EYL #161 Shiggy on Jokes, Investing, & Content Creation

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I'm loving it all right, guys, welcome back, e y L. Still in La. Yeah, still on our run.

Man. This is a legendary one.

This is something that just came about. I'm extremely excited about it. We're gonna have a lot of fun this time to LA and why edition of course, New York invaded La. So yeah, the good brother Shiggy pulled up on us yesterday, hit me in the DM slid in my dam crazy.

I'm like, whoa, whoa where?

Like where you're at? Bro I'm like what.

He said, Shiggy other way.

I already had the drop already, so I already knew you were. I'm just glad you hit me back right away. You know what I'm saying.

Now, if you you know obviously, if you on Instagram, you know who she is. Man change the game a whole lot as far as you see a bunch of Instagram comedians now. And I feel like he was a pivotal part in that. Of course the Drake dance, of course all of the other stuff. So this is gonna be an interesting conversations. Shaggy dance to the Drake, So my bad feelings, that's the fact.

That's the fact.

So we're gonna have an interesting conversation about content creation, his journey, advice for comedians, his next step of his career, all of that. So first and Foremo, thank you for joining us, brother, Thanks.

For having me, even though we had a long conversation already, so appreciate you. It might be back for another long conversation. You know what I'm saying.

Where Queen's come in the building.

We know that you know you you go with the watch on. It's a little it wasn't my size and take a link out of a song. Now I gotta get into my jewelership. But it's so good, let's get into it. Brow this. Howd this start for you?

Bro? How did this? How did this start?

The whole Instagram thing altogether? You just from the from the top. It just basically started for me, Like I wasn't in school. I went to BMCC. I mean, yeah, I went there. You said it start here, go anywhere. So that's a.

School model, you really believe?

Yeah, because it makes sense now because I did a lot, you know what I'm saying. I always said that. So I was in school, but I wasn't really doing too good in school. And then I worked a job and I kind of sort of I just lost my job and the way I think about to lose my job, and the Instagram just came along with the videos I was trying to get on vine, but I could have never catched the wave of the six seconds when Instagram came out. And then I just started doing it and it got crazy.

You know.

The first video got viral for me. It wasn't even a funny video. It was kind of more like a serious video about what's basically I say, if if so I was saying, like, if I'm talking to you, if I'm texting you, right and you say we're just talking, don't tell you. It's so stupid, so stupid. But it's basically like saying when girls like oh, I used to talk to but it was just like you told me we was just texting. So it's just like, don't tell

I'm a clown. I'm a clown.

Yeah, And that back then, that's what like wheah was that fifteen?

That's what back then, when you get like a celebrity, it meant something. Let you go with mean, yeah, you get a celebrity shout out back then, like your following would just like shoot up, like twenty thirty k. You know what I'm saying. So like he helped me out with that. He got my following going crazy. And then I used to do everything bits and bits with myself for my friends, do a little skits every now and then and just.

Kind of that's when he was in the basement with the friend in the basement. You know what I'm saying, that Jesus Sandals he was. You know what I'm saying, he was tapped in for back then.

A lot of times people don't they forget it's a disconnect from like because I did the the drake and my feelings thing. A lot of people like forget about how much things I used to do before that. I used to do a lot.

There was a lot a lot. I thought one day he was going to hurt your leg the way he was.

I was sturdy, you know what I'm saying. I always had strong legs. I used to have o d hops back in the day. I used to tell my man, I used to be able touch him in eighth grade.

What happened now?

My legs were bad. I had tried to kick somebody one time then I missed, you know what I'm saying, my knee, like I think it discolocated. But I never went to the doctor, so I probably got like a torn a c l.

Just on the humble just touch rim. None happened.

Actually I got hops now.

But that's a valid point that you break. As far as people don't see, everything is worked, no matter what it is, like you know what I'm saying, like, how much work do you put in the content out as far as like your videos, you just film a video or is it? Like I don't like that, Let me do it again, let me edit it. Let me see this angle? What's the what's the okay?

Angles really don't matter to me. That's like I look like crazy in their face. So I don't really care about angles too, you know what I'm saying, enlightening and stuff like that. So it's got giggling. Man, I'm ugly. Yeah, see see that right there is like me embracing, not me being ugly. But it's just like but like everybody in my comments, they be like, damn you ugly. You there, you ugly. You never got a haircut, So I just

You're c you know this in your head, you're not writing the scripts because I think you were probably one of the first people I've ever seen that had the multiple voices in the video, three or four different characters.

