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Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. Breakfast Club Morning.

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Speaker 1: Everybody is DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlomagne the guy. We

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Speaker 1: are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in

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Speaker 1: the building. Yeah, welcome, Hey, thanks for having me and

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Speaker 1: spend a minute. Ya, how you're doing a long time?

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Speaker 1: How are you? Man? All as well? Tell me about

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Speaker 1: your morning routine? Man? What are you doing the morning

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Speaker 1: when you wake up? Um? It depends. You know. The

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Speaker 1: first thing is brush my teeth. You know what I'm saying? Good,

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Speaker 1: I mean everything on a spiritual level, Okay, Um, I

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Speaker 1: definitely take a beat, you know. UM, usually do some

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Speaker 1: breath work, you know what I'm saying, say some affirmations,

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Speaker 1: and I pretty much get my day started after that.

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Speaker 1: When did when did you start doing this? Was this

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Speaker 1: always your routine or this is something that you did

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Speaker 1: later in life? For yeah, it's something that I, um,

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Speaker 1: I found more productive later on in life, you know

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I felt like I've always been spiritual,

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Speaker 1: but um, just you know, adding the affirmations, it's just

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Speaker 1: kind of you know, um, and the breathwork has kind

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Speaker 1: of like definitely powered me up in a different way

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Speaker 1: than like drinking coffee or you know, doing anything outside

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Speaker 1: of myself. Yeah. I feel like at some point you

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Speaker 1: went on a real journey of healing because I remember

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Speaker 1: when you was on your physical routine with the boxing

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Speaker 1: and everything, and then it feels like at some point

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Speaker 1: you started realizing I got to get mentally and emotionally stronger. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Also because of a lot of the things that you

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Speaker 1: know that were like happening on the outside, you know

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying, um, And that's why this book really

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Speaker 1: kind of came into fruition unbothered the power of choosing

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Speaker 1: joy because you know, I needed to do something more,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I needed to turn it

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Speaker 1: inside and you know, really you know, figure out what

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Speaker 1: worked for me, you know what I'm saying. And the breathwork,

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Speaker 1: you know, the mantras, all of these things that I'm

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Speaker 1: sharing in the book definitely put me, you know, on

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Speaker 1: another level. Just as far as emotional intelligence, you know, um,

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Speaker 1: our culture you know really struggles with that man, you

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Speaker 1: know what i mean, emotional maturity and maturity just period,

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Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. As as I've grown, you know,

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Speaker 1: as a father, being a parent, you know what i mean,

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Speaker 1: Like life has definitely showed me that, you know, things

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Speaker 1: are not always happening to you, things are happening for you.

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. You feel like this book

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Speaker 1: saved you, uh in a way to your practices? Do

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Speaker 1: you feel like it saved you with like you said,

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Speaker 1: everything going on from the industry. You feel like if

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Speaker 1: it wasn't for some of the things that you practice

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Speaker 1: in this book, that you would have wild out and

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Speaker 1: did so stupid and for sure, for sure because it's

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Speaker 1: so easy to do that. It's so easy to succumb

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Speaker 1: to your you know, emotions and to um not be thoughtful,

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Speaker 1: you know. And that's what really being unbothered is about,

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Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Um, A lot of people

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Speaker 1: get misconstrued like what I'm bothered is about because you know,

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Speaker 1: it's definitely an attitude, but you know, people don't understand

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Speaker 1: it's being unbothered is dealing with emotions. You know what

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Speaker 1: I'm saying. It is recognizing and realizing like, Okay, I

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Speaker 1: and what's the best thing for me to do? Um? Oh,

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Speaker 1: when you get bothered, not staying there, that's something you learning,

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Speaker 1: you know, especially in CBT cognits to behavior therapy when

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Speaker 1: you are bothered, when you are triggered, not staying there

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Speaker 1: right right now. One thing you talked about that in

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Speaker 1: this book is fair, yeah, and how you can make

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Speaker 1: fear actually be productive. So for yourself, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of things that you went through at a young age

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Speaker 1: that could have been scary for you or you were

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Speaker 1: scared to do. What are some tips you would get

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Speaker 1: people on how to make fear more productive for your life? Well, definitely,

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Speaker 1: you know, realizing and recognizing like why you feel it,

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Speaker 1: you know, facing it. It's it's actually more productive than

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Speaker 1: you know, staying stuck, because that's what fear does. Fear

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Speaker 1: kind of like paralyzes you from growing, you know. So

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Speaker 1: you know, fear early on definitely became my friend and

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Speaker 1: my journey because you know, stepping to the stage is

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Speaker 1: like nerve racking too. You know a lot of people

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Speaker 1: don't understand that. You know, when you get into the stage,

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Speaker 1: it's always something different every time. You know what I'm saying,

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Speaker 1: It might you know, be some family stuff. You know,

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Speaker 1: it might not just be that you know, this sound

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Speaker 1: best effort. You know. Fear has been definitely you know,

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Speaker 1: I got a great relationship with it. I like having

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Speaker 1: these conversations with people like you could you've been around

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Speaker 1: know you don't have the language that you have now,

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Speaker 1: they'll throw you out on the stage even if you

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Speaker 1: are dealing with something you gotta you gotta push through. Yep.

