1 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Wow, we live today? How y'all feeling? God? Do I 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: have some sweeties in the house? I love y'all so much, y'all. 3 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: I am so excited to be back at the Black 4 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: Effect Podcast Festival this year as a cousin. Have you 5 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: guys been listening to keep a pause of Sweety on 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: the Black Effect Podcast Network? Yeah? Well I'm excited today. 7 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: This next guest is someone who has built her voice 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: completely on her own terms. She is unapologetic, confident, and real, 9 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: watching her evolve from music to culture and creating a 10 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: platform where people are not just watching her, but they're 11 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: really connecting with her. From Kresha please to acting to 12 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: thriving businesses. Businesses as implural because this is handling her business, okay, 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: now stepping into her own solo era, this new chapter, 14 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: and from everything we're seeing, this is her most authentic yet. 15 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: Beyond all of that, she is building something bigger than 16 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: just moments. She is building legacy. Can y'all please stand 17 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: to your feet? Everybody get up and give a very 18 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: warm atl welcome to my girl, Young Miami. Yes, honey, 19 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: you are so beautiful. 20 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: Atli's up. Yes, I hope I kind of have a 21 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: good time because I did. 22 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: We are gonna have some fun. Listen, this is my 23 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: first time being live here of Black Effects, so I'm excited. 24 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: It's my first time being live as a guest. So 25 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 2: I'm gonna the nervous. 26 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: Telling y'all she in good hands, right. 27 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: I'm gonna nervous or nervous. 28 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: Don't be nervous. I want to know before we get started. 29 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: How are you doing? I'm doing good. 30 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 2: How you doing? I'm good. 31 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,919 Speaker 1: I'm tired girl, I'm filming right now. To listen, we're working. 32 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 2: That's right. That gramagy, that's right. 33 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 1: That is right. So we're gonna break the ice with 34 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: something you are very comfortable with. 35 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 2: Okay. 36 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: You know how you used to go live on Instagram. Yeah, 37 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: you would just talk about whatever it was on your mind. 38 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: You would answer questions. 39 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: Ah. 40 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: So we're gonna do our own version of Krisha Live. 41 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: All right, So all I want you to do is 42 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: say the first thing that comes to your mind. Okay, 43 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: your first real reaction. A fan asked for dating advice, 44 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: What do you tell them? I don't like to. 45 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: Give dating advice because I feel like, as individuals, we 46 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 2: all like, well we like and what may work for 47 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: me may not work for y'all. So do whatever makes 48 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 2: you happy, and that's my day. And advice. 49 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: That's good advice, right, do what makes you happy? Okay, 50 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: you are cooking your go to meal on live. What 51 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: is it that you're cooking right now? 52 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: I'll make some honey baked chicken, rice and asparagus. 53 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: Oo were coming to Cracious with dinner, y'all. What's one 54 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: time that you went on live and when you got 55 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: off you said to yourself, Oh, I probably shouldn't have 56 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: said that. All the time. 57 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: My mouth is unfiltered every time I go live, I'll 58 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: be like, girl, you gotta start going live. 59 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: But that is what people love about you. They love 60 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: your authenticity. They love that you are unapologetically yourself. Now, 61 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: I think that's what's strong so many people to you 62 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: outside of your artist's career. Thank you so we love that. 63 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: And speaking of your care free energy, I'm sure that 64 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 1: is what set you up for your hit show Kresha, Please, y'all. 65 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: Did y'all know that she had over forty five million 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: plus views on YouTube, nine million social media followers, a 67 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: BET Award winner. You are doing all of the things. 68 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: A lot of people are here because they're interested in 69 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: getting into the podcast space. I want to know what 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: made you step into podcasting in the first place. 71 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: I think, you know, she's my personality. Yes, like going 72 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 2: to life, it was kind of like, you should do 73 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: a podcast because you are very entertaining. You ask a 74 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: lot of questions. Because whenever I meet somebody, I ask 75 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 2: a lot of questions. I interview people are like, so 76 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: it's like, why not take it on a bigger form 77 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: and do a podcast. I love that. 78 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: Did someone had to talk you into it? Or was 79 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: this your idea? Now? 80 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: Somebody taught me into it? 81 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: It was the same for me because I really wasn't 82 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: ready to open up. 83 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 2: No, was like, you should get a podcast. You ask 84 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: good questions, and I was like, okay, why not? 85 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: Come on? I love that. What did have in your 86 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: own platform give you that? Music did not? 87 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 2: I think music give me a voice. But I think 88 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 2: that like having my podcast, it just separating me. It 89 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 2: just put me in my own lane and it just 90 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 2: made me special. I think that it just made me 91 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: be a bigger voice for the culture. 