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Diamond The Body On "Baddies", Sukihana, Shamar Marco, Finesse2tymes, Carl Crawford (Full Interview)

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Diamond The Body On "Baddies", Sukihana, Shamar Marco, Finesse2tymes, Carl Crawford (Full Interview)

Ad libs are a vital part of the artist’s musical identity, with "dtv" emerging organically from a personal experience and becoming a cultural touchstone at live events. The artist uses ad libs both on their own tracks and collaboratively with other artists, such as on the *Motivation* EP with Tafia, demonstrating a flexible, intuitive approach. This creative strategy reflects a broader philosophy of authenticity, where personal experiences—like owning The Dollhouse strip club in Los Angeles—inform both music and public persona. The artist challenges societal judgments around sex work, asserting that such roles are legitimate and do not diminish one’s intelligence or worth. Their partnership with label executive Carl Crawford is built on mutual respect and creative freedom, allowing for a supportive, non-constrictive environment. The artist also embraces their identity as a "hoe" in lyrics to dismantle negative stereotypes, emphasizing that occupation is separate from character. While they no longer promote OnlyFans, the presence of such content underscores their openness about financial and personal realities. Overall, the artist blends music, personal narrative, and social commentary, promoting authenticity, resilience, and self-acceptance in a transparent and unapologetic way.

