#22 - Yung Bleu

last minute. October fifteenth is the official cutoff to do your taxes if you got an extension. So currently I'm sitting in front of bank statements, a highlighter and turbo tax trying to get my taxes done. But the show must go on. This week's episode is with an artist named Young Blue aka Blue Van Dross. This kid was somebody who I became really familiar with about a year ago or so, maybe like a little longer than that.

It was signed a boozy and I watched his lad interview last year, and man, let me tell you something, this kid is one of the more solid young dudes I've come across in the game. Really just a nice kid. Man, who really dropped a lot of jewels in this interview. Not your run of the mill rapper, That's what I'm gonna say. And before this, this was filmed about two weeks ago, rather recorded two weeks ago. And today the kid just dropped the record with Drake, you know what

I'm saying. So Drake just hopped on his EP remix and the song came out today. So this was prior to us knowing that Drake was getting on his song. This was prior to him even knowing that, because I guess he found out that Drake wanted to hop on his record like three days ago. So a lot of hype behind this kid, and it's well deserved. Got a shout out. Our sponsors always odd Socks, odd socksofficial dot com. Go to odd socksoficial dot com. Get you some socks. Listen,

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Shout out, Benny, that's coming Monday. I'm gonna listen to Black Thought and do taxes. Enjoy this podcast episode interview with Young Blue aka Blue van Dross and listen if you're like a boombap rap dude, because I know I got a lot of like those dudes that fuck with me, and listen to this pocket. Listen to this podcast anyway, because this shit is crazy. He's dope. Great conversation and I hope you enjoy it. Yo, man boule Cap podcast. We got Young Blue Man aka Blue van Dross in

the building right now. Man, let's get it. Welcome. Hey man. I gotta give you some props, man, because I feel like you're one of the first artists that is that kind of this new wave is going on sonically. You know,

I feel like you're one of the first artists. You've been doing the extremely melodic, you know, romantic thug shit for a very long time, and I know that that's like kind of catching on like real big you know, like guys like Rod a Way even like you know, but I feel like you were one of the first dudes I heard that really really was like, oh, this dude's like singing his ass off and like it's some it's some other ship, like I think P and B

rocks in that conversation. But I definitely think like you're one of the early guys who like before the world that really before they really just too much understood it, Like they really understood the wave of that right then. You know what I'm saying. I was it was, it was, it was hot in the streets, but like I was trying to get the major label to believe in that wave, you know what I'm saying, And they ain't really understanding at the time. So yeah, I'm sure that they wish

they would have been understood it now. Yeah, I just saw you post the picture with two gold plaques. Yeah yeah, I'm probably they probably went on my plating place now so independently, independently, man, Yeah, that's it's a beautiful thing. Now help me, Okay, let's clear up this this this situation. I saw you just post that lad headline that was missing, right. Yeah.

So for people who don't know you originally were signed, I think a lot of people were introduced to you through Boozy Yeah yeah, yeah, right, you were on the the BooPac album and Boozie was he the first guy who really kind of like came in and co signed you as far as like oh yeah for sure and coming out of Alabama. I know boos is not from Alabama, but Boozy in the South is like fucking Jesus Christ

himself for sure. So there was the headline had said that you were no longer with Boozy's label and you're with dream Chasers now, so and can you clear that whole situation up? Uh? Man, that situation was just a misunderstand. I ain't really like how the headline look because it seemed like on some switching teams type type stuff. Like I said, uh, you know, just like the clip that he posted within Like if you read the story, it'll show you that I said that. I told that I

came to Boosts. I was like, I ain't really like us rocking with Columbia no more because you know, it's they weren't really doing what I needed them to do for me, you know what I'm saying. So I was like we was joint venturing with them. A lot of people don't know that, Like I was joint venture with me Boosy and Colombia Records like six months after I signed to him, so uh, you know, after about you know, some years. Just like I said, they ain't really understand

the wave I had going on. So I just felt like it was best to just go independent. And when I say independent, you know boost label independent, you know what I'm saying. So we independent, you know what I'm saying. So I'm trying to I ain't switched to when I say I got off the label, I'm always talking about Columbia. Yeah, I'm not talking about Are you still sign the Boozies? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, I'm still signing the Bustle. We just amended some things, like after that codomb Be did we had to sit

back doc. I was a bigger artist, you know what I'm saying. So we amended some things, you know what I'm saying. I told him like kind of like my vision,

you know. So no, I think that's dope too, Like a lot of times, right, you signed that deal early with artists like you know, another artist and like, you know, hey man, I'm at a different place now the fact and Boozie was opening that conversation, yeah, because it wasn't like no, it wasn't it wasn't like saying, I'm at a different place now, I don't want to be signed to your label no more. Right, But like he could be asshole and be like, look you signed what you signed?

Yeah that tells you how real? How really of a motherfucker? Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm saying. So you know, we amended some things. You know, Booster still get his percentage, like just how the original contract set up. It's just that, you know what I'm saying, owe my masters and stuff like that, and people and a lot of people don't know, like for that deal, it's a lot of business for that deal to get them in it. It's a lot of business I did, you know what I'm saying to to

get that to that point. You know, it wasn't just I mean we we were good, we found but at the same time, like I gave up all my like one hundred percent of my early masters during that time to be able to own a hundred percent of my few stuff, you know what I'm saying. So I gave a Booster like all the mix tape of stuff I drop with boos like yeah, he owned the message to those you know what I'm saying. So these essentially you said, hey, you could have these Masters if you just let me

move the way I want to move moving forward. Yeah, because I had like three faux albums left with them. So it's like he could have said, you know what I'm saying, No, you know what I'm saying, Like I'm my own these too, you know what I'm saying. But uh, like I said, you know what I'm saying, Like it was it was it was will it was willing to daling,

you know what I'm saying. So no, I mean, look, I think you know there's with with you know, Kanye has been on his his ship lately with the cons of the Masters and just record deals, and I think won't even let you do that, like you can't go. I was gonna say, I think that's some real ship when it like if you think of like Boozy, like you know, obviously you signed whatever you signed and for him to be like open to just like, hey man, look if you're obviously in a different place than when

I met you, like let's move differently moving forward. And plus you know, like I said, the basic of the contract still the same. You know what I'm saying, It's just that you know what I'm saying I have you know, I could do what I want. You know what I'm saying basically, but you know he's still getting the same Now, like if I go over here, if I go sign with uh, if I want to go sign, if I go sign with Atlantic, and he's still getting here. Yeah, the next album blow up and sell a million copies.

