WEBVTT - DJ CARISMA - 3 Course Tortilla

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to another episode of Eating While Broke. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Colleen Wit and today we have world famous DJ Charisma

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<v Speaker 1>in the building. From Power one on six, she quickly

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<v Speaker 1>rose to celebrity DJ status and was named three times

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<v Speaker 1>Female DJ of the Year. In addition to her DJ skills,

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<v Speaker 1>she has released hit records with Chris Brown, Tory, Lanes, Deslow,

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<v Speaker 1>just to name a few. What do you have us

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<v Speaker 1>cooking today? Dj? Charisma? While I come from Southern California,

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<v Speaker 1>Santana to be exact, and Mexican household, and we always

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<v Speaker 1>have tortillas on hand. So I'm gonna show you how

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<v Speaker 1>to whip up three cool little dishes with the tortillas today. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and what are your ingredients? We got one of them

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna's gonna be straight up tortillas and butter than

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<v Speaker 1>we got. You know, if you're really lucky, you got

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<v Speaker 1>some cheese at the house, We're gonna do that, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we're gonna whip up a little dessert with the

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<v Speaker 1>sugar in the cinnamon. Wow. Okay, so if you're really

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<v Speaker 1>really down on your luck, you have your tortillas. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited to see how tortillas and butters turn out,

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<v Speaker 1>So go ahead, let's get started. And I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to know what was the last time you ate this?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean probably just the other night. Like I taught

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<v Speaker 1>my daughter how to make it. This is something real

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<v Speaker 1>simple that like a kid can make, so like if

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<v Speaker 1>you're nine home alone and your parents are at work

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<v Speaker 1>type of deal. That's really where I started, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>making this dish, right, and this this dish, like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I don't really know the difference between flower

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<v Speaker 1>and quarantinias. Hate to hate to be that person from

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<v Speaker 1>New York y'all um, but I noticed the price point,

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<v Speaker 1>Like you know, I shopped for the show, so I

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<v Speaker 1>like look at the prices and I think I paid

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<v Speaker 1>five bucks and it was like a million flower tortillas

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<v Speaker 1>in that bag that could last you quite quite a while. Definitely,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like growing up like that was one thing

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<v Speaker 1>we really always had in the fridge, was the tortilla.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's you know why this is definitely my dish

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<v Speaker 1>because my mama always had those on deck. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>try the flower and butter tortillas, all right, So the

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<v Speaker 1>flower and butter is, like I said, if you really

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<v Speaker 1>you know, that's all you got you get home from school,

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<v Speaker 1>Mom and dad aren't there. You need to whip something up.

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<v Speaker 1>You go on the fridge and there's nothing there. So

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<v Speaker 1>you got tortillas. Go ahead, and so the first one's

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<v Speaker 1>real simple. You just get a flower tortilla, put it on.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't even need butter on the pan. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>put the butter on right now. I know it's an

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<v Speaker 1>electric skillet. Usually I would have done this with the

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<v Speaker 1>flame skillet. It's a lot easier to toss your tortilla

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<v Speaker 1>on there, you know. But if you got an electric skill,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna do it this way. Oh you mean you

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<v Speaker 1>would put the tortilla on directly on the flame, directly

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<v Speaker 1>on the flame. He did tortilla first, both sides, heat

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<v Speaker 1>it up, and then put your butter on, rolling into

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<v Speaker 1>a roll and that's it. Okay, I want to see it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. So we're gonna try it with this electric skillet.

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<v Speaker 1>Would that be considered like but with the difference, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay, it's it's hot enough, we're good. Okay, we're good.

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<v Speaker 1>Sea it's bubbling up. Yeah like that. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>can't use corn. There were times I use corn tortillas,

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<v Speaker 1>but the preference was always flower for me and my

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<v Speaker 1>sister growing up. The taste or yeah, it tasted better,

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<v Speaker 1>just tasted better. I feel like quarantin teas are better

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<v Speaker 1>for other street tacos and good. Okay, so this is

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<v Speaker 1>he know when it took two seconds? Two seconds because

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<v Speaker 1>I like a little bit of crispiness. That's what you need,

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<v Speaker 1>the crispiness. Like that's why I like the flame definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>So but this is good. This is good se same night.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you're gonna be electric, lover. Get to heat it up.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, like we said, this is definitely a

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<v Speaker 1>broke meal. So you know, when you're a kid, your

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<v Speaker 1>taste buds are a little different. You know when you

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<v Speaker 1>were a kid, did you know this was a broke meal?

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<v Speaker 1>Or did you know this was bombed? To me? Like

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't wait get to get home and just make

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<v Speaker 1>one of these. When I was a little you know, okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>what was going on? Like what's your home environment when

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<v Speaker 1>all this is going on? Definitely I was the older sibling,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, I took care of my little sister

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<v Speaker 1>and me and her would go and once my mom

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<v Speaker 1>started working when I was like three or four years old.

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<v Speaker 1>She never stopped working and neither did my dad, so

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<v Speaker 1>they were always at work and we were always alone

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of times. So this is what we will

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<v Speaker 1>come home and what we do. And how old were

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<v Speaker 1>you when you were making the like nine? That's why

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<v Speaker 1>I said, this is really simple that your kid can

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<v Speaker 1>make when they're by themselves. Like, but when she showed us,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, you know what I mean, she showed

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<v Speaker 1>us that my daughter is ten and I got her

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<v Speaker 1>doing it already too, so it's definitely doable. She's like,

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing even like that there. This one is over seeing. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want, all you gotta do is slap a

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<v Speaker 1>little butter in there for yourself, okay, and then rolling

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<v Speaker 1>into a roll because I don't know how much butter

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<v Speaker 1>you like I was slathering it. Okay. Oh wow, So

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<v Speaker 1>all this is going on, you're cooking at home. When

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<v Speaker 1>do you desire to become? D J Crais Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up in in the Golden era of music, like

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I grew up in the golden era

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<v Speaker 1>of radio in the nineties, Like I was a little

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<v Speaker 1>kid at that era, and that's when radio was at

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<v Speaker 1>its finest. You know. So I always had my radio.

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<v Speaker 1>I was always making um, stealing my mom's cassettes, cold

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<v Speaker 1>tissue in the top so I can record over whatever

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<v Speaker 1>she had on there. Remember how you used to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you can stick tissue in the time. You

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<v Speaker 1>had to put taper tissue on the top to block

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<v Speaker 1>a cassette so you could rerecord over it. Oh no,

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<v Speaker 1>I was popping in there and make my own mixtapes. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember recording off the radio, but I didn't do

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<v Speaker 1>that part. That was like next level ingenuity, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, I didn't have no money to go

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<v Speaker 1>get the blanks, you know what I mean. So I

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<v Speaker 1>would just take my mom's tape and would she what

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<v Speaker 1>would she say, like if she would be really mad

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<v Speaker 1>depending on what it was. So I was careful of

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<v Speaker 1>what cassette I chose. Don't be burning your parents stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, so I would do that. And so that's

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<v Speaker 1>how I really gathered it on. The whole thing. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that's how you do it? Yeah, and then just go

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<v Speaker 1>ahead and roll it on up. I roll it like

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<v Speaker 1>a taketo, roll it like a taketo. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>by the end of the season, I am going to

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<v Speaker 1>be fully prepared to handle tortillas. See, I would always

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<v Speaker 1>give it that little folder so I don't drip all

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<v Speaker 1>over me. I did it, no, no worries. Oh that's smart.

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<v Speaker 1>That's there you go, and there you go. You got

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<v Speaker 1>your little butter takido and you're hungry you get home

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<v Speaker 1>from school, just a little snack whom it will work

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<v Speaker 1>right when you're hungry and feels the stomach for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Now have you found other stuff, like random stuff in

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<v Speaker 1>your freads? You just throw it in there so it

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<v Speaker 1>got good. If you had like some leftover salsa from grandpa,

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<v Speaker 1>My grandpa used to make homemade salsa, green salsa. If

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<v Speaker 1>you got lucky, you have some sour cream, maybe he

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<v Speaker 1>would just dip it in whatever your flavor of dip is.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, ironically, I wish I had just grown up.

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<v Speaker 1>It works, It surely works. And how we get down

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<v Speaker 1>in the Mexican house. You doesn't have to salt a

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<v Speaker 1>pepper on it the butter, does it? Now? Did you

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<v Speaker 1>have real butter or margarine? Do you know? Um? Whatever

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<v Speaker 1>mama had, I don't know, because you don't need pepper

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<v Speaker 1>at all. This is delicious. Two seconds to make, two

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<v Speaker 1>seconds easy for your kids to make. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 1>do it this thing now, let's see, because normally I

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<v Speaker 1>would have a fire. If you got real lucky, you

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<v Speaker 1>put a little cheese in it, and you got your

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<v Speaker 1>good old classic kids of here. No, your passion for

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<v Speaker 1>music is going on all while you're young. You're burning tapes.

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<v Speaker 1>Where does it take the next pivotal turn before you

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<v Speaker 1>become DJ? Who? Isma? Well, I mean in high school

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<v Speaker 1>I used to program all the the when the varsity

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<v Speaker 1>basketball team would run out, I used to sit back

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<v Speaker 1>there and control the speaker and handle all that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of stuff. So that's how I knew I was really

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<v Speaker 1>interested in it, you know, like volunteered to do that. Yeah. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I was on the basketball team. I played ball, so

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<v Speaker 1>I was always really like, man, we need music, we

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<v Speaker 1>need some park while we run out, you know, so

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<v Speaker 1>I would. I really got into that, and the coach

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<v Speaker 1>let me do it. He showed me the speaker and

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<v Speaker 1>I taught myself how to use it. It It was this

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<v Speaker 1>massive p a and then from there I just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of learned. And there wasn't too many dj is at

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<v Speaker 1>my school. M hm. So next time you put butter

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<v Speaker 1>on it, huh. Yeah, this time, we're doing okay, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>So you you start to peep that there's no DJs.

