1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Giants Huddle. Get him in a Huddle, 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Get him in a huddle, Get him in a New 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: York Giants podcast. Welcome to another edition of the Giants 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: Huddle podcast. I'm Madeline Burke and this podcast you can 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: find on Giants dot com, the Giants Mobile app, and 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: all of your favorite podcast platforms. Make sure you subscribe 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: and leave a positive review if you like what you 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: here today. Our guest is East Orange, New Jersey native 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: for the collegiate defensive Player of the Year in Lott 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: Trophy winner at Michigan, the number overall pick of the 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen NFL Draft, and a new member of 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: the New York Football Giants, safety Jabril Pepper's a k A. 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: J Real. Welcome to the podcast, and yes we're gonna 14 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: get to that Jay Real in a little bit, but 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: first I got to mention you were traded to the 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: Giants this offseason. I read an article about your mom Ivory. 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: She was teaching a Bible study class when she got 18 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: the call, and legit, the whole church just lost it excitement. 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: Why is it like coming home? It's like a dream 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: come true and all actuality. You know, I've attended a 21 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: lot of Giants games growing up. Um, I played a 22 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: lot of games that met life in high school and uh, 23 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: you know, just being able to play for the hometown team. 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: You and your mom are really close, right man? What's 25 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 1: your relationship like to a single mom at the hardships 26 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: and you know, she had a lot of sacrifices that 27 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: she had to make and you know, now we're just 28 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: reaping the foods of our labor. Is there a little 29 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: bit of pressure to when you come home? I mean, 30 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: like you've got friends, family and all that kind of stuff. 31 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: I'm saying, I want to come out to a game whatever. 32 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: How do you balance that with also focusing on what 33 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: you're doing on the field. And I wouldn't say it's pressure. 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: You know, I've been, you know, in similar situations. You 35 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: know when I played at don Bo School, Progremus Catholic, 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: you know, to powerhouse programs back when I was in 37 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: high school, and so it was kind of a lot 38 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: of that then you know, we kind of handled it then, 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: UM and learned how to handle it. So now everything 40 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: is just easy. You know, everyone has to go through 41 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: her UM and I just get the focus on going. 42 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: I love to do best. Let mom handle that. She 43 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: loves it though, So it's all right, that's good, that's good. 44 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:17,119 Speaker 1: I'm sure she's happy to have you back. Now. You 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: you tweeted out something pretty interesting. Last season, you played 46 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: the whole season, you didn't miss any games, but you 47 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: were only on the field about sixty of the time 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: barring injury. This opportunity with the Giants, you could be 49 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: kind of on the field a lot more. How much 50 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: is that going to help your game and what you're 51 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: able to contribute to the same. I think it's gonna 52 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: help tremendously, you know. And I and when I was 53 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: talking about it, Um, you know, I put it to 54 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: him in terms like I was playing every other series. Um, 55 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: you know, we had another great strong safety when I 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: was there, and Derrick Kendrick. So I so I kind 57 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: of understood. Um, you know, I didn't really have a 58 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: great rookie year, but you know I felt this, though, 59 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: somebody has to win a job because you're not gonna 60 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: take a quarterback out each and every drive, Like, how 61 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: can you get a feel for the game, How can 62 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: you understand what the defense is trying to do? So 63 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: it's kind of the same thing, you know, how can 64 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: I get a feel of what the offense is trying 65 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: to do? What what what route concepts are they consistently 66 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: running and what personnels? You know, And it's it's a 67 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: difference from watching it from the sideline actually being out there. 68 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: You know that you just get a better feel for 69 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: you know, and I just think, you know, it's just 70 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: more more plays to be made, more opportunities to make 71 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: plays when when when you're on the field, more um 72 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: and just overall better feel for the game and like 73 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: getting into that rhythm rhythm. I think that's really important. Definitely, definitely, 74 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: definitely absolutely. How so, like, are you somebody who's got 75 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: like a very strict team in general or not not 76 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: really in game, but you know, once I cover a 77 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: guy for a certain amount of possessions or downs, I 78 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: kind of got to feel of what he's trying to do, 79 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: Like what what what's what? What? What was their game 80 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: plan coming into this week and how they plan to 81 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: attack us? But when I'm only seeing them every other series, 82 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: you know, I don't I don't don't know, Okay, Like, yeah, 83 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: we communicated on the sideline, you know, me and Derek, 84 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: But you know, it's it's it's a different than actually 85 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: feeling it and being out there seeing how he's releasing 86 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: his stems, how he snaps his route off. You know, 87 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: just things like that, little little intricacies that really help 88 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: you go a long way and make plays. Yeah, and 89 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: when you look at the way this giant's defense works, 90 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: it's kind of you know, defense by community, a little aggressive, 91 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: little swarming kind of like that. How do you what 92 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: are your initial impressions of how you fit in here? 93 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm excited, you know because because best he has a 94 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: great scheme. You know, he puts guys in positions to 95 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: make plays. You know, his track record is remarkable, you know, 96 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: with with with the guys that he's coaching their production. Um, 97 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: and I'm just excited to play for him, go out 98 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: there and get them all. He's in every Sunday and 99 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: you know, make plays. What do you want giants fans 100 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: to know about you? As they're just gonna have a 101 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: guy who's gonna do whatever it takes to win. You know, 102 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: I know what it feels like to lose, and you know, 103 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do everything in my power to you know, 104 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: make sure we come out of here. You know with 105 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: the win. Are you somebody who hates to lose more 106 