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Show podcasts. A little minut it. We missed you all, but we're gonna catch all up on the teeth. We're gonna get into in case you missed it, Baller mail and we got a dope ass interview, but we'll tell you all about that. How was your weekend? I know it was pretty good, I I know, but are you gonna care to share? For baller Nation faller Nation? Um, I had a good weekend. I have a I have a crush on somebody and we're having a good time getting to know each other. And that's that. But for

our sentments, how was your honeymoon? My honeymoon was amazing, except for day two. Day two, I got bit on my forehead by something, and uh it swoll up really big, almost like when Will Smith had that allergy reaction and that movie. I forget what it was. And I got bit in my left fingers. Yeah, well I was clumped up, so I had to go. My wife took good care

of me. We had some ointment from the er room that we wouldn't saying we should super dope, and I was super happy to spend some good quiet time with her. Got a little spicy with her, and yeah I am back, and I see. Did y'all try anything now for the honeyball? You know, I'm always trying to try something new. That's just what we need. Three finger snaps for y'all. Let's get into the case you miss it with your shout.

He I hadn't got his crazy tail self arrested in Amsterdam on the third Okay, he said he was taken into custody for using his phone while cruising through the town and did not stop while crossing the streets and his handlebar broke off a cop side in here, child and anybody you could have hit. He hit a cop in Amsterdam. Okay. He hit Instagram Lives to explain a

bit of what happened. Take a listen. So I'm locked up now, I'm obviously not supposed to have my phone as I'm biking, and and because the policeman ran into me and broke his uh what is it his reviews, you know? And because they don't didn't have my passport on I don't know the rest, and didn't even put me in handcuffs. We just opened the door and invited

me to the bank seat. See. I need the officers in America to take a little less and okay, don't use handcuffs into the back of the squad car, and maybe we will just oblige as easily as he I did. Okay, now living lesson, I see has a five year old with his wife, the infamous Coco Austin. So the couple has been all over the blogs the past two days. I know y'all have seen it because Coco says that she's still breastfeed there five year old and something I

don't like that now. Most people feel like the breastfeeding stops when the baby can walk, regardless of how much nutrition breast milk may actually be giving the child. But what Coco said was, my child eats steaks and hamburgers. She just likes a little snack every now and then. It's and it's more about the bonding for her than it is about giving her breast book for nutrition. I'm not really sure if that's helping people persuade their perception

or not. But my question is, well hurt. What she said was Coco is saying that it's less about the description, more about comfort her daughter wants it. So best friends, my question to you is do you think people are over sexualizing the fact that I see and Coco's five year old child still gets breast fed. You'll be right back with more of the Baller Alert Show. You're listening to a special edition of the Baller Alert Shows. I'm kicking in with Ferramri Simmons and Sue Solo on the

Ball Alert Show podcast. Man, the I don't even know how to do the proper introduction this guy. You know what I will say, I don't think that you get the flowers that you deserve. Definitely been doing a lot of things behind the scenes. I heard you've been ghost riding for some famous people. What's going on? Man? Thanks for having me, and you know, thank you for the flowers. And you definitely deler total means totally in your business.

I hope that's okay. Now let's talk about it. But everybody listening, just so y'all know we are talking to dream dream bills. First need is that correct? Yeah? Yeah, that is corrects. The name is Boss. Don't forget it, don't mispronounce it. It's boxed there you go kill that. What's the full name? Because I need to give people some context of where Boss comes from. The Boss is my first name, my birth name. Um. It means lying

in Arabic. My family is from Sudan, Um, you know, so that's like Northeast Africa for those that don't know. And and Arabic is the primary language there, so you know, that's like we grew up speaking Africa in the house and that's where my mother named me. See now, I'm not gonna let that go without saying that before my family came to America, they were into them. My family had a business out there. They made a life for themselves.

So I'm here to see Africans really break out of our tradition, which is what I told you on a sidebar conversation, because we are very creative. We come from the Motherland where where black greatness comes from. So shout out to you, especially being signed to Dreamville. How did

that happen? Yeah? Yeah, So I was raised in Queens from when I was about seven eight years old and Cole ended up coming to St. John's University for his undergrads and my brother Eve was attending St. John's at the time, and I was like a towny I had uh, I had pretty much just dropped out of Hampton University. Shout out to all the h b c us out there.

