Episode 209 "Babyface Ray"

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it like that? Okay, right there though, yeah, alright cool. Jay Z reportedly helping Rihanna with the super Bowl halftime show. Are we excited to see Rihanna performing the super Bowl now that jay Z is helping? I actually do think as at Rocky Porm start back out on the deal. Now we got it be we had it bad a meal at Ruce Chris. I don't think a South performance. That's what I said. I and no, this ain't gonna to do this got something to reread. It's her band.

So jay Z is helping her out with the show. Who you think she could bring out his guest? It's gonna be. This is gonna be a very urban show like last year Super dr Dre. Who do you think? Who do you think she would bring up? Jeez? Maybe? Um, I don't think she gotta. I don't know. Super Bowl is hard man, that's like what jay Z? Yeah, yeah for sure. Buccaneers Russell Gage hospitalized after a scary hit yesterday. I don't know if you guys saw that in the game,

Uh the Bucks played the Cowboys. It was kind of scary hospitalized. So prayers up to him. Yeah for sure, for sure, you big sports guy. Yeah, Okay, who's so these Lions? But Detroit Lions talked to him. They did. They actually had a pretty decent you know what I'm saying, shout to the Lions. Are you a diehard Lions fan? Are you a Pistons fan? Or no? I'm not gonna I messed with the Chiefs. Okay, they play Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend. Stump. Yeah, that's that's that's an easy one.

Like I like you, how to go to the super Bowl. That's a lot of die hard Cowboy fans. You know, they're happy that the Cobus fans that Apples played the forty Niners, which they're gonna lose to that I think, I think, I don't know, it's gonna be a bang right there. That's gonna be good. I do know they're gonna be I think, But why do you have to do Tom Brady like that? Man? I ain't like that man. Run out of that pocket. That's see now this you

see the NFL. That's why y'all need black quarterbacks. Y'all need some niggas that's gonna be at a run. Well, you know the game has opened up now you gotta it's more so for a mobile quarterback. He couldn't do. You see what that was doing. They was blitzing him. What he wrott out of them? Show super Bowl predictions? Who you got? You gotta che Chiefs winning. I don't know who the versus they wander whoever is Cheese versus Philly one? And they're gonna be felling. Yeah, the Chiefs

are gonna beat Philadelphia. Yes, they're gonna be anybody who they play, don't No, No, definitely not. I think may make it like this sounds crazy, even though I hate their fan base, but I really think the Cowboys might take take Super Bowl. No, I don't think they're gonna win the Super Bowl. No, if they go, if they even go to the super Bowl, spending that sport Jones just spend some money if they if they go to the super Bowl, it's good for the sport. If they

make it. This is American. I like to see championship. Yeah, it's good, it's good. It's good for the sport. What's not good? Right now? It's Todd and Julie Crisley surrender to start their twelve and seven year prison sentences for bank fraud and tax evasion. Are you familiar with these two people who Todd and Julie Crislie. It's two white people. They had They had a y'all, they had a popular

reality show, and they're going to jail. They're doing hard tell the seven and his wife is doing How much money there was put millions of dollars? Millions of dollars tax evasion. Ain't doing that. They're just trying to get there free now, okay, okay, Tony want Savage gets to a heat argument on the clubhouse, y'all undefeated on this side. Everything that Befits smoked not happened us life. I advise you to shut these We're out that spankish so stop playing.

People need a man name business man. That's my coming on that. There you go, man, I just feel like man. Artists gotta artists, gotta stop talking to the peasants. Man, you got because my thing is this, if you're a multi millionaire, right, you have a lot of things ain't so lose. I would never be arguing with anybody on any social media, especially these people are using anything that you say on the Internet or in your lyrics, and

and the social media presence is different. They expect a lot more from an artist who when people will be trying to change up their ways and do different stuff, and then you're bumping the people that are just like lure you into those type of situations. You know what I'm saying, This kind of arts. So it's like what's right and what's wrong? Because if they stay away from social media, then people ain't gonna be too engaged with the artists. Know. It's it's a tough spot for wrappers, right.