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<v Speaker 1>There's not a lot of DJs. But I hear him

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<v Speaker 1>on the radio and I see him, so I started.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this was the MTV era, you know, b

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<v Speaker 1>et the basement. I was sold in love with hip hop,

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<v Speaker 1>the culture of hip hop and R and B. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I was just in love with it. So I just

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do more. And I was like, man, there's DJs.

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<v Speaker 1>And growing up there was only one female DJ I knew,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was Spinderella. Oh it wasn't you from like

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<v Speaker 1>Salt Peppers, but she was, you know, she was an

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<v Speaker 1>artist DJ. As far as like real club DJs and

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<v Speaker 1>radio DJs, I didn't know any So did you desire

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<v Speaker 1>to fill that void? Yeah? I desired to fill that

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<v Speaker 1>void because it was it was all boys and then

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<v Speaker 1>growing up too like it was that same thing, that competition.

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<v Speaker 1>All the boys that did have of the turntables didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to let me try it or do any of that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I went and I saved up all my money

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<v Speaker 1>mode lawns, wash cars, saved up all my bread and

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<v Speaker 1>bought my first creative records, my first turntable, and it

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<v Speaker 1>started teaching myself. You know, how did you know to

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<v Speaker 1>do that? To go out in mo lawns and wash

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<v Speaker 1>cars like I was just hustler. Did you proparach your mom?

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<v Speaker 1>Like mom, one day's equipment, she says no, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you go out and hustle. Or you just said no,

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<v Speaker 1>mom and dad's at work, I need these turntables. Mom

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<v Speaker 1>and dad's at work. Like I learned early on, don't

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<v Speaker 1>ask them for nothing, because healthy were gonna say no.

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<v Speaker 1>They were gonna say no. Even when it came to

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<v Speaker 1>like high school and my my, the things that you

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<v Speaker 1>typically get in high school, like the prom and the

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<v Speaker 1>in the letterman jackets and all that stuff, I had

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<v Speaker 1>to get it myself. So so becoming an entrepreneur was

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<v Speaker 1>like second, Yeah, it was like you had to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, my mom and dad worked, so they showed

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<v Speaker 1>me they worked, so I had to do the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Can we turn this down? This thing? These electric skillets

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<v Speaker 1>ain't no Jo turned your boy up on her? So

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<v Speaker 1>natural instinct you naturally and instinctually you just went to, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna hustle up my own stuff, so you door knock. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>all my neighbors knew me and stuff, So I just

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<v Speaker 1>got to hustling. Started working at fifteen years old, Soult shoes.

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<v Speaker 1>I worked at the athletes Foot. I worked there for

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<v Speaker 1>eight years straight, became the manager. Just I was a hustler,

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<v Speaker 1>saved up my bread and every night and every weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>I would do any house party I could do, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I DJed on washers and dryers upside down, trash cans before,

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<v Speaker 1>like anything to get the job done. It didn't matter

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<v Speaker 1>how much you were getting paid or did you do it,

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<v Speaker 1>because I did it in the beginning, I just did it,

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<v Speaker 1>did it, did it? And the money eventually came, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with the years of once it became a professional thing,

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<v Speaker 1>the money started coming in. So when would you have said,

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<v Speaker 1>like when did you I guess how long did it

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<v Speaker 1>take for you to go from doing it for free

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<v Speaker 1>to actually like making money? Um, the money came kind

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<v Speaker 1>of quick because you know, weddings and house parties those

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<v Speaker 1>are long events and like they gotta pay you something.

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<v Speaker 1>So it came. It came once I started like actually

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<v Speaker 1>getting good and I knew the music. It came within

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<v Speaker 1>a year or two, A little bit of money, a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, a little bit did you have to did

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<v Speaker 1>you were you always able to do hip hop music

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<v Speaker 1>or did you have to do what? Oh? No, It

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<v Speaker 1>took a long time for me to get to where

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to, and that's in the world of hip hop.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I had to play because I came from southern

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<v Speaker 1>California where the the Hispanic population is massive it dominates,

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<v Speaker 1>So I had to know how to play all the

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<v Speaker 1>Spanish music, all the seventies funk, old school, that's like

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<v Speaker 1>where I started. I couldn't wait until I could be

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<v Speaker 1>able to do a full party and play hip hop like.

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<v Speaker 1>That was my goal, you know what I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>really had to When did you have every papish like

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<v Speaker 1>what was that? Do you remember your first time actually

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<v Speaker 1>being able to like play hip hop? I mean certain

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<v Speaker 1>like parties is depending on who booked me. But it

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<v Speaker 1>got really good when I finally broke into l A

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<v Speaker 1>and got on the street team and did my first club.

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<v Speaker 1>Like once I got into the world, I was able

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<v Speaker 1>to start Okay, this is it right here, and this

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<v Speaker 1>is when I knew, okay, I'm gonna do this. And

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<v Speaker 1>I had three day jobs. I worked at That's how

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<v Speaker 1>I am right now. I worked at I worked at

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<v Speaker 1>a Chicago title in the daytime, I worked at home

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<v Speaker 1>depot at night, and then I worked at Coca Cola

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<v Speaker 1>in the graveyard, you know. And then on the weekends

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<v Speaker 1>where you working to like pay bills and pursue your

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<v Speaker 1>dreams or where you like, why were you working so much? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I lived on my own since I was seventeen. I

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<v Speaker 1>moved out at seventeen, you know, and just I was

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<v Speaker 1>just a hustler and just had to pay bills. Never

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't like to ask my parents for nothing. I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to always take care of them because they worked

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<v Speaker 1>so hard the whole lives. They still worked to this

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<v Speaker 1>day and I'm still trying to make it so they

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<v Speaker 1>don't gotta work no more. But yeah, I just hustling.

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<v Speaker 1>And then, uh, I knew it was real when I

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<v Speaker 1>got hired at the Street Team at Power one oh six,

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<v Speaker 1>And that's when I officially quit my day jobs and

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<v Speaker 1>I just took this. But the Street team didn't doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>really pay them nothing. So yeah, right back to eating this,

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<v Speaker 1>right back to eating this kind of stuff. When I

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<v Speaker 1>started do, when I when I made myself full time

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<v Speaker 1>and you were willing to actually take a pay cut. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because I just really was so passionate about it. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know where the passion came from, but the passion came.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't You have to give up some of your lifestyle

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<v Speaker 1>to to to do that? Well, I was never a

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<v Speaker 1>flashy person, thank god. So were you like living in

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<v Speaker 1>my roommates because that's a big pay cut. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>had roommates. Definitely had roommates throughout the years and all

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<v Speaker 1>that good stuff? You know? Did you have to explain?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm a little I'm a hustler like and plus

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<v Speaker 1>you learn on street teams, you learn how to like

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<v Speaker 1>talk to people in trade. I'm a great trader, barter

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<v Speaker 1>some ship. That's how I am. Like, I can just

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<v Speaker 1>give you, I'll get you these, you give me those

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<v Speaker 1>like I did a lot of that coming from a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of that. I like that. Yeah, I know people

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<v Speaker 1>that started on the street team level from d from

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<v Speaker 1>djaying to go onto street team level. It's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of work. You think this work, I want we can.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna try this because electric Skillet. I No, I'm scared.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm scared by the way this is, sir right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is just a simple kiss of thea you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you if you're really on a good day, you

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<v Speaker 1>got cheese in the fridge, Like that's such a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So you get your cheese and you sprinkle it on

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<v Speaker 1>some butter and you just roll it up same way,

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<v Speaker 1>folded however you want to do it. This thing was

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<v Speaker 1>really hot, so I didn't want to fold it roll it,

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<v Speaker 1>so we folded it. And that's the second meal you

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<v Speaker 1>can make. And like the same thing if you got

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<v Speaker 1>some chili, guacamole, anything dipping into make it not so dry,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know it work for you and kids taste

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<v Speaker 1>bloods are really simple, so this kind of stuff always,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you know our kids are I'm a grown

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<v Speaker 1>up and I think this is awesome. Um now I

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<v Speaker 1>have to have guacamola and SALTSA I can't, No, I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>I need I need that spice. Well, guys, just for

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<v Speaker 1>you listeners, I need the whole in butter. Like it

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<v Speaker 1>was nothing simple, so simple, and it was delicious and

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't need some on pepper. She also just made

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<v Speaker 1>the cheese case of dia. So now you guys are

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<v Speaker 1>probably thinking I'm fat at home, but I'm really not

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<v Speaker 1>that big. The dessert should be easy. This should be simple. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is perfect, shredded cheese and tortilla. This is case

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<v Speaker 1>of deal. You know, working three jobs, I ain't got

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<v Speaker 1>no time come home real quick. I continue to eat

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<v Speaker 1>these meals throughout. You know, I never went to fancy restaurants.

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<v Speaker 1>Always assume you never ate a TV dinner. They're gross.

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<v Speaker 1>I think TV dinners are pretty gross. I used to

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<v Speaker 1>live on TV dinners. M hm. You know what. My

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<v Speaker 1>mom always had hot pockets kinda kinda did you eat

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<v Speaker 1>those a lot? I ate some hot pockets, Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>definitely remember hot pockets. These are fashion in hot pockets. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so this is the dessert. This is like the easy part.

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<v Speaker 1>It's eating everything. Put a little butter on there, and

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<v Speaker 1>then sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon and a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of sugar, and it's like a a hood churl.

