1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Every day up, click your ass up the Breakfast Club. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 2: You know I'm finished for y'all. 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 3: Done morning, everybody in Steve J M G just Hilari 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 3: and Charlamagne the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club, long 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 3: the rules and here as well. We got a special 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 3: guest in the building. 7 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Yes, indeed you got Belly Gang Cushington. Welcome. 8 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 2: Brother. How you feeling man? Bliss brother Club? 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: Where your name come from? Brother man? 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: But when I was doing the wrong thing, I don't 11 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: like when people like make their own names, you know 12 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. They was just like the boy got 13 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: cuss by the time Christie. Then like I started getting fat, 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 2: so they were calling me belly Gang. Start rapping. I 15 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 2: currently thinking now just put it together. 16 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: Belly Gang Cushion too. 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 3: And you're from Atlanta. How did you get into music 18 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 3: since you were doing the Cushington thing? 19 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: What made you say? 20 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 3: You know what, let me put this to the side 21 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 3: and take music series and start rapping. 22 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: Take music seer kitchen Casey. I had a son, he autistic, 23 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: Like I got to beat off for my son, you 24 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. My mama left me. My dad 25 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: ain't really name, so like I got to beat up 26 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: on him. 27 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: Did I'll make you take it serious and let me 28 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: take the serious get out of the streets because I can't 29 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 3: get locked up, Yes, sir. And when did it finally 30 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 3: connect to you? When did you know that this was 31 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,559 Speaker 3: the thing that was gonna make you where you needed 32 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 3: to be to take care of yourself. When was it 33 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 3: real for you? 34 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: I met my members of Monday, like he understood how 35 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 2: to make the dots connected my head. 36 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: His name is Monday, not that he met him on Monday. 37 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, but he understood how to make the dots connected 38 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 2: my head. Like, bro, you know, you can pay your 39 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: rent out there, like you ain't got to worry about 40 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: getting rich, like just worry about not having to work, 41 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying, or get money like that. 42 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: So that when I knew like okay, you know what 43 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 2: I'm saying, he tapped my stream all. 44 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, okay, No, were you scared at first because 45 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 4: it was like you're going from something that you knew, 46 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 4: you knew how to make money off. 47 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: The you know, it's a different from like you ja 48 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 2: a dirty nigga run around with a gun, you know 49 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: what I mean? I actually was like raising a family 50 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: out there actually like about houses and all that, you 51 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. So it were real hard, like 52 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: that was a harder thing I had to do, like 53 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 2: lead the street. 54 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 5: I wonder what I hear people say that? What was 55 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 5: what was so hard about it? Because you know the 56 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 5: end result, right, the result is jail or death? So 57 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 5: what was so hard about it? 58 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: Things really like yetta think, bro, you wake up no' 59 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: miss some twenty THI dollar play right now? Like that's 60 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: going through your head no matter what you do, like 61 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 2: a headache, Like I'm waking up every day like that's 62 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: a twenty jail past or thirty forty very hard. 63 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 4: You've always felt like that was worth the worry of 64 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 4: going to jail or time or you know. 65 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I knew it was bad though when like I 66 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: was getting locked up and it was just regular like 67 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 2: I ain't even care it would come with it, like 68 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. You know they're getting bad, 69 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 2: Like yeah. 70 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: So who made you believe that you could actually turn 71 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: this into. 72 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 2: A whole career real for real, for real one day? Okay? 73 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 5: Because one thing was somebody to tell you, but to 74 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 5: actually instill that confidence in you, like you know. 75 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 2: What I mean? I always had the confident cocker tell 76 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: like I could rap like I knew, like when I 77 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: get around my peers who rapped like they ain't really 78 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: it ain't really like coming across like man I would. 79 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 6: So that it was trash basically saying, nah. 80 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: It jailed like people were reacting to me more. You 81 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. So I knew like man, I 82 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 2: might go crazy if I take here, you know what 83 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 2: I'm saying. But I couldn't get the business right, like 84 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: I ain't understand like marketing or nothing like that. You 85 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. I just knew like drop a song, 86 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: it didn't blow up all right, you know what I'm say. 87 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: You remember the first time you wrote something? 88 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a studio on Cometon. My buddy who 89 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: jed past actually had wrote me someday. I kep telling 90 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 2: him like writing something. He like, Bro, like you got walk, 91 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: you got to talk, bro, just put it down on 92 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: wats You know what I'm saying. I think I wrote 93 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: a song like true Legion or something like that. 94 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 5: Your music does feel rooted in real life hustle, So 95 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 5: I'll be wondering, like what part of your story do 96 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 5: you feel People still don't fully understand. 97 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: Man, Really, I paint the pictures so good, like they 98 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 2: really understand. Like I got so many different type of supporters, 99 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 2: like someone be rocking with the deep stuff, someone be 100 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 2: rocking with the like your friend. 101 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: That's my ship because to catch you, I like the 102 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: old sort that ship. 103 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, plopping his ass, bouncing mother, What do you what 104 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 5: was we talking about? 