You know what I'm saying, he's still gonna get fifty percent of that. You know what I'm saying for the same amount. Yeah, damn, he got the fifty yards because that's what was the original contract. I got you, I got you, and you owe him three or four more albums. Yeah yeah, yeah, So let me ask you this, then, what what because I know Meek fucks with you heavy, what is the actual official affiliation so Meek the Meek situation came about and also just the backtrack one one

one thing like the me and Boost the situation. Okay, it's it's fifty percent of you know what I'm saying. It's like a profit participation. It's like you know what I'm saying, Uh, you know I'm giving I'm giving you fifty percent because this was this was the original contract. But okay, in original contract then I couldn't have been able to go if somebody wanted to give me a million dollars over here. You know what I'm saying, I couldn't have Technically I couldn't sign that deal, you know

what I'm saying. But yeah, but now I can so So I feel like I gave up. I had to give up something to be able to yeah, because I know I'm a drop Yeah, I'm gonna drop mold music. I know I'm gonna drop three or four projects in a year if you yeah, you know what I'm saying. But moving fast, moving fast forward. So we me and him talked about the the meet situation, you know, meet team. Uh came to me, you know, sheaf Brian them over there.

I think she the president of the Rock Nation. So she came to me and it was just you know, laid out a situation on the table to where I felt like at the time made sense. You know. It was a management situation where she was just like, you know, we can help you with up you know what, I'm a lot of stuff of course, and it was like, you know, I looked it old. We talked about it for a couple of months. I went I flew down that meet with Meet and stuff. I talked about it

with Booster. You know what I'm saying. He felt like it was you know what I'm saying, It'll be good because him and Meet good, you know what I'm saying. So that's for that situation where it wasn't like, no, oh, all right, Booster, you know what I'm saying, let me go over here to meet. Nah. He was ain't like that. So Meek's team is management. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the

part of the management. How did how did me like what would you know, like what the original record was that like caught Meek's attention or that like him, I think I think it was more of I think it was more a meat team. Like it was more a meat team, you know what I'm saying. Presented to Meet and then they were like, Yo, this kid's moving, we should work with him. Like yeah, you know what I'm saying,

I honestly don't. I honestly don't really too much know if you know, because Meet from a whole different you know what I'm saying, Yeah, hold other part of the country, So I don't know if he's too much just understand, you know what I'm saying my music so much as a yet you feel me, But I feel like, you know, I can't. I came in for what I you know, I feel like his team, you know what I'm saying, His team was present to me and what they could do.

You know what I'm saying. Ain't come to ride Meek Way ride his coat till you know what I came in for. I think that's just kind of a misunderstanding. I think it's like people just see it. People see a headline and that's what they go with. Yeah, you know what I'm saying, So, yeah, it's important to carry

that shit out. So you're from Alabama, man, And Alabama has really had a crazy like last like three or four years where like you know, obviously back in the day there was like doughe B and Yellow Wolf and you know, guys like that, and then Yeah, Rich Boy, and then even before that, I think there was a group called Dirty Got Dirty Boys. Yeah, Dirty was crazy that the album covered with a guy a Snake. And now it's like, man, one of the hot beds of

hip hop at the moment. I feel like it's like Alabama, it's obviously bad and ruge and it's Memphis, Like those are the three cities that have kind of always kind of been traditionally slept on. And now y'all got it right now, Like what was it harder coming out of Alabama? Yeah? Because when I first started coming out of Alabama, like I was the only one, so I had to try

to make the whole industry believe in Alabama. You know what I'm saying, Because you know that one I started coming up right around the time like Dobe passed away, you know what I'm saying. So it was plus like yellow Wolf was doing his own ship. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, but yeah, it's definitely not the same you know way. Yeah it was in like the the street,

hip hop street. Yeah I'm going, you know, going to interview them radio interviewing, and you know what I'm saying, just getting near body to try to believe in this Alabama by my way, and then wants to you know, the other people started coming up. You know, it was like okay, yeah, you know what I'm saying. It's it's efficient.

So now it's like we got we got more. So not everybody believe in it because it's just like you're looking from a small city somewhere and one person, you know what I'm saying, doing stuff from that city right at that moment, and you just like, I don't know if I should believe in it, you know what I'm saying. Maybe he's just looking and then it was you and then like the mirror caught on. Yeah, you know. But the only thing the mill man, the mill won't really

ripping Alabama. He was snapping Alabama like that. So I can't really, I can't really. Uh. I felt like that came after he saw more people, you know what I'm saying, ripping it, and then you know what I'm saying, he eventually you always need your stake, you feel me. Eventually you're gonna need it, you know, So you can't. Yeah, so you can't. Uh So yeah, that's how I feel.

What is because I feel like, you know, the unfortunate thing about Memphis and Baton Rouge that I've noticed is like most of the major artists all have beef for each other. Yeah is that? What's what's your relationship like with your you know, some of your peers from Alabama because there's a lot of a lot of dudes man bubbling, Like, is everything pretty much solid or yeah. I mean, of course it's it's always some screen stuff going on behind

the scenes or the music. But like far as me my situation, like everybody look at me as you know what I'm saying, Like really one of the founders of that like Alabama New Generation definitely you know what I'm saying type shit, So everybody really look up to me and respect me, Like don't you don't own beef for nobody ain't got no smoke in the city, like everybody, you know, I miss float Millig cap rolloh uh, you know, everybody just just coming up out of Alabama, like I

didn't even know was from Alabama. Mobile, like all of all of all of the artists that's popping from Alabama is from Mobile, Alabama, Like which is like I said it that sh It's like it's like fucking North Florida, right, It's it's it's like yeah, because yeah every time, because I used to live in Tampa, so when I would drive, yeah, you would drive to Mobile. Yeah, so you're from Mobile, Yeah,

from Mobile? And what is like the energy is there a big energy difference between like Birmingham and because I think people always associate Birmingham, Alabama with Alabama, Like, well, I think we're real different though, Like you know what I'm saying, we really different of course, you know what I'm saying. They got their artists that's doing anything. You know what I'm saying, is like a separation or is it like yeah, we repp in the state or is it like yeah, I think I think it's I think

it's on some ship, like we rapping the state. You know what I'm saying. They got t L. Cinco, Little Soldier, you know what I'm saying. Out the type of artists, I feel like, you know, no bad blood. I feel like everybody just ripping. Just glad. We got this wave going on right now probably like a you know, we got the most artist that's that that that's big, big right now state. But I feel like eventually he's gonna

start even and not. You know what I'm saying, Yeah, like even like the do Clevers from Gadsen Like yeah, yeah, Clever, Yeah, Clever Cliver paper right now he's clever that boy too. Yeah, shout out to Clever. So you're investment. You had the

mixtape series Investments, which I thought was a dope. Like I feel like when people watch you on social media, they get a different messaging vibe from when they watch most of these young artists in the game, because I feel like, you know, a lot of type of these new cats is like it's a lot of antics on the gram, Like I feel like your shit can be inspirational for a lot of people. But investments. I know you,

you know you're smart with your bread. You learned, like like what are you doing during the pandemic and just in general with your money that you don't think the average rapper in your position is doing, uh, through the whole pandemic. I've been building my house, like I got a state that I just built, So you know, that's what I've been pretty much the way. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She she's a comed and told me she probably feel going to label like in the next couple of days.