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<v Speaker 1>If you ain't got the deep fried churls. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>a kid, you don't want to do all that, all right?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you sprinkle a little sugar, a little cinnamon, roll

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<v Speaker 1>that thing up. Okay, cinnamon and sugar. My first. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I've had a case of dia. I've never had a

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<v Speaker 1>butter tortilla roll and I've never had the cinnamon, and

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<v Speaker 1>I hope I'm not jacking this up. Here he goes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's just like that cinnamon, butter cinnamon, and then he's

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<v Speaker 1>that spoon. There you go, Here we go, here we go.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see if it's I'm probably messing this up. Guys,

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<v Speaker 1>there you go. Okay, you don't think alright? Sold the

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<v Speaker 1>folding and so it don't drip because you know a

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<v Speaker 1>little kids running around like that folds your in and

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<v Speaker 1>then roll it and then roll it. Now, let's see

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<v Speaker 1>homemade version of a churl. Let's see if it's really

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<v Speaker 1>tastes like a churl. It tastes like it tastes like

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<v Speaker 1>a tortilla with butter, tastes like a tortillo with butter,

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<v Speaker 1>cinnamon and sugar. But if you like the flavor of

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<v Speaker 1>the you know, the cinnamon and tuggar, I guess, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>I just realized just now that a churl is centament

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<v Speaker 1>and trigger, but it still has a tortilla doesn't have.

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<v Speaker 1>This is good though. Honestly, this is girlfriending. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think your kids would like that. I wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>to do that ever, tried to on a date with

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<v Speaker 1>a girl like I got an appetizer, I got the meal,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have the dessert. I got you. I got

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<v Speaker 1>you right now, girl, just basically what you just did. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, depending on if you like cinnamon sugar, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like there would always be a gigantic bottle of

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<v Speaker 1>cinnamon just for months, right, or to be in there

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<v Speaker 1>for years, so you don't have to count on having

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<v Speaker 1>cinnamon or sugar or something random. I love that this

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<v Speaker 1>meal is affordable and no matter what age you are,

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<v Speaker 1>you can make it. They'll flow you up. It takes

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<v Speaker 1>two seconds to make. Yeah, you just fold it, roll it.

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<v Speaker 1>What shall we name this? And you can run off

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<v Speaker 1>the practice or whatever you needed to do. What should

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<v Speaker 1>we name this tortilla with the cinnamon and sugar? What

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<v Speaker 1>do we call it? It's good, I'm not gonna I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna eat all years. That's pretty good right there. Mm hmmm.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you shown your daughter how to make this? I've

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<v Speaker 1>shown her how to make all this? Yes, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you gonna name this for the cookbook? But the cookbook

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<v Speaker 1>m charismas cinnamon charismas centnamon to stick tortilla sticks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta work on it. Where you come out, We

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<v Speaker 1>need your help. We need some help so we could

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<v Speaker 1>turn off the stove. Because you basically cooked our appetizer,

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<v Speaker 1>meal and dessert. We actually did it on an electric stove.

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<v Speaker 1>I was worried. We did it, so shout out if

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<v Speaker 1>you got electric stove as possible. It is possible. And

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<v Speaker 1>now I know that if I have tortillas in my house,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll never started it at boom, I'm literally gonna start

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<v Speaker 1>having to our days in my house. Shek They're good,

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<v Speaker 1>they last, they last long, They're super easy to looks

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<v Speaker 1>A whole dish right there is right there. We got

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<v Speaker 1>the dessert, we got the main course, We've got the appetizer.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean. Easy, peasy easy, So come

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<v Speaker 1>over here and sit with me. So you go from

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<v Speaker 1>working three day jobs in corporate America, so saying I

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<v Speaker 1>want to put these jobs and pursue being a street

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<v Speaker 1>Uh what do you call it? A street, um ambassador?

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<v Speaker 1>I would say street working on the street team, working

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<v Speaker 1>on the street team for Power one or six eight.

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<v Speaker 1>So like I had no kids, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, you know I had I knew what

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<v Speaker 1>I was capable if I put my mind to it.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, let me just do it, and that

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<v Speaker 1>voice just spoke to me, and I did it and

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<v Speaker 1>fill that voice. Did you feel like there was good

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<v Speaker 1>potentially gonna be uh like uh like a rainbow at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the journey or something, or did you

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<v Speaker 1>just like doing it like you had you tried it

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<v Speaker 1>at least it did part time and then you did

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<v Speaker 1>the transition like I just already well, I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>was doing it for a couple of weeks, and I

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<v Speaker 1>knew because it was hard going from Santa and all

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<v Speaker 1>the way to Bourbank, California, to the Media City where

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<v Speaker 1>all the radio stations in L A. R And all

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<v Speaker 1>that good stuff. So I was like, I can't do

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<v Speaker 1>this to quit my day jobs and come out here

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<v Speaker 1>and just go for it. Wow. And so you're on

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<v Speaker 1>the street team, You're working crazy hours, i'd assume, And

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<v Speaker 1>what is power one all six? Are they noticing that

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<v Speaker 1>you have these other skill sets at this point? Yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>And the crazy thing is like remember ninety two point

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<v Speaker 1>three the beat. In fact, I like applied to both

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<v Speaker 1>of them for years, and for both of them, I

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<v Speaker 1>got rejection letters that I saved to this day. So

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<v Speaker 1>it took me years before I finally got hired and

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<v Speaker 1>you were just applying for street team level and they

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<v Speaker 1>what do you think that was? Do you think it

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<v Speaker 1>was because I had to I mean back then, this woman, Dad,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a woman. I'm not your with the men in

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<v Speaker 1>the industry like type of woman. Real you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't see me and a Leo. It's hard or nothing

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<v Speaker 1>like I'm one of the tomboys, you know, So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>definitely wasn't anything they were used to. But did they

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<v Speaker 1>actually interview you before they rejected you? Or did they

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<v Speaker 1>see your resume come in and then reject you resumes?

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<v Speaker 1>I did get an Inverury one time at ninety two

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<v Speaker 1>point three. I'll never forget that, and uh yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get the job after that, but it was just,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, kept trying to forget that because it was

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<v Speaker 1>I actually went in there, and I'll never forget the

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<v Speaker 1>question that guy asked me. He's like, what would you

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<v Speaker 1>do right now if you saw D'Angelo and like Maxwell

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<v Speaker 1>in the hallway and I go it was like, you

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<v Speaker 1>know question, and I wouldn't do anything else. I was

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<v Speaker 1>just not, you know, because that's what they want. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't want people that are group. He's you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta learn to act professional. So that was the one

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<v Speaker 1>question that stood out to me. And he asked me

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<v Speaker 1>what color is your brain? And I was like, what

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<v Speaker 1>color is your brain? I think it's pink. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I immediately said blue. Why I don't know? I go,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like my thought process in my aura is blue,

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<v Speaker 1>like I don't know what it is water. And he's like,

0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:49.440
<v Speaker 1>I love that answer, and he's like, that's the type

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<v Speaker 1>of answer I'm looking for when I asked that question.

0:21:51.440 --> 0:21:53.720
<v Speaker 1>He's like, when people tell me pink, they think more

0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:56.879
<v Speaker 1>like logical, and I'm looking for her creatives. So that

0:21:57.040 --> 0:21:59.080
<v Speaker 1>was interesting that he asked, I'll never forget that question.

0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:11.960
<v Speaker 1>But he didn't give you the job now, mm hmm.

0:22:15.840 --> 0:22:18.840
<v Speaker 1>Though you like my answers, So how did you not

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<v Speaker 1>say at that point, like, okay, maybe this is informed

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<v Speaker 1>me and you just keep keep applying. I just I

0:22:24.560 --> 0:22:30.080
<v Speaker 1>think God forgiving me this blinding like bubbly passion, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean in the beginning, because I really

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<v Speaker 1>if I didn't have that, I would have never made

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<v Speaker 1>it this far. Never, because this industry will eat you up.

0:22:37.200 --> 0:22:39.440
<v Speaker 1>Why do you say that, because it's brutal, especially for

0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:42.080
<v Speaker 1>a woman. A brown skinned woman, like it's it's tough.

0:22:42.320 --> 0:22:45.760
<v Speaker 1>It's really tough. So I'm just glad that he gave

0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:48.160
<v Speaker 1>me that those blinders where I had, I had complete

0:22:48.160 --> 0:22:50.760
<v Speaker 1>tunnel vision, you like new this is what I wanted.

0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:53.440
<v Speaker 1>And it was also a competitive thing, like I'm gonna

0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:56.400
<v Speaker 1>really show y'all, like you think I can't do it, Like, okay,

0:22:56.440 --> 0:22:59.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna show all, y'all. So you're on the Street Team,

0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:02.600
<v Speaker 1>You're doing us for how long? Years? Street Team for

0:23:02.680 --> 0:23:04.600
<v Speaker 1>like three or four years, and then I was killing it,

0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:06.560
<v Speaker 1>Like I was more popular than a lot of the

0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:10.000
<v Speaker 1>on air guys because they have your call in right. No,

0:23:10.160 --> 0:23:12.119
<v Speaker 1>we didn't even do that at this time anymore. They

0:23:12.200 --> 0:23:15.600
<v Speaker 1>cut that out. By this time in radio was already changing.

0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:19.399
<v Speaker 1>And this was when the Internet really came and you

0:23:19.520 --> 0:23:22.960
<v Speaker 1>started having the birth of Spotify and all these other platforms.

