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What's going on guys?
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It's the Godmother and welcome to the first episode of season three.
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Let's talk music with the Godmother.
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As you can see, I have changed my hair.
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I hope you guys like it.
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This season is going to be so much fun.
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We are going to be joined by so many amazing guests, but the guest of today is Ray Million.
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And he is someone who I had the pleasure of working with in Tampa.
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We hosted an event together for Death Ro Records with um Red I Gorilla.
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And I cannot wait to have him on because guys, it's gonna be up.
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He has so many great things to tell me.
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When we were talking earlier, he was like, Godmother, I have so many great news, and so I can't wait for him to start yapping.
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So uh thank you for joining the live.
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If you are not joining us, I want to say thank you to God is good.
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Stay with us the entire time.
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We're gonna do 10 levels with rain meetings.
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Guys are gonna be done.
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If you have any questions for rain mediums, drop them in the comments, and we're gonna get this live gold.
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Here.
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This would be one of my favorite pages, y'all.
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So don't tell nobody I'm on here.
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How are you doing?
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Oh bless how the favorite man.
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Amen, amen.
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I'm just telling everybody that you have um some amazing news for us today, so I can't wait to hear what's going on in uh the Ray Millions brand and everything you got going on.
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Alright.
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Yes, man.
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Alright, you guys ready to get this game started?
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We're gonna do 10 levels with Ray Millions.
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Are you ready?
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I'm being ready.
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I I forgot low-key what I was being asked, but that's perfect.
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That's me.
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Remember, guys, if you have any questions for Ray Millions, drop them in the comments and he's gonna answer them if it feels like it, you know?
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Because he's kind of a diva, but we'll talk about that later.
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And I'm sorry.
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Right, it might be exclusive, it might be exclusive.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Alright, let's go to level one, the beginning.
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Before Ray Millions became the artist, host, curator, and businessman we see today.
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Who were you?
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Were you where are you from?
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And what first introduced you to music and entertainment?
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Um, so I'm originally from Arizona, very small town called Cerra Vista.
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Like it's one of those towns like you just drive past or stop to get gas, and like you can probably drive through the whole town in like 30 minutes.
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So super small.
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Um not really like a lot of room really there for like opportunity and stuff like that.
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Um so I've always just been like the small town kid that just you know was outside just living life having fun.
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Like I was always a free spirit, doing like stunt double stuff that I could probably you know break up a limb.
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Thank God I didn't.
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But you know, I was doing a bunch of stupid stuff.
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Um and I, you know, live to see today.
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But um prior to that, bro, I was just a kid that just wanted to have fun.
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Um and what introduced you to music?
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I was about to say my first introduction to music was actually 50 Cent.
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Uh I had this thing uh 50 Cent video game, I forgot what it was called.
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It's probably it was probably called the same thing as the movie.
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But I had a video game, um it was like a third-person shooter type thing.
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Um obviously as a kid, you know, I'm playing for the pew pews and all that good stuff, but at that time, you know, my mom made me aware of like who 50 Cent was and stuff like that.
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Um and I was like, okay, cool.
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Like, you know, he was like my favorite rapper at some time just because he's like, I feel like the first actually rapper I was like really introduced to in the world that I was in, or into his world.
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And then um I don't know how I came across Eminem, but I come across Eminem, and I think that's kind of like what he I feel like lyrically inspired me to like put you know pen to paper and stuff like that into that.
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Um what's your favorite Eminem record?
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Oh no, no, no, not record.
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I'm sorry, line.
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He's like, I don't know.
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I said he inspired me.
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I didn't see it.
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A line is even harder.
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Uh a line is even harder.
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I couldn't tell you a line because he has too many solidities.
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I couldn't even process to think of that.
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But um, I feel like top song, um one of his top songs would be, you know, lose yourself.
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That's obviously a classic.
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Um Marshall Mathers, I think, is good.
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Um, but um Mocking Bird is one of my favorites.
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Okay, that's a good one.
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Mocking Bird is like that that might be number one low-key.
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And so this that was your introduction to music, yeah.
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Yeah, just like yeah, because uh after like Eminem, after watching Eight Mile and stuff, I wanted to like battle rap my homies that I knew that couldn't rap, but I just wanted to just practice rapping, you know.
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And like I'd force them to be in position to rap against me, knowing that they couldn't.
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But um, yeah, that's that's when I knew I just loved music, right?
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But I was a sports kid first, you know, football.
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It was um my mom, yeah.
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My mom wanted me to go to NFL and get her a mansion and stuff, but things change.
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But you know what?
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Um, music fits you well.
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So welcome, welcome, and welcome.
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Yeah, I'm glad to be here.
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Opening a lot of doors, you know.
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I got the blessed to be able to meet you.
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Yes, we have so much fun.
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Oh, wifey, hey baby.
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That's my girl.
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Yeah, I can't wait.
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Congratulations on uh the baby turning two.
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That's gonna be a lot of fun.
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Yeah, yeah, little man.
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Really crazy.
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Excited for it.
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It's alright.
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All right, so let's go to level two.
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Becoming Ray Millions.
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Where did the name Ray Millions come from?
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And what does that name represent about the man, the artist, and the vision you're building?
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Uh fun fact, it used to be Ray Bot.
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I'll just live in a play on names.
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Uh you feel me, being a rapper, you just want to play with stuff and all that.
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But um Ray Millions is um Ray M's
is like an abbreviation of my name.
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So my government is Syrah Miller.
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Oh, but Ray M's is just like an abbreviation, and um the millions come from the mindset, not even really about the dollar or the money, but just the value of what I got up here.
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And then so it's Ray, Ray Millions.
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But I've been I've been considering again, say your name again?
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Sai Ray.
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Yeah, yeah.
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That's a really nice name.
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Yeah, shout out to my dukes.
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Yeah, it's yeah, Cyra.
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It's Ray with Cy at the beginning.
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Um, but yeah, Ray Millions is just or Ray Am is just an abbreviation, um, but also a double entendre.
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You know what I'm saying?
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It's like an abbreviation of my name, but also Ray Millions, Million Dollar Mindset.
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I love that.
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I love that.
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You know, and the great the good thing is that when you get um older and you're ready to rebrand yourself, start using your government, that's gonna be a dope.
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No, I've I've I've already been in that thought process.
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Well, that's your your government is a beautiful name to that beautiful rebrand.