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what is your opinion on ad libs in a song ad libs like make a song like you have to have ad libs and good ad libs could turn any song into like a really better song now when it comes to your own ad libs and when you implement that into your music do you have a strategy at all with them no i just be saying stuff but sometimes i'll say like the ending words of like the line sometimes i like to just say like hat because that's like my thing or i'll be like deep deep deep like you know i'll just be saying stuff i don't have a strategy now you may have just answered the next question that was going to be posed to you which was do you have a signature ad lib a main ad lib amongst all the ad libs that you do do and were those two that you just presented you were you answered to this question unless there's some more that you do or maybe even one more popular than that that you know dtv is the most popular dtv hat that's it right there and how did you create that one because uh obviously you could say diamond as an ad lib you could even say diamond the body as an ad lib at what point do you shorten it to those three letters and start implementing that and making it its own thing um so someone actually like this happened about seven years ago had my number saved in their phone as dtv and i was calling um i think they lost their phone or something like oh call my phone so i called it and then it came up dt i'm like why you have me saved as dtv it was like i'm in the body i was like oh my gosh i love that like i don't know i just it's so cute like it's like cute like dpd it's like just like a shorter way to just really say who i am still you know what i'm saying because i'm in the body is pretty long like diamond in the body like that's a long phrase so dtv short cute to the point that's what it is but what about that cadence where did that cadence come from on how you say those three letters d t d i don't know i have no idea it just started i just started saying it and uh what's been the response to this ad lib of yours oh people love it like they love it like when i'm walking through the airport they scream dtb when i'm at my shows they'll be like d t b they start chanting it like they love it and do you recall the first song you started implementing that ad lib on uh my first uh ep was called dtb disturbing these pictures so i've been had it since when i first started doing music got it now when it comes to collaborating with other recording artists which you've done have you added your ad libs to another artist's verse on the same song yes i haven't started off with dtb so you know when a song starts you know i'm on this song but aside from just like an introduction of letting people know you're on this verse have you ever sprinkled your ad libs through another artist's verse more specifically oh no not like another artist first i usually do only the ad libs on my verse what is your opinion of that because there are some that do that they not only will they ad lib their own song they may provide the ad libs for another features on that same song's ad libs as well um creative you know makes the two because it is a feature and you know you're not gonna be able to do it if you don't do it and you know both artists are on there together so yeah sometimes put a little extra splash on what the other artist is saying haven't done that yet yourself but it sounds like something you would be open to absolutely yeah and what about this something similar here slightly different what is your opinion or your thoughts on this songs with another artist's ad libs but no hook or verse from them on that song it's just their ad libs sprinkled throughout the song i've actually had somebody do that for me like on a i had um i've had somebody do that for me i haven't done that for somebody yet but i mean it's kind of like when people host mixtapes and stuff and they like dj drama or you know so i i hear it i think it's really clever especially if it's someone or dj khaled he does that basically like dj khaled um yeah i think it's cool absolutely i would love to do that i haven't but i would love to now this instance where you've had someone provide their ad libs on a song of yours is that a song that's publicly available currently is that a song that's seen the light of day yeah it's out uh it was from my ep called motivation and do you recall the name of the song or what track number that was or i believe that it's um because the the ep was um it was like a remake of all gz songs so i had i had them do the gz ad libs like the yeah like you know but it's all throughout the whole ep oh listen to it now it's available on all streaming platforms and do you want to share whose ad libs those actually were that accompanied you on that song it was my friend tafia he's a rapper also yeah and how did you how did that even happen was that something you posed to him was he some did he just voluntarily do that for you he was just in the studio because we was going to this we recorded in the same studio so i think i was recording and he was just there hanging out and i was like can you do a gz sound for me oh okay got it yeah he went in there and did it for me didn't he didn't feel any type of way like you don't want to verse on this you don't want to hook on songs together but that one was specifically for that but we have songs together um one song called lisa ray and one song called money make me wet and those are available on all digital streaming platforms at this point now ask you a variety of questions here just on the subject of ad libs is there anything else you want to mention about that before we move on to another subject here in the music space no that's fine ad libs are cool now aside from your own recording sessions have you been in any sessions where a hit song was created or recorded right in front of you yeah my songs that's what their heads their heads to be but asides from your songs here has there been any song that uh you were a spectator of you were a fly on the wall you spontaneously were in someone's session and you saw a big record get created in front of you um i've been in studios with uh art i don't like i've been in the studio with young thug i've been in the studio with like offset with like roddy ridge uh i've been in the studio with young thug i've been in the studio with like offset with like roddy rich um i've been in the studio with uh i don't like i've been in the studio with young thug i've been in the studio with like offset with like roddy rich um i've been in the studio with young thug i've been in the studio with like offset with like roddy rich i've been in the studio with a lot of people but i don't think i was ever in there where they had like in there where they had like in there where they had like their one of their popular songs it might their one of their popular songs it might their one of their popular songs it might have been something that's just like on have been something that's just like on have been something that's just like on the album got it you know what i'm saying the album got it you know what i'm saying the album got it you know what i'm saying just curious in case you have because just curious in case you have because just curious in case you have because some have been witness to some really some have been witness to some really some have been witness to some really big songs they weren't literally a part big songs they weren't literally a part big songs they weren't literally a part of but they were a fly on the wall and of but they were a fly on the wall and of but they were a fly on the wall and things of that nature things of that nature things of that nature but uh when it comes to your own but uh when it comes to your own but uh when it comes to your own recording sessions here recording sessions here recording sessions here did want to ask you a couple of people did want to ask you a couple of people did want to ask you a couple of people of you've been spotted in the studio of you've been spotted in the studio you're most prominently used social you're most prominently used social you're most prominently used social media platforms because there could be media platforms because there could be media platforms because there could be some fraud pages out there of you could some fraud pages out there of you could some fraud pages out there of you could be some scammy stuff yeah um for one be some scammy stuff yeah um for one be some scammy stuff yeah um for one there's a facebook page that is not me there's a facebook page that is not me there's a facebook page that is not me just been scamming the hell out of just been scamming the hell out of just been scamming the hell out of people so people so people so do that i don't have no facebook um my do that i don't have no facebook um my do that i don't have no facebook um my instagram is diamond the body with two instagram is diamond the body with two instagram is diamond the body with two y's at the end so diamond t-h-e-b-o-d-y y's at the end so diamond t-h-e-b-o-d-y y's at the end so diamond t-h-e-b-o-d-y y y y and it's the same for tick tock and and it's the same for tick tock and and it's the same for tick tock and twitter is diamond dtb twitter is diamond dtb twitter is diamond dtb okay so i want to ask you a couple of uh okay so i want to ask you a couple of uh okay so i want to ask you a couple of uh these recording sessions you've been these recording sessions you've been involved in. Now, I don't know if you actually had a recording session with this person. You posted a picture of YouTube and you said collaboration coming soon or something of that nature. I don't want to say the wrong words or verbiage you used here because I'm not looking at the actual post or the caption. But Steve Aoki, have you actually collaborated with him yet? No, not yet, but it is coming soon. Okay, so that's real. That wasn't just capped for the social media world and things of that nature. It's not capped. Let's call it manifestation. Okay, got it. That's what we're going to call it. Okay, okay, okay. You were spotted in the studio with Finesse two times. Is this a song of his? Is this a song of yours featuring one another? So we did two. So one, I'm a feature on his song and then one, he's a feature on my song. So we kind of like did a swap. Okay. And the last one I wanted to ask you here, soon. Suki Hana and Big Marco. Looks like you all collaborated together, but whose track was this? Whose track is it? I think it's like our track. I don't know. How does that even work? I don't know. That's what we wanted to get to the bottom of here. We obviously see the social media footage of all of you together working on a song, but didn't know that was your song featuring them, Suki's song featuring both of you, or maybe Big Marco's song here featuring you two. He just got us on his. Well, can you shed some light to the audience on how this collaboration of all three of you even got put together? So it happened at the pool party. So previous day was at Suki Hana had a pool party, the Coochie Splash. I was hosting it. Shamar was hosting it. And we just were just talking everybody and they're like let's go to the studio tomorrow and everybody's like yeah let's go to the studio let's make some music and then we went to the studio who said it first who initiated that uh suki got it yeah so maybe it's her song now when it comes to suki was that the first time you two have collaborated with one another yes musically yes and uh when it