It's probably the five point one ib radman in the building today. Yeah, they got on a high I would imagine right now. Yeah, yeah, number one hat. You know what I'm saying, So happy for you, Thank you man. I appreciate Rapman created directed all the things made Supercell, which is number like number one, noble number one as we speak on Netflix, on Netflix. What does that feel like? My friend? Humbling?
You know, humbling, but makes me feel happy. Man. That real that it got accepted in a way like I made it for a niche audience in the UK. So to see that everyone else found something that they can relate to all over the world, it just feels like wrang. But this didn't just happen. You're not an overnight success. Some people might think this is an overnight thing. This is not this unless overnight is pining ten thousand hours for ten years. But nah, I've been doing it for a long
time. I've been going for a while. This is my first TV show, but I've done a movie five years ago. Before then, I was uploading shoots off the shoot, off the shoot on YouTube and this is just this is just the next stage. Really. Yeah, it's definitely not the you've been working for this moment for a long time. When we met. How many years ago was that now? I was twenty eighteen five, that
long I remember clearly, Yeah, twenty eighteen. I remember James saying Samuel, who's a mutual friend about James, like, Yo, you gotta meet right man. He's he's the ship and you O care you gotta he's going to be you know, James. Yeah, he gives you the big intro, big, bigger. He feeling like he's feeling like I told you,
tell everybody that you know. What's so crazy that when I saw this happen for you, and I saw that it was doing so well on Netflix and all this thing, I was like, I expected that of you because you had been presented to me that way when I first met you. So I was like, of course it is. That makes sense for it just took a little longer than expected. But so as you can't rush it right, everything takes the time is supposed to take. And you've been grinding for a
minute. So what about those YouTube videos for people who don't know, Like, that's what that's kind of where you started, right. You didn't got a film school, right, you know, I didn't even know film school was open or accessible to people from my type of background. So I was doing just being a fan of all the story songs on albums that give Me the lou and the week Ago and and Love and nothing. But there was
never videos to all the story songs that I liked. Man, So when I started doing music, when I was rapping, I want to do these short films, like narrated music videos and put them on YouTube for people in my neighborhood. And I was doing that from like twenty thirteen, just regular. What makes you pick up a camera where you said, you know, you just wanted to see it. You know, sometimes you just want to see stuff that no one else has made, so I want to watch it.
It's like Super So I made it because that's the type of show I wanted to watch, and it just happens to be other people want to watch it as well. So I wanted to see these stories and YouTube because that's the only access platform had access to. But how did you know how to shoot anything without experience? Try to never, Man, If you look at my stuff from twenty thirteen to up to twenty eight, and you'll see a vast difference of learning over the but you can learn on YouTube. You know
what did you tell me? But what did you do? You have a camera? Do you have money for a camera? So my friend had the camera, got it and I had the story and I was like, listen, I just need you to shoot this. We can use the iPhone to record the sound and we can just do it edit and you kind of just start off like YouTube would kind of start off just guying on trying the camera talking. But after we was getting actors. So I'll get all my friends
to act. Can couldn't afford no actors, so I'll get my friend to come in and say, okay, just say this when I say this. When I say say this, that's what that's what meaning. You walk in here and you do that, and I'll get all my friends to do it, and we'll shoot it in my friend's house or in my house if I had time to do it there. And we just started doing that, and then eventually you took one out and YouTube actor would be like, you know, I'll be in the next one. So you get one. Now,
what is the goal? Because you want to be a filmmaker or because you just you're trying to get popping on YouTube that was trying to be popping on you. You know what is I wasn't doing anything positive with my life at the moment. Now was doing nothing positive. So the YouTube thing was kind of like, this is a nice little hobby. It's nice and I love telling stories. So because I love telling stories, and why not And like
the people in my neighborhood that watched it, they liked it. There's only like fifty to one hundred people, but fifty tow one hundred people that was having a good time. Man, Yeah, let me keep entertaining there and then not turn to a lot more. What an inspirational story. There's some kids sitting somewhere who has an idea for a story that you have to start it. So you know what I mean. You have to start somewhere facts,
and so the progression happens. It's crazy. Then when do you say to myself with yourself, wait a minute, I could be like a real filmmaker and have it like a I think equipment and budget and get all the professional actors. It's crazy because there was never the point where I thought I would become a filmmaker, like in the time on the YouTube when I was upload on YouTube. I did write a script, yeah, for a movie called Blue Story, which I went on to go, but I just wrote
that as this would be sick as the movie. Let me try to see what I can do. And it was out in my laptop for years. But when I've done Shadow Story, these YouTube shorts and everybody in the comments was like, imagine this is a movie, Imagine this is a TV show.