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Speaker 1: So how was that? How did you have to coo

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Speaker 1: put that back? Then? Did you even realize that you

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Speaker 1: were going through? Nah? Nah? Actually, because I was so young,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like a lot of the time,

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Speaker 1: you know, um in the future, certain things would come

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Speaker 1: up and I would be like, why do I feel

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Speaker 1: that way? You know what I'm saying? And it was

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Speaker 1: because you know, I was in the moment, but but

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Speaker 1: but not really a present, you know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: So so yeah, so what was what? What would you

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Speaker 1: say the reason you wrote this book? I would say

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Speaker 1: the main the core reason is not only to share

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Speaker 1: my stories, but you know, like the late great Nipsey

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Speaker 1: Hustles say, you know, UM, to inspire is the highest

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Speaker 1: human act. So you know, I'm just really hoping that,

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Speaker 1: you know, all the people that's coming up and that

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Speaker 1: needed this infort I needed this information, you know what

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Speaker 1: I'm saying. Um, I'm just hoping it inspires the world.

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Speaker 1: You've been keeping a lot of shit in the tuck though, Maria.

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Speaker 1: I feel like you feel like you came with the

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Speaker 1: book then the first of the Doctor. Yeah, and it

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Speaker 1: was like Mario's writing a book. I'm like, damn, he

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Speaker 1: was holding all that in the chamberhood. Yeah, got an

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Speaker 1: start focusing on what I feel like, you know, these

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Speaker 1: different verticals, like what I want to contribute at this

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Speaker 1: mot motivated in this game. You know, they're always changing

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Speaker 1: the goal posts, you know, and a lot of people

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Speaker 1: This is my life. This is what I've contribute the

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Speaker 1: most energy too. So you know, I'm always I'm always

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Speaker 1: working on something. It made you not respond or right,

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Speaker 1: because you've been going through a lot the last ten years,

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Speaker 1: everything and every I mean ninety percent of people are

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Speaker 1: gonna respond somehow someway. Yeah, whether it's personal, whether it's relationship,

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Speaker 1: whether it's family, whether it's your group, whether it's your label,

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Speaker 1: whatever it is, you don't respond right? Why I think that? Um,

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Speaker 1: I am a thoughtful person. So a lot of the time,

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Speaker 1: to make sure that you know, I get what I

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Speaker 1: when we react into life that we actually get what

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Speaker 1: I've always just been like, okay, you know, um, at

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Speaker 1: I remember he said that. She said, I definitely, I

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Speaker 1: definitely have a mental list. Nah, No, I don't. I

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Speaker 1: don't think because I'm sure enough to realize that a

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Speaker 1: lot of people's perspectives and just position in life are

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Speaker 1: you know, temporary, you know what I'm saying, Because things change,

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Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So I try my best

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Speaker 1: to not take things personal. You feel like you slipped

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Speaker 1: it's important to stand up for yourself too, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. I think people get confused when you know,

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Speaker 1: that it's important to also stand up for yourself and

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Speaker 1: I think that's important as a man, you know what

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Speaker 1: Otherwise you know, um, you know, things just don't happen.

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Speaker 1: But okay, so what about Rasby saying he was triggered

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Speaker 1: raz that you know, UM, he's a really it's interesting,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So when he said that

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Speaker 1: he could have felt. But you know, if people watch

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Speaker 1: actually watch the docu, you know I was there supporting him,

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Speaker 1: me and my team, we were out there supporting him,

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Speaker 1: asking them what he needed, you know, um, trying to

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Speaker 1: you know, these very traumatic things that he's been through.

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Speaker 1: You know. So I just thought it was interesting, you know,

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Speaker 1: just thought it was interesting because he knows that, you know,

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Speaker 1: I've been for me. He had to sign off on

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Speaker 1: his part in the documentary. Yes, I'm saying, like, you know,

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Speaker 1: told you ask and how did that work? But you

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Speaker 1: know how healing is though. Healing is like it's not

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Speaker 1: a destinations. Something may not bother you on Monday, but

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Speaker 1: I'm saying. And I was just like, you know, whatever

422
00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,440
Speaker 1: they did, you know what I mean, whatever people did, like,

423
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,480
Speaker 1: it can't compare to that, you know what I'm saying.

424
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:29,679
Speaker 1: So that was that was my That was my deciding factory. Yeah. No,

425
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,640
Speaker 1: my mom's was just like I mean, everybody in support,

426
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,720
Speaker 1: you know, my family, um, and I have to definitely

427
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 1: you know, thank Michelle. You know what I mean, Because

428
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,159
Speaker 1: Michelle was really the real reason why I decided to

429
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:46,200
Speaker 1: go on tour, because she helped me understand that. You know,

430
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,160
Speaker 1: because for so long you know what I mean, I, um,

431
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:58,399
Speaker 1: you know, have been on her right there. She's my

432
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,399
Speaker 1: business partner. She is my CEO of my company OWW

433
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:07,119
Speaker 1: or Marion Worldwide. So um, you know, she really helped

434
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,960
Speaker 1: me see the value in Um, you know why it

435
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,520
Speaker 1: was important to do it as well, because you know

436
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,040
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, for the longest I've been you know,

437
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:23,760
Speaker 1: you know, striving to mature from O Marion from B

438
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 1: two K you know what I mean. And you know

439
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 1: so many other artists has had an opportunity to do that.

440
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,320
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. Beyonce, you know, justin timber Lake,

441
00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,440
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Um, yeah, you know what

442
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,680
Speaker 1: I mean. I've always been pulled back, you know what

443
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,600
Speaker 1: I mean, And I couldn't figure figure that out, you

444
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Um, I feel like you did, Rick.

