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Welcome to the show we're diving into the world

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of local talent artists wrestlers and businesses.

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Let's get started Welcome to the to a new podcast

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What's going on guys welcome back to another

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Thursday night 719 we're a little early. That's

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all good, man It's okay. We're an hour late.

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We're an hour late Yeah, we're always running

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an hour late, but we're not worried today It's

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been a hectic week. Only reason why is that uh,

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these our change is really screwed up It's really

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fucked things up. It's really fucked up. It fucked

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things up man. I have not been there hundred

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percent a lot of stuff we've been forgetting

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a lot of stuff that was supposed to take me taking

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care of and i just blech so i'm like forgive

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me if i'm not all here but uh it's been an interesting

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week uh halloween's finally behind us yes and

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moving on to uh christmas here we go oh god i

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was gonna say thanksgiving but yeah christmas

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everyone freaking uh Mariah Carey is finally

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thawing out. Oh, yeah, and she will be out and

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just strutting her stuff. Oh shit, dude. All

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I know is that we're gonna gain a lot of extra

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pounds. More than we intend to this coming up

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Thanksgiving, so it should be a good one. I don't

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even know what happens. I just wake up and fast

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-forward. There's food there and we just gotta

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eat it. Anyways, big shout out to everybody that

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tuned in last week with our episode. Appreciate

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every single one of you that tuned in. It was

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a great episode. A lot of new followers jumped

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on the YouTube page and our Facebook page. Thank

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you so much. But on to the next one, episode

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268, Slowly Climbing the Ladder. We have a interesting

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guest with us today, young gentleman. I know

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we were supposed to have him a while back. Unfortunately,

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we couldn't get him on because there was a schedule

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difference there at the moment when he was supposed

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to come in. He was actually a hip hop artist.

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He was actually doing music. But since the time

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frame, he's evolved. to stand -up comedy and

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also live interviews after bands down on 17th

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Street. So this guy's been mobile. So he's one

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of the first mobile guests that we have on the

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podcast, so should be interested in. Ladies and

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gentlemen, no further ado, we introduce Mr. Amani

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to the podcast. What's going on what's going

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on guys, it's your boy Amani we're here with

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the chewing new podcast The first thing the first

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thing I said when I saw you on On the invite

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like so I saw the straight here down. Okay. All

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right. Yeah cookie But then when I started to

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watching your interviews, I hope this kid brings

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a fro. I really hope Brings a throw in man. This

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is gonna be Awesome, I already got the first

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comment on here by, who's that? Hypocrisy? Hypnotics,

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my boy. They go, I'm Manny, the man. You already

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know, man. It's episode 268. I wish I was, when

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I saw the episode number, I was like, maybe we

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could let somebody else in. Let me get that magic

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number on the next episode. Let's get 269, if

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you know what I'm saying. That's what you were

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worried when you walked in. He saw those black

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couches. What happens after the podcast? You

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got a special episode in store, man. That's an

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adult version. No way. No, man. But first of

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all, thank you for joining us here on the podcast,

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man. I know we had scheduled something a while

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back. Unfortunately, you know, like I said, time

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frame was kind of off at the moment. But what

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is it called now? Did the kids say it? Six, seven?

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Six, seven? That was the last episode, yeah.

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But first of all, let's start off. Man, tell

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us a little bit about yourself, where you're

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from, where you grew up, and how you... entrepreneur

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into a lot of other things that are happening

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on right now. Go ahead. It's all you. Yeah, man.

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It was really interesting. I remember we were

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going to have an episode way back. At the time

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I was working. I was actually working. I was

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doing dispatch while doing hip hop and things

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like that. So I was pretty busy. My schedule

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was working from two to ten. So I know we got

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the episode at seven thirty. So that's working

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out. Fast forward. I got a new job doing a lot

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better. And so now I get out at five. And it's

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crazy. Yeah, now I'm doing music, not only that,

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but I've gone to that short form content creation,

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making all these interviews as well. So it's

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kind of like when worlds collide, it would have

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been interesting. Like if I caught y 'all on

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the street, we did an interview like that, or

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I don't know. But now we got two, you know. three

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interviewers in the same room. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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yeah. He's like, what about me? Well, yeah, it's

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good to be on here, man. I feel like now I have

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like a lot more to talk about than just like

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music, which has also been going pretty good.

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So that's good, man. So I mean, what about the

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time I said you were doing music? Was it something

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you say, you know what you just want to try something

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new or was it something different on the horizon?

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You know, let me go this direction. Even when

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it came to music, I was making hip hop, but I

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would also make some EDM tracks, some R &B. I

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was making all kinds of stuff, some experimental

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stuff. Now I did actually my most recent album.

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It's called Anomaly. That's an EDM electronic

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type album. Not any hip hop in there at all.

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And then this is my last album that I've been

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doing. But yeah, I don't know. I will say actually,

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I can say a lot about the hip hop scene down

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here. Um, you know, I'm not a hater, but you'll

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see a lot of hip, you know, hip hop doesn't get

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a lot of praise and support down here and a lot

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of people can attest to that. So I see some people

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that will eventually switch up to another genre

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and stay there. I kind of do a lot of things

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with the content creation. Wasn't really me like

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trying to. find something new. I've always liked

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different things like the stand up. But now with

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my new job, I can I have the time to try out

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all these new avenues. You know, back then my

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old job, you know, when you're working like entry

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level job, you want like some vacation or Hey,

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I want to do this. Can I get the time off for

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that? Or can I switch a shift? They'll be like,

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no, if you bro, you know, they wouldn't really

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they weren't working with me on that. So I wasn't

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able to go out maybe like once or twice a month

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or something like that. But now Man, as soon

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as I clock out at five, it's go time, and I bring

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my little go bag, I got my camera in there, my

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microphone. Anywhere I hit, I can set up an interview

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right then and there. So when you do the on -the

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-go interview, is it something at the spur of

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the moment, when you find something, you see

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you're walking the... I mean, everybody and anybody

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who's doing online mobile interviews is always

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hitting the 17th Street scene, down in McAllen,

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Texas. You find some... crazy characters out

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there. Choo and I haven't had the opportunity

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to go down there and do live interviews. I don't

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think it would aspect right. No, you'll leave

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me outside the alleyway. You stay here. I'll

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be back. I'll be right back. With your snack,

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right? Just man yourself while we're here doing

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interviews. Did you get the interview? And his

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pants down like, what an interview. You're supposed

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to be two of you. Yeah, the other one's in the

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alley. But those are different interviews. But

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I know when you go down there, how, what's the

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question I'm trying to ask? How is the, you know,

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right there and then. I've got to do it here

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now. This has to happen now. As opposed to like,

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oh, shit, I'm going to get knifed. Right. Exactly.

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I would say, honestly, I feel like it's very

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oversaturated, the street interviews. I always

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think of like when I do anything really is just

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like, what are things that people are not doing?

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You know, let me do something different. That's

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usually what's been working for me, you know,

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just for in music and just going on for years.

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Right. And so a lot of the times it's, you know,

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they're not really showcasing like positive things

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about the valley. Not too many interviews about,

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you know, the creative people, talent, you know,

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here. Right, right, right. I hit the shots to

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the flying walrus open mic every Wednesday. Oh,

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yeah. And so I usually would frequent there and.

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a couple times I would just have my stuff with

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me. And you know, there's some talents that I

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see and I'm like, Hey, you know what, I got my

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stuff. Let's do an interview. Like I did one

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with PSA. Oh, man, actually, I got young water.

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He was on the podcast way back. He was at the

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at the war and he was about to dip and he was

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like, you know, we were just, you know, just

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talking to each other and he was like, Oh, you

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know, I like what you're doing with the interviews.

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And I was like, Oh, actually, matter of fact,

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hey i got my stuff right now let's do it he's

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like oh for real you know i was like yeah set

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up five seconds boom he got uh jesse jackson

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on there too right both of them back to back

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and y 'all can check them they're they're doing

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numbers too those were um They got they're like

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nearing like almost 10k views on each they're

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getting there, but those are some good interviews

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I just like to showcase different talents man

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Going to different shows. I just went to shots

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to Joe Martin He had a show with Orion 224 band

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from Houston and I went out there I got to interview

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them after the show. I got some other bands.

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We got Street breed got that interview, too I

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haven't tried counting. I've been basically,

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I've been dropping an interview every single

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day since the beginning of the summer. So it's

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like every week I'll interview like three to

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five people. you know sometimes even more like

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if I hit a convention that's like 10 -15 interviews

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you know so then I'll just edit them make it

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a routine I'll get them from work you know edit

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them post them boom next day sometimes I'll do

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two or three I got this huge backlog oh you know

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it's a pain though sometimes there's been a couple

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times I'll post an interview and one of the artists

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like hey bro I didn't I didn't like my vibe in

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this interview like can you take it down and

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like redo it and this is why we do our interviews

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live But it's like, dang, I spent some time on

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that interview. Or sometimes what really works

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is it's a collaborative effort. I'll send a collab

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request. Some people don't accept that request.

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And I'm like, yo, bro, are you not trying to

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collaborate on this? What's going on? So I'm

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trying to make the most out of that content.

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If it's just my audience seeing it, it's not

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as effective as your audience is going to check

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me out. My audience gets to check new art designs.

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That's how it should work. And some people can

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say, Yeah, I mean in a valley -wide sense like

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this is the best thing for people to do You know

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trying to empower the valley the community and

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also get yourself out there versus you know,

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there's people who low -key there's some people

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who are just straight there's some people who

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kind of try to leech or they try to take from

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other people without trying to like put something

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in the pot you know and i will say like if you're

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an artist that you know just frequently hits

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people up for shows that's that's fine i used

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to do that but it's also if you're not going

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to be there in the scene as well you're only

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going to pop out like if they put you on a flyer

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that's like bro like What are you, what are you

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doing? You're not trying to, you don't actually,

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it just shows you don't, you're not actually

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caring about like the community, about the craft.

