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Fetty Wap on Life After Prison, 50 Cent’s Life Lessons, Trap Queen & New Music | The Crew Has It

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Fetty Wap on Life After Prison, 50 Cent’s Life Lessons, Trap Queen & New Music | The Crew Has It

This episode blends personal storytelling with cultural critique, centering on a rapper’s journey from prison to fame. It highlights how early musical influences—like Styles P and 50 Cent—shaped his path, while emphasizing authenticity, resilience, and self-reliance. A major theme is the long-standing industry dominance of lemon over lime, symbolized by the Lemonati, and its recent challenge by 7UP’s new lime-lemon soda, representing a shift in consumer culture. The narrative also explores personal growth, including financial independence, emotional maturity, and a commitment to community. Episodes of music success are tied to real-life experiences—like first performances at De Classico, emotional breakthroughs, and moments of joy. The story is interwoven with personal tributes to family, advocacy, and social causes, such as supporting reentry programs and raising awareness for health issues. The episode promotes lifestyle brands like ZocDoc, PrizePix, and GLD, positioning them as tools for personal empowerment and real-world success. Ultimately, it celebrates authenticity, self-determination, and the power of individual voice in both music and everyday life.

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- For decades, a shadowy organization called The Lemonati has kept lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Look around, lemon-forward sodas, even lemon-forward songs. We ran the tracks, slowed them down, reversed them, and squeezed out the truth. ♪ All hail the lemon ♪ - That's lemon propaganda right there. But now, 7UP is fighting back with their new lime-lemon soda. Join the 7Uprising, flip the sip. - Finding a doctor is hard enough. Finding the right doctor, even harder. Someone who takes your insurance, has an available appointment when you need one, and feels like someone you can actually open up to. That's where ZocDoc comes in. Download the ZocDoc app to search and compare doctors by specialty, insurance, and availability. Read real patient reviews, find the right fit for you, and book instantly, because getting seen by the right doctor matters. ZocDoc. Ready to be a ZocDoc? Be seen? Download the ZocDoc app today. - Could you imagine, like, "Ah, I got HVAC problems." - They'd be like, "Yo, what we doin'?" - Last one to the airport buys breakfast. - Buying breakfast. - Day one, day one! - We're just chomping up, having fun, bro. We're excited to have you, bro. My number one question I wanted to ask you was, did you see how much love you were getting when you were in prison? Like, did you see any of that? - No. - Bro, you were going viral legitimately every week. - That's crazy. - Like, there were memes. I don't know if anyone else saw them, but there were memes every day of like, I know 679 was going so viral that, I remember this, like, Harry Potter meme. Like, Harry Potter memes. Like, I don't know. Harry Potter, the Harry Potter Instagram page posted when Ron Weasley pulled up in the flying car to go get Harry, and he was playing 679 in the car. Like, that's how viral you were going when you were locked up. Like, it was crazy. - Nah, that's crazy right there. - You didn't see any of that, or hear any of that, or nothing? - Nah, I didn't really want to know what was going on out there. - Yeah. - You know what I'm saying? Like, that's, you sittin' in there, everything going good for you out there. You can't be out here to enjoy it, I don't know. - Yeah. So, you kind of just keep your mind focused on what's going on around you. - Yeah. So, my whole thing was just like, reading, like, reading, working out, doing my classes. I got my GED, you know, I started to age back. I did, you know, I was just focused on me in there. - Right. - I mean, like. - When you were inside, were you like, oh, when I come out, I want to do music, or were you like, when I come out, like, I want to just live normal? Like, what was kind of your thought process when you were? - I mean, ain't no such thing as living normal. - Yeah, I guess, 100%. - Yeah. - Yeah, I guess it'll always, you know. - Even if I live regular, it won't be normal. - Yeah. - How did you get your age