I used to play like everybody and I but back then I used to literally switch up because before you used to be able to cut you shoot this, switch put a hat on, sits just do a girl, a little bun, a little stupid like like what's it called would you wash your body with whatever?

Talking about you.

Know walls clock, No, that's not what's it called? Alave louva louvo, something like that put that I used to put that I used to do, like, used to be so vivid. I used to play like my like a step pop. I don't got to step out. I got my father in my life and my mom's so I used to play like a character. I play a step parts, yoking up myself. So I used to be at a camera like this with my other hand sleep poles. I

Thinking about how I'm thinking about some of my favorite joints. So I think, where's the inspiration coming from? Because while you're talking, I'm thinking about when you used to be in the window people walk by.

Like what's the chronicles?

Where'd you get it from? Like there's something that you saw, like maybe a comedian who had did something in the same sort you like I can throw my own twist to this.

I'm not gonna lie. Sometimes I think I'll be crying a lot of things I do. But then you some things be embedded in your mom from years ago. You've probably seen it your member. It's like called suppressed memories, I guess, and you bringing forward so you know, sometimes people be like, oh, you copied me, Like I don't know, Like Mare and Lawrence is like one of like my biggest influences and stuff like that. When I do things, that's like, but I don't know who's influencing me. I

So let me ask you this, So, at what point do you I, you're doing the videos, you're funny obviously, do you ever think like y'all could actually make money out of this? And then like when you realize you could, how did you turn that into a business?

I mean, honestly, I was lucky, like because my I was lucky because for me it wasn't crazy money, but like it started off for like little parties and hostings stuff like that when people want to see you come. Like I used to go to colleges and I used to hold so shows and like Queen's College for a couple of hours, and like it started early. As soon as I got lit, I was able to make some money off of like being places. So for me, it started like real real early, but starting to make it

Half boys start together, Nah I started.

I was doing my videos before Fat but we started like twenty fifteen.

I feel like now the battle Yeah, it was going crazy.

Yeah's nah. I was like Fat Boy a beast, though I aint gonna lie he a beast because he's one of those people that kind of like started getting people together in his videos because he brought me and Queens swip together. He was doing a lot of collapse linker with people. Me I was doing my thing with my friends and in my basement by myself. I was doing like a lot of my content by myself. I feel like you could be way more yourself. When you buy yourself,

So as far as like when when did you really like hit the stride and like become a star. Was it before the Drake? I feel like it was before Drake, and Drake just kind of took you out of Yeah, you really like, Yo, this is this is bigger than just you know, local party.

I feel like twenty seventeen I was coming into that before that was like a local like people knew me for twenty seventeen. Coming to twenty eighteen along like the whole year, like I was doing like dope things. I went to like Diddy Party to start the year, So I was like a good way to start the year off compared to like being to being like I'm doing drinking, like what's it called?

Like this is.

I'm drink what's it called? Like apple cider with my parents? Yeah, Minal, I'm bringing that with my my parents, bring the New Year's I'm sure my girl yeah, with my cat's chilling, it's not. And then when yeah we had Diddy Crab Party, It's like damn. Like in that year I went to Vegas, I was moving around crazy, and then I had to stephen A. Smith before the drink thing, like right before. So that's like that got me over. I just reached a million followers and I was on the grim like

So like did did Drake thing. That was just completely organic. You're just doing it and you just did the dance, just hear the song and just put it up and yeah pretty much.

Yeah, Yo, that right there is kind of funny because when I did it, like when you do something videos, it's just like with that you think, like yo, if I get Drake the repost, it's like, you know how you think on the grands, like if I get some gig flogs and people to pick it up and repost it, I'll be able to make my money because that's going to be able to people, brands and stuff gonna see me working and stuff like that. But I never knew what's gonna get that big. But ob j he the

So what was that called? Like when when when OVERO team reached out to what.

Was that called?

Said? What was it called? Like?

Oh nah, you know it is what I sent. I sent it to Drake. So he was always like having a conversation the DM, like because he followed me from from before, like he posted one of my videos back in the day too, like what I did the more like when he dropped more Life, so I did some little more life like whatever would Jamaican thin? So yeah, so he is in a conversation, so I know a lot of things, like what was happening as far as that the video, Like the video turned around was fast

That's the fact. That's it. That's the fact.

That's what I asked you estay as far as your team, and I wanted to ask you that, but before that, so going through that experience with Drake and blowing that whole situation up or whatever, would.

You have done? You think differently?