105 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 3: You know, would be your mix? 106 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: Your mix being mixed? 107 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: It was it difficult for you because people like, no, 108 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 3: we're not with him, he's too he looks white, or 109 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 3: he looks like skinn or he looks just with that 110 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 3: for sure. 111 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 2: But I understand marketing like saying like I knew the 112 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: shock value with that. So it's just like okay, cool, 113 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 2: go crazy. I ain't even answer you know what I'm 114 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: saying because just like in real life, like this the internet, bro, 115 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: this ain't real. I don't been in the cell block. 116 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 2: I don't been in other peoplehood across the country, trapping like, 117 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 2: I ain't answering. It ain't no pulling up on me. 118 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: So I ain't gonna get on the internet explain myself 119 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 2: figure it out. 120 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: Do you ever think he was like you? 121 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 2: Did I ever think I'm like skinned, nah, I'm mixed. 122 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, because he said I was like, what. 123 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 7: Cause you mixed? 124 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 8: Like to I saw you say when you sat down 125 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 8: with Big Bank and a Big Facts podcast that when 126 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 8: you were younger, you felt like or it was like 127 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 8: you were too black for the white kids, too white 128 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 8: for the black kids. 129 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 2: I think, yeah, I definitely felt like that, like you 130 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,239 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, but like I only were raised 131 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 2: by my black side, so I definitely like it was 132 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 2: definitely weird with the white kids, you know what I'm saying, 133 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 2: because like some folk looking at me like what you're doing, 134 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: like you know what I'm saying. But the black folks 135 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 2: that were like like in my area, like they knew 136 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. So I was used to that, 137 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 2: Like I was spoiled with that. Like when I go 138 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: to other hoods and stuff like that, play football, like 139 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: they used to be like white, Well, you know what I'm. 140 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 6: Saying, And did it bother you then like younger coming up, it. 141 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 2: Kind of probably did, but I think everybody got something 142 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 2: different about their ball. 143 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 5: When you were telling Push by the Ton, like did 144 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 5: you ever be on the phone with somebody and they 145 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 5: like then you pull up there like. 146 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah you talk Okay, yeah that's crazy. 147 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 2: Yeah that had that happened a lot of time. 148 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 7: How you can't do that? Like what do you do 149 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 7: to show them? Like, yo, I'm not undercovered like they 150 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 7: start talking. 151 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, you know word when I get 152 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 2: around in the field, so you know what I'm saying. 153 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 2: People like starting on as a you know what I'm saying. 154 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,119 Speaker 7: You said you understood the shock value. 155 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 8: I know people didn't understan They didn't know your race 156 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 8: at first, so when they would hear you say the 157 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 8: N word, there was a lot of backlash for that. 158 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 7: And that's what you're talking about. You say you understod 159 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 7: the shock, but you kind of like didn't respond but 160 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 7: leaned into that. 161 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: I mean the thing like I ain't looking at it 162 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: like that like Drake meets he said, you know what 163 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 2: I'm saying. So it's just like that just what it is, 164 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 2: Like I ain't really killer explained or kill her like 165 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: do too much. Like I mean, it's just me. 166 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: I always think you should just say half of it 167 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: when you. 168 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 2: Like nig crazy. I don't even really like just sit 169 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 2: back and be like I'm finished say this word like 170 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 2: it's just my lingo like when I be rapping, like 171 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 2: I be talking. 172 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 6: Like this's just what it is, Like you even talking 173 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 6: like that almost your whole life. 174 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 2: So it's like my whole life. My daddy called me that. 175 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying, I notice is you and 176 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 5: I know this is who you are because like I 177 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 5: know people that are that have known you for a while, Like, 178 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 5: now that's really really who he is. But do you 179 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 5: ever feel like, you know, when you say you were 180 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 5: raised by your black side, you leaning into stereotypes? 181 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: Am I leaning into a black stereotype? Well? Now I'm 182 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 2: just being me, you know what I'm saying, being authentic me. 183 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 5: What would you say to the people who say that though, 184 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 5: like they were like, okay, he says he's raised by 185 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 5: his black side, so he wears the jewelry and he 186 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,119 Speaker 5: got the tax and you know he talks a certain 187 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 5: way in. 188 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 2: My culture, like it's my culture. I don't even talk 189 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 2: a certain way. They're just how it come up. It's 190 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: my culture, you know what I'm saying, you know, dominating 191 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: his culture for real? We being honest before this full rap, 192 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying, touching out a pretty female 193 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 2: getting all the money you know what I'm saying getting 194 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 2: back to the community, you know what I'm saying. So 195 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 2: I don't really you know what, I don't say none 196 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 2: of them. I just get the money and keep moving. 197 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 8: Real what about to the people who would have would 198 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 8: take issue with hearing I leaned into that like shock 199 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 8: value of people thinking I'm white and I'm saying the 200 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 8: N word because that's such a like sacred conversation for 201 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 8: some people. 