comes to uh your relationship with her do you recall the first time you two linked can you take the audience way back when um we met actually like eight years ago uh we didn't like we didn't stay consistently cool that whole time so we met eight years ago we kind of um she lived in florida and i was working in florida i was dancing at the time so we kind of like knew each other in the club like you know but this was our first time linking up since she's been famous and i've been famous so yeah and was that ever a topic of conversation yet the glow up from both of you up into this point we were talking about like bro like look where we at like like could we know where we both started like we've seen each other like regular and i was like we're both famous it's like we're both famous it's like we're both famous it's like we're both famous and brands are much bigger now than they once were even on instagram for example you have over a million followers just on that profile there um but uh can you can you take the audience to the very first time you two met was it actually in a club you were working at yes it was at the office miami i was dancing and she was host uh she came in there she was hosting um yeah and she was throwing money at me i was like oh my god i'm gonna go to the club i'm gonna go to the club i'm gonna go to the club i was like yeah my girl period so yeah that's how we that's our first interaction now from that point the first interaction how do you get to be a part of this uh pool party i believe it was the coochie splash pool party yeah if i'm correct saying that correct how did you become a host of that who initiated yeah she was just like hey you know are you free this date and i'm like yeah i actually don't have nothing going on so she's like do you want to host my pool party i'm like yeah let's do it and it looks like this was the uh first time she had done something of this nature and uh you posted kind of like a recap video of it on your social media primarily instagram but you know looks can be deceiving what was it really like at that event there it was wild like it was wild it was fun it was a lot of fun um but it was wild it was a good time though make sure you gotta go to the next one and uh okay you guys weren't uh besties the whole eight years but your relationship with one another um grew during the course no we didn't keep in contact at all oh wow okay it was just like we met that time then we kind of like lost like we didn't have each other's number or anything so he doesn't like friends and um yeah i think we just both just saw each other like okay you know now like okay like you're doing your thing i'm doing my thing like let's do our thing together got it got it got it now again when it comes to uh some of the footage you posted didn't know if there was stuff that was so crazy so wild you couldn't post it but uh what was that studio session like there of all three of you you suki and big marco there oh it was very high energy it was like you know those are three big personalities to put in one room so we was like laughing cracking up the whole time dancing drinking we just had a time like we had a lot of fun here got it and uh we'll see what happens with the uh creation of uh the music that was created that night yeah i mean are there any plans for uh any future studio sessions with you and either of these people here that were uh talked about maybe yeah we actually um we didn't finish one song we finished one song and we were working on another song so we didn't finish it so definitely gotta get back in the studio to finish that one now musically before we move on to this next question musically some things have changed since the last time i've had the opportunity to interview you uh this time it looks like you have the backing of a record label yeah something that's also posted on your bio on instagram 1501 queen yeah queen with a uh crown emoji now can you explain your um partnership with this imprint here um so basically you know 1501 is a major uh it's an independent label i'm an independent artist and you know we both just feel like we have something that we each need you know so they have more of the you know i'm just me i already have like you know like a fan base i'm already lit so i feel like with his resources and me being me and we put that together we're just gonna you know create magic now there's a video of you where you uh you know signing some documentation there and you posted a paragraph what seemed like it looked like a paragraph of a caption where you're like yes i actually read the contract everything's legit and things of that nature there and of course those in the audience can go check that out on your official instagram there but uh you know again looks can be deceiving you know sometimes uh paperwork is signed people are working together behind the scenes before an announcement of this magnitude comes about to the public and then sometimes it's kind of like real time when you actually signed on the dotted line and post it was when the whole world saw it together was this one of those instances where when we saw you sign publicly on your social media that's actually how long you've been on social media been with the label or has this been something in the works behind closed doors even further than what the public has seen no it was definitely pretty accurate so um i think we made that video like two days after i actually signed so it was more it was real time and i don't have the dates in front of me but how long have you been signed to this imprint for at this point rough estimate uh like two weeks two weeks yeah two weeks two weeks in now i have some questions i generally ask reporting artists that have been with an imprint with quite some time i know because it's only been two weeks i don't know if it's appropriate to ask you these questions because you know you're just experiencing and and getting to know this label even further than what you had already it's kind of an a limited amount of time relatively speaking but i'll still ask you these questions anyways just in case you're able to answer them and if you feel like it's too early to answer you can't answer them then we'll move on to another topic but what's it really like being on that imprint so far so good like i'm having a time i love it um i feel like i'm able to get into spaces a lot easier a lot quicker you know before when you're independent like people are not as receptive to you for certain things but when you have a label they're like oh yeah bring it in like yeah that's all i needed so yeah i love it honestly i think it's great i love having the representation i love having the backing like yeah 1501 and who do you have the closest bond with on that imprint at this point whether it's someone in front of the scenes like you like another recording artist on that label or maybe someone behind the scenes in an executive position um probably uh my dj zach like we talk every day and you know he helped out a lot with music stuff and like just you know lifestyle stuff cool and did you the one who actually brought me to the label yeah so shout out to zach so that's the uh one of the questions that was going to be asked was did you have a bond with him prior to this signing and it sounds like you did he was your dj before you end up signing no he wasn't my dj but we did do music together and we have we were familiar with each other got it yes but he was like really advocating for me like yo y'all gotta get this girl like she's it like let's do it so yeah now when it comes to carl i do have some questions about him uh don't know if you're able to answer it if it's too early and again if you feel like it is too early to ask then i won't ask it but um what's it like working with him it's like i don't know it's like a fun time it doesn't feel like i have a boss it doesn't feel like i have like you know i'm saying you know when you was your boss you like i gotta act like maybe some intimidation there things of that nature he's so fine it's so cool he's like the fun uncle you know like that's uncle carl over there he's cool now what's a studio session with him like i know he doesn't get behind the mic himself but when i say studio session like what's it like when you've been in the studio with him he's been you know fly on the wall spectator things of that nature uh what's it been like your two personalities together in the same room what's that been like um the studio is always fun uh he doesn't like he's not how do i say this he's not how do i say this he doesn't like do too much i don't know he doesn't make me feel like you just be like do your thing like go ahead like you're not critiquing me so much and you're not like now do that over like he just just enjoying the process not micromanaging you and things of that nature no he just be like i like it he do this or i'll be like you like it he's like yeah i'm like yeah that's what i like because i hate when people meet in the studio doing too much telling me how to do it like let me do my thing you know what i'm saying so yeah he's cool on that now a couple more questions about him here uh out of all of his characteristics that you've experienced so far what do you enjoy the most about him at this point two weeks in here two weeks in i feel like what i enjoy the most is that he's enjoying himself i don't know if that makes sense but like i see that he loves it as much as i love it like we're both like happy about it and i'm like i don't know if that makes sense but like i see that he loves it as much as i love it like we're both like having the time of our lives it's crazy i'm like he's really because you know sometimes you be with people and because i've been with other situations managers independent labels and they don't have the same i don't know if it's like a hunger like they just i don't know they kind of just like just they're not into it like i'm into it you get what i'm saying or maybe they're more for the money like he always says he's not into it for the money you know i'm saying he came from baseball he got the money he wants the experience and i feel like i i mean i want the money too but i want the experience as well so i feel like we're both experiencing it so that's what i enjoy about it so if i can give an analogy here it's almost like in sports because you brought up baseball he is a baseball player it's like in sports like you know uh with football for example i know he does baseball once again but let's just take football for example the dallas cowboys you'll see the owner jerry jones on the sidelines with the football players and you know kind of seeing what's going on he's on the field with it there's some other football team owners that are not on the field they might not even be in the skybox they might might not even watch the damn game correct i don't even care they like just bring my money so you're saying he's more like in a sense like a jerry jones where he's active with the artists he's he's in the game got it he right there like come on let's go but not micromanaging yet no but he's just cheering me on like come on let's go now just to be fair also got to ask you this okay because we're all about transparency here on this platform on the opposite end of the spectrum two weeks in is there a characteristic of his you can't stand something that bugs you bothers you gets under your skin perhaps um no nothing yet you know it's always cupcakes and the beginning honeymoon stage probably probably needs about three four months in i'll be like uh-uh