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You're just trying to get a, like an easy come

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up, you know? It's a bandwagoning kind of situation

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going on there. But I mean, that's the thing

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about, you know, when the situation is growing,

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you know, it's, it's easy to jump on, but be

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consistent and actually care about, about what

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you're doing. Then that's, it'll show, it'll

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show through eventually. I'm not asking why you

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got to go to like every. every single event me

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like I make it a habit I just I just like to

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go out there anyway so it's just more like I

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when I bring my camera stuff it just worked out

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where I could get that content going but there's

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some people man I don't know I don't know that

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I'll say that I can I can talk because I've thrown

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many shows in the past as well I've thrown a

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lot so I just did an album release party back

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on uh I think September Dang, I don't even know

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my own dates. It was like September 4th, September

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11th, one of those dates I did an album release

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party. It was awesome. We had PSA, we had a lot

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of performers. We had Nicole. Hypnotix was up

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in there, man. We had the OG rapper. We had Matt

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M up in there. We had a couple bands. Shouts

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to everybody that went. I appreciate everybody

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that pulled up for real. It was a blast. And,

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you know, there are people that hit me up to

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the show. Oh, I'm trying to perform. Could you

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film me on the show? I'm like, you know what?

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This is exactly why three years ago, I started

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two years ago, I started a weekly open mic at

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the Luna Sky Lounge. You're trying to perform.

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Come out. It's free. Let me see you there. A

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lot of people that perform on my shows, people

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that I see active, you know, right. Pulling up

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to my open mic, just like, you know, I see you,

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you know, you've been engaging my stuff. You've

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been showing up to the open mic, engaging with

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the community. I'll put you on the show. I did

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that with a lot of artists down here. I've given

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them their first ever performance. Like Ethan

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Esquivel. Have you heard of that guy that got

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booed on stage? Yes. That was on my open mic.

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And we can talk about it. I did see the interview

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on that with the gentleman who was interviewing

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him. He said it was actually staged. for it and

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I was like, oh, okay. You know what? It works.

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It works. And when he posted it. It was such

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a flashback for me. Everyone was hitting me up

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like, bro, what's up with your open mic? They're

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doing people on stage. I was like, that video

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was a year old. He held on that video for a whole

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year, posted it. It did like a couple hundred

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thousand on TikTok, a couple hundred thousand

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on Instagram. I was like, and of course people

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recognize the open mic. I think he tagged me

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in one of them or something or in the comments.

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My DM started getting flooded. I was like, yo,

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what's going on in here? And people started coming

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to the open mic from that viral video. And I

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will say, shouts to him. He's been also grinding

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and posting all that content. Y 'all seen it.

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But I gave him his first performance there. I

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gave Hypnotix his first performance. It was at

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the open mic. Now he's doing all kinds of things.

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He threw his album release party. And I don't

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say that to kind of be like, yo, this was because

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of me. But it's more like I recognize that's

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how I'm keeping track. All these people are doing

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great. I mean that in the sense that they started

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out being involved performing at open mics. They

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didn't just hit me up out of nowhere being like,

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hey, I see you got a show. They were just already

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there. And it's not something you got to be invited

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to. It's just show up. Just be there. You know

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what I mean? That's what an open mic night is.

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It's open mic. So all the people that try to

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perform, just pull up to an open mic. That's

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your problem. You want to perform so bad, do

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it. But if you don't go to an open mic and you're

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only trying to get on shows, that just tells

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me, like, you're not actually trying to perform

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and, you know, engage. You're just trying to

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get clout. And that's all you just care about,

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like, how it looks. Like, you just want your

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name on a flyer. Right. And a lot of these rap

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shows are literally just open mics with extra

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steps. It's just, they got people on a flyer.

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They all perform one at a time, do a little set,

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everybody applauses. They got the same amount

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of people. You got 20 people on open mic, they

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get like 20 rappers on a set. Y 'all seen those

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flyers, man. I've been on those shows too. They

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have like 15, 20 people, everyone perform one

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at a time. That's the open mic, especially...

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when you've technically had to hit them up and

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sign up beforehand. Right, right. Just go to

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open mic, man. Yeah, okay. I mean, I've seen

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the flyers for the open mic nights. I've heard

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a lot of on radio when I'm driving around, coming

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to work, going back home from work. You hear

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the opportunity open mic night on Wednesday night,

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open mic night, the Sunrise Bar in Brownsville

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on a Tuesday. You know, they used to be open

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mic night down in here. This was back in What

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was the name of that bar? Harper's bar? I think

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that was the name of the bar back then. It was

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on the 493 in Farr, Texas, right in between McAllen

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and Farr. It was a little bar. It was Johnny's

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Barbecue. He has a little bar next door. They

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used to have live bands and they would bring

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their own equipment. You're a guitar player,

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bass player, singer. You go do your thing and

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the band will follow along or take over the band

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set and play, have your band play. And that's

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what's so cool about open mic nights, man, because

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it's raw. It's raw. It's fun. You get the full

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effect on those on those artists. You know, this

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is what they really are, who they are. I mean,

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they go up on there and do a poor show and they

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go, now we know not to go see him live. You know,

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I would say people that finally get a booking

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and they'll give like an open mic, like unrehearsed

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type performance. Right. Just because they haven't

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actually been on stage practicing like these

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open mics as practice and. It all just comes

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back. It's exposure man. Yes. It's basically

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exposure what you're what you're aiming for when

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you go on an open mic night Yeah, man. So so

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doing that doing all these uh These events itself

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You're doing the interviews now. You have to

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have a couple you say you're doing them since

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the summer already. Yeah, there's got to be a

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couple of interviews where you're like Why? Did

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I do this? And never again. Has there ever been

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an interview where you say, you know, never again

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or remind myself to stay clear? I'm going to

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call this guy Charco. Why do you call him Charco?

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Because they're everybody goes around it. You

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know, we can get into it. We can get into it.

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Absolutely. Yeah, definitely. Well, you don't

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have to name names. I ain't going to name names.

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I just give exclusive details. Just an exclusive

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detail more or less. Well, for one, you know,

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if I spent time doing an interview I edited in

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my mind I'm like yo this is a masterpiece and

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I don't know I don't know how this is gonna come

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across I will do it but of course like I already

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said it before this is the easy one but like

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if I have to go back take it down and like make

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it to your liking like I'm not getting paid to

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do this then it's like I should charge for revision

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in that sense I don't know but it's like I'm

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taking out my own time to do that as a hobby

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and now it's come now it feels like work I don't

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want to do that again but um Man, never again.

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Shoot. Oh, you know what? This isn't an interview

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that I did. I was on an interview. Okay. This

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was in DT. They just caught me lacking, walking

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around, man. All right. And it was one of those,

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but like, dude, there was this guy asking like

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some freaky questions, dude. And it wasn't actually,

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you know, I'll say, was it a guy? I don't know.

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I don't even know. But they were just like, you

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know, they just walked up. I came over, I was

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there in my squad, they're like, what are you

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here for? And I'm like, oh, you know, I'm just

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chilling, walking around and just immediately

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they're like, what's the freakiest thing you

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ever done? You like, and then they're just like

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all up on my ear and I was like, yo, bro, like,

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what's going on, man? I don't know, if there's

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a clip out there of me looking real uncomfortable,

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it's out there, man. I don't know. Where's the

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most freaky thing? I was like, this podcast,

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this interview is the freakiest thing I've ever

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done, bro. Stuff like that, yeah. I got caught

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off guard on one of those RGV, McAllen street

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interviews. That would be the things. I'm not

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doing that. That shit again, bro. Hell no. I

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see him with the lights and the little crew.

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I start like swerving around and they start moving

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the camera. I'm like, no, hell no. Most of my

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interviews have been pretty pleasant. I will

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:07.839
just say like there's a lot of interviews I keep

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in the backlog in the sense of like I have to

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kind of prioritize. Like when there's like someone

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that shouts at an event that's going up, I'll

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probably try to get that one out first versus

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someone like, oh, you know, I just. I don't know,

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like I grow flowers. I don't want to like put

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anybody down or something, but there's been like

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some, oh, actually I will say this, this is a

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little funny thing. A lot of my interviews are

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actually low key awkward as fuck. Sometimes I

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mess up a lot. Like I have to run back the whole,

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the whole interview. I'll try to post some bloopers,

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but the editing like that makes everything sound

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so natural. There are people who, Oh, actually,

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you know, I did go to a convention. I asked a

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vendor, asked a vendor for an interview and he

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was like, actually, no, because people ask me

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and then they never post it. And then I'm like,

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OK, like. Well, then you're not going to be right.

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For sure, you're not getting posted if you don't

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do this interview, but like a vendor was this

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person. The first thing I want to ask that cook,

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.640
I know quite a few of them. I know what were

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they selling? It was it had to be like some it

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was a three three printed like, OK, now we don't

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know anybody. I don't know. There's a lot of

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3D printed vendors out here. I have interviewed

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some ones that would like 3D print stuff that

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like no one's doing. Like the quality is great.

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They even sand the stuff, hand paint it, and

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all this cool stuff. But, um, dang. I don't know.

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It's funny because we asked him that question.

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He's like, yeah, I'm not falling into that quicksand.

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I'm not going to come back. All right, let's

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talk about it. No, I mean, that's the beauty

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about pre -recorded stuff, man. I mean, you pre

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-record something and you have that interview,

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you know, their goal, you're going out there

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saying sometimes they're saying something that

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weren't supposed to say or they mess up here

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or or they got they got to watch what they say

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on camera. You know, the beautiful thing is that

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:04.000
they get to go back. And they can actually tell

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.579
the interviewer, hey man, you know that spot

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:08.019
that where I sit this and, hey man, can you take

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.799
that off, man? You know all that racist shit

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:12.359
I said? Yeah. Turn up the volume on it. Turn

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:14.000
up the volume on it. Another thing I got to keep

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in mind, well another thing. Had me a little

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:17.579
shook with that interview, the street one. I

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:21.579
would say shouts to my wife. I am married. See

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:24.319
Sophia, she's probably gonna watch this. So shouts

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:29.279
to girly. Nah, I'm kidding. I say girly a lot.