445
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,159
Speaker 1: I feel like you do have your own identity. I

446
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 1: do have my own identity. But you know, as far

447
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,280
Speaker 1: as the connectivity, you know, to the imprint in which

448
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 1: how B two K separated. It was undone, you know

449
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,400
Speaker 1: what I'm And it wasn't It was undone, not from

450
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,919
Speaker 1: us the group. It was undone in our experience, you know,

451
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,399
Speaker 1: And that's why it came back around. So that's what

452
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,719
Speaker 1: I mean. I don't mean not having an identity outside

453
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: of that, because I've obviously been successful as a solo artist,

454
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 1: you know, on my own with number one albums, et cetera,

455
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,399
Speaker 1: et cetera, you know what I'm saying. So that's not

456
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,359
Speaker 1: what I mean. I just mean, you know, being supported

457
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,360
Speaker 1: by you know, everyone, to never have to revisit that

458
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,400
Speaker 1: and it being just something that was a treat which

459
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: ended up being, you know what I'm saying, which ended

460
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,679
Speaker 1: up still being. But because of my experience, I felt

461
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: definitely not good about it, you know what I'm saying.

462
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,199
Speaker 1: So it had to come back around in order for

463
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: me to deal with it again, and for sure on

464
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 1: so many levels, Like that's what I'm saying, Like I

465
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 1: would never think that I would become an author, you

466
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Like I spent a year and

467
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 1: a half, you know what I'm saying, writing and asking

468
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 1: myself question after question. You know what I'm saying, Um,

469
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 1: so yeah, you know, this is a purposeful journey, you

470
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,120
Speaker 1: know what i mean. And you reflected on your relationship

471
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,640
Speaker 1: with your father. Yeah as well. He was incarcerated when

472
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: you were younger, and you guys did end up reconnecting.

473
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 1: How do you think that's molded you into who you are?

474
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,680
Speaker 1: It's molded me in a very unique way, you know

475
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 1: what i mean. You always hear about people not having

476
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,200
Speaker 1: their fathers and having um, you know, that male influence.

477
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,240
Speaker 1: But it turned into so many great things for me,

478
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 1: you know, like me being the thing that I wanted

479
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,439
Speaker 1: the most, you know what I'm saying. And then fast

480
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,360
Speaker 1: forward us having a relationship now, you know what I mean.

481
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,159
Speaker 1: Like we took our first trip last year. We went

482
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 1: to dr you know what I'm saying, that we just

483
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,679
Speaker 1: chilled and it's like, you know, it's so dope, you know,

484
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 1: to be able to see where I come from and

485
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: to realize, you know, some of my courts and you know,

486
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 1: perspectives as a person, you know what I'm saying. And

487
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,480
Speaker 1: it's dope to get that ladder on in life, you

488
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,199
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Because I didn't have really a

489
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: lot of o Jeza you know men in the game.

490
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,399
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, A lot of people that

491
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: I look up to really actually give me information that

492
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,399
Speaker 1: was useful, you know what I'm saying. So essentially I

493
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 1: had to be my own og, you know what I'm saying.

494
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,320
Speaker 1: So I look at some of the ogs deffinitely because

495
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 1: of that, you know what I'm saying, because I feel

496
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: like I'm a young og and I didn't really have

497
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 1: no help like that. I'm glad so many brothers are

498
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: having that conversation because the first time I ever had

499
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: a breakthrough in therapy, first time I ever cried in therapy,

500
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,959
Speaker 1: was discussing it's my daddy issues, you know what I mean,

501
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: because we want that relationship with our fathers so bad

502
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 1: and some of us don't have it. You know, then

503
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: you get older, you got your own kids, and you

504
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: kind of just winging it because nobody ever showed you

505
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,919
Speaker 1: I'd really be a good father exactly exactly, and that

506
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: ladder on in life, man, it was like it was

507
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,199
Speaker 1: like a treat. You know what I'm saying. I'm like,

508
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 1: I'm like so happy that I go get the kigging

509
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 1: with my dad and you know what I'm saying, he flied.

510
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Like he liked to do

511
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 1: things a certain type of way. And I'm like, oh, okay,

512
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,360
Speaker 1: you see you. Yeah yeah, And it's so dope when

513
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 1: I see my son, because that's that's what I see,

514
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. And do you know he

515
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,199
Speaker 1: just he just got a phone and now he like

516
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: texts me things that he likes. And I'm just like,

517
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 1: what He's eight Yeah, shout out to Mega. He's probably

518
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 1: gonna watch this one day. So let's talk about the

519
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: vine timing because I find it so interesting that there

520
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 1: was the verses right, probably didn't go to where you

521
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: wanted it to go back fully, for sure, you seem

522
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 1: like you're reacted with work. You reacted with the doctor,

523
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: reacted with the book, the show. How did that come about?

524
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 1: Because clearly that's the vine time, Yo, that's facts, that's facts. Um,

525
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: I've just been preparing. I've just been preparing, and like

526
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: you said, you know, the vine timing, and even though um,

527
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,879
Speaker 1: you know versus didn't go you know, it still was,

528
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: you know, wildly successful, the most successful one, you know,

529
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,120
Speaker 1: so to be able to show up in the journey

530
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: and be able to be like, you know what, damn,

531
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 1: this might not have been a way that I wanted

532
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: things to go, but oh wait a minute, watch this

533
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,040
Speaker 1: move right here. So I'm really highly thankful for you know,

534
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: all the energies. You know what I'm saying. Rest in peace.