202 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 2: NA I ain't lean into it. I just didn't answer it. 203 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 2: Just like just like the girl in my intro on 204 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 2: the AM, like, please tell us what you on ohe 205 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: you no insformation like or you you're a person on 206 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 2: the internet just typing m You. 207 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: Said you had to like, you know, learn I guess 208 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: the business of music. 209 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: What lessons did you have to learn the hard way 210 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 5: about like ownership and leverage? 211 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 2: I ain't really I'm kind of blessed with a good 212 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 2: lawyer early because he liked my music, and then like 213 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 2: just being a hustler period, like I'm a tiltoe for 214 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: I just jump into anything. I do nothing you know 215 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 2: what I'm saying until I figure it out. So I 216 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 2: ain't really been through that yet. I sure I am 217 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: gonna go through that, but like I ain't been through 218 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 2: nothing that I feel like, damn, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, 219 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 2: maybe being in a distro and then it wasn't really 220 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: what I thought. It wore that probably like the worst. 221 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying? 222 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: You dependent right? 223 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 2: Yeah? On with LVR end though, Okay, okay, yeah, yeah 224 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 2: that my family, like we're going crazy. 225 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: Do you see yourself staying independent long term? 226 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 2: Are you? 227 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: Are you opening like some strategic partnerships? 228 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 2: Mum, I want to be big, but you know, the 229 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 2: game the game changing right now. I don't know, you 230 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, might not need that in a minute, 231 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying, Yeah, we going big? Just 232 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 2: this though. 233 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 6: I love that you you actually opened up a Wayne 234 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 6: on last Yeah went on to Wayne, Yeah, how was 235 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 6: that when you got that call? 236 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: Like what was that? I ain't believe it at all. 237 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 2: Who was already doing like five six shows a week? 238 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: So like I was just like, nah, I ain't ain't 239 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 2: calling me what he needed me for like this little Wayne. 240 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 2: So I still didn't believe it. And they were having 241 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 2: a conversation for like over a month. I ain't believe it. 242 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 2: I seen the email like the dates, What time you 243 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: gotta be here? 244 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 6: It's crazy, Yeah, Monday, Nigga, you still don't. 245 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 2: Believe, Nigga, ain't believe you. 246 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: Y'all got to call you believe. 247 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 2: Damn. I thought it was just probably like some age 248 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: and shit or just like I ain't think like they hit. 249 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 3: So you said when you when you had your your son, 250 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 3: it changed you a lot. And one of your songs 251 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 3: in the album, you talk about your son being autistic. 252 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 3: You feel like that could be calmer for being in 253 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 3: the streets. 254 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: Break that down, man, I really feel that, you know 255 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. Really, man, my daddy, like you used 256 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 2: to tell me, like you know, you do wrong, they 257 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 2: come back on your kids. Like you know what I'm saying. 258 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 2: I don't know what there's some folks tell shit or what. 259 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 2: But like I think, like you know, waking up here, 260 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 2: they doing the wrong thing, like you never know, maybe 261 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 2: God wanted to slow me down, sit me down. You 262 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. It definitely did. Though it turned 263 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: my hustle up legally back then, like had turned my 264 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 2: hustle up. But but but I became't like I understood 265 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 2: mores and values and you know what I mean, like yo, 266 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: people different, Like it's crazy because like I grew up different, 267 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 2: my son now he growing up different. 268 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 5: That's interesting though, because the reality is your son ended 269 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 5: up being your biggest blessing because you said that, you know, 270 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 5: finding out he was autistic ended up being your biggest motivation. 271 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, So I can't say that was a 272 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: wrong thing, you know what I mean? 273 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 2: Yo yo yo yo yo. I do know he gonna 274 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 2: have not a hard life because because of my situation now. 275 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 2: But I do know like all the autistic parents out there, 276 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 2: like like they feel the same way I do. Like 277 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 2: I see the interviews I talked to him and means 278 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 2: and stuff like because he's like damn like my son 279 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 2: like there, I really don't never want to leave him, 280 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 2: Like I don't know somebody gonna care for you. Hi't 281 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 2: like like I do. Like I was locked up with 282 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 2: a uh. I was locked up one time, and like 283 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 2: it was a guy, like he was just locked and 284 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 2: like I could tell he was slick, like you know 285 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 2: what I'm saying a little different, So like I'm like 286 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 2: it ain't wrong with him, like and we we seen 287 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 2: we checked his paperwork and he was enough for Like 288 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 2: I think, like burglary or something. But like how he 289 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 2: did was like walking on the lady porch and drunk 290 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 2: some lemonade and lyft and they locked him up. You know, 291 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 2: sometime they hit you with a bigger charge, you know 292 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. He had never been locked up before. 293 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 2: When I was talking to him, he was just like yeah. 294 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 2: I was like, how you don't get no stole like 295 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 2: or now He was just like nah. Like he ended 296 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: up telling me he get a chick. He lived at 297 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: a boarding house and then come to find out like 298 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 2: he was, it's like bro, Like he was like fifty dang. Yeah, 299 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 2: it's like bro, this lady getting his chick probably, you 300 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, Like he and he was locked 301 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 2: up on a two hundred dollars bun for burglary. 