#393 - Byron Messia

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Yo, it's the Bootleg keV show holding it down. Man.

We got a special guest here sipping on that good sprite to kick things off.

It's pretty sprite.

Pretty Is that how you said? It's pretty spell? Wait the Byron Messiahs he's here. But people keep sucking your name up, they keep calling you Byron Messius.

It doesn't matter.

But I'm saying, it's just a thing that happens.

Yeah, that's a like, I mean, you know, is it frustrating for you coming to the States and like DJs are just you know, tomato tomorrow. You know, once they know, they know and they won't mess up again. Well, hey, dude, congratulations on all the success. Obviously, Taliban is a gigantic, massive smash record. You're from the Caribbean, which I think is like obviously like you're from is it Saint Kit?

Yeah? What is it like?

Because I've only been to the d R. In terms of like islands in the world, I've only been to one island in my life and it's the Dominican Republic. I heard I'm slacking. I heard I got to get to like the real Caribbean. What is your hypothet? Why did you think I was there? Why do you think?

What is your assumption on?

It's a beautiful place?

But why do you think I was there?

I mean, who doesn't want to be down there?

But why do you think I was there? The way you.

Said, I don't know, vacation maybe DJ podcast.

I went there for my honeymoon.

Bro Okay, he doesn't believe meny moona he was a full moon dr of course as a single man, though, h when you when you went where you single like out.

Of a relation.

I've always been single.

Good good for you. So when you went, did you uh, did you enjoy the local.

Talents at all? I went from music, bro, I don't know what you're talking about. You just looked away and then picked up a sprite, which is a real tall tale for you're full of shit.

He's like, I don't know what you're talking This is good sprite.

Though.

When you went to the dr did you try Mama Wana? It's the drink they have. It's got like a wood inside of it. It's like why, it's like the drink they have at all the resorts. It's like a Dominican thing. Oh no, no no, And then they have their own beer, our presidente. Did you try their beer? No, you're not a big drinker. Really well, if you were to drink, what's your preferred alcohol?

Hennessy?

Henny shit, I like that. That's like that two thousand and nine energy.

You know what I'm saying.

Nobody drinking Hennessy anymore. Everyone switched over during the pandemic. They're all off of tequila.

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Yeah, people, I appreciate you sticking with team Hennessy. We need more Hennessy guys in the game right now. M But yo, tell me what what was it like growing up in the Caribbean, man?

I mean, it wasn't easy, but it still wasn't rough for me, you know. Yeah yeah is that support from friends? Pas?

Family?

Yeah? You know family.

So yeah, what inspired you to, uh, I guess pick up the mic and start writing and start rapping friends? Your friends?

Yeah?

What about like in terms of like, were there any artists that you gravitated towards feah plenty who were like you're like you know because for me, like as a kid, it was like we had like Snoop buone Dogs, fifty eminem outcasts, you know, Kanye, Like, who were your guys when you were growing up?

Listen Mexico popcorn popcorn? You know.

They cant being waste. And there was so many local talents as well, like from where you were at yeah, yeah school.

So yeah, that was basically whole My whole soul was up the.

Time, yo.

When they're dancing, like obviously I see videos from Jamaica and I need to go to some of these parties because they do that daggering ship where they're like what they got the girl?

Like and it's like, really I saw did you see the one where there was like a cinder block involved? It was like extreme daggering like it was. It was crazy. Nonetheless, where you're from, do they do the daggering like at the parties?

Is it?

You know what I'm saying? We call it you called gyrating, but you know what I'm talking about.

Yeah, sometimes it looks like it hurts like man like, it's like you're slamming your your manhood into like h it just looks painful.

Are you how would you rate your your your gy rating?

I don't dance. I don't dance.

You don't dance.

No, you just sit there sing.

But you know you got a girl, you just kind of let her do her thing. I like that. Were there any American artists that you looked up to growing up?

Yeah, well you listening a lot of slick crick Yeah shout to nas. Yeah, slip freaking noizers school. One friend who was obsessed with French You had a friend obsessed with French Montana. Yeah, so French Montana was most playing in high school. Sure, I got some friends from Presno that love French Montana. M Yeah, shout out to French man French one of those guys for sure. For you though, like uh, getting a hit in the US, and you know, I always feel like, for whatever reason, like the US

I feel that we have more work to do.

Actually, yeah, you know for sure, Yeah, it's not that sense of all we're making it happen.

But I mean I did big Boalers and I did you know, I did so much in like six months, and I'm so proud of myself, you know. So I'm not even going to hide I myself for I beat them sell. But I know for sure deep dong, like you know, we got more walk through the stud So.

It's been a busy six months for you. Yeah, tons of shows.

Yeah, I've seen you get get brought out, do do special appearances and stuff. What has been your favorite live moment so far? Performing when Dirk when No.

Dirk brought you out, that had to be crazy. What city was that in?

New Jersey?

In Jersey. Yeah, shout out to Dirk.

It was for Powerhouse.

Oh yeah, that was a powerhouse.

Yeah.

Powerhouse was a movie man.

Yeah, there had to be a movement, man, hey, for you to like having burn a boy get on the remix, that's that takes it to a whole other level. So like I can only imagine, like you know, he's kind of like the jay Z of the afrobeat wave that's happening right now, which is a little differ than what you're doing, but it still kind of got to be a big, big deal for you to have him jump

I was present.

You were there, so he recorded in front of you. Oh so you was there?

Yeah?

What was the session?

Like? It was dark? It was dark, yeah, but it was fun though. It was exciting too, you know. I was really excited, like when it started to go and I said, yeah.

