WEBVTT - Episode 338 "Omah Lay"

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<v Speaker 1>They get called me.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the ball show. I go by the name

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<v Speaker 2>of Ferrari Simits. I go by the name you know,

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<v Speaker 2>be to my lay is in the building.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>What's up, sir?

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<v Speaker 1>He was acting like he was a little bit nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>He was like, what y'all about to ask me everything?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm good, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.

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<v Speaker 1>And what's up? Brother?

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<v Speaker 2>What brings you to the States? I know you got

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<v Speaker 2>the music going is popping.

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<v Speaker 3>What brings me to the States? I'm looking for a girlfriend?

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<v Speaker 3>You are, yep, that's why I came to the States.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait wait, wait, now, I know you are from Nigeria.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have multiple wives in Nigeria? You're looking for

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<v Speaker 2>a girlfriend in the United States.

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<v Speaker 3>My friend, I've been searching in Nigeria.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not working.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm just saying there's probably too much going on

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<v Speaker 2>not to answer, not to go straight into the foolery.

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<v Speaker 2>But do you have in your country? Do you have

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<v Speaker 2>multiple wives?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that something that.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't That's something I don't even encourage. I'm okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not I'm mind to that you just one woman,

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<v Speaker 3>not really one woman, but like marrying multiple wives? I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't believe in that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you can't do your thing as much as

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<v Speaker 3>you But like marrying multiple wives doesn't make sense to me.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I'm single. I came to the US to

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<v Speaker 3>find myself a girlfriend.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, so what are we talking about today?

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<v Speaker 1>So? Okay, your girlfriend? Does she have to have a job?

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<v Speaker 3>Definitely?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 4>What if?

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<v Speaker 2>What if she's checks all the other boxes and they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a job, doesn't have a job. Maybe she's

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<v Speaker 2>in school or maybe she.

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<v Speaker 3>I can manage. I can manage, Okay, I can manage.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And what's your type?

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<v Speaker 4>Type?

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<v Speaker 3>That wout put me in trouble. I can't say that.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have a preference?

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<v Speaker 1>Ah?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I just like pretty women. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good answer, that's answer yoh man.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I just have to keep it simple.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Let's start to.

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<v Speaker 2>Show, let's start to shut down. Shout out to Warner Records, man,

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<v Speaker 2>because they sent me an immaculate press.

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<v Speaker 1>Kid on you man.

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<v Speaker 2>Two point eight billion global streams, four hundred and eighty

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<v Speaker 2>two million USA streams, twelve million Spotify monthly listeners. Singer

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<v Speaker 2>and songwriter, God damn, bro, You're popping for real, for real.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to, like I said a camera, I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to mention on the ground.

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<v Speaker 3>Bro, Yeah I'm popping, I'm messing on.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want you to mention me on your Instagram.

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<v Speaker 5>I got you right, But how does it How does

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<v Speaker 5>that make you feel to know that you have a

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<v Speaker 5>mass all this international success.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a blessing. It's a blessing. It's just it's just

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<v Speaker 3>what I feel like to me, it's like, it's work.

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<v Speaker 3>This just have work to do because you have a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of people looking up to you. You have a

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<v Speaker 3>little fun too, who want more of you. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>your artistry just needs to as you grow, the funds grow,

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<v Speaker 3>so you just need to be there to lead, to

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<v Speaker 3>show them what's right and what's wrong. So it's a blessing.

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<v Speaker 3>I love being who I am. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 3>it's also there's a lot of responsibility to that. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, to add to what you said,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like afrobeats had this big explosion in the US.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's settling now and it's becoming a

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<v Speaker 2>real genre where people can have a lane in the US,

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<v Speaker 2>such as artists like you that you guys can come

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<v Speaker 2>over here because correct me if I was wrong. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a little bit more dancehall Caribbean music that was

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<v Speaker 2>big in the United States first, and then afrobeats kind

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<v Speaker 2>of came second, and it was this big wave burna

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<v Speaker 2>boys and everything. Now I'm hearing your name and other

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<v Speaker 2>artists of your stature, the vedo.

