Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning. Breakfast Club Morning.
Speaker 1: Everybody is DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlomagne the guy. We
Speaker 1: are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in
Speaker 1: the building. Yeah, welcome, Hey, thanks for having me and
Speaker 1: spend a minute. Ya, how you're doing a long time?
Speaker 1: How are you? Man? All as well? Tell me about
Speaker 1: your morning routine? Man? What are you doing the morning
Speaker 1: when you wake up? Um? It depends. You know. The
Speaker 1: first thing is brush my teeth. You know what I'm saying? Good,
Speaker 1: I mean everything on a spiritual level, Okay, Um, I
Speaker 1: definitely take a beat, you know. UM, usually do some
Speaker 1: breath work, you know what I'm saying, say some affirmations,
Speaker 1: and I pretty much get my day started after that.
Speaker 1: When did when did you start doing this? Was this
Speaker 1: always your routine or this is something that you did
Speaker 1: later in life? For yeah, it's something that I, um,
Speaker 1: I found more productive later on in life, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I felt like I've always been spiritual,
Speaker 1: but um, just you know, adding the affirmations, it's just
Speaker 1: kind of you know, um, and the breathwork has kind
Speaker 1: of like definitely powered me up in a different way
Speaker 1: than like drinking coffee or you know, doing anything outside
Speaker 1: of myself. Yeah. I feel like at some point you
Speaker 1: went on a real journey of healing because I remember
Speaker 1: when you was on your physical routine with the boxing
Speaker 1: and everything, and then it feels like at some point
Speaker 1: you started realizing I got to get mentally and emotionally stronger. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Also because of a lot of the things that you
Speaker 1: know that were like happening on the outside, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, um, And that's why this book really
Speaker 1: kind of came into fruition unbothered the power of choosing
Speaker 1: joy because you know, I needed to do something more,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I needed to turn it
Speaker 1: inside and you know, really you know, figure out what
Speaker 1: worked for me, you know what I'm saying. And the breathwork,
Speaker 1: you know, the mantras, all of these things that I'm
Speaker 1: sharing in the book definitely put me, you know, on
Speaker 1: another level. Just as far as emotional intelligence, you know, um,
Speaker 1: our culture you know really struggles with that man, you
Speaker 1: know what i mean, emotional maturity and maturity just period,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. As as I've grown, you know,
Speaker 1: as a father, being a parent, you know what i mean,
Speaker 1: Like life has definitely showed me that, you know, things
Speaker 1: are not always happening to you, things are happening for you.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. You feel like this book
Speaker 1: saved you, uh in a way to your practices? Do
Speaker 1: you feel like it saved you with like you said,
Speaker 1: everything going on from the industry. You feel like if
Speaker 1: it wasn't for some of the things that you practice
Speaker 1: in this book, that you would have wild out and
Speaker 1: did so stupid and for sure, for sure because it's
Speaker 1: so easy to do that. It's so easy to succumb
Speaker 1: to your you know, emotions and to um not be thoughtful,
Speaker 1: you know. And that's what really being unbothered is about,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Um, A lot of people
Speaker 1: get misconstrued like what I'm bothered is about because you know,
Speaker 1: it's definitely an attitude, but you know, people don't understand
Speaker 1: it's being unbothered is dealing with emotions. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. It is recognizing and realizing like, Okay, I
Speaker 1: feel this way, you know what I mean? But why
Speaker 1: and what's the best thing for me to do? Um? Oh,
Speaker 1: when you get bothered, not staying there, that's something you learning,
Speaker 1: you know, especially in CBT cognits to behavior therapy when
Speaker 1: you are bothered, when you are triggered, not staying there
Speaker 1: right right now. One thing you talked about that in
Speaker 1: this book is fair, yeah, and how you can make
Speaker 1: fear actually be productive. So for yourself, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of things that you went through at a young age
Speaker 1: that could have been scary for you or you were
Speaker 1: scared to do. What are some tips you would get
Speaker 1: people on how to make fear more productive for your life? Well, definitely,
Speaker 1: you know, realizing and recognizing like why you feel it,
Speaker 1: you know, facing it. It's it's actually more productive than
Speaker 1: you know, staying stuck, because that's what fear does. Fear
Speaker 1: kind of like paralyzes you from growing, you know. So
Speaker 1: you know, fear early on definitely became my friend and
Speaker 1: my journey because you know, stepping to the stage is
Speaker 1: like nerve racking too. You know a lot of people
Speaker 1: don't understand that. You know, when you get into the stage,
Speaker 1: it's always something different every time. You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: It might you know, be some family stuff. You know,
Speaker 1: it might not just be that you know, this sound
Speaker 1: man isn't working or this is going on, you know,
Speaker 1: being able to be productive and know that you know,
Speaker 1: at the end, all you can do is give your
Speaker 1: best effort. You know. Fear has been definitely you know,
Speaker 1: in the front seat with me my whole journey, and
Speaker 1: I got a great relationship with it. I like having
Speaker 1: these conversations with people like you could you've been around
Speaker 1: for such a long time. When you're young and you
Speaker 1: know you don't have the language that you have now,
Speaker 1: they'll throw you out on the stage even if you
Speaker 1: are dealing with something you gotta you gotta push through. Yep.
Speaker 1: So how was that? How did you have to coo
Speaker 1: put that back? Then? Did you even realize that you
Speaker 1: were going through? Nah? Nah? Actually, because I was so young,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like a lot of the time,
Speaker 1: you know, um in the future, certain things would come
Speaker 1: up and I would be like, why do I feel
Speaker 1: that way? You know what I'm saying? And it was
Speaker 1: because you know, I was in the moment, but but
Speaker 1: but not really a present, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So so yeah, so what was what? What would you
Speaker 1: say the reason you wrote this book? I would say
Speaker 1: the main the core reason is not only to share
Speaker 1: my stories, but you know, like the late great Nipsey
Speaker 1: Hustles say, you know, UM, to inspire is the highest
Speaker 1: human act. So you know, I'm just really hoping that,
Speaker 1: you know, I can be a voice you know for
Speaker 1: you know, all the people that's coming up and that
Speaker 1: needed this infort I needed this information, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. Um, I'm just hoping it inspires the world.
Speaker 1: You've been keeping a lot of shit in the tuck though, Maria.