92 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, and it has I love that. 93 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: Was there ever a moment that you realized that people 94 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: are really connecting to you, not just for what you did. 95 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: But like, actually, Kresha, I think. 96 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 2: That when every person that I interview on the show, 97 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: they all open up to me, like they all it 98 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: was like, I never did this before. I never told 99 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: nobody this, so I never had this conversation. I was 100 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: just like, but you're doing it with me, and they 101 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 2: always tell me like my energy, just give a safe space. 102 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: How they felt safe with me. So I think that, 103 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 2: like probably after my third interview, I was like, oh, 104 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 2: these people really feel comfortable with me, and they made 105 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 2: me feel made me feel really good about myself. 106 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: You have a very calming spirit. I just meant her 107 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: for the first time backstage, and immediately it was like, 108 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: you have a very peaceful energy. I love that. 109 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm a lady. I'm a woman, you know, 110 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: I'm a lady. 111 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: I love that. Did podcasting change how you saw your 112 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: inner voice and the influence that you have? 113 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, because before I'm not gonna lie, I was like, 114 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 2: I'm really good at this. I never knew like how 115 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: much I connect with people because performing it from a 116 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: crowd and like really sitting there having a conversation with 117 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: somebody's for sure. 118 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: Now a lot of people see the clips they see 119 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: everything on the outside, but they don't see what it 120 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: takes to make it all happen. There is a business 121 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: behind podcasting, So I want to ask you what did 122 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: you learn about ownership and control when you start your podcast. 123 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: I would say it's like this. It's like owning a 124 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: house and renting a house. When you own a house, 125 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 2: you could sell your house. When you're renting a house, 126 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 2: you can't sell it because you're reading it. So ownership 127 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 2: is very important. Like owning your house, you could always 128 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,239 Speaker 2: you know, build it up and sell it. It's worth something. 129 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: But when you just renting it, you're paying somebody else mortgage, right, 130 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: And that's that's how I look at it. 131 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: I love that. Now is this something that you got 132 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: into it knowing this is a business, This is your 133 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: image and your likeness. This is something that could turn 134 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: into something bigger. What are your aspirations for the podcast? 135 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: My aspiration for the podcast is continue to grow it. 136 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: It's like a baby I gave birth. 137 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: I gotta build it up, raise it, get it at 138 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 2: a place where I send it off the college and 139 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 2: graduate and like now we're here. So I think, you know, 140 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: starting to building the foundation. I want to keep it going. 141 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 2: I want to go on tour, I want to do 142 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 2: you know, live interviews, and I want to just continue 143 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 2: to grow it. 144 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see that. Gonna kill less this now? 145 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: What is something about the business side that surprised you 146 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: where you were like, oh, I didn't know all this 147 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: was going on in the seconds? Everything about it? Yeah, 148 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: it's tiring. Listen, let's talk about that. Do you like 149 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: Backstreet like where you shoot like the multiple episodes in 150 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: a day, or do you like do one at a time. 151 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: I was doing tour day at one for my second season, 152 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 2: I was doing too at a day. But it's like 153 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: for me, I want to do too looks two weeks 154 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 2: like I want to Yes, it's the whole production. And 155 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 2: it's also you gotta study. You gotta study the person 156 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: that's coming on your podcast. I know a lot about them. 157 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: It's just a lie. 158 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: It's a lot of time you know that you're putting 159 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: in to this. I love that because it is a 160 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: former journalism. You have to know the person, know about 161 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: them so you can carry on the conversation. Right, That's 162 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: so true. People don't see the prep work that goes 163 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: into these interviews. We don't just sit down on the right, 164 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: hey girl, So let's chat. It's not that at all. 165 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: Was there ever a moment in your podcast where you 166 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: felt like, Wow, this is bigger than just entertainment. I'm 167 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: changing lives. 