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:34.559
It's like in my vocabulary. But that's the first

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thing I thought about when they're like. What's

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:38.279
the freakiest thing you've done? Favorite sex

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:40.180
footage? And I'm like, oh my god, y 'all are

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:42.559
gonna get put me in the dog house, dude. What

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:46.920
is going on? She's like, doggy stuff, for real?

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:50.799
Really? So she's like, nah, just kidding. A woman

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:54.349
never knows. You said you liked it, it's big?

00:21:54.630 --> 00:21:59.529
What? Oh, hell no. Yeah, sounds about right.

00:21:59.829 --> 00:22:04.630
Sounds about right. It's you? This is you. This

00:22:04.630 --> 00:22:07.730
is you. Literally call him 4K. Everybody got

00:22:07.730 --> 00:22:09.970
these 4K cameras now. You can't even be like,

00:22:10.509 --> 00:22:11.970
oh, you know what? Nowadays, I'll be like, that

00:22:11.970 --> 00:22:15.730
was AI, bro. That was AI. That wasn't me. That

00:22:15.730 --> 00:22:18.279
wasn't me, that was AI. That was all AI. That

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:21.819
was not me at all. You know what? I'm suing everybody.

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:24.220
I'm suing everybody. Whoever recorded it, I'm

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:26.859
suing. Whoever made this video. On AI. On AI.

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:29.240
Everybody who's anybody now, man. Like I said,

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:33.480
17th Street is the place. to go and get content.

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I mean, I've shot a lot. You will catch a lot

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:39.200
of stuff down there. Yeah. I mean, it's a penicillin.

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:44.700
Pretty much kids. But no, but you literally go

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.339
down and you try your camera. You're going to

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:49.240
catch something. I should have got this. Actually,

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:51.519
man, I parked my car. It's hard to find parking

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:54.039
in downtown McAllen. That's a big show. This

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:58.119
dude comes up, shouts to I went to a yard or

00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:00.640
broke us that place. I don't know, they had like

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:03.359
this EDM thing going on, a lot of cool DJs, I

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:05.940
shot some content up in there. I get out my car,

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:08.779
what I assume, I don't know, I don't like to

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:11.680
assume, but there's a dude who was looking kind

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:14.460
of homeless and he was like, hey, can I wash

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:18.220
your car? Just give me, you know, for 10 bucks.

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:20.759
And I was like, oh, I don't got any cash. And

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.660
he was like, I got cash app. And I was like,

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:26.960
yo man, oh, I love that. They're evolving. I

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:29.319
was like, dang. I was like, with an entrepreneurial

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:31.579
mindset like that, you should, I don't know.

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:34.640
But I was like, you know, I was like, well, I

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.160
had to get to the event. I was like, hold on,

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:38.299
you know, whatever. I went to the, I had to check

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:40.480
in at the bar real quick. I came back and I was

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.839
like, you know what, here, let me, you know,

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:44.480
I cashed that bro. I was like, well, what's your

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:47.440
cash app? Homie, like there's a homie in the

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:49.299
car behind him, pulls out and he was like, yeah,

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:51.019
I got the cash app here. I was like, it's a dual?

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:10.220
I was like, you know what, how about this? I

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:12.740
was like, honestly, here's some money. I had

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:14.970
some chips in my car, a little. I didn't give

00:24:14.970 --> 00:24:17.349
them like some loose chips or nothing, but they

00:24:17.349 --> 00:24:19.170
were sealed. I was like, here's some chips. You

00:24:19.170 --> 00:24:20.890
know, I was just like, you can wash my car or

00:24:20.890 --> 00:24:22.910
not. Just please don't leave like water stains

00:24:22.910 --> 00:24:25.650
on it. I literally washed my car that day. So

00:24:25.650 --> 00:24:28.069
I was just like, if you're gonna wash it, I don't

00:24:28.069 --> 00:24:29.950
know what you're gonna do. I don't know. Just,

00:24:30.170 --> 00:24:32.009
you know, please don't like, you don't have to.

00:24:32.309 --> 00:24:35.130
I come back. there's a scratch on my fucking

00:24:35.130 --> 00:24:38.990
car what yeah like on the on the driver's side

00:24:38.990 --> 00:24:41.829
door i was like man y 'all are the worst car

00:24:41.829 --> 00:25:10.500
washers We gotta we gotta take care of the homeless

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:13.059
man, they got a lot of food shelters out here

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:15.559
Shouts to if you look at where's underscore Stephen

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:18.069
25 shots to Stephen the bartender He posted on

00:25:18.069 --> 00:25:21.069
his story, some food shelters, people can get

00:25:21.069 --> 00:25:22.930
some food. I know, because they better cancel

00:25:22.930 --> 00:25:26.109
the SNAP EBT on some people right now. Yes, yes.

00:25:26.170 --> 00:25:29.369
I have a couple of buddies who are feeling the

00:25:29.369 --> 00:25:30.650
effects right now. So now they're saying all

00:25:30.650 --> 00:25:32.730
these girls out here, you don't got to treat

00:25:32.730 --> 00:25:34.609
them to Gucci and all that. You just got to take

00:25:34.609 --> 00:25:40.130
them to McDonald's now. The price is going down,

00:25:40.470 --> 00:25:45.619
fellas. The price is going down. It's a trap.

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:49.279
Is that too much? It's a trap, yeah. No. No.

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:55.339
I am a silver lining kind of guy. No. I'm an

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:57.859
optimist. I've seen some scandalous shoes out

00:25:57.859 --> 00:26:02.380
there, man. No. No. They ain't said foot in McDonald's.

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:08.480
No. Oh my god. Okay. You went far too far. We're

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.660
turning two left right now. Let's bring them

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:14.319
back to the center. No, they're being into it.

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.680
They can't interfere. I'm just kidding. They're

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:19.319
being into it. She's the girl's right. They deserve

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:23.660
the world and stuff. Well, you know, since I'm

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:26.279
sitting between two married men, I'm just gonna

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:29.480
stay quiet. Yeah, shut your mouth. Alright, so.

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:36.579
Oh, shit. Sorry, man. But no, dude. So, God dang

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:39.039
it. You just threw me that much curve right there.

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.480
You guys swung and I missed. It's a stand -up.

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:43.099
I'm doing a stand -up now, yo. What the fuck

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:45.460
up, man? That's right. It's a stand -up thing.

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:50.059
I saw the actual episode. I think somebody was

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:52.140
videotaping or you filmed yourself. Yeah. And

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:54.579
I'm not sure. What was exactly was that? That

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:57.799
was at Station 1 Bar and Grill in Harlingen.

00:26:57.900 --> 00:27:01.779
Okay. Yeah. Really good spot. Very low -key pricey,

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:04.599
but like the food is so good. They have like

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:07.359
a pecan pasta recommend that I got some sliders

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:09.779
really interesting drinks shots to honest booking

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:12.420
He hosts the open mic there. Okay. All right,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:16.019
I believe Dang, I wish I knew if it was if I

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:18.079
was there on a Monday or a Tuesday But y 'all

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:20.900
check out honest booking go check out that flyer.

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:24.319
I'm pretty sure it was a Tuesday night No, it

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:26.720
was a Monday night It was a Monday night. Yeah,

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:29.420
you need a good laugh on a Monday. It was dope.

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.900
I brought some board games. We were doing that.

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.740
But then I was like, you know what? I wrote some

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:34.720
jokes that day because I was watching a lot of

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:36.559
Kill Tony, a little roast battle, all that. I've

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:39.019
been watching every comedy special on Netflix

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.480
for years. I've always been able to kind of tell

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:46.039
some jokes. My favorite joke was, I said, someone

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.839
told me that I look like the kind of guy who

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:50.460
pays child support using Cash App and H -E -B

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:57.450
coupons. Yeah. Thank you? It's like, I don't

00:27:57.450 --> 00:28:00.789
know. Thank you. I was kinda dusty that day,

00:28:00.849 --> 00:28:02.069
so I was like, you know what, let me save. At

00:28:02.069 --> 00:28:08.230
least I sent the bar somewhere. I think of some

00:28:08.230 --> 00:28:12.910
other jokes along the way. What about that one?

00:28:13.450 --> 00:28:15.210
I thought it was funny. I was like, what's something

00:28:15.210 --> 00:28:17.990
like some broke ass dudes in the valley be doing?

00:28:18.269 --> 00:28:20.210
I don't know. You want to like tell a joke where

00:28:20.210 --> 00:28:22.390
the punch line is kind of like weird, like something

00:28:22.390 --> 00:28:24.250
out of left field, like the surprise factor.

00:28:24.670 --> 00:28:27.690
Right, right. It's also like low key, there's

00:28:27.690 --> 00:28:29.809
gotta be some like weird ass dudes that do that.

00:28:29.990 --> 00:28:32.650
Like, hey, you know what? Hey girl, like I got...

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:35.960
I got $25 off. We got a free lottery ticket.

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:37.700
I'm gonna give you that. Don't tell the judge.

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.079
Keep it low key. It's those people who are like,

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.859
hey, actually, I'll pay child support, but let's

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:44.359
not take it to the courts, all right? Let's keep

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:46.200
it low. They don't pay nothing. There's a lot

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.660
of people who are like, my baby daddy don't pay

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:49.900
child support. Are you taking him to court? No.

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:53.420
And I was like, well, man, this is a hot take.

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:56.440
Like, no, that is a hot take. I don't know. If

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:58.259
you're broke and you don't have to take child

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.720
support, you're not gonna pay the child support.

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:03.140
It's like... Yeah, you have a point. You do have

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:05.220
a point. This is what happens. But, you know,

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:07.119
I'm not gonna mean everybody. There's a lot of

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:11.000
dynamics that go on. I don't know. But, man.

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:13.579
I can see that. You know, can't pay child support,

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:15.759
but I'll buy you groceries, you know, so you

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:19.039
shut the fuck up. Really, can you believe me?

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:23.319
They put you on camera right there. I'll go to

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:25.740
H -E -B, buy you that bag of, you know, frozen

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:28.240
hamburger patties so you shut the fuck up here.