302 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 8: Like yeah, yeah, being in the streets and then having 303 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 8: your son who is autistic, which takes a lot more 304 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 8: patience and like you know what, what did you have 305 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 8: to tap into the most to make sure that you 306 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,839 Speaker 8: were present enough for him physically but mentally, man, it 307 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 8: was hard. 308 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 2: I ain't gonna lie like the crying, you know what 309 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 2: I'm saying. He can't talk when he got older. Then 310 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 2: what's so crazy? Like he started to talk regular and 311 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 2: it just stopped, you know what I'm saying. So, I 312 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 2: don't know. I've been seeing a lot of like kids 313 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 2: his age going around them years like go through that. 314 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 2: So but I I really just had to be like, look, man, 315 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 2: did what it is? You know what I'm saying. Like, 316 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 2: and then at a certain point I wanted to be 317 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 2: there like every day all day, you know what I'm saying, 318 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 2: to make sure, like who else gonna do it? My 319 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 2: big mama, She's a good MoMA, but like who gonna 320 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 2: do the man part? Yeah? 321 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: You would never leave your child to bit sed off with? 322 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: You know how your situation was. 323 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 2: For shure Man? Sorry, yeah, for sure, Like for sure 324 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 2: I would never leave him because of that. 325 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: You resent your mom? 326 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 2: I did? You know what I'm saying? 327 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 7: High k Royal, he can only call if you're gonna sing. 328 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 7: You got to sing it again till you be let's out. Yeah, Milk, 329 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 7: it's so shy in front of company's crazy. 330 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 2: You on drugs? No? 331 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 9: Actually here looking for that? K what you're looking for? 332 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 9: I'm geeked up looking for what when you're coming to 333 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 9: see us? 334 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 8: Man? 335 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: Whatever you're ready, that's on you. 336 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm ready now. 337 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: You're dropping. You're dropping a project this year? 338 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 2: I am, but I'm I got my first headline, so 339 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 2: show today. 340 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: So congratulation. 341 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: Thank you. 342 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: When you drop whatever you dropping, pull up on us. 343 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 5: I'm going to drop tomorrow a single first period hear. 344 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: Okay, come on. 345 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 6: Up, Yeah you got to Okay, I'm. 346 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: Gonna belly gang the plug. He's still the plug. 347 00:15:59,160 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: Don't put that on. 348 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 6: So you you were growing up, right, who did you 349 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 6: look to like? 350 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: Who were you? 351 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 6: Some of your favorite rappers? Who was your inspiration? 352 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: Man? I took it like into the trap store obviously, 353 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 2: like rock O, Jesu, t I, Gucci, you know what 354 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 2: I'm saying. Then like future you know what I mean? 355 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 2: Out of the trap. 356 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 6: They've been comparison comparing you to Jeezy though you ever 357 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 6: met him. 358 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 2: Nah. I think I think they doing that just because 359 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 2: I was dicas and talk about selling bricks like I 360 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 2: don't even sound like Jesus nothing like because I put 361 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 2: the diggers on and talk draw talk. That's why I 362 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 2: think they see the movement. I go out of hundred 363 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 2: deep stuff like that, Yeah so cool? 364 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: Are you so cool? 365 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 2: Or the song from the song but it cras like 366 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 2: the first day we met, we just clicked like somehow, 367 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 2: like we've been to each other for twenty years. 368 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 6: But oh yeah, she's from Atlanta to Yeah, so it. 369 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 2: Crazed, like you right up the street from my hood. 370 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 2: I ain't even no. 371 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: I seen you killing Mike co signed you too. Yeah, yeah, 372 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: what did that mean for you? 373 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: That was big because it was so early on, probably 374 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 2: had like ten thousand followers. He's on Curator Cuz like 375 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 2: you had heard me, I had wrote a song Lord 376 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 2: propelled me. I wrote that, so like he heard, he 377 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 2: was like might like did he want to get on? 378 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 2: And he got on it. He was like, matter of fact, 379 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 2: I wanted from my al that was big Like me, 380 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 2: I had never did No, I had no accolades in 381 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 2: rap at the time. Just how somebody walking past the 382 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 2: studio hearing my song, Like, so that's all big. 383 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 1: What if you learned from Mike, you know, Mike always 384 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: dropping some jewel. 385 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 2: Man how to win a Grammy. No, just that, just 386 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: that you know, he ain't gotta be all about gangster 387 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. You could take a look 388 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 2: at politics, you know what I mean. You could take 389 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 2: a look at what's really going on to speak on 390 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 2: that too. 391 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 5: That's a good segue because what version of yourself did 392 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 5: you have to in order to grow into the to 393 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 5: the artist you are now? 394 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 2: Probably the hot head, you know what I'm saying, Like 395 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 2: just reacting off as soon as I feel. So when 396 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 2: I first came in the game, it was like, yeah, 397 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 2: this shit go with anything I do. And I realize, like, 398 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 2: you cannot bring that over here, Tod, you know what 399 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 2: I'm saying. Yeah, kid, that hot head. Damn. 400 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 4: I'm looking at your stats and I see, all right, 401 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 4: So seventy eight percent you got your fan based black. 402 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 6: Five percent of y'all is Hispanic and black Asian. 403 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 4: Fully got eight point four Asian and then eight point 404 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 4: four white people. 405 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 3: You got some ages up the people just brow Mexicans. 