168 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: The first time I sat down and filmed my first episode, 169 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 2: I was like wow. But when I did season two 170 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 2: and it was just like a whole big production and 171 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: I had like it was just so much going on. 172 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: I'm looking around, I'm like, this mine, this Caresha, this 173 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: is me. This is a little girl from Opa Laka. 174 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: I think, you know, just transitioning out of music because 175 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 2: people love to box me in and just be like 176 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 2: you're a rapper. You can't do this, and you can't 177 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 2: do that. You can't do that. So when I did 178 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 2: my first episode and I saw that attic, I said, Mama, 179 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 2: I made it. I love that. 180 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: I know you had a bunch of amazing guests, but 181 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: out of everyone and not slighting anyone, who is your favorite? 182 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: And if you can't name it one, you can give 183 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 1: me three your top three. 184 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say Kevin Gates. Kevin Gates brought the energy 185 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: and I also felt like he set the tone, like 186 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 2: he literally set the tone for Krisha Please, because he 187 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 2: came and nothing was off limits, like he was answering everything. 188 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 2: He was like, I don't even my second favorite person 189 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 2: was she herbo in my third persons, I like the 190 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: summer Walker sum Yeah. 191 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: You're one with g Herbal went viral because he interview 192 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: with me. 193 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 2: He put me back in the hot seat. I'm like, hey, 194 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 2: this my this is my podcast, the only one that's interviewing, 195 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: not you. 196 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: He tried to turn the tables real quick. I also 197 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: want to know, are you thinking about relaunching it? We 198 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: would love to see it come back because it's been 199 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: a while. We want do. 200 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 2: We want to know, y'all, Krisha Please is coming? It 201 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: never left? You know, sometimes you have to like reset. 202 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 2: You gotta reset, you gotta have a vision, you gotta 203 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 2: clean up, and sometimes you gotta up the house. So 204 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 2: I got an episode coming real real soon. 205 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: We're excited about that. Y'all ready for that job? Yes? Now? 206 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: How involved are you in the creative me? I'm involved 207 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: in every single thing from what I'm wearing to have 208 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: my hair, is makeup, the guests, the set, everything. How 209 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: hands on are you? 210 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 2: I'm a creative I'm a creative director. I literally kind 211 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 2: of create director everything I do, like nothing is moving 212 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 2: without me because I always have a vision, Like I 213 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 2: know what I want. I'm a girl that knows what 214 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 2: I want in my business, personal life, relationship. This is 215 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 2: my life. So I'm the one that travel my car. 216 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: I know what when I get in a car, I 217 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 2: know my destination. So I operate everything. I love that. 218 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: I'm the same way. Now do you ever feel like 219 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 1: that gets exhausting? 220 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 2: It do because it'll be like, girl, let somebody else 221 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 2: do it. It is exhausting. But I'm very passionate, you know. 222 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 2: I feel like it's you only get one life, you 223 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 2: only get one chance, and it's this my chance. And 224 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 2: I'm not playing around like I'm not. I'm not. I'm 225 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 2: gonna take advantage of this. I'm not gonna see the 226 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 2: play around. And I'm a person I get up early, 227 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 2: I go out. I'll be up at eight o'clock. They 228 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 2: be like you up, Yeah, yeah, I love that. 229 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 1: On the way here, I was answering some questions on 230 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: Instagram and someone asked me how do I keep my 231 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: passion alive? And I said, I don't keep it alive, 232 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 1: it keeps me alive. And talking about when something is 233 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: a passion. It's the thing that's driving you. So you 234 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: you just keep going. 235 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 2: I love that because you love it like it's your 236 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 2: job and it's like you gotta you gotta want it 237 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 2: for yourself. You know, nobody can't want it but you. 238 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 2: So that's how I look at it. 239 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: I love that. Now, what did the first run the 240 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: podcast teach you that you didn't expect about yourself? 241 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 2: I guess I'm gonna say, I'm anna safe space, that 242 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: people really love me, people really connect with me. It 243 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 2: taught me that people really really connect outside of like 244 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 2: being a public figure, like as a person on a 245 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: personal level. 246 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: You talked about being boxed in and how people trying 247 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: to box you in because you are a public figure. 248 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 1: We were introduced to you through rap. How do you 249 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: break out of that box and let people know, hey, 250 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: I'm not a monolith. I can do all the things. 