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<v Speaker 1>David Dough is a.

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<v Speaker 2>Big, big, big But listen, you're big too.

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<v Speaker 1>I did my homework.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, it's a lot of us in Nigeria.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a lot of us in Nigeria who are big.

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<v Speaker 3>But somehow I feel like the US always comes last

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<v Speaker 3>before they discover.

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<v Speaker 2>Why do you think that? I don't know, why do

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<v Speaker 2>you why do you believe?

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<v Speaker 3>You feel like the US just are so into what

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<v Speaker 3>they already.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, like like rap music and stuff like that, Like they.

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<v Speaker 3>Already just that so into that. So it's like before

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<v Speaker 3>they begin to recognize another artists, it just takes a

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<v Speaker 3>bit more time. You just you have to, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's a lot of big artists from Nigeria. I

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<v Speaker 3>can mention one hundred if we're still but yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>but David Dough is he's a legend. He's a big, big, big.

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<v Speaker 5>So making music in Nigeria. Do you guys do the

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<v Speaker 5>the other artists? Are you guys like all friends, y'all

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<v Speaker 5>all hang out?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 2>No, oh, go ahead, I allow you to.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because it's as much as yeah, as much as

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<v Speaker 3>there's love, yeah, there's still like a lot of competition,

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<v Speaker 3>and I feel like that's what keeps that's what makes

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<v Speaker 3>an industry strive. You know, when it's too much love

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<v Speaker 3>and everybody's just eating one from one place, it's like,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, everybody's relaxed, but there's a lot of competition

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<v Speaker 3>and that's what keeps us up. That's what like you know.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, so it's not like it's not like fighting

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<v Speaker 3>like gone and killing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just like I want to I want to make

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<v Speaker 1>better music.

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<v Speaker 3>I just want to make better music. I want to

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<v Speaker 3>be the best and stuff like that. It's just like

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<v Speaker 3>very healthy competition.

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<v Speaker 5>So that's why we don't see a lot of collaborations

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<v Speaker 5>with not jeering artists.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that there are a lot of collaborations, but

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<v Speaker 3>not just as much as my piano, you know, like

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<v Speaker 3>the South Africa there's a lot of collaboration with South

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<v Speaker 3>Africa music. That's also a lot with Nigeria, but the

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<v Speaker 3>South African one is just like you know, every single

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<v Speaker 3>record that's collaboration. Nigerian's like we just like to do

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<v Speaker 3>our thing, you know. It's like to that's a bit

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<v Speaker 3>of collaboration, but not as much.

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<v Speaker 2>Question. So growing up for you, your your parents because

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm Caribbean, so like sometimes my parents is like,

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<v Speaker 2>hey man, you gotta be a doctor, you gotta be

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<v Speaker 2>a lawyer. I was like, I'm gonna be on the radio,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was like my mom was like, yo, nah,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not doing that. I don't never heard. I ain't

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<v Speaker 2>never seen nobody make a whole bunch of money on

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<v Speaker 2>the radio. This is younger for me. Is that almost

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<v Speaker 2>the same for your parents or because I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>hear I heard tem story. Her parents was like yo,

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<v Speaker 2>nah nah, we need you do something else. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know about this music stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Me for me, I mean that's very famous. As

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<v Speaker 3>if every famous stand in Nigeria, every parents wouldn't want

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<v Speaker 3>to see their kids become become an artist. Really, radial

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<v Speaker 3>radio is a big deal, was a big deal in

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<v Speaker 3>niger I don't know about it now, yeah really, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I think radio was something that every parents would want

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<v Speaker 3>to see their kids. I don't know, Robert, but for

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<v Speaker 3>you for music, for me, for music. My mom had

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<v Speaker 3>always been she'd always got my back, She'd always like, YO,

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<v Speaker 3>go for it. But I know a lot of my

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<v Speaker 3>friends because I started as a producer. I used to

