1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: When did You Fall in Love with Hip Hop? Close 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Out hip Hop Recognition Month, def Jam and Double Elvis 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: present Here Comes the Breaks Soundtrack and Oh to the 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: yester years of hip hop and the music and storytelling 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: We're one experienced tracks by artists like Bobby Sessions, Nasty c, Novaa, 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: Jo Lee, Being Overdo, and introducing Boston's Own, all in 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: a continuous blend of original music, scenes from the podcast, 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: story and artist interviews. Listen to the Here Comes the 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: Break Soundtrack by Def Jam and Double Elvis on Spotify, 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: Apple Music, Title or wherever you stream music. And to 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: tell you more about the podcast and the featured artists, 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: here's Jake Brennan, host of Disgrace Land, so on your show, 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: Here Comes to Break, can't talk about Here Comes to 14 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: Break without first talking about deaf jam. Def Jam, as 15 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: you probably know, has been a massive force in popular 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: music for almost forty years now. Ever, since Russell Simmons 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: and Rick Ruben decided to create a record label out 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: of a dorm room at n y U back in 19 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: the nineteen eighties, we've covered some huge def Jam legacy 20 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: artists in dis Raceline episodes, most notably Run DMC and 21 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: Jay z and it's been really incredible for Double Elvis 22 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: to collaborate with def Jam on this hip hop inspired podcast. 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: But instead of focusing on legacy artists from def jam 24 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: stack catalog, Here Comes the Break's host Asanty Black, you 25 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: might know from NBC's This Is Us. He uses the 26 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: narrative of the show to talk with emerging artists and 27 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: they debut songs from those artists on the podcast on 28 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: Here Comes to Break, new songs that you can't find 29 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: anywhere else. The show is super unique, and then it 30 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: combines these real interviews with a fictional narrative told from 31 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: the point of view of a young podcaster named Reuben, 32 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: played by a Santy Black, Reuben Rick Ruben def Jam 33 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: Here Comes to Break. But I digress. At the pulse 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: of this show are these real, live interviews and if 35 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: you haven't heard yet, here's a little taste. There's so 36 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: much going on in the world. What role does your 37 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: music played during the time of revolution? That's crazy because 38 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: I've been like reflecting on that. It's anitas to own 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: interview that she did, and she said that as an artist, 40 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: our job is to reflect the time, and so I've 41 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: been been pushing It's difficult because when you start off 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: as a certain type of artist, everyone's just like ARTI 43 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: standing this lame, famous lane. But when you start seeing 44 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: your people, in your black women and black men dealing 45 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: with so many things, you start kind of getting that 46 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: revolutionary strike going on. And so it's just been forcing 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: me to more so speak about what I've dealt with 48 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 1: as an African American artist. You know, sometimes you can't 49 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: just release a record we want to. So I've just 50 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: been kind of hammering people on the head like this 51 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: isn't right. Aggressive. I guess you can say I've been 52 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: a really aggressive artist. This is not only their problem, 53 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: it's my problem. Don't sounds central? Yeah, how's the influence 54 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: she was an artist? I appreciate my experience kind of 55 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: like moded me as a woman and as a human. 56 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of things. I've seen a lot 57 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: of darkness of you know, just I can go down 58 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: the list, but it helps me. I guess it helps 59 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: you be strong and sensitive at the same time and creativity, 60 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: Like it's so much art. I know. Sometimes I'll just 61 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: drive onto the hood and I like, I'm in the 62 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: hood all the time and I'm shopping. Slawson and everything, 63 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: and that's where all the art comes from. It doesn't 64 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: come from being in Beverly Hills and being in Talking 65 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: Santa Monica and all these things. It's like the arts 66 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: where the people are. I have show remember all the grinding, 67 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: and so sometimes I'm just like, I deserve this. I 68 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: deserve this, I deserve this. I created this, I made this. 69 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: But what I've been noticing now as a young woman, 70 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: is that my over it. And so because I dealt 71 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: with so many traumatic experiences like throughout my career, and 72 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: so the thing that's helping me let it go is alright, 73 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: creating music. Talk your feelings out and then you have 74 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: to let it go or else I'm not gonna be 75 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: able to evolve until the next person if I keep 76 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: holding onto all the trauma. And so I think that's 77 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: how the background is starting to shape me. It's just 78 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: I'm starting to process. Hello, dude, you're not always okay, 79 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: and this ship was sucked up and you gotta release. 