251 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 2: Every time somebody tell me I can't do something, I 252 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 2: do it. I'm like one of God's favorite Like when 253 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 2: they say no, people be like in another one, in 254 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 2: another one. Now you in BMF, Now you're doing this, 255 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 2: Now you're doing that. So I think that it's like 256 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 2: I don't even look at it no more. It's just 257 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: like my God got me, big God. It's like watch this, Yes, 258 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 2: watch this. 259 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: I love that. I love that. Now we mess you 260 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: through City Girls and now you are walking into your 261 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: solo era. And you were saying, this is the most 262 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: authentic that people have seen you because this is your time. 263 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: How did you know that it was time to go solo? 264 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: And how are you walking into that space? I know? 265 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: Sometimes like even from I'm on Sisters, which is an 266 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 1: ensemble cast with a lot of women, and then I 267 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: got my Spindo off show, which is just me and 268 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: my love interest, I didn't have that support of all 269 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: the girls, and it was a different time navigating that space. 270 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: How are you walking into this new era? 271 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 2: I need new energy, a new frequency, you know, just positive, 272 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 2: just happy, just focusing on me. I think that when 273 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: you focus on yourself, that's when you're the best version 274 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 2: of yourself. Because it's like when you're in a group, 275 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 2: it's like being in a relationship. Sometimes y'all don't always 276 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 2: see eye to eye and it's just like when you 277 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 2: finally lead that relationship, it's like damm I hair getting 278 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 2: on my skin going because you're focusing on yourself, right, 279 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: So That's how I look at it. I'm focused on myself. 280 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 2: I love that. 281 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: So what are you loving about this new creative process 282 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: as you're working on this new project. 283 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 2: I love that people get to see me as an 284 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 2: individual now. They know like, Okay, the songs that I picked, 285 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 2: the beat selections, my visuals, the content that I'm creating. 286 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: They can understand me now as a solo artist, as 287 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 2: an individual. 288 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: Choys, Yeah, what is your creative process like, like, take 289 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: us to the moment when you feel like I'm ready 290 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: to start a new album to getting in the studio 291 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: and creating. 292 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 2: What is your process Like, I'm not gonna lie, I'm 293 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 2: on moody. I'm so moody. I don't know however I 294 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 2: wake up that day, it's how I feel. But most 295 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 2: of the time I wake up in a good mood. 296 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 2: I wake up I just like the vibe I need, 297 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 2: like trying to think. I need time to get myself together, 298 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 2: Like I need to wake up and I need to think. 299 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: It's like, give me a minute, let me the day Tuesday, 300 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 2: it's three o'clock, okay, let me just let me just 301 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 2: digest its real quick and then I go with the flow. 302 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: I love that so when you get in the studio 303 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: and you're picking the songs and you're creating, are you 304 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: going off your real life experiences? Are you like waiting 305 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: to see if something really resonates with your soul? 306 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 2: I just going for like whatever mood I'm in. Like 307 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: if I'm in the studio and I'm just sitting there, 308 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 2: I'm like, play this song for you real quick, or 309 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 2: pull up a song. And then I got to hear 310 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 2: some music and I'm like, Okay, I'm in this bag. 311 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 2: I want to go how tempo I want to go? 312 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 2: You know, mellow, I want to do this, I want 313 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: to do that. So it depends on my mood. 314 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: Okay, is there anything that you can let us know 315 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: what to expect from this new album? 316 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 2: Fire? 317 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: Come on Johnson Fire. In the chat, she said, Fire, 318 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: I love that. 319 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 2: Now. 320 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: Do you enjoy being live on stage performing or being 321 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: in the booth? 322 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 2: Both? Really? I enjoy both? 323 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: That's good. I feel like the songwriting process and the 324 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: recording process is therapeutic. 325 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 2: Is that like that for you? Yeah? When I'm in 326 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 2: the studio, I mean having fun. It's like I'm in there. 327 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 2: I feel like it's my safe space, Like I'm just 328 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 2: in here, like i'm working, it's like I'm at right, 329 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 2: so I be having fun. But then when I'm on stage, 330 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm with the people now, it's kind to connect. 331 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: It's kind of put on the show. 332 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: Yes, I love that. How do you turn that on? 333 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: I'm interested? Are you like be honest with you have 334 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: Sasha fears and then Kreshia. You know how you have 335 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: an alter ego? I got a yeah, Patty, tap into that? 336 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: How do you tap into your alter ego? 337 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 2: I gotta play some music that made me feel good. 338 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: Take me a shot, have me a drink, put on 339 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 2: my wig, get my makeup done, look nice in it's own. 340 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: It's almost like getting into character because you act as well. Yeah, 341 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: so like once you get into character, she just kind of. 342 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: I love myself in the mirror. I'll be like, it's 343 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 2: on a night. You gotta give yourself a pep talk. 344 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's just on a night. I love that. What 345 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: part about you? Do you think that people never really 346 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: hear about. 