535
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 1: My my analogy transitioned earlier this year, you know what

536
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: I mean. So I definitely feel like the ancestors on

537
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 1: the other side is moving certain things in the universe

538
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: for me. Um and I'm just excited, man. Feel when

539
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: people were questioning your talent, Yeah, I was gonna say,

540
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 1: what went wrong that night? What would you have changed? Well,

541
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,360
Speaker 1: you know, it was a lot of things that went

542
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: wrong that night, first being um, not not have a

543
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 1: sound check and then also another report, why didn't you

544
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,479
Speaker 1: do a sound check? There was no time they were

545
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: It was so underwhelming. They were not prepared, you know

546
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: for what I expected to be kind of you know,

547
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: a night in R and B that just kind of

548
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: turned the sexy up on the planet again, you know

549
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like, really, let's talk about the women,

550
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But it became kind of

551
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 1: hip hop really really fast, you know what I'm saying.

552
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: Early on, it was like that was the set of

553
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 1: the energy, you know what I'm saying. And um, it

554
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 1: was like from that from the rip, it was like

555
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: it was on for the rest of the night, you

556
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So, but again, you know what

557
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't change anything, you know what I mean. Um,

558
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 1: what was your question again? How do you people people

559
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: questioning your Yeah, I think that that's the mark of

560
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 1: a legend, you know what I'm saying. I remember, I remember,

561
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: you know, hearing people say Michael, Michael Jackson couldn't seen

562
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Like, and you know, when

563
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: when you're when you have been doing something for so long,

564
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: you know, you can definitely have an off night, you

565
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: know what I mean. Um, but that is not the

566
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: tell tale of you know, of a twenty two year career,

567
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,239
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I feel like, you know,

568
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 1: that's another strike, you know what I'm saying, Like it

569
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: felt like people took the opportunity to say things to

570
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: you that they've always wanted to. It definitely felt like, Yeah,

571
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 1: that was crazy. It was. It was a lot of

572
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: energy for me, you know, but it's all good. Boy,

573
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,959
Speaker 1: had to bother you a little bit. You are well.

574
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: Let me say it definitely may challenge me unlike I've

575
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 1: been challenging such a long time to level up, because

576
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: you know, I'm one of those people that you know,

577
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: I don't really move for much, you know what I'm saying, Like,

578
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: you know, because I study and I practice and I

579
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: work on my craft so much, you know what I mean.

580
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: So I'm unmoved. But one thing that can't move me.

581
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: One thing that has moved me, you know, was the

582
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: will to just be better. And I think that that's

583
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 1: something different in my generation than like you know, Stevie

584
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: Wonder and Marvin Is. Like when when I got to

585
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 1: enjoy their art, they were already at their highest level,

586
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But people that's born in

587
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: the eighties, you know, eighty four Lebron, myself, certain people

588
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 1: that's born in that time, it's like we're able to

589
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: show you like we're getting better, you know what I'm saying.

590
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: And I think that that's so very interesting in my time,

591
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Because I plan on performing

592
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: and doing what I love for the rest of my life,

593
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and all capacities, you know

594
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, as an entertainment mogul, you know what

595
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 1: I mean, A director, a writer, a producer, all of

596
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 1: these you know, I plan on doing this for life.

597
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: So I believe that. I mean, you're five acts of joy.

598
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: Three of them have to do with that singing, writing,

599
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: and piano. Yeah. Yeah, that's all about entertainment and performing.

600
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: And so this is something you would do no matter what. Yeah,

601
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,239
Speaker 1: because it's the real expression of exuberance. And it's like,

602
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: if you live in that's really what you want to display,

603
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: you know what i mean, Like when you get that

604
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: big check, it's like you want to dance and you

605
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 1: want to be happy. You know what I'm saying. When

606
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: something good goes well, it shows up in your body.

607
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So you know, for me,

608
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 1: that's how I want to live, you know what I mean,

609
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: And I want to be the epitome I will be,

610
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 1: you know, the epitome of that you know expression joy,

611
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 1: because it's really it really makes this experience worth living,

612
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Because all of the other things,

613
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, all of the other you know,

614
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: aspects of life, you know what I mean, that are

615
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: necessary too. You know what I'm saying, in order to

616
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 1: create a balanced experience, but you know it doesn't always

617
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: feel good, you know what I'm saying. So you got

618
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 1: the chapter call Purpose. What do you think your main

619
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 1: life purpose is? Because sometimes I wonder is it anything

620
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: to do with entertainment? I feel like purpose is bigger

621
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 1: than that in some ways. Yeah, I would agree, Um, yeah,

622
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 1: I mean I feel like, you know, my purpose on

623
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: this planet is to remind people that joy is a choice.

624
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. And you know, through this experience,

625
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, You'll have You're running into

626
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: some things, you know what I'm saying, that can make

627
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,239
Speaker 1: or break your experience. You know what I mean. And

628
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: it's really up to you, you know what I'm saying

629
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, to be able to

630
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: choose happiness, you know what I'm saying. Period. I was

631
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 1: gonna ask what's your relationship with Rick Ross? Because I

632
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 1: know that you guys as far as business is concerned, Yeah,

633
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: decided to dissolve it. And I heard him, you know,

634
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 1: throw a couple of shots in a couple of souls, right,

635
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: So what is your relationship and why why did you

636
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: decide to leave or whatever it maybe well, you know,

637
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: I was under the impression, you know, at the time

638
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: of you know, may Back music and inception. You know

639
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: what it is that I contributed to his business, you

640
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. And I feel like on that

641
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 1: level he respects me, and you know he has to

642
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: respect me, so you know, um, you know that's cool,

643
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: you know, but as far as personally, you know, man,

644
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: it's all good. Man Rosehy is one of the funniest

645
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: person's like to come across, you know what I'm saying.

646
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: So you know, if I see him, salute, you know

647
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: what I mean. But you know, he showed me. He

648
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,239
Speaker 1: showed me some things, you know what I'm saying. So

649
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: because he showed me things, you know, even though you know, um,

650
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: he could have helped more, you know what I'm saying.