back? Like, what, you thought you were just gonna pull up to someone's crib and no one say anything? - Nah, so, like, my plan was, like, to get my certificates, and then start the business, you know what I'm saying? - Fire, yeah. - But actually work with my employees. - Nice. - You know what I mean? Like, I didn't want to just be one of them, yeah, like. You know, I'm gonna come out there with you. - Yeah. You know, I was living in Florida, so I'm like, you know, I might as well just do this, 'cause this is like, one of the biggest, one of the biggest businesses out there. - Yeah, could you imagine, like, ah, I got age back problems, Fadi Wapshirt. - They'd be like, yo, what we doin'? - That's so fucking funny. What were you reading when you were-- - Yeah, I was about to say, what were some of the books you was reading then? - Man, I was reading, like, a lot of different kind of books, like. At first, it started with, like, you know, like, the hood novels and stuff like that, and then I graduated to, like, mental awareness books, and, like, self-help books, and, like, the, you know, I did all, like, the arts books. Like, when I say arts, I mean, like, all the Robert Greene's. - Yeah. - The Lemonati has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Their lemon agenda has infiltrated everything, even our music. That hit song named after the color of lemons? Not a coincidence. Big Lemon has been pulling strings in the industry for years. Think about it. But now, 7UP is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda. Now, lime comes first. 7UP, flip the sip. - One of my favorite authors is Colleen Hoover. Yeah, it's like, she a great storyteller, like. - That's crazy. If anyone's reading Colleen Hoover, that's fucking nuts. - I just, you know, like, I was just all over, like, I think my favorite book right now to this day, and I don't use it as, like, a, like, it's not a reader. I use it as a tool. It's called Ten Pillars of Wealth, you know what I'm saying? So, like, I use that as a tool just to keep elevating my mind, just to keep, to make sure that, you know, that I make better financial decisions where I don't have to, you know, end up back in prison. - Right, so when, like, obviously when you were at your peak, the name of the album was Fetty Wap? - Yeah. - Yeah, so the name of the album was Fetty Wap. It's got, like, 15 bangers on it. I was listening to it all morning at the gym. I'm fired up. It's, every one is a hit on there. So, obviously, like, that was, like, the height of it all. And then, what, like, what were you spending the money on? Was it just, like, was it the boys? Like, like, what, like? - I mean, like, it's, like, tough to get into that whole, like, conversation, but to make it easy, like, let's just say, like, I didn't have what everybody thought I had. - And I agree, like, I say this all the time. Like, people don't understand, like, your manager's getting 10%, your agent's getting 10%, you got taxes, you got this, you got that. - You got booking agents. - Bro, and, like, here's the thing, if you're flying anywhere, gotta be first class. You gotta have a nice car. Or else people, like, hit you off. - And then you gotta at least bring, like, five, six people with you. - You gotta have security, but you're paying security. Like, people don't realize, like, even us, it's a smaller scale because we're actors, but, like, people don't realize, like, there's so much cost that goes behind it. Like, people just think you, like, oh, just 'cause you're on TV or just 'cause you, you know, you have a hit record, like, you're-- - And then you gotta think, like, the studio alone was 30,000 a month. - 'Cause you spent a lot of hours in there. Yeah, so-- - And you probably not even booking hours. You probably booking, like, daily. Like, yo, I just want the whole day. - Yeah, you book about a month. - Yeah. - You just book about a month, you feel what I'm saying? So, and then prior to prison, you gotta think, bro. I'm doing days in there where I'm, like, seven in the morning to seven in the morning. - Yeah. Like, I'm not even going home to shower, bro. I'm just falling asleep on the couch, wake up, like, all right, play the beat back. I might get, I might get, like, how you call it, like, a brain block. - Yeah. - So, we were thinking nothing for a minute. So, I'll just go to sleep. Let me just go to sleep, chill for a second, wake up, all right, let's get to it. - Yeah. Like, so, I don't want to drive all the way home, to drive all the way back here. Like, I'm just going, you know what I mean? - 'Cause you'll end up back in the school anyway. - Yeah, you feel me? So, it was like, you know, it's a lot of that come with that. Then, you know, you got your personal wants and needs. - Yeah. You got family. - Yeah. - So, when, like, when did it all pop up? And when did you realize that you even wanted to start music? Like, what was, like, growing up like? And then, kind of, what was that transition into that? 