347 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 2: I don't know, and I really don't care, Like I 348 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 2: just I'm just so over people. What they think, what 349 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 2: they know about me, what they don't know. I don't care. 350 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: So there's nothing that's just like, just love me for 351 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: who you don't here like I don't. 352 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 2: I don't care about what they don't know, what they do, 353 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: know what they think. I love the people that support me, 354 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 2: of course, like I love my supporters, but I'm over 355 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 2: like caring what people think and being a people pleaser 356 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 2: because you cannot please nobody and that shit would drive 357 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: you crazy. And I'm all about protecting my peace. Yes, 358 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 2: And I'm like, I'm in my thirties now and I 359 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 2: just want to feel good, like life is about feeling good. 360 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 2: Life is short. It's short, It's very short. So I'm 361 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 2: just pouring to me. I just want to grow, evolve 362 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 2: and just have fun. I don't care why what people 363 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 2: think about that, I don't care. 364 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: I love that. Was there ever a thing yead? Was 365 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: there ever a time I know for me, like when 366 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: I was thrust into this industry, I wasn't ready for 367 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: all that came with it, you know. And it's a 368 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 1: lot of people don't understand how heavy the crown can 369 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: really be. 370 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 2: You know. 371 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: And was there ever a moment where you were like, man. 372 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 2: This is a lot. I'm not gonna lie. It been 373 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 2: a lot since I got on the scenes, Like you 374 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 2: said behind the scenes, it's a lot, and especially being 375 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 2: a woman, it's a lot. It's so much. But it's like, 376 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 2: you gotta you know, that's what life about. You gotta 377 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 2: like it. Come with punches. You gotta learn how to 378 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 2: roll with the punches. You gotta stand for something because 379 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 2: you're gonna fall for anything. I gotta have a voice. 380 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: Yes, you gotta have a mind. 381 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 2: You have to be strown, you have to be vocal, 382 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 2: you gotta have a team around you. So I think that, Like, 383 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 2: once I really really got into Indu Street, I was like, 384 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 2: I see what people were talking about. But one thing 385 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 2: about me, I was born and raised in Opa Loca 386 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 2: and I ain't going for nothing. 387 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: I know that's right. I love that. You listen, she 388 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: is so unapologetic about who she is and I love that. Well, 389 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: let's get into this fashion, okay, because sis is always fly. 390 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: I want to know, like how to just styll evolve 391 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: where they come from? Because I feel like girls in 392 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: Florida like have their own style, they just own energy. 393 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 2: Where did that come from? My mom? My mom have 394 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 2: always been like my inspiration. She just always was like 395 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 2: fly all dressing me up. She thought I was her 396 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 2: love baby. 397 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: Doll. 398 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 2: So she always kept me in the latest and she 399 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 2: was the one that taught me what fashion is. You 400 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 2: know how like you, I have a daughter, so she 401 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 2: always see me in hair and makeup, a g lown 402 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 2: just like MoMA, you look so cute. I want to 403 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 2: wear heels, I want to do my makeup. I want 404 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 2: to do this, So I say, my mom, she aspired, 405 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 2: like my style. 406 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: I love that. Do you ever feel like people look 407 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: at your fashion and think that's what defines you? 408 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, how do you feel about that? I love it. 409 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: Because I just. 410 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 2: Say, yeah, I love it. I'm not gonna lie because 411 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 2: when it comes to fashion, I really feel like I 412 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 2: got my look, Like I just give sexy. I'm gonna 413 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 2: give you a two piece. I'm gonna give your body suit, 414 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 2: and I'm gonna get your body if people always say that, 415 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 2: and I'm like, I'm glad it ain't not my style. 416 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: Yes, I feel like you have a star, like, oh, 417 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: that's crucial where it like, that's right. I love that, 418 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: That's why. And I love also that you don't care 419 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: about what people think, you know, Like it's like if 420 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: I like it, I like it. I've been like that 421 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: since I was a kid. My mom would be like, 422 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: I don't like that. I'm like I do. I just 423 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: never cared. But I've always been into fashion. Could we 424 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: ever see like a line from you? I know you 425 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: have your merch line, but would you ever do like 426 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: a fashion line. 427 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 2: I've been thinking about it. I'm ready into heels like 428 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,959 Speaker 2: I'm a heel girl. I love heels like I well heels. 