So I got it. You gotta get home rid of s. Yeah. You're still in Alabama? No, no, No, I live in Mississippi. Yeah, LuxI oh yeah, I heard that the tax is there a fire Like you don't got to pay state taxes or something? No, I ain't. No, I heard that in Texas you don't got to pay station Noah. It's great if you can live bro in La. If you had a house here, you lived here, you'd be paying fucking thirty percent. Yeah the brother let me in your fucking

pockets out here now. But but like, are you like investing in any sort of like outside of your own house, like any other stuff? Like Oh yeah, I got I mean, I got a food truck. I got a restaurant. You know what I'm saying. So that that picture of you sitting on the top of a restaurant, that's your actual restaurant. So your restaurant is called Young Blues. No, no, no, it's kind that was before the rest of the sign came. Okay mixtape cover guys, Young Blue Soul Food to see

food restaurant. You know it's really called Gwenn's House, Young Blue Soulfud. You got a food truck, the restaurant, what else? And you know, I do you know what I'm saying, I do. It's just a lot a lot of different screens. I got a lot of different screens. And I got a tour bullet that I were out, uh when I'm not on it, you know what I'm saying. So you got a tour bus, you ran out, You're in the food truck space. You got the restaurant, are you first

of all? Salute? Yes? So most artists are like, yo, let me go get a may back. Here's all of my advance. Oh yeah, I got. I had got that out the way when I was when I was young, before I even signed the getting money for shows, I had you got you got the dumb ship out the way? Yeah, I got that. I was glad I got that at the Yeah. Yeah, yeah, because otherwise you're, you know, you're

you're like leveraging your ship in a bad way. But no, so what about like have you tapped in with like the stock market at all, or any like the crypto ship or I've been I've been testing it at like

livet here littt. That's just trying to get a feel for But it's just so much stuff going on with this scamming and stuff like, oh my god, it's like I'd be scared when they come to me about I'd be like anytime someone hit you and says, hey, can you use an extra ten grand right now, say no, yeah, because they're just scamming the fucking I don't really think I'm too much into the stop marker right now. It's too much of it's too much anyway. You don't like

to gamble, No, I don't like the gamble. I respect that you got to keep your money. What is the hardest thing you've learned about being in the restaurant business, because I know it's a really hard business to like succeeding. They we always see restaurants coming and going all the time. Yeah we ship, Yeah we ship done right now because of this COVID stuff. So we're gonna get ready to come back up. I'm gonna get ready to turn it

to a club or hook a lounge. But uh, the best thing I learned for real is just that it's just I ain't never really make no money for my restaurant, you know what I'm saying, Like I it was just open just for me, Like it was just it was it was lit. It was like we made a lot of money, but it was so much overhead that you ain't really see a lot of money. So you like you ain't it ain't no going into the account. Oh I'm gonna take the ten thousand, go do that, you

know what I'm saying. Probably like if you touch that, like you might not be able to pay the dells next monthing. Yeah, you feel me, even though they had a little because you know, I'm an artist, so I a lot of times I just come out of my pocket. But when I started coming out of my pocket, I was like, you know, at first, I was just breaking even. I probably making a little money, you know what I'm saying,

probably house or too, you know what I'm saying. But I was satisfied with that because I was like, at least we you know what I'm saying, money, yeah, you know what I'm saying, or at least I just wanted to have a restaurant, like just something in my city. You know what I'm saying. It ain't metter if I was just breaking even, because I really really doing it for the profit. Yeah. So but yeah, once I started to come out of my pocket, you know what I'm saying.

Then we was only business like three months before the COVID hit. We were doing good for the COVID hit, So we was real fragile, you know what I'm saying. So that was just the worst time. People started catching COVID up in the like all the workers stuff just this is this is this is in mobile. Yeah yeah, yeah, so I had to Yeah, I had, I had to shut it down, and then once I shut it down, people about new jobs and that's a whole lot of stuff.

So I'm just remodeling it right now. Yeah. I feel like I've heard though that Alabama uh being the crazy right wing redneck state that it is. Most people don't even act like the COVID shit is real down there. My boy was down there for Labor Day and he was like, nobody's wearing masks. They definitely like, you know, they they they weird down there. But I had this thing called Blue Bash that I was throwing down. I had everybody on it, like you know what I'm saying

for the two uh free birthday. Yeah yeah, no, it was for my album release part, but you just was that recently. Yeah, But I did. I end up doing a little show because they canceled. It was supposed to be a lad of people stadium. I had like twenty artists, P and b Rock. I hate everybody in the game. They really black youngster blucha everybody. They missed with me

for real the COVID shit. Yeah, but they came back and start throwing football games at the same place, and I'm like, so that was like a big thing with the news and stuff. They was trying to get me to get political on and stuff like that. But I really wanted too much do it right then because I know I'm gonn want to throw it again, and I want to throw it. You know what I'm saying. I ain't really want to stir up. I know I could

have stirred. You don't want to stir it up because it might funk up, like next year if you want to do it at the same place. Yeah, I felt like I was just gonna let them have it because the COVID you know what I'm saying, the COVID stuff. You know what I'm saying, It's probably would have been hard for me to win against that. What fucking where is the University of Alabama? The university that's a yo.

It's crazy. It's like college football, like it's big and mobile as it is, like because it's like a it's like religion down there. Bro. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's it's Alabama, Alabama or roll Tide bro. Yeah. SEC football is like a religion. Now, it's insane. It's the whole state just like roll tiede like banging that or is there most people in Alabama yeah, Alabama, ARBN, Alabama. Damn, that's crazy. Yeah,

the COVID ship is crazy. But I do know in the South they're a little like, uh more liberal with not wearing masks. And you know, did you happen to watch the presidential debate yesterday? Uh? Yeah, I was watching the live it on Twitter. Yeah, what do you what do you think of the elect I mean, you know, you're a smart guy, man. What are your thoughts on the election and and where the fuck our world is currently at? I think I think you know what I'm saying.