00:29:28.909 --> 00:29:31.170
Jesus Christ. The judge is like, bro, you owe

00:29:31.170 --> 00:29:35.410
her like a thousand dollars. Where is it at?

00:29:36.009 --> 00:29:42.799
Where is it at? I'll go get it. So you're doing

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:45.799
these comedy stand -ups over in Orange, man.

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.400
That was my second one. That was your second

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:50.380
one. Yeah. How was the first one? I mean, I'm

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:52.200
pretty sure you did the first one. It's kind

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:54.579
of, you're nerve -wracking, like, oh, man, here

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.880
we go. You can see the footage. I'm always, like,

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:57.819
kind of shaking left to right. Performing, I

00:29:57.819 --> 00:30:00.160
kind of got the flow in it. But, um, bro, these

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.640
aren't even real glasses. These are frames. Yeah,

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:04.799
I just wanted to, I wanted to, I saw that this

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:11.349
isn't a real leg. I wanted to. I just want to

00:30:11.349 --> 00:30:14.410
relate to the the visually impaired want to be

00:30:14.410 --> 00:30:26.880
politically correct But um, yeah My first one,

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:28.980
I will say, at the very least, I didn't bomb

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.740
the first two times. I got some laughs. The first

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:34.859
one was a little rough. My first joke that got

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:37.099
laughs, and this is like the dumbest joke I ever

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:39.640
thought of, was what do you, what sound does

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:43.519
like gay ambulance make? Oh, God. Here we go.

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:49.920
Weiner, weiner, weiner. I could say, oh my God.

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:59.890
I got gay friends. I can say, no, no, no. I said

00:30:59.890 --> 00:31:03.250
it was a good joke, I could say. Real facts,

00:31:03.529 --> 00:31:08.490
real facts. Oh my god, dude. I read about the

00:31:08.490 --> 00:31:11.210
gay community. I was like. I'm going to be listening

00:31:11.210 --> 00:31:14.210
for you now. Yeah, I'm going to be here. We're

00:31:14.210 --> 00:31:16.990
going to get the letters. The letters are coming.

00:31:18.509 --> 00:31:24.009
Jesus Christ. On that note, we still have a sponsor

00:31:24.009 --> 00:31:27.029
for the podcast. I don't think so, man. It doesn't

00:31:27.029 --> 00:31:29.789
feel like it. We'll be right back, man. We'll

00:31:29.789 --> 00:31:33.890
talk to the sponsor. That was, that was, uh.

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:37.319
That was something, man. It's turned out to be

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:39.799
a show. It's turned out to be a show. Yeah. Ladies

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:41.779
and gentlemen, you get a chance, head out to

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.980
Pandora's Box out in any part of the world with

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:46.759
my buddy, Freddy Handa, who does great artwork

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:49.539
out there, man. Great tattoo artist. He did a

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:53.039
custom... job on mine here that the wife made

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:55.619
out for me. And it's he does. The guy has great

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:58.680
price, man. Real good guy. He does have Bible

00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:00.960
studies on Wednesday nights about the mistaken.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.579
Everyone's welcome. Yeah, everybody's welcome

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:06.460
to show up and head out there and sit down and,

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.500
you know, take a load on, man. Listen to some

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.630
this is a good. The good news, I guess what they

00:32:10.630 --> 00:32:11.970
call it, the good news, I believe that's the

00:32:11.970 --> 00:32:13.750
way you say it correctly. The good word, the

00:32:13.750 --> 00:32:16.569
good word, the good news. But give them a call,

00:32:16.730 --> 00:32:19.670
let them know. Also, big shout out to another

00:32:19.670 --> 00:32:22.470
construction. Tony, residential, commercial,

00:32:23.349 --> 00:32:26.089
was it remodel, new construction? These guys

00:32:26.089 --> 00:32:28.210
are always on the move. Give them a call, let

00:32:28.210 --> 00:32:32.240
them know. Not only that. Man, on those concrete

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:37.059
solutions. These guys have been moving left and

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:40.759
right on their company. I know they got the big

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:44.799
job site going in Edinburgh, Texas. They just

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.819
broke ground today or this week, and they are

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:50.619
on the move already. So B, when you drive out

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.500
to Edinburgh, Texas, you see these new parking

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.990
garages they're having out there. They're the

00:32:54.990 --> 00:32:57.089
ones who laid out the cement out for that bad

00:32:57.089 --> 00:32:59.930
boy. So if you're looking for good, honest people

00:32:59.930 --> 00:33:02.809
and real professional work, give another concrete

00:33:02.809 --> 00:33:05.609
solutions a call. And let me know, even though

00:33:05.609 --> 00:33:08.250
they run away from you and say, no, we don't

00:33:08.250 --> 00:33:11.910
want any of your stuff. Not you again. But on

00:33:11.910 --> 00:33:13.329
the contrary, I'll put the camera on you. If

00:33:13.329 --> 00:33:15.849
you look to the left of him, you can see all

00:33:15.849 --> 00:33:17.750
those beautiful. That's that's that's you're

00:33:17.750 --> 00:33:22.000
right, buddy. You're left. Look at the wall right

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.839
over there. We got a bunch of caps there on sale

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:28.140
Hit us up. Let us know if you want one We got

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:30.059
myself here in the studio if you go online and

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:31.119
buy them though We're gonna run a little bit

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:33.839
more expensive, but you hook us up. Give us a

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:36.119
call We'll hook you up on a good price for a

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.000
cap Look for all the details on our Facebook

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:43.460
page, please buy them Please and also we also

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:46.700
got these little bad boys to Our brothers next

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:49.160
door gave us a couple of caps to show them off

00:33:49.210 --> 00:33:51.990
in our podcast, just in case you might be interested.

00:33:52.089 --> 00:33:55.329
Look up The True B on Facebook and on Mixcloud

00:33:55.329 --> 00:33:57.970
to check out their awesome show, man. A great

00:33:57.970 --> 00:34:00.109
show, actually, last couple of days with their

00:34:00.109 --> 00:34:02.529
music selection. I know the Halloween special

00:34:02.529 --> 00:34:05.349
was supposed to come out. Unfortunately, there

00:34:05.349 --> 00:34:07.369
was no sound on it, so they are working on it

00:34:07.369 --> 00:34:09.449
as we speak. But be patient with these guys.

00:34:09.530 --> 00:34:12.530
They got some good episodes to listen to. You

00:34:12.530 --> 00:34:14.690
put two drunk monkeys in a room, dude. It's good.

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:18.980
Something's going to happen. The proof will fly.

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:21.880
Three junk muggies. Three junk muggies. Three

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:23.519
of them. Yes, there's three of them, Jesus Christ.

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:29.300
But anyways, we're back with Amani here. Man,

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:37.050
dude, Jesus. Disclaimer I'm an ally of the LGBT

00:34:37.050 --> 00:34:55.289
community We have an actual TV Monitor screen

00:34:55.289 --> 00:34:57.090
on the wall where the guests can actually see

00:34:57.090 --> 00:35:04.789
those comments come in It's going down. It's

00:35:04.789 --> 00:35:09.570
coming down, man. You're all right. You're all

00:35:09.570 --> 00:35:10.570
right. You're all right. You're all right. You're

00:35:10.570 --> 00:35:17.610
OK. You know what? If it helps, meaner. Wow.

00:35:18.269 --> 00:35:23.650
Wow. Stand together, man. I'm not an ally. Now

00:35:23.650 --> 00:35:28.730
the name, Amani, right? Yes. OK, I know you're

00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:35.340
real. Actually, is Isaac Newman? Yes. Okay. Well,

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:37.480
I mean, we're getting to the degree here. Why

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:39.139
not everything about this kid? Come on, man.

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:41.900
And I say kid because I'm way older than you.

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:47.420
Okay, boomer. Hey, thank you. Appreciate that.

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:52.880
Thanks. I know my buddy's watching or listening

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:55.300
to that. Be pissed off. Don't go there. Do we?

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:57.219
That was the name of my puppet. It was the name

00:35:57.219 --> 00:36:00.659
of the boomer. So thank you very much. Yeah.

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:02.880
Second thing out of the bag, you don't know more

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:04.940
about me. But anyways, and yes, you probably

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:07.679
have questions later on. What are you talking

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:11.900
about? Oh yeah, it's a whole different world.

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:14.159
You don't want to know about everybody. But anyways,

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:16.119
how did you come up with the name, man? How did

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:20.920
that resonate? Man, my mom actually came up with

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:24.360
it. Oh, really? Because my middle name is Amani.

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:27.940
Oh, yeah. I took a money new man. I just it's

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:31.719
the full legal out there. But yeah. Yeah. So

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:35.659
I at first. Well, really. Yeah. I was like, not

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:37.480
a lot of artists. I want you know, I want something

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:39.440
unique, something meaningful at the same time.

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:41.820
So I wanted like a little bit of my name in there

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:44.079
some way somehow. But I thought it was really

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:46.039
cool. Yeah, it was just my middle name. I thought

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:49.460
it was really cool. Very different. You know,

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:52.260
the African roots in there. You know, I was doing

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.780
hip hop, so I thought it was very authentic.

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:56.900
And that's just what it came out to be. Yeah,

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:59.199
it's different. You know, not too many other

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:01.239
Amanis. Well, actually, in the beginning, it

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:03.719
was hard. I had to start. I started off as Amani

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:07.179
hip hop, Amani space hip hop on Spotify. I changed

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:10.519
it later to Amani. My Instagram is AmaniHipHop,

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:12.900
but that's because there's a rapper called Token

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:15.980
and his Instagram is TokenHipHop. And that's

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:18.039
because when he started out, same story, there's

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:20.440
a lot of tokens technically already out there.