Speaker 1: I feel like you feel like you came with the
Speaker 1: book then the first of the Doctor. Yeah, and it
Speaker 1: was like Mario's writing a book. I'm like, damn, he
Speaker 1: was holding all that in the chamberhood. Yeah, got an
Speaker 1: album too, in the cut, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: wrote a TV show, you know what I mean, doing
Speaker 1: a movie. So yeah, I just buckled down and really
Speaker 1: start focusing on what I feel like, you know, these
Speaker 1: different verticals, like what I want to contribute at this
Speaker 1: point in time, you know, because it's hard to stay
Speaker 1: mot motivated in this game. You know, they're always changing
Speaker 1: the goal posts, you know, and a lot of people
Speaker 1: are not you know, in tune all the time. You know,
Speaker 1: they're like, well what are you doing? Or you know,
Speaker 1: and it's like yo, you know, I'm one of the
Speaker 1: few child prodigies that came up in the game. So
Speaker 1: work for me is this, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: This is my life. This is what I've contribute the
Speaker 1: most energy too. So you know, I'm always I'm always
Speaker 1: working on something. It made you not respond or right,
Speaker 1: because you've been going through a lot the last ten years,
Speaker 1: everything and every I mean ninety percent of people are
Speaker 1: gonna respond somehow someway. Yeah, whether it's personal, whether it's relationship,
Speaker 1: whether it's family, whether it's your group, whether it's your label,
Speaker 1: whatever it is, you don't respond right? Why I think that? Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm I'm a I am a methodical person.
Speaker 1: I am a thoughtful person. So a lot of the time,
Speaker 1: you know, if I am going to respond, I want
Speaker 1: to make sure that you know, I get what I
Speaker 1: need from it, you know what I mean? Because rarely
Speaker 1: when we react into life that we actually get what
Speaker 1: we want, you know what I mean. So for me,
Speaker 1: I've always just been like, okay, you know, um, at
Speaker 1: those moments, you know, those ups and downs of my career,
Speaker 1: I've always just been like, I'm gonna do what's best
Speaker 1: for me, you know, Um, you check a box like
Speaker 1: I remember he said that. She said, I definitely, I
Speaker 1: definitely have a mental list. Nah, No, I don't. I
Speaker 1: don't think because I'm sure enough to realize that a
Speaker 1: lot of people's perspectives and just position in life are
Speaker 1: you know, temporary, you know what I'm saying, Because things change,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So I try my best
Speaker 1: to not take things personal. You feel like you slipped
Speaker 1: a little with all these things that have been happening,
Speaker 1: and he has to be like, let me go back
Speaker 1: into my arm. No, I think. No. I think that
Speaker 1: it's important to stand up for yourself too, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. I think people get confused when you know,
Speaker 1: people speak up, that it's like, oh me not or
Speaker 1: me being bothered instead of being unbothered. But I think
Speaker 1: that it's important to also stand up for yourself and
Speaker 1: speak up when you feel that, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: I think that's important as a man, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, to really speak up for yourself on your journey.
Speaker 1: Otherwise you know, um, you know, things just don't happen.
Speaker 1: But okay, so what about Rasby saying he was triggered
Speaker 1: by certain things in the documentary did you feel some
Speaker 1: type of or more It's like, Okay, this was a
Speaker 1: serious issue you know for him, I think, um, for
Speaker 1: raz that you know, UM, he's a really it's interesting,
Speaker 1: you know, UM because you know, he obviously is intelligent
Speaker 1: enough to see an opportunity to speak about things, you know, um,
Speaker 1: and use it to his advantage, you know. Um. And
Speaker 1: what do I mean by that? You know, I just
Speaker 1: mean that, you know, I've never I mean, I know Rasby,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And I've never heard him
Speaker 1: say he's been triggered, you know what I mean. But
Speaker 1: I also, you know, have you know, along with my team,
Speaker 1: especially on tour, you know, have given him the opportunity
Speaker 1: to better his process, and you know he hasn't taken
Speaker 1: those opportunities, you know. And the thing that's I think
Speaker 1: that's tough for me and a lot of people to
Speaker 1: understand it is, you know, as you know, a type
Speaker 1: of brother, you know, you have to hold your brother accountable,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So when he said that
Speaker 1: he was triggered, I think that that is something that
Speaker 1: he could have felt. But you know, if people watch
Speaker 1: actually watch the docu, you know I was there supporting him,
Speaker 1: you know, although that small clip was out there. You know,
Speaker 1: me and my team, we were out there supporting him,
Speaker 1: asking them what he needed, you know, um, trying to
Speaker 1: figure out, you know, our best to help him face
Speaker 1: you know, these very traumatic things that he's been through.
Speaker 1: You know. So I just thought it was interesting, you know,
Speaker 1: that he decided to see the clip you know, in
Speaker 1: which you know, he uh you know, wrote off on
Speaker 1: to say that he was being triggered. I thought, I
Speaker 1: just thought it was interesting because he knows that, you know,
Speaker 1: I've been for me. He had to sign off on
Speaker 1: his part in the documentary. Yes, I'm saying, like, you know,
Speaker 1: just was interesting. It's just like, yo, but you know,
Speaker 1: we were on tour and we were supporting you. We
Speaker 1: told you ask and how did that work? But you
Speaker 1: know how healing is though. Healing is like it's not
Speaker 1: a destinations. Something may not bother you on Monday, but
Speaker 1: that's the same thing might trigger you onto Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you're right, You're right. I agree, you know, I just
Speaker 1: think that it's it's interesting in the timing, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, because that clip had been out there
Speaker 1: for a couple of days and then it was just
Speaker 1: like Okay, but are you getting help? Bro? Yeah? Are
Speaker 1: you taking the steps? Are you taking the steps you
Speaker 1: know to to not always express you know, your emotion
Speaker 1: student Internet, like, are you doing the work now? Are
Speaker 1: you doing the work? That's not what I see? That's
Speaker 1: not what I see? And how is it with you know,
Speaker 1: because you guys were brothers growing up, Like, yeah, you
Speaker 1: guys were everywhere together. You guys grew up with each other.
Speaker 1: So how is it that you guys really don't mesh
Speaker 1: and speak and communicating When they do it's usually I
Speaker 1: haven't heard you say really much bad about them, anything
Speaker 1: bad about them, but them talking bad about you? So
Speaker 1: how does that work? Because you all are still on
Speaker 1: tour a world? Yeah, um, yeah, that's that's a that's
Speaker 1: a that's a challenging question just because you know, there
Speaker 1: were a lot of people, you know, like, let's let's
Speaker 1: just take the concept of brotherhood, right, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, everybody has a different version of that, you know, fortunately,
Speaker 1: because some people don't actually have siblings, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, it means different things to different people. So
Speaker 1: I would say, in one aspect through our journey, you know,
Speaker 1: we were put together to be brothers, you know, what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. But I don't think in essence we were
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I think that, you know,
Speaker 1: there were a lot of people, you know, that made
Speaker 1: sure that we connected and then disconnected, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. You know, certain people on our journey, it's
Speaker 1: almost like we were made to be brothers, to be
Speaker 1: secret enemies, you know what I mean. And there's only
Speaker 1: certain stories that could kind of you know embody like
Speaker 1: what that means, you know, because I believe in the
Speaker 1: real brotherhood, jealousy doesn't exist. You know. You might you
Speaker 1: might feel like you might feel like, Okay, well dang,
Speaker 1: look at my bro he going up. I want to
Speaker 1: be inspired, but it never makes you vindictive. It never
Speaker 1: makes you jealous. It never makes you go past a
Speaker 1: certain point, you know. And with our journey, you know,
Speaker 1: things have went way past go you know what I'm saying. So,
Speaker 1: you know, I would say in the aspect of our journey,
Speaker 1: you know, we're we have a brotherhood, but in reality,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I wouldn't say that they
Speaker 1: identify as what I consider my brother, like my brother Ryan,
Speaker 1: you know, like our journey, the things that we've shown
Speaker 1: each other, you know, the challenging times we have. The
Speaker 1: way we got through that, you know, that's how you're
Speaker 1: able to really truly identify who someone is to you
Speaker 1: in your life, you know what I mean. Somebody that
Speaker 1: loves you. You know, they don't do certain things. You know,
Speaker 1: they don't say certain things. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So you know, if we're just really looking at it,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean as far as what it is,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. If it acts like a duck,
Speaker 1: if it talked like a duck, it's a duck. You
Speaker 1: talk about forgiveness in the book too, though, yes, so
Speaker 1: do you believe in that? I know you also say
Speaker 1: there was like an elder person who really was manipulative. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and that's what kind of caused the strain and the relationship.