406 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 2: Mexicans on there, shut up. 407 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 6: Yeah Hispanic is yeah, I'm black. Yeah, anyway, did it? 408 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 2: Shot? 409 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 9: Do it? 410 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 2: Oh? 411 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 9: Yeah? 412 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 4: You got forty five percent females and then fifty four 413 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 4: percent male co Yeah. 414 00:18:59,400 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: That's what's up. 415 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 7: That's that's that's up there. 416 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 6: Are you shocked to know you got any Asian fans? 417 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 2: Yeah? You shot for real a little bit. It'd be 418 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 2: like closing lines in Japan and stuff. Hearing up Thoughso yeah, 419 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 2: they were playing music out there. 420 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 6: Yeah. 421 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 5: Now that you've been in the industry a little bit, 422 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 5: what's something about the industry you wish artists talked about 423 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 5: more honest. 424 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 2: Being theirself. What's really going on? I see a lot 425 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 2: of folks trying to follow the leader for real, just 426 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,439 Speaker 2: be yourself, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, we got 427 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 2: to push that. You need kids and everything, because like 428 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 2: everybody can't be no rapper. Everybody can't be no you 429 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. Somebody might need to be a manager, 430 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 2: somebody that might need to be a computer tech guy. 431 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: Them people cool too. 432 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 8: How how has it been meeting like, you know, people 433 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 8: that you might have looked up to or listened to music, 434 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 8: Like I saw you linked U with Drake? 435 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, how has that been? 436 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 2: That was big? Like they hit me like pull up, 437 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 2: pulled up just at the gate, like my flowers, like 438 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 2: get your flyer, Like yeah, no, that was big. Though. 439 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 2: I don't really want to meet nobody else though, because 440 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 2: it ain't always like like when I met Drake's future 441 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 2: the like cool, Like you know what I'm saying, they 442 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 2: really rock with me, Like he really rocked with me. 443 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,719 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying, But you must have met 444 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 5: somebody that a couple of yeah, from the crip, from 445 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 5: the crib, but like out of state. 446 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 2: Uh out of state? Oh yeah yeah? 447 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: Were they not familiar? 448 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 2: I can feel that like for real like energy. 449 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, people might get that from you, though only 450 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 5: because you come from the streets and you know, you 451 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 5: had to move a certain way kind of a survival, right, 452 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 5: Like even when you said you used to react that everything. 453 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: That probably saves you a lot of times in the streets. 454 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 5: Now you're not there, know somebody, somebody might be looking 455 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 5: trying to figure out your disposition. 456 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 2: But you know, no, I think that my fault for 457 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 2: like listening to somebody music thinking they was you know 458 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 2: what I'm saying, that's fault. Oh I got you? 459 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 8: Yeah, did that disappointment? I mean you said you don't 460 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 8: want to meet anybody? But what else did that disappointment 461 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 8: bring for you outside of just not wanting to meet people? 462 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 7: Like how is it? J Did your experiences as an artist? 463 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 2: Mmmm? Probably make me become more vulnerable, like more let 464 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 2: them see exactly why I know my album real vulnerable, 465 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 2: but this Nickson going to be overly vulnerable, like let 466 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 2: him know like this all the way meet you know 467 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 2: what I'm saying, Yeah, for sure, did. 468 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: You ever struggle with your identity as a as a 469 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: mixed kid growing up? What you mean just in general? 470 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: Like did you ever even want to see what the 471 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: other side was doing? Okay, but did you have a choice. 472 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 2: I should have had my baby pictures on file? No, 473 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 2: I thought I was like a little bow, a little 474 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 2: Romeo or. 475 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 4: Early on, but even but never like Macaulay Culkin or 476 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 4: nothing straight home alone. 477 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:57,719 Speaker 6: Nahna, you wouldn't. 478 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: Okay, you never even knew your other side of the family. 479 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 2: I never I met my mama one time. That's crazy. 480 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 2: I met her one time. Like that's it. 481 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 7: I saw you say. 482 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 8: You were raised with so much like loving just whatever. 483 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 8: You didn't even know that there was a difference until 484 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 8: you had to know. 485 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I ain't even know, Like I ain't even 486 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 2: missed that mama. Like you know what I'm saying. My 487 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 2: cousin raised me, like call her mom, like her mama. 488 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 2: I called her mom before she died. Like it's like 489 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 2: Grandma Nana cooked chicken every Wednesday for the for the 490 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 2: for the congregation, like they come and to preach in 491 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 2: the basement, like I gotta help up cook the cheek 492 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 2: with a suit on, you know hood, you know what 493 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 2: I'm saying. So like I ain't really know, like they 494 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 2: grew up ghetto fabulous for real, Like my other grandma, 495 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 2: my dad and mama, she stayed up here. Oh I 496 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,160 Speaker 2: forgot what she stayed at. But like she I went 497 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 2: to one O. SI's apart all that about like nine 498 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 2: Free AJ put me on stage and everything, the rapper 499 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 2: then I was just yeah as a kid, I was 500 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 2: like nine years old. 501 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 3: Need a kid as a proper because you imagine you're 502 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 3: trying to pick on them. I'm gonna get my cousin. 503 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: Let's go get your little white cousin. 504 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 2: Before. Now that's another thing. I got brothers and sister too. 505 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 2: Like my big brother he he the worst. So like 506 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying, he would like that for sure. 507 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 1: When you look at like like a racist white person, 508 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: what goes to your mind? Like what do you be thinking? 