I started thinking maybe this could be something. And then when I asked James, Samuel reaches and jay Z reaches out and Tie reaches out, and they're all turning you the same thing, and these people that are doing great things as well, so you start to thinking, Okay, all the people are saying it, maybe I can give this a goal shot my movie, first time I'll directed anything real long, feature length, trialing ever really and then that done really well in the UK and then on Netflix, and all
these other brands were interested to work with me. So then I got here. That's pretty great. So wait when did I meet you in the middle of all of that? You met me after Sharrow Story can come out around? Yeah? Yes, already had been popping. Yeah yeah, yeah, YouTube was popping by then, and I remember I think I remember trying to telling you to watch it, to go watch it. But that was around time. My movie wasn't at yet, but Sharrow's story was at think I
just signed with Rock at the time, and I was fresh. I think that was probably the second time. Yeah right, I think I don't know, I might not have met you know. I think I met him that week. Yeah, I think we were talking about that. I met him that week. That's the week I'm in that's crazy. But back then that was the second time I've only ever been in LA So I didn't even know how Hollywood or medic really were. I just knew I've got signed popping on
YouTube and it's staying well in the UK. But I want to try my hand at telling the biggest story of instead of doing a YouTube version maybe my movie or maybe a TV show. But it was still such a dream then. So to be sitting here now Polt movie, Polst TV show, not just I'll be back, it's crazy. I'll be back here in a few years. Like you remember, we're talking about that. Now I'm talking about my oscars, about Evy, So that's that's that's how we're talking now.
I love that for you that's crazy. Sometimes when when we when we stum stumble on things U and things happened for us, people could get like in past the syndrome coming for you. Like, if you're on set with this whole call and this big budget, do you ever feel no, No, you just sometimes I want to say yes, because every time people get asked that question, that's what they're saying it. But I don't feel that way.
I feel like, this is what I'm meant to be doing, and I was doing it for free by myself with a small little friend but small little crew of friends. And so now what I'm want to set and everybody else is doing it, I'm like, now I've earned my spot. I've been doing it for years. So when I go on set, I'm with the same energy. Man, I'm like, yo, let's get this cracking. This is what we're doing, this, this and this. I've made my mistakes, I made them away. You'll watch my YouTube videos from twenty
thirty to twenty eighteen. You'll see the quality start off terrible and Bill build bill Bill build, or the quality of the story. So I'm ready now. I feel like I'm in the right place. I feel like i'm meant to be a different What is the big difference though, Like from how you was operating back then into what's what the stuff you're making now? You know what is Sometimes it's harder because when I was doing the shorts, I had control. I was writing it, directing it, producing it, everything,
so I knew everything was how I wanted it to be. Now you've got to delegate and you've got to trust others with your vision. So you've got like two hundred people on set work in few and you're like, how's the bedroom gonna look? Is It're gon look how I wanted it to look, because yeah, we got your brief. And then when you go into the bedroom, if it doesn't look like you want it to look, I just
think I should have done it myself like I normally would have done. So you have to start trusting the people you hire, you know, and it's hard to do when you're so used to everything being exactly how you want it. So that took some adapting to me. Okay, Well, so for people who haven't seen the show yet on Netflix, the number one in the number one super cell, tell them what it is. For anybody who has a stumble then, so super sol is about five people from South London who
unexpectedly come into superpowers. But they're saying, your typical superhero type of show with capes and spandex and trying to save the world. These are very flawed, very grounded human beings who used the powers for their own personal gain and just like how it would be in real life, you know, like if I have got powers now the far saved the world, I'm trying to pay some bills first, you know, I'm trying to set family up nicely first.
And this is kind of like what the show is is what normal people would do in the situation. And I don't know give away too much about it because only I've only done two episodes so far. Yeah, I'm not going to say to me, but it's about It's just about love. So on top of that, everybody in the show is using their powers to protect, save, or help somebody that they love daily. Yeah, but what is the sickle cell component. I mean, that's beginning to spoiler territory.