Speaker 1: Do you think that there's a way to discuss things
Speaker 1: behind the scenes off camera and come to some healing
Speaker 1: because you did, you know, sit down with jay Bug
Speaker 1: and give them a chance. You talk about that in
Speaker 1: the book as well, and you know, decide to reconnect
Speaker 1: and go on tour. But can you see something like
Speaker 1: that happening or do you feel like some things, like
Speaker 1: you said, fuck it, I can't control it. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think that there's definitely a lot of you know, healing,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, that could go on, and
Speaker 1: that would be awesome, you know what I'm saying. But
Speaker 1: I will also say that, like, you know, we're all
Speaker 1: definitely on different levels. But as far as forgiveness goes
Speaker 1: in the aspect of the book, the reason why forgiveness
Speaker 1: is so important because as you know, it's for you too,
Speaker 1: you know, And it doesn't mean that you have to,
Speaker 1: you know, decide now because I forgive you that. You know,
Speaker 1: we're all of a sudden going to do what we
Speaker 1: was doing, you know what I'm saying. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a process, you know. And I would say for me,
Speaker 1: you know, um, it's been a it's been a long journey.
Speaker 1: It's been such a process for me to be able
Speaker 1: to really understand how certain things in certain people's lives
Speaker 1: and even in their journeys that you can't even speak about.
Speaker 1: It's not even your right, you know, to be like, yeah, well,
Speaker 1: y'all don't really know what happened, because I do, and
Speaker 1: I'm just choosing to be respectful to you know, allow
Speaker 1: someone to really speak about their journey you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. And that's so important, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: to not step on people's toes and for me, you know,
Speaker 1: I've forgiven them, you know what I'm saying, You forgive them,
Speaker 1: but not necessarily forget or not necessarily want to be
Speaker 1: in you know, a brotherhood or a relationship or anything
Speaker 1: with them ever. Again, they're like, I can forgive you,
Speaker 1: but yeah, yeah with you, well, it's like I can
Speaker 1: forgive you, you know, but at this point in time,
Speaker 1: you know it, you know our relationship, you know, it
Speaker 1: doesn't serve you know where I need to be and
Speaker 1: the energy that I must keep myself in in order
Speaker 1: to keep my own peace, you know. Um. And that's
Speaker 1: the most interesting thing about people you love. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. You even got to take breaks from them,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So yeah, if you want to,
Speaker 1: you know, put it plainly, then I would say, do
Speaker 1: we ever know a person's whole story? Though? Because you
Speaker 1: said that, you know, you know, you said you wouldn't
Speaker 1: speak on certain things because you I guess know, but
Speaker 1: you ever really truly know everything that a person though?
Speaker 1: I think that, Um, I think I think yes and
Speaker 1: no you know, Um, I think the people closest you know,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, even though it is another perspective,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, I think, yeah, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, there's certain people like I could speak
Speaker 1: about my kids in a certain type of way I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So I think there's people that you know. But for
Speaker 1: the most part, you know, um, you can surmise what's
Speaker 1: going on, and you can definitely see the influences and
Speaker 1: you can see you know, who takes you know, more
Speaker 1: percentage of the influence, you know, through the actions. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I want I wanted to ask, and you know, we
Speaker 1: haven't seen you a long time, so zil you no
Speaker 1: more questions? When when one of the members of the
Speaker 1: group was talking to your baby's mother, your children's mother. Yeah, Abril, yeah,
Speaker 1: Abril Yeah, how did that make you feel? Because you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's when you think about certain things, it's a
Speaker 1: man like, you know, punch me in my face, keep
Speaker 1: my car, you know, pop my tires, call me a
Speaker 1: bitch ass nigga, right, but certain things you just don't do.
Speaker 1: So at that point, how did you feel and did
Speaker 1: you know? Um, yeah, I knew you know I heard,
Speaker 1: and you know, it really turned up my own bother
Speaker 1: because he turned from no I did, No, I didn't
Speaker 1: a whole nother, you know what I'm saying, because I
Speaker 1: knew that what he was doing was on purpose, you know,
Speaker 1: And it didn't really prove anything, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: It didn't really prove anything because you know, at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, you know, you have to recognize
Speaker 1: that people make their own choices, and most of the
Speaker 1: time it don't even have nothing to do with you,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So he made that choice,
Speaker 1: and I don't think it was a smart choice. What
Speaker 1: about her? Did you ever feel like, why why are
Speaker 1: you doing this? Yeah? Man, yeah, you know I asked
Speaker 1: that question, you know many times, you know, because I
Speaker 1: can't put you know, for the sake you know understand,
Speaker 1: But but you know, from from her perspective, you know,
Speaker 1: someone that's hurt, you know what I'm saying. You know,
Speaker 1: hurt people, hurt people, you know what I mean, And
Speaker 1: some people just take it to another level, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. And she definitely took it to a
Speaker 1: whole another level. And I remember was having that conversation
Speaker 1: here and I said, well, I don't know if Marion
Speaker 1: and uh fiars are close, they might not be close,
Speaker 1: but so in his mind that might not be a violation.