429 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 2: If I could wear heirs to the gym, I wheel, 430 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 2: are you? I just love a sexy shoe like so yeah, 431 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 2: I love that. 432 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: I don't listen, don't what listen? I have to wear 433 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: heels all the time on set. So the menu I 434 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: can put on a sneaker or a flat I'm like, 435 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: give it to me. I love it, but if my 436 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: feet be hurting me. So people see the success, they 437 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: see the confidence, and we kind of touched on this, 438 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: but they don't understand all that comes along with it. 439 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: You have a testimony with your upbringing in itself, you know, 440 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: helping raise your children, I mean helping raise your brothers 441 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: and sisters and then also being raised in Miami. Tell 442 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: me about your childhood and what that was like coming up. 443 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 2: I had kind of like a pretty Norman childhood and 444 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: to my mom with the prison I had to raise 445 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 2: her kids. But I feel like that's what made me 446 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 2: the woman I am today. That's why I'm unbreakable because 447 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 2: I don't went through the hardship at a young age 448 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 2: and it built care to me. So that's why I'm like, 449 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 2: I'm the woman who I am today because of you know, 450 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 2: my upbringing, and I love it. I needed that because 451 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 2: you got to have like you gotta be shrown these days, 452 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 2: and a lot of people are not shrown, Like a 453 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 2: lot of people mentally are going through it and they 454 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 2: don't have nobody to talk to. They don't know how 455 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 2: to overcome it, you know, and it's really it's hard, 456 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 2: and some people don't know how to get through life. 457 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,719 Speaker 2: And I'm just proud of like where I came from 458 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 2: because it built this woman who I am today. And 459 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 2: I don't care how many sticks stones get thrown at me. 460 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: You can't break me, that's right. 461 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 1: I love that. 462 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 2: They are here for it. 463 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: No, I've heard your story and I know it resonates 464 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: with a lot of people. As a child having to 465 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: go through that, was there ever moments where you're like, dang, 466 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: like I just want to be a kid. 467 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 2: I just want to do what I want to do. 468 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: I mean, I was like twenty in my mid twenties, 469 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 2: so I didn't ever look at it like that because 470 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 2: I feel like I was. I was glad that I 471 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: was able to do that for my mom. Like I'm 472 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 2: glad that I was able to raise my mom kids 473 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,400 Speaker 2: and they didn't have to split up and go here 474 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 2: and go there. So I look at it as a blessing. 475 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 2: It's like, I'm living my life now. Yes, I'm having 476 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 2: fun now, I'm taking kill my mom, taken, kill my brothers, 477 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 2: my sister's like. I don't look at it like that. 478 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 2: It is what it is. 479 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: That's a blessing, big blessing. I love that you should 480 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: be proud. Yes, you really shit, I like her. I 481 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: love that. Thank you. 482 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: Yes. 483 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people in the audience are 484 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: wanting to get into this world entertainment industry, podcasting, music. 485 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: Is there anything that you could tell us about how 486 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: you stay grounded and what they can look forward to 487 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: or not look forward to if they really want to 488 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: get into this. 489 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie. How stay grounded is here? My 490 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 2: kids call me mommy. Whenever my kids say mommy, you 491 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 2: gotta keep going. You got these kids like it. It's 492 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 2: my family. I just feel like I gotta just That's 493 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 2: that's how I stay grounded. Like everything else is noise. 494 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 2: With my kids and my family. I gotta keep going. 495 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 2: I gotta get this money. I gotta get this out 496 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 2: the hood baby for real real. 497 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: They always say, hearing mama will humble you. It's like, oh, 498 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: I got a responsibility. Yes, and I'm sure that's something 499 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: that you look forward to. 500 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I love my kids, love my family. 501 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: I love that being a mother. How do you balance 502 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: it all because you're so busy. 503 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 2: I got a great support system. So now my mama 504 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 2: got my kids someone else. So that made me feel 505 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 2: good and I'm at peace knowing that my kids is 506 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,959 Speaker 2: somewhat comfortable with my mom. They good, they fed, they 507 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 2: got they they comfortable, they safe. I could do whatever 508 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 2: I want to do because my kids safe. I'm fine. 509 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: I love that and that's very important. A lot of 510 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: That's another thing that people should think about when they're 511 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: wanting to get into this industry because it does pull 512 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: you into so many different directions. Yes, you need that 513 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: support system. It is so important. The right team. We 514 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: talked about having the right team but family and making 515 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: sure you have the right people around you. 516 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 2: You got to have the right people around you, because 517 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 2: this industry will break you. If you don't have the 518 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 2: right people around you, go end up in the middle 519 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 2: of the ocean by yourself. 