Just watching it, I feel like you know what I'm saying. Biden was making up way more valid points. I just I just felt the more caring vibe from from Biden than than Trump. Like Trump just like don't give a fuck, don't don't give a fuck. You know, it was like the six nine of fucking politics. Bro. He just will say whatever the fuck like you like, it don't matter if it's true, Like he's just throwing ship at the wall. Yeah,

you feel me. So I feel like, if if I had to vote, I'll probably vote Biden just because like he's like, because he's not an insane racist. Yeah, just I can't I can't do. I can't do. Have you have you ever voted? Nope? You plan on voting? Uh? Yeah, I do plan on vote. Like you know what I'm saying one day. You know what I'm saying. Look, we got a month, man, you better registered. Go get go, get that Alabama voting and that's a that's a red state.

Yeah yeah, I probably ill probably vote. Yeah you should. Man. I don't want to say no because I feel like people gonna follow me and not vote. Listen, bro, at the end of the day, that people will find if people fucking hate you, they'll watch this and find five minutes that that they can It just is what it is. There's miserable motherfuckers. It's it's unfortunate I have, you know,

being as somebody. You know, it's crazy because like I said earlier, like I feel like people know you for your music period and not for like, oh this guy was beefing or this guy was fucking on Instagram, you know, flashing guns, and like I feel like your music is what is like like and and I think that's why you're what you're going on like your fifth year in this shit right, Like that's already longevity and that's crazy to say, but if you see the way artists come

and go, dude, like people can't last two years out here before their shit is like a rap and you haven't even sniffed like commercial success like you have, but like you're not even your shit is really underground, like for like obviously for being someone who's got plaques. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. I understand what you're saying perfectly because I

you know what I'm saying. I think about it all the time, you know, but I just I just know like when that moment come is gonna be huge because I put so much groundwork in, Like it's nothing gonna be like it came from overnight. You know what I'm saying, People just gonna be like just getting on him like yeah he been he been doing this like he been had. You know what I'm saying, Local hits, regional hits, not

mainstream hits. So I feel like that's that that that's way better because they don't take nothing but one year turnaround to you know what I'm saying, to for real to and uh, I think the situation I'm in now, you know what I'm saying, it's gonna be way better for me because I got you know, Uh, I feel like I'm, like I said, I'm a student of the gang. So I I just learned, I learned everything. I got my money right, you know what I'm saying. So it's gonna be a whole new and I could move when

I want to, you know what I'm saying. Gotta wait on nobody, So it's gonna be a whole different What was the gift in the Curse? Because we always hear about like signing the other artists, and I do think Boozie doesn't get enough respect as a CEO. You know, his label's doing this thing. But what was the gift in the Curse being signed to another artist? Uh? I say the I mean it really would. I feel like it's all on the artist. You know what I'm saying. It's all on the artist. Like it's on it's about

how hard case by case situation. Yeah, you know what I'm saying. Because it's like somebody can sign you to they labeled, you could be the biggest artists in the world, you know what I'm saying. And but what you're gonna do once you get signed that, you know, I think that's where a lot of people make a mistake is they sign and then they're like okay, then they just wait on them. And that's what as opposed to like, no, now you got to roll your sleeves up, you hit

down and really get to work. Yeah, because you know, you can't depend on nobody for your own ship ever, control your own destination. And most of the time the artists, you know, they had their own stuff going on too, so it's like they can't. They probably could be focused on you, but they ain't gonna always be focused on you. So the time that they not, they probably be working on the alb or they probably got some person stuff going on that they can't really give out their time

to you. So you gotta roll up your sleeves and turn up. So that was the thing that was different from me, Like when I got in your hand, Yeah, like you know, I took that coat sign and ran you know what I'm saying, and did my thing. So like if you ain't really got that in you, then you're probably just gonna, you know what I'm saying, just

beyond be yonder them. Like I won't really around boost It like I used to be around boost It and I still be around him, but I just went like around him every day, like I used to go do my own stuff, you know what saying, make my own

name for myself. And then came back and like, yeah, you know what I'm saying, talk about what you've learned from Boozie because we were talking earlier and I was like, you were told me you were shooting a video in La and I was like, well, he was the artist, and you were like, you know somebody who just bagged

you out. Yeah, And you know, I know Boozy whatever city he's in, Yeah, he's pull up, have your money right, and you get in the verse and you were saying that you kind of do something similar, and I, you know, I think that there's a couple of ways to look at that. I think some people might be like, you might water down your value, but at the same time, like you're an independent artist and you don't know if this is as good as it's gonna get. Yeah, so

you might as well get every bag you can right now. Yeah, Like I said, I used to worry about like yah, Booster kind of taught me that, you know what I'm saying. I used to worry about how it would look, you know what I'm saying if I posted this or I posted that, But I mean, you gotta look at it like people gonna talk regardless, you know what I'm saying. Like and then and my point of view is like, yeah, people gonna talk regardless, so you might as well get it.

Why because when it's over with, what's your run over with? Gonna you know what I'm saying, Give every dollar you can off your name while it's hot, you know what I'm saying. Because when it's not hot, people ain't gonna care. People ain't gonna care what you guess what if I go do, if I go post I'm doing features right now, and like the next week I post that I made one hundred k off features, give everybody saying give with everybody saying you know what I'm saying, everybody, you know

what I'm saying. Co signing that like people want to do that, you know what I'm saying. So it ain't no bad thing, bro, Like people gonna talk regardless. Man, get your coins. Say if you put in all these years of work. I saw quote today was like, you know what I'm saying, It probably takes me thirty minute to do a job right now and make all this money, but the years and years that I put in before that, you ain't see that, you know what I'm saying. So

you're paying me for them years. You feel you ain't paying me for this thirty minutes I came to the studio. You're paying me for all to get that. And then plus, like I said, Bro, you know what I'm saying. I know, I know people do way more. But like I said, I screamed thirty million screams every too much. You know what I'm saying. So I deserve it, you feel me? So what do you respect? Let's say somebody you know who you don't know, maybe you don't fuck with the song.

Let's say the song is trash and you're in fucking Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. What is that? What is the what is the uh? What if I if I want to hook? What's that cost? Uh? Man, it's not like that this is trash. Let's say he's a juggler, he's an ICP guy like man, like my price is my price? I mean most times if the song trads, I personally think the song trade. You know what I'm saying, I just make my port hard. You're just gonna I guess you're gonna fast forward to my part. You know what I'm saying.