80 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: And so that's what it's doing. I don't make music, 81 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: and it might sound crazy, it's like, I don't really 82 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: make music because I want to to help people. But 83 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: I'm doing it because this is my only sense of 84 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: therapy at itself. I can't talk to someone about it 85 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: because no one gets it. If I make the music 86 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: for some reason, that's the only way I can help. Wow. Wow, 87 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: that's powerful. That's powerful. Um Okay, what advice would you 88 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: give to emerging artists just getting started who want to 89 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: signs for labels? I mean, I guess the best advice 90 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: to be you gotta be patient. You know, this is 91 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 1: a new generation, no only my twenties, and so we 92 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: want ship expeditiously like instant coffee. Be patient, have intuition 93 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: about the situation. There's gonna be times where everyone is 94 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: wrong and you're the right one, and you're gonna have 95 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: to speak up for yourself and just like now, man like, 96 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: that's not the hell I want to do. But you 97 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: also have to continue to be humble because you know, 98 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: don't shoot yourself at the foot because your label, they're 99 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: all working for you, not against you. Sew them in 100 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: to start off too serious. But in learning your bank story, 101 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: I learned that when you were young, your mom was 102 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: in prison and you and your siblings were left to 103 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: survive on your own until thankfully and relatives stepped in 104 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: to support you. How old. You know, I'm twenty four, 105 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: and then happened when you were a teenager? Yeah, yeah, 106 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,799 Speaker 1: I was about I want to say, maybe about thirteen 107 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: or twelve or fourteen. Maybe I don't want to make assumptions, 108 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: But now that you're an adult and you're pursuing your 109 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: own dreams as a music artist, why would you say 110 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: it contributed from that experience to what type of person 111 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: you are now because of it. I mean, honestly, I 112 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: feel like I feel like the main thing that made 113 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: me is just like it made me really strong, because 114 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: I feel like I tell my story to people and 115 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: they're like not amazed, but they're just like really like wow, 116 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: like you went through that. But to me, it's kind 117 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: of normal. I feel like it's like, yeah, like that's 118 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: is that bad? And I just feel like it made 119 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: me strong because if I look at that like, oh 120 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: that's it's it's nothing. Yeah. I just feel like it 121 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: made me like a really strong person, Like the way 122 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: I look at things, the way I handle certain situations, 123 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: the way I react. I just feel like it definitely 124 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: toughed me up. You know, I'm just a simple person. 125 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: I like the simple things. I'm just like a cool 126 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: chilled person. When I think of Florida, I don't think 127 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: of put as far as like all this is concerned. 128 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 1: I know that all artists out there, but my mind 129 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: goes first to say Miami, to talk about what the 130 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: music scene is like in Temple. It's kind of like 131 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: a love hate relationship, you know how So it's kind 132 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: of like a love hate relationship. If you ask ten 133 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: different rappers, you're gonna get ten different answers in Tampa 134 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: because you know, certain people on on different levels to 135 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: other people, so they feel like they were teasing and 136 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: stuff like that. When you build your fan base to 137 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: what they like from you, that makes the fans. So, 138 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: I mean, we don't really have a specific sound right now, 139 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: but we got a few artists that signed, and we 140 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: got a few artists doing anything agingly too, so you know, yeah, 141 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: like listening to their music. And and also I went 142 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: back and like Rick Ross has his own sound. Ace 143 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: Hood who's from Florida too, has his own sound trick Daddy. 144 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: So that's interesting that you said that bigger picture. Can 145 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: you talk about being signed to a major label and 146 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: how has that transition? What was that transition like for you? 147 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: I mean it was pretty easy because I always kind 148 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: of like care of myself, like I was important anyway 149 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: before I was signed, So it's like it's just like 150 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: a label. Now I'm actually signed, so you know, I 151 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: have a reason not to go to the club all 152 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: the time and stuff help me save more money and 153 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: a long run. How did you develop your fan base? 154 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: Instagram is the most amazing thing that guy ever crazy. 155 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: Do you feel like you're collected to your fans that way? 156 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: Do you recomments? Do you respond back to comments? Oh yeah, 157 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: I clapped back on the regular. Like if you say 158 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: something to me on the screenshot, go on your page, 159 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: get one of your ugly pictures and post it so 160 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: the world can see that this is a person I 161 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: was talking about me alright. That is a little taste 162 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: of our new show, Here Comes to Break. Please check 163 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: it out. You can find it anywhere you get podcasts, 164 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: Amazon Music, Apple, Spotify. Go out there and get it. 165 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: You definitely want to check the show up. Awesome sound 166 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: to sign, awesome storytelling. You're going to dig it.