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I'm already excited for you on that one.
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Yeah, no, I have a plan for that in mind.
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It won't be anything super soon, but yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, no, yeah.
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You enjoy the Ray Million's brand now.
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Get give that a few of those five good years, you know, and let that run.
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And then when the patron is talking crap, you're ready to go.
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Yeah, yeah, that's the point.
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Like, like you said, like it's in a t it's like my testimony, you know what I'm saying?
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Um it's what started it all.
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You feel me?
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So definitely gonna ride this ship out, but I I know when the pivoting point's gonna be, not time-wise, but moment-wise.
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Amen.
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When I when I hit this moment, like okay, yeah.
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And I and I know I can see it, I can feel it.
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I don't know when it's coming or how it's coming, but yeah, I can I can just see it and feel it.
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And um, yeah, when I do pivot at name, but that's why I built the 4FR brand as well.
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It's like a legacy, legacy thing.
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Okay, alright.
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So, alright, I just introduced you guys to Ray Millions, where he comes from, and the name.
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So let's get into the artist.
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Level three.
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This is when it gets good.
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Level three, the artist.
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How would you describe your sound, your message, and what separates Ray Millions from everybody else trying to make their mark in music?
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Um, sonically, um unorganized.
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I don't I'm uh I'm like really on a like an experimental tip when it comes to music.
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Um, at least as far as like my delivery and my sound.
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Um, I know what I do well already is like an aggressive approach.
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Um and I just keep it raw and authentic in those situations, but even within those moments, like my message is like I've always been one to move the needle, right?
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And then just um spread like uplifting, motivational type lyrics, you know what I'm saying?
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Like don't give up on yourself.
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Like I've been there too, right?
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Like, you feel me?
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Like earlier in music, I was just having a lot more fun with it.
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But even now, like, even when I do, I just do music as a hobby now, but even when I do, like, I can freestyle and be able to put together something that's more or less like make you feel like you're that you're that one.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like, huh?
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You freestyle?
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Yeah, I'll be punching in.
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Sometimes I can uh if I get a um if I have a little bit of liquor in me, I'll definitely just let something flow.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, but um, yeah, no, I haven't wrote any lyrics in like I haven't written down a song since I'll probably say 2024.
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2024.
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I last time I actually sat down and actually put thought to paper and wrote down a song.
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Um, but a lot of the music that I have recorded lately is just like I just went into there, just felt it in the moment and see what poured out.
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But I've realized like I got a consistent pattern of just kind of just um making music or bars that you just feel like empowered to say like one I did recently with my um with one of the artists, three is called I'm Different.
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You know what I'm saying?
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It's and it's a lot more aggressive
approach, yeah, right?
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But like the song just makes you feel like bro, I'm one of them ones, you know what I'm saying?
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And not even like in a threatful way, but just like you can't be me or you can't replicate me.
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Like that's the intent of the song.
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And then the other song I did a freestyle with, um, I chose the beat, and uh, I had two friends, they're like, I mean, like the beat's hard, but I don't know how I would whatever, like, cool, let me set the tone, right?
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Like, they're like, Yeah, let's see how you come on it.
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And I and um we named it I'm the type freestyle.
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And it's like, again, like I'm just the type of person to just go about things the way I want to go about them, right?
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And it's it's a song that people can relate to, get crunked to, all that, you know, all at once.
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Um and again, it's like it can my music just lately has just been kind of some like really lock in with yourself and be confident, and that's the message I want to always be able to deliver.
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It's just like you can get away with a lot of things by just believing in yourself.
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I love that.
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Take me through your your recording process.
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So, how do you pick your beats?
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Um, I'll be a random day where I don't feel like listening to lyrics, and I'll go on YouTube where I have like beat packages in my phone or emails that I'll just skim through and I'll just play some beats, and when like it'll speak to me, like something will just come out of me to say something, right?
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And like it'll be either a thought or a word, and um, it'll just kind of lay out the thesis or like the theme of like the approach I want to go to it.
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Um, so I'll stop there sometimes.
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Sometimes I'll write down a hook, sometimes I'll just think of a hook.
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Um, and the fresher the thought, the better, because like the sooner I can get in the studio to do it, like I'll do it.
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You know what I'm saying?
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I was gonna ask you, how do you decide what to record?
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Like, what do you say?
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How do you say, okay, you know what?
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This is worth recording.
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Depending how like how much emotion it drawed from me in the moment that I listen to it, or sometimes I'll even just like um like I said, I don't go to the studio often, but I got the love of uh my boy German Engineering.
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He uh very he supports everything that you know behind me and stuff like that.
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Shout out to you, German engineering.
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And um he'll toss me like some stew time, like yo, like just you know, come get some reps in and shit like that.
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And it's also you know, I show you know, I toss him business and things of that nature, you know what I'm saying?
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So it's um it's a good relationship, but he'll toss me some shit and I'll just be like, hey bro, I'm gonna throw you two beats that I really like, load one of them up, and then whatever I come up with, I'll come up with.
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Like it's really unorthodox.
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I don't have like a real a real system, yeah, structured system, yeah, because I'm not really too focused on being an artist right now.
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Um more just learning the industry and stuff of that nature, but like I have the experience to I already know, like do something crazy.
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Eventually I'm gonna go on like a crazy 90-day run of being an artist again and then just go back into hibernation.
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Right, because you know, you never stop being an artist.
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Once an artist, always an artist.
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Yeah, yeah, it's within your blood for sure.
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Yeah, the only thing that we do is choose when we want to showcase our art to the world.
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Yeah, it's like, okay, right now I'm in the process of incubating my own art, you know, or I'm creating and I don't want to share it with nobody.
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But um, that one brings me right into actually level four, which is from artist to host.
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What made you realize your voice and personality could create opportunities beyond your own music?
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And what has hosting taught you?
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Um, it was funny, it's I always think about this.
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Um, there's this one teacher, I wish I remember her name, but it was my math teacher in fifth grade.
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I was just like talking to people.
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Um, you know, I was I wasn't like a class clown, but like I also wasn't like a class angel.
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But um, but I was like talking to somebody or whatever, and um, she's like, hey, like Ray, like she was a real sweet teacher.
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She's like, hey Ray, like, need you to keep it down, okay?
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She's like, I know you're not really being too loud, but you just have like a very powerful voice, and like, you know, people can hear you without you intentionally trying to, you know what I'm saying?