And what did you learn like from the like it's kind of hard to really do anything because it's like you, like you said, you just did it Dan, Like you know what I'm saying. It's like you can't go to the label like I got because it's not even like a proven concept. Yeah, tell you for something that they don't even know for sure. Which how do you feel about how the whole thing played out?

I played out pretty well? I mean I can't change that, you know what I'm saying. Of course I could feel like I could do things differently, but it makes me playing for like I mean, the future for me. So that's the only days you got to learn through the mistakes that you made. I plenty for it had less

So what's that ever a part of you that you felt like, damn, I made that that song popular, like I needed to compensate that.

Nah, it was really just like the internet, you know what I'm saying. Because I used to do things to songs, and songs used to get big a little bit, and I never thought about that. It was just like the internet got that in my head where I was feeling like yo, maybe yeo, like you're right, I could have got this.

I got this.

I was talking to people. People just come to be like yo, man you geld. I was like, damn, I never thought about that and put that head off my own, like I was just living in the mummy, you know what I'm saying.

So your team like, at what point, because it's crazy. It's like I feel like Internet celebrities are real celebrities, is no different and like they have the same So it's like do business managers do agents? They start reaching out to you and like come, Like you said, it's it's crazy because, like you said, the year before that, you're in Queen's and your parents' basement. The next year you're in Diddy's you know house, just chilling and hanging out. Yeah,

Did you do that? Did you get a business manager?

Did you get a manager people.

The thing about that I had like my friend Manjin, he was like good in business. My friend Mike, so he was like he's like, you know the friend that's always in the business owner. So he used to have met on a lot of stuff. I have another friend Davy Jones. I had a lot of friends friend. I had a lot of good people that's on like that business side. I was never like on that from like when I was like younger, like I was always like the fun guy. So I had a lot of friends.

Terms of like brands trying to reach out to you, You're like, all right, I'm good.

Ah nah, some brand.

It's so crazy.

I was getting like certain Randal's from before. I was getting like agencies and here we are. But I was never like prepared for like those type of things I've been at like it because like sometin people were on that already, like on that Instagram is the next best thing, you know, and there's people that be like yo, it's the next day. It's people that talk to you to be like yo. But if Instagram the leader today is just like what the hell? It's just like I'm not

So how is it for?

I feel like music and comedy is kind of similar in a lot of ways, where like before, if you wanted to be a rapper, you had to go to depth gym, you had to get a label deal. Now rappers is making themselves hot online on YouTube, on Instagram, on TikTok really, and now the labels is coming to them right. And I feel like comedic comics is the same way, Like you know what I'm saying, Before you

It's funny you say that I'm probably right now in that trend positioning, you know what I'm saying. So that's a question you probably ask me later, and I've got a real answer right now. Just like a lot of people tell me, like acting classes, because people watch your grammar. You think you're good enough because you post card that you go viral. But it's just like if you get a little more like like critique, a little more help,

It's important for you to say that because it's like people look at everything and they just like, right, somebody's talented, but you gotta work on your craft. Yeah, they said, somebody said hard work beach talent. When talent doesn't work hard. Yeah, yeah, I was playing two K. That's one of the life then back then, that was one of those that's one of the models of two K for sure. That's a fact because it's a whole it's a whole new industry. Yeah,

Yeah, you get the trailblazer, like you're the hottest guy, and so like now there's going to be a bunch of people following you.

Now I'm not just saying I'm the hottest. It's a lot of hot people. Like, it's people that I was like, I was just talking about Melvin greg for me, and like Woodie McClain, Woody look great. He they too like Instagram violent people. That was funny as hell. And now they got characters on shows. It's just like completely like

Lot of for successful comedians right well, this day and age, you guys are breaking the mold. Obviously you that boy coming from Instagram to now? Is it the stairs to successes? I start on Instagram, I built my platform. I end up at comedy clubs, movies.

Uh, I probably want to hit movies before I do comedy stand up. You know what I'm saying. I've never really been interested in doing stand up like ever. I know some people are just like interested in doing stand up to they feel like right, I've always been interested in being front of the camera and like acting, you

But there's a whole new realm where it's like short sixty second to like two minute clips. So talk about that, like how difficult it is and just how different it is. It's like being a stand up is not the same as doing a movie. And everybody that does movies can't through stand up. Everybody does stand up can't do movies.

Yeah, you just gotta find what's good for you? You know what I'm saying. Me the skitch work, I don't know if stand up comedy might doesn't work for me yet, so you know what I'm saying. I never really tried it, so I can't say it's like more difficult. I can't even say if it's different and I never did it. But the content, I feel like a lot of times content we gotta, like Instagram, we gotta constrain it, you know what I'm saying, because we feel like an audience

I want to talk about the other side because you said a lot of times you're not in the mood.