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:23.469
And when you put your music out, There's like

00:37:23.469 --> 00:37:25.170
a limit like they only allow like Spotify only

00:37:25.170 --> 00:37:28.230
allows like 14 15 of one name There's like a

00:37:28.230 --> 00:37:30.150
bunch of Amani's and another thing is if you

00:37:30.150 --> 00:37:31.570
have a bunch of people releasing music It's hard

00:37:31.570 --> 00:37:34.489
to like stand out on the algorithm, right or

00:37:34.489 --> 00:37:36.329
they search you you don't come out But all they

00:37:36.329 --> 00:37:38.349
got scroll and they never find you. Yeah, so

00:37:38.349 --> 00:37:40.750
it was either I was like our first I need us

00:37:40.750 --> 00:37:42.610
get some foundation as a money hip -hop I got

00:37:42.610 --> 00:37:44.949
some streams then I changed the name to Amani

00:37:44.949 --> 00:37:47.289
made a new profile everything and now when you

00:37:47.289 --> 00:37:49.230
type in a money on Spotify Apple music It'll

00:37:49.230 --> 00:37:51.690
actually pop up. It wasn't doing it at all So

00:37:51.690 --> 00:37:54.309
or if you search up a money hip hop or money

00:37:54.309 --> 00:37:57.329
music artist on Google, I might I might be on

00:37:57.329 --> 00:37:59.670
the first or second page or whatever. But back

00:37:59.670 --> 00:38:02.570
there, you can find me at all on the pages unless

00:38:02.570 --> 00:38:05.789
you have the hip hop attached. Right. So the

00:38:05.789 --> 00:38:08.989
life hack. But you got to goes back to making

00:38:08.989 --> 00:38:12.170
yourself stand out, man. Now I'm growing out

00:38:12.170 --> 00:38:14.070
the fro. I used to have kind of, if you scroll

00:38:14.070 --> 00:38:15.510
back to my interviews, I had like a low -top

00:38:15.510 --> 00:38:18.469
date. Well, that picture on your... Oh, yeah.

00:38:18.610 --> 00:38:21.110
Right there, that picture right there, you see

00:38:21.110 --> 00:38:23.210
how like, okay, which one are we getting? Are

00:38:23.210 --> 00:38:25.409
we getting Mr. Slick or are we getting the nice

00:38:25.409 --> 00:38:27.650
fro? That was actually at a hip -hop competition

00:38:27.650 --> 00:38:30.130
in McAllen. They had everybody perform and I

00:38:30.130 --> 00:38:33.489
was one of the winners. It was Hustletown Network.

00:38:33.630 --> 00:38:36.369
They had other artists at Schema up on there.

00:38:37.730 --> 00:38:40.449
I pulled up with some people. I had my wife there,

00:38:40.489 --> 00:38:44.130
some fans. and shouts to had Nicole pull up.

00:38:44.349 --> 00:38:47.710
Y 'all know about Nicole? Oh, snap. We'll get

00:38:47.710 --> 00:38:52.750
into that. We'll get into that, man. It was there

00:38:52.750 --> 00:38:54.610
and they all had Armani t -shirts and we pulled

00:38:54.610 --> 00:38:56.050
up with everybody wearing the merch. Everybody

00:38:56.050 --> 00:38:58.530
was like, oh snap, like what's going on, you

00:38:58.530 --> 00:39:03.030
know? I performed my song, hop out, live. And

00:39:03.030 --> 00:39:05.730
yeah, well, shouts to, I will say shouts to Nicole,

00:39:06.030 --> 00:39:09.010
man. There's Nicole Alabeen. I got a little card.

00:39:09.050 --> 00:39:10.730
I'll give some to y 'all later. She released

00:39:10.730 --> 00:39:13.730
her album today called Signature. She's an EDM

00:39:13.730 --> 00:39:16.489
artist. I featured on track number six. It's

00:39:16.489 --> 00:39:18.929
called Pina Colada. There you go. I got a hot

00:39:18.929 --> 00:39:21.309
verse on there. So Signature by Nikaela Bean.

00:39:21.409 --> 00:39:23.769
Y 'all stream that. Y 'all can look it up. There

00:39:23.769 --> 00:39:26.510
you go. If you will. She's been an artist. She

00:39:26.510 --> 00:39:28.150
barely started out this year, but now she's popping.

00:39:28.250 --> 00:39:31.829
She literally went from like a thousand followers

00:39:31.829 --> 00:39:34.210
to 10 ,000 followers now. She's performing up

00:39:34.210 --> 00:39:36.349
in LA and stuff. That's awesome. I say that.

00:39:36.859 --> 00:39:40.619
because I am also her co -managers. Oh, there

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:46.480
you go. Exactly. Free promotion. So y 'all see

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:48.380
the progress she's been making. She threw her

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:50.239
album release party. It was interesting. Basically

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:52.059
we did a, it's kind of like a network we had

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.760
a little circuit. It was me, Hypnotics, and Nicole.

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:55.800
We did back to back to back album release parties

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:59.699
and they were each like packed. So we, once we,

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:02.500
shouts to really Jordan Scott. He also did shows

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:06.090
at the Luna. We all kind of figured out the the

00:40:06.090 --> 00:40:09.030
you know the the method of how to you know the

00:40:09.030 --> 00:40:11.050
promotion how long the flyers how to get people

00:40:11.050 --> 00:40:13.090
engaged how to get people to show up at a mixed

00:40:13.090 --> 00:40:15.030
genre show at that where nobody even knows who

00:40:15.030 --> 00:40:17.070
we are we're not like you know celebrities and

00:40:17.070 --> 00:40:18.730
things like that we're not like big artists like

00:40:18.730 --> 00:40:20.449
you know the bands they have up and seen it but

00:40:20.449 --> 00:40:21.809
how do we get people to come out and be like

00:40:21.809 --> 00:40:23.530
you know it's gonna be a good time and it's that

00:40:23.530 --> 00:40:25.869
consistency like first to start with mine i kind

00:40:25.869 --> 00:40:27.929
of had that familiarity it did good we had some

00:40:27.929 --> 00:40:30.550
food vendors barbecue shouts to smoked barbecue

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:33.039
Shouts to Big Worm. He owns the Luna Sky Lounge

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:35.099
up in Harlingen, Texas. Y 'all come out every

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:37.480
Friday. I've actually met him before. Yes, sir.

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:41.440
You like Big Worm? Hey, yo. I know. I've actually

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:45.039
been to the house. I was set. Been to his house.

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:47.079
Been out there. Been on, actually, with Rock

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:49.519
and Rudy. Went out there and did a show with

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.059
him. He always invited to a party. Unfortunately,

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:52.920
I wasn't able to go. I got sick because they

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:54.199
were throwing a birthday party for him there

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:56.159
at the mansion. But I didn't get to go. I didn't

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:58.119
get to go. Did you find out why they call him

00:40:58.119 --> 00:41:06.920
Big Worm? No, I'm not. He's been a real power

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.820
player, man, in the sense that he's really trying

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:11.059
to get things going, especially for the hip hop

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:13.719
scene for us, smaller artists, independent businesses,

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:17.579
but it seems like. I will say Harlingen is kind

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:19.760
of starting to creak open for small businesses,

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:21.719
but there's already people who have been there

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:23.840
a long time that are, you know, are kind of getting

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:26.159
that favoritism. Like they're, you know, when

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:27.780
he tries to show throw events with the city,

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:30.780
they some some other events, they'll give them

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:32.940
like the whole big stage down everything for

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:35.699
him. They're like selling themselves short by

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:37.519
like giving them like not what everybody else

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:39.460
is getting. It's not fair in that sense. They're

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:41.619
not giving them the same opportunities. So I'm

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:43.599
kind of banding with him in the sense that we.

00:41:44.090 --> 00:41:45.989
We're trying to get things going. But once it

00:41:45.989 --> 00:41:49.389
pops open, we're not going to be able to roll

00:41:49.389 --> 00:41:52.070
back. But it's things like that. We remember

00:41:52.070 --> 00:41:54.369
who was kind of hating along the way, who was

00:41:54.369 --> 00:41:57.190
kind of giving the cold shoulder. No hate on

00:41:57.190 --> 00:41:59.070
Harlingen. I've been living there my whole life.

00:41:59.110 --> 00:42:03.070
I love this town, man. But they're not empowering

00:42:03.070 --> 00:42:06.349
in a small artist. I haven't seen a way where

00:42:06.349 --> 00:42:08.409
they've kind of had a way where if you're a small

00:42:08.409 --> 00:42:10.949
independent artist, they've opened up a platform.

00:42:11.170 --> 00:42:14.480
That was... me up in the Luna Skylines. There

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:17.280
was no, there's no, I will say confidently in

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:18.559
Harlingen, I don't think there's any other place

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:21.619
where you can go to a place with no background,

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:24.599
no platform, no fans, no nothing. And within

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:26.860
like a month, like you already are established

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:29.340
in a community that want to, you know, that like

00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:31.500
your stuff, you're getting some streams, you're

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:33.159
getting some practice, you're getting good advice

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:34.800
from actual established artists who are checking

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.179
out your stuff and we just kind of band together.

00:42:37.449 --> 00:42:40.130
in Harlingen, Texas, at least. Other than, oh,

00:42:40.130 --> 00:42:42.570
Shops to the Hop Shop open mic out on, they're

00:42:42.570 --> 00:42:44.630
like, man, fuck you. Shops to the Hop Shop, I

00:42:44.630 --> 00:42:47.710
think they're on Wednesdays as well. At the Hop

00:42:47.710 --> 00:42:50.349
Shop, they throw shows over there. But the Moon

00:42:50.349 --> 00:42:53.510
Rock also has an open mic. But I will say, I

00:42:53.510 --> 00:42:56.849
feel like mine really feels like a strong community

00:42:56.849 --> 00:43:00.510
of many artists. And I take a lot of pride in

00:43:00.510 --> 00:43:03.949
that, in creating that. When you talk about Harlingen,

00:43:04.429 --> 00:43:08.070
I mean, way, way back in the day, uh to jam out

00:43:08.070 --> 00:43:10.130
with uh with my old band i mean the only places

00:43:10.130 --> 00:43:11.630
i ever played in harbinger was probably like

00:43:11.630 --> 00:43:14.110
the cop lounge uh that was the only place that

00:43:14.110 --> 00:43:15.809
we actually would go in there in the rock bar

00:43:15.809 --> 00:43:18.610
scene where where else was there i mean there

00:43:18.610 --> 00:43:21.860
were other places but i mean It was, you had

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:25.820
to know somebody to get somebody to get you in

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:27.480
there. You know what I mean? If that makes any

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:32.480
sense. The main attraction, well, I mean, like

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:34.119
I said, Orange has grown through the years, so

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:36.840
I'm pretty sure there's way more areas for upcoming

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:39.280
new artists. They do have events, you know, they

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:41.400
got the, they got RioFest. Before, they used

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.460
to let people sign up for RioFest and they would

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:46.800
vote. And I actually got the top five most votes.