651
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: He could have you know, he could have you know,

652
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 1: lend more of a hand than you know what he

653
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: was maybe you know, portrayed to you know, be but um, yeah,

654
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: I appreciate the experience. Man. I had so much fun

655
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: over in may Back music and making that music at

656
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: that time, and you know, being able to create an

657
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: alias may Back. Oh, to feel a part of something

658
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: that was like, truly outside of my culture and outside

659
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: of myself. How hands on was he when he because

660
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 1: you know Ross has an their right you know, listening

661
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,520
Speaker 1: to Ross's albums and melodically they sound amazing. Yeah, how

662
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: hands on was he with your projects? If he was? Yeah, no, man,

663
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: Rose shows up. You know what I'm saying. Rose was there,

664
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like he definitely like all right,

665
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: this is what you want to do? Oh boom do it?

666
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. When when it was that time?

667
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. But when it was that

668
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: when it wasn't that time, It wasn't that time. You

669
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. It was trying for some other things?

670
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: Could you have done more of you think for you?

671
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: I just I was I would just say, you know,

672
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: one of one of the one of the tales tales

673
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: for me. You know what I'm saying. Was the last

674
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: conversation him and I had when um, you know he

675
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: came out to LA and you know, I just expressed

676
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 1: him as a businessman. You know, I need to prepare myself,

677
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,760
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying for you know my transitions

678
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: and you know, respectfully, you know if there's something going

679
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: on with you in Atlantic, you know, just let me

680
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: know so I could prepare myself, you know what I'm saying.

681
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: I was very clear with him with that, you know

682
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: what I mean. He was like, I got you, you

683
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: know what I mean, And it was like, you know,

684
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: may Back Music is no longer a label and it's

685
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 1: you know, I gotta go and actually do the work

686
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: that was necessary for my journey to like figure out

687
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: you know, where I was and it wasn't in a

688
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: good position, you know what I'm saying. So that's really

689
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. You know what I'm saying. It's like,

690
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 1: you know, we had a conversation, you know what I'm saying,

691
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: but you didn't honor that you feel like you needed to.

692
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 1: So look, you think sometimes as black artists being that

693
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: where black, instead of approaching it from just business, we

694
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: look at all these situations like family, whether it's bt K,

695
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: whether it's Made Back music, like, instead of looking at

696
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: it from just districtly business aspects like now we're your family,

697
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: so we get extra disappointed when things don't work out. Um.

698
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: I think that there is you know, a feeling and

699
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: an aspect you know to business when you do people.

700
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: When you do business with people that you like, I

701
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't even say it's just a family thing, you know,

702
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,919
Speaker 1: it's people that you like, you know what I'm saying.

703
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: So I think that you know, being transparent is important

704
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: and it's imperative for the success of the brand, you

705
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Because you know, if you do

706
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: business with somebody and they're not willing to take accountability,

707
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 1: then you know, you kind of just left out there,

708
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: you know, without a plan, you know, and if it's

709
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: like a trust thing too. Yeah, But I think the

710
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: point of businesses is success. That's the point of you know,

711
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: our merger. We're coming together to you know, benefit each other,

712
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: you know, not for me to get more from you

713
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: or for you know, it to be vice versa. You know,

714
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,879
Speaker 1: it has to be a mutual thing. That's the only

715
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,240
Speaker 1: kind of business I'm interested in. You know what I'm saying.

716
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: You go to therapy, right? Um? No, no, I have

717
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,839
Speaker 1: what what? What? What? What is a Marion done wrong

718
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: in any of these situations? I think, Um, I think,

719
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: not speak up, you know what I'm saying, Maybe not

720
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 1: speak up, maybe not have the words to you know, um,

721
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: you know, voice my opinion. And also I think I'm

722
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: a little you know, early on because I started so young.

723
00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a little gullible, you know what i mean.

724
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: Just as far as business, you know what I'm saying that,

725
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 1: as far as what people don't give you, what people

726
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: are not supposed to give you. You know what I'm saying,

727
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 1: Like the respect that sometimes you assume you might give,

728
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: but that you're never really shown, you know what I'm saying.

729
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 1: So I would say that, you know, that's definitely on me,

730
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But I don't have no

731
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: problem you know what I'm saying, being honest about my

732
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: mistakes and taking accountability, you know what I mean, for

733
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: anything that I've done wrong to people. You know what

734
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,359
Speaker 1: I'm saying, That they may have felt that I've done wrong,

735
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. If you have, If you

736
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: if you ever came across me and you know, have

737
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: a relationship with me and you were confused about something,

738
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: there was always an opportunity for you to be able

739
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: to you know, gaining some clarity. You know what I'm saying. Um,

740
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: but the actions, you know what I'm saying, And that's

741
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 1: something that we always have to bring into question when

742
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 1: we speaking about people's personalities. You know what I'm saying,

743
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,360
Speaker 1: Like there's layers to this, you know what I'm saying.

744
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: And people have to be held accountable for what they're

745
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: projecting versus their actions. You know what I'm saying. So

746
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,279
Speaker 1: you know what I would say. You know that I've

747
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 1: done wrong. It's it's just that you know what I'm saying,

748
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: just not you know, but it has gained me such

749
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 1: a heightened level of awareness. You know what I'm saying

750
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: that it's probably second or none. You know what I'm

751
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: saying because you know I've been through it over and

752
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: over again. You know what I mean, So I know

753
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: I know where I'm going. You know what I mean.