Speaker 1: But for her, clearly y'all had a situal relationship y'all. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean anybody that's around me, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: anybody that I invite into my space. You know what
Speaker 1: I mean. I'm obviously comfortable with them, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So you know, um to say that we
Speaker 1: ain't close, you know what I'm saying. You know, because
Speaker 1: this was like early on, you know, early on, you know,
Speaker 1: when I you know, invited And this is probably the
Speaker 1: last time I'll speak about this, you know what I'm saying. Exercise, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I speak about this about it. Yeah, yeah, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. But um, you know, uh, when me
Speaker 1: and FIDS linked back up, you know, it was it
Speaker 1: was like definitely some synergy, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: Like he was definitely in a different you know, personality,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. You know, I would say
Speaker 1: that he was more like humble, you know, he needed
Speaker 1: he needed something, you know what I'm saying. So you
Speaker 1: know when we was hanging out, you know, that's what
Speaker 1: the vibe was, you know what I mean, We were
Speaker 1: going on bike rides. We was really essentially getting back
Speaker 1: to a new level you know, of brotherhood, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And there was times that he came over,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, and he was dealing with
Speaker 1: other girls, and he came over while me and April
Speaker 1: were in a relationship, you know what I'm saying, His
Speaker 1: invitation you know, to be on love and hip like
Speaker 1: all of that, you know what i mean. So that's
Speaker 1: why I said it turned up mind father, because I
Speaker 1: knew that it was intentional, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: And it was just like why are you doing that? Though? Bro?
Speaker 1: Like what do you get from this? You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying? Like what you you think you won a
Speaker 1: contest or something, you know what I'm saying, Like, you know,
Speaker 1: what you did was destroy something? You know that, you know,
Speaker 1: one apology, you know what I mean, It's not enough,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So you still decided to
Speaker 1: go on tour with them? Yeah, what was that decision? Like?
Speaker 1: Because what most people would be like, So what was that?
Speaker 1: Because you had to forgive to at least allow them
Speaker 1: to allow them to make money, right, Yeah, so what
Speaker 1: what the most important thing to me? You know, um,
Speaker 1: outside my own experience, you know, for myself. You know,
Speaker 1: once I had kids, you know what I mean, that
Speaker 1: changed everything for me, you know, and that changed everything
Speaker 1: for me just as far as you know, my consideration
Speaker 1: and you know, them not asking to be here and
Speaker 1: you know what it means to really be a father,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean to be a father, you
Speaker 1: have to consider those things, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So you know, I had to ask myself, was my
Speaker 1: hate or my disdain for my experience, you know, more
Speaker 1: important than you know the connections and the impact that
Speaker 1: I've had on music, you know, um, during my time
Speaker 1: in the group, and when I thought about how impactful
Speaker 1: that would be to my kids, you know, that was
Speaker 1: That was pretty much how I decided, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. And I was just like, you know, whatever
Speaker 1: they did, you know what I mean, whatever people did, like,
Speaker 1: it can't compare to that, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So that was that was my That was my deciding factory. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: my mom's was just like I mean, everybody in support,
Speaker 1: you know, my family, um, and I have to definitely
Speaker 1: you know, thank Michelle. You know what I mean, Because
Speaker 1: Michelle was really the real reason why I decided to
Speaker 1: go on tour, because she helped me understand that. You know,
Speaker 1: because for so long you know what I mean, I, um,
Speaker 1: you know, have been on her right there. She's my
Speaker 1: business partner. She is my CEO of my company OWW
Speaker 1: or Marion Worldwide. So um, you know, she really helped
Speaker 1: me see the value in Um, you know why it
Speaker 1: was important to do it as well, because you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, for the longest I've been you know,
Speaker 1: you know, striving to mature from O Marion from B
Speaker 1: two K you know what I mean. And you know
Speaker 1: so many other artists has had an opportunity to do that.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. Beyonce, you know, justin timber Lake,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Um, yeah, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. I've always been pulled back, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, And I couldn't figure figure that out, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Um, I feel like you did, Rick.
Speaker 1: I feel like you do have your own identity. I
Speaker 1: do have my own identity. But you know, as far
Speaker 1: as the connectivity, you know, to the imprint in which
Speaker 1: how B two K separated. It was undone, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm And it wasn't It was undone, not from
Speaker 1: us the group. It was undone in our experience, you know,
Speaker 1: And that's why it came back around. So that's what
Speaker 1: I mean. I don't mean not having an identity outside
Speaker 1: of that, because I've obviously been successful as a solo artist,
Speaker 1: you know, on my own with number one albums, et cetera,
Speaker 1: et cetera, you know what I'm saying. So that's not
Speaker 1: what I mean. I just mean, you know, being supported
Speaker 1: by you know, everyone, to never have to revisit that
Speaker 1: and it being just something that was a treat which
Speaker 1: ended up being, you know what I'm saying, which ended
Speaker 1: up still being. But because of my experience, I felt
Speaker 1: definitely not good about it, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So it had to come back around in order for
Speaker 1: me to deal with it again, and for sure on
Speaker 1: so many levels, Like that's what I'm saying, Like I
Speaker 1: would never think that I would become an author, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Like I spent a year and
Speaker 1: a half, you know what I'm saying, writing and asking
Speaker 1: myself question after question. You know what I'm saying, Um,
Speaker 1: so yeah, you know, this is a purposeful journey, you
Speaker 1: know what i mean. And you reflected on your relationship
Speaker 1: with your father. Yeah as well. He was incarcerated when
Speaker 1: you were younger, and you guys did end up reconnecting.
Speaker 1: How do you think that's molded you into who you are?
Speaker 1: It's molded me in a very unique way, you know
Speaker 1: what i mean. You always hear about people not having
Speaker 1: their fathers and having um, you know, that male influence.
Speaker 1: But it turned into so many great things for me,
Speaker 1: you know, like me being the thing that I wanted
Speaker 1: the most, you know what I'm saying. And then fast
Speaker 1: forward us having a relationship now, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: Like we took our first trip last year. We went
Speaker 1: to dr you know what I'm saying, that we just
Speaker 1: chilled and it's like, you know, it's so dope, you know,
Speaker 1: to be able to see where I come from and
Speaker 1: to realize, you know, some of my courts and you know,
Speaker 1: perspectives as a person, you know what I'm saying. And
Speaker 1: it's dope to get that ladder on in life, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Because I didn't have really a
Speaker 1: lot of o Jeza you know men in the game.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, A lot of people that
Speaker 1: I look up to really actually give me information that
Speaker 1: was useful, you know what I'm saying. So essentially I
Speaker 1: had to be my own og, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So I look at some of the ogs deffinitely because
Speaker 1: of that, you know what I'm saying, because I feel
Speaker 1: like I'm a young og and I didn't really have
Speaker 1: no help like that. I'm glad so many brothers are
Speaker 1: having that conversation because the first time I ever had
Speaker 1: a breakthrough in therapy, first time I ever cried in therapy,
Speaker 1: was discussing it's my daddy issues, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: because we want that relationship with our fathers so bad
Speaker 1: and some of us don't have it. You know, then
Speaker 1: you get older, you got your own kids, and you
Speaker 1: kind of just winging it because nobody ever showed you
Speaker 1: I'd really be a good father exactly exactly, and that
Speaker 1: ladder on in life, man, it was like it was
Speaker 1: like a treat. You know what I'm saying. I'm like,
Speaker 1: I'm like so happy that I go get the kigging
Speaker 1: with my dad and you know what I'm saying, he flied.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Like he liked to do
Speaker 1: things a certain type of way. And I'm like, oh, okay,
Speaker 1: you see you. Yeah yeah, And it's so dope when
Speaker 1: I see my son, because that's that's what I see,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. And do you know he
Speaker 1: just he just got a phone and now he like
Speaker 1: texts me things that he likes. And I'm just like,
Speaker 1: what He's eight Yeah, shout out to Mega. He's probably
Speaker 1: gonna watch this one day. So let's talk about the
Speaker 1: vine timing because I find it so interesting that there
Speaker 1: was the verses right, probably didn't go to where you
Speaker 1: wanted it to go back fully, for sure, you seem
Speaker 1: like you're reacted with work. You reacted with the doctor,
Speaker 1: reacted with the book, the show. How did that come about?