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:48.280
I was just beaten by like, you know, already

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:50.780
established bands, but I got like a couple hundred

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:53.860
votes and the top bands that won only had like,

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:55.960
like three, 400 votes. I was like a few hundred

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:57.599
votes away from actually getting picked. And

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:59.420
that's when I, that was before the open mics,

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:01.639
everything. I was basically nothing. So imagine

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:04.309
now. Yeah, you know, it was like man it had they

00:44:04.309 --> 00:44:06.650
open it up for vote like I probably would have

00:44:06.650 --> 00:44:08.869
gotten to set honestly Yeah, now with the social

00:44:08.869 --> 00:44:10.750
media guy, you know, I post some social media

00:44:10.750 --> 00:44:13.130
content reals. Hey guys go vote for me You know,

00:44:13.130 --> 00:44:15.010
I feel like I would have had a shot at this year's

00:44:15.010 --> 00:44:17.389
real fest, but they already Set it up now, but

00:44:17.389 --> 00:44:19.489
that probably would have been the best way to

00:44:19.489 --> 00:44:21.369
open it up to the community You never know there

00:44:21.369 --> 00:44:23.150
might be upcoming rising artists getting fame

00:44:23.150 --> 00:44:24.949
You would have never known and they get a whole

00:44:24.949 --> 00:44:27.289
bunch of votes. They perform a real fest. Whoa

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:30.280
check this guy out you know um and it's true

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:32.780
what you say madam to have social media on your

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:35.099
back on your They're in your back pocket now

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:39.260
in your phone to do that. I mean it's for me

00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:42.039
Seeing that now is like an advantage. Yeah, you

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:43.900
know back then it was like you had to hustle

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:46.199
after you have to go sell your CD Show the flyer.

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:48.219
You have to tell people hey, you got to show

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:50.380
up. Oh, here's a ticket You know, this is what

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:53.039
time we go on come on by check us out. Well,

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:56.480
I know it seems like that only accounts for like

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:58.840
part of the reason because like yeah You heard

00:44:58.840 --> 00:45:01.400
him and so like he was a couple away from getting

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:04.760
getting done, you know in the show. Exactly.

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:06.639
I mean, I'm sure if they had taken this presence

00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:09.139
online into account, it would have, you know.

00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:11.619
Yeah, that's true. But they're not they're not

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:13.500
really it's not really happening. Yeah. And it's

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:15.800
like you said earlier, down here in the RGB,

00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:18.920
being a local artist, and I always say it and

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:21.400
I'll say it again and no offense to any other

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:24.960
the bands are out there or any less doing their

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:28.780
art out there. If you're not if you're not Latino

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:34.070
music, if you're not country music. That's a

00:45:34.070 --> 00:45:36.050
sticky situation. Even then, if you're a solo

00:45:36.050 --> 00:45:38.969
artist, that's probably gotta be the hardest

00:45:38.969 --> 00:45:41.090
thing. The hardest one. Because I'll even say,

00:45:41.090 --> 00:45:44.250
shouts to this, I manage another band. Shouts

00:45:44.250 --> 00:45:46.969
to Joy Valley. Joy Valley, y 'all can see them

00:45:46.969 --> 00:45:50.030
on Instagram, Joy Valley Band. With me getting

00:45:50.030 --> 00:45:52.670
shows and bookings, even paid shows, it took

00:45:52.670 --> 00:45:55.630
a long time. Joy Valley, all we had to do was

00:45:55.630 --> 00:45:58.090
record. We performed at an open mic, a couple

00:45:58.090 --> 00:45:59.849
of open mics. We've got the footage, put it on

00:45:59.849 --> 00:46:02.010
the internet, YouTube and everything. We sold

00:46:02.010 --> 00:46:04.449
merch at that open mic. We sold stickers at that

00:46:04.449 --> 00:46:07.010
open mic. We made like, like hundreds of dollars,

00:46:07.050 --> 00:46:09.170
like right off from the get -go. Cause people,

00:46:09.349 --> 00:46:10.849
you know, it's, it's my brother, younger brother's

00:46:10.849 --> 00:46:13.190
band. And so our kind of already knew the formula,

00:46:13.449 --> 00:46:16.530
but like in a, like a month already paid bookings

00:46:16.530 --> 00:46:18.949
of like, like hundreds of dollars from there

00:46:18.949 --> 00:46:20.849
versus like as a solo rapper, you, maybe you

00:46:20.849 --> 00:46:22.630
might get like, I don't know, like between 20

00:46:22.630 --> 00:46:25.800
and 50 or rappers they nickel and dime you man

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:27.460
they'll make you a lot of rappers are paying

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:29.679
to perform or selling tickets to perform do not

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:33.000
do that do not do it i have not done that i never

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:36.719
will f that it's it's not do not pay for a slot

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:38.260
it never works out there's people who are like

00:46:38.260 --> 00:46:40.619
oh maybe i'll pay like 700 dollars i'll open

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:44.719
for um like i'll open for clayton's that's how

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:48.579
much they they That's how much they they charge

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:50.980
out there. That's that's a slot that I was offered.

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:54.119
They're like was 700 Jesus and some some people

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:55.960
took this up, but there's already rappers There

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:57.780
was rappers there that pay I know they paid that

00:46:57.780 --> 00:46:58.900
price and they're thinking well I'll just take

00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:01.079
the footage and recycle on Instagram and things

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:03.599
like that. Oh, whether you're a Clayton's or

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:06.099
anything like that. It's the same You don't gotta

00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:09.559
pay you could You could be at Clayton's, you

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:11.340
know, I mean up in there and it's through some

00:47:11.340 --> 00:47:14.260
content I actually get more views or stick around

00:47:14.799 --> 00:47:16.199
probably do what I would probably would have

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:18.059
done is like stick around at Clayton's and do

00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:19.840
an interview with the artist and you're getting

00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:22.780
the same coverage. You could get the same coverage

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:24.440
from the artist paying 700 because they're going

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:26.360
to check his profile, check the video and everything.

00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:28.199
And then you got to interview with them, collab.

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:31.159
Right. There's just better ways to do it. And

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:33.059
it's also just as a brand once, as soon as you

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:36.019
pay a slot or sell tickets, what I heard, especially

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:38.579
from promo, they just see you as, oh, this guy

00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:41.949
is going to pay the money because on every show

00:47:41.949 --> 00:47:43.349
these people that are paying the money and those

00:47:43.349 --> 00:47:45.949
people that they are paying they're taking your

00:47:45.949 --> 00:47:47.150
bread and they're just giving to somebody else

00:47:47.150 --> 00:47:48.449
so it's like if you want to be on the other side

00:47:48.449 --> 00:47:51.269
of the fence do not give them that dollar because

00:47:51.269 --> 00:47:53.309
you're already telling them like hey don't even

00:47:53.309 --> 00:47:56.610
try to you know offer me and I'm actually gonna

00:47:56.610 --> 00:47:59.869
pay you why would I why would a promoter or organizer

00:47:59.869 --> 00:48:01.469
be like you know what let me see what I can offer

00:48:01.469 --> 00:48:05.230
this guy there you know there's some bands actually

00:48:05.230 --> 00:48:07.349
yeah there's some this happened and I know this

00:48:07.349 --> 00:48:09.420
where there's some bands who are like oh I'll

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:11.579
do a show, I'll play for free. And they were

00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:14.579
actually the host was actually not the host.

00:48:14.860 --> 00:48:16.659
I'll just say organizer was actually anticipating

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:18.980
to have to pay them. But they're like, oh, you're

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:22.320
free. OK, cool. They'll take that. It's not like

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:23.920
an evil thing either, though. I mean, if they're

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:25.039
willing. But it's like, you know, you have a

00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:26.800
budget for the show that leaves more budget for

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:28.500
other things. But it's like, as an artist, you

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:30.280
got to be able to have the budget for the base.

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:34.099
Now, there is another side of it where there's

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:37.369
a lot of people who are like, yo, like. Now when

00:48:37.369 --> 00:48:39.369
I'm now when it comes to like collaborating like

00:48:39.369 --> 00:48:41.969
I'm worth like if I came out and I was like Yo,

00:48:41.989 --> 00:48:43.929
my interviews are worth $100. You want anything

00:48:43.929 --> 00:48:46.969
to me? It's like a hundred bucks. It's like You're

00:48:46.969 --> 00:48:49.230
kind of stunting yourself, you know, there's

00:48:49.230 --> 00:48:50.809
some people who are worth that. But you know

00:48:50.809 --> 00:48:53.179
if you're hot like Feel like my rap features

00:48:53.179 --> 00:48:55.000
are pretty pretty hot, you know, but I'm not

00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:57.559
like charging up front I got in a song with you

00:48:57.559 --> 00:48:59.739
know, Nicole. She dropped their albums. She has

00:48:59.739 --> 00:49:03.159
a feature She has cap G on that album if I charge

00:49:03.159 --> 00:49:05.559
her up front they probably woulda you know, they

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:08.199
probably What about eight, you know, there's

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:09.500
probably not in my budget, you know, they got

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:11.320
a we just spend it on a catchy feature You could

00:49:11.320 --> 00:49:14.099
miss out on opportunity like that If you weren't

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:15.639
willing to just work, there's a lot of people

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:18.280
that got on really like big collabs just by,

00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:19.880
you know, being there to work there, just be

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:21.659
there, not, you know, putting up that price wall.