754
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,840
Speaker 1: What does joy look like? The amaran hanging out with

755
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 1: my kids, the water, the beach. You know what I'm saying.

756
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: A woman, you know what I mean? Some curves, um,

757
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,760
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, some pleasant words, some reading,

758
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Some some sex, some you know,

759
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: making love, some fucking. You know what I mean. Like

760
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 1: all of that. There's like four different ways to say

761
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,399
Speaker 1: sex when people hear that, and like some people, what's

762
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: did making love and fucking to explain to them. Okay,

763
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: I would say that the difference between making love is

764
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 1: connecting on a deeper level, you know, connecting through um experiences,

765
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: connecting through UM touch, connecting through um you know, spirituality.

766
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. That's the difference between making

767
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 1: love and fucking. You know what I'm saying. Fucking is

768
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: more of a sport. You know what I'm saying. It's

769
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: more in the in the physical aspects, which you know,

770
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: it's some levels in there too. You know what I'm saying. Uma,

771
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: And I was just thinking about it, you know what

772
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 1: I mean. But yeah, there's stairs. You know, there's a

773
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: wide range. When you make music. What music do you

774
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,280
Speaker 1: like to make? Do you like to make soundtracks for fucking?

775
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: I'm making love? I like to do a mix, Okay,

776
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I like to do a

777
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: mix because my experience has been very vast, so um,

778
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 1: I like to do a mix. But more of love,

779
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,399
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, More of love, because that

780
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 1: is where intentionalize. You know what I'm saying. Anyone couldn't

781
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, go to the gym and

782
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: work out and be big, you know what I mean.

783
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: But to actually diet and to like start carving out

784
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 1: that so you know, it requires a different level, a

785
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: different type of discipline. You know what I'm saying. How

786
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: many times have you made love in your life? Mario?

787
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: A few times with the same person, to different people. No,

788
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: different women, Okay, ye're different women, you know. Um. You know,

789
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: to feel vulnerable enough to express yourself as like a

790
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 1: scary thing, especially for a man, especially for someone you

791
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 1: know like me, you know what I mean. But to

792
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 1: feel comfortable like that, those times were like priceless. You know.

793
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 1: That's how I made my first child, you know what

794
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: I'm saying. Yeah, okay, yeah, you know what I mean.

795
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 1: And it was like mega popped up, bam, Oh a minute,

796
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: this thing works. This thing works, you know what I mean.

797
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 1: But what an experience, you know what I'm saying. And

798
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: we appreciate joining us. I got a couple more questions, man,

799
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 1: like you know, he asked the question, what are you

800
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: willing to struggle for? Yeah? You do you believe people

801
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 1: are willing to struggle to accomplish their goals? And do

802
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: you have to struggle? The other thing, especially when it

803
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,840
Speaker 1: comes to our kids. We don't want our kids to

804
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: struggle that's why we work in the way we work. Yeah,

805
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:08,760
Speaker 1: I think that a necessary struggle is imperative to life,

806
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, because it makes you, you know,

807
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: apparent to balance. You know what I'm saying, Like everything

808
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 1: is not good and everything is not bad. You know,

809
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:21,280
Speaker 1: the life is polaris you know what I'm saying, polarities.

810
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 1: So some of the things that I was in the

811
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 1: struggle for is is the things that I go through,

812
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. You know what i mean,

813
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: like my experience, you know what I'm saying. In this industry,

814
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: what I'm you know, willing to contribute, you know what

815
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: I'm saying, not being motivated because so many people hating

816
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 1: on you. You know what I mean, like digging down

817
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: and figuring out like, oh okay, I do this for

818
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: a whole other thing. You know what I'm saying. You know,

819
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 1: like words and all of that is nice, you know

820
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. But to be able to be a

821
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,760
Speaker 1: part of a movie like you got served to change people.

822
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,320
Speaker 1: You know. I was just in France, you know what

823
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,279
Speaker 1: I mean, And I went out there solely for this

824
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 1: thing called Dance Fusion, which all dance competition, you know

825
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: what I mean, Like and the amount of love you

826
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,279
Speaker 1: know what I mean, across on the world and in

827
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: the world, like yo, you know what I mean. That's

828
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 1: transitioning into you know, the movies and the other aspects

829
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: of my career. You know what I mean, That I'll

830
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 1: be exploring as a mobil So I wouldn't take nothing back,

831
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: but I'm willing to struggle for those things. And you

832
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 1: said one woman told you that her best friend died

833
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 1: in ice box. Yeah, that was wild. Yeah, and they

834
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:30,919
Speaker 1: buried a picture with me, you know what I mean,

835
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: which was like at the time, I didn't really understand that,

836
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But to be able to

837
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 1: show up in someone's life, you know what I mean.

838
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: Fans hit me sometimes be like, yeah, you was in

839
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: my dream, you know what I mean, Like what is that?

840
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. That's connecting on a deeper level.

841
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 1: You know that is unseen, you know what I'm saying.

842
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: So to be gifted that in this lifetime experience, you know,

843
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: I wanted to be a good one, you know what

844
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: I mean. Wherever I show up in people's lives, I

845
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,399
Speaker 1: wanted to be prolific, you know I wanted to be

846
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 1: you know, something like that story, you know what I mean.

847
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:09,320
Speaker 1: Like they you know, they had they shared so many

848
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:14,240
Speaker 1: great memories with my music that it was so intense

849
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:18,279
Speaker 1: that they wanted to bury a picture, you know, in

850
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,840
Speaker 1: his casket as he is transitioning from this lifetime. He

851
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: put a picture that in her mind that made him happy,

852
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: you know, in his wherever he going, you know what

853
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: I'm saying. So that's deep, you know what I mean.