0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:25.480
<v Speaker 1>So radio started changing. So how did you end up

0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:28.560
<v Speaker 1>developing that following from Street Team to being outside. I

0:23:28.760 --> 0:23:31.960
<v Speaker 1>was everywhere any high school, any college, like I just

0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:34.800
<v Speaker 1>you never saw me sleep. I do events from night

0:23:34.880 --> 0:23:37.560
<v Speaker 1>to day, didn't matter what kind of event, and really

0:23:37.640 --> 0:23:39.880
<v Speaker 1>hustled and I got and I that's how I really

0:23:39.960 --> 0:23:42.720
<v Speaker 1>knew what the kids wanted, and I always was tapped

0:23:42.760 --> 0:23:45.080
<v Speaker 1>in with what the next level of kids wanted, and

0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:47.399
<v Speaker 1>it just happened to be the jerking movement in the

0:23:47.680 --> 0:23:50.600
<v Speaker 1>key movement. And I'll never forget. I went to Westminster

0:23:50.720 --> 0:23:52.880
<v Speaker 1>High School. We had a basketball game with Power six

0:23:53.080 --> 0:23:56.600
<v Speaker 1>versus the School for Fun for charity, and I was like, please,

0:23:56.720 --> 0:23:59.760
<v Speaker 1>I begged my boss, please please let the New Boys perform,

0:24:00.560 --> 0:24:02.919
<v Speaker 1>like please, just give him one chance. I swear to God,

0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:06.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna show you. So he's like, alright, alright, alright, alright,

0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:08.960
<v Speaker 1>So he let the New Boys come out do your jerk.

0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:13.960
<v Speaker 1>The entire stadium, Like eight d kids swarmed the gymnasium

0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:16.000
<v Speaker 1>floor and started jerking, and he just looks at me

0:24:16.119 --> 0:24:19.120
<v Speaker 1>like and I was like, I told you, You've been

0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:23.240
<v Speaker 1>telling you. And then that's how I actually became on

0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:25.359
<v Speaker 1>their DJ that very moment. He let me be on

0:24:25.440 --> 0:24:29.360
<v Speaker 1>a because you And it's funny because this has come

0:24:29.440 --> 0:24:33.359
<v Speaker 1>up before, and like another interview, people underestimate the power

0:24:33.520 --> 0:24:36.200
<v Speaker 1>I think of the high school in the middle school demographic.

0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:40.320
<v Speaker 1>The kids truth. They literally if you want to know

0:24:40.400 --> 0:24:43.920
<v Speaker 1>if something sucks or as real, and they're searching, they're

0:24:44.040 --> 0:24:46.480
<v Speaker 1>literally searching. They're like, I dare you to try and

0:24:46.680 --> 0:24:50.000
<v Speaker 1>sell me something, because I'm going to question the hell

0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:53.080
<v Speaker 1>out of it. Right, I was that kid? Yeah, I

0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:56.120
<v Speaker 1>was like, I got the brand new, unreleased Tupac mixtape,

0:24:56.160 --> 0:24:58.600
<v Speaker 1>Volume one. You ain't got it? Like that was me.

0:24:58.840 --> 0:25:01.399
<v Speaker 1>So I've always kept that mentality. And I know that

0:25:02.600 --> 0:25:06.560
<v Speaker 1>the kids set the trends. So here you decided to

0:25:06.800 --> 0:25:09.000
<v Speaker 1>approach your boss and say, take a chance on the

0:25:09.080 --> 0:25:12.440
<v Speaker 1>new Boys. Why were you so passionate about it? Where

0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:14.200
<v Speaker 1>is it that you really wanted to give the kids

0:25:14.240 --> 0:25:16.399
<v Speaker 1>a great event or did you really want to like

0:25:17.119 --> 0:25:20.280
<v Speaker 1>show the radio station that they were they weren't really

0:25:20.400 --> 0:25:23.520
<v Speaker 1>paying attention to something. I was very passionate about the

0:25:23.600 --> 0:25:25.280
<v Speaker 1>culture of hip hop, you know what I mean? And

0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:27.760
<v Speaker 1>that was a time I don't know if you remember this,

0:25:27.880 --> 0:25:30.520
<v Speaker 1>but R and B changed. They went from R and

0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:32.840
<v Speaker 1>B to pop. Yeah, I remember that. And then hip

0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:34.440
<v Speaker 1>hop did the same thing and went from hip hop

0:25:34.480 --> 0:25:36.720
<v Speaker 1>to pop. And I'm like, this is not hip hop?

0:25:38.040 --> 0:25:40.080
<v Speaker 1>Do you blame? This is not hip hop? I just

0:25:40.119 --> 0:25:43.359
<v Speaker 1>have to ask you this. Then, I feel like played

0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:46.320
<v Speaker 1>a major role in hip hop plant transitioning to popping.

0:25:47.359 --> 0:25:49.400
<v Speaker 1>I think it was it was a bunch of things

0:25:49.440 --> 0:25:53.440
<v Speaker 1>it went. It started with Pocket Biggie getting murdered and

0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:55.760
<v Speaker 1>then the South taking over, and then it just like

0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:59.240
<v Speaker 1>was event after event after event, and it changed a lot.

0:25:59.520 --> 0:26:01.879
<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like hip hop it's more pop now?

0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:06.560
<v Speaker 1>We are pop music? I think because well popular pop

0:26:06.760 --> 0:26:09.800
<v Speaker 1>it means popular and hip hop is the number one

0:26:09.880 --> 0:26:13.080
<v Speaker 1>genre in the country for like the past three years now,

0:26:13.560 --> 0:26:16.000
<v Speaker 1>for three or four years. So officially hip hop is

0:26:16.000 --> 0:26:18.359
<v Speaker 1>pop because we are the most popular music. And that

0:26:18.480 --> 0:26:20.520
<v Speaker 1>took people fighting for it and sticking up for it,

0:26:20.720 --> 0:26:23.119
<v Speaker 1>because it did change. The sound became e d M

0:26:23.200 --> 0:26:26.000
<v Speaker 1>and up tempo. So that's why like people like me

0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:28.440
<v Speaker 1>and the West Coast and Drew Ski and the and

0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:31.400
<v Speaker 1>DJ self in the East Coast and Drama in the South,

0:26:31.840 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 1>we kept it all alive. I really feel that DJs

0:26:33.840 --> 0:26:36.000
<v Speaker 1>don't get enough credit because they don't understand what we

0:26:36.080 --> 0:26:38.919
<v Speaker 1>were fighting with at the radio stations, like fighting against

0:26:38.960 --> 0:26:41.920
<v Speaker 1>the bosses because they wanted the let's just be safe

0:26:42.000 --> 0:26:45.000
<v Speaker 1>and play the Bruno Mars and then with listen, we're

0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:47.159
<v Speaker 1>not gonna be open to the y g s. Who's

0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:51.720
<v Speaker 1>yg no, So it'll be you guys pushing it back. Yeah, back.

0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:54.560
<v Speaker 1>It's a lot of pushback and back and forth. Why

0:26:54.600 --> 0:26:56.560
<v Speaker 1>do you think that they were the unsung heroes. We

0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:58.840
<v Speaker 1>don't get the credit never. DJs do not get the

0:26:58.920 --> 0:27:02.920
<v Speaker 1>credit for what they do, especially radio DJs. Now, so

0:27:03.359 --> 0:27:05.960
<v Speaker 1>there's street DJs and there's radio DJs. You have a

0:27:06.000 --> 0:27:09.080
<v Speaker 1>background in both both. That was my my goal to

0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:11.920
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to be able to do all of it. Okay,

0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:13.879
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. Because there's different kinds of DJs.

0:27:13.880 --> 0:27:16.439
<v Speaker 1>There's DJs that are real technical. Back in the day,

0:27:16.480 --> 0:27:18.800
<v Speaker 1>they used to have battles. You know, they don't see

0:27:18.840 --> 0:27:22.600
<v Speaker 1>that too much anymore. You know. Then you have people

0:27:22.600 --> 0:27:24.320
<v Speaker 1>who are just in the industry. Then you have people

0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:25.959
<v Speaker 1>who are tapped in with the streets only. And I'm

0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:28.200
<v Speaker 1>trying to I want to have it all. I want

0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:31.760
<v Speaker 1>to be tapped into the clubs, the youth, the radio, everything,

0:27:31.880 --> 0:27:34.280
<v Speaker 1>like I want to be tapped in. So the other

0:27:34.480 --> 0:27:36.639
<v Speaker 1>night I was out with I Heart Radio shout out

0:27:36.680 --> 0:27:43.040
<v Speaker 1>to y'all because they do. They had Paris Hilton DJ

0:27:43.240 --> 0:27:48.119
<v Speaker 1>is set. So I was like, no, I'm curious, Like

0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:52.440
<v Speaker 1>I was genuinely like hopeful, Like for some strange reason,

0:27:52.520 --> 0:27:54.800
<v Speaker 1>I was really hopeful for her. You know she's been

0:27:54.960 --> 0:28:00.359
<v Speaker 1>DJ for years too. Years. Yeah the year says in

0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:02.440
<v Speaker 1>like not as long as you, but maybe like what

0:28:02.560 --> 0:28:06.159
<v Speaker 1>the last five years years? DJs for years because like

0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:08.520
<v Speaker 1>I remember, a girl like me couldn't get booked. Those

0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:10.280
<v Speaker 1>were the only type of women that would get booked

0:28:10.720 --> 0:28:13.800
<v Speaker 1>in Vegas. To this day, it's still like that. Well,

0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:15.800
<v Speaker 1>I still can't get booked in Las Vegas, like they

0:28:15.880 --> 0:28:18.640
<v Speaker 1>only book I don't even know if they're really DJ,

0:28:18.760 --> 0:28:20.320
<v Speaker 1>and I think someone made it for him and they're

0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:24.520
<v Speaker 1>just pushing it. Yeah. I've actually had tours and the

0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:31.120
<v Speaker 1>they weren't really DJ. But now Paris Hilton did her set.