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And I was like, Oh, my bad, you know what I'm saying?
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But like, I don't know.
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I always like even as a kid, I just I was like, damn, I got a powerful voice, like you know what I'm saying?
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And like yeah, that's what helped drive me musically too.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Um I maybe took it deeper than what she intended for me to, but like um just feeling like I have a fucking voice, you know what I'm saying?
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And um being an artist identifying like a lot of the struggles it is being an artist, um, you know, dealing with janky promoters, scammers, um, you know, not putting your money into the right places, not being on the right platforms, or platforms charging you for not the right things, right?
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Like just for the sake of them.
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Like, I understand it being on the host side now, like there's expenses that get put into place, right?
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But still, if you're not providing the infrastructure of the platform for them to truly benefit, yeah, I don't think it's really fair to charge them and only charge them.
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Yeah, right, like give them the opportunity to make some money or at least get some content or something out of it.
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Like, that's why my events I structure it to be like it's not a pay to perform type situation.
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There's either there's prize incentives usually, um, and then you'll get an interview and then you'll get a recap of your performance and you'll get a photo shoot.
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Like, you know what I'm saying?
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So you get content that you didn't essentially have to reach out and pay another person for because that's what I did.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like that's that's the same thing I did with this platform.
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So Let's Talk Music with the Godmother was created for artists and for people because um of that same reason, you know.
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Um, I don't charge to be on the platform.
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This is my way of giving back, you know, um because uh marketing and creating content is the most expensive part, you know, after music, you know, uh marketing yourself is the hardest part, and so having a platform where you can come on, talk about your music, talk about what you have going on, 10 levels, 10 videos, you know, and that's how I look at it.
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That's my way of giving, and that's a that's a really good thing.
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You know, I had a really good time posting with you in Tampa.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You're an amazing host.
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Thank you.
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By the way, guys, he is an amazing host.
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One of the way you can be through um the entire company, you know.
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Oh, uh turn your your thing down a little bit.
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You are there we go.
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You are an amazing host.
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And um if you guys, if you're watching and you haven't seen Ray Millions live, whether it's performing or hosting or whatever, I urge you now to find a way to get to your next your next event, which we're gonna talk at the end of the show, where people can find you next because you are dope.
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Amen.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, and thank you, uh Zaddy, too, in the comments.
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Yes, I see you in the comments.
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Um, and God is gonna let me see.
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Who's it?
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Yachty?
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Zaddy.
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What is Z.
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Zaddy.
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And and who is he to you?
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Um a new friend, new partner for sure.
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We're gonna definitely do some good business together and um, you know, just create memories and relationships that you know will benefit us mutually.
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Um I was just with him before this, actually.
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Yeah, I think it's a good idea.
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We got red eyes, we got red eyes too.
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Shout out Red Eye.
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Shout out to Red Eye sponsoring this season, God is good.
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So let's go to level six, the AR mindset.
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As someone involved in AR, what do you look for when discovering an artist?
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Is talent enough, or are you also looking at work ethic, branding, character, business, and consistency?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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It's all so like the the the the talent draws me first, right?
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I want to be that person not want to, I'm going to be that person that could exploit talent.
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Not not exploit, but explore talent, right?
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Like, my bad, but explore the talent, right?
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Like be able to identify because I understand, like, right now in this present day and age, like it's not just about talent, right?
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That's what we always hear.
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Um but um with the backing and the support that I have had with this company I work with called VRC, they taught me like you know, you can take someone from ground up, right?
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Thus, thus,
though, the work ethic is there, you know.
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So that's kind of where that comes in play.
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Like I can see, I'll notice you for your talent, I'll present an opportunity um based off your character, though.
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Right, you know what I'm saying?
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I judge people how you treat others or how you treat certain situations, right?
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Um like for instance, like let's say I do come to an event, I see an artist, and you know, I had a great performance, the song was really dope, but then they walked off stage and walked out the building and left.
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You know what I mean?
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Like that's okay.
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I can look at it as like maybe he just don't understand it yet, or maybe this guy just feels like he's too cool.
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I'm not the type to work with that, you know what I'm saying?
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I'm not the type to work with someone who feels like they're too cool and want to have that mysterious ego and make it feel like people gotta be drawn to them.
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No, because realistically, the more the most successful, and I don't mean as far as like streams and money they make, but the connections they make come off them being presentable and approachable.
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And if you can't allow that for yourself, what am I going to do?
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Amen.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like that's real.
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And how did you get into so you went from artist to host to AR, which you're still hosting, but how did the AR thing come about?
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Talk to me about that.
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Um, like I said, so VRC, they go by very rare cinema, they're a production company at first, but then they you know they've uh allocated a lot of resources working within the industry in the uh in the industry, primarily in like the underground scene.
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Um and uh they reached out to me earlier when they first they were doing like a like a what's the word?
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Like a soft or kind of like a ghost launch, right?
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Like they were doing the management, they were getting into the management development side of things and allocating their resources and their knowledge and stuff of that nature, but they weren't like publicly um advertising it, right?
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Like you you wouldn't know VRC is what it is unless they reached out to you.
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So they reached out to me unannounced to me how maybe they came across a video that was doing well, I don't know.
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But one of the members had reached out to me, like, hey, you know, we're starting this new thing, this is what we provide for artists, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
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And I was like, Yeah, that sounds cool, but I want to be where you're at.
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I just told them straight up, like I want to understand the game, you know what I mean?
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Like, I'm a fair believer of like you can give a fish, give a man a fish and he'll eat for a nine, or you can teach him a fish and he'll eat for life.
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So teach me the game, not just as a as a consumer, but like let me be the one to be able to teach it to others.
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And I this was before I did my first event, but I had already had experience um helping coordinate and manage Red Eyes events.
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So I was telling him, presenting him my idea of my first event, and like, you know, I really want to take on this leadership role and step away from like the artistry for a moment because I still need to understand it.
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Like it it's a it takes a lot to be an artist.
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Like I commend anybody that is.
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Um me being in that experience and dealing with the situations that I've dealt with, I took heed, just put a different hat on, decided to rock a different title, and presented myself as.
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Such and it when I told him that, he was just like, Yeah, you know what?
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We we we have room on our team.
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Let me see if I could, you know what I'm saying?
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And then from there, they trained me um of their system and how things work.