854
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: So I just want to, you know, continue to un

855
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:36,720
Speaker 1: as artist. I want to ask you a couple more questions,

856
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 1: especially in particular the Drink Champion interview. Right, Um, I

857
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 1: saw Fitz said that he can't he's not in contact

858
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,800
Speaker 1: with you because he never had your number. It's always

859
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: been like that. That true. How does that sounds? I

860
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 1: don't know. That sounds crazy man without calling you first, Okay,

861
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 1: come on, ye, come on man, that's a joke. But

862
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 1: you know he feels some type of way. So and

863
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 1: he also said that you went solo because he had

864
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: sex with a woman you liked, man, and that was

865
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: so long ago. Um nah, I don't remember that happening.

866
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 1: Fitz was um he was the first one to go

867
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 1: solo because you know, Fiz was like the rapper, yeah

868
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: and yeah, and you know the rapper was like the

869
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:28,399
Speaker 1: most famous in the group. You know what I'm saying.

870
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: So Fitz was definitely like in front, you know what

871
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 1: I mean, as far as you know, um, certain vibes,

872
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,080
Speaker 1: you know what I mean in the group. You know

873
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: what I mean. You know how like okay, Fitz doing

874
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: something or he on his own way. Shit, we all

875
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 1: getting on our own way, you know what I mean.

876
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,319
Speaker 1: So I viewed it like that, Um, didn't they kick

877
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: you out the group? Basically? No, no, not really. Now,

878
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: it wasn't they fault. I take that back, No, it

879
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: wasn't they fault. It was it was Chris Stokes fault.

880
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. You know what I mean,

881
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 1: because you know, he made us become brothers and then

882
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 1: you know he separated us, you know what I mean.

883
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: So he the elder that you talk about, Um, he's

884
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 1: one of the elders. Okay, you know what I mean.

885
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 1: You don't have a relationship with him now now you

886
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:16,319
Speaker 1: know Rasby and I think it's been room with dad.

887
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,919
Speaker 1: You know, he talks about sexual abuse with Chris Stokes.

888
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: Have you ever seen anything like that. I haven't. I

889
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: haven't seen anything like that, you know what I mean?

890
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: But yeah, I haven't. Right, Yeah, Well that's like, you know,

891
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: the varios are funny. He's not funny to me. But

892
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: it's like, I'm not I'm not. I'm an answer. When

893
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,319
Speaker 1: I want to answer, he don't. He don't engage when

894
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: he doesn't anything, he don't want to engage any engage.

895
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: Respect that I respect. Not a tell all book or

896
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,320
Speaker 1: anything like that. There's a couple of stories that are relevant,

897
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 1: you know, to what it is that you're trying to

898
00:46:55,760 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: portray about the spirituality aspect of it. But it's not

899
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 1: a tell all juice. Yeah, nay Na, I really want

900
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 1: people to understand, you know what I'm saying, Like through

901
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: the fire, through it all. You know what I'm saying,

902
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 1: You gotta make certain choices and it's up to you.

903
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. It's really up to you.

904
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: You know what I mean. And I also I also

905
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 1: don't think y'all realize the impact y'all, or maybe y'all do.

906
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: I don't think y'all realize the impact y'all had on

907
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: the generation. Because truth be told, I didn't realize it.

908
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:24,920
Speaker 1: So I talk to people like I think they tailor,

909
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, who grew up on B

910
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: two ks. They go to the what's the toy nine?

911
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 1: The screams, don't not the script millennium toy and stuff

912
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:36,239
Speaker 1: now and they love y'all. So it's like, the more

913
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:39,320
Speaker 1: y'all talk, the more questions people have, it almost feels

914
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,400
Speaker 1: like their childhood was a lie. Yeah, you know what

915
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:48,320
Speaker 1: I mean, was it? I don't know, I don't know.

916
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,799
Speaker 1: I'm saying. The more the more they hear y'all talk,

917
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 1: that generation feels like their childhood was a lot. And

918
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: they looked at y'all like brothers. I thought everything was

919
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,239
Speaker 1: all good. And I think the reason why I say

920
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 1: that is because I think that because we grew up together,

921
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: there is things to observe in that And that's the reason,

922
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 1: that's the reason why this book is here. You know

923
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:11,399
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like we grew up together, we all

924
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: went through similar things. You know, we all have people

925
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 1: that you know, we're around that could have done more

926
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 1: and could have said things. It could have did things

927
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 1: a certain type of way. But guess what, some of

928
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: them ain't being held accountable and you know, we're gonna

929
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,279
Speaker 1: either leave it up to the universe to handle that,

930
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: you know, which always handles that, you know what I'm saying,

931
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 1: or something's gonna happen. No, I'm just saying, but I'm saying,

932
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,280
Speaker 1: we see it with certain song writers. You can't get away.

933
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 1: You can't get away for the things that you do

934
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: on this planet. Okay, period. I want my generation to

935
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: understand that. You know what I'm saying, Read the book,

936
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 1: get the book. Trust me. You know what I'm saying.

937
00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 1: This is for you. Do you feel like you're opening

938
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: up more? You open up another cand of warrant by

939
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 1: putting out the doctor not doing a book? You think, nah, nah,

940
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: because you know this is my story. You know what

941
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,960
Speaker 1: I'm saying. This is my story, and I own my story.

942
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 1: How do you tell her to someone else? Well? Yeah,

943
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:18,320
Speaker 1: that and also it's it's great, it's not bad. It's great.