0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:33.119
<v Speaker 1>If I had to rate it on like a one

0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:36.399
<v Speaker 1>to ten, I probably would have rated it at like

0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:40.400
<v Speaker 1>a two. And I don't know if it's because I'm

0:28:40.400 --> 0:28:42.200
<v Speaker 1>such a hip hop head or like I was just

0:28:42.320 --> 0:28:44.400
<v Speaker 1>so hopeful for her and then like her, you know,

0:28:44.560 --> 0:28:47.080
<v Speaker 1>I feel like the first track you drop is like

0:28:48.040 --> 0:28:49.800
<v Speaker 1>it's gonna make or break you, you know what I'm saying.

0:28:50.160 --> 0:28:52.120
<v Speaker 1>And I think she went for like maybe E d

0:28:52.320 --> 0:28:55.800
<v Speaker 1>M or something. But I was hopeful, man, I was,

0:28:56.280 --> 0:28:58.440
<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying. Most female DJs are E

0:28:58.520 --> 0:29:00.960
<v Speaker 1>d M DJs as said, I don't have too many.

0:29:01.320 --> 0:29:02.960
<v Speaker 1>I really didn't have no one to look up to

0:29:03.480 --> 0:29:06.560
<v Speaker 1>outside of Spinderella. Did you did you give you her

0:29:06.560 --> 0:29:10.200
<v Speaker 1>ap parents ELTs on set? I've seen clips of them,

0:29:10.320 --> 0:29:11.920
<v Speaker 1>so I already know what it is. You know, I

0:29:12.000 --> 0:29:13.959
<v Speaker 1>get it, de rate it? What would you rate it? Though?

0:29:14.000 --> 0:29:15.880
<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's E D M. I'm not okay, So

0:29:16.000 --> 0:29:17.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm so it's not fair to rate it because it's

0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:20.320
<v Speaker 1>adi um. So I'm telling like, try if you're a

0:29:20.360 --> 0:29:22.400
<v Speaker 1>DJ out there and you've never mixed medium, tried it.

0:29:22.640 --> 0:29:26.440
<v Speaker 1>It's easy as can be. Just it all rolls together.

0:29:26.560 --> 0:29:31.320
<v Speaker 1>There's no lyrics, really simple. So hip hop's a little

0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:35.360
<v Speaker 1>more challenging. Reggae and Spanish is a way more challenging

0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:38.320
<v Speaker 1>if you're ask me. But so you become a radio

0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:40.600
<v Speaker 1>DJ after the New Boys even by the way, shout

0:29:40.600 --> 0:29:42.960
<v Speaker 1>out to the New Boys, I love them. That was

0:29:43.040 --> 0:29:46.000
<v Speaker 1>Actually they're one of the first people that I had, Like,

0:29:46.080 --> 0:29:48.080
<v Speaker 1>what do you call it? When he smoked weed, car

0:29:48.240 --> 0:29:54.120
<v Speaker 1>fills up? Hot box? Hot box you j J? Hot

0:29:54.240 --> 0:29:58.320
<v Speaker 1>box me shout out J. Yeah, he hot boxed me.

0:29:58.720 --> 0:30:00.960
<v Speaker 1>I think I was like sad about a breakup and

0:30:01.120 --> 0:30:03.560
<v Speaker 1>he was like, you know, he was signing Nick Cannon

0:30:03.600 --> 0:30:05.920
<v Speaker 1>and they were all doing that whole thing in He

0:30:06.120 --> 0:30:08.640
<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, you just come to the back and

0:30:08.720 --> 0:30:12.080
<v Speaker 1>I get in the car, and boy, I mean, your

0:30:12.120 --> 0:30:14.520
<v Speaker 1>eyes was burdening. It was impossible not to get high.

0:30:14.600 --> 0:30:17.240
<v Speaker 1>I think that was the first real time I got high,

0:30:17.680 --> 0:30:20.360
<v Speaker 1>and then it would have been perfect. Right after and

0:30:20.400 --> 0:30:23.280
<v Speaker 1>I think I had another incident with them where I

0:30:23.320 --> 0:30:26.560
<v Speaker 1>don't even remember, but it had involved weed. Yeah, but

0:30:26.640 --> 0:30:28.400
<v Speaker 1>they were great, and I was kind of sad to

0:30:28.440 --> 0:30:30.360
<v Speaker 1>see the breakup of them. It was like, work it out,

0:30:30.680 --> 0:30:32.480
<v Speaker 1>work it out, work it out. A lot of these

0:30:32.520 --> 0:30:35.320
<v Speaker 1>groups they couldn't work it out. It was, you know,

0:30:36.000 --> 0:30:40.680
<v Speaker 1>so you become this huge radio DJ. But it was

0:30:40.800 --> 0:30:43.720
<v Speaker 1>it was it a smooth transition, Like what was that transition?

0:30:43.800 --> 0:30:47.320
<v Speaker 1>Like it happened fast once they let me in the

0:30:47.520 --> 0:30:50.320
<v Speaker 1>doors and put me on. It was fast because all

0:30:50.360 --> 0:30:53.200
<v Speaker 1>of a sudden, I started coming out, all right, here's

0:30:53.240 --> 0:30:56.080
<v Speaker 1>new boys, meet yg Meat Mustard and Ty Dollars sign

0:30:56.120 --> 0:30:58.240
<v Speaker 1>here you go, and they were the next one's boom

0:30:58.560 --> 0:31:01.000
<v Speaker 1>and then it was teach me how to cat Daddy.

0:31:01.280 --> 0:31:03.440
<v Speaker 1>And I also was in the bay. Here's the heartbreaking

0:31:03.520 --> 0:31:07.240
<v Speaker 1>I am too stage Gemini, all these cats, one after another,

0:31:07.280 --> 0:31:09.200
<v Speaker 1>one after another, one after another. Now did you know

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:13.240
<v Speaker 1>these artists? Or I just you hit him up on

0:31:13.320 --> 0:31:16.040
<v Speaker 1>my Space back in the day Facebook shout out to

0:31:16.120 --> 0:31:18.520
<v Speaker 1>my Space and just reached out. I was never scared

0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:20.720
<v Speaker 1>to reach out. I was really hungry and passionate and

0:31:20.800 --> 0:31:22.880
<v Speaker 1>I just did it. Yeah. Like I said, I had

0:31:22.880 --> 0:31:24.880
<v Speaker 1>tunnel vision. I was really blind to what people were

0:31:24.920 --> 0:31:27.040
<v Speaker 1>saying or anything. I just did it. That's how I

0:31:27.080 --> 0:31:31.560
<v Speaker 1>got DJ Charisma. I emailed her, I called some close acquaintances,

0:31:31.600 --> 0:31:33.680
<v Speaker 1>and then eventually I landed in the d M. We

0:31:33.840 --> 0:31:37.240
<v Speaker 1>here and we here, And because she wasn't initially really

0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:39.840
<v Speaker 1>responded to the DM. Just so ya know, I had

0:31:40.080 --> 0:31:43.920
<v Speaker 1>like inside a friend do a group d M, and

0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:45.680
<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh, this is gonna do it. And

0:31:45.800 --> 0:31:48.520
<v Speaker 1>it worked. So give me all my d ms ladies.

0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:51.200
<v Speaker 1>And for some reason, my DM is broken into three categories.

0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:55.479
<v Speaker 1>Oh I know there's like one where why did they

0:31:55.520 --> 0:31:57.440
<v Speaker 1>put these? The other day I went in there and

0:31:57.520 --> 0:32:00.240
<v Speaker 1>like Trino was in there, like what she send me

0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:04.000
<v Speaker 1>a message three years ago? Like what is this? So

0:32:04.280 --> 0:32:06.480
<v Speaker 1>I apologize, I'm gonna get better at it. Yeah. I

0:32:06.560 --> 0:32:08.360
<v Speaker 1>don't know why it does that because I did notice

0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:10.360
<v Speaker 1>I'll miss d ms and it goes into like that

0:32:10.520 --> 0:32:12.440
<v Speaker 1>third little bucket. But I don't know if you have

0:32:12.520 --> 0:32:14.840
<v Speaker 1>to follow them to get it to not. I do

0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:16.400
<v Speaker 1>follow some of them, so I don't. I'm trying to

0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:19.720
<v Speaker 1>figure it out. Instagram, Yeah, Instagram is tough, but hey,

0:32:19.920 --> 0:32:21.920
<v Speaker 1>you know what, we finally got DJ Charisma and then

0:32:22.040 --> 0:32:24.479
<v Speaker 1>like made my day. I was like, yes, I got her,

0:32:24.640 --> 0:32:26.160
<v Speaker 1>I got her, and then I was demon her. You

0:32:26.240 --> 0:32:28.000
<v Speaker 1>got the email, You're gonna be there, you gonna come from.

0:32:29.280 --> 0:32:31.880
<v Speaker 1>But being a radio DJ is tough. And then like

0:32:32.040 --> 0:32:34.160
<v Speaker 1>eating while broke is something you're gonna have to do

0:32:34.800 --> 0:32:36.840
<v Speaker 1>if you want to get into the radio game. Yes,

0:32:37.040 --> 0:32:41.320
<v Speaker 1>so you go from street to mainstream. People are now

0:32:41.520 --> 0:32:44.520
<v Speaker 1>listening to your advice. There's no competitive there's no I

0:32:44.560 --> 0:32:47.560
<v Speaker 1>don't know because there's tons of competitive business. But it's

0:32:47.560 --> 0:32:50.760
<v Speaker 1>always just keep it going. Okay, the competitives never stopped.