Um was. It was definitely a very enlightening experience. But I got back home and you know, I started hanging out with my brother again, running around whooping with claim like at the local basketball court. You can whoo I'm alright, I'm a I'm a great role player. I won't even gash like I've set a good screen. I rebound, I hit the open jumper, you know what I mean. But you know, everybody loves playing with me. Like as asked Cole about my screens, I said, the best screens in

the game. I say that much. Well that's probably that's probably how we got tight, honestly on the basketball court. And then just like that, have you j Cole played on one on one because we know that he went and played back home for a couple of minutes. Well he see, he's he's he's going all the way with it. I mean, Cole is like training, he's I think back in those days, we're all just casual, you know, casually hoping. I think now he's just he's just far faring above

ahead everybody. I mean guys doing dribble drills and linking up with NBA trainers. I got nothing. I got nothing for him. Now that's over all right, So wait, go back, he was you saying you linked over? So I used to. I used to throw a lot of parties, things of that nature. We should just hang out and then you know, one day my brother Eve, who went on to manage Cole and co founded dream Ville with him. Um, along with Adam Rodney, who was was Col's roommate back at St. John's.

We were all just homies at that time and we started just you know CDs back then, mixtapes were handing handing Cole's mixtape in the neighborhood like all around Queens and New York, just trying to put people on and you know, they were doing the same, and you know,

eventually they landed a situation where where ho. And then when I when I took to wrapping, um, it was like purely accidental with some some friends of mine like just convinced me to do it on on the MacBook one night, like one random drunk night, to be honest, and you know when you got like a rational confidence, and uh, it just kind of sparked a bugging me. I had never had, you know, an outlet for creative expression before, and so I just I caught the itch.

And then I would just wake up every day and work on my craft and then you know, I would send my brother some records and then you know, one day cold called me like man, like, you know, do you do you understand what you're doing, like because it was just so raw at the time. He was like, this is like completely you. I hear I hear you, I know you, and this, you know, that's the most impressive part of of like finding your artistry. And he's

like everything else is just like a developmental process. He's like, you know, just start coming on on the road with me. And I started hitting the road with him. I started working with like his band, his keyboard player Ron Gilmore Um, his stage manager Cedra Brown, who was a childhood friend of Cole's. Um. They were like kind of aspiring producers and I was like the aspiring rapper on the bus.

So we kind of started forming my sound um and you know, like three years later, when cold of the Interscope deal, He's like, you know, I want you to be my first artist, and you know, it was a no brainer. So it's really a family affair, like from the ground up. It honestly just seems you know. My question to you is, I wonder what was so different

about you that made you his first signing. I mean, we've seen J Cole work with so many talented people support them, but why were you the first sign you know, it's it's interesting because, um, the familiarity works for you and it works against you in a lot of ways, you know, because you don't want to be biased, especially when there's a lot of things at stake and money

being invested in all types of things. So um, but you know, I do vividly remember around Cole's second album, Born Center, he was going to play songs for guys who really looked up to just playing his album for like No Idea and salam Remi and you know, just guys who are have an incredible footprint on our culture and an incredible legacy, and he would play their album.

And you know, this is a true testament to Cole that that after he was done playing his album, he'd be like, Yo, you know there's just kid from Queen's I'm rocking with, Like I want to play you a few songs and see what you think type of deal.

And you know, both times he played it, uh, you know, both of them were we're just we're very impressed and we're interested in in signing me at the time, and I think that was like the first purely objective co sign, you know, because we all just came up together and I think that kind of changed a lot of things because from then on I just saw like a different a different fire in a sense of a different level

of of belief. But obviously at the time, Cole hadn't put out Born Center yet, so those you know, no labels gonna give you a full label situation off of one album. But then you know, right after that he dropped Born Center, and then it was like, you know,

every label wanted to be Dreamville's home. So, um, you know, I was just blessed to be in that position, being that situation, get to really developed as an artist, as a performer, um, you know, and learn learn a bunch of things from the guys around me who had really put in, you know, ten thousand hours and mastered their craft. Let me inter Jack, because you said you right at the end was with me. Be my next question. You're around Cole, You're around Coal, and the whole situation came.