Speaker 1: Because clearly that's the vine time, Yo, that's facts, that's facts. Um,
Speaker 1: I've just been preparing. I've just been preparing, and like
Speaker 1: you said, you know, the vine timing, and even though um,
Speaker 1: you know versus didn't go you know, it still was,
Speaker 1: you know, wildly successful, the most successful one, you know,
Speaker 1: so to be able to show up in the journey
Speaker 1: and be able to be like, you know what, damn,
Speaker 1: this might not have been a way that I wanted
Speaker 1: things to go, but oh wait a minute, watch this
Speaker 1: move right here. So I'm really highly thankful for you know,
Speaker 1: all the energies. You know what I'm saying. Rest in peace.
Speaker 1: My my analogy transitioned earlier this year, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So I definitely feel like the ancestors on
Speaker 1: the other side is moving certain things in the universe
Speaker 1: for me. Um and I'm just excited, man. Feel when
Speaker 1: people were questioning your talent, Yeah, I was gonna say,
Speaker 1: what went wrong that night? What would you have changed? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, it was a lot of things that went
Speaker 1: wrong that night, first being um, not not have a
Speaker 1: sound check and then also another report, why didn't you
Speaker 1: do a sound check? There was no time they were
Speaker 1: It was so underwhelming. They were not prepared, you know
Speaker 1: for what I expected to be kind of you know,
Speaker 1: a night in R and B that just kind of
Speaker 1: turned the sexy up on the planet again, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like, really, let's talk about the women,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But it became kind of
Speaker 1: hip hop really really fast, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: Early on, it was like that was the set of
Speaker 1: the energy, you know what I'm saying. And um, it
Speaker 1: was like from that from the rip, it was like
Speaker 1: it was on for the rest of the night, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So, but again, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't change anything, you know what I mean. Um,
Speaker 1: what was your question again? How do you people people
Speaker 1: questioning your Yeah, I think that that's the mark of
Speaker 1: a legend, you know what I'm saying. I remember, I remember,
Speaker 1: you know, hearing people say Michael, Michael Jackson couldn't seen
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Like, and you know, when
Speaker 1: when you're when you have been doing something for so long,
Speaker 1: you know, you can definitely have an off night, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. Um, but that is not the
Speaker 1: tell tale of you know, of a twenty two year career,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I feel like, you know,
Speaker 1: that's another strike, you know what I'm saying, Like it
Speaker 1: felt like people took the opportunity to say things to
Speaker 1: you that they've always wanted to. It definitely felt like, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was crazy. It was. It was a lot of
Speaker 1: energy for me, you know, but it's all good. Boy,
Speaker 1: had to bother you a little bit. You are well.
Speaker 1: Let me say it definitely may challenge me unlike I've
Speaker 1: been challenging such a long time to level up, because
Speaker 1: you know, I'm one of those people that you know,
Speaker 1: I don't really move for much, you know what I'm saying, Like,
Speaker 1: you know, because I study and I practice and I
Speaker 1: work on my craft so much, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I'm unmoved. But one thing that can't move me.
Speaker 1: One thing that has moved me, you know, was the
Speaker 1: will to just be better. And I think that that's
Speaker 1: something different in my generation than like you know, Stevie
Speaker 1: Wonder and Marvin Is. Like when when I got to
Speaker 1: enjoy their art, they were already at their highest level,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But people that's born in
Speaker 1: the eighties, you know, eighty four Lebron, myself, certain people
Speaker 1: that's born in that time, it's like we're able to
Speaker 1: show you like we're getting better, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: And I think that that's so very interesting in my time,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Because I plan on performing
Speaker 1: and doing what I love for the rest of my life,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and all capacities, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, as an entertainment mogul, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, A director, a writer, a producer, all of
Speaker 1: these you know, I plan on doing this for life.
Speaker 1: So I believe that. I mean, you're five acts of joy.
Speaker 1: Three of them have to do with that singing, writing,
Speaker 1: and piano. Yeah. Yeah, that's all about entertainment and performing.
Speaker 1: And so this is something you would do no matter what. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because it's the real expression of exuberance. And it's like,
Speaker 1: if you live in that's really what you want to display,
Speaker 1: you know what i mean, Like when you get that
Speaker 1: big check, it's like you want to dance and you
Speaker 1: want to be happy. You know what I'm saying. When
Speaker 1: something good goes well, it shows up in your body.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So you know, for me,
Speaker 1: that's how I want to live, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: And I want to be the epitome I will be,
Speaker 1: you know, the epitome of that you know expression joy,
Speaker 1: because it's really it really makes this experience worth living,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Because all of the other things,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, all of the other you know,
Speaker 1: aspects of life, you know what I mean, that are
Speaker 1: necessary too. You know what I'm saying, in order to
Speaker 1: create a balanced experience, but you know it doesn't always
Speaker 1: feel good, you know what I'm saying. So you got
Speaker 1: the chapter call Purpose. What do you think your main
Speaker 1: life purpose is? Because sometimes I wonder is it anything
Speaker 1: to do with entertainment? I feel like purpose is bigger
Speaker 1: than that in some ways. Yeah, I would agree, Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I feel like, you know, my purpose on
Speaker 1: this planet is to remind people that joy is a choice.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. And you know, through this experience,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, You'll have You're running into
Speaker 1: some things, you know what I'm saying, that can make
Speaker 1: or break your experience. You know what I mean. And
Speaker 1: it's really up to you, you know what I'm saying
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, to be able to
Speaker 1: choose happiness, you know what I'm saying. Period. I was
Speaker 1: gonna ask what's your relationship with Rick Ross? Because I
Speaker 1: know that you guys as far as business is concerned, Yeah,
Speaker 1: decided to dissolve it. And I heard him, you know,
Speaker 1: throw a couple of shots in a couple of souls, right,
Speaker 1: So what is your relationship and why why did you
Speaker 1: decide to leave or whatever it maybe well, you know,
Speaker 1: I was under the impression, you know, at the time
Speaker 1: of you know, may Back music and inception. You know
Speaker 1: what it is that I contributed to his business, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. And I feel like on that
Speaker 1: level he respects me, and you know he has to
Speaker 1: respect me, so you know, um, you know that's cool,
Speaker 1: you know, but as far as personally, you know, man,
Speaker 1: it's all good. Man Rosehy is one of the funniest
Speaker 1: person's like to come across, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So you know, if I see him, salute, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. But you know, he showed me. He
Speaker 1: showed me some things, you know what I'm saying. So
Speaker 1: because he showed me things, you know, even though you know, um,
Speaker 1: he could have helped more, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: He could have you know, he could have you know,
Speaker 1: lend more of a hand than you know what he
Speaker 1: was maybe you know, portrayed to you know, be but um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I appreciate the experience. Man. I had so much fun
Speaker 1: over in may Back music and making that music at
Speaker 1: that time, and you know, being able to create an
Speaker 1: alias may Back. Oh, to feel a part of something
Speaker 1: that was like, truly outside of my culture and outside
Speaker 1: of myself. How hands on was he when he because
Speaker 1: you know Ross has an their right you know, listening
Speaker 1: to Ross's albums and melodically they sound amazing. Yeah, how
Speaker 1: hands on was he with your projects? If he was? Yeah, no, man,
Speaker 1: Rose shows up. You know what I'm saying. Rose was there,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like he definitely like all right,
Speaker 1: this is what you want to do? Oh boom do it?