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<v Speaker 3>produce for a bunch of artists in my streets. I

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<v Speaker 3>know a lot of them that sneak to the studio

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<v Speaker 3>to make music with me because their parents wouldn't allow

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<v Speaker 3>them to do that. They want they have to be

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<v Speaker 3>doctors or something. Yeah, but the more people like me emerge,

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<v Speaker 3>the more people just like begin to understand that this

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<v Speaker 3>is actually something that is possible, doesn't necessarily That's why

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like I also have a lot of responsibility

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<v Speaker 3>to teach the younger generation how to. You know, there's

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of misunderstanding with what the music chance should

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<v Speaker 3>be and what music Chians have been in the past.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, there's always just that thing of music chance.

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<v Speaker 3>I just like, do draw kill each other. Of course

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<v Speaker 3>I'm still there in America and stuff. But like, that's

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<v Speaker 3>why I feel like I have a lot of responsibility

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<v Speaker 3>to teach the younger generation how to this can actually

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<v Speaker 3>just be It could be something.

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<v Speaker 1>That could actually be a career.

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<v Speaker 3>It could be a career, it could be a very

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<v Speaker 3>good life. You know, you can make something really good

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<v Speaker 3>out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, so how did you know when your music

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<v Speaker 1>start to travel?

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<v Speaker 3>My music started traveling from two two thousand. So I

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<v Speaker 3>used to be a producer, because everybody already are familiar

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<v Speaker 3>with that story. I started. I put out my first

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<v Speaker 3>my first song, do Not Distop. But I didn't need

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<v Speaker 3>tell none of my friends that I was my record

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<v Speaker 3>because they only knew me as a producer. So for

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<v Speaker 3>the first time I made a record, I put it

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<v Speaker 3>out and everybody was just accepting it so much. They

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<v Speaker 3>loved it so much, and especially because they didn't know

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<v Speaker 3>it was me.

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<v Speaker 2>And so why did you do that? Was somebody making

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<v Speaker 2>you frustrated to deal with and you was like, know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna just do this ship myself.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because yeah, they were. It was frustrating because I, like,

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<v Speaker 3>the ideas are just stuck up in my head, you know, so.

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<v Speaker 2>You put the ideas out.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, the ideas are just stuck in my head

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<v Speaker 3>and giving me sleepless nights. And I tried to make

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<v Speaker 3>artists do that, but it's not them you know, that

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<v Speaker 3>is me. That's my personality. I'm trying to impose on

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<v Speaker 3>other artists. So I used to write for them and stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>So like it got to the point where I'm like, okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I have to just do this myself.

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<v Speaker 5>Well you realize, like y'all suck, let me let me,

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<v Speaker 5>let me go do what y'all should be doing.

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<v Speaker 2>We know, way listen.

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<v Speaker 5>You said y'all suck, let me go do what y'all

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<v Speaker 5>should be doing. Was listening to me and then you

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<v Speaker 5>go and blow up.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean as soon as I as soon as

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<v Speaker 3>I put out my first song, do all this stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>and I made everybody understand. And that was me thinking

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<v Speaker 3>I instead of getting some some hate you know, from

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<v Speaker 3>my from my friends and myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Damn.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there was a bit of hate because they all

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<v Speaker 3>love the record, and when.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't know, they was like, why you didn't give

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<v Speaker 2>it to me?

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<v Speaker 3>Why didn't your stuff like that? Then, but more people

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<v Speaker 3>was listening to my city radios was taking it up

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<v Speaker 3>and stuff like that. And then I did the second song,

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<v Speaker 3>Hello Brother, and I started getting label invites, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>deals and stuff like that. I just I just knew

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<v Speaker 3>that you know, this is my pat This is definitely

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<v Speaker 3>my question.

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<v Speaker 2>So as you're growing up and as you're getting into

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<v Speaker 2>the music, what artists from America that you kind of

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<v Speaker 2>really liked because I, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I loved Drake. I have always Drake. Okay, Drake from

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<v Speaker 3>Canada though, yeah, and he's from Canada, but of course

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<v Speaker 3>Drake is.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't do that. Yeah, we loved Drake.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, I've always loved Drake. I've always loved Kendrick.