520 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: That's a word no for sure. As you're growing closer 521 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: to God, has there been instances where you're like where 522 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: you felt like this is this is between me and him? 523 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: Because I feel like that, I get that all the time, 524 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: like this is not your relationship. 525 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 2: This is us now everything. I feel like every day 526 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 2: I wake up, I promise i'd be like, you know what, 527 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 2: let me is breathe because God always got me even 528 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 2: times when I want to give up, and right when 529 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 2: I feel like I want to give up, he show 530 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: up every time every time. So it's like sometimes you 531 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 2: gotta give yourself grace. You gotta give yourself grace, Like 532 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 2: you gotta give yourself grace. So I just think that 533 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 2: whenever I'm just being hard on myself, I'm like, God, 534 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 2: be like, girl, girl, I got you. 535 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: He always does. 536 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 2: So I feel like every day I wake up, it's 537 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 2: between me and him. 538 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: That's the same. 539 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 2: I don't do nothing without God. I wake up and 540 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 2: praise God, go to sleep, pays God like I love God. 541 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: I love that, Come on, y'all, give it up. I 542 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: love that. I know that we go through hardships, we 543 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: go through different circumstances, and people look at our lives 544 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 1: and be like, man, I want that. Has there ever 545 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: been moments where all you had to lean on was 546 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: your faith? 547 00:25:53,840 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 2: Yes? Yes, yes, I don't think nobody in life ain't 548 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 2: never had to depend on their faith. 549 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: Yes. 550 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll be for my life every other day. It's shit. 551 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 2: Life hard. It is. 552 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: If there's someone out there right now that is trying 553 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: to figure it out and they feel like that's all 554 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: they have. If do you have any advice to them? 555 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 2: Keep your head up, keep going, pray about it. It's 556 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 2: just you gotta believe. Like sometimes when I just be 557 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 2: like this shit ain't gonna work, I be like, why 558 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 2: I'm being negative instead of being positive, Like, let me 559 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 2: be positive, let me think, let me speak positivity into me. 560 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 2: So whenever I be negative, I have to correct myself. Stop. Yeah, 561 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 2: let's say it's gonna work. Let's say this's gonna happen. 562 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 2: So I like to manifest, So I manifest a lot. 563 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 2: I love that. 564 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: What are some things that you're manifesting right now that 565 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 1: you want to happen a successful, peaceful life, like I 566 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: just want to like forifer real, for real, retire song, 567 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: like I don't. 568 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 2: I just want to be at peace with my kids, 569 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 2: Like I want to travel the world my kids. I 570 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 2: don't want to be an entertainer because they get tiring. 571 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 2: Like these people were, they will really like drive you 572 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 2: into a mental state, Like it's a lot to deal with. 573 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 2: You know, we're human and we go through personal shit. 574 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 2: We got kids, we got family, and it's like gotta 575 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 2: deal with these people and then the shit I got 576 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 2: going on home. It's too much to deal with. So 577 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 2: I just want a successful, peaceful like if I want 578 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 2: to give my kids everything I didn't have and I 579 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 2: just want to live my life. 580 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: I love that. What do you do in those moments 581 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: where this is a lot, How do you pour back 582 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: into Koreatia because you give a lot. 583 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 2: I go to sleep. Listen, baby, I'm gonna sleep through 584 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 2: the bullshit. Wave me up tomorrow. I don't give a funk. 585 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 2: I'm going to sleep. You'll call you a bad and 586 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 2: I be like, baby, I'm finna go to sleep. Bring 587 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 2: me up. Tomorrow, I gotta take a nap, and hey, 588 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: I want I sleep through the bullshit. I'm telling you, 589 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 2: I go to sleep. I just be waking up for real, 590 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 2: Like I go to sleep, like I gotta go to sleep, 591 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 2: Like I'm gonna get me a nap. I'm gonna go 592 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 2: to sleep. I'm going to sleep. I'm gonna deal with 593 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 2: that shit tomorrow because it be a new day. Every day. 594 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: You ain't come to be a new day. And it's 595 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 2: like being in the heat of a moment, you know, 596 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 2: it's very important, Like bad news is in the heat 597 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 2: of a moment. Something happened. I'm going to sleep. Listen, 598 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 2: I'm out and night take care. 599 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: Of going to sleep. I'm gonna tell y'all something. I 600 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: will take a nap in a minute. I was like, 601 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: y'all give me a second. Fifteen minutes and I'm back. 602 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: But I gotta go to sleep. And there's sounds where 603 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: like tomorrow, that's my day off. I'm gonna sleep. 