Fat Joe used to say that a lot of people would bate him into, you know, snacking them in the face or assaulting them so that they can do the lawsuit. The lawsuit hard business, Yeah, he do. You find it that's hard though, being for example, now you're a recognizable face, like people know who they face raids. Yeah, well, when people you could feel the anger, you know, people on

bad time, bad time and just moving. But when you're dealing with keyboard gangsters, you know, conflict like that, I ain't dealing with you be saying all type of stuffy's like whatever, I can't stop it. You know, it's crazy. I've seen Roddy Rich got into a similar situation on Clubhouse where some people, some people you know back in Compton was saying like, yo, you're not from You're not

really from the hood. And he was saying all these things on Clubhouse and then they called him into the clubhouse. And now I understand what you said. You know, with artists are getting lured in to the negativity because it's like, you know, you guys come from the hood and then you know, you get an opportunity to make millions of dollars, and then you got people in the hood trying to bring y'all back like, na, man, you ain't on this pedestal. You need to come back and how do this situation?

And it's like it's it's really hard because like you said, it's like, yeah, you know what, I'm watching Shock documentary now HBO Max and they were, you know, Shock was Shack's parents wanted him to finish college before he went to the NBA but his but it got kind of dangerous on the court because everybody was trying to foul him and really take him out and um to the point where they had to he had to go pro.

So it's crazy. It's been happening from the beginning of time. Yeah, this was just a part of the like becoming drawing and being you know, you got people that's gonna try to pull you back because they're envious at what you've got going on. Just you gotta moved through, ain't. It Ain't gonna be easy, especially when you go on to the topic. Okay, alright, baby Face Rady and the Build. Let's take a quick commercial break. When we come back, we're gonna talk to him, getting him business. Then we

got Ball of Mail. He's gonna give us some pep talk right here on the ball Alert Show podcast available everywhere you get your podcast. We'll be right back with more of the Bailler Alert. Shall you're listening to a special edition of the Baller Alert Shall it's probably in this baby Face right, and we locked in with the Ball of Show, Ball of Alert, baby Face Raiss in the Builder. How's the ball sir? It's going great? Well? How often have you been in Atlanta? First, let me

ask have you been here quite often? Yeah? Because you know Detroit's like our Atlanta too. Yeah, yeah, I'm familiar with Atlanta. Yeah, I learned that Detroit as far as like, you know, music, seeing what we got going up with Atlanta turned like and stuff to do. Jane, they're doing a d for real. That's not staying in the house because it's so cold. Yeah, it's cold, but I'm staying period like to get in some trouble. I just really want to ask you, what how where did your name

come from? I want to raise in Detroit baby Face Ray my grandma. Okay, yeah, she's called me baby Ray because I'm the youngest of my brothers. And then once I got older of age to go in the club that bounce, would you STI tell me I couldn't get in the club at a baby Face, So I end up and in a song like baby Face right and any stuff? Okay, Now you're currently on tour future. Yeah, how's that crazy? How was that? Laying the show for you? Man? I keep saying that, Uh, I got stuck in traffic, bro,

I had to get out of the current. Yeah, I had to run to the stadium. I was like twenty minutes late from my you know what I'm saying. And then when I got to the dough they ain't one of them me and like the promoters was handing me to Mike outside the door. Damn at least like letting me in. They still don't let me in. But it's pandemonium. Mary. Now I'm finally learning the word groupie with the groupie man. But just to be a part of history is let

them gotta watch out for them groupies now too. No, I'm sure I'm just saying, like you you know you heard the word groupie. You never really saw though you got to. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like it's crazy niggers back there doing anything to know what I'm saying. Now, that's not Those are the worst. I'm saying. Some niggas to knock some women over to shave very night, just want to feel, you know, looking at me just to walk in and looking for it, especially in Atlanta. I

know you probably like, man, what is going on? I didn't need d in my sickness, Jos, I understood those It's future town sold show gonna be crazy. It's just like you know, like, how did they select you for the toward that somebody get your call the future d M you text? You know they my booking agency that's fired you. I'm saying that means they had a conversation and they say, yep, maybe face. I'm grateful to be selected.