You're gonna listen to the whole song for my part. You feel me if the song traded. But like I said, it's so many fans out there, people who like all type of music. Bro, it could be trash to me, but if somebody don't like it, you feel you gotta listen to what people listen to. Okay, So what's give me the menu? Man? What's the hook? What's the hook? MANU? It's just it just it just depends like right now, like for like for a hook, like if I'm if I'm probably in the city, or I'll probably try like

fifteen thousand because I know my hook's good. You know what I'm saying. I know, I mean I feel like if somebody's gonna get something from you that you get the hook. Yeah, you feel me? Yeah, So you know what I'm saying. But a lot of times like I do versus like for for ten, if I'm in the city, you know what I'm saying, or you know, sometimes then want the verse in the video, I get like a twin and make a quick twin. So like I and that's how just doing that I ain't really never really

did features a lot like that. So when I went, cause I couldn't really clear my own music, and people have a problem getting clear when I was on the label. So when I got independent, everybody or wording because people know I make good music. They know they gonna get you know what I'm saying, some good stuff out of me, and they know I've been around for a long time and I'm respected in it, so people be paying it.

That's how you know I could I can go if I really want to say, all right, I'm gonna get on my tour bus and I'm gonna leave for two weeks. I'm going to go to full different cities. You know what I'm saying. I know I can make one hundred and fifty thousand, you know what I'm saying, just off creatures and features in videos. You know what I'm saying.

All that money, like not for nothing is straight cash. Yeah, and I be you know what I'm saying, And I just I go and just cause, like I said, my life already set up like I on my house house Yeah, so I just really put it all back and mute, like I probably want to go do some promotion promotion wise, you know what I'm saying. And that's the sweet thing about being independent on because so if you get a billboard, you are you paying for that out of your own pocket? Yeah?

I mean like I'm I got I got a situational empire right now, but out to Gazi and Nima, yeah, the people, So right now, I'm the type of artist that I already know it's death, so I spend it myself. I know, I know it's there, you know what I'm saying. And even if you know, even if I is ost to that budget, I still go spend it myself. I just believe in my stuff so much. And then I'm the type of artist where like I really enjoy being on the road people knowing my music going, So I

invest in myself. You know what I'm saying, I go, you know what I'm saying. Do this me ask you this as somebody who has been you know, obviously I don't think a lot of people knew about the Columbia's involvement. Yeah, but would you advise artists to take a big advance when they do U sign a deal or do any sort of distribution or would you ad like because you know at the end of the day, you got to pay that money back two times, Yeah, to break even

on it. For the most part, would you advise somebody to take a big bag because I think a lot of people are like, Yo, I signed this million dollar deal, but it's like, what is it worth you like taking that up front money to just like yeah, you could

or you could just get the monthly. Yeah. It depends on your situation at the moment though, Like you know what I'm saying, you are if you're coming like right now, if somebody come off with me a million dollars right now for a record deal, I know I'm not gonna take it because you could do that. Yeah, because I see the amount of money I'm making. I see you know what I'm saying, that what I'm getting from the people that I'm messing with right now without even having

to commit so much. You know what I'm saying, do something with Empire. You could do whatever you want. Yeah, you feel me. So it's like, if you really know the game, somebody like Empire is gonna be you bis bit. And I ain't just saying it, come and sign if you know the game, because like I said, I say, that's every inter you if you just do watch your time a major. I wouldn't say never signed to a mage label if that's what it takes to get on your feet, as artists do that. Sometimes you gotta do

what you gotta do. Yeah, do what you gotta do. But while you in that deal, be listening, learning what they do, making the connections that you know what I'm saying, when you meet people, don't just you know what I'm saying, really meet people. Like when you meet people, they be introducing you or you be around the people that they hiring to do this stuff. So if you meet them people, once you do go independent, you got a good relationship. You're kind of having an idea of an infrastructure, you

know what I'm saying. And a lot of times they gonna charge you way cheaper than what they Hey, what you just said is like a lost r form in

the music game. And that's these like I mean, I see as like being on the radio side, Like you'll meet an artist and you'll be like, damn, that dude does not want to be here, Like he's like a dick, Like you could tell you just like you know, and and and the thing is is like that's fine, but like building like genuine relationships and like like you said, when you meet somebody like net him, don't feel like yo, what's up? Yeah? You know feel me because you never

like you You never know when you might. You know what I'm saying. It probably be a It probably be a little reporter that was like you probably go somewhere. You probably had an intern in here. You know what I'm saying. Uh, five years, who could that be? Yeah? Yeah, the intern can be somebody or their intern can be he. He could be the lead writer for this person. That happen all the time. I mean I used to. I

was an intern for two years working for free. It's like, and they gonna remember if you you know, they gonna remember if you know what I'm saying, how respectful of an artist you was. You know what I'm saying, that they genuinely fucked with you when they when they met you type stuff like that. So I'll be keeping all out of mind like when I meet people. You know what I'm saying, I actually I genuinely fuck with people.

So uh, I feel like just throughout my career, like every everybody that I met, like I mest sure that rolled it out and I was signed with Columbia. You know what I'm saying. We just spoke briefly and stuff like that. But uh, you know, once I got independent, you know what, I still had the relationships to be able to you know what I'm saying, go back and politic willa and stuff like that. So not that I'm independent, I'm just moving way way different, bro. I really feel

like way more freer. Like it's a different piece of mind. They put you in a different music space, Like I could really drop whenever I want, like you know what I'm saying, And that's like I could take on the drop, I could drop back to back. It's however I want to do it, you know what I'm saying. So yeah,

it's just a different space. Man. Then a lot of time, like I said, if you don't make the connection that lay was gonna key with them overhead, it's like you're gonna be wondering like, oh yeah, why did I pay yo? The worst part I see is I see like like I've had friends signed and then they'll get like an engineering fee for making the clean version of their album

and it'll be like fifteen thousand dollars. Yeah, Like wait, I paid some dude, fifteen grand to make the clean version of my single, Like nobody's charging Like that's insane. But like you said, like you gotta know and you gotta be smo. You got no ways to filter that money. Also, like you know, a lot of artists like they'll they'll like let the studio, like the label pick their studio and then like you looking like wait, I spent two grand a day in the studio time when I couldn't win,

and like booked my own spot for like five hundred dollars. Yeah. See, I record my own I recorded like all my songs that got pleasant stuff. I recorded, mixed and message all my own stuff. So so you you record, mixed, master everything. Yeah, yeah, I do. I do everything now, I don't you know what I'm saying, right, all my past stuff I did? You just recorded everything at home? Yeah? I recorded everything. Like what you're like home set up? Like you know,

what was your mic? Like I had the I had a new mean mic, I had the Apollo you know what I'm saying, the Yamaha speakers. Just the basics, Yeah, the base, the basic, a padded room, the basics stuff. You know what I'm saying. It's all really about your your presets. And yeah, I said, I had you get that little template, put you on that temp Yeah, that engineer, he put me on my tent. He put me on that temple. So like what I was doing, I was just charging them for me recording myself. So that's how

you feel. So how you're recording. But you probably got a one hundred and fifty recording budget. You know what I'm saying. If you record yourself, you know what I'm saying, that's why they're not in the studio. More. Artist should open their own studios. That's how you got to know your contract. If you don't know your contract, you're especially you like if you ever like, are you gonna end up trying? I got an artist, Yeah, I got Yeah, I got I got an artist right now name uh