Yeah, So let me.

Think of Smoke your Robinson. You familiar with Smoke Robbinson, Yeah, and the sol Tears of the Clown and it pretty much just talks about always being the person that makes sure everybody else is laughing, but who makes you laugh. And so I want to know how you deal with always having to be on it. Do you feel the pressure to always have to be on Like you walk in the street and they're like.

Yeah, what's that like you, it's like fifty fifty because when you go outside and you feeling like down and then you see somebody that show you mad love. It lifts you up. And then there's be times when you go outside you don't want to you want to be

It's funny you say that because a lot of people might not be aware. But most entertainers and actors are more reserved introverts, like if you look at Robert the Narrow even beyond Jay Like, it's interesting because they have like alter egos, like when they perform, you know they they on after that, They're very reclusive like most people are reclusive and when they get in front of the camera, but that's hard for people to understand.

But it's interesting, and I was.

Saying how they most people don't understand that because so when they see them, they kind of like taking back because these people is like real laid back, like they just being like assholes. But it's like that's not who they are, Like they're naturally reserved.

That's what I'm saying.

I was saying.

You know, sometimes people be like, oh, you ask me what you want to do? They just be yourself. It's just like, Yo, it's like so many parts of me for me, I bet so Like you know, sometimes people be like, yo, be yourself, and you just got so many different like parts of who you are. You know what I'm saying. I got the chill, reserve part of me, and I got the part that's turned up, but I don't want to turn up too much. And people look at like, yo, what the hell's going on? Fee me?

You're living in that character exactly.

I like that and like with the in my fields that it got me boosted up to like a different level, you know what I'm saying. Before I was just like on something like I was in there, but it was always people that was up there, up there more, but I always remain ended. But then in my films got me kind of like it was a dance thing and I'm really like a funny dude, you know what I'm saying. So that's been funny that that's the thing that just like catapulted me. But it's just like it's a part

Do you feel pressure like a lot of times, like an artist will come out with a song or album that's classic number one, and they feel pressure to duplicate that. You feel did you feel pressure or do you feel pressure if you get something crazy that goes out the park like the end? My feelings is there pressure to create another one like that?

Like a dance?

Just in general?

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That just goes crazy and it's like damn, I gotta you know what I'm saying, Like, it's like, Damn, this isn't good enough. I gotta people's going to be hating if it's not as good as the last one.

Nacause I ain't come from that day, you feel me, I ain't come from like being the best, you know what I'm saying. Like when even in school, I ain't come from getting a hundred tests every day. I was getting seventy five, seventy seven, you know what I'm saying. So if I get a hundred one day, I'm not gonna be like I ain't try to get a hundred every time. And my fellows, big and a lot of people was a part of that.

It wasn't just me.

It's like a lot a lot of extra parts in that. So would I be I don't know if black sold do something, would I be able to get a big celebrity to post it? What I be able to get Would it be able to be a part of a big artist. I don't know. You know what I'm saying, because I did that organically, so I never feel pressure. It's not like I was super planning it out and just have a whole team around me and just like

I mean, it is not. I feel this. There's one thing that I do see and it's happened probably over the last month or two. I feel like there's a transition and I saw it with you Got the end of Soon prime thing. Yeah, so I feel like there's a transition that you're trying to make. What's that like when brands now approach you and it's not I don't want the guy was dancing, I don't want the comedian. I want to see the serious side of him. How's that transition been for you?

I never got that quite yet.

Though.

Like people like you know, Instagram, they probably want you to be that Instagram guy. They want you to be that character stuff like that. So I never really like, even when I'm in that zone, I always want to like kill that part of me. What I'm saying, I'm not killed that part of me, like kill that role of me being a funny, funny persons. When I do get a chance to do the funny thing, I want to do it because I want to do that. I want to be people like, Yo, he's funny.

But what's the deal with the Amazon you talk about that? Oh No?

That was similar on leven ansd my boy Thomas. I met him, like I think I met him Chicago that alls at weekend. It was last year though, But just like you know, COVID and mess up. A lot of things were going on. So they was just hit up a couple of dope people from like New York. They had somebody the Green Lady that had tiger Hood that what's my due name? Man damn Action Bron saying they had a couple of dope people.

Part of it.

It was supposed to be like a whole dope piece together, but COVID like messed up that the whole thing up and we all shot the individuals. But I was doing like a little content deals with that and Amazon. I did a couple of things with Amazon. What It's just like, and I just every time I get brand deals like that, I try to work hard because you want those brand

Yeah, I mean, I'm thinking that because I can see big brands really coming to you. And one of the skits that you did it was a character so.