0:32:50.800 --> 0:32:53.760
<v Speaker 1>It still goes on in this day. Okay. So too,

0:32:54.000 --> 0:32:56.680
<v Speaker 1>in addition to the radio, you're doing side gigs. You're

0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:59.400
<v Speaker 1>blowing up. I'm sure your fee is going up. Your

0:33:00.040 --> 0:33:01.880
<v Speaker 1>now the feast stayed the same, you know, you know,

0:33:01.920 --> 0:33:04.400
<v Speaker 1>it's harder. I'm really trying to fight for equal pay

0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:07.600
<v Speaker 1>for women, especially in the radio industry. It's mind blowing

0:33:07.640 --> 0:33:10.040
<v Speaker 1>the difference. It's like a fourth of what the men's make.

0:33:12.560 --> 0:33:15.720
<v Speaker 1>Just what it is. That's why I personally quit both

0:33:15.880 --> 0:33:18.560
<v Speaker 1>radio stations and walked away from radio because it was

0:33:18.640 --> 0:33:21.720
<v Speaker 1>just mind blowing to me how big of a gap

0:33:22.120 --> 0:33:24.440
<v Speaker 1>there wasn't the pay difference, but my name was just

0:33:24.640 --> 0:33:27.520
<v Speaker 1>as massive and way bigger than most of them. And

0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:29.560
<v Speaker 1>then other guy DJs were like, Yo, this is what

0:33:29.680 --> 0:33:32.800
<v Speaker 1>I'm getting paid, and you just me, just me, they

0:33:32.920 --> 0:33:34.560
<v Speaker 1>no one ever told me like. It was just me

0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:37.640
<v Speaker 1>figuring things out, you know, because I had a couple

0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:39.640
<v Speaker 1>of office spots here and there where I was able to,

0:33:40.200 --> 0:33:44.239
<v Speaker 1>damn you make they're making this, they're making what all right?

0:33:45.080 --> 0:33:47.400
<v Speaker 1>I need? I need? I need at least a fifth

0:33:47.480 --> 0:33:49.520
<v Speaker 1>of that or something, because I was making like a

0:33:49.640 --> 0:33:52.400
<v Speaker 1>fraction of what they make. So that's why I left

0:33:52.440 --> 0:33:54.600
<v Speaker 1>Power one of six and went to my heart. And

0:33:54.680 --> 0:33:57.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, my heart was a tabit better. But once

0:33:57.120 --> 0:34:00.760
<v Speaker 1>I figured out the inside workings, I blown away. I'm

0:34:00.800 --> 0:34:03.800
<v Speaker 1>still only making a fourth of what these men are making,

0:34:04.360 --> 0:34:05.680
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. So that's why I ended

0:34:05.760 --> 0:34:09.240
<v Speaker 1>up walking away from my heart and then just started

0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:11.920
<v Speaker 1>getting into programming for all these tech companies because there's

0:34:11.960 --> 0:34:14.200
<v Speaker 1>so many options now a DJ, we could go to

0:34:14.440 --> 0:34:17.239
<v Speaker 1>Spotify and program these massive playlists, and it's kind of

0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:20.200
<v Speaker 1>the same thing. So you go, you mean, so you'd

0:34:20.239 --> 0:34:22.400
<v Speaker 1>work for a spot up, Well, you don't work for Spotify,

0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:24.040
<v Speaker 1>but I guess you get a contract and then you

0:34:24.400 --> 0:34:28.520
<v Speaker 1>program a playlist, which multiple they're they're like stations playlist.

0:34:28.640 --> 0:34:32.080
<v Speaker 1>But that's how you're basically supplementing the income that you're

0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:35.080
<v Speaker 1>really supposed to be making. And begin with how is

0:34:35.160 --> 0:34:37.439
<v Speaker 1>this still possible? In two thousand and twenty one, though,

0:34:40.000 --> 0:34:42.160
<v Speaker 1>coming back to I ended up coming back to radio

0:34:42.200 --> 0:34:44.200
<v Speaker 1>just because I'm so passionate about it because in Nick

0:34:44.239 --> 0:34:47.640
<v Speaker 1>Canyon like, yeah, you're the only DJ I can have. Yeah,

0:34:47.719 --> 0:34:49.239
<v Speaker 1>I really don't want to do radio. I was so

0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:50.799
<v Speaker 1>excited when I heard it. I was like, Dick cannon

0:34:50.840 --> 0:34:56.800
<v Speaker 1>More's with DJ. I was like, what Christmas? Unfortunately COVID

0:34:56.920 --> 0:34:59.200
<v Speaker 1>hit and there was just a rough Yeah, of course

0:35:00.040 --> 0:35:03.480
<v Speaker 1>nothing going on. So but the pay is still it's

0:35:03.480 --> 0:35:05.880
<v Speaker 1>still a battle. It's still a battle to get with

0:35:05.960 --> 0:35:08.440
<v Speaker 1>these men get, you know, and I'm fighting so the

0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:10.920
<v Speaker 1>next little girls don't have to have as part of

0:35:10.960 --> 0:35:14.960
<v Speaker 1>a battle as I did. I've officially accepted that I'm

0:35:15.040 --> 0:35:17.719
<v Speaker 1>that person because there was no female DJ like me

0:35:17.840 --> 0:35:21.480
<v Speaker 1>before me. You threaten them, you think they would be

0:35:21.600 --> 0:35:23.680
<v Speaker 1>willing to lose you, because didn't. They happened with like

0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:25.680
<v Speaker 1>I want to say, big Boy years ago, like where

0:35:26.440 --> 0:35:28.759
<v Speaker 1>what radio station was? He did leave. He left, and

0:35:28.840 --> 0:35:31.040
<v Speaker 1>he and they could pay him the whole time, and

0:35:31.120 --> 0:35:32.960
<v Speaker 1>they didn't. And then they tried to come back around

0:35:32.960 --> 0:35:34.560
<v Speaker 1>and offer him the money and it was too late.

0:35:34.600 --> 0:35:36.200
<v Speaker 1>And then they tried to assume him, didn't they Do

0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:40.279
<v Speaker 1>you remember that? Yep? I remember all that. So Big

0:35:40.320 --> 0:35:42.320
<v Speaker 1>Boy did that, you know, And I tried to follow

0:35:42.360 --> 0:35:45.400
<v Speaker 1>his footsteps and the exact same thing, and they were like, okay,

0:35:45.480 --> 0:35:49.120
<v Speaker 1>well we'll challenge it. No, the power was like well

0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:51.320
<v Speaker 1>and then you went time. They just try to convince

0:35:51.400 --> 0:35:53.600
<v Speaker 1>me to stay, you know, like, oh maybe in a

0:35:53.640 --> 0:35:55.640
<v Speaker 1>couple of years. You don't understand how hard it is

0:35:55.719 --> 0:35:58.719
<v Speaker 1>once you leave, like people will stop calling you. It's

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:01.000
<v Speaker 1>it's a lot of mind game. It's a lot of threats.

0:36:01.239 --> 0:36:03.080
<v Speaker 1>What did you think when they're saying that, all right,

0:36:03.760 --> 0:36:05.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna show you. So I quit and I ended

0:36:05.760 --> 0:36:07.399
<v Speaker 1>up going to our heart and things got a little

0:36:07.400 --> 0:36:10.440
<v Speaker 1>bit better, but still their sharks there and they're big.

0:36:10.480 --> 0:36:14.680
<v Speaker 1>They're like McDonald's, they're they're a corporation, and they got

0:36:14.800 --> 0:36:17.160
<v Speaker 1>all these stations all over the country and they run

0:36:17.200 --> 0:36:19.279
<v Speaker 1>them all so and then once I got in there,

0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:22.120
<v Speaker 1>I saw, Okay, they're a little bit. They treated me

0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:24.480
<v Speaker 1>better to get me, to steal me away from power,

0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:27.040
<v Speaker 1>but they're not taking care of me nowhere near the

0:36:27.080 --> 0:36:28.839
<v Speaker 1>way I should be taken care of. And I think

0:36:28.880 --> 0:36:31.280
<v Speaker 1>that's a tough battle as a woman because women's biggest

0:36:31.400 --> 0:36:35.279
<v Speaker 1>I think women's biggest downflaw is we struggle with our

0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:37.640
<v Speaker 1>networth or not our net worth? Are worth? Are worth?

0:36:37.760 --> 0:36:43.640
<v Speaker 1>Are worth? Is? Ultimately, I say, the biggest dilemma woman face.

0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:46.759
<v Speaker 1>It's not man, it's not love. It is literally self worth.

0:36:47.400 --> 0:36:50.680
<v Speaker 1>So you have to live in a world where you're

0:36:50.760 --> 0:36:54.120
<v Speaker 1>undervalued right period, off top and you have to jump.

0:36:54.200 --> 0:36:57.680
<v Speaker 1>You have to know you're worth, you're worth, and then

0:36:57.719 --> 0:37:00.320
<v Speaker 1>you gotta stand by stand by it. It's just the

0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:03.359
<v Speaker 1>most difficult win the press and when not to press

0:37:03.440 --> 0:37:06.000
<v Speaker 1>too hard because like Nicki Minaj said it best, like

0:37:06.120 --> 0:37:08.799
<v Speaker 1>if jay Z goes into a meeting nam this needs

0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:10.920
<v Speaker 1>to get done. He's a boss. She goes into a

0:37:11.000 --> 0:37:13.520
<v Speaker 1>meeting and starts breaking it down. She's a bit And

0:37:13.640 --> 0:37:16.640
<v Speaker 1>that's like definitely what it is for us. So it's

0:37:16.680 --> 0:37:18.640
<v Speaker 1>really finding that balance. I had to cater to these

0:37:18.680 --> 0:37:21.800
<v Speaker 1>guys egos that are your bosses, but holding your ground,

0:37:22.520 --> 0:37:25.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, I think what you're drunk like, I'm honestly like,

0:37:26.080 --> 0:37:28.600
<v Speaker 1>but it takes it. It takes people to pave the way.