Brooklyn Love. I had another artist before that, but she I don't really mess with that no more. But I got an artist right now named Brooklyn Love. She yeah, now she from Baltimore. Oh shit more, that's wow out to Baltimore. Man, So that the blue Blue Van draws three is out? What is like you said, now you can drop music whenever you want. What is your uh, what's your plan for the rest of the year. Man, Uh, I'm gonna drop I'm gonna drop Love Scars e p

uh and Fridays and five days on October second. Uh it's like one that's Friday. It's like two days. Yeah. Oh yeah, well look this is this will be this will come out next week, so this will be it's already out. Yeah yeah, so uh Love Scars Yeah, and that's one like one of my uh this this real Blue ved stuff. So it's gonna be like a full R and B project like when I dropped them. When I drop R and B projects, they go, they go crazy. Ladies love the Yeah. So after I do that that,

I'm start working on my first real Real Abbu album. Yeah, debut album that I'm that I'm dropping uh with uh. We we're boosting them team. We're gonna get to working on uh that first album after this, after this project.

What inspired you to get your own tour bus, because that's another thing that you said, like, you know, people got to start thinking this way man, nah man, like for real though I really I really called it still like a blessing on it because I it was this Australian guy and his daughter was like a real fan of my music. So I hain't went to Nageville one time. Like I said, I treated everybody week because I treat it. I just treated everybody respect. So he had hit me up.

He was like, man, yeah, you know I do, I do publishing and stuff like that. I was just like, man, yeah, you know, uh, let's talk about it. So he picked me up from the airport. I went to his house and he had a big stupid house, you know what I'm saying. So end up coming to find out he ended up being a singer from Australia that had like multiple number one and stuff. So he owned a whole big tour bus company. And I was like, man, I need man, I need a tour bus. You feel me?

So he was like, uh, He's like, man, I get you one. Like you know what I'm saying, there's no problem. So uh yeah, he gave me a toba. He gave you one. Yeah, he gave me. Oh yeah, he gave me a So that's fun. You know what he what he really did was you wouldn't say he gave it to me because I gave him twenty thousand for it. But the toba was worth like two hundred thousand. You know what I'm saying. I gave him twenty thousand for it,

so sh uh. And after that, you know what I'm saying, I had broke my own like managing me for a little while, you know what I'm saying, and uh, stuff like that. So it was like, you know, it was kind of he was letting me use it, you know what I'm saying, while I was managing and stuff. But he had ended ended up getting into like some multi million dollar deals with some stuff, and you know, we still keep in touch, but he was just like, you know, he ain't really So now you rent the tour bus

out to other artists? Yeah, yeah, I rented out to other people now like he be artist families stuff like that, you know what I'm saying. So yeah, so that yeah for real though, but I probably would eventually got because I got like sprints and stuff too, so I probably would have eventually got my own. I just like how

it is, you know what I'm saying. It saved me because it got like a whole keen bedroom in the back, you know what I'm saying, stuff like that, So they saved me for help to get rooms if I want to go like out and just heat the city, the city of the city, the city and make money. You know what I'm saying. I could go do it. You know what I'm saying because I'm just on the bus.

You know what I'm saying. With your biggest market besides home, like as far as like where you get the most bread for a show or you know, streaming wise, what do you think is your biggest city, It'll probably be Houston, Atlanta, and all of Louisiana. Like anyway in the Louisiana I'm gonna get a bad like Houston, Dallas, you know what I'm saying, Milwaukee, New Jersey, like you know what I'm saying. I got it's really like space stat like and weird

like you know what I'm saying, weird places. But most of the South, like you know where in the South, like they gonna they gonna know me, but like it'd been surprised though, because anyway I go, like somebody gonna know me. I could be in oh Maha, Nebraska, God damn, like somebody gonna be like, oh you blue. You know

what I'm saying. That's how I know, Like you said, a good thing, like my music way more popular than me, Like most people know my music and ain't know me just because like like I said, I don't really be in a I don't even really do too many interviews for real like that. I just really started doing interviews

like that. But uh yeah, but I like it like that though, because like I said, you get built up in the blogs, like people want to see that ship all the time, and then when they don't see it, uh, you fell off, you know what I'm saying. So no, I think too. It's like you said an expectation, Yeah, you have to be this person on social media, and then like you got to keep trying to outdo yourself with the dumb ship. I feel like someone like Little Pump in that space where like we kind of knew

Little Punk for being like this wild ass kid. Yeah, but like what happens when the wild ass kids should goes away? It's like, you know the thing, what's the same thing with more than ever? He probably sitting back just playing ten more things he can he could do. He's gotta out, he's gotta out do the disrespect. It's like, Okay,

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go in this disrespect to her before my album comes out, go to La, go to Chicago, shoot videos and all these places where shouldn't be and it's like, okay, now what, Yeah, that's too there, that's too that's too that's too much for me. I just like I just enjoyed. I just endowing. Who are some of your peers that you're like fans of musically, because there's a lot of dope, dope dope artists right now, especially they do the melodic ship uh Like I really

miss with all of them. Like I tell to you know, no Drive. I listened to all their music, Like you know what I'm saying. I messed for road Way like I knew Ordway when his come up, Like you know what I'm saying, he's been bubbling at it. I mean he's been doing this thing for for some years. I feel like you guys, I feel like he was. But that's crazy because Rob Rob, Like if you go and look at his hold on Ice video, like I was in like that was when he was out there like man,

do a drop, Do a drop? I was like, yeah, I messed with him like he was. I think he was opening up for me in a show of Florida. And then after that like I think he I don't know if he redid it deal with Lamo or what, but after that he just started going crazy. You know, yeah, he's fired. I think, Like, I mean, we talked about Clever. Clever is really yeah, incredible. Have you I like parting it. I like parting this though though. That's probably my favorite artist.