You're around Cole and he becomes one of the best lyricists of our time. I always say this to me, I feel like he's my jay Z. You know, I didn't grow up listening to jay Z like that, but I grew up listening to Cold You know what I mean. And I loved how Cold carries himself. And I can kind of tell like, you're very well diverse, You're you're a nice, calm collective. The energy seems really genuine coming from us. You know, we interview everybody, so I can

tell you have a very high level of competence. My question to you is how much is that you? And how much is that what you've learned from being a fly on the wall and being around the Cold. A lot of that is definitely what I've learned, um from

being around Cole and even the whole dream billers. There's so many talented musicians and producers that are part of our camp that really helped speed up, um, you know, my my learning curve in a sense, just because I was able to be around and be a sponge and sit in these sessions and even the first tours Cole brought me on, I wasn't performing. I was just riding the bus and working on music and watching him perform

every night. Or you know, one of those tours was the Club Paradise tour that Drake did that one summer and it was like Drake, Cole, Meek, mill Walker, Flocker to change French Montana. You know, it was like a be there to run and I'm just on that tour, watching everybody every night, you know, taking notes, seeing what parts of songwriting you know, are is the crowd resonating with you know, what moments you can create in a live show, like all those things were invaluable for sure.

So I mean that that gave me a lot of confidence. And then once you start doing it and you build your own fan base and you start selling your tickets to your shows and they show up and they know every word, you know, every step it away, Um is a confidence builder even even now, you know, even like doing a song like the Jackie, which which to me is like I had the intention to want to create a bigger record, you know. I think usually I make my album and I'll pick the single out of it afterwards.

And this is one of those times where I had a lot of the album done and I said, you know what, I want to make the singles. I want to craft them specifically for what I'm trying to do, for the effect I'm trying to have to to kind of reach a new frontier in my career. Like you said earlier about you know, giving me my flowers and kind of being slept on, Like I'm aware of that, and in ways like I want to break out of that, you know, I want to I want to put my

stamp on it. I want to create these big records that you need to to reach a certain audience and and reach a certain level of you know, a claim and notoriety. So you know, I try to be intentional about all these things. I think the difference is you're actually creating in an organic following. You know what I'm saying, people are really getting to know who you are, not only as a person, but as an artist in his

purest form. You are. You don't seem to be one of those artists who was tainted, somebody who was trying to be pulled in directions that he doesn't want to go in. So what are you thinking is about your sound that's really drawing people to you because you you're really selling our shows like you you you are selling shows that yeah, well, you know, I think the beauty of it is like having a very like multicultural background.

Um as far as my ties to the African continent, you know, I spent five years and in my early childhood in Paris, um and then I have four older siblings who spent you know, varying degrees of their life all over the world. So my my oldest brother's name is DJ MoMA he um, he's probably my biggest musical source.

He spent you know, eighteen years in France by the time we left, and he was putting me onto like you know, French house and UK garage and you know, now he put me on a like ma piano out of South Africa and like a bunch of like African artists and things of that nature. Um. So I think when I create, when I've realized this, all of those things come out in my sound, all of those textures, all of those influences, Um, they've they've become my sound.

So I think it just keeps me out of a box, that keeps it open, and it keeps it exciting for my fan base that they never really know, you know, what they're gonna get, and that that's the beauty of it. Like even you know, with the Jackie, I'm conscious also to make those records without my core being like who the hell is this guy? Who is this guy? I don't know this guy? This isn't a guy like I grew up with, I've been listening to since I was

in high school, etcetera. It's all natural, it's organic. But but again it still has to be an evolution. Now, let's talk about the Jackie a little t J. J. J Cole. Of course we know that J. Cole. Where did the little T J Coo come from? You know? I just thought his he I wanted a New York artist on it um because it's kind of like a New York summertime story. And then t js Cadence his melodies I just thought would fit that like bright sonic sound that that t I that T minus set up

for us. Also, I don't think I've ever really heard t J on a on a beat like that, you know. And and to me, that's the funnest thing about collaborating is how do I how do I bring these artists into my world, you know, in a way where they fit organically, they don't sound out of pocket. And that's always like the puzzle and and the and doing it honestly. And and you know, the kid's twenty years old, he's ripping it up. One of the biggest artists out of

the city. You just love to see something like that and and support it. We know that afrobeats is on a high right now. You know a lot of people are starting to tap back into the motherland Africa, But you don't fall into the afrobeats sound to me. Of course, being African, I hear your influences, which is why I asked what I asked. But I think going back to you know, you wanting to have that record that helps