509 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't understand why the days old. You 510 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, I don't understand why they like 511 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 2: that any racist person for real, you know what I'm saying. 512 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 2: But at least you telling me you racist, and that's 513 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 2: what you will, you know what I'm saying on the 514 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: cover with it, You know what I mean, I think 515 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 2: I get I think I think my type of people 516 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 2: get it the worst case. Like you know, like I 517 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 2: don't have like white people like and black people like 518 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 2: older like real older be like you're a mixed breede 519 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 2: like that, ain't there's nothing you could do? 520 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 4: Like, yeah, you ever had as you ever have an 521 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 4: accounter with a white person that look at. 522 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 2: You like like you yeah, like you like all that? Yeah, yeah, 523 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 2: I mean like growing up like my demean always kind 524 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,120 Speaker 2: of being like this. So I ain't really never dealt 525 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 2: with stuff personally, you know what I'm saying. But I don't. 526 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 2: I don't encounter stuff like that for sure. And I'm 527 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 2: sure like even in nick game, like you probably got 528 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 2: like gate keepers like looking at like man trying to 529 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 2: cool though, just work hard and so on to come 530 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 2: across the couple on too. 531 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: You never had to coach with you get your homies 532 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: out of a jam, you know what I'm saying. 533 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 2: You know what crazy we were looking at my records, 534 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: you know, every Jill put me in as black. I 535 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 2: never told her I don't rope white on them before 536 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 2: thinking they're gonna help me. 537 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 8: When you when you met Drake, the caption was rich 538 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 8: mixed kids compos in the back of the area right 539 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 8: areas the ship clerks. Yeah, so was that just like 540 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,160 Speaker 8: a fly caption or were y'all really having conversations about 541 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 8: navigating this industry as a mixed kid because he gets 542 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,719 Speaker 8: a lot of like slack for like going in and out. 543 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 2: We didn't speak on being met, but like it was 544 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 2: too rich miex kids. It was just in the back 545 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 2: of not having a conversation. 546 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 7: I asked, was it just a fly conversation? You just 547 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 7: never know? 548 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 2: No, we weren't talking about meat. We're just to meet kids. 549 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 2: I don't know. 550 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 6: I just came through Femi gonna say, tell him doing 551 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 6: white voice, a. 552 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 2: White boy crazy, I'm a suburban kid. 553 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: You didn't use that. 554 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 5: You didn't use that privilege at least once to help 555 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 5: the homies get out of jam Man, because. 556 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 6: How you had to. 557 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 2: I ain't no try I'm gonna try that. 558 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: Yes, he's already out, he's good looking back. 559 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 2: I'll be getting pulled over now like that. Know who 560 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 2: I am and. 561 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: What I wanted to meet with. 562 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 5: I wanted to meet you and talk to you for 563 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 5: a little bit before I said this. But Drew Ski 564 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 5: definitely was acting like you yo. 565 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: No, definitely like belly because I wasn't familiar with you 566 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: when he did the sketch, So it. 567 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 2: Was just that really like I ain't gonna lie like 568 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: when he did that though, Like that really skyrocketed for sure. Yeah, 569 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 2: so what was the. 570 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 7: First like, oh, this is skyrocketing? 571 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 8: Was it a phone call for an opportunity like signal 572 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 8: the skyrocketing? I don't know you think it, Like, no, no, 573 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 8: I'm saying from Drew Ski, like you said he skyrockets 574 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 8: came about that. Yeah, So like did you numbers go 575 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 8: up on social media to. 576 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 2: Be followed just going crazy out like it was on 577 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: roll who was on the roads? Like why am I 578 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 2: follower going crazy? Then like he seen Drew Like oh 579 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 2: he did. I ain't even watched the whole skit. I 580 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 2: ain't see the end where he went home to the 581 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 2: white family and ye, but I know like he definitely 582 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 2: seen and at the time, I think that was Drew 583 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 2: sky biggest skit he had, Like yeah, that was Drew. 584 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 2: School was already he was already following me and everything 585 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 2: he had already followed me and everything. 586 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: And studying you just to do a skit. 587 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 2: So I had put the laughing faces like the comment 588 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 2: kind of got a lot of lights and ship. But 589 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: then I posted a picture on like black as he 590 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 2: get or something like that. He DM me like, bro, 591 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 2: just won't listen to one thousand per cent one ting 592 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 2: about you on my cool. 593 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: Laughing You'll need to do a part too where y'all 594 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: meet each other. 595 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 2: He brought me out at the could have been fished, 596 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 2: like man went crazy then, like when I went and 597 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: shut down, like he was making billy cut jokes the 598 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 2: whole time, like your drew skin, Like that's a big 599 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 2: brand for him to just not even know me and 600 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 2: like just really pass all emotional to me, Like y'all for. 601 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 7: What's the life change of all that has been like 602 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 7: for you? 603 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 8: Because I saw a Billboard article that lists you as 604 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 8: one of the top ten songs played in the strip 605 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 8: clubs in Atlanta, like number young Thug, Jeezy, Young Nudie, 606 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 8: Like you know what I mean? Like what's that life changement? 