He's one of the hardest writers ever. Have you heard Blast from l a Uh one of my one of my uh, one of my female friends. Uh, she just interviewed him. Uh you know Taylor Spencer. Okay, yeah, yeah, she just interviewed him. So that's that's how I heard him. And then I started getting to No. I just think it's so man. I just think that, like, you know, it's it's it's a good place where music is because you know, three four years ago, it was like that

overmodulated SoundCloud shit. Yeah, it's like it was just a lot of like it just like music wasn't And that's crazy, is that you were making like melodic dope shit when that wasn't even the wave. Yeah, and the sounders came to you. Yeah real, So that' shit's dope. Man. So Love Scars debut album is your debut album when you like, like,

do you consult with Boozy on that shit? Like, heyten, because I know you said you're gonna work, you know, get with his team on that like yeah, like, oh, I mean in a recent conversation we just had you know what I'm saying, you know, he wanted to be involved more because, like I said, it just been kind of chaotic just me getting out the label situation and getting with the new things. So we didn't really have time to just sit down and really just playing plot

and strategize on a game plan. So this probably be the first time we had since you know, I signed my new situation. Uh hm, and you know this would be the first time for yeah, I saw he signed up. You know, it's crazy. The last time I saw Boozie, uh he brought the little twelve robe kiddies with blurry

yeah yeah, blurry yeah yeah yah yeah. Do you like how how's your relationship like with other artists under the under the unbro that you know, because oh yeah I met I met with all of them, og Dre uh de Ragas, uh Nina, uh Juicy, I messed with all know, we all we all cool. Like I said, I feel like, uh you know what I'm saying. Uh, a lot of them. You know what I'm saying, gonna get get ready to

you know what I'm saying, catch away be well. Uh you know, like I said, everybody like time and everything. Like I said, I've been doing eight nine years before I you know what I'm saying. Really, just start for sure, man, you know what I'm saying. Just just moving like I'm moving now, so you know it alls just comes with time and persistence for real? Like are you I know you know you're expecting a child and is that your first baby? No? No, no, I got I got three

now this is this will be number four. This will be number three, number three. You're with your lady too? Right? Yeah? How is it? Is it? Well? We kind of we kind of we kind of broke up right now. I'm kind of singing right now, you'll be fine. She's about to have your child. Yeah. Trust me, My wife hasn't talk to me in like six days. Yeah, I got marriage counseling tomorrow. But no, But I guess I guess

is it is? It? Is it hard? Because you know I feel like when you're somebody like you, especially you make love music that females love isn't tough to be in a relationship. Uh yeah, because sometimes you know what I'm saying, people like I ain't gonna lie. Like the reason why you know, I dropped this album because you know, I like, I like, I have to really to make a really perfect album. Uh, I have to really go

through something, you feel me. So that's why it's kind of like a random album because like you got to go through life. Yeah I had. I had to really go through it, you know what I'm saying. So that's why the music be hitting them so hard because like, you be real stuff, you know what I'm saying. So, uh, they be liking when my heart broken on when's the last time you cried? Man, I ain't. I ain't cried

at atle minute. Though I ain't crying a minute. Probably let time I cry with uh, I don't know, probably when my uh veil died, got my homeboy that that's probably like a year ago, you know. Yeah, I ain't crack. I don't like that for real, like that, I'd be saying the therapy, Yeah, I'd be mad. I don't ready cry like that for real. Looked at the project is out? Go register to vote mm hmm, yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. You gotta get your voting, bro. Alabama is one of

them ones where your vote counts. Oh yeah, I'm going. I'm going. You lived in l A, I'd be like, you know what, dude, Like, I just don't gonna be very time somebody president. I personally just don't be feeling the fix of what they what they do, you know what I'm saying. But I know some people do, so you know what I'm saying. That's you know, I'm gonna play my part in it, you know what I'm saying. But you know, I just I just really been been

on to go so much. I ain't really know too much about the vote, how to how to do it because that, I mean, that's really what I think they need to do, like put more education on how to even get involved in voting, because I ain't gonna lie a lot of people. What do you do? How do you vote? Like you show up? Yeah, Like a lot of people from where I'm from, they don't even know how to vote, Like they don't even know like no billboards telling you the steps how to get unless you

just now you're right, Yeah, it's a problem. I think it's uh, you know, unfortunately it's kind of I bet you paid more in taxes than Donald trumpter though right, yeah, I ain't. I ain't. I only think I don't think I need fire text you. I'm just about to fire tech in life, Like you haven't fould taxes once. But you know what, like it's okay because all that future

money you don't go gota counted. I got, I got, I got accounter though, like I got my stuff on tabs, Like for the last three years, I just haven't filed a you know what I'm saying, they gonna crack you for them penalties rather I probably I feel like, like I said, like I got the president, I really really had a lot of music expenses. Like I'd invested so much and the President's not paying taxes. Why should you man that man paid seven hundred fifty one thing about music? Though?

Everything is an investment, like this durior investment like this what what what? I so let me know. So when you say this jewelry is an investment, I feel like most people would say that artists fuck up by getting to jewelry. You know what I'm saying, Like it's a mistake. When you say it's an investment. What do you mean? Uh? I say it as like in in the the way of that's how you can sell it, you know, that's how you can sell it to the people the Irish.

You know what I'm saying. It is because it can be looked at as an investment. What you're saying, So like Dirs you could be like this was you know Wardrobe? Yeah it is, Yeah, it actually is. You know what I'm saying. Your jewelry expenses that's fucking great. Yeah, I feel like a music video. Yeah you know what I'm saying. But I feel like a lot of artists it is like a symbol to them, like Drewry really like you

know what I'm saying for did you have a screen nigga? Yeah? Yeah, like for street niggas like Drury, like is a trophy, Like it's like a trophy. It ain't really nothing to say this or that. It's just like a trophy. Like Okay, I made at this part me. I deserve a chine, I deserve something. I want to shine, like, I want

to shine. I want to shine right, I want to be seen because I've been slept on and people that you know what I'm saying and throw the rug up, open it so so long, for so many years, I'm getting money now, you know what I'm saying, I want people to see me. It's kind of like a trophy, like a you know what I'm saying, type of death. Now that makes sense? I mean yeah, I just think some people just like the way it looked like I just like, would you judge somebody if you found out

that they had fake jewelry? Uh? Nah? Because I used to affake Jerr. I feel me. I used to a fake Jeri back in the day. Like especially now I feel like you can get those lab created diamonds. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I used to at fake Jeri back in the day. So you know what I'm saying. I feel like, man, you just gotta be real with yourself. Man. Everybody throwing something, everybody throwing something fake before they made it, you know