see i knew it was cut no i'm just kidding but no nothing yet and uh we'll see how some of these answers reflect a little bit more time on that imprint uh and uh follow up with you again in the future but uh so far two weeks in last question about him okay if you can even answer this what's the best advice you've received from him or most important thing you'll learn from him so far if anything um what i've learned from him is to be resilient you know he's been through a lot and he he gets a lot of backlash you know i'm saying and he was in a situation where he could have just quit and just be like you know what throwing a towel so for him to go through all that and then still do it again trusting another female artist like he could have done with you resilience like he's still like willing to work he still wants it to work so you know that's just a lesson in itself like just keep going honestly no matter what people say no matter what you know is going on in the media no matter what is happening just keep going now he has signed a variety of recording artists different genres of music as well but uh his brand his imprint has been uh mentioned when it comes to the female rapper side of things yeah uh the megan the stallions the erica banks things of that nature yeah uh so with you when you announced this deal this situation this partnership what was the reaction from the public to it uh the public was not very receptive to it um again because of you know certain things that's been said in the past but you know i'm not going to listen to the internet i'm going to go to the source hey what's going on you know i'm saying and yeah now you could have signed with anybody you didn't have to sign with 1501 and i'm sure all this feedback that you received is probably going to be a lot probably stuff that you had already thought about before you even saw them saying it and things of that nature if i can make that assumption but uh why 1501 because imagine there's other people that wanted to sign you and things of that nature yes there actually was some labels that was reaching out i had other contracts on the table but again like i said with the labels i feel like i know people that signed and i hear the stories and i feel like there's there's like a disconnection like i run all my things like more family business you know what i'm saying like even my music my team like everybody with me is like kind of like a family vibe you know what i'm saying so with the labels it's more of like you're just a product you know what i'm saying that's what i was talking about earlier the difference between like carl and other people like carl is like yeah like this is my artist you know what i'm saying i don't want to be a product of just label where they're like okay well if there's work at work if it don't we show up you we don't really care like carl with 1501 is like i'm the main you know i'm saying priority like they're watching they're making sure everything's good there i could call him say hey what's like can i do this what's going on you know i'm saying i didn't want that dynamic of just i'm on the label and they don't really care they got 200 other artists and i'm just they just throwing me out there so yeah that's why i went with 1501 just curious here how many deals did you have on the table lined up at the time you made this decision yeah major labels independent labels major artists wanting to sign you independent artists wanting to sign you here so it was two independent labels and then two major labels yeah and then 1501 and 1501 takes the cake there yep oh well yeah i want to go over there yeah and i've seen carl's carl like even okay so even back before i ever met like i watched him like i seen what he does and i liked that dynamic i always liked that that dynamic so i was like that's what i want so yeah got it well anything else here on the topic on 1501 is there a question you weren't asked people want to know in regards to that imprint carl crawford anything else in regards to that situation there two weeks in two weeks in no it's kind of early but we work in and still want to ask you these questions because you never know you know again right like i said in the beginning sometimes stuff happens you know there's artists that sign with an imprint six months before they make the announcement public so didn't know if it was one of these situations here or just kept under wraps and now's the time for the uh the go button was pressed or if this was literally real time but it sounds like as you said it was more of a real time real time scenario no time to waste let's get to it now was that was that a was that a topic of discussion at all between you two like hey let's sign but let's not announce it for another month or two months or was that even a a choice or no i think we were both excited to let the world know what's going on he was excited i was excited like shit let's let him know now aside from the music side of things obviously people in the audience have seen you on the reality television side of things what is the current status with that are you done with reality tv at this point is it full systems go on the music side of things are you juggling both where are you at with that um right now i'm like kind of juggling both um i don't want to just cold turkey leave reality tv because i know that is where majority of my fan base came from now i want to just like leave them high and dry and then really i'm like the star of the show so what would it be without me you know i can do y'all like that but yeah right now i'm juggling but yeah there will be a ending soon but right now we're still like just got one foot in one foot out got it now when it comes to your brand your image your likeness on reality television or when people hear it in music and things of that nature obviously some misconceptions can exist at this point in your life however what's the biggest misconception of you uh i think people think that i like to fight like i think people think that they'd be like Yeah, keep whooping them bitches. I'm like, I don't want to do that. I don't like fighting. It's not like I'll get up every year like, yeah, I'm going to beat people up. Like, no, guys, I'm a lover, not a fighter. I just know how to fight. And I don't let people play with me. But I don't like fighting. So asking this question then, when people have seen scuffles with you on reality television and things of that nature, or off reality television, is this stuff real? Is this stuff, you know, exaggerating maybe you in a sense for ratings, for clout, for whatever verbiage you want to say there? Or, I mean, this is really you. Not that you love to fight, but these fights that you've been involved in, I mean, is this, like, are you turning up or is this just how you are? It's definitely exaggerated. I mean, when you're in front of a camera, obviously you have to be entertained. And you have to, you know what I'm saying? So, yeah, things are definitely exaggerated and blown out of proportion. But it is real. You know what I'm saying? It's real. There's no script. There's no, like, just go in there and whatever just happens, happens. You know? But, yeah, it's pretty real. So because of, and I don't believe you're an executive producer on any of these shows that you've been on. No. Okay, so obviously you don't really have a say-so in the final edit and things of that nature. So do you feel like this misconception is painted on you based on how these shows were edited and things of that nature? Or, I don't know, do you have a. No, no, it's not. I mean, it's what I be doing on the show. So that's just what people see. I mean, I feel like they show a lot more of the fighting and the drama than they do of everything else. I feel like. I feel like, yeah, if they were to show more of the other things we did and, you know, other conversations that's being had, like, then people would really get to know, like, damn, you know, she's actually really super, super cool. But, yeah, they focus more on the fighting and the drama. So that's what people get to see most. And that's where, you know, that misconception comes in at. Now, speaking of this misconception in particular, have you lost opportunities because of this jacket, for lack of a better phrase? Yeah, you know, some brands or, you know, certain spaces, they're kind of scared to have a baddie. But, like, not many opportunities. But there are some people that's just like, we don't, like, deal with that reality TV world. But for the most part, it's actually opened a lot more doors than it's closed. And what about on the booking side of things? Are there maybe some establishments that are scared to book you for a gig? Maybe thinking, you know, this might spill on into the event space. No, no, they love booking me. They be booking me up, okay? My schedule is booked. So I have to tell people, no, sometimes, hey, I'm not feeling it this week. But, no, the clubs love me. Because I conduct myself, and I have a lot of recaps. I'm always showing what my parties look like, you know what I'm saying? So the promoters are pretty, they know I'm going to just come, turn up, and leave. Got it. I haven't had no fights in the club. Now, when it comes to opportunities, I do want to ask you this. What's been the biggest opportunity you've received so far? And this could be anything, music, reality, whatever, even past that. Biggest opportunity you received and passed on that you wish you didn't, looking back in retrospect? Uh, that I passed on? Yes, and it doesn't even have to be in regards to bookings. This could be an opportunity with an investment of some sort. Maybe you could have bought a Bitcoin at $10 when they came out, and you didn't. You know, this could be a variety of things. It doesn't have to just be music, entertainment related. Biggest opportunity you received, you had the chance to do, you passed on it for whatever reason, and you look back and say to yourself, I wish I never did that. I wish I did not. I wish I'd done that. Is this. Um, you said after baddies, or is this just in my life in general? In your life, period. I mean, that's very, um, uh, yeah. I mean, I don't have anything, like, specific. Okay. I feel like in life in general, we all be missing out on damn opportunities. But, no, I don't know it. I don't have a specific thing that I'm just like, oh, my God, I wish I would have did that. Not a movie role you passed on or something? No. I wasn't passing. I wasn't on that. And what about, uh, on the opposite end of the spectrum? What's been the biggest opportunity you received and accepted and glad you did in retrospect? Record label. Record deal. That's the big one. That's the big one. 1501 or someone else here? 1501. Okay. Yeah, that's, that was the biggest. I feel like that's the biggest opportunity that's come to me so far. And that's an opportunity that I really, really wanted. So, I'm happy that one came. Now, speaking of these, uh, fans of yours, these followers, these supporters, do you, what do you refer to them as at this point? Uh, they are my diamond dolls. My diamond dolls and my gems. Is there a difference? Yeah, gems is more for, you know, not the girlier side. The girlier side is more the diamond dolls. Gems is more. You know, versatile. Now, were these names that they called themselves or these were names you gave them? I gave them the names because, um, actually when I used to own the strip club, that's what, um, my dancers were my diamond dolls. Like, so, now the world are my diamond dolls. And what happened to that