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. When when it was that time?
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. But when it was that
Speaker 1: when it wasn't that time, It wasn't that time. You
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. It was trying for some other things?
Speaker 1: Could you have done more of you think for you?
Speaker 1: I just I was I would just say, you know,
Speaker 1: one of one of the one of the tales tales
Speaker 1: for me. You know what I'm saying. Was the last
Speaker 1: conversation him and I had when um, you know he
Speaker 1: came out to LA and you know, I just expressed
Speaker 1: him as a businessman. You know, I need to prepare myself,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying for you know my transitions
Speaker 1: and you know, respectfully, you know if there's something going
Speaker 1: on with you in Atlantic, you know, just let me
Speaker 1: know so I could prepare myself, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: I was very clear with him with that, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. He was like, I got you, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, And it was like, you know,
Speaker 1: may Back Music is no longer a label and it's
Speaker 1: you know, I gotta go and actually do the work
Speaker 1: that was necessary for my journey to like figure out
Speaker 1: you know, where I was and it wasn't in a
Speaker 1: good position, you know what I'm saying. So that's really
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. You know what I'm saying. It's like,
Speaker 1: you know, we had a conversation, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: but you didn't honor that you feel like you needed to.
Speaker 1: So look, you think sometimes as black artists being that
Speaker 1: where black, instead of approaching it from just business, we
Speaker 1: look at all these situations like family, whether it's bt K,
Speaker 1: whether it's Made Back music, like, instead of looking at
Speaker 1: it from just districtly business aspects like now we're your family,
Speaker 1: so we get extra disappointed when things don't work out. Um.
Speaker 1: I think that there is you know, a feeling and
Speaker 1: an aspect you know to business when you do people.
Speaker 1: When you do business with people that you like, I
Speaker 1: wouldn't even say it's just a family thing, you know,
Speaker 1: it's people that you like, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So I think that you know, being transparent is important
Speaker 1: and it's imperative for the success of the brand, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Because you know, if you do
Speaker 1: business with somebody and they're not willing to take accountability,
Speaker 1: then you know, you kind of just left out there,
Speaker 1: you know, without a plan, you know, and if it's
Speaker 1: like a trust thing too. Yeah, But I think the
Speaker 1: point of businesses is success. That's the point of you know,
Speaker 1: our merger. We're coming together to you know, benefit each other,
Speaker 1: you know, not for me to get more from you
Speaker 1: or for you know, it to be vice versa. You know,
Speaker 1: it has to be a mutual thing. That's the only
Speaker 1: kind of business I'm interested in. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: You go to therapy, right? Um? No, no, I have
Speaker 1: what what? What? What? What is a Marion done wrong
Speaker 1: in any of these situations? I think, Um, I think,
Speaker 1: not speak up, you know what I'm saying, Maybe not
Speaker 1: speak up, maybe not have the words to you know, um,
Speaker 1: you know, voice my opinion. And also I think I'm
Speaker 1: a little you know, early on because I started so young.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a little gullible, you know what i mean.
Speaker 1: Just as far as business, you know what I'm saying that,
Speaker 1: as far as what people don't give you, what people
Speaker 1: are not supposed to give you. You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: Like the respect that sometimes you assume you might give,
Speaker 1: but that you're never really shown, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So I would say that, you know, that's definitely on me,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But I don't have no
Speaker 1: problem you know what I'm saying, being honest about my
Speaker 1: mistakes and taking accountability, you know what I mean, for
Speaker 1: anything that I've done wrong to people. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, That they may have felt that I've done wrong,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. If you have, If you
Speaker 1: if you ever came across me and you know, have
Speaker 1: a relationship with me and you were confused about something,
Speaker 1: there was always an opportunity for you to be able
Speaker 1: to you know, gaining some clarity. You know what I'm saying. Um,
Speaker 1: but the actions, you know what I'm saying, And that's
Speaker 1: something that we always have to bring into question when
Speaker 1: we speaking about people's personalities. You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: Like there's layers to this, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: And people have to be held accountable for what they're
Speaker 1: projecting versus their actions. You know what I'm saying. So
Speaker 1: you know what I would say. You know that I've
Speaker 1: done wrong. It's it's just that you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: just not you know, but it has gained me such
Speaker 1: a heightened level of awareness. You know what I'm saying
Speaker 1: that it's probably second or none. You know what I'm
Speaker 1: saying because you know I've been through it over and
Speaker 1: over again. You know what I mean, So I know
Speaker 1: I know where I'm going. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1: What does joy look like? The amaran hanging out with
Speaker 1: my kids, the water, the beach. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: A woman, you know what I mean? Some curves, um,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, some pleasant words, some reading,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Some some sex, some you know,
Speaker 1: making love, some fucking. You know what I mean. Like
Speaker 1: all of that. There's like four different ways to say
Speaker 1: sex when people hear that, and like some people, what's
Speaker 1: did making love and fucking to explain to them. Okay,
Speaker 1: I would say that the difference between making love is
Speaker 1: connecting on a deeper level, you know, connecting through um experiences,
Speaker 1: connecting through UM touch, connecting through um you know, spirituality.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. That's the difference between making
Speaker 1: love and fucking. You know what I'm saying. Fucking is
Speaker 1: more of a sport. You know what I'm saying. It's
Speaker 1: more in the in the physical aspects, which you know,
Speaker 1: it's some levels in there too. You know what I'm saying. Uma,
Speaker 1: And I was just thinking about it, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. But yeah, there's stairs. You know, there's a
Speaker 1: wide range. When you make music. What music do you
Speaker 1: like to make? Do you like to make soundtracks for fucking?