what I'm saying. Just like I said, you gotta speak on stuff before it happen, Like you gotta speak on stuff before heaven ain't like I was saying it was real. You feel me if I'm lying about it, if I just got on some fake Jerry and you know what I'm saying, and you just see me with it on. And I ain't saying nothing about it. I just back when I was young, coming up. You know what I'm saying, sixteen seventeen, then that was just me at the time. You know what I'm saying. If I'm saying, oh, this

is real happened, then yeah. But if you assume it's fake, like you know what I'm saying, so what but uh? Yeah, man, like, oh yeah, I won't really judge nobody. But what's the dumbest thing you've ever purchased? Her? Like the biggest purchase you've made that you regret? Uh I bought? Man? About I bought something in the car? I bought something in the car. Man, what's the most expensive car you bought? I bought a Lambo, uh for like one fifty ship

about a Corvette for seventy the Lambo. Yeah, you said you got past that wave though, right, Yeah, you're like, yo, I got I got through that part of life. Yeah, I got through that part of life. Yeah, I really. I spent a lot of money on clothes, Like I used to wear a lot of like design and stuff like that. But I mean, you do Gucci socks on right now? Yeah? But I used to wear a lot of it though, Like I used to go spend like ten thousand, you know what I'm saying, just on some

fucking clothes. Yeah, but NA just be like, man, I got on hundred fifty worth, jer Like, what did you ever? Did you ever wear those chunky ass shoes? Yeah? Yeah, well I still I still sometimes like I get to feel like it'll be like a certain occasions though, like if I know, if fine to gonna make twenty five, like those shoes were, so I'm glad they're kind of gone. I know some people still wearing, but fuck man, they're

like everybody had that. Well like when you when you come from nothing, man, it's just like when you come from nothing and you dream about all these things. You know what I'm saying. You got the little race calls and getting it, the binders and stuff like that. When you finally get the money, you gonna explore and see what they feel like, you know what I'm saying, You gonna just because it's just like you always wanted to

do this stuff. Like you always wanted to You always looked at the BT one on Sister Parker saw saw your people with the chains on and the fast calls with the girl. So if you making it like you gonna try that out, like I Don'tkay, well, nobody say you gonna try that, You're gonna see what that's like. Like is you smart enough to stop? Is the question?

You know what I'm saying, Stop when you you know what I'm saying, when it comes to that time and realize, Okay, it's over for this, like I gotta go and the stuff that's important that's gonna make me good forever. Like if if you can't understand when it's that point, then it's okay. You know what I'm saying. Do you feel like you got you got snubbed for the Freshman cover?

It just happened. Yeah, Nah, I feel like I got snubbed for the one before that because that at that moment, like I had, you know what I'm saying, two workers that just went gold. You know what I'm saying. I was getting mole shows than probably every artist on that they had on now you know what I'm saying, probably just some of the main screen artists. But uh yeah,

I just felt like I was just slept on. Like I said, I was the only one from Alabama, Like they ain't really believe in that in that way, but like most of them artists on that, they ain't have no fucking gold records. You know what I'm saying now, I feel like, yeah, there's there was a lot of people who got snubbed this year. I felt like you were one of them. I fault like, yeah, I feel so Don Tolliver could have been on that. Yeah, I ain't even put it. I ain't gonna lie. I ain't

to put in my pitch. I ain't even put it in my pitch. You're supposed to pitch yourself, Yeah, you're suposed to pitch yourself, but I ain't. I feel like I've been doing this it too long now, you know what I'm saying. I would I would have liked it, but I ain't really trip ain't really too much trip. But man, what is give me your top three or four albums of all time? Because you have a pretty eclectic sound. I feel like, you know it might be yeah, agueful lot time, uh fifty fifty get rich of that

solid Tupac uh I got. I ain't gonna lie. It's it's a couple of Tupac albums that I feel like there's always on me against the world. Yeah, yeah, them boost it for my thugs. Uh uh h that Lauren Hill a mis education? Yeah, the mis education of Lauryn Hill classic uh a kon akh what I don't know what would you do the Acon record right now? If he wanted to do a record with you, even though he did the Uh? I mean I probably you know

what I'm saying. Uh, I look at everything from a from a Mars standpoint, and I probably wouldn't, you know what I'm saying, just because I feel like, you know, I don't stand for it. Well, I'm pretty much sure they probably be profitable. Like I said, I mean at the same time, you love like Akon's a legend. Of course I like to do one, but I just can't. Yeah, yeah, I just yeah, I feel like if if there'm the mores that he stand on, you know what I'm saying,

then you probably passed. Yeah, I probably passed. You know, not take nothing away from him, you know what I'm saying. It's just you know, like I said, said, I don't really do stuff for the month. I do stuff and I want to do it because like I, like I said, I'm great, So I don't really too much. Can I ask you being in Mississippi. How much fucking crazy Trump ship that you have to deal with in Mississippi. Oh, I don't deal with nothing. Like I imagine there's like

Trump flags flying everywhere. Maggots. I really like, really like that they try to hide it. They for the most part, they had like I said, like being like I believe it or not, being racists ain't really popular, Like it's not really popular like that. It's not hope not. Yeah, it's not really a popular perception. You know what I'm saying. It's more it's more people. I ain't gonna say it's not more non racist people than racist people, but it's

more people that don't show their racism than they do. Yeah, you know what I'm saying. Because it's like it's frowned upon, like you lose your job, you can lose. It's a lot. Yeah, yeah, motherfuckers. Most companies won't appeal to the black people because we spend them was money, you know. Yeah. Plus if you say some wildch it online, most like you lose your job, Yeah,

they're gonna sacrifice. They're gonna sacrifice you instead of using losing the whole black community because of black community gonna we're gonna spend. We're gonna spend the money every day. So like it's either you're gonna sacrific this one person or you're gonna sacrifice this whole community. You know what I'm saying. So yeah, I already see too much. Plus I stayed with at on my own plan probably look like on my own city, got acres seven. Yeah, salute man,

shout out, Yo, that's that's a beautiful thing. Well look get your EP. Is it EP? Yeah? It's on six songs. Yeah, that's how And hopefully the debut album will be out as well. Yeah, you know, go get this guy when he opens his hookah spot, Go get some hookah. Oh yeah, we're gonna have and how in the food truck too. The food truck still open? Uh yeah yeah, the food truck. The food truck. I just got some fixed on the truck. So it's goenna going to it's gonna hit the squeeze

like in like a week. So I'm gonna get off like a whole chain op and for real, So I'm like, boom, I appreciate your time. Man. Good good,