0:37:28.640 --> 0:37:30.839
<v Speaker 1>And like I said, I've accepted that I'm the one

0:37:31.960 --> 0:37:34.480
<v Speaker 1>they because now look at how many female DJs there are,

0:37:35.880 --> 0:37:38.520
<v Speaker 1>It's beautiful. I've never seen this many female DJs in

0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:41.320
<v Speaker 1>hip hop. It's a beautiful thing, like, and they're successful

0:37:41.440 --> 0:37:43.279
<v Speaker 1>on all different levels and I've never seen that when

0:37:43.320 --> 0:37:46.880
<v Speaker 1>I was coming up. So I think that's some change

0:37:46.920 --> 0:37:49.400
<v Speaker 1>has been made. Change has been made. Thanks thanks to

0:37:49.520 --> 0:37:54.680
<v Speaker 1>you and your contributions. Now, I ain't gonna lie the

0:37:54.760 --> 0:37:58.560
<v Speaker 1>Jamakan means Hella piste off because I feel like, um,

0:37:59.160 --> 0:38:00.840
<v Speaker 1>what the funk? Like, you know, we had to me

0:38:01.000 --> 0:38:03.279
<v Speaker 1>to error, Like we've survived so much. I feel like

0:38:03.360 --> 0:38:07.239
<v Speaker 1>women is like the you know, between the black black

0:38:07.360 --> 0:38:10.799
<v Speaker 1>lives or black racism and women, I don't know who

0:38:10.920 --> 0:38:14.960
<v Speaker 1>has it worse. To be honest, it's just different and

0:38:15.040 --> 0:38:16.640
<v Speaker 1>we all got it. We all got it work. We're

0:38:16.640 --> 0:38:20.800
<v Speaker 1>all set behind that that that invisible white life. Because

0:38:21.000 --> 0:38:23.279
<v Speaker 1>literally even when I left Heart my Heart, there was

0:38:23.320 --> 0:38:25.359
<v Speaker 1>a white man that got the exact same position as

0:38:25.400 --> 0:38:28.040
<v Speaker 1>me and kid got paid double what I was making.

0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:30.800
<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean? For this is that protects

0:38:30.840 --> 0:38:33.080
<v Speaker 1>people from that or not? But we gotta keep pushing.

0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 1>Is there a union? You might be right, but I'm

0:38:36.120 --> 0:38:38.440
<v Speaker 1>a DJ. We don't even have insurance. You know what

0:38:38.480 --> 0:38:42.160
<v Speaker 1>I mean? This is like, wow, self independent? You guys

0:38:42.200 --> 0:38:44.320
<v Speaker 1>are independent, correct, I left know what it's like. We

0:38:44.360 --> 0:38:46.719
<v Speaker 1>don't get you, We don't get none of that. We

0:38:46.800 --> 0:38:48.319
<v Speaker 1>got to figure this out. And I feel like things

0:38:48.360 --> 0:38:50.800
<v Speaker 1>are changing. Feel I've heard of companies that are being created,

0:38:51.200 --> 0:38:54.520
<v Speaker 1>so eventually, like I said, I think feel eventually there

0:38:54.520 --> 0:38:58.160
<v Speaker 1>will be more. I think you're dispelling so many myths

0:38:58.160 --> 0:39:00.040
<v Speaker 1>because when you hear someone on the radio and you

0:39:00.080 --> 0:39:02.239
<v Speaker 1>see someone like DJ Charisma, you're like, oh my god,

0:39:02.400 --> 0:39:06.000
<v Speaker 1>DJ Charisma huge, following, big parties, Chris Brown every night,

0:39:06.040 --> 0:39:09.800
<v Speaker 1>and like literally like stuff that you're saying here, like

0:39:09.880 --> 0:39:12.960
<v Speaker 1>I would never say, I would never even imagine that

0:39:13.200 --> 0:39:16.719
<v Speaker 1>you DJ Charisma goes through this and gets eight dollars

0:39:16.760 --> 0:39:19.160
<v Speaker 1>an hour at power one six never made more than

0:39:19.239 --> 0:39:23.760
<v Speaker 1>forty eight dollars every two weeks. Like it's rough, that's crazy,

0:39:23.840 --> 0:39:25.480
<v Speaker 1>that's a crazy journey. So how long have you been

0:39:25.520 --> 0:39:30.960
<v Speaker 1>in DJ now? It's almost sixteen years, sixteen since I

0:39:31.000 --> 0:39:38.120
<v Speaker 1>started starting. So if you decide like say like f this,

0:39:38.360 --> 0:39:40.600
<v Speaker 1>Like I'm like, what is your bar? Like where you're

0:39:40.680 --> 0:39:42.360
<v Speaker 1>like f this? And then you just you go a

0:39:42.480 --> 0:39:45.000
<v Speaker 1>hundred percent independent, Like what does that scope look like?

0:39:45.200 --> 0:39:46.959
<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's what I did when I quit radio,

0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:49.440
<v Speaker 1>and I when there's so many options nowadays, we're in

0:39:49.520 --> 0:39:53.160
<v Speaker 1>a great time in era. Technology is booming. There are

0:39:53.280 --> 0:39:56.359
<v Speaker 1>so many platforms now and these tech companies will pay

0:39:56.480 --> 0:39:59.400
<v Speaker 1>triple what a traditional radio station is paying. So I

0:39:59.520 --> 0:40:01.279
<v Speaker 1>feel like it is just so much more opportunity. And

0:40:01.280 --> 0:40:04.160
<v Speaker 1>do they reach out to reach out to them? Both?

0:40:04.880 --> 0:40:08.160
<v Speaker 1>But like I like your hustle. Yeah, And I think

0:40:08.280 --> 0:40:13.320
<v Speaker 1>that you came from mud and flower Tortilla's case of

0:40:13.440 --> 0:40:17.800
<v Speaker 1>Dias wearing nothing but thirty and a gangster. Can we

0:40:17.840 --> 0:40:23.920
<v Speaker 1>call it the gangster church gangster churro. I don't know,

0:40:24.080 --> 0:40:25.759
<v Speaker 1>we're going We're gonna figure it out. We need your help.

0:40:25.880 --> 0:40:28.160
<v Speaker 1>We need your help. I love that you came through

0:40:28.200 --> 0:40:32.759
<v Speaker 1>and you dispelled probably every thought that I even I

0:40:33.080 --> 0:40:35.920
<v Speaker 1>honestly had no idea what the life of a DJ was.

0:40:36.160 --> 0:40:38.120
<v Speaker 1>You want to be a DJ, you better get used

0:40:38.160 --> 0:40:40.880
<v Speaker 1>to eating while broke, you know what I'm saying. And

0:40:41.040 --> 0:40:43.360
<v Speaker 1>if you are one of the lucky ones that become

0:40:44.000 --> 0:40:46.440
<v Speaker 1>did you finally passed that bar? I passed that bar,

0:40:47.040 --> 0:40:49.680
<v Speaker 1>then it's it'll all pay off. Look at Kalin, like

0:40:49.880 --> 0:40:52.759
<v Speaker 1>he broke huge walls. He's the first of his kind

0:40:52.880 --> 0:40:55.680
<v Speaker 1>in so many ways. But he was like name dropping

0:40:55.800 --> 0:40:57.719
<v Speaker 1>his name only like I don't know how he was

0:40:57.760 --> 0:41:00.440
<v Speaker 1>able to. He eatd a lot. He was a curator.

0:41:00.520 --> 0:41:03.000
<v Speaker 1>He was the brain that said, let's put you you,

0:41:03.160 --> 0:41:05.840
<v Speaker 1>you and together you would sound good on this A

0:41:05.960 --> 0:41:08.040
<v Speaker 1>and our work and a lot of DJs we don't

0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:09.960
<v Speaker 1>get our and our credit, you know what I mean?

0:41:10.040 --> 0:41:13.439
<v Speaker 1>So do you guys stick together? Who the DJs? Yeah?

0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:16.880
<v Speaker 1>I feel the DJs do a lot of us, you

0:41:16.920 --> 0:41:18.200
<v Speaker 1>know what I mean. For the most part, I get

0:41:18.200 --> 0:41:19.680
<v Speaker 1>a lot of love from a lot of the males,

0:41:20.280 --> 0:41:22.920
<v Speaker 1>especially outside of the West Coast. So I'm gonna ask

0:41:22.920 --> 0:41:26.200
<v Speaker 1>another controversial question. I hate to keep bringing her up.

0:41:26.239 --> 0:41:29.399
<v Speaker 1>But now I'm curious, so you walking through Parashilton walks

0:41:29.400 --> 0:41:31.560
<v Speaker 1>in the room. Now she's a he. She doesn't even

0:41:31.600 --> 0:41:36.440
<v Speaker 1>need the money. I'm muna say, looking at from outside,

0:41:36.480 --> 0:41:38.640
<v Speaker 1>she's obviously gonna make more just because she's white, right

0:41:38.680 --> 0:41:41.520
<v Speaker 1>of course, off to say that, right, And she's famous,

0:41:41.560 --> 0:41:45.239
<v Speaker 1>she's paras Hilton song. But you're also famous. I mean

0:41:45.280 --> 0:41:48.560
<v Speaker 1>you're She's getting big, big, big, massive checks that hip

0:41:48.600 --> 0:41:51.400
<v Speaker 1>hop DJs do not get. And that's another thing like

0:41:51.520 --> 0:41:55.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm also pushing forward is to hip hop DJs.