Speaker 1: I'm making love? I like to do a mix, Okay,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I like to do a
Speaker 1: mix because my experience has been very vast, so um,
Speaker 1: I like to do a mix. But more of love,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, More of love, because that
Speaker 1: is where intentionalize. You know what I'm saying. Anyone couldn't
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, go to the gym and
Speaker 1: work out and be big, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But to actually diet and to like start carving out
Speaker 1: that so you know, it requires a different level, a
Speaker 1: different type of discipline. You know what I'm saying. How
Speaker 1: many times have you made love in your life? Mario?
Speaker 1: A few times with the same person, to different people. No,
Speaker 1: different women, Okay, ye're different women, you know. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: to feel vulnerable enough to express yourself as like a
Speaker 1: scary thing, especially for a man, especially for someone you
Speaker 1: know like me, you know what I mean. But to
Speaker 1: feel comfortable like that, those times were like priceless. You know.
Speaker 1: That's how I made my first child, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. Yeah, okay, yeah, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: And it was like mega popped up, bam, Oh a minute,
Speaker 1: this thing works. This thing works, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But what an experience, you know what I'm saying. And
Speaker 1: we appreciate joining us. I got a couple more questions, man,
Speaker 1: like you know, he asked the question, what are you
Speaker 1: willing to struggle for? Yeah? You do you believe people
Speaker 1: are willing to struggle to accomplish their goals? And do
Speaker 1: you have to struggle? The other thing, especially when it
Speaker 1: comes to our kids. We don't want our kids to
Speaker 1: struggle that's why we work in the way we work. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that a necessary struggle is imperative to life,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, because it makes you, you know,
Speaker 1: apparent to balance. You know what I'm saying, Like everything
Speaker 1: is not good and everything is not bad. You know,
Speaker 1: the life is polaris you know what I'm saying, polarities.
Speaker 1: So some of the things that I was in the
Speaker 1: struggle for is is the things that I go through,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. You know what i mean,
Speaker 1: like my experience, you know what I'm saying. In this industry,
Speaker 1: what I'm you know, willing to contribute, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, not being motivated because so many people hating
Speaker 1: on you. You know what I mean, like digging down
Speaker 1: and figuring out like, oh okay, I do this for
Speaker 1: a whole other thing. You know what I'm saying. You know,
Speaker 1: like words and all of that is nice, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. But to be able to be a
Speaker 1: part of a movie like you got served to change people.
Speaker 1: You know. I was just in France, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, And I went out there solely for this
Speaker 1: thing called Dance Fusion, which all dance competition, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, Like and the amount of love you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, across on the world and in
Speaker 1: the world, like yo, you know what I mean. That's
Speaker 1: transitioning into you know, the movies and the other aspects
Speaker 1: of my career. You know what I mean, That I'll
Speaker 1: be exploring as a mobil So I wouldn't take nothing back,
Speaker 1: but I'm willing to struggle for those things. And you
Speaker 1: said one woman told you that her best friend died
Speaker 1: in ice box. Yeah, that was wild. Yeah, and they
Speaker 1: buried a picture with me, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: which was like at the time, I didn't really understand that,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But to be able to
Speaker 1: show up in someone's life, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: Fans hit me sometimes be like, yeah, you was in
Speaker 1: my dream, you know what I mean, Like what is that?
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. That's connecting on a deeper level.
Speaker 1: You know that is unseen, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So to be gifted that in this lifetime experience, you know,
Speaker 1: I wanted to be a good one, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. Wherever I show up in people's lives, I
Speaker 1: wanted to be prolific, you know I wanted to be
Speaker 1: you know, something like that story, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: Like they you know, they had they shared so many
Speaker 1: great memories with my music that it was so intense
Speaker 1: that they wanted to bury a picture, you know, in
Speaker 1: his casket as he is transitioning from this lifetime. He
Speaker 1: put a picture that in her mind that made him happy,
Speaker 1: you know, in his wherever he going, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. So that's deep, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I just want to, you know, continue to un
Speaker 1: as artist. I want to ask you a couple more questions,
Speaker 1: especially in particular the Drink Champion interview. Right, Um, I
Speaker 1: saw Fitz said that he can't he's not in contact
Speaker 1: with you because he never had your number. It's always
Speaker 1: been like that. That true. How does that sounds? I
Speaker 1: don't know. That sounds crazy man without calling you first, Okay,
Speaker 1: come on, ye, come on man, that's a joke. But
Speaker 1: you know he feels some type of way. So and
Speaker 1: he also said that you went solo because he had
Speaker 1: sex with a woman you liked, man, and that was
Speaker 1: so long ago. Um nah, I don't remember that happening.
Speaker 1: Fitz was um he was the first one to go
Speaker 1: solo because you know, Fiz was like the rapper, yeah
Speaker 1: and yeah, and you know the rapper was like the
Speaker 1: most famous in the group. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So Fitz was definitely like in front, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, as far as you know, um, certain vibes,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean in the group. You know
Speaker 1: what I mean. You know how like okay, Fitz doing
Speaker 1: something or he on his own way. Shit, we all
Speaker 1: getting on our own way, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I viewed it like that, Um, didn't they kick
Speaker 1: you out the group? Basically? No, no, not really. Now,
Speaker 1: it wasn't they fault. I take that back, No, it
Speaker 1: wasn't they fault. It was it was Chris Stokes fault.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. You know what I mean,
Speaker 1: because you know, he made us become brothers and then
Speaker 1: you know he separated us, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So he the elder that you talk about, Um, he's
Speaker 1: one of the elders. Okay, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: You don't have a relationship with him now now you
Speaker 1: know Rasby and I think it's been room with dad.
Speaker 1: You know, he talks about sexual abuse with Chris Stokes.
Speaker 1: Have you ever seen anything like that. I haven't. I
Speaker 1: haven't seen anything like that, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: But yeah, I haven't. Right, Yeah, Well that's like, you know,
Speaker 1: the varios are funny. He's not funny to me. But
Speaker 1: it's like, I'm not I'm not. I'm an answer. When
Speaker 1: I want to answer, he don't. He don't engage when
Speaker 1: he doesn't anything, he don't want to engage any engage.
Speaker 1: Respect that I respect. Not a tell all book or
Speaker 1: anything like that. There's a couple of stories that are relevant,
Speaker 1: you know, to what it is that you're trying to
Speaker 1: portray about the spirituality aspect of it. But it's not
Speaker 1: a tell all juice. Yeah, nay Na, I really want
Speaker 1: people to understand, you know what I'm saying, Like through
Speaker 1: the fire, through it all. You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: You gotta make certain choices and it's up to you.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. It's really up to you.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean. And I also I also
Speaker 1: don't think y'all realize the impact y'all, or maybe y'all do.