you reach different crowds. I get that, But I will say I stand firm on the fact that what you're doing I think has a lot more longevity because it is really organic. It is the people that are attracted to you are attracted because of the creativity. Like I don't even know what I don't know what to call your style, you know, And I love that. I love that it doesn't fit into one mold. Yeah I do too. I do too, and and and I agree. And that's why,

you know, that's the art in it, you know. It's it's trying to set these goals for yourself creatively and you know, execute them in a way where you keep your artistic integrity, you know. And I've never felt like ot straight from that, and you know, hopefully I never willed all right, that's that's the goal. But it's been it's been a lot of fun creating these records a little differently. You know, when we made the song at

the time, we were working on the off season. Um. Obviously the content and the sound of that album is is a bit moodier and deeper, and and it's you know, we wanted to make a lighthearted record during those sessions because we're just like really deep into this like soulful album. UM. So, you know, it's just good to have diversity. Like you said, I if you can't put me in the box and I'm doing something right yeah, wait, wait, wait, don't don't think you're gonna get up out of here, but I'll

be asking you. You know, let's talk about this hair man, like I'm always used to grow you know, uh, what made you man? A few things? You know, I'm missed wearing hats first and foremost. You know, I'm miss wearing my good Yankee you know New York with that had all. Let me just say that, you know, like I've missed this part of my life right here. I'm gonna keep it on for the rest of this um. But no, also, just you know I had to throw for like four or five years. Man, I'm a Gemini. We may getting

pulsive decisions and just go for change. I can't be in the same space for too long. Um. And I was just something I just felt like doing one day. And for the first three days I woke up like, man, what did you do? And then on the fourth day I was like, man, that's sly, I'm liking it. And now I'm all the way converted. I don't know what's next. I guess the answers My question, is Boston a relationship?

But you kind of already said you can't stay nothing too loud, you get coming every No, that's I mean, that's that's not true. I am, I am, I am committed. We like you are in the committed relationship. I am, yes, sir, okay, yes, go ahead and say her name then since you commit. No, you know, I like to keep things probably, but I'll give you that much. You know, we with and we with it. Now. Is she somebody that we would know if you were to say her name? No? Did she

from New York? Nope? I wish you from New Orleans? Then that somebody from the south. Huh about this versus last night? Did you think that deep set was gonna wash the Locks? And got surprised with Jada, you know, never surprised. You know, I'm from New York. Like, let's let's talk about it. You know, Jada's Jada is one of the best we've ever had, you know, And and I'm happy that he's he's getting his flowers amongst the whole new generation and amongst it's like you know, digital

digital media age. I don't think the Locks really had a viral moment until last night, and it was well deserved. And it was a showcase. Man, they put on the clinic as far as performing stage presidents confidence like you know, and not not not to even like disrespect nobody, but you watch a lot of clips from live shows and all the festivals are coming back now, and you're like, man, like, there's a lost art of performance that's that's kind of missing them amongst a lot of the youth these days,

where they're just playing their record. They got their vocals in the record. It's not even like a TV track, it's not a show track, he said, no vocals. Yeah, yeah, look at look at Jade up there, breath control like he's he's he's he's older than all these young cats, like breath control, all of that spitting flawlessly. Um. I'm happy that that was really appreciated. That was good for New York too, by the way, it was big. It was big for sure. I want to see gen unit

on the verses now. I I want to see fifty cent versus. J'all rude. Oh, that might get spicy, that might get like Gucci Jeezy levels of spicy. That's what we need. We need at this point. That's from last night. We need a I need a shocker. Yeah, yeah, I would love to see it. I would love to see it.

I'm just shot that nobody got to swing in on the versus battle, which they said in the lot, because because it was really aggressive for me, and you know how y'all New Yorkers do, y'all, y'all, Yeah, I just got nature. Yeah yeah, I mean that was like to me, that was like a barbershop argument about sports. You know, in New York they get that aggressive. So I think people know how to get aggressive in New York without getting too physical. It's just part of the nature of

just how we communicate, y'all. Yeah, y'all stay out of Atlanta. Please all that aggressive look look you Africa, you from New York. You know I'm twice as fast. Then we appreciate you. Gotta to think us soon, Plea, get at it much much love, Thanks for having me. Later, We'll be right back. Stay tuned with more of the baller Alert show message And now it is time for a baller mail. Oh my god, I could be. All I gotta do is go through my d M and you can feel free to DM me. It's all of course.