Uncle two three four Uncle too three four Yeah for sure.

Yeah, I mean the cash Up it felt like they should you should be part of this brand. Like is that you did that intentionally so they can see that?

Nah Me? Me and cash Up been working together for a couple of years. What I'm saying. We were doing giveaways and I had a song called cash Up the money to put on ticktock going on. I was like, cash Up, they show a lot of love, you know what I'm saying. That's what brand that show a lot of love. Another brand was EA. I was doing a lot of conto EA. My boy Coziess gave me a lot of It's a lot of people that was like with brand deals because I come and I do my thing.

So you said that banking, so I wasn't if it was a new company. I'm just saying, you're in this field, so is this something called banking of it?

I've never heard might something.

No, I'm not there yet, baking McDonald's, Walmart, Tarja Target. I invested in some what's it called man of course, like bitcoin and stuff like that.

Too individual stop that. So you bought shares of the company?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's the other what's something else will be?

I don't know. So that was one of the things we kind of talk about yesterday. It was like index funds and ETFs different ways to invest. O.

Can we get to you? Because you.

Wh did you start when you start investing?

Uh?

March last March?

Yeah, like like love March March.

Now.

I invested before and like because my brother was putting me on the what's it called the td A military think of swim, So he put me onto that. So I was like he had me invested in a couple of things. Like I invested in CBS because I remember somebody was talking about CBS and it was just like, you know, CV is about to start doing the COVID test in the stores and selling those stores. So I

So what made you get into investing?

Uh?

People around me like my boy he sent me, like everybody like all the investment things he got me. I was on wall or Street trapper. I was on heavy, Yeah, I was.

I was.

I was on him heavy though, because he was like speaking away like not saying you guys don't because but he speaks away like you know, people can understand and relate to. So it's just like you're investing things that you buy, and it's like sometimes like a stock of course less than a product, you know what I'm saying. I'm not like a fancy dude. I don't like fair,

How's that conversation amongst your pears, like now you're on that time, the guys around you and the females around you, well around you, one female, how is that conversation and everybody on board or and everybody trying to learn the same time.

I'm not the one that's teaching. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not the one that's like sometimes I talk to friends in and just be like, yo, you should do this.

You do this.

Sometimes they listen. But I'm not the one my friend like nobody, he's the one that's like sending a message to everybody like me. I'm just like, all right, cool, Google, who's you saying put.

This in it?

I'm gonna do that, Like my girl sister, the one that got me adulge, and it's so crazy, like she was on it earlier and now it's where it's at now, you know what I'm saying.

When did you invest?

I can't even lie. It was probably like I don't even know the scent amount though, I can't even tell you. I don't have my phone when like this year, I don't know if it was this year last year. I can't really like the end of last year or something like that. It was the end the last year, definitely, that's something made up a lot. Crazy how you know that though over thousands because it was up a lot and so it probably wasn't though you're not up a lot. No,

It started as a joke, but a lot Just because it started as a joke doesn't mean that it's not something that can go up in value. But for me personally, I just don't see it has no use case. I don't see the point of it, and I don't you know what I'm saying I just don't invest in something that I just don't really understand or I don't see the point in.

Yeah, that line right there kind of like me. It's like start off as a joke and then setting the value I want.

Yeah.

Now people say the whole song like yeah you fellow up, Like yeah, I fellow I'm still out here working. So I want to ask some like what's the next stop getting my thing? My phone dropped?

You got me get that pain because you ain't right nowre now, Ever, since you been here, man, this want didn't go as as good as.

So we about to get a paper wat from the from the water.

I don't worry about that. Oh right, that's the other thing from the other view.

Now you that's done. That's already done. Interviews already over, bet.

So So what's it's for my people around? So what's the next big thing that you think, like the next big joint? Yeah, we got this conversation off the camera to if you I'm just jowing up for the people. So we got a show called Market Monday when we talk about stocks a lot. So we talk about T S M. Yeah you want to talk about that? Yeah, So it's the semiconductor. We got to talked about that yesterday.

Right, everybody has electronics, but everybody doesn't realize that there's chips inside those electronic devices that you have, right, So your phone, your computer, your iPad, even these microphones have chips. Right, And people love gaming, so you grow up EA so games, right, they have PlayStation five and Sony there that's only an Xbox they have inside of it. So the company that makes those chips is something that we invested in because we know that technology is always going to invent as

But you know what you said something that was very point, and this is something that a lot of people make mistakes. You ask like, what's the next thing. Yeah, That's one of the key mistakes that people make it invest They look past the obvious. This would be like if you're putting together an NBA team, right, and I got Jannis, I got Lebron, I got Katie, and I got Kyrie, and you're saying, what's the next Zion?

