{"id":44995,"date":"2026-01-30T16:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/the-ql-experience-west-love-from-pain-to-purpose\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:45:37","slug":"the-ql-experience-west-love-from-pain-to-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/the-ql-experience-west-love-from-pain-to-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"The QL Experience: West Love: From Pain to Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BvKyisp1UT0?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>West Love, the Princess of Southern Soul, joins QL for one of the most powerful and transparent conversations yet on The QL Experience.<\/p>\n<p>In this raw and unfiltered sit-down, West Love opens up about her 10:10 moment, surviving a season where she almost took her own life, and how God transformed her pain into purpose. From growing up in church to blending gospel, blues, and soul, she shares how faith continues to guide both her life and her music. QL and West Love also talk about her journey in the industry \u2014 from recording with Boosie Badazz, to the Blues Alright Tour, and carving out her own lane while staying rooted in her calling.<\/p>\n<p>PLUS, this episode features QL\u2019s Carolina Lens Spotlight on Sasha Johnson, founder of Grace &#038; Grit \u2014 an organization created to support women as they navigate real-life challenges while building meaningful lives and purpose-driven businesses.<\/p>\n<p>This is more than an interview \u2014 it\u2019s a testimony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Love, the Princess of Southern Soul, joins QL for one of the most powerful and transparent conversations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":44996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}