1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: When when is the the grand opening, the expected expected 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: grant opening. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 2: Uh man, honestly, we still working. 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 3: I think we we close. We don't have a exact date, 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 3: but definitely gotta be a this year. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: You know. We we we we we push him. 7 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 3: We got a lot of ideas and uh things that 8 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 3: we know we have to present before we can't open, 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 3: and so all of 'em are being worked on. 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 2: Uh. But once we want, when once those. 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 3: Get built out, we still wanna come in and really 12 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 3: you know, bring interesting and do some things with the 13 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 3: new technology that he he he he has going. And 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 3: we wanna take a step back and make sure that 15 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 3: when you do come and it is open, it's y 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 3: it's an experience. 17 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: So it's no it's no rush. We just wanna make 18 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 2: sure we nail it. 19 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 4: Get it right. 20 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, I dress that's our guy. Yeh he Uh. 21 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: Actually I'm glad you said that because I know that 22 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: Nip had the vision of making it a smart store. 23 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: Is technology still a major part and as you plan 24 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: on doing it and making this a smart store? 25 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, undred percent, it's like exactly what you're saying. 26 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 3: When we finished the build out, we got to bring 27 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 3: him in and let him you. 28 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 2: Know, one too, and it's no, it's no rush, you 29 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. It ain't no rush. 30 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 3: Just get it right and then you know we'll feel 31 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 3: comfortable with you know, opening up. 32 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 5: Yeah, So whenever that happens, there's there's a guarantee that 33 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 5: that we will be here to support that, you know, 34 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 5: from New York and from obviously when we anytime we're 35 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 5: in La tapping in. Man, it's a it's a true, 36 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 5: a true honor to be here in your presence and 37 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 5: for you to share your space, man, and your time 38 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 5: and the family with us. 39 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 2: Man, this has been incredible. No, I appreciate you'll pulling 40 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: up mall. It's too easy. 41 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 4: I appreciate you, brother, Thank you. 42 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 6: Man. 43 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 4: Just get a couple of minutes in there, right, sure, 44 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 4: all right. 45 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: So this is a sneak peek. One room, tell us, 46 00:01:58,720 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: tell us where we at right now? 47 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: Survive. Uh, this is the rooftop. This is like kind 48 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: of like private shopping. 49 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 3: So while we still getting downstairs renovated, taking our time 50 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 3: with it, we gonna probably within another couple weeks open 51 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 3: this up like uh, private shopping, so you can book 52 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 3: in time slots. All the new stuff that we designed 53 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 3: and new cutting. So some of the old classics you 54 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 3: can get 'em from here, just to you know, be 55 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 3: able to offer some type of uh uh uh brick 56 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 3: and mortar location while we wait on the other the 57 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: the main shop to be designed. So it's some of 58 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 3: the new stuff, the classics, the crunchaw hoodies shirts, some 59 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 3: of the new designs. 60 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. 61 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: Oh and this is the short set, the the set, 62 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: the hoodie set. 63 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, this is new. Yeah, that's yeah. 64 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 5: I'm about to say I haven't seen this on the 65 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 5: side yet. 66 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 2: This is one of those things, so I s I 67 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: see the paper planes up there. 68 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 5: You spoke about rock Nation man that that relationship. Talk 69 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 5: about how solid that's been, how important it's been to 70 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 5: into the the development of the marathon. 71 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think just solid people. 72 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 3: NIP had a real close relationship with uh Emory and 73 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 3: w you know, he he he brought the situation for 74 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 3: uh NIP to be signed with Rock Nation, brought the 75 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 3: Puma deal together, and aside from that, just had a 76 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 3: real solid relationship. Like I met Emory through you know, 77 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: NIP introducing me to 'em, and so I think they 78 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 3: aside from business, they just been there to kind of 79 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 3: make sure everything is done correctly help out any time 80 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 3: we need. Uh, they a phone call away and it 81 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 3: also advise you know, and and and so been a 82 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: blessing man any a a any opportunity, especially with you know, 83 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 3: clothing or anything that they have, they always pass it 84 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 3: to us and just extend the olive treat man. 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You know when y'all put up, man, 129 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 3: y'all gotta get we got y'all. 130 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: That's crazy. 131 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 7: I just this that series just the released like two 132 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 7: weeks ago, The Flowers. 