Let me why you already got Lebron?

You know what I'm saying a lot of time, But that happens a lot and investing where it's like we got so many obvious good companies, look past that because you want to hit a grand slam.

Dage that nobody ever heard of.

But it's like nine times out of ten those companies are You're going to lose money that way. So like even with crypto, like one of the cryptos that I am invested in is Ethereum.

Yeah, yeah, I'm invested in that.

Yeah.

I believe in etherremy and it has use, it has real uses. Like these NFTs that everybody keeps talking about, most of them is built on the Ethereum platform, and you got to use etherrem most of the time to buy them. So as the NFT whole thing goes up, Ethereum kind of goes up as well. They kind of tied together back to that usage thing, right.

So, yo one that got me was Chipotle.

That's track that's trapped.

He is because that's around that time. That's when I started to following him. That was around March April. That's when I started to following him. That's when the Chipotle thing. I eat Chipotle because I will stop eating meat. And Chipotle was like one of the places I used to always go to, but I invested to just like rice beans chic people to the guy, you know, I saying a little sauce, no meat, No, I don't do I don't do so. I try to voice so and GMS and we gotta.

Give you credit because, like you said, everybody tries to hit the home run, but in order to hit throw home run, you gotta swing. Yeah. Yeah. The fact that you're investing in these things is the first step. And now the fundamentals and understanding why you're invested.

In Ethereum was like it was kind of like, you know, bigcoin was like okay, damn. It's like big cooin was going up and the numbers Ethereum wasn't that high at that point of time, so it was something like decent where you put some money in it and you feel like, yeah, you get a nicer turn went up like twelve.

This shite went up higher over the past six months and big one. Yeah.

So but your peers into it. You do real estate, you're in real estate.

Nah, so fat boy, I know he rocks with envy and sees all, yeah, he have you in the real estate. So like, do y'all ever have like the conversations amongst your peers, because even looks shout out to eighty five South. We met him and he showed us his his his stock account. He's like, I've been invested in stocks for years, like he was going back and forth and Chico had

That's why internet is so good. It's so important because you could really listen to somebody and be like, yo, I invested in this. I'm serty. I was watching fat Boy when he's doing the thing like with Envy and all that hit mvy online every day or every day, but he always talking about the houses and cars, all the things you do. So the conversation is always bigger than what we're doing. Now, you know what I'm saying.

So, yeah, trader, that's a fact.

What's the trader? I'm not no trader, mem real.

Bro No, not trade her trader like you trade stop?

That was no yo?

Yeah man, So what's the stock now?

Matter of fact?

So you said, what question was wrong?

Yeah? I said what we said we gave you. We said we talked about Ethereal, we talked about did you listen.

And now you said we this is my man?

He said, you got my side.

Okay, I just said ethereal, you did. We just spoke. I just spoke about Ethereal.

I said, TSM, Disney and Apple and.

You said Ethereal. So you wan into crypto. No, No, I'm just you know, give you all sides of the coin. Yeah. So, but a m D is another company, it's another chip Trump, that's they actually been moving sideways for like six months.

And he am, a is an Apple, Mary, I.

Said, and that's what I already got the first letter.

Yeah, yeah, Amazon would be a good company to look as well.

I did Amazon, and I did Tesla, and I remember Tesla did it? I don't know you can you explain the the Tesla and Apple thing?

Remember that?

Yeah?

Can you explain that?

Yeah? Yeah? All right. So if I told you, uh, you got five dollars in one hand, yeah, and five singles on the other hand, you have the same amount of money. Yes, So that's what they did. They said, for every share, we're going to give you five, right. So that was a five to one split for Tesla. And so for every share that you've had, now you have five. And so the price went from let's say

One of the reasons why a company but one of the reasons why a company would do that is to make the stock more affordable. And that also boosts the value because the evaluations of the company is usually like how much the stocks work? Right, So It's like, if more people can buy the stock, now, that's going to raise the value of the company.

So now when you see that one hundred are you more likely to I didn't.

When it was that five for sure one hundred percent, which I did? Okay, So am I like stupid for doing.

Right? Cool?