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<v Speaker 3>I just kind of hate to see the two of

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<v Speaker 3>them go to war, like, yeah, I've always loved I

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<v Speaker 3>think I think.

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<v Speaker 5>That was good for hip hop. Yeah, that was its

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<v Speaker 5>lo as. No, it was no blood ship.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>That was a moment that was I would say friendly,

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<v Speaker 3>but that was not friendly, didn't it didn't look that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad nobody got hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>So, so you was growing up with listening to Drake.

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<v Speaker 3>I listened to Kendrick a lot. I listened to Tupac

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<v Speaker 3>so much legal So it's just like that that line.

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<v Speaker 1>Of Man Tupac music was traveling.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, bro, people, we listened to Tupac a lot in

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<v Speaker 3>Africa off till today. We're still wow in Nigeria. It's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a little people going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I do have a question for you music. Educate

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<v Speaker 2>me on this question. Now, being from Nigeria, are there

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<v Speaker 2>parts in Africa that you are not allowed to go

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<v Speaker 2>to to perform, like to to a point where it's

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<v Speaker 2>like a problem or no.

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<v Speaker 1>No, he said, go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I can't go anywhere I expect, But but I

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<v Speaker 3>can go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, let me let me spend it. There is there

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<v Speaker 5>some artists that can't go anywhere in Africa, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Believe, so outside of Nigeria. What's your favorite country to

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<v Speaker 2>visit in Africa?

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<v Speaker 3>In Africa?

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<v Speaker 4>Kenya, Kenya, Ghana, Ghana, Rwanda, Rwanda. Yeah, South Africa, it's

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<v Speaker 4>a lot. It's a lot of beautiful place places. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>but Kenya Kenya has a vibe, such a big vibe,

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<v Speaker 4>the coast, Mumbaisa, the islands and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 3>South Africa too, you should visit definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, when you come to the States, is there a

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<v Speaker 2>specific you know, state or city that you be like,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta come there when I come to America.

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<v Speaker 5>L A l A Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 1>I love l A.

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<v Speaker 3>But of course I love Atlanta too because of the community.

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<v Speaker 3>It's very big.

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<v Speaker 2>You got a big afro big I'm a piano crowd

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<v Speaker 2>here too.

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<v Speaker 3>Very big. And then when you have this kind of community,

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<v Speaker 3>it's easy to find stuff like food, like and it's

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<v Speaker 3>just there for you if you're like home. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>Atlanta La busting d C. Yeah, it's a bunch of them.

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<v Speaker 1>I like.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So now before we get up out of here,

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<v Speaker 2>let let's talk about you trying to find this lady. Man. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>are you serious, really trying to find Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, I've been looking for one. You want an

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<v Speaker 3>American woman, not necessarily American.

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<v Speaker 1>She got to be American. How tall does she got

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<v Speaker 1>to be?

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<v Speaker 3>She doesn't have to be an American woman.

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<v Speaker 2>You're single and you're looking for a woman to be

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<v Speaker 2>your lady.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm looking.

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<v Speaker 1>For brown, brown eyes, blue eyes, green.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't I don't really, I don't really. You don't

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<v Speaker 3>discriminate on discriminate. I don't mind. As long as your

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<v Speaker 3>your human being, you're pretty.

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<v Speaker 1>Does she have to know your music?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, she has to know my miss y'all know what

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<v Speaker 3>I'm into, Okay, feeling you have to So if you

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<v Speaker 3>don't know my music and you want to d M me.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're you're checking d ms and you're reading dm.

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<v Speaker 3>Once in a while.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, you might have to look a little bit more

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<v Speaker 5>often after this come out.

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<v Speaker 2>Get clipped up. Oh my god, before we go though,

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<v Speaker 2>explain your name is that your real name?