You know what I'm saying. He ain't been on Turning a long time, so to be on Twitter with it now. I've been a fan of you for a while. Man Um before the double X L Freshman, I know I was preaching for you to get that in two thousand twenty one because I actually found you in the pandemic two thousand twenty Well, I didn't give it to me one, I don't know. I remember my post you I said it should have been you, but you gotta last year,

so salute to that. But I want to do it, though I facts I kind of felt the energy almost say't to do it. I'm like, man, I ain't gonna do who I'll be lying to myself if I don't go do it. The double X sale Freshman listen is like something every rapper one being I don't I don't care what you're saying. Everybody, So you know, Turned up and feel figuring them. I'm like, no, I ain't gonna do that. I'm going to do it now. Do you feel like, um, you know what the Detroit music saying.

Do you feel like it's a lot easy for Detroit artists to get on now than it was, you know, a couple of years ago. Yeah, I don't understand. Like when I listened to Detroit music, I listened to l

A music. It's it's like similarity. It's it's real similar I don't know how to explain it, but it's the music is like real similar because our our music is inspired by the street culture oakand l A gangs, you know what I'm saying Now, we were not gang oriented, but we raised from like hustling, so it's kind of the same. Know, we're all trying to make a quick book and it shows in our music. So that's the similarity. Now.

One of my favorite songs is Paperwork Party. Yeah, um, we actually listening to it when you can't, Uh, what made you want to create a song like that? It was my birthday and you know me, I don't really celebrate my birthday. I just went why not? Huh. I don't know one of people that always feel like I'm working from behind, like what I'm celebrating funers keep going, but I'm recording at that time, a lot of people is getting out of jail and they was showing the paperwork.

But I ain't never been a prison. I'm like, man, I'm good on the paperwork as far as like money, And it really started just being a joke for real any time to that, Like you know what I'm saying. So it's not about people like I can show my paperwork, like I ain't never been a prison of my life. But that's what That's what I see dudes in prison holding their paperwork up said, they have the paperworkword in here. Man, I'm at what I never do that. I'm with that

too though, Yeah, yeah, show your paperwork for sure. As far as me, I've never been a prisoner. Was just as far as like money wise, I was do you feel that your chance and your opportunity came like do you feel like you were overlooked for a minute before you finally got your just do? Man, I've been doing this for she ain't living years. Every artist from the trade past Big Sean either a new personally seen the transition for them to returning to what they is talking about,

t Grizzly Days, loafs Oide of the Baby. You know what I'm saying, all these people was people I could reach out of touch before before the you know what I'm saying. So by me doing music and I'm blowing up, you kind of like did something to me? Makes me feel like my music wasn't there? What made you keep going though? Me just loving to do music. It's really just me like just being music, you know, I just live music. So and it worked up what was the

turn point for Indemic. I had dropped the tape call for You with Paperwork Party uh number one fan, and I remember I had a conversation like camera man. I had called him and I'm like, bro, everybody in the house, nobody can go outside, nobody ain't nothing going on. We ain't you dropping no video? Just putting on Apple Music. We're gonna force him to listen to it. You know what I'm say. That's smart, that's like And it worked out like that, Like Empire call was like, man, you

can't drop no tape. That was on my here for a minute. And then once they've seen it going up there was like alright, just call this next time so we can help out. You know what I'm saying, that's a baby face raised personal life. I mean, it ain't nothing too different from nobody else lifeful doing this. You know what, I'm scared ups and downs dealing with you take vacations, brother, No, you take time to yourself. No, damn you don't take no vacations. No. The last thing

you too. I got so many kids, feel me? So how many keys do you have kids? These kids? Okay, so you'll be locked in when I don't be doing you're trying to. You're trying to like you're trying to have a football team, like you're trying to. You can I'm done. Okay, I'm done. I want to talk about your kids because that's a big deal because you seem very calm and collected, like you got some something to lose for show. Um you calculated about being the file

that do you have boys? Girls? Three and three? That's fine, just found out I got a fourth girl, y'all congratulates today. Four girls, one boy girl. Girls. They're gonna take care of me, though you don't say care of me. So as being a father, I know that sometimes comes with a lot. Do you got by mammas. It's all one person.