0:41:55.040 --> 0:41:58.160
<v Speaker 1>We need the same respect as these international DJs. It's

0:41:58.200 --> 0:42:01.640
<v Speaker 1>just mind blowing, like a DJ snake in them. They're

0:42:01.640 --> 0:42:04.920
<v Speaker 1>getting a hundred K a set a hip hop DJ,

0:42:05.080 --> 0:42:10.640
<v Speaker 1>you're fucking lucky if you get a thousand? Yes what yes, there,

0:42:11.760 --> 0:42:14.320
<v Speaker 1>you're lucky. And those DJs in Vegas? Who's who's that

0:42:14.360 --> 0:42:16.200
<v Speaker 1>big DJ in Vegas? It was a big DJ Vegas?

0:42:16.280 --> 0:42:19.520
<v Speaker 1>What's his name? Who? Why are you telling me who's

0:42:19.520 --> 0:42:21.480
<v Speaker 1>a hip hop? Big hip hop? Not a hip hop?

0:42:21.600 --> 0:42:24.280
<v Speaker 1>It was hip hop. They're all E d M DJs,

0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:27.680
<v Speaker 1>all of them. So why why don't you, for lack

0:42:27.719 --> 0:42:30.400
<v Speaker 1>of better words, a passionate about hip hop. Okay, so

0:42:30.480 --> 0:42:32.640
<v Speaker 1>because you're passionate about hip hop, you're not gonna sell out.

0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:35.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna sell out. I'm passionate. I'm gonna change things.

0:42:35.640 --> 0:42:41.560
<v Speaker 1>So someone's like, I've been told that. I have been

0:42:41.640 --> 0:42:43.640
<v Speaker 1>told that to my face plenty of times. Like when

0:42:43.680 --> 0:42:45.960
<v Speaker 1>I was the first time we are a dish, I

0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:48.880
<v Speaker 1>was having an audition for Beats by Dre Headphones and

0:42:48.960 --> 0:42:51.120
<v Speaker 1>it was me versus one of my co workers. A man.

0:42:51.600 --> 0:42:53.840
<v Speaker 1>He's like, Christmas, You're gonna get nowhere in this industry.

0:42:54.239 --> 0:42:56.560
<v Speaker 1>He's like, first of all, it's like the way you dressed.

0:42:56.600 --> 0:42:58.640
<v Speaker 1>He's like, you're a tomboy. And then goes and then

0:42:58.719 --> 0:43:00.799
<v Speaker 1>he's like all you do is vouch for the hood,

0:43:01.200 --> 0:43:02.959
<v Speaker 1>you got for the streets. And he's like, it's gonna

0:43:03.000 --> 0:43:05.160
<v Speaker 1>get you nowhere. He's like, you're gonna learn. He's like,

0:43:05.200 --> 0:43:07.399
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna see. He's like, you need to be doing

0:43:07.440 --> 0:43:09.040
<v Speaker 1>E d M sets, and you need to be doing

0:43:09.160 --> 0:43:13.520
<v Speaker 1>pop and international sets. And I didn't were looking at

0:43:13.600 --> 0:43:16.239
<v Speaker 1>him like fuck, You're like you know, I'm like, nah,

0:43:17.120 --> 0:43:19.600
<v Speaker 1>I love hip hop funk that you guys will culture

0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:22.320
<v Speaker 1>vulture it because you catch these E d M DJs

0:43:22.400 --> 0:43:25.839
<v Speaker 1>using hip hop pieces constantly, you know what I mean?

0:43:25.920 --> 0:43:28.440
<v Speaker 1>So nah, but how do you cope with that? Mentally though?

0:43:28.760 --> 0:43:31.160
<v Speaker 1>Like that would be difficult challenge me, Like I always

0:43:31.200 --> 0:43:32.879
<v Speaker 1>look at everything as a challenge, and I always feel

0:43:32.880 --> 0:43:35.320
<v Speaker 1>like everyone's challenging me. All right, cool? And then I

0:43:35.480 --> 0:43:37.480
<v Speaker 1>ended up getting that gig that day and he didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, guy ended up being featured in Best

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<v Speaker 1>Buys Christmas catalog, you know, And it was just that

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<v Speaker 1>was the start, and then that confirmed my thoughts to

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<v Speaker 1>likec I got this gig over your heirs, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>keep doing what I do. I look at the world

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<v Speaker 1>and I see social media and I feel like everything

0:43:55.320 --> 0:43:58.600
<v Speaker 1>that's negative or sexual like does really well. Then you

0:43:58.640 --> 0:44:01.120
<v Speaker 1>have like our podcast Eating Broke. You know, it's like, oh,

0:44:01.840 --> 0:44:04.920
<v Speaker 1>for lack of better word, we're more on the positive achievement,

0:44:05.160 --> 0:44:08.680
<v Speaker 1>positive stories, but you know, we're in the world where

0:44:08.719 --> 0:44:11.480
<v Speaker 1>you're constantly based like maybe we should do something controversial,

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<v Speaker 1>like why are we gonna stay loyal? Now? Of course

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<v Speaker 1>this is my baby, so I'm gonna stay loyal to it.

0:44:16.719 --> 0:44:18.360
<v Speaker 1>But it's hard to wake up every day going and

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<v Speaker 1>you're competing against a girl in a bikini. You're competing

0:44:21.640 --> 0:44:24.759
<v Speaker 1>against sexual stuff, for negative stuff. You just gotta put

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<v Speaker 1>them tonal vision glasses on the go, because that's exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what I was against, and I didn't. You know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I love it, and I mean for all

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<v Speaker 1>your little girls out there that are just like me,

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<v Speaker 1>we could do it. Kah me and while broken broken,

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<v Speaker 1>I respect you and like you inspire me. Straight up,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go, so Charisma, where can we catch you? Where

0:45:55.080 --> 0:45:57.600
<v Speaker 1>can we find you? How can people book you if

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<v Speaker 1>they wanted to? I mean, just shoot your shot shot,

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<v Speaker 1>I try a d M or you know, as somebody

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<v Speaker 1>like I do. My best answer, Uh, you can catch

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<v Speaker 1>me if you're out in the southern California area. I'm

0:46:09.560 --> 0:46:12.680
<v Speaker 1>on your radio all the time. I'm also on Series XM.

0:46:12.760 --> 0:46:15.080
<v Speaker 1>I gotta show every Saturday night called Live from the

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<v Speaker 1>West Side, and that's national, so no matter where you're

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<v Speaker 1>at in the country, you can tune into that. I like,

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<v Speaker 1>I got more music coming. I got a brand new

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<v Speaker 1>song with Little Kim on the Way. Yeah, we shot

0:46:25.320 --> 0:46:28.080
<v Speaker 1>the video and everything, so it's got Little Kim coil Ray,

0:46:28.200 --> 0:46:30.920
<v Speaker 1>Lady London. It's like a Ladies night. Yeah, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>special to me because it's something I've been wanting to

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<v Speaker 1>do for years. When does it drop? It's I'm waiting

0:46:35.760 --> 0:46:38.759
<v Speaker 1>on the clearances, so any day now, like we're just

0:46:38.800 --> 0:46:41.520
<v Speaker 1>waiting on those clearances to go through. That's coming. It's

0:46:41.560 --> 0:46:43.920
<v Speaker 1>called she Ball. You can actually hear it in the name.

0:46:44.960 --> 0:46:47.359
<v Speaker 1>It's in the movie. It's the theme song of the movie,

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<v Speaker 1>so it does play a little bit. You can hear it.

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<v Speaker 1>Waiting for that to come out. Just trying to be

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<v Speaker 1>a game changer. You know, I got a lot of

0:46:54.480 --> 0:46:56.359
<v Speaker 1>stuff I'm working on. I got my own cannabis line.

0:46:56.400 --> 0:46:59.440
<v Speaker 1>Now got my own string, my Charisma strain. So where

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<v Speaker 1>can people up to Charisma and eat broke? You can

0:47:03.680 --> 0:47:05.799
<v Speaker 1>get us to benj. You heard that she got our

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<v Speaker 1>own straight. If you're out here in California, you can

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<v Speaker 1>get it. All the cookies. Shout out to my brother Bernard,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for letting me being all the cookie stores.

0:47:13.560 --> 0:47:15.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm at all this easy stories. I'm at a lot

0:47:15.520 --> 0:47:18.360
<v Speaker 1>of stories out here. But if you catch me, you

0:47:18.400 --> 0:47:20.440
<v Speaker 1>can get it. You know what I mean. Look for

0:47:20.520 --> 0:47:22.560
<v Speaker 1>me and I'm always in the clubs. I'm always somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>DJ follow my Instagram at DJ Charisma, Always outside come, stay,

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<v Speaker 1>what's up? I don't bite. She definitely doesn't bite, and

0:47:31.239 --> 0:47:33.440
<v Speaker 1>I think the damns work fine for me. But definitely

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<v Speaker 1>follow her. Check her out anywhere you you gag sister podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>right huh for your national syndicated serious call. Yeah, what's

0:47:42.680 --> 0:47:46.319
<v Speaker 1>what it's called? Life on this It's a mixed show.

0:47:46.360 --> 0:47:49.080
<v Speaker 1>It's not a podcast. It's good music. You want me

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<v Speaker 1>to do? You want to tune in for two hours

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<v Speaker 1>and here some hot new ship like every Saturday night

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<v Speaker 1>on Hip Hop Nation series XIM, hip Hop Nation Series

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<v Speaker 1>x M. You heard it here. Just follow me on

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<v Speaker 1>d follow me on Instagram, Follow her on Instagram where

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<v Speaker 1>you can keep it put all okay, perfect al right?

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