Nobody's pretty because I'm only on episode two and I got that already. Okay, that's cool, I can go into it then. So powers and also in the description of the show. It kind of says, know what, you'll be surprised how much people didn't get that tool. You'll be so soon as the mother was sick and the lady. First of all, I don't
even know if this is true. Don't tell me if it is, but this is one I'm gathering already because the late the white lady with the blond hair who's running the sickle cell plate to me, you ready this something? I saw her on the screen. I know she's evil. I mean, I don't know. Don't tell me yes or no. I feel like she's probably evil. You gotta watch it and see. Okay, watch, but you're a real TV watcher, I can already tell when you watch. You
watch, But most people don't watch that. So yeah, for me, the sickle cell in the show, the sickle cell is basically the source of the power and the and the reason for that. It's for so many reasons, but mainly I wanted to shine out on sickle cell disease because it's not
spoke about enough. A disease that mainly affects dark skin of something I never understood, something that I don't I don't think is fair, and I feel like you know what, if there's something in this world that can weaken us, I'm gonna flip on his head and make it something that can empower us. So I want people who are living with sickle cells to feel seen, to feel strong, to feel proud, you know, to have that conversation
and yeah, yeah is it? How is somebody in your family? Or I just knew a girl that really well who would never come into college coming and then not coming up, Like why are you always missing? And she explained it to me. She sent me a picture of her in a hospital bed and showed me the massive bag of blood that she had to get transfused. And I just thought she does that every two weeks sometimes more. I thought that's crazy to live. And she started breaking down how it affects her.
And then I started hearing meeting more people over the years with it, and I was just like, nah, no one knows about this. It's like it's like you said, hidden secret. You know a lot of people, it's a taboo things. So I just wanted to shed up. Yeah, and it made sense that the story is so good, So what happens now is there like celebrating Are you already working on the next thing, like
what happens. Definitely, I've definitely celebrated internally. I'm happy with this show and you're in the moment right yeah, miss in the moment, But I am thinking of the next thing. So I already just wrote a movie and I've just got the notes back from the studio, so I've got to go in and do another draft. That's the first I want to do when I get back to London. There's been whispers maybe there might be season two. It's not confirmed, so I'm thinking, do I starts down right now?
Let me confirm it for you, because no way, you have a number one global, number one show on Netflix and they don't give you the second season. That's what everybody. That's what everybody's saying. So I'm starting to drop things down, like I already had the big idea for it, but I'm dritting things down. So when that cool calms is like, I'm a head of two schedule and I'm getting a lot of interest from a lot of studios right now. Man, wait, so what is the what is the
Rock Nation affiliation? Your manager management? They still manage? Yeah, and are they involved in any of has J been involved in any of the early screenings. But he hasn't. He hasn't come on as a producer as if anything. But what I know about Jay, he gives good notes. No, that's what everybody says. No, because he wasn't in the production notes. Guy. Everybody says that. That's what James says. I heard that
he's sick. He ain't gave me something. He ain't gave me. No, but he has had a chance to he gets ever so so like the show came out obviously a few weeks ago. He had the episodes from December, so he just got them early. And now say, we told me how much he enjoyed them. But but they haven't come on board other than as management. They haven't come on as a producer one of my projects. Yeah yeah, but that's great. And then why are there so many amazing
actors in the UK? What is happening? You know what it is? In the UK. There wasn't that much outlets of making it past. Okay, I would in your nine to five job. There was becoming a soccer player or becoming an actor. Those are like the two things you do if you can't find a good job. We didn't have basketball players. We didn't have baseball players, not people that made big money. And the rap scene that was in early days you couldn't make a little money. Now it's a
lot different. You're seeing rappers coming over and doing really well. But growing up, those are the only things. So soccer or soccer after soccer, or you can double in the streets, you know. So if you don't want to do all of that, that's crazy. That's so different exactly. So everyone went to drama school a lot, a lot of actors and trained. They're trained, you know. They went to school, and they didn't go to the school. They went to classes on the weekend. It was
just a normal thing. So they can do your accent, they can do our accent. It's really unbelievable. They just mix up. It's really unbelievable. And you've got a great cast. My god, I appreciate pick. You picked all those me and my cast director and I have to choose it. But they all put their heart into it, man, so big them all up. I love that. So what's next for you? Man? I know you said movie and all of that, but I just feel like you got big picture plans for other things. I want to do a movie
next. That's kind of that I want to go with it, but I do want to I want super Soll to continue, So I'm trying to figure out how I can do both in a timely fashion because I can't open a message without something saying we're season two. So I want to feed the world, but I need to I need to feed the world make sure it's quality. So I'm just kind of pushing forward. Man, I never stopped, so the minute I get off the plane, I'll be back to work.
And I'm always trying to to keep on providing with high quality stories on amazing congrats on everything, thank you, thank you, anything else that people need to know about Noah, just go on watch super so It's for a few weeks and it's not too late. It's still in the top. I have a flight tonight. I'm gonna watch three and four on the flight, and then when I get to the hotel, i'll probably finish it. It's six, right, so you can get for it quick watch it if you like
it, spread the words and yeah, that's all. You know. We wanted to keep on going. We want people to enjoy it. Congratulations, Thank you very much, Ratman. Everybody spout on the five point one