A lesson inside the podcast? First, this is eyl First, you broke first, the first I got something. I got something to pick with you, bro Yeah, so you did? You put this post up? And I'm not sure if you notice, you probably even know who it was. The people kept tagging me in it. They're like, Yo, that's you, Troy Mellanes, that's your twin.

So I put the post? Did that? Yo? Why you did that?

Let me tell you something I was on put that on YouTube? I was I was on something. I forgot what I was on. I think I was on clubhouse or something. And then somebody came back and put that bit.

On the ficture. I was like, no, this is like people that little bad on me, though I appreciate that.

Now I'm trying to see you. I love to see man a little kid, So.

What's what's what? What's next for you?

As for I told you yesterday some different ideas that I think would be dope for you.

But what what what?

What's what's next as far as the content, taking the content, taking the whole career to the next stage.

Uh, movies for myself, I'm sorry. I'm starting to work on like my own like small projects, small movies, show films. So that's the next thing for me. Yeah for sure.

Yeah.

So I was writing and my boys is writing it and I don't care who directed. So I got some ideas that I want to direct myself and I got so that's the next big thing to me. And you know what I'm saying, I'm a podcast level you know I got.

Now, Yo, that's funny everything top secret I was.

I was never interested in podcasts people talking about, but being here on the podcast and having a vibe and just having a concept, it's kind of cool.

I like it.

Have you done a podcast before interview?

Interview a minute ago?

Yeah?

Yeah, that's the thing people don't realize, like you know, the podcast, like I told you yesterday. But I'll saying for everybody, like podcasts can be whatever you make it.

You know what I'm saying.

That's the dope thing about like podcasts and reason why I feel like we just now at the beginning stages of the podcast. A lot of people be like everybody has a podcast oversaturated, but there's still the vast majority of people in the world still have never listened to a podcast, you know what I'm saying.

So there's still.

Millions and billions of people that have never listened. So the dope thing about the podcast is that you can create with any kind of content you want. You can put it out whenever you want, and the format is whatever. It's not like you go into like, you know, a TV station and they got to tell you, all right, half an hour, take a break here, you know what

We talk a for sure.

I like, yeah, I told you every every the seven thirty first I'm playing it's good.

This is my year.

How'd you ever go on?

This one?

Amazing? Last year was even It was great to get my.

Using my manifestition for yourself.

The check is a fact, the nerve.

We created a podcast network, the Free Creators, and to give them a voice and you know, Linda expertise because we felt like we've actually a lot of people create content, but not a lot of people know how to monetize content. Not a lot of people know the business. And this is what we do for sure.

So what say comes death from.

Yo?

You know, you know the beauty of like having interviews and stuff like that and not having regular conversations, you're able to like skip your insert and I much see what I could do, you know what I'm saying, like this is best for me.

The hat never had a brim or.

Naw, that's straight from Arra.

It's like a coofie with a I respect that.

Then I got a haircut. I did it did I was fighting, it was fighting. I just doing different things. You know what I'm saying, when you get like you be able to do different things. I was trying to take like fashion wrists. You know what I'm saying, This is fashion. I do dress like I do like stylars of immaculate.

You know what I'm saying.

Impeccable.

You know what I'm saying, Impregnable said that like Tyson, I want to eat man like.

The last question I want to ask you is talk about how important having a good team. We spoke you know the guys is here right now. Shut out to the guys. But how important is having a good team around a lot of people just think it's just you know, a one man show. How important is we.

Tell you something and you can do this by yourself. You don't need no team or nothing.

No, it is.

It's very important and it's very important for everybody to know their roles. You know what I'm saying, in the team, within the team. But it's very important, you know what I'm saying, to keep you up, keep the boat in motion. The things you tell people people around that go get things, and there's people around that bring things to you. You know what I'm saying. So I have a good team.

Man.

Yeah, you know love, piece of love. Oh man, any last question? That was his last question.

He's done me now, No, I need you to I have a request. I need you to get back to the basement. Yeah, I need you back in the basement. You know what. I love the school skits obviously as a teacher, when you're walking with the book back.

Yeah, the voices, Oh, the school Oh I got you that, I got you, I got you, I got you just at the basement.

Just the school the school skits. Man, Like New York City kids they understand that. And teachers like I'm like.

How do you feel about mister wrong Syncamore. You know the character mister wrong Sycamore. You got to check him out, check him on.

Let me know how good of a teacher I had the one skiin where I was just like I was mister wrong Sycamore and I was like told to a teacher and I caught out the classroom. I was like, Yo, what's up, Like so when we're gonna we're gonna hang out something like that. So I don't know you a teacher, but you a gym teacher, teacher, health teachers getting no love now that you teaching science. But you know what's so crazy the most the most?