situation there in and of itself? Sounds like that was in past tense here. Yeah, so I used to own a strip club. Um. It was a couple, it was like maybe four years ago. Um. I just wanted to be a rapper. It was fun. I made a lot of money. I was really, like, that was the most money I ever made. Ever. Um. I loved everything about it. I loved being a boss. I loved being an entrepreneur. But, like, my soul knew, like, this is not what I want. Like, this is not how I want to, you know what I'm saying? Like. You know how you have a dream. I'm like, I can't leave this earth without accomplishing my goals and my dreams, you know? So, I had to quit that, focus back on music, and now I'm here. So, I started. Now, could that have been passive income for you while you were chasing this dream? Could that still have gone on without you, so to speak? No. That place could not do nothing without me. But, just realistically with, you know, music is a full-time job. And, running a strip club, or any business, really, you know, it's a full-time job. You're working until you get to maybe, like, five, six years, and you have all type of employees in place. And, it can run by itself. But, in the beginning, it's all you. So, there was no way to kind of do both. It was like, you either run in the club, or you're running to the studio. You know? And, we were open six days a week. So, it was no lie. Like, I'm working damn near every day. And, why not seven? Just curious there. Because, we needed a break. We had one, like, that was just our day off. Like, Mondays, we just reset. Care to share the name of the establishment at the time, and what part of the world this was in? It was called The Dollhouse. Yes. And, it was in Los Angeles. Now, do you feel like you will ever pick that up again, so to speak? Yeah, absolutely. And, do something of that? Do you think that's going to be a thing of nature in the future? Absolutely. I definitely want to own a strip club. But, like I said, after I accomplish what I want to accomplish in the music industry, and I'm like, you know, six, seven, eight years in, and now I could be like, okay, let me take on some other ventures. I definitely want to do that. And, just wondering, because didn't know if you ever saw yourself with the establishment and maybe franchising it and things of that nature, there are some very popular strip clubs that are in multiple cities. Same name. They're in multiple cities. They've expanded and grew out their outreach and things of that nature, so I didn't know if you foresaw that way back when, like, okay, I got The Dollhouse, and I want to eventually expand to Vegas, or Houston, or Philly, or whatever. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, yeah, because I feel like what I would implement in my strip club is not really implemented in strip clubs at the moment, so I wouldn't want everybody to have the opportunity to be able to work at my club in different states. So, yeah. And did you share where this was located once upon a time? Los Angeles. Oh, yeah. You did mention that. Okay. Sorry about that. Can I text real quick? Sure. I'm so sorry. It was, like, really important. No problem. But, yeah, I mean, can I just put the phone down, you still ask me questions? Yes. Yes, I can. So, I was going to move forward and ask you, when it comes to these dolls and gems, what's been your favorite? What's been your favorite encounter so far with either of these people here? Okay. favorite would have to be london i got booked in london and it was just crazy because it's overseas it's one thing to know that you're popular here but to go to another country and like it was sold out for one and the crowd was sold it was like i don't know it was like i was like a like like a rock star like i was walking through this they were screaming and then they said d t b they started this chant d t b and i was just standing there just like wow this is amazing like all of this for me really so yeah that was my best experience with my dominance and how long ago was that uh i believe it was this year 2025 yeah and and uh was that just like a one-off uh encounter or or booking in london or was it like multiple uh stops during your trip there or uh yeah i did three i did like a small tour in london so i did london manchester and um damn what's the other place birmingham so i did three spots but i mean it was like that everywhere but it just i feel like just because it's london it just it's stuck it's in my mind like wow that's crazy did dtb sound any different or the cadence any different being that they have their own accent over there they put a little extra emphasis on it but they they definitely they go hard for me over there and was that back to back to back nights yes it was yeah now is there a secret there on how you handle those type of bookings when it's like a weekend for example and you're doing a friday saturday and sunday night there's no off day between those three nights and you have to you're getting paid to turn up and turn the establishment up is there how do you do how do you maintain your voice don't get hoarse for the next gig or you know how do you handle like the drinking and things of that nature and so on and so forth i do try to give myself like some bookings where i don't drink like i would say like all right i'm not drinking at all for like these three days because sometimes yeah it does take a toll on you know drinking all the time and partying all the time and sometimes you gotta fight early in the morning it's just like so yeah i think uh i'll be taking a break from drinking um but yeah other than that i mean the money calling you gotta go get it now what about this when it comes to these gems these dolls maybe even someone that's not they just so happen to see you in passing and you know they want a picture with you or talk to you for a second things of that nature what's the best way for someone to approach someone of your nature what's the like are there rules are there guidelines is there etiquette you know not just for you but you know my fans have no etiquette they do not care where i'm at what i'm doing it could be i could be in the middle of eating a sandwich they like hey can i get a picture once i was in the gym i want a treadmill the girl's like can i get a picture i'm like and sometimes i'd be wanting to be a little upset but i'm like how can i be upset this person is just like excited to see me that's just i'm happy about that you should be happy that people are this excited to see you now i do think they could wait sometimes like hey let me just wait till she gets off the treadmill let me wait till she's finished eating but i don't know i think they'd be so excited in the moment like they just it's just like i need to get this right now and that's where i was going with this question is there things you would like those in the audience to know on how to you know approach someone like yourself if they just so happen to see maybe they weren't even expecting you there you know passing by you in the airport passing by you in the shopping center or mall or some sort didn't know you were going to be there you just so happen to be there but they you know want to capture that moment say something to you things that are there do's and don'ts for those people is there instructions here you'd like to for me personally there's no don'ts if you want a picture just ask i'm gonna i'm gonna take a picture every john what is ever a time where i said no to taking a picture and what about any rules or etiquette when it comes to the poses on those picture taking because some can be a little bit more handsier than others and a little more touchy-feely than others no problems honestly i never had nobody like over do anything or you know they're very respectful they come they take the picture they're excited and they just leave so yeah i'm cool now i do want to ask you this chris brown uh was trending for his meet and greets you know he would do these meet and greets and you know his fans would want these sexually explicit interactions and photos and compromising positions and things of that nature and uh some others have been getting the same request uh you know it kind of trickled down like boosie badass will get these type of requests too and he's doing some of these same poses and things of that nature has this trickled on to you as well have you seen like an uptake or uptick on people wanting these type of now obviously the dynamics is a little different because those are males with female fans or supporters followers things of that nature but with you on the opposite end of the spectrum you being a female and maybe encountering male fans and things of that nature have you seen an uptake in this like have people been requesting some provocative poses with you or wanting you to do certain things because of again the trend of chris brown and boosie and things of that nature have you seen no okay not really sometimes like it's happened but um i don't mind okay i'll take a raunchy picture for the fan but yeah it doesn't happen it's not like often people are not like hey let me grab your butt take a picture and i might let them too like i mean ask i don't know nobody's act and speaking of raunchy you know when it comes to some of your lyrics in your music i do want to ask you this sometimes you've referred to yourself as a 304. uh why do that because there are some females that do music and they'll say everything other everything under the sun but they won't refer to themselves as that phrase or that word you know they might call other females or other people in their songs that word or the b word or things of that nature but they won't refer to themselves as that and there's some females that will refer to themselves as the b word but they won't refer to themselves as that h word why do you refer to yourself as that in some of your songs some of your music because um i'm just i'm real i'm real i'm raw you know i think that i am a hoe so i i mean i'm like you know like if i'll be real about everything like let me just be real like it is they might not really be hoes i think i am so hey it is what it is and just curious since we're on this subject what makes you that what is there what's the definition what are the prerequisites there that you consider yourself one of these um okay so i just feel like in general you know at that time i used to be a stripper and i feel like just in that field alone like you know what i'm saying come on you're getting naked people seeing you like sex work yeah there's no like not like you're a hoe realistically if you would get naked for complete strangers for money you're a hoe that's it just is what and they're asking you to do stuff for money like can i get a lap dance for this price and if you say yes then it doesn't necessarily mean you're even having sex with them but just the act of what you're doing that that in general is a hoe but i feel like nowadays you're getting you'll get labeled a hoe for anything like you go to a club and you're just having fun and you're twerking and just dancing so i'm like look just she a hoe you know what i'm saying so i feel like sometimes when the world tries to bring you down about something you just got to embrace it you know what i'm saying i want to turn to change the narrative of that word like i want to show like okay yeah yeah i am a hoe now what yes i am i love being a i am i'm the queen of those i'm the voice of the hoes i'm your favorite hoe favorite hoe you know what i'm saying yeah now what's been the reaction to that like