Um uh, you know I'm not gonna tell a soul. Okay, privacy, disclose your alert. Hey, Rory, I am a middle aged Caucasian woman and I am addicted to black man. I am currently a relations with relationship with a Caucasian man, but I can't stop fantasizing about African American men. I am heavily, heavily considering leaving my man to experience making love to an African American man. What are your things I could do to get over this or to get

through this yourself? Well, what I'll tell you, Sandy is it is not uncommon to um to thirst for an African American men because our men are amazing. Okay, African American men are are the creme de la creme. Okay, they are the kings of all kings. So I can understand why you want to get your rocks off with an African American man. Now, I can't tell you how to get over it, because I don't think that's anything you can get over. Okay, Well, when you want a

black man, you just want a black man. They're just that amazing. What I can tell you is, I don't know if you need to be leaving your relationship, you know, uh, just because you have this fantasy of being with a with a black man. I think maybe you talk to you a man and see if you can need the hall pass. Just need give you the hall pass. Don't don't, don't destroy your home, you know, just to go see what a man didn't go talking about, because it's probably

really what you want. You're probably really looking for the men didn't go this. And you know what, Sandy, I'm I'm gonna leave it at that. That's all I'm gonna say. That's all I got. Yeah, I really don't have nothing for you. Besides, you know, if you decide to leave your man, just be prepared for whatever happens with that. I feel like, if you have a happy, stable, good relationship and your feticizing, I don't know if that's a smart decision to make. And you're a middle age woman,

so that means you know, responsibility. I don't know if you have kids or stuff like that, that ain't nothing worth uh you, you know, trying to figure out this is something you probably you to figure it out when you use earlier on in life. Now, if you're just so happen to be single and you can do whatever you want with your box, Um, yeah, you might want to ask for a hall pass, you might want to ask for all pass or something. Uh, but I don't

know what to tell you. This might be the first ballermail or when I really don't have no advice, be um, don't throw away, especially if you have something good at home. I don't really think you should be over here worried about stuff like that. I mean, the grass is any where you water it. Say that, say that what I'm saying necessarily good advice. You know, you might get your rocks off and be like, oh my god, oh my god, the hell? You don't know what what that may bring you?

You know, on the other hand, so I don't necessary. I'm not wanting the person to tell you to leave the person in relationship with just to go find how that feels. I don't think that's a good idea. Now, if you're still happened to break up and you want to go get your rocks off yet, go ahead, definitely do that. But I wouldn't recommend breaking up with your guys just I'd rather you just keeping one hunter and be like, hey, this is what I feel, this is what I want to do. Can you help let me

get through this. I don't know how to tell no white woman how to get so I don't I don't want nothing for her, but y'all yeah, stay yeah is that okay? But I said for her, but want to get the ball official podcasts, Thank you so much. Yeah, let's go on, let's go a head, get up out of here too. So any last words, my friend, my last words are ladies, just when you think ain't no good fish left and to see and comes swimming upstream. Okay,

that's all I got this one. I'm gonna give my last word to all school teachers and all the principles and school faculty staff. You guys should be paid more, especially school teachers. You guys are basically, um teaching the future and helping set up the future. You guys are underpaid, underappreciated. UM. I just wanted to take time out to shout out to all school teachers. You guys are amazing at your jobs, especially the ones who care and put in extra hours.

You guys definitely do not get the credit that you guys so rightfully deserved. So to all school teachers this year, I plead I pray that you have a blessed you year uh COVID free, uh sick free as as you know, to maintain your health as much as possible. And UM, you know, I'm gonna pray over you guys to make sure you get through your school year without any blemishes or any issues, because you guys are really, really, really one of the most important people besides doctors and nurses

and people like that. UM. School teachers, especially the young, especially the ones to the you know, the elementary school teachers. You guys men, you guys have to deal with a lot. I know because I got too in elementary school, one in middle school, and uh one more on the college. So all professors, school teachers stoculty and staff. You guys are much much so graciously appreciate it. I don't have

a future free band statement today. This is strictly for faculty and staff and all people in the education department. You guys are so appreciative, and you guys really helped shape and mold the future of the earth. An okay, well, thank you guys for tuning into the ball alert platforms all this time. I can't get enough of baller Alerts. Follow us on all social media platforms at baller alert, held on, going to baller alert dot com.