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<v Speaker 3>My name is my Lee, that's my real name. My

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<v Speaker 3>name is my real name is Stanley or my d

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<v Speaker 3>d all. My is my middle names, my family name

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<v Speaker 3>basically Nigeria when you everybody takes on from your dad

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<v Speaker 3>to like, my dad's name is Alma, so my name

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<v Speaker 3>is Stanley. Oh my my kid's name is going to be.

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<v Speaker 1>With the lay.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, ladies, like late is an expression of urgency in

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<v Speaker 3>my dialect. So I'm like Ferrari, right, and maybe you

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<v Speaker 3>yeah that sounds.

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<v Speaker 1>Artist l you know what, Yeah yeah, yeah, it sounds.

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<v Speaker 3>Like sounds cool right, yeah. Yeah. It's a tribal thing

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<v Speaker 3>where it's like when somebody is beyond the reach and

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<v Speaker 3>they just need to hear your voice to understand that

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<v Speaker 3>you're calling them. You're like Feerrari Ley, you scream the

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<v Speaker 3>leg They just once they hear the voice, they know

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<v Speaker 3>that you're calling them. So I just kind of, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>took it as part of my identity.

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<v Speaker 2>Fine, yeah, so new single out right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Moving is out now, Clarity of Mind is on

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<v Speaker 3>the way.

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<v Speaker 1>The album okay, and when can we spend the album?

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<v Speaker 2>When's the date on that?

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<v Speaker 3>Honestly, I don't have a date on the album right now,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's definitely coming.

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<v Speaker 1>You just gonna tell the label. I'll tell you'all already.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that you always.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that you always bring things out. You just

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<v Speaker 3>say it for me, like you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I know listen, I got superpowers up here. I

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<v Speaker 1>just be knowing what people want to say.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't laugh. But what's your manager's name again? Abika tell Aka?

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna send them twenty five dollars invoy. He messed

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<v Speaker 2>up our little roll over here. He got that permanent

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<v Speaker 2>crease over there. We're gonna need a new now. But

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<v Speaker 2>we appreciate you pulling up. Listen, man, we're friends now, man,

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<v Speaker 2>ferrari la.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>So every time you can't Tatlanta, you gotta pull up

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<v Speaker 2>on pull up man.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you guys for having me today.

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<v Speaker 4>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, one more question. I know you don't like collapse.

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<v Speaker 3>No, don't say like that, but.

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<v Speaker 5>Like that, well, anybody that you were want to collab

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<v Speaker 5>with even though they're a competition.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, like no, like I have to make this class,

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<v Speaker 3>so like like they are my competition. You feel me

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<v Speaker 3>like I've always just been I've always been my competition.

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<v Speaker 3>But like you can't de nighted fact that the game

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<v Speaker 3>is a game. You feel right about that it's a

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<v Speaker 3>game and we are all like just putting puzzles together.

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<v Speaker 2>So who would you.

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<v Speaker 1>Like to work with them?

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<v Speaker 2>From Nigeria?

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<v Speaker 3>From Niger David?

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<v Speaker 4>Right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, David, David has been.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about to call him good.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, actually we have a song already coming out, so.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to tell us.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't want to say that, but I'm very excited

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<v Speaker 3>about the record because we got Yeah I am David,

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<v Speaker 3>Like it was something that I didn't I didn't imagine

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<v Speaker 3>would be great, you know, would be this cool. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>like yeah, the way we got our long and David

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<v Speaker 3>is such an amazing person to you, He's super cool.

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<v Speaker 3>He's an amazing person. The way we got along and

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<v Speaker 3>the way we make this record happen, it's just like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so excited.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the name of it? I'm going to say, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>about to text David.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, man, we lay, we lay well listen man, we

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it. We can't wait for the music to come out.

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<v Speaker 2>Especially we got to hear some snippets or something. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna figure that out going on. Yeah, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 1>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>On my Lave Ferrari La btl A right here on

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<v Speaker 2>the ball Alert Show.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you guys for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Love MHM