00:49:21.780 --> 00:49:23.219
But especially if you're a real artist, a real

00:49:23.219 --> 00:49:25.940
creative, that's how I saw, I kind of got to,

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:27.699
I would get offended sometimes like, bro, like

00:49:27.699 --> 00:49:29.820
we're both really dope artists. I'll get if it's

00:49:29.820 --> 00:49:31.400
like maybe like somebody who's like doesn't got

00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:32.800
the work ethic, a waste of time or whatever.

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:35.659
Okay, let me pay me. So at least it's worth it.

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:39.690
You know, some people, you know, but Sometimes

00:49:39.690 --> 00:49:41.809
they'll be like, yeah, I charge this much. I'll

00:49:41.809 --> 00:49:43.329
charge like a hundred bucks. I'm like, that's

00:49:43.329 --> 00:49:45.809
crazy how I charge a hundred bucks. That's why

00:49:45.809 --> 00:49:47.289
my features are, you know, let's meet in the

00:49:47.289 --> 00:49:48.829
middle and let's not charge each other shit.

00:49:48.969 --> 00:49:52.530
How about that? That makes no sense. There's

00:49:52.530 --> 00:49:54.530
a stifling creativity. And in essence, I'm like,

00:49:54.610 --> 00:49:56.289
man, you're not really creative, bro. You're

00:49:56.289 --> 00:50:00.789
like, uh, you're like, uh, just being greedy,

00:50:00.969 --> 00:50:03.849
bro. I don't know. That's I feel like people

00:50:03.849 --> 00:50:07.420
shouldn't. You gotta find what you're worth.

00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:09.000
I mean, you gotta find your worth when you're

00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:10.139
out there, especially if it's an artist. It's

00:50:10.139 --> 00:50:12.619
like a spectrum. You gotta find what you're worth.

00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:15.539
If you know you got the shit, you know you can

00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:18.139
spin the mic, you can shred a guitar, you can,

00:50:18.179 --> 00:50:20.659
you know, whatever it is that you do, and you

00:50:20.659 --> 00:50:22.619
know you're good at it, you find your worth.

00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:25.820
You know, you throw a number on the table and

00:50:25.820 --> 00:50:27.960
people look at you and they're like, well, I

00:50:27.960 --> 00:50:30.619
don't know. But a lot of people just say, you

00:50:30.619 --> 00:50:33.739
know, mosey on to something else. I would think

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:37.199
that it would be more of a, you want to collaborate.

00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:40.039
You know, people are coming up. Right. And there's

00:50:40.039 --> 00:50:42.659
a new medium and stuff. Like, you know, he's

00:50:42.659 --> 00:50:45.679
coming up. So like, like he said, instead of

00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:47.760
me charting you and you charting me and we just

00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:49.280
digging each other, how about we just come up

00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:51.679
together? I would say until, like, you can drop

00:50:51.679 --> 00:50:55.039
a song that, like, independently makes like a

00:50:55.039 --> 00:50:57.079
hundred bucks from the streaming revenue alone.

00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:01.000
You're not worth like a hundred bucks for just

00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:02.960
flat from there just straight up not a hundred

00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:04.780
bucks like in realistic value I know people some

00:51:04.780 --> 00:51:07.440
people feel like they're very talented. I'm the

00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:09.059
same way like I don't my stream I'm not like

00:51:09.059 --> 00:51:11.420
blowing up on the streams, but I will say I do

00:51:11.420 --> 00:51:14.840
feel like my versus my My contributions would

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:16.360
be worth like a hundred bucks if I had to price

00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:19.139
it like a hundred hundred fifty I go hard on

00:51:19.139 --> 00:51:22.699
the features. My feature game is crazy Everybody

00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:24.980
watch my fans can attest to that. Well, I mean,

00:51:25.179 --> 00:51:27.039
isn't that the way it used to be? Like if you're

00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:29.059
guaranteed money in the bank that, you know,

00:51:29.179 --> 00:51:31.179
people like an investment like I know it's going

00:51:31.179 --> 00:51:33.099
to generate. So it's worth it. Right. There's

00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:34.619
artists from New York. I'm dropping an album.

00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:36.400
There's artists from New York. I paid five hundred

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:40.179
dollars for a feature straight up. But he his

00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:43.519
songs get like like like hundreds of thousands

00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:46.139
of streams. And like in the first like, you know,

00:51:46.199 --> 00:51:49.119
in the first, you know, go around. And so that,

00:51:49.300 --> 00:51:50.840
you know, that's like an investment. But it's

00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:53.599
like if it's if you're not even breaking like

00:51:53.599 --> 00:51:56.239
10 ,000 monthly streams and you're like, bro,

00:51:56.280 --> 00:51:58.380
like I'm worth like 100 because I'm really it's

00:51:58.380 --> 00:52:01.219
like it's good to feel like that. But it's also

00:52:01.219 --> 00:52:03.039
all I'm saying is actually I don't even want

00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:05.360
to hate. I'm speaking generally. I'm just saying

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:08.519
my advice is you're losing out on other opportunities.

00:52:08.780 --> 00:52:10.539
That's it. I don't mean to hate if you really

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:13.289
feel like that. By all means, I'm not gonna like

00:52:13.289 --> 00:52:14.710
judge you and be like, aw, this guy, he ain't

00:52:14.710 --> 00:52:16.969
worth that much. You know, a lot of people have

00:52:16.969 --> 00:52:19.309
really dope verses. Actually, I will say this,

00:52:19.570 --> 00:52:21.929
Young Water has been going, crushing it in the

00:52:21.929 --> 00:52:24.210
game. So has Jussie Jackson with the verses.

00:52:24.289 --> 00:52:26.530
They charge like around, I think like between

00:52:26.530 --> 00:52:32.130
like 75 to 100, but their verses are like really

00:52:32.130 --> 00:52:34.710
fire. So it's like, that's why I'm like, it's,

00:52:34.929 --> 00:52:38.070
I don't know, I can't dictate, I can't say, don't

00:52:38.070 --> 00:52:40.079
do it. you know because you know some people

00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:42.579
probably do pay those verses you know sure but

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:46.420
that's just where i lean is like i'd rather not

00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:48.639
you know if anyone wants to collab just hit me

00:52:48.639 --> 00:52:50.960
up you know i'll work it in the lights go yeah

00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:53.860
there you go let's grow let's collab and grow

00:52:53.860 --> 00:52:56.320
together yeah yeah pretty much pretty much yeah

00:52:56.320 --> 00:52:59.050
that's the way it basically it It should be done

00:52:59.050 --> 00:53:01.949
that way. You know, everybody's trying to, like

00:53:01.949 --> 00:53:03.730
everybody, like there was that crab, a barrel

00:53:03.730 --> 00:53:06.190
of crabs and everybody's trying to get out, you

00:53:06.190 --> 00:53:07.909
know, and you just got to help each other out.

00:53:08.070 --> 00:53:10.969
See one gets out, help everybody else come out

00:53:10.969 --> 00:53:12.969
of that barrel. Don't try to yank the other person

00:53:12.969 --> 00:53:14.349
down just because he didn't make it to the top.

00:53:14.349 --> 00:53:17.010
You know a lot about crab. Oh, a lot. A lot.

00:53:17.010 --> 00:53:21.849
Way too much. Way too much. Way too much. Way

00:53:21.849 --> 00:53:26.699
too much. For your age. I wanted to turn off

00:53:26.699 --> 00:53:29.000
the camera for a second. I wish y 'all was bedtime

00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:30.860
with this kind of thing. Oh, we're almost done,

00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:33.699
man. We're about 53 minutes in. Oh, snap. Yeah.

00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:36.579
We fly on this podcast. That's one question.

00:53:36.659 --> 00:53:40.420
How long are your interviews, man? Mine? Oh,

00:53:40.420 --> 00:53:42.679
you know what? I shoot for about like between

00:53:42.679 --> 00:53:45.639
like five to 10 minutes. The ones I just recently

00:53:45.639 --> 00:53:47.679
did is about like 20 minutes, but I cut them

00:53:47.679 --> 00:53:50.239
down to like three minutes at most, maybe like

00:53:50.239 --> 00:53:53.980
a minute to two minutes. So I keep the most engaging

00:53:53.980 --> 00:53:57.619
content. I have to shave a lot of it out. Because

00:53:57.619 --> 00:53:59.360
anything longer than three minutes, Instagram

00:53:59.360 --> 00:54:01.059
won't promote it. They won't push it out to anyone

00:54:01.059 --> 00:54:03.699
who's not following you. But that way, it is

00:54:03.699 --> 00:54:07.860
good, though. I get the hottest minute of that

00:54:07.860 --> 00:54:12.940
20 -minute segment. I mean, to be fair, on Instagram,

00:54:13.280 --> 00:54:15.420
I've never watched a video, at least on Instagram.

00:54:15.539 --> 00:54:19.510
YouTube, man, I'll watch. I'd be watching podcasts

00:54:19.510 --> 00:54:22.630
and kill Tony. All those are like, how do your

00:54:22.630 --> 00:54:26.469
shorts go? How do you shorts? I'm low key. I'm

00:54:26.469 --> 00:54:29.469
low key neglecting Tiktok and shorts. I'm mostly

00:54:29.469 --> 00:54:32.190
doing Instagram right now just because of that

00:54:32.190 --> 00:54:36.849
collab feature. Tiktok, man, I have videos on

00:54:36.849 --> 00:54:38.809
Tiktok that have millions of views. Actually,

00:54:39.050 --> 00:54:41.730
my most viewed has 10 million. And it's like

00:54:41.730 --> 00:54:45.309
a sketch to skits on Tiktok. I have 18000 followers

00:54:45.309 --> 00:54:49.010
on Tiktok. But the algorithm now is like not

00:54:49.010 --> 00:54:51.469
giving a fuck about me whatsoever. So I've been

00:54:51.469 --> 00:54:53.949
I'll post some things on TikTok. I try to post

00:54:53.949 --> 00:54:55.690
consistently, but it's like I'm stuck in that

00:54:55.690 --> 00:54:59.349
like viewer jail. I don't know. Yeah. Until they

00:54:59.349 --> 00:55:01.769
fix it up. Like I've been going pretty hard on

00:55:01.769 --> 00:55:04.889
Instagram, but that's been pretty good. I will

00:55:04.889 --> 00:55:07.150
say actually a couple of shout outs before we

00:55:07.150 --> 00:55:09.869
end out. I will say just because these two guys

00:55:09.869 --> 00:55:11.329
got me really started in the interview. This

00:55:11.329 --> 00:55:14.940
is how it really started was it was at the. It

00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:17.440
was at RGV Grown in McAllen. They did a show

00:55:17.440 --> 00:55:20.699
and it was Matt M and Daniel from Tiny Studios

00:55:20.699 --> 00:55:23.719
were doing interviews and they were like their

00:55:23.719 --> 00:55:25.500
tune picks and things like that. And then they're

00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:27.019
like, hey, actually, how about you try the interviews?