607 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 8: Like big Superstar? 608 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 2: Now, Mmm, I don't know it kind of feel like 609 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 2: I don't know it kind of feel like I guess 610 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 2: collect my path life kind of feel like shit, I 611 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 2: don't know. Sometimes walk in it in the little ass spot, 612 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 2: jump the little cars and just be like, man, it 613 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 2: should be going tomorrow, like work hard every day all day. 614 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 2: Like in my spot I got when you walk in, 615 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 2: I got all my mud shots on the wall should 616 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 2: remind me like, don't ever go back there in my house. Yeah. 617 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 5: What does the Belly Gang movement mean beyond music? Like, 618 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 5: what's the philosophy of the belly Gang man? 619 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 2: No gang or nothing music music? 620 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 7: What's the deeper meaning of the move movement? Because you 621 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 7: get very vulnerable in your. 622 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 2: Music and you inspire your I mean that name is 623 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 2: just a name for real, Like like you know what 624 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 2: I'm saying. But my personal movement, I think just showing 625 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 2: these kids like morals, values like you ain't got to 626 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 2: kill nobody, you know what I'm saying. Get the money, 627 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 2: Like let's get the money to have fun. You know 628 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. 629 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: Girls, either success changed your circle or just exposed it. 630 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 2: Mmm, it changed it for sure. I've seen something. I 631 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 2: think I forgot who said it, but like they were like, 632 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 2: I don't think money changed you are changing people around you. 633 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 2: You know what? Crazy like my members told me. I 634 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 2: used to tell them like right, being had emotional, like 635 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 2: being had the money, like nah, that fing gonna change 636 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 2: this ship. Like he was totally right. Like the fame 637 00:29:55,760 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 2: making them for crazy crazy, like I'm overly humble Like fame, 638 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 2: it changed a lot of folks. It really changed everybody 639 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 2: for really be honest, in what way? 640 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: What's it noticeable? 641 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 2: Just like the girl I had. You know what I'm saying, 642 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 2: you know, asking for more money? You know what I'm saying, Yeah, 643 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 2: not really caring about my day. And then like you know, 644 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 2: it'll be like I can't even have a conversation no 645 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 2: more where like man, I'm tired of work, or it's 646 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 2: just like anytime they talk to me, it's the sad 647 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 2: story first, Like it's just like God, damn, I gotta 648 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 2: go talk to somebody who ain't trying to do all that. 649 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, have you learned to say no? 650 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 2: Hey? Yeah? Sure? Learn not say none at all? Back? Yeah? 651 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 2: Talk because you know what's crazy, Like people are literally 652 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 2: not care that you got a child. They'll not kill 653 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 2: that that you you you work every day all day. Man, 654 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,239 Speaker 2: I've been woke. I just went to sleep last night 655 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 2: for the first time in two days, I'm finish, be 656 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 2: woke for two more. They in like three four different cities, 657 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 2: like they don't care. Stop what you're doing and fix 658 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 2: my problems. Like, nah, that's all that. That ain't gonna work. 659 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 5: You do get back a lot though, from what I 660 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 5: from what I sure for sure, Yeah yeah I give 661 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 5: I give back a lot real actually, but I think 662 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 5: like that's needed when I do it. 663 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. I'm talking about like the personals, 664 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 2: Like you know what I'm saying, Nah, w ain't doing that? 665 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 1: Do you create music music more off emotion or intention? 666 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 9: Mum? 667 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 2: I think both? Like friend do? I kind of like 668 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 2: sat back and wrote that for six Rid. I was 669 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 2: like Rank, thinking like i'ma get it six Rid. But 670 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 2: like in my mind, I was just thinking, like girls 671 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 2: don't never just go to the club and talk by theyself. 672 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 2: She's gonna stand by the box drink. She with her friend. 673 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 2: They're gonna work together like like your friends like that. 674 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 2: I guess that was more so our emotion. I had 675 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 2: just noticed that before I do the song. 676 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: What's going on? 677 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 8: You? 678 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: What what's going on? 679 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 2: That's the merks right there. 680 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 7: Oh that's the hundred dollars tea, You just those. 681 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 10: Charlotte Magne was like, so slow man, the white tea, white, 682 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 10: open it up and make sure you should have white tea. 683 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 2: You can't open them though they're gonna be worth you 684 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. 685 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 7: You're gonna give us y'all. Okay, thank you because hundred 686 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 7: for my But you sold out of those teas, right. 687 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 2: So like first week when we first read of again, 688 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 2: sold out again, again, sold out again. Now became like 689 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 2: I guess, like novelty idol, but the idea wasn't so crazy. 690 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: I love who idea was it? 691 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 2: It was you? Ye that man? I got a team 692 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 2: we come up with I did, but this our mee. 693 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 8: I like that. 694 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. 695 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 5: So are you more focused now and building a brand 696 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 5: or like perfecting the art of music or do you 697 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 5: see them as inseparable? 698 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, they in separate. You gotta do both, you know 699 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. Right now, folks on music all the way. 700 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 2: I think the brand building last year pretty good, you 701 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 2: know what I mean? But this year, like folks on 702 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 2: music all the way, I keep coming with them here. 703 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: It's been hard to be consistent. 704 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 2: Uh, It been hard, like find time to record, Yeah, 705 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 2: but I'm always in my phone like rain down ideas, 706 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 2: ship like that. 707 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: So what's what's been hard at getting in the door 708 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: or staying consistent? 