'Cause you were hustling before the music. - Yeah. - And then, it kind of went into that? - Yeah, for sure. - So-- - Like, that was what, that's, like, the thing that everybody always got backwards. Like, people thought I, like, I just start hustling after. - Yeah. - That don't even make sense, like, you know what I'm saying? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Like, you can't, it's, I don't know how to, that's weird. But, you know what I'm saying? 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I put him on the album, too. He on the album. And like, I used to just hear them, like hear them niggas rap. Like, you feel me? Like, they was rapping. So I'm like, like, that shit sound fire. Like, you know, it's my first time ever being in the studio. I'm like seeing how people do. I'm like, oh, that's hard like this. Why they be making music? So, you know, you just be around that. Like, you be around that. You seeing what's going on. Like, all right, then boom. Like, I go to the crib, whatever. I pull up at my house. We in the town. We in Patterson. And I'm like, yo, I'm about to rap. Like, I want you to hear this rap, bro. But Mott's so cool though, like Mott always been cool laid back, like he never felt like he was better than nobody, like you know what I'm saying, cause like even back then, like him, him, Hardy, and Dice, you know they had a wave back then, like you feel me, like they had a wave back then. You know what I'm saying, there was other rappers too, but I'm just speaking on that, like how I got into the music, you know what I mean? So I remember Gucci Mane and Young Joe had a song called "Freeze Me", you feel me? So I used to just, like my first time writing to it, I'm writing to the shit of Monty Liverpool, like how the fuck I write songs, you know what I'm saying? So I did like a little, I did like a little rap, whatever, he like, that's not bad for your first rap. Like I knew like later on, like it was trash though, like everybody ain't tellin' ya. - But he wasn't trying to make you feel like it was. - Yeah, you feel me? So Mott was like the whole little spark behind the whole music shit, then like, you know when I get by myself, I just, he taught me like yo, go on SoundClick, get the beats from SoundClick. SoundClick and shit like that, you know what I'm saying, like if you an OG, like music, you know where to get the beats from, you know what I mean? This before we was doing the YouTube beats, like, so we up there, my first beat I think I did was Jay Casper or something like that, I think, Jay Casper or Johnny Juliano, one of them two, you feel me? And I'm like, yeah, I'm about to do this song, woo woo woo, I did this song. So I came to my block, I'm like yo, listen to this song, I turned it on, I think it was like ten seconds ago, like turn that shit the fuck off, like I'm like, like yeah, like my brother Dre is over here, I'm thinking this shit up. - You thought it was tough? You thought it was tough? You're like, this shit about to be tough, the bro's about to fuck with it. - Yeah, bro, I'm thinking this shit gonna be hard. I'm like, nah, they like, nah, turn that shit up, bro, like, I'm like, all right. - So when did you, when did you, when did you like know like, I'm tough? - When I started singing, bro. - Yeah, that's what I was about to say, I'm like, 'cause it sounds like, when you listen to your music, it sounds like, like you've been doing music since you was like a kid, bro, like. - Nah. - And I started, my first, I started doing music in 2013, bro. - That's crazy, bro. - And then you blew up, what, 2014? - That shit crazy, bro. - That's nuts. Once you found the sound. - That was my childhood. - It just like, it like, it, there's something in your brain when you hear Fetty Wap sing. - The whole shit started with this song called Zuvir, you feel me, like Zuvir was like the