when you've referred to yourself as that what's the response to some of these songs these lyrics the music i don't know if you feel like trying to like they'd be like no you're not like why not okay but i feel like okay this is another thing too i want to kind of change the narrative of what you know people think about that word because people think like i said if i tell somebody i'm a hoe they're like no you're not why not because i'm look how you dress you look nice you like so that means that you think that a hoe is like you have a negative thought about that word you get i'm saying so like i want to show like you could be a hoe and still be classy you could be a hoe and still be intelligent you could be whatever you do for your occupation does not make you you get i'm saying and that's something that i want everybody to know because even when i was a stripper people would judge me and think that you did or you died and it's like no i can be a stripper and still read a book i could be a stripper and still be in college i could be a stripper and still be a great mother i could be a stripper and still be a real estate agent like don't put limitations on me because of what i do so i feel like that's really the main thing of why i embrace it so much yes i want you to know that this is what i and and just because i don't do it no more i can't just like my wholeness is not deleted because i have a record deal now like i'm not allowed to hold no more no it's there it's in me i'm you know what i'm saying so yeah i want everybody to know that your occupation does not you know it doesn't it doesn't defy you so if you're on only fans if you are a porn star if you are a stripper if you are a prostitute whatever it is that you do for you know to make your money to pay your bills that is not who you are you can still be classy you can still be smart you can still own a business you can still you know i'm saying do what you want to do and make sure you just have a goal and a exit plan you know what i'm saying you have a strategy you do what you gotta do get the money and then put it towards something else and then you could be like the tv now speaking of money i do want to ask you this question here now i'm going to read you the title of an article from tmz.com and i want your thoughts yeah on this article title and if you want me to actually go through the details of it i'll read that to you as well but i'll just start with the title first sydney sweeney i'm selling my used bath water that's the title of the article okay do you want me to read you the details are you able to share your thoughts just on the title of the article there i mean selling my bath water but i would sell my bath water if people will buy it like you just you got to get your money like i'm a hustler like at anything like i i'm i'm for getting some money so if that's how you get your money show me because i want to sell the bath water because at this point my bath water going away i should be selling it now removing her from the equation here what's the most unique thing you've ever done for money because not everybody's selling their bath water so is there something you've uniquely done for money um have sex is that unique is that unique that's not unique that's regular you mean something like yeah something extraordinary something like selling used bath water that's not something that's extraordinary you know people have heard of females selling their panties and things of that nature but the bath water that's unique there okay so i've sold um like i've charged somebody to do my hair so usually people pay to get their hair done so i used to charge people because they want promo and they want to say they did my hair so i used to charge people to do my hair i think that's unique because some people were outraged when they heard about it they're like what i would never pay to do to my hair i'm like okay you can't do anything you can't do anything you can't do anything you can't do anything like is that something you continue to do or that's something i stopped i stopped it because you know what everybody's not really good at doing hair sometimes they will pay me to do my hair and my up so i had to stop that like no and you did admit to that here uh you have had sex for money is that something you've stopped as well or yeah for sure okay definitely um just music now music and fights sorry but i do have a follow-up question for that as strange as that sounds most you've been paid for in the past ten thousand yeah that was a really um a really big tipper ten thousand dollars and was it literally you know a span of 30 minutes an hour was it a night was it a spend the night type of thing for that amount of money there like a weekend a weekend trip ten thousand dollars now even though you no longer do this yes what's the most you've ever been offered to do it i think that was the most okay that was the most as well all right i'm just curious there and you know wait let me say something though because if the price is right i just might never say never i don't know if somebody coming with a 50 ball they might get it now just curious here all right um yeah i'm just saying like i'm not turning down fifty dollars like hey okay what's gonna ask you what's gonna ask you something else but that laugh took my train of thought off the next question so now just curious there and and why no problem admitting that you know because you know i've asked this question before to some others and they've told me no they've never done it i don't know if they're lying trying to save their their face and their figure about it but why no problem with you blurting that out that you have done that because i like to keep it real i don't like people that fake stuff they be on the internet living this life and they've got all these cars and clothes and bags they're like oh i'm just lucky no you selling it's okay like you know what i'm saying and i need other people to understand too like when people are watching other people live certain lives it's like this is what what they that's what they be doing that's what i'll be doing that's what i used to be doing but at the same time it's like you know i want the people that is not doing it to understand like you know i'm saying how do i put this i want them to know the real that's it it's just like if you this is how you see us young and fine and beautiful it's coming fast that's how it's coming so you either go get with it or keep sick keep working you know what i'm saying like don't feel bad about it don't feel like oh why i ain't getting this i ain't getting that because you ain't it okay you taking the the honest route keep going girl you're gonna get there one day i'm gonna get there a little quicker but yeah i just like to keep it real i'm a real ass person like and i feel like that's why everybody loves me because i just keep it real now last question here about sex work especially from your past history with it what do you want those in the audience that don't do sex work but you know have their own assumptions judgments things of that nature on sex workers is there anything you want to is there anything you want the audience to know from your perspective of doing sex work once upon in your life about these type of people that do that as a service uh yeah i want them to know that i want them to not to judge us okay do not judge us don't think because of what we do don't even think like sometimes people think you're easy because you're in that job just because i do that that don't mean that you could even get it you don't feel like sir no but i feel like i want everybody to know like don't judge people that do what they gotta do to pay their bills you know what i'm saying their job is separate from who they are you can still date them you can still like them you can still be their friend they're not evil we're not we don't got skating we're not like like you know what i'm saying like we regular people we just do what we gotta do to pay our bills and uh now that topic came to mind that i wanted to ask you and that was the subject of only fans okay like if one were to go on your social media right now check out your instagram see your links uh they wouldn't see an only fans link for you promoting only fans so you do have an only fans you're just not promoting it anymore or you don't do only fans i had only fans okay you did yeah but you know now with everything going on it's like it's like i'm not doing it anymore realistically just curious the status on that yeah it's there though you can see some it's there but i don't like promote it or post it or anything got it okay so just winding down the questions here just an outro is there anything else when it comes to your followers your fans your supporters the dolls the gems as you refer to them as is there anything else you were not asked during this interview they really want to know here um i think they want to really everybody wants to know if i'm going back on baddies and the answer is i don't know so yeah okay and uh with this conversation previous topics you were asked previous questions you were asked is there anything you want to add on to what you've said is there anything perhaps you want to subtract from what you've said before we depart here no i just want to add that you know i i actually really and this is the stuff that i missed earlier when you asked why i'm so open about certain things i want other girls that are in the situations that i was in to know that it is possible to make it out it is possible to do other things besides what you're doing currently you get what i'm saying because even when i was coming up there there were no examples of anybody, I'm like, damn, to be a 40 year old stripper like you know like i didn't know like what else to do i'm just like you know like i i needed somebody to come out and say hey yeah that's what i used to do and i'll do this and nobody would do that because they're so ashamed of it there you know i'm saying when there are really successful women now that had paths that were in the strip club or that used to be you know sex work and now they're successful but they kind of buried that life and they don't want to talk about it so i didn't know i didn't know you could be a stripper and be a successful real estate agent so i wouldn't be that voice to say hey look it don't matter what you're doing it don't matter what you know what occupation you got anything possible and i just want to show that so yeah and curious here do you uh have you written a book about this sort of thing do you offer consultations as a service for you know those that you know maybe in the field and want to get into the business and you know i'm not sure if that's the right word but i'm not sure you know i'm not sure if that's the right word but i'm not sure if that's the right word but i'm not i actually i actually do i have a community um it's called the diamond dolls community uh it's like 50 a month you can definitely join it um i check all my messages we do facetime group calls like you can book a facetime you can book um like a zoom you can ask me anything like it's open to the public so yeah if you uh want to learn or want to know something or want to you know connect with me through my diamond dolls community and what's the website or social media my bio okay got it yeah so you just have to go to my bio and look for uh join diamond dolls community got it all right any last words here um go stream in my pockets it's out now and it's available on all streaming platforms period you