What's his writing process? Like is it off the top of the head. It's not right.

Look, let me tell you something. Burnard Boy bodied that remix right, And I would be honest with you. The way how he came up with that verse in that like short space at time. Though, Man, this man is talented, gives ted like out the world crazy insane like insanely talented are talking about Like that was like after like.

It was off the top of the head.

Yeah, like it wasn't even written, like he didn't even study it for like all one like e went she went in the boots, I'm telling you. And the way how we even like constructed the words to even be like saying it's to Trinidad, you know, like it's something like that is being like thought about in the presence of course because Prince Swani was present to from Trinidad saying kids, I don't know he pick up Jamaica as well too, you know, yes, so it was it was it was a moment like.

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Let's get back to the interview, all right, No, So for you man, talk about your I know you got to be putting in some work on an album right now. Yeah, what is the album sounding like? And how how far along are you with with finishing it?

Well, let's get in there.

It's getting there. You were just listening to something right now when I walked in. So when you walked when I walked in, you was listening to something on your phone. Oh yeah, that's something I did last night with Premum. Oh fire, Okay, shout out to Premum from my ovo, right, yeah, that's my boy.

Good guy man.

I was gonna say though, like, how far along do you think? Fifty seventy done? Do we got features yet?

That means yes? Maybe maybe? Who's your dream feature?

Like if you had to, like, you know, work with anybody, if you could get a sixteen from somebody right now, who would be right now?

Yeah? Rod Wave?

Broadwave would be crazy love Roadwave. He's making some of the best music out right now.

He's kind of like I feel like he's like he's like the harmony God right now, you know what I'm saying, Like he does that melodic shit on like another level.

Shout out to rod Wave.

I saw recently your counterpart burn a boy. Did you see the story He turned down a gig and Dubai because he couldn't smoke. It was a five million dollar gig. Can we just make sure that you don't do the same thing if someone offers you five million?

Are we going to go to Dubai?

I don't smoke.

You don't smoke, so that's a good thing you're in there.

What's the law about alcohol?

Oh that you get fucked up in Dubai?

For sure.

They give you liquor.

Okay, good to.

Give your liquor. You'll be hanging out on Uh.

I don't smoke. I'm good.

Yeah, never smoke every If you listening, then yeah, yeah, He's like, yo, I'll take the five.

I'll take the one. We're going to Dubai get a mill real quick? What what most you know? Obviously did you ever smoke at a point in time in your life?

Of course?

What made you stop? I was overthinking of that, overthinking? Yeah, I was being too hard on myself. You feel like it was kind of making you like overanalyze your own maybe outthinking, because I feel like sometimes people can overthink their way from dropping music or recording or being creative I.

Would have never made it, would you say?

Was I?

Like, you know, I wouldn't make it.

If you were still smoking? You don't think you would have made it?

No, like those the kind of stuff I used to be overthinking. You know that makes sense, man, trauma going up, you know, like it was just too much.

So I just said, since you've obviously been as successful as you've been with the music, you got live show money coming in. You got music money coming in. Has there been a stupid purchase you've made or a big lavish purchase that you've made so far?

What's the crazy? I mean, you got lots of jewelry on, but is anything you know?

I pay it off at my mama house.

Okay, that's that's amazing. So your mom don't have no more. She owns the crib outright. That's a big deal. Man.

What was that like telling her that you did that?

Was like?

Was she emotional?

Yes? She was like thank you, I thank you?

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Let's get back to the interview. Are you gonna buy yourself a house?

Yeah?

Actually, uh, you know I'm back from Sinkins. Yeah. Well they're working on Project Grand Also Kits, so it's already in the making.

If we go there, what is the food spot we're going to? It's like that, what's the cuisine that we got to eat? If we go to Saint Kits, boozies, what is a moozie?

Boozies? Boozies boozy?

Well, you know here we think of boozy and we think of wipe me down, you know, boozy. What is a boozy? It's a spot that's oh, it's a restaurant. Yeah, what kind of what?

What?

What cuisine is it?

Though?

Is there good seafood.

Anything? The lunch understanding?

Do they got kank fritters out there? The fritters, that's some Florida ship. No, that's some Bahama ship.

That ship's fire.

You have tasted the kunk salad? No, kunk salad. No.

So when I live in Florida, we had kank fritters. It was like the deep fried kunk and that ship was gas.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's good stuff.

So we gotta go to boozies if I come out.

There, for sure, boozies. Uh, try from the village.

What are the strip clubs like there? They got good strip clubs in the Saint kit Is it like one like the like these spots?

There's two of them.

Club Galaxy, I think we gotta go to Club Galaxy. And I got a Galaxy, you know what I mean? We got we got a Samsung Galaxy at Club Galaxy.

Will be winning anyway?

Well, listen, man, album seventy percent done, The record's going crazy. Congratulations on the song and all the success. Will we be getting the album top of the year maybe.

Maybe like before.

March they're gonna get it like either the first or second week in January.

Oh so it's coming really soon. So yeah, you I mean you said you're seventy percent done. You better get that out of thirty finish, bro, Yeah, you're waiting on features. No, all the features have been sent in.

I just said, maybe, yeah you got features, man, you know you got some big features. Brou Well.

I appreciate you at Dirk on there? Maybe maybe I don't know, you don't know if Dirk's on your album.

He might be.

That wasn't a no, So we're gonna just say maybe maybe there's a seventy percent chance he's on there. Yeah, okay, fifty, So fifty to fifty Dirks on the album.

I'll take that as a yeah. All right. Well, look I appreciate you pulling.

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