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And I learned a lot from them, and I'll forever be grateful for that.
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Um, and I'm still with them, but I've made it apparent that, like, hey, eventually I'm going to break off and have my own agency, but we can be in partner of because they obviously still have resources and connections that I'm not gonna like, you know, step on their toes for or anything like that, right?
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So I'd rather utilize that again as like a bridge and be like, you can start with me, and once I build you up to a certain stature, I'll hand you off to them.
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We can do some type of split percentage where you know I'm saying where I get a finder's fee for whatever artist or something and then move on from that.
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And I told that to the CEO, and he's like, yo, he's all for it.
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So I even they can see like I'm I was glad that I was able to have that conversation and then not be him trying to like belittle it or anything.
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He was like, Yeah, I'm all for it.
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Like, yeah, we're definitely like, you know, as we expand, we
want to have partnerships, you want to have da-da-da-da.
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Because ideally, they don't want to have to always advertise, they want to just be able to do the work.
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So having someone like me that already has um a connection and community of artists that I build up to a certain stature and then pitch it on over to them, that's less work that they have to do discovering artists, and that you know, essentially makes me like their AR in a sense.
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And then um, but it's like through my own agency, so I still have my benefits and everything that the artists get from me.
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And then when they're ready for uh to work with VRC, because one, their prices are going up because they're getting more resources and adding more value to their um agency.
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So obviously, you know, money's tight, so I'm the more affordable option to get started with, and then you know what I'm saying?
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Once you're built up to a certain statue, your your music is making you money, and you just need that extra level up.
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I'm sure I can be in a position to do it, but I'd much rather just be able to just I'm all about connecting people and connecting the dots.
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Like I just want my goals to be the network, you know what I'm saying?
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You are, and and you're definitely that.
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Um you're definitely that, which actually brings me to level seven, which is management and the business of music.
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Being an artist while also understanding management gives you both perspectives.
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What are some of the biggest mistakes you see independent artists make when it comes to the business behind their creativity?
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Um, them not knowing um how much how much different ways they can make money off their music.
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And then also getting lost in the sauce of like I feel like it's a common misconception of feeling like you need to post everything and anything.
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Oh, I feel the same way about that.
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Yeah, you know what I mean?
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Like if if if you're a content creator, influencer, that's a different approach, right?
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As an artist, though, you in anything you gotta think of your branding and marketing, but as an artist, like you gotta be what's the word I'm looking for, like a little more reserved to build that interest, to build that demand.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like giving everybody everything they want, they get bored of you really fast.
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So it's like create the interest, give them a bit of what they want, digress a bit, and then come out with like the big bang.
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And that's what's you know what I'm saying?
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Like the strategies, there's different strategies to be implemented, but I feel like the common thing is like they don't they don't understand that structure, right?
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And then also like the main point to me is like not having your business logistics in place, like your BMI, your sound trust, your sound exchange.
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Because like let's say hypothetically you do just blow up off a lucky chance, right?
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And you're missing a lot of royalties that you're not collecting just because you didn't have your stuff already registered.
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Yeah.
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And then you know, the mainstream is gonna take that because it's just sitting there, you know what I'm saying?
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So yeah, give me that.
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People literally pay for that.
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So I feel like that common thing is just yeah, just having your business logistics right, um, and knowing what they are, you know what I'm saying?
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So that you can be more presentable as an artist because you don't need to be famous or mainstream to be um successful, to make a living off of this, yeah, to be successful, yeah.
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Essentially, like you can get a core hundred people.
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If you can get a hundred people to pay ten dollars a month, you make a thousand a month, and that's just on a small end, right?
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Right?
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Like, and that some people jobs barely make them that much.
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Yeah.
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You know what I'm saying?
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You can find a core hundred people to spend ten dollars, whether you do a show every month, you drop in clothes, and ten dollars, like you can come up with easy, tangible ten dollar things, you know what I mean?
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And it's just like you just gotta lock in on just having that retention with the people that actually rock with you, um, and honing in on those people, and I don't mean like friends and family, but the strangers that happen with you, like your friends and family aren't your target audience, they shouldn't be.
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They should be right, it can be your support system, they can help push, promote, put money in your pockets, whatever that system might look like, but essentially relying on them to make you famous is not is not realistic.
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And I want to give this moment to ask you who are you?
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Um, what artists are you currently working with or pushing or managing?
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Yeah, so in Tampa, where I'm at, we got three,
three ski, um, pretty girl rico, De Hey Villain, Ace B major, FGM Zay.
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I'm not missing anyone, am I?
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You better not be.
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I better not be.
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I'll be a hole.
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Let me do that one time.
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Rico.
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Use your fingers three skis Ace De Hey Villain.
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Yeah.
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And then I have um in Broward, he goes by Jaile.
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He stays in Broward, and then I have um two in Texas, one is OCT Word, the other one is OG Next.
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Um, and then one in New York.
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He formerly was known as JJ this uh JJ, but now he's changing his name to FA the Singer.
00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.440
And so what do you what do you do with these artists?
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Um, so I give him like a roadmap as far as like understanding what it is to be like a developed artist.
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So like first two weeks is kind of getting like the I call it the icebreaker weeks.
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So it's like getting to understand him, who he is, what he represents, where he comes from, so we can understand how to shape that into his um his identity, right?
00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:58.720
Because some people overlook the small things, like right, like when I asked somebody like what started you you in music, it was like, uh, you know, I mean, I don't know, I think I just kind of then he started jogging his memories, like, oh my homeboy, oh yeah, and oh, and I'm like, Yeah, see, don't forget these things because these are things that you can implement in your story, like music should be a story that you tell, whether it's sonically or visually.
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Um, so I get him to understand like that um part of um branding, right?
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Like it doesn't have to necessarily be do shenanigans and the things that's gonna get you viral if that's the angle you want to take, sure.
00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:21.759
But if you want to just have like an authentic, real um approach and fan base, um, you need to understand more than the surface level of music and like get to know who you are.
00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:24.319
Some people don't feel like reflect on themselves enough.
00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:27.039
So that's another conversation, yeah.
00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:34.319
Yeah, that's another conversation that can ultimately make be the pivot of what you know what you're looking to get out of music.
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You know what I'm saying?
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I think right now, especially with the whole AI AI age, people want to get more personable and feel actual emotion and know what you know what I'm saying.