00:55:27.219 --> 00:55:29.519
And I took it and I ran. They're like, oh, my

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:31.980
gosh, actually, you're pretty solid. You're like

00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:35.440
a natural. And from there, they actually gifted

00:55:35.440 --> 00:55:37.940
me that camera that I use. Right. And that's

00:55:37.940 --> 00:55:39.920
the one I'm using. And ever since I just I've

00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:43.809
just been flying off hitting them all and. Yeah,

00:55:43.829 --> 00:55:47.050
so shouts to them, man. Who knows what would

00:55:47.050 --> 00:55:51.849
have happened, I don't know. It's all good, man.

00:55:51.849 --> 00:55:54.269
It's good to have friends in all places, man,

00:55:54.349 --> 00:55:55.429
to help you out. They're willing to help you

00:55:55.429 --> 00:55:57.610
out. You know, toss your right arm, left arm,

00:55:57.730 --> 00:55:59.909
their left leg at you. I mean, their third leg.

00:56:00.010 --> 00:56:07.090
No point. No, no point. But third leg activated.

00:56:09.150 --> 00:56:13.050
Bionic goat, no. But anyways, now, man, first

00:56:13.050 --> 00:56:15.730
thing first, man, I want to say thank you so

00:56:15.730 --> 00:56:18.630
much, man, for coming out, dude. It's it's an

00:56:18.630 --> 00:56:21.280
interesting podcast. When you have somebody on

00:56:21.280 --> 00:56:24.449
our pod that's on the same field. that's doing

00:56:24.449 --> 00:56:27.869
the same thing. I mean, I'm not doing live content

00:56:27.869 --> 00:56:29.869
on the street the way you're doing it. Or I mean,

00:56:29.869 --> 00:56:33.230
actual content on the street. Lord knows. Don't

00:56:33.230 --> 00:56:40.789
do it. You know what? Fuck this. I'm out. But,

00:56:41.110 --> 00:56:43.250
you know, do what you're doing, bro. That's awesome.

00:56:43.369 --> 00:56:45.849
The street content, all that. Keep it up, man.

00:56:46.010 --> 00:56:49.789
Keep it up, especially especially in live performances.

00:56:50.449 --> 00:56:52.610
Like we have is the value recently interviewed

00:56:52.610 --> 00:56:55.579
after the gig. you know doing stuff like that

00:56:55.579 --> 00:56:59.619
that helps a lot only reason why is like if they

00:56:59.619 --> 00:57:02.119
happen to see your interview on on Instagram

00:57:03.210 --> 00:57:04.889
That person on the magazine, dude, I was there.

00:57:05.170 --> 00:57:07.190
That band was badass. Oh, shit, these guys interview.

00:57:07.530 --> 00:57:09.230
I'm actually going to get to know who they are

00:57:09.230 --> 00:57:11.590
and get to the degree on who that person is playing

00:57:11.590 --> 00:57:13.650
guitar. People have been calling me the started

00:57:13.650 --> 00:57:16.130
calling me the Nardoir of the Valley. There you

00:57:16.130 --> 00:57:18.690
go. There you go. They didn't reference. Hey,

00:57:18.889 --> 00:57:21.469
whatever, dude. They know they know who you are.

00:57:21.650 --> 00:57:24.289
And everything. Yeah. Yeah. They're being called

00:57:24.289 --> 00:57:25.849
the Mexican Joe Rogan. I'm just saying right

00:57:25.849 --> 00:57:32.329
now. It sucks. It sucks. I can see it. I can

00:57:32.329 --> 00:57:37.519
see it. But other than that man, continue doing

00:57:37.519 --> 00:57:40.719
your thing. Hopefully that comedy thing locks

00:57:40.719 --> 00:57:44.059
us off for you, bro. Keep on doing the hip hop

00:57:44.059 --> 00:57:46.320
thing on the side. Keep pushing your artists

00:57:46.320 --> 00:57:49.820
forward, man. You've already been down to the

00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:52.539
bottom. It's nothing but up. I mean, keep doing

00:57:52.539 --> 00:57:54.280
what you're doing. That's all I can tell you,

00:57:54.380 --> 00:57:56.940
man. Thank you so much. Social media, they can

00:57:56.940 --> 00:57:58.500
reach you out, man. Anything you want to spit

00:57:58.500 --> 00:58:02.170
out. I would say everything is Amani Hip -Hop.

00:58:02.230 --> 00:58:05.429
A -M -A -N -I -H -I -P -H -O -P. It's Amani Hip

00:58:05.429 --> 00:58:09.090
-Hop on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube,

00:58:09.250 --> 00:58:12.849
Twitter, or X, or whatever have you. Everything.

00:58:13.289 --> 00:58:16.070
Just search up Amani Hip -Hop all together. No

00:58:16.070 --> 00:58:19.789
caps, no spaces. It's like the opposite of MF

00:58:19.789 --> 00:58:22.710
Doom, like all caps. All together. Y 'all check

00:58:22.710 --> 00:58:25.050
it out, man. I just dropped an album called Anomaly.

00:58:25.050 --> 00:58:27.389
Stream it. My favorite song. Everyone's been

00:58:27.389 --> 00:58:29.329
liking that song, Joan of Arc. I don't know if

00:58:29.329 --> 00:58:30.750
you heard of that one, but that's the one that

00:58:30.750 --> 00:58:33.170
everybody's been chilling out with, Jonah Vark.

00:58:34.429 --> 00:58:36.789
So let's check that one out. Guys, right there

00:58:36.789 --> 00:58:38.969
on your screen is that QR code. Click on that

00:58:38.969 --> 00:58:41.949
bad boy right there. Take you straight over to

00:58:41.949 --> 00:58:44.050
all the great content this young gentleman has

00:58:44.050 --> 00:58:47.349
out there. Love and praise this guy, man. Hopefully

00:58:47.349 --> 00:58:49.829
he keeps going and doing what he's doing. I appreciate

00:58:49.829 --> 00:58:51.949
everything you're doing out there, keeping the

00:58:51.949 --> 00:58:54.590
content live, going out there and doing your

00:58:54.590 --> 00:58:58.039
thing. Once again, thank you so much for coming

00:58:58.039 --> 00:59:00.760
out at the time. Finally got you on here. I know

00:59:00.760 --> 00:59:02.980
it's been a minute since we talked last time,

00:59:03.139 --> 00:59:05.800
but we got you on. That was the number one key.

00:59:06.300 --> 00:59:08.440
Thank you so much, man, and we'll see you next

00:59:08.440 --> 00:59:10.280
time. I appreciate you, brother. Thank you. Thank

00:59:10.280 --> 00:59:14.679
you. I'm back anytime, man. True. Episode 268.

00:59:14.920 --> 00:59:18.760
In the bag, man. Hey, bro, 269 is next. It's

00:59:18.760 --> 00:59:24.730
going to be interesting. Not 169, 269. I don't,

00:59:25.010 --> 00:59:27.829
I need to see the, I haven't seen who's our next

00:59:27.829 --> 00:59:29.989
guest. I can tell you real quick. Just give me

00:59:29.989 --> 00:59:32.309
one second. Oh, here we go. Let me see. This

00:59:32.309 --> 00:59:34.090
is gonna be a good one. Let me see. Wait for

00:59:34.090 --> 00:59:38.090
it. Obama. Wait for it. Obama family. It's gonna

00:59:38.090 --> 00:59:45.909
happen. The 13th, we have, oh, the 13th guys.

00:59:46.349 --> 00:59:50.630
Next week, we have two gentlemen from Frontier.

00:59:51.070 --> 00:59:54.170
coming in to the podcast. Oh, okay. We're down

00:59:54.170 --> 00:59:56.150
to a spectrum at the moment because Lord, I've

00:59:56.150 --> 00:59:58.050
been having a lot of problems with them. We're

00:59:58.050 --> 01:00:00.750
all angry at spectrum. If you're looking for

01:00:00.750 --> 01:00:03.019
something new. Tune in next Thursday to listen

01:00:03.019 --> 01:00:05.519
to Frontier with Danny and a good friend of ours

01:00:05.519 --> 01:00:08.099
be coming in here. He's been anxious to jump

01:00:08.099 --> 01:00:10.139
on the podcast. So big shout out to Danny. I

01:00:10.139 --> 01:00:12.039
know you're watching next week. Yeah, which really

01:00:12.039 --> 01:00:14.559
gets a load of all of this. What the hell's going

01:00:14.559 --> 01:00:17.059
on here? What the hell is that? But other than

01:00:17.059 --> 01:00:19.239
that, man, next week Frontier on the podcast.

01:00:19.280 --> 01:00:21.559
It should be a good one. And the week after that,

01:00:21.659 --> 01:00:23.980
we got some great guests coming up right before

01:00:23.980 --> 01:00:27.940
Thanksgiving break. So, Chu, what do you think

01:00:27.940 --> 01:00:53.119
of this episode, brother? Guys we'll see you

01:00:53.119 --> 01:00:55.679
next week Thursday night 7 30 p .m.