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: than you like to win. I feel like that. I 107 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: feel like you get that a lot with a lot 108 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: of competitive guys. And you had a great nickname, j Real. 109 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: I gave you that my cousin. Actually, you know, I was. 110 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: I was. I had a series of trial rap names 111 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: that I had it too was from but j Real 112 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: was kind of the one that stuck. Okay, do you 113 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: have any other nicknames? Um? Brill, J P J b 114 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: Um like sports relate. They called me pet. So that's 115 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: about it. What's your favorite? UM? I like JP or J. B. 116 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: Brill is cool too. UM. I know another person was 117 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: pretty excited when you got traded to the Giants was 118 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: your uncle, Vin Brown, who some people may know of 119 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: as one third of Naughty by Nature. I'm pretty sure 120 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: I heard you referenced on poor Man's Poetry. Was that 121 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: you like they dropped your name in there? I think so? 122 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 1: I think? So? What was that like growing up with UM? 123 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: You know? It was dope? UM. You know my dad 124 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: was one of their dancers. UM, and you know, my 125 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: whole family, you know, my mom and my dad's side 126 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: is very musically, you know, my client. So you know, 127 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: I just kind of fell into it. It was it 128 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: was dope having you know, guys who were known and 129 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: you know, notable, you know, to be able to call 130 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: and you know, ask for advice how to do this, 131 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: how to do that? Um I called and asked him 132 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: how to set up my own studio. So you know, 133 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: they played a big part in the you know, the 134 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: music thing I like to do, not just known, but 135 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: like iconic and like right there, I appreciate the humility, 136 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: but I will hype it up for you, like hip 137 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: hop arade, you're done with. These are just like bangers 138 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: right there. Okay, you you mentioned your dad too, like 139 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: your dad been with saying that he taught him how 140 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: to break down. Yeah, do you have breakdancing skills? I don't. 141 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: I'm not. I mean I have rhythm, but you know 142 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not the best. I'm not the best 143 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: of dancers. But you've got some musical talent. When you 144 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: walked into this podcast studio, it's actually listening to one 145 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: of your songs. Um it's got like a little bit 146 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: of a nineties Yeah, that was that was what we 147 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: were trying to go forward. I appreciate what was like, 148 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: what was that experience, like kind of putting together a 149 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: song was with your cousin, right, Yeah, you know that's 150 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: something we do all the time. You know, we still 151 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: make music to this day. We're just sitting on a 152 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: lot of records right now. Until you know, I feel 153 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: as though I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing 154 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: on the field. But you know, that was just a 155 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: way that you know, people aren't from express themselves. Um, 156 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: you can find the studio almost every two blocks, um, 157 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: and uh, you know that's just something we do the 158 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: past the time, express ourselves, get our emotions off. It's 159 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: like my little happy place, you know, didn't once I 160 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: you know, kind of kind of made it a little bit. 161 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: I put my money together, I got my own studios, 162 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: so now I don't really have to leave the house 163 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: to make records. So you know, it's it's definitely dope. 164 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: How often do you go down and spend time in 165 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: the studio every day? I thought, I come home from practice, 166 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: you know, I watched the watch the practice, go over 167 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: the playbook, and then I go to the studio and 168 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: then I play the game and I go to you 169 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: ever just like spit bars about like your practice film. 170 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: Like sometimes you know, when I'm but I should. I 171 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: don't know. Sometimes I'm just working on my freestyle and 172 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: but for the most part, you know, I just like, 173 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: you know, working on the craft of engineering and you know, 174 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: learning how to work different plug ins and things like that. 175 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: What is it about? I feel like a lot of 176 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: athletes are really into music, and there are a lot 177 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: of athletes rappers or whatever, and some guys have a 178 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: lot more time than others or whatever. But what is 179 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: it about that kind of crossover that you see so often? 180 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, growing up, you know, everyone is 181 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: in the music you know, and and depending on your 182 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: circumstances or where you're from, you know, the type of 183 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: music that you gravitate towards. You know, you end up 184 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: wanting to make those same sounds or those same music 185 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: and explain your story or the things you're doing, um 186 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: and things like that. So and I think some do 187 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: it because they're bored. UM. But you know, the really 188 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: good ones, you know, because they are all some really 189 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: good athletes who can actually make great music. UM. I 190 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: think those are the guys who really, you know, took 191 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: the time out to perfect the craft, understand the game, 192 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: um where we play, you know, things like that, to 193 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: actually put it, actually put a good song together. What's 194 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: at the core of your story, like when you're writing 195 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: your music, when you're telling your story, when you want 196 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: people to get to know you, what's sometimes you know, 197 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: I like explaining my life story or you know, things 198 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: that I'm doing, things that I like to do, um, 199 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: or just how I'm feeling. You know, sometimes I just 200 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: make feel good music, you know, bouncy, you know, I 201 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: got this, I got that, you know, things like that. So, 202 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 1: I mean, it just really depends on the day or 203 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: the atmosphere of the mood, um, and just overall the beat. 204 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: You know, I listened to the beat, and the beat 205 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: kind of tells me which direction I'm gonna go in, 206 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: or if I already have what I want to say, 207 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: then I'll just find a beat. So I made it 208 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: varies bro. All right, we got Brill on the podcast today. 209 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: It's been good time getting to know you. Glad we 210 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: had the Giants fans coming and tuning in. 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