babies!
[APPLAUSE]
I know.
Let's go get it.
[INAUDIBLE]
[SOUND EFFECTS]
OK, remember what I told you.
Be your own boss.
Love yourself.
Get up and dance.
Level up.
[MUSIC - CIARA, "LEVEL UP"]
(SINGING) Five, four, three, two, one.
Leggo!
Level up.
All this on me, so yummy.
All this oh so yummy.
You know want this yummy.
Yummy all in your tummy.
Them old mistakes are gone.
I won't do them no more.
That's old news.
There's new news.
I done did that before.
I turned nothing to something.
My comeback on one hunnid.
Less talking, more action.
You just gon' Cici Coming.
Oh, you can talk all you want.
See me, I see greater.
Nothing I'm afraid of.
And I can have it all.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Leggo!
Level up.
All this on me, so yummy.
All this oh so yummy.
You know you want this yummy.
Yummy all in your tummy.
Level up.
All this on me, so yummy.
All this oh so yummy.
You know you want this yummy.
Yummy all in your tummy.
Uh.
[CHEERING]
[INAUDIBLE]
Yeah.
OK.
[INAUDIBLE]
Good work, kids.
Nice work, y'all
Yeah!
Woo!
Let's give him a hug.
Give him hugs.
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey, thank you.
My man.
[INAUDIBLE]
Right?
Oh, you got the sucker.
Aah.
You've got the sucker.
You're happy about that?
[INAUDIBLE]
Loni--
[LAUGHTER]
Is that crazy?
That was crazy, right?
Yeah.
It was so good.
[INAUDIBLE]
Give it up for them one more, y'all.
Give it up.
[CHEERING]
Yeah!
All right, listen, y'all.
I've got a little something for you.
Now, Ellen's not the only one with friends at Cheerios.
They want to support your dream of opening a dance
center in your community.
So they're giving you a check for $20,000.
[CHEERING]
Isn't that cool?
Look.
Oh!
Keep spreading the love.
We'll be right back.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, I'm Andy.
Ellen asked me to remind you to subscribe to her channel,
so you can see more awesome videos, like videos
of me getting scared or saying embarrassing things,
like ball-peen hammer, and also some videos of Ellen
and other celebrities, if you're into that sort of thing.
[YELL]
[BLEEP]
God [BLEEP]!