shit that kind of started it, like that's when I found that singing voice, like, you know what I'm saying, like, that's, it was like, I will, I will up in my land, bro, hop on and get the flexin', you know what I'm saying, like. - Yeah, yeah. - That's where I'm going, like that. - Oh, my God. - And then the next song after that was Trap Queen, it just was like that, like, it was just like, all right, boom, and the crazy shit is, Trap Queen wasn't the one, like, I just, like, when I made it, I'm like, I'm telling, like, yo, this song gonna get us out the hood, but everybody in the hood, like, everybody in the hood liked this song I did called, it was called Rewind, you feel me, like, you just had, hey, you had, like, all the girls just driving past you, you had Rewind, Rewind. And I'm like, man, that shit going crazy, and then on my birthday that year, 2014, we did 6-7-9, then I dropped to 6-7-9, and that's when I knew, like, I'm like, oh, shit, like, yeah, I'm sitting on the block, I'm sitting on 12th Ave, you just see everybody driving past, you just, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, yeah, baby girl, you're so damn fine, I'm like, what the fuck? - That shit is on the block just hearing you, so go down. - So we all thinking, like, 6-7-9 about to be the one, like, and then I remember, like, probably, like, August, like, July, August, SoundCloud just started going crazy, like, and then Trap Queen was just like, I don't know what happened, but-- - The white kids love Trap Queen. - That's right, bro, the white kids, it just was so viral. - Everybody was-- - That was what, 2014? - 2014. - That was my graduating year of high school, it was played 78 times at every party. - No, bro, like-- - 700, 738 times at the party. - That's when I just started, like, that's when I just, being on the move, just started playing basketball in high school, and we was playing bowl together, and, like, every game, bro, we bumping Nat, we just bumping Matt, like, you feel me, and it's like, yo, like, that just got us turned, like, it just got us, I'm like-- - Yeah, that shit was different, bro, like, I was just like, no, nah, this shit is happening, and then 2015 came, and Chris Brown, bro, Chris Brown really the one, like, that nigga the GOAT, man. - Yeah. - Like, I'ma always show him love, I'ma always, like, like, we ain't do nothing since I've been home and shit. But, like, I'ma always show him love, I'ma always big him up, like, 'cause they don't give him his flowers, bro. - I agree. - Like, people don't give him his flowers, like, he the greatest, like, ain't nobody better than Chris Brown, you feel me? And, like, he just took the time out, threw me on the tour, and I'm like, real shit, he ain't have to do that for me. - That was your first time going on a tour, right? - Yeah, my first time ever. - Chris Brown tour, your first tour, what was that like? - Yeah, my first tour, that shit was, oh, man. Like, I'm talkin' 'bout-- - That's a movie. - There was so many, like-- - You know what I mean? You can say fine shit on this podcast. You can say fine shit. - It was so fine shit. Everywhere you looked, like, and it was like, you know, like, on tour, you know, you got, like, set times, whatever, you feel me? - Yeah. - Like, so, like, when I first started, they had me, like, third. Like, I was, like, third, like, you know what I'm sayin'? I ain't gonna say the other names that was up there, they had me at third. But, like, the fifth show, they had me, like, two acts before him. - Yeah. - Like, they had me. - Oh, shit. - Shit started blowin' up even more and more. - Yeah, I'm like, damn, like, oh, shit, like, that's fire. Then, you go on this nigga's set, bro, like, hey, yo, listen to me, bro. You just lookin' to cry, this girl's passin' up. - Nah, he's really like the Michael Jackson. - Yeah. - He the GOAT. I'm tellin' you, he the GOAT, bro. - And he's, bro, every time we see him, he's so dope to us, like, I got nothin'. - No way. - He's the best. Every time he sees me, he's like, yo, what up, boy? Like, he's, like, a good dude. - Yeah. - I ain't see Chris, bro. I ain't see bro since, I ain't see bro since we did the "Go Slugs" video, and that was, like, in 2015, too, I think. - Mm-hmm. - Damn. - Yeah, I ain't see bro in a minute, but every chance I get, I always big him up. But, yeah, that's when I really knew, like, after that Chris Brown shit, it was gone. Like, it