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Ad libs are essential in elevating a song’s energy, with the artist naturally using spontaneous phrases like "dtv" or "hat" without a strict strategy.
  2. The signature ad lib "dtv" originated from a personal anecdote involving a phone contact and has since become a fan-favorite chant at concerts and events.
  3. The artist has used ad libs on their own tracks, such as in the EP *Motivation*, and has collaborated with artists like Tafia to provide ad libs without taking a verse.
  4. The artist has been present in high-energy studio sessions with major artists like Young Thug and Offset, though has not been part of a major hit song’s creation in real time.
  5. The artist embraces their identity as a "hoe" in music to challenge negative stereotypes, emphasizing that occupation doesn’t define a person’s worth or intelligence.
  6. They have a strong relationship with label executive Carl Crawford, who supports their artistic freedom and fosters a collaborative, non-micromanaging environment.
  7. The artist previously owned a strip club called *The Dollhouse* in Los Angeles and now sees it as a future venture, with plans to franchise it with unique, inclusive standards.
  8. The artist rejects judgment of sex work, advocating that people should see it as a legitimate livelihood, not a reflection of moral or personal worth.

Summary:

Ad libs are a vital part of the artist’s musical identity, with "dtv" emerging organically from a personal experience and becoming a cultural touchstone at live events. The artist uses ad libs both on their own tracks and collaboratively with other artists, such as on the *Motivation* EP with Tafia, demonstrating a flexible, intuitive approach. This creative strategy reflects a broader philosophy of authenticity, where personal experiences—like owning The Dollhouse strip club in Los Angeles—inform both music and public persona.