Speaker 1: I don't think y'all realize the impact y'all had on
Speaker 1: the generation. Because truth be told, I didn't realize it.
Speaker 1: So I talk to people like I think they tailor,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, who grew up on B
Speaker 1: two ks. They go to the what's the toy nine?
Speaker 1: The screams, don't not the script millennium toy and stuff
Speaker 1: now and they love y'all. So it's like, the more
Speaker 1: y'all talk, the more questions people have, it almost feels
Speaker 1: like their childhood was a lie. Yeah, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, was it? I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm saying. The more the more they hear y'all talk,
Speaker 1: that generation feels like their childhood was a lot. And
Speaker 1: they looked at y'all like brothers. I thought everything was
Speaker 1: all good. And I think the reason why I say
Speaker 1: that is because I think that because we grew up together,
Speaker 1: there is things to observe in that And that's the reason,
Speaker 1: that's the reason why this book is here. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like we grew up together, we all
Speaker 1: went through similar things. You know, we all have people
Speaker 1: that you know, we're around that could have done more
Speaker 1: and could have said things. It could have did things
Speaker 1: a certain type of way. But guess what, some of
Speaker 1: them ain't being held accountable and you know, we're gonna
Speaker 1: either leave it up to the universe to handle that,
Speaker 1: you know, which always handles that, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: or something's gonna happen. No, I'm just saying, but I'm saying,
Speaker 1: we see it with certain song writers. You can't get away.
Speaker 1: You can't get away for the things that you do
Speaker 1: on this planet. Okay, period. I want my generation to
Speaker 1: understand that. You know what I'm saying, Read the book,
Speaker 1: get the book. Trust me. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: This is for you. Do you feel like you're opening
Speaker 1: up more? You open up another cand of warrant by
Speaker 1: putting out the doctor not doing a book? You think, nah, nah,
Speaker 1: because you know this is my story. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. This is my story, and I own my story.
Speaker 1: How do you tell her to someone else? Well? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that and also it's it's great, it's not bad. It's great.
Speaker 1: You're still standing by the background dances remark or you
Speaker 1: feel bad about that? Nah? Nah? You know what? Um
Speaker 1: when I think about that, you know, I thought that
Speaker 1: was funny because I'm gonna just you know, keep it
Speaker 1: player with you. You know what I'm saying. As you've
Speaker 1: seen with the mother and my children. Like, I'm never
Speaker 1: pressed off of a woman choosing up or who she
Speaker 1: want to be with. That's not my personality, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like, Hey, women choose you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. Um, But for me, that's that's not what
Speaker 1: it was about. You know what I'm saying. That's trivial
Speaker 1: in a drop, you know what I mean, in the
Speaker 1: ocean of the other things that we all have shared
Speaker 1: an experience that you know what I mean. Come on, man,
Speaker 1: that's small, you know what I'm saying. So, yeah, that's
Speaker 1: more funny to me. That's another thing that's just like that.
Speaker 1: Don't what does that have to do with anything? Bro?
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? What's up? Man? You know,
Speaker 1: and you think all communication is done like because God forbid.
Speaker 1: We live in a real crazy world. You see the
Speaker 1: things that's happening to people. If something was to happen
Speaker 1: to one of them, wouldn't you feel some sort of way? Yeah? Man,
Speaker 1: I don't want nothing to happen to nobody. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I wish everybody, well, man, I don't
Speaker 1: want I don't wish no ill nobody. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, um, and I wish them well, man, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like, I really hope that they
Speaker 1: see through this experience and they take a little bit
Speaker 1: more accountability, you know what I mean, moving forward, And
Speaker 1: I like, I hope that they, you know, um, do
Speaker 1: good things for that life. You know what I'm saying, Like,
Speaker 1: I don't wish nobody bad, you know what I'm saying. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what does Marcus used to say about all of this?
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't speak to him. You don't
Speaker 1: speak I know that I haven't spoke to him so long,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, that was your real that's not
Speaker 1: your real brother. No, I'm the eldest and you funny
Speaker 1: Charlot Mane because you're looking at you like that. Brothers Yes,
Speaker 1: I always yeah, No, Ryan, Nah, that's my real brother. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm the oldest. Yeah. And what does she just asked
Speaker 1: me to ask you? What does watermelon have to do
Speaker 1: with everything? Ok? Do you like water guys? Do you
Speaker 1: like watermelon? Yes? Watermelon is one of the best, very healthy. Yes,
Speaker 1: good for your heart, good for your skin. Okay, thank you? Yes,
Speaker 1: and see so and that's the window. And that's the
Speaker 1: window that people just don't want to walk through because
Speaker 1: they want to just stay at the you know, sexual
Speaker 1: aspect of it. You know what I mean. Because good
Speaker 1: things are like sex, you know what I'm saying, And
Speaker 1: that's why we're all addicted to it, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. So when you mix the fruit with the sex,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, that's another level. You might
Speaker 1: want to try that, you know what I'm saying. Try
Speaker 1: Watermel and Taylor. I'm telling you might want to try that.
Speaker 1: You want to might just want to start by kissing
Speaker 1: somebody with somebody that you love, well, watermelon, and see
Speaker 1: how you feel. It's interesting. They give you Flight four.
Speaker 1: But when Beyonce, you just randomly said it in the
Speaker 1: song nobody Can It's randomly watermelon, you just know being
Speaker 1: Oh say it? Oh do it? It's a problem. All right? Well,
Speaker 1: y usually be like, well, where's the new record? But
Speaker 1: you ain't got a record for us today? Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I do, Okay, okay, okay, what's what's this record? Let's
Speaker 1: go introduce it? Oh wait a minute, I'm sorry, my bad.
Speaker 1: Hold on, I got too excited. No, we got the album.
Speaker 1: It's ready, it's in the clip. We can't get a record. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we could get a record syndicated on a hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty plus markets everybody. That's okay, Okay, we should probably
Speaker 1: we should probably we should probably send it to y'all
Speaker 1: so we could see you know what I mean, because honestly,
Speaker 1: I have to salute you if you've always been a supporter,
Speaker 1: you've always liked and enjoyed my music and reported me,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So this, um, this new
Speaker 1: album is new project Full Circle. Man, I want I
Speaker 1: want to definitely say it to you first that it's
Speaker 1: called Full Circle. It's called Full Circle. Okay, Yeah, a
Speaker 1: lot of features you come. You see where I'm going
Speaker 1: with this. Yeah, it's prophetic. Okay, when's it gonna It's
Speaker 1: coming out for years old? Yes, all right, yes, okay,
Speaker 1: all right, Well it's the Breakfast Club is a Mario
Speaker 1: face