00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:46.880
Like, that's why like a lot of the content that's driven right now is just people talking to their phones.
00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.400
Yeah, you know what I'm saying?
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So I try people to get to understand that like you can implement this into your music, into your content, and um be able to capitalize off of it.
00:29:56.240 --> 00:30:06.960
So the first two weeks is just understanding that foundation, and then after um going into week three, week four, it's then okay, strategizing the content to present that, right?
00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.759
Like, quick example of OCT word, like he's real business oriented, right?
00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:16.319
Like sometimes we'll be on the phone for a meeting call, and he'd be like, Oh man, hold on, bro.
00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.279
Like, I gotta close the deal.
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You know what I'm saying?
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And I was like, I'm not gonna stop a man from making his money, you know what I'm saying?
00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.480
So close your deal.
00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:30.480
I told him, I was like, you need to sit down and think about um how you can kind of blend both worlds, right?
00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:41.519
Like there's artists like um, I don't know if he'll be a great example, but just off the top of the mainstream head, money man, um, how he talks about you know assets and stocks and things of that nature.
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I'm like, if you have that sort of knowledge, take that route, right?
00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.839
Like this is that's the world you live in, right?
00:30:47.920 --> 00:31:06.160
You talking about closing deals and stocks and stuff of that nature, implement that in the music and implement that in the content, and like our content direction is um I'm more than an artist, and it'll show like like every post will start like I'm more than an artist, and it'll show a different aspect of his life, and then like you know, play have his song playing in the background or something like that, right?
00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:25.200
But people will be tuned in more into the like the personal aspect of like what he does and how he does it, and then they'll catch the music on the back end where he can drop a little hint, like hey, you know, while y'all tuned in, like you'll see, like when the numbers are going up, and you can, you know, we're we're gonna watch the watch time, see where people drop off or where you know where the highlight points at, so we know where we can implement like the teaser for the music, right?
00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:34.720
So it'll be like, for instance, you know, he's talking about how he closed the deal this day or whatever, and like his songs play in the background, but yo, you know, at 10 seconds is when it spikes.
00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.599
Okay, boom.
00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:38.079
At this 10 second mark, we need to implement.
00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:42.319
Um, hey, yo, by the way, you know, this song that you hear in the
background is out right now.
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Maybe raise the volume a little bit and then go back to what the video was intended for.
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Like, you know what I'm saying?
00:31:47.599 --> 00:32:05.519
Finessing it in there, like there's you know what I'm saying, just different directions, and um that's just an example for one, but yeah, like it's just the goals of just figuring out what you want to represent and getting that image and brand identity right, and then implementing that into your content and putting people in your world, right?
00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:13.359
Like, one question I ask artists and every artist should ask themselves is if they cut if we were to cut the sound off and just see you, right?
00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.119
I'm just watching a music video.
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What's one thing you want me to understand about you?
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And then the same thing, vice versa.
00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:26.160
If I'm never heard of you, never seen you, and your song comes on, what's one thing you want me to feel?
00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:35.599
So it's like, y'all, is once you understand both of those and implement it together, you're going to create a world around your music that people can gravitate towards.
00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:38.400
And if it's a hundred people, 200, 3 people, you know what I'm saying?
00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.839
There's a billion people in the world.
00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:42.960
Yeah, you just need to hone in on like a small amount of people.
00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:48.480
If you again, if you can get a thousand people to pay ten dollars a month, you're making ten thousand a month.
00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:52.559
That is a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what's actually possible.
00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:58.480
I love that, which would actually bring me straight into level eight, which is building the brand.
00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:08.880
How important have relationships, collaborations, and personal branding and branding being in growing Ray millions beyond just music?
00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:17.680
How important is it to have in um to have uh relationships and collaborations in branding?
00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:23.039
Well, one you learn a lot, right?
00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:28.319
There's different structures and different approaches, and there's something that you can implement into your own game.
00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:38.400
Uh another thing is there's a very high chance you know a lot of people that don't know me and vice versa.
00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:42.720
So that collaboration could will bring eyes to both of us, right?
00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.839
Especially if it's um if it's done right, you know what I'm saying?
00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:52.319
Whether it's a sponsorship or us collaborating collaborating, if they see me, they see you, they see you, they see me, right?
00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.279
And your audience may be like, oh,
like who is this?
00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:57.359
Or my audience may be like, oh, who is this, right?
00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:00.480
And it helps just kind of shape something, and it can shape something new.
00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:11.440
Um and then as far as like with that being said, too, like you being able to connect certain dots helps your name, right?
00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.239
Like let's say I know this brand over here and this brand over there.
00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.519
I'm like, yo, I think you guys will do great business together, right?
00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.559
You know what I'm saying?
00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:25.280
And whatever your whatever my pitch would be would be the pitch, and then they make something happen, they make something happen.
00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:30.880
Now you just connected the dots, and then again, it can just start something new, right?
00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:33.679
And then it could benefit you or it can just benefit them.
00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:37.519
Me, I you know, me just connecting the dots, putting people on, I that's all I care about.
00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.159
You know what I'm saying?
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.920
Like again, I just care about being a network.
00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.480
You feel me?
00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:43.760
If I get compensated in any way for it, cool freaking beans.
00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:48.639
But um ideally though, it's just about, like I said, just connecting those dots, right?
00:34:48.719 --> 00:35:01.920
And being able to build an infrastructure that when it comes time to like someone like me trying to do something of a mass scale, I'll hit up Michelle, I'll hit up, I'll hit up, I'll hit up because we've been already doing good business together.
00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:13.440
So boom, now when I present this big ass opportunity that we can all eat off of, it's already laid out in there, and we know how to work with each other because we've already worked with each other, we know which roles will be represented.
00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:15.920
Like everything should be thought of for future reference.
00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:18.559
Like that's literally why my brand is called 4FR.
00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.480
Literally for future reference.
00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.239
For future reference.
00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.599
Yeah, I love that.
00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:26.480
Everything we do now holds weight in the future.
00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.199
Amen.
00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.480
Amen.
00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.679
I'm loving this.
00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:33.440
You have a very you I love the way you communicate.
00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.519
I'm still working on it.
00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:38.079
You're working on it, but you're doing a great job.
00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:39.440
You're doing a really great job.
00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.800
I'm really, really proud of you.
00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.679
I appreciate it.
00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:48.800
I know that your future is bright, and and I'm really excited to see what is in store for you in the future, you know?