You know, it's so crazy place people want to go.

But listen, you know it's so crazy, like like math science, like when you think of today, like what you learn from them, it doesn't even apply to my wife, but like things you learn your health and like physical education, I'm not going to like I said, Jim, Yeah, I know because once I was at school, I was like, yoke the janitor. He said, I'm not a janet, I'm a custodial engineer. So it's like, so I understand how people are importing it with titles like I'm not like

Up.

You're like up down, So do the right you know people do we do burnouts? And somebody tea like dawn, umh damn.

So when people be.

Doing like I could do eighty push ups, maybe no, you can't do eight of those. I got a friend hate do eighty, but you can't bro eighty burnout.

I'm like, really a city care you did the fittest grade of the pace.

Of Yeah, I actually be out there. Yeah, I'm doing all I used to pull. I do fifteen pull ups. Bro, some pulls you could do in the set, probably in a set.

Probly one problem that odds are I.

Had a lot of fun here with y'all. Guys said they too. This is like, I honestly didn't expect y'all to be talking to me this long.

You know what I'm saying. What you expect fifteen minute, quick, little one tools. Honestly, everybody has to Jim Jones he said the same. He was like, you're not even know what to expect. I've seen you guys online. You seem like you like but y'all, I really I really enjoyed myself and.

I appreciate you the fast return. Like you probably mad hype when I hit you up there. You probably don't get people like me. Hear you up all the time pretty regularly.

I appreciate.

You're from a different era, right, So Queens, let's talk about queens. Best artist from Queens Top five?

Llo cool j I'm a love one of my rooms. Sometimes I like back from Queens.

Queens in my eyes.

Yeah, Nick Minaj okay, uh fifty cent Okay, there was some queens Damn.

Now, I know it's mad people though, It's not like it's a lot of people influence you like influence me. Queen's artists.

So you got Nikki fifty, you got nas fifty. I like all the cool j for a fact, I'm from saying alb informost so he round the way so like llo COJ, I like, you know what I'm saying. One more Uh, that's not She's like I'm thinking, like I'm trying to think of like throw somebody young hard.

I was a little disturbed to so long to say NOAs but you're young.

He's youngest, That's what I thought. At his age, I'm thinking he might have just put rule, but you can.

Make an argument, That's what That's what I was thinking. I was trying to think, like grouse up there because because like the time that was like young, that's like when you really started getting into like music on your own thing. Yeah yeah, when you get you thing.

You played the part, Yeah for sure. But that's a good four. Definitely l O fifty Nikki nos John So.

Yeah for me, like your name yellows or your name? But all right, so what's your favorite top ten queens?

Queens? Queens?

We just did we just did it.

You had too many, not top five top time in five five you said it. I can't hear what you said. You can't give you a list.

You just said fifty. I'll just give l just because he's a legend. But I didn't grow up on that.

Prodigy, Prodigy fifty, Nas, Nicki Minaj and you know, I throw a dark dark horse in the race, Cougie Rat, throw Coogie Rat in there.

I'll say, so that's the list. I'll say the most influential un dmc h hello, I'll put quests on there, Nas, and then I'll put Nicky in as.

Well, fifty and Nikki fifty and Nikki fifty first, Okay, I got that.

But NAS number one, number one, Shaggy, thank you, brother, appreciate you. What would you like to tell the people anything you're brewing up? How can they follow the whole situation.

I'm on the shaky Yeah, it's the Shiggy showing all platforms, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, following me on there. You never know what's next, man, I created a lot of dope things in my life and my career. You never know what's going coming on. I'm doing bait great things, about to start my own stock and financial but just keep tool man. I appreciate you all for having me a lot of love.

Man.

I was surprised I really got an interview. I was glad I just had to conversation on everybody yesterday. Thanks for having me on your platform. Chance for me to expand certain things. You never know where to come out of this, and I'm saying, whatever comes from this, I might give y all little percent, this little PC off of it. So y'all split that tempercent between the four of y'all, five y'all how much y'all see, it's a lot of y'all over here. So yeah, that's it.

I appreciate that, brother.

Shot everybody on patreon dot com and that's probably pay program. Obviously. Tier five members you have access to eyl University, the number one place for business education in the world, number one. Shot all the eight thousand over eight thousand earn us as part of the platform, and shout out to everybody that is here in La with us. The whole merch team is here. Shout to Bam, Shout out to Smithy, Yogi's here with us, Adula. It's very rare that we

My graduates from my school being forced back.

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