944
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 1: You're still standing by the background dances remark or you

945
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: feel bad about that? Nah? Nah? You know what? Um

946
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: when I think about that, you know, I thought that

947
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:29,800
Speaker 1: was funny because I'm gonna just you know, keep it

948
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 1: player with you. You know what I'm saying. As you've

949
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 1: seen with the mother and my children. Like, I'm never

950
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: pressed off of a woman choosing up or who she

951
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:39,040
Speaker 1: want to be with. That's not my personality, you know

952
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:41,400
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like, Hey, women choose you know what

953
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: I'm saying. Um, But for me, that's that's not what

954
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,800
Speaker 1: it was about. You know what I'm saying. That's trivial

955
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,320
Speaker 1: in a drop, you know what I mean, in the

956
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,920
Speaker 1: ocean of the other things that we all have shared

957
00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:58,239
Speaker 1: an experience that you know what I mean. Come on, man,

958
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: that's small, you know what I'm saying. So, yeah, that's

959
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: more funny to me. That's another thing that's just like that.

960
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:06,960
Speaker 1: Don't what does that have to do with anything? Bro?

961
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:09,840
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? What's up? Man? You know,

962
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 1: and you think all communication is done like because God forbid.

963
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 1: We live in a real crazy world. You see the

964
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: things that's happening to people. If something was to happen

965
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: to one of them, wouldn't you feel some sort of way? Yeah? Man,

966
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: I don't want nothing to happen to nobody. You know

967
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,319
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I wish everybody, well, man, I don't

968
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:27,840
Speaker 1: want I don't wish no ill nobody. You know what

969
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 1: I'm saying, um, and I wish them well, man, you

970
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:33,920
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like, I really hope that they

971
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: see through this experience and they take a little bit

972
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: more accountability, you know what I mean, moving forward, And

973
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,840
Speaker 1: I like, I hope that they, you know, um, do

974
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 1: good things for that life. You know what I'm saying, Like,

975
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 1: I don't wish nobody bad, you know what I'm saying. Yeah,

976
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: what does Marcus used to say about all of this?

977
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't speak to him. You don't

978
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:59,359
Speaker 1: speak I know that I haven't spoke to him so long,

979
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:00,800
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, that was your real that's not

980
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: your real brother. No, I'm the eldest and you funny

981
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:12,080
Speaker 1: Charlot Mane because you're looking at you like that. Brothers Yes,

982
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:20,279
Speaker 1: I always yeah, No, Ryan, Nah, that's my real brother. Okay,

983
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 1: I'm the oldest. Yeah. And what does she just asked

984
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: me to ask you? What does watermelon have to do

985
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: with everything? Ok? Do you like water guys? Do you

986
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 1: like watermelon? Yes? Watermelon is one of the best, very healthy. Yes,

987
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: good for your heart, good for your skin. Okay, thank you? Yes,

988
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:39,880
Speaker 1: and see so and that's the window. And that's the

989
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: window that people just don't want to walk through because

990
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: they want to just stay at the you know, sexual

991
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,319
Speaker 1: aspect of it. You know what I mean. Because good

992
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,480
Speaker 1: things are like sex, you know what I'm saying, And

993
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 1: that's why we're all addicted to it, you know what

994
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,720
Speaker 1: I'm saying. So when you mix the fruit with the sex,

995
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, that's another level. You might

996
00:51:57,719 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: want to try that, you know what I'm saying. Try

997
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:01,880
Speaker 1: Watermel and Taylor. I'm telling you might want to try that.

998
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:03,840
Speaker 1: You want to might just want to start by kissing

999
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:07,799
Speaker 1: somebody with somebody that you love, well, watermelon, and see

1000
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:09,960
Speaker 1: how you feel. It's interesting. They give you Flight four.

1001
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:11,880
Speaker 1: But when Beyonce, you just randomly said it in the

1002
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 1: song nobody Can It's randomly watermelon, you just know being

1003
00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:22,640
Speaker 1: Oh say it? Oh do it? It's a problem. All right? Well,

1004
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: y usually be like, well, where's the new record? But

1005
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:29,120
Speaker 1: you ain't got a record for us today? Yes, yes,

1006
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 1: I do, Okay, okay, okay, what's what's this record? Let's

1007
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:36,759
Speaker 1: go introduce it? Oh wait a minute, I'm sorry, my bad.

1008
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:40,240
Speaker 1: Hold on, I got too excited. No, we got the album.

1009
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,399
Speaker 1: It's ready, it's in the clip. We can't get a record. Yeah,

1010
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 1: we could get a record syndicated on a hundred and

1011
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:50,280
Speaker 1: thirty plus markets everybody. That's okay, Okay, we should probably

1012
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 1: we should probably we should probably send it to y'all

1013
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 1: so we could see you know what I mean, because honestly,

1014
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,520
Speaker 1: I have to salute you if you've always been a supporter,

1015
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:00,480
Speaker 1: you've always liked and enjoyed my music and reported me,

1016
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:02,880
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So this, um, this new

1017
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,360
Speaker 1: album is new project Full Circle. Man, I want I

1018
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:07,239
Speaker 1: want to definitely say it to you first that it's

1019
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 1: called Full Circle. It's called Full Circle. Okay, Yeah, a

1020
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,960
Speaker 1: lot of features you come. You see where I'm going

1021
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 1: with this. Yeah, it's prophetic. Okay, when's it gonna It's

1022
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:20,120
Speaker 1: coming out for years old? Yes, all right, yes, okay,

1023
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:22,120
Speaker 1: all right, Well it's the Breakfast Club is a Mario

1024
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:22,799
Speaker 1: face