was, eh, bro, I ain't gon' lie, I don't think, I can't remember. Everything happened so fast, it just was like, phew. - Yeah. So, so, at that moment, like, 2015, you're fuckin'. - Yeah. - And the biggest thing in the world, what's going through your head right now? Are you like, I gotta maintain this, I gotta get bigger, are you happy? Like, like, what's kinda going through your head? - To be honest, I just ain't really, like, I ain't know how to be no rapper. - Yeah. - Mm-hmm. - Like, I don't even know how to be no rapper, I just-- - You just, you just, like, I just make music. - Yeah, you feel me? Like, even down, like, when I, like, even to this day, bro, like, when I was like, oh, you gotta, you gotta start getting dressed, you be coming outside, like, you wanna blast all out, that's who I am. - Yeah. - Mm-hmm. - You feel me? Like, I don't know. - It's authentic. - Yeah, you know what I'm saying? - That's, that's part of why you went crazy, too. Like-- - Yeah. - It's just you, you feel me? Like-- - So it's like, when all that was happening, I'm just like, shit, like, all right, let's, let's get it. - Yeah. - Like, we havin' fun, we makin' money, we havin' fun, we just livin' a different kinda life, like, you know what I'm saying? Motherfuckers used to sit back, like, I remember, I remember, like, when me and Mop, Mop used to have this Intrepid and shit, right, and we went downtown, I had brought this Ferrari phone case and shit, and I'm like, I told myself, I was like, this is probably the closest I'm ever gonna get to ownin' a Ferrari. - Yeah. - You feel me? Like, and it's like, I've had, like, six Ferraris since then, like, you know what I'm saying? - That's nuts. What was the first one you bought? - The first one I had was a 430, a '09 430. - Oh, yeah. - He really a car guy. - Yeah. - Like, he's really on that, like, he's really on that. - Hell yeah, that's what I do. - That's, like, the back of that, I think, is the nicest back of any sports car. - I'm really a Beamer boy, though. - Yeah, that's what I was about to say, you're a Beamer boy, though, yeah. - I'm a Beamer boy, like, you know what I'm saying? - Oh, yeah, 'cause you had the i8 in what video? Trap Queen, or? - Yeah, that was my way. - Oh, my way, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah. - Nah, I'm a F80. - You got an F80. - Damn. - M3. - Yeah. - That's different. - Shit, tough. - Sorry. - Shit, tough. - Is that where your car, like, you spend it on cars? Is that, like, your thing? - Yeah. - Yeah. - That's like us, too. - And my boy a driver, too. - You got to go to the car meets, he goes to the car meets all the time, like, he be doing all that. - Yeah, I be at the meets, I be there. - Oh, yeah? - I just be low, man. - On fire. - I be low, man. - Yeah. - So, were you going to all the award shows and everything at this time, like, were you going to, like, MTV Movie, like, the MTV Music Video Awards, like, all that stuff? - I won a few of them shits, I won the MTV, I won the Moon Man shit, I won the BET Best New Artist. - Hell, yeah. - I was nominated for a Grammy, I was there. - Damn. - I was supposed to win that Grammy of the Year, I was supposed to win the Best New Artist of the Year. - Who won that year? You remember? - I don't even remember his name. - See, that's that bullshit. - Yeah. - That's that bullshit. - I ain't going to lie, though, everybody went hard for me, though. Everybody was on Twitter, like, yo, that's crazy, like, y'all gypped that boy out his Grammy. It is what it is, though, you feel me? But I just, like, I was just having fun, bro, I ain't care about none of that shit, like, I don't care if I never won an award, bro, like, I done lived a life that I never in my life thought I'd be able to live, like, you feel me? Coming from where I come from, bro, like, it's my fucking seven people in my household, we live in a two-bedroom apartment, bro, like, you feel me, like, to being able to buy moms a crib and buy my sister a car, buy my brothers a car, and, like, you know what I mean, like, what they wanted, though, like, not, like, take this Honda Accord, this brand new 2015 at the time, whatever, like, you want the X6, we're going to get that, you want the R8, we're going to get, like, you know what I mean, like, we was living- - That's the best feeling in the world right there, nothing like that. - Yeah, you feel me? Like, I'm not, I ain't want to settle for nothing, like