I got to be moms too. It's cool. So how do you manage bro like because I know that's that's a whole another Well, first of all, I had to stop dealing like you know what I mean, got you so first I had to cut that off. Everything cool. We still be going through what we're going to. I'm just not starting to go through like the child supported situation like that, Cory, I ain't no big deal. How wasn't when you perform on Jimmy Fallon that's a big deal.

I was nervous, Damn. I was super because that's a different stage from coming from what I'd be really doing, you know, that type of sitting, that type of crowd. But I got through. It was cool though, Okay, everybody's super prop should I be nervous too? Everybody back in the hood was like that. Man, she was like watching the super Bowl? How many people was tuned in? Like, I've never heard anything negative about you? Yeah, I hear that a lot, But that's crazy. I hear that a lot.

You know, you know, we gotta do the fact checks and ship like that. I've never heard anything bad about you. Good good job. Alright, cool baby face ready to build it? Y'all good? I got so do all of y'all wrapped? All the Detroit rappers, Are y'all all get along? Or is it kind of like yeah, we all know each other peasy because we was in the Red group together. We were used up from our neighborhood. We grew bro the same bus to school. Who else named somebody? Everybody

like arms reach out? So what is Joy Road? Joy Rode? Uh? Joy Rode? You seen me post that? I've seen you post that. No, that was Joy Rod was a real, actual person. Joy Road is a street. But Joy Roe was a guy who made his name doing this thing and streets. He passed away resci pieces. So okay, So is it any other rappers that you want to collaborate with in the future? Man? Really? Uh? Anybody that's good at doing music? So if if gonna called you right now,

do a song with you? What you do to song? Alright, let's go to commercial Commercial race sirlf podcast. Man, Hi, We'll be right back with more of the Baller Alert Show. You're listening to a special edition of the ball Alert. Let's popping this baby face rate and we locked in with the ball show message. It is time for baller mail. Baby face, Ray, you gotta help us out with this right here, dear ball l I went on a date with this man and it was everything. After he dropped

me home, he sent me this text. I'm just letting you know that I have an incurable disease. I really like you, but I wanted to be I wanted to be as respectful as possible. If this is something you wouldn't be okay with absolutely no hard feelings. I understand, however you decide moving forward. It threw me all the way off and I don't know how to respond. What would y'all do? Come on, baby face, right, come to the that's crazy, right. I respect him, though I don't

know this urt to see. You know, life is like man. BT, this phone is not in service of that disconnect you had send that text Messer Hunters, the subscriber you trying to subscriber is no longer. His phone is cut off. He didn't pay his phone. Build. Salute to Buddy for saying that ship because you know, mother would be just be out here. God damn going crazy. Everybody's dirty and him don't even get checked. Not only that, that's why I respect him. Yeah, but shout if I was you man,

I ain't gonna lie. Yeah, just be just fall bad ship. But maybe he got canceled though. He said the incurable disease. Okay, he got that. She worded it the best way he could do. Yeah, that's why he called that. Boy said incurable. That that means that he's been you know, he got to hurt. Probably he got to hurt piece. I ain't gonna say what he got, but he probably hasn't had to tell women this. You know, this is probably the

text that he has saved in his notes. He probably like, I gotta let her know she liked me, you know, yeah, fall back shout, Yeah, there's plenty of the ship she was going. He's like, dang, let me tell him me. Ah, now it's time for some peppers. Off for my guy. Baby face rape come baby face right from Detroit, Michigan. Man face my uh just you know, stay consistent, stay creative. You know what I'm saying, stay yourself, no change for

nobody else. You know what I'm saying, don't matter people feel just keep doing you man, like, even if it ain't working out right now, maybe he's gonna take time. And when you take time, that Bill's character, you know. So just keep going. If anybody out there feeling down like it's not your time, and been through there a billion times with folks, so just keep going. I can't get enough of baller Alert. Follow us on all social media platforms at baller alert, going to baller alert dot com