00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.679
Thank you.
00:35:49.920 --> 00:36:00.559
Which brings me to level nine wearing multiple hats, artist, host, event curator, AR, management, brand ambassador.
00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:04.480
How do you balance all of these roles without losing yourself?
00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:08.159
And which one do you believe will play the biggest part in your legacy?
00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.920
See, it's crazy.
00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.679
I've been talking about that recently.
00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:20.400
Um to sum it up, it all goes hand in hand.
00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:25.840
If I feel like only three people really know my endgame.
00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:34.239
Well, I don't say end because it'll be the start of new beginnings, but like it all is part of a melting pot.
00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.360
Right?
00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:41.280
Like everything I'm doing is very meticulous, and it's gonna it can be a five-year, it can be a ten-year plan.
00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:43.920
Um right now it's at the trajectory.
00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:50.320
I feel like it's looking like it'll be completed in five, but um, you know, Lord behold and God willing.
00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:57.599
But I'm still trying to figure out the balance, right?
00:36:57.679 --> 00:37:01.920
Like I'm still trying to get myself in an organized position where I can make it make sense.
00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:06.639
Right now, I'm kind of just doing a lot of things and kind of just having like mentally retaining it up here.
00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:13.199
Um, but I was I literally this past month I've been talking about having a better infrastructure organization.
00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:20.639
Like I'm getting a um website built, uh, I need to get a planner, uh, I'm getting like Google Forms situated, I'm getting like, you know what I'm saying?
00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:25.599
I'm getting all my logistics and stuff right because things are kind of like steamrolling.
00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:41.599
Um and as of recently, I have made a decision, like I'm gonna just kind of cut back on a lot of like collaborations that I've been doing with people so I can be able to focus on the foundation that I intentionally came in here with and uh because I was getting carried away and getting pulled away um from what I intentionally did, right?
00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:52.000
So to kind of answer your question, what do I feel like will like my bread and butter is um like I call myself a platform builder, okay?
00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.480
Right?
00:37:52.559 --> 00:38:00.320
Like I don't like the whole like I've I was called a promoter one day, and I don't know nothing against people, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth.
00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.800
Like I'm not a pro I got it, yeah.
00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.519
You feel me?
00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:06.079
Like I'm I I promote, yes,
because that's my freaking job.
00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:07.280
I gotta make content and promote what you're doing.
00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:12.000
So you don't like the fact that you were that someone identified you as that as a promoter, yeah.
00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:16.400
Because of the way the what you're doing caused them to feel that way about you.
00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.760
Right, right, exactly.
00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:20.320
And it really was just like they don't really know me, so it's cool.
00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.719
You feel me?
00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:23.280
I took it with a grain of salt, like I'm not gonna be like, you don't know who you're talking, you know.
00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.800
I'm saying it ain't that big of a deal.
00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:27.920
Um, but like I was looking like, is that what he sees me as?
00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:29.039
Cool, cool.
00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:35.920
Like, I just I always take note of the I'm one of those people, like I don't make a scene, I just take note and uh uh it turns me up.
00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.519
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.880
People like people don't understand.
00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.880
Like I love being doubted.
00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.239
That's like my biggest fuel.
00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:51.679
Like, I I feel for those people who be like, man, like when you know people are saying this about you and this about you, da da da, like it brings you down and it's upsetting and it makes like me.
00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:53.119
I'm that fuels me.
00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:57.440
I love it because it just makes me want to prove you wrong even more gracefully.
00:38:57.599 --> 00:39:05.039
Like, I'm not trying to, I'm not the type to flaunt, I'm not the type to be like, ha ha, I told you so, I did it, but just more to be like, this is what you get for doubting me.
00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:06.000
You know what I'm saying?
00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:09.840
Like the everything you said I wouldn't do, I'm finna do it just because you ain't believe.
00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.800
You know what I'm saying?
00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:16.960
Like, I was gonna do it anyways, but you not believing in me fueled me up just as much as someone believing in me.
00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.840
You know what I'm saying?
00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:23.440
I want to hand you down a piece of wisdom that my parents um taught me.
00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:27.280
That's okay, and it's gonna be something that might help you out.
00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:37.599
So one of the biggest myths that we are told um is that you can have a balance of life when you're building something.
00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.599
That's not true.
00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:43.920
When you are building something, there is no balance.
00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:46.480
No, I be like, Yeah, I'm learning that.
00:39:48.239 --> 00:40:01.119
That's why I asked how do you balance the reality of it is that when you're building something that is meant to
last to have legacy, build something that does not exist because that's what you're building.
00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:05.039
There is no balance, you will lose sleep.
00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:09.599
You there is no idea, you can't, it's not real.
00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:17.679
You will get to that when you reach your goal, that's when the balance comes.
00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:21.199
When the when you actually have that balance in your account.
00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:26.000
That's the balance, you know.
00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:35.519
So until then, you hold your head above water and you keep pet you keep peddling and you keep going because there is no balance.
00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:44.400
The balance is work your ass off until you get the financial balance in your account that will allow you to balance your life out.
00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:53.519
So say, okay, now I can sleep a little bit longer because I have the balance in my account that allows me to grow that.
00:40:55.440 --> 00:41:00.400
And um, which is gonna take me into level 10, which is the godmother level.
00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:03.039
And I wanna ask you, how old are you?
00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.719
So what?
00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.760
How old are you?
00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:08.320
Uh I turned 27 in December.
00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.679
I'm 26 right now.
00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.880
That is good.
00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:14.239
Okay, so in 30 years, you'll be 57.
00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.119
Okay.
00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:18.159
So let's let's go to uh 57.
00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:22.480
You're 57 years old and we are in your living room.
00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:26.159
We are about to do a Netflix documentary on your life.
00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:32.000
I want you to tell me one, who's in that room with us?
00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:36.159
Two, who are you leaving this legacy to?
00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:43.760
And three, what are we saying that the Ray Millions brand has accomplished at age 57?
00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:48.400
Well, for sure, in that room is gonna be uh my wife and son.
00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:53.360
I can only hope, you know, mom, dad is there, you know what I'm saying?
00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:59.920
30 years is a long time, and um everyone has their day.
00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:03.119
Other people will just um whoever sticks it out.
00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:07.920
I can't really see into the future, but one thing I know for sure is that I'm gonna have my wife and kid.