604 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 2: I caid it. 605 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: I had to like literally write those days in sometimes 606 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: because our schedules get so busy. Yeah, and sometimes I 607 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: feel like the months are flying and I'm like, when 608 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: is the last time I had just a minute, so 609 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: I have to like literally say hey, these are my 610 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: blackout dates. Don't call me, don't book nothing one. 611 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 2: I think I'm gonna sleep, even if it's for five minutes, 612 00:28:54,480 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 2: an hour, thirty minutes, I am going to sleep. I'm 613 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 2: the same break me up. When it's over, y'all gonna 614 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 2: deal with that shit. I can't do it like, I 615 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 2: just can't. 616 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: I can't. I love that, and you have to have boundaries. 617 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: Let's talk about boundaries. I think that is one of 618 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: the main ways to survive in this industry is to 619 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: set real boundaries with people. 620 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 2: And be like no. 621 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: I've learned that no is a complete sentence. I don't 622 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: have to do it if I don't want to, if 623 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: I'm tired, the answer is no. 624 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 2: I think that boundaries kind of maturity because I wasn't 625 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 2: never this mature to say no. Now it's absolutely not. 626 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 2: I don't care. I don't care how you feel like 627 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 2: because at one point in my life I cared about 628 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 2: how people feel and how they felt. So it's like, 629 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 2: I'm gonna just do it because I don't want them 630 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 2: to feel like this. I'm just do it now. I 631 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 2: don't care. Rabe, go write a book. About it, bye, 632 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 2: taking a book? Would you ever write a book? I 633 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 2: don't know. I don't know. Maybe, but it's it's gonna 634 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 2: be spicy though. I know, honey, I got a lot 635 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 2: of stories to tell now. 636 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a page turner. They're gonna be like, 637 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: I read this book in eight hours. 638 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 2: Like, I don't know if I will ever write a book. 639 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 2: I don't know. 640 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: I get asked that all the time, and I'm like, 641 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. Sometimes I feel like for me person 642 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: like the things that would probably sell would also impact 643 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: other people, and I respect other people, and I'm like, 644 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if I want to write about everything. 645 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 2: You know? So I get that. Yeah, yeah, it's like 646 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 2: write the book. 647 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: I want to ask you before we get out of here, 648 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: what else do you have coming up with? We know 649 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: you have a solo project. Is there anything else we 650 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: could look out for? Any new acting projects that you 651 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: can tease? So? 652 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 2: I just shot a new song yesterday. It's called spin It. 653 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 2: I don't know y'all heard or not, but I'm gonna 654 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 2: need y'all to go download it screaming and let me 655 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 2: know what y'all think. Watch my video. It's on YouTube 656 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 2: and I got an album coming this summer. 657 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: We cannot wait. Listen. I'm so proud of you. I'm 658 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: proud of you for being un a apologetically. 659 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 2: You say this, but you have. I'm telling you have 660 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 2: a really beautiful spirit. 661 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: And I love how she just don't care. I'm like, 662 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: because I'm a people pleasing sometimes you gotta stop that. 663 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 2: I'm getting better being the people please to get you 664 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 2: no where. 665 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: But yes, listen, my heartbroken. 666 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 2: You know that. I'm telling you, do not do that. 667 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 2: You gonna look up and then people gonna be gonna 668 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: drain you. 669 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: Girl. Listen, talk about it. So I'm working on that 670 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: because I just want to see everyone around me happy. 671 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 2: But also, you gotta make yourself happy first. 672 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: I'm very happy. 673 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, but you gotta be happy first. 674 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: Yes that's a word. Yeah, y'all heard it. You them 675 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: them like it all right. 676 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 2: Garia Sa, thank you so thank you for having me. 677 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 2: Of course, we gotta do this again. 678 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: Make sure you guys check out Koresia please when she 679 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: gets back on. We're excited about that. Your new song 680 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: stream it downloaded, all the things, play it over and 681 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: over and over again. 682 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 2: Yes it. 683 00:31:58,840 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: When it's the new video dropping? 684 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 2: Do you know you dropped yesterday Friday? 685 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: Oh perfect? 686 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 2: Today Saturday? Right? I know, right? What out today? Say 687 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 2: yeah Saturday, Saturday? 688 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 3: Say all right, make sure I'll check that out too. 689 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 3: I love you guys in the meantime, In between time, 690 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 3: I love you guys so much. 691 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: Being unapologetic means walking in your fullness, confidently, boldly, not 692 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: dimming your life for anyone. Guys, I cannot wait for 693 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: everyone to try this product line. You're gonna love it. 694 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna walk boldly and unapologetically to together. Can't wait