709 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 2: Now that you you in the door, getting in the door, Okay, 710 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 2: I worked twenty folks out. I don't take off. I 711 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 2: don't do if you see me in the strip club 712 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 2: because I got booked. Yeah, I don't take off at all. 713 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 3: So when you are off, you stay in the studio 714 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 3: with your son. 715 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,719 Speaker 2: I'm assuming, yeah, I'm with my son studio. I got 716 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 2: to find time for the vibe, you know what I'm saying, 717 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 2: Like usually just bringing the work. 718 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: Does he like the music? 719 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 2: My son? I don't know. He don't talk no, no, 720 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,759 Speaker 2: but you know something like my my cousin, my mom, 721 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,360 Speaker 2: she sent me a video the other day. She claimed 722 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,720 Speaker 2: he was hum and friend when it came on the radio, 723 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 2: and she clean, he don't really express hisself like at all, 724 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. 725 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 6: But they feel waves to like they feel the vibe. 726 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,360 Speaker 6: So I was just wondering, if you head to the music. 727 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 2: I wrote the whole album though, like with him in 728 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 2: the carture me and him in the car, do you 729 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 2: miss the girl that you broke up? 730 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: With I guess. 731 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:48,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I miss all, I miss I miss all my vibe. 732 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,719 Speaker 1: Could you ever see yourself with a white bibe? 733 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 2: I like all girls all close. I like all girls 734 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 2: all coase. 735 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 7: You know numbers that that charge fifty women forty. 736 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 6: I love all the world like a Maigan, a Katie, 737 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 6: you know, like one of those ever get you like? 738 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, like Darri I. 739 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 2: Like I like Kim kardash and Mama. 740 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,439 Speaker 7: Date okay to get past court? 741 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 2: Why not? 742 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,360 Speaker 5: I can't wait to talk to you in the future 743 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,279 Speaker 5: because you know, the funny thing about talking to guys 744 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 5: when they like kind of like fresh out the street, 745 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 5: it feels like you're interrogating them a little. 746 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:37,400 Speaker 1: Bit, like they're getting interrogated, you know, with Jesus. 747 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 2: Of course. 748 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, but in a very you gotta talk to my 749 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 1: lawyer kind of. 750 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 7: When you ask them about the movement. Oh my god, 751 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 7: he was like no, no, no, And then. 752 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: They pulled out bricks showing me got scared. 753 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 2: You've seen that. 754 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 1: I've seen some wild ship. You can't do around long enough. 755 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: I've seen new artists fresh out the street. 756 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 7: Crazy, just careless. 757 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 1: I know it's not him, it's the people that was 758 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:19,720 Speaker 1: with him in the back. 759 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 7: Not Monday. Monday told him to not be careless. 760 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 2: I don't know. 761 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 1: I just saw what I thought him putting up the back. 762 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 2: You. 763 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 4: So so this is my last question. What's next for 764 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 4: Belly Gang Cushions? And you spoke about wanting to do 765 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 4: big music beyond trap music. 766 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 2: And yeah, yeah, no, working on second album. I think 767 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,319 Speaker 2: the second album the most important album in somebody career. 768 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. That first one you can 769 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,920 Speaker 2: get lucky, but that second one like show you if 770 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 2: you're gonna be pressure, come with depression. So I'm just 771 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,160 Speaker 2: working on the music right now, you know what I'm saying, 772 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,400 Speaker 2: turned down shows and all that focused. 773 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 5: For somebody listening to this right now, Like, what's one 774 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 5: song in your catalog that you think best represents who 775 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 5: Belly Gang Chris really is? 776 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 2: Introduction to everything. It's it's show how the fans perceive me. 777 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 2: It's so high perceived. It only show high perceived my 778 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,399 Speaker 2: past life and a new life. 779 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 3: Let's get into a jo, my friend, do could we 780 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 3: played that already? What else would you want to hear? 781 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:27,399 Speaker 2: That bird like pipe show that was going away? Can't 782 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 2: pull up the no Red light in Atlanta without hearing 783 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:29,560 Speaker 2: it right now. 784 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:30,320 Speaker 7: That's a tribute to you. 785 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's on his beat. 786 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's get into that reach out yet for that 787 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 1: making the style. You know, she just opened up the 788 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: Popeye franchises. 789 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 7: Real in Miami. 790 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 2: I could not I could actually do that, for sure. 791 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 2: We gave we gave how many old turkeys we gave 792 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,480 Speaker 2: off from Pope when they hit the turkey from Popeye 793 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 2: Popeye turkeys and all that. 794 00:37:53,640 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 1: Turkeys look a little crazy, look look a little crazy crazy. 795 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,240 Speaker 2: But it ain't. Aven't get one. They're crazy. 796 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, that pop up turkey, it is pretty alright seasoning. Yes, yeah, 797 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:08,400 Speaker 1: that's what's. 798 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 3: Up, belly getting cause you're telling me appreciate you for 799 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,600 Speaker 3: joining us, and don't be a strange to make sure 800 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:13,319 Speaker 3: you come back up here. 801 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,319 Speaker 2: For sure. I don't walk past the room like tea time, 802 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:20,719 Speaker 2: like I can't wait I get in. But there you 803 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 2: have it. 804 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:21,799 Speaker 1: It's the Breakfast Club. 805 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 2: Good morning every day. 806 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,320 Speaker 1: I waiting, click your ass up the Breakfast Club. 807 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 2: You don't finished, y'all done