00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.960
That's one thing for sure.
00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:14.159
And will he have kids?
00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.800
Who knows?
00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:17.440
Well, he'll be 30, 32 by then, so who knows?
00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:19.440
But like who knows?
00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:32.079
But one thing for sure is like we're gonna we're we're gonna be on an infrastructure that my kids, my kid and his kids, if he has some, will be able to eat off of for the rest of their life.
00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:34.400
Um like I already see it.
00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:40.239
Like I said, my big kahuna is gonna be going on every year.
00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:43.760
I'm gonna have my percentages and everything that I've built.
00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:58.079
Um ideally, off the top of my head, I would have four to five platforms um that I no longer have to attend and just make the freaking calls and get the payments.
00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:04.639
Um, I'll have, you know, a home that's not in the states.
00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.280
Okay.
00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.800
Dominican Republic.
00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.440
Uh huh.
00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:08.639
Dominican Republic.
00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.280
Yeah.
00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:10.239
DR.
00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:14.559
I think in DR, Japan, somewhere, you know, just a cultural, just a culture shift.
00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:19.920
Um, just um just somewhere where I can just kind of just call it our peace, our home.
00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:24.559
Um, US is freaking hectic, but it is the foundation of what everything will be at.
00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:26.079
So you know what I'm saying?
00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:35.280
Um, but just somewhere as uh I just yeah, I just I know I'm gonna be that person where you just call like, yo, Ray, um we need this over here.
00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:37.440
I just think okay, I got what you're gonna call it on it.
00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:38.079
Like, all right, cool.
00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:39.679
I got it, got it, I got it.
00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:41.679
Yeah, what are we doing for dinner tonight, babe?
00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:43.760
Like, what we you know saying, where we going out tonight?
00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:54.320
Like, I don't I'm gonna be at the point of my life where I could be free and have balance and be able to like focus more on oneself and family and peace of mind and stuff of that nature, right?
00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:58.079
Like, I already went through all the chaos, I put other people in that position to deal with it.
00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:01.599
Um, and um Go from there, right?
00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:05.440
Like I'm gonna have my agency built up with people with managers underneath it.
00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:08.800
I'm gonna have um my four to five platforms built up.
00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:24.000
One's gonna be a TV production, the other two are gonna be more like on the radar type production, and then the other one is gonna be a franchise that I build that's gonna be spreaded across the states to help artists, creators, and other people in the entertainment industry get the content and stuff that they need and deserve.
00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:33.599
Um and then yeah, my big my big wooha is gonna be going on annually, and that's where the big moneymaker's gonna be every year, you know what I'm saying?
00:44:33.679 --> 00:44:37.280
If I'm ever down bad, which I won't be, I know that this is coming up and we good.
00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.079
You know what I'm
saying?
00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:41.440
Like I'll be like Mariah Carey around Christmas, you know what I'm saying?
00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:44.800
Like when it's when it's time of the year comes around, I'm good.
00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:46.000
We good for the rest of the year.
00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:47.119
Don't even worry about it.
00:44:47.280 --> 00:45:06.719
But um, yeah, nonetheless, though, like my goal is just to have a small percentage of everything I build, whoever's running it can take the majority, and then um the big convention that I wanted to have together is gonna be where I make the majority at that time, and then every little franchise of the one platform I have, I'm gonna be making percentages off of.
00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:11.280
So a little bit of percentage here, a little bit of percentage there equals a lot of percentage.
00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:13.920
Yes, for sure.
00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:17.119
I'm trying to treat my businesses like stocks, you know.
00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:19.039
Facts, you know.
00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:28.480
Um, this has been an amazing conversation, and you have so much um, you have so much knowledge and so much wisdom for your age.
00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:35.199
Um, you can definitely see, I can see that you're definitely going places.
00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:37.760
I am so honored to be a part of your life.
00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:40.320
It has been an honor to have you.
00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:46.800
Yes, and I I'm actually excited to see where God is gonna take us from here.
00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:59.840
You know, and I pray that uh at 57 I can be there saying, you know, look, you did it, we did it, that we can look back at this interview and say, Wow, you know, we made it.
00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:10.960
You know, that I can be looking at your son that's two years old right now and telling him, Look what we did, look what your father and your mother, all the hard work in the name of Jesus, you know.
00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:19.039
And um, I want you to tell everybody what's next for the Ray Millions brand and where we can find you at.
00:46:19.679 --> 00:46:24.000
Well, you can find me personally at RAE dot millions on Instagram.
00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:29.119
Uh, you can find me hosting on uh Lyrical Lounge, A13.
00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:31.119
Shout out LP3.
00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:38.960
Um you can find me building my platforms on 4FR, that's the number four, letter F R dot Entertainment.
00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:47.440
And um also coming soon Vision Circle, alongside with some very special people that you know have also been blessed to meet, man.
00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:59.920
But what's next is just like I said, just building the infrastructure, um, taking some time off collaborations to really focus on those platforms I mentioned um and really just be able to pour into those as much as I can.
00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:01.599
They're all gonna have their time.
00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:11.119
Um, but right now I think I
just want to start with getting back into the swing of like properly promoting uh the events that I want to um organize and run.
00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:19.039
Um, I will be doing a collaboration one in December with um some very special people who go by powerful minds.
00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:30.320
Um but that's again that like that collaboration was more like an idea I had that I presented to them that they also had, so it works out, right?
00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:31.199
Like that's what I'm saying.
00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:41.360
I'm like I just need the right people to be in certain positions, I'll help build the platform up, and then y'all can run that shit, and then I'll just take my founding father percentage and I'm gone.
00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:42.079
You know what I mean?
00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:46.559
So, like my focus right now is going to be that one in December.
00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:55.039
Um, doing something in November, not sure exactly what like I got an idea, um, but not sure exactly I'm gonna follow suit.
00:47:55.199 --> 00:48:03.519
And again, like just focus on on what I need to build, not everybody else's platforms.
00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:05.440
Yes, yes, no disrespect.
00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:06.239
I love y'all, bro.
00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:07.679
We'll we'll get back to it again.
00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:15.039
But um, I I started to get beside myself and get overwhelmed, and you know, I was able to identify that early before I lost my mind.
00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:17.760
So amen.
00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:20.239
Is it okay if I pray for you?
00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:21.440
Always.
00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:26.000
All right, let's say the prayer, Father God.