133 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, So talk about this. We gotta talk 134 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: about this before. How what does this mean to you? 135 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: Six millions? So it got all of his body, his discography, 136 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: you know you saw it from the beginning stages. So 137 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: you know, how does that feel to actually have this, 138 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: this these plaques, platinum. 139 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 3: Goal On the music side, it's good because Hustle, you know, 140 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 3: deserved it. 141 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 8: Man. 142 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: I just wish, you know, it would have been while 143 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 2: he was here. 144 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 3: But for me, the most important thing is you know, 145 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 3: his daughter and his son too, being able to see 146 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: this and understand and for us just you know, it's it's. 147 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 2: A good feeling for Bro to have his plaques, you 148 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 2: know me to me, like the point guard, copy supreme, 149 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: the point person. 150 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying when I think of all 151 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 4: money in he seems like the. 152 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: Point guard of this situation, you know, when we try 153 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: to get this thing done. 154 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 7: The first person that said, you know, shout out to 155 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 7: Dave Gils was like, you gotta touch the. 156 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 8: Copy off the rip, talking about you know, A and B, 157 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 8: what it stood for, what the plans were, like, you know, 158 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 8: very organized with his thought process. So you know that 159 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 8: that comes from a high level of maturity. 160 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 5: The fact that you know, we were able to have 161 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 5: access to him, that was incredible. 162 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 7: But his leadership is what's incredible to me. 163 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 5: Like if nipp Is is the general and I feel 164 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 5: like Covey was a lieutenant. 165 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 6: So I want to applaud y'all too for doing what 166 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 6: you're doing. And it mean a lot to me, It 167 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 6: mean a lot to the youth, to the kids, everybody 168 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 6: that's watching, and I just want to salute y'all on 169 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 6: how y'all y'all keep going. 170 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: Man, appreciate I appreciate that. 171 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 7: No Gucci problems heat money with Thomas Leavey for you 172 00:07:58,400 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 7: don't want the problems. 173 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 6: See that's a cly Rexpich. 174 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: To where did all money business come from. 175 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 6: So all money business is is is is just a 176 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 6: extension from all money in like like how you got 177 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 6: uh cash money and then YMCMB Okay. So the plan 178 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 6: for A and B was to take A and B 179 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 6: and take all the the kids in the neighborhood and 180 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 6: do some creativity whatever whatever it is you wanna do. 181 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 6: If you do music, we wanna help you push that. 182 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 6: If you do art, we wanna help you push that. 183 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 6: You make clothes, we wanna help you push that. So 184 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 6: that's that's basically what AMB was. 185 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 5: So A, A and B is Is it your brain 186 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 5: child or who who's involved. 187 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 4: In A and B? 188 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 6: It's it's it's it's me copy supreme. This is this 189 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 6: is my brand, my business, you know, and you know 190 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 6: I'm a member of All Money in of course nip 191 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 6: right here. 192 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: You know. 193 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 6: Anything I'm into, you know, the team is behind me. 194 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 6: But this is solely just me. 195 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 5: Yeah we we we saw we gotta a person out 196 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 5: front that greeted us. Man, I see mom's outside. Oh yeah, 197 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 5: mama love had the bee's bumping outside. So I I 198 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 5: the last time we came you went here, I think 199 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 5: the sore was closed. It was kind of late in 200 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 5: the evening. But I don't know if you had the 201 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 5: spot next door. 202 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 6: No, we didn't, So let's let's talk about that. 203 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 5: Well you got this spot and you said, let's expand 204 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 5: because now that's not even COVID, that's that's more in 205 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 5: the food space. 206 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 6: Yes, more in the food space. So I just thought about, 207 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 6: uh the different things that we needed around here in 208 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 6: the neighborhood, and uh what was gonna work. And I said, 209 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 6: you know what, we need to uh build a a 210 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 6: restaurant for our people to where we can you know, 211 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 6: and then we'll have vegan food, uh juices like mm 212 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 6: we know a different type of way to treat our folks. 213 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 6: And you can come here. You can eat good housepitality. 214 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 6: You gonna have that new American soul. You we you know, 215 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 6: we got mama cooking so so so so so you 216 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 6: know the food gonna be fire. So y you know, 217 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 6: we we'll we we gonna open up uh boulevard bobs 218 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 6: and be and more and probably like the next two months, 219 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 6: y'all can come down and y'all can sit and eat 220 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 6: with us. 221 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 2: That's that's impressing. 222 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 8: M m mmm