The artist challenges societal judgments around sex work, asserting that such roles are legitimate and do not diminish one’s intelligence or worth. Their partnership with label executive Carl Crawford is built on mutual respect and creative freedom, allowing for a supportive, non-constrictive environment. The artist also embraces their identity as a "hoe" in lyrics to dismantle negative stereotypes, emphasizing that occupation is separate from character.

While they no longer promote OnlyFans, the presence of such content underscores their openness about financial and personal realities. Overall, the artist blends music, personal narrative, and social commentary, promoting authenticity, resilience, and self-acceptance in a transparent and unapologetic way.

FAQs

My signature ad-lib is 'DTV,' which originated when someone saved my number as 'DTV' and I accidentally called them, leading to a fun and memorable moment. I shortened 'I'm in the body' to 'DTV' because it's catchy and represents who I am.

Fans love it and often chant 'DTB' at my shows and in airports, showing strong engagement and connection to the ad-lib.

I haven't added my ad-libs to another artist's verse, but I've been open to doing so in the future, especially for creative synergy between artists.

Yes, my friend Tafia provided GZ ad-libs for a track on my 'Motivation' EP, which is now available on all streaming platforms.

I signed with 1501 after being drawn to their supportive and family-like approach. It has made it easier to enter new spaces and feel backed by the team.

Yes, people often think I fight a lot, but it's exaggerated for entertainment. In reality, I don't fight and prefer to be seen as a lover, not a fighter.

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