00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:29.599
I want to thank you right now for allowing us to come together in your name.
00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:38.400
Holy Spirit, right now, I want to ask you that you bless Ray Millions, Lord, that you bless his family, his wife, his child, his ideas, his visions, Lord.
00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:40.239
Everything that you've given him, Lord.
00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:42.000
I ask you to multiply it, Lord.
00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:44.400
You see, Lord, the dreams that he has.
00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:49.440
I ask you, Holy Spirit, that you place the right people around him that will help him get to that, Lord.
00:48:49.840 --> 00:49:00.000
I ask you, Lord, that you remove all the people that are not there by you, Lord, that you allow them to remove themselves so that he can elevate, Holy Spirit.
00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:10.159
I ask you, Holy Spirit, that you allow him to lock in, to focus, and to get things done so that he can be successful in the calling that you have prepared him for, Lord.
00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:15.039
Protect him, guide him, and provide everything that he needs for this world.
00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:23.199
Allow us to have a long and fruitful relationship, Lord, that we may get to the end of this and say, Lord, look how far we've come.
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Thank you for all the wonderful things that you've done.
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And it's in your mighty name we pray.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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This has been such an amazing conversation.
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Mr.
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Ray Millions, I love you.
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I love your wife, I love your family.
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Love you too, man.
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And um, anything that you need, you have my number.
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I'm here to pray for you, I'm here to assist you, whatever I can do.
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We're here.
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Nah, for sure, man.
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I appreciate you having y'all, man.
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Like, I know from like the jump connecting with y'all, I was like, yeah, bro, this is great.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like, like I don't think God makes mistakes, nothing's by coincidence.
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Fair believer, I meet a lot of people I was supposed to meet, whether it was good or bad.
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Um, obviously, you guys are more of the good.
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And um, you know, you guys are you get you guys helped keep God in my life, bro, for real.
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Like you, I have you and um my fatherhood coach from when uh I first found out I was becoming a dad.
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I have a fatherhood coach named Mark.
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Um or Mike, I said Mark, Mark.
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Um, but Mike, yeah, he's he's a he's an old dude, bruh.
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Bro, he's like I think he's like 50 something, six, no, he's like 60, I think.
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Um but he still came out to my son.
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Yeah, no, he came out to my son's birthday party, bruh, and he was out all night with us, bro.
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Like him and his wife ain't leave till like midnight, yeah.
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And I was like, hey, it pass your bedtime, graps.
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But he hung out with us, bro, and he had a great time, bruh.
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So he's definitely part of the family.
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But um, he really um helped, you know, keep God in my life throughout, you know, Zion's you know, coming of life and age.
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Um I was part of a program that he ended up dropping out of.
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Um, or they let him go, I don't remember, but um, he still kept with me.
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And he still, you know, he'll still hit my phone today, despite what you know he got going on in his personal life.
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He'll still hit me up and check in on
me and check in on a kid and stuff, and um always do a prayer as well.
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So like I'm super blessed.
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Um I feel like again, that's what helps keep God at the forefront of my mind, is just seeing, even just seeing y'all, you know what I'm saying?
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Like, I I again like I have to get more consistent with praying, but um still like it's just I'm I'm aware of God's in my life.
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I open my heart up to Him, Jesus Christ.
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So it's nothing that I'm like opposed to, you know what I'm saying?
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It's just still learning, you know, I'm still just learning.
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It's but it's part of the journey, bro, and I'm super grateful for it.
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You know, I speak more God into my life and into others, so you know that's the first step into it.
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And I gotta give y'all gratitude for you know helping me with that.
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Amen.
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And I want to thank the audience.
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We reached 5,000 likes, so I want to thank the audience for that.
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Um, we love you guys for commenting.
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Um, thank you for all the great things you you were you were asked here who's your backup host?
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Who's your Ray million's backup post?
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Do you have one?
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No, I'm on the search.
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I mean, I have candidates in mind.
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They don't know who they are yet, but I have candidates in mind because like I said, eventually I want to be able to not have to be there.
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You know what I'm saying?
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You know, doing what I got like you said, we put in the work now, the sacrifice now, you know, dealing with all the chaos now.
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But eventually, um, you know, I just want someone that can shadow me and wing me, and then um, you know, understand it, understand it and take over the reins.
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And you know, I've I've been that person that you know what I'm saying, had to step up to the plate so I know what to look for because I've delivered on it before, you know what I'm saying?
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And then some, right?
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Like eventually the student gotta be better than the teacher.
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So um, if I can find someone that can out host me, hell yeah, bro.
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Please take the reins.
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We're not there yet.
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We ain't there yet.
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We ain't there yet.
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Y'all seen some good hosts.
00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:08.079
We all seen some good hosts, but it's either they got their own thing going on or um they haven't actually hosted yet.
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You know what I'm saying?
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So I got candidates I'm gonna put to the test.
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Um, we also have here in the comments that you have to have at least five kids.
00:53:17.280 --> 00:53:17.920
What?
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I'm just reading some.
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Who said those?
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Um you tripping.
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I have three.
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I have two.
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I have a dog, a cat, and a human.
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I'm good, I'm good where I'm at.
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I am good where I'm at.
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If another one comes along, so be it, you know.
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But we're good where we're at.
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I just want to thank everyone for the likes, for the love, for the comments.
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This has been an amazing way to start season three.
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Thank you for being my first guest.
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And uh anything you need, you have my number.
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Yes, ma'am.
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God bless you.
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Y'all have a great one, man.
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Appreciate y'all tuning in.
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Whoever y'all are.
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I know Zodie and uh my boy Amon in here.
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I just see the narc-proof man join.
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Starting a little late, brother, but I appreciate you being here, man.
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Yes, y'all tweeted on the Instagram though.
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You feel me?
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Gems will be dropped on that Instagram.
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I'm always looking to connect.
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You feel me?
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Feel free to hit me up, man.
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I'm approachable, I'm reachable, I'm accessible.
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For now.
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For now.
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For now.
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I don't know how that goes.
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When we get there though, I'm still, you feel me, I'm still gonna make it a thing to you know connect with those that connected with me early on.
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So tap in while you can.
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Tap in, and every Wednesday, let's talk music with the godmother season three.
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Bye.
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What's going on, guys?
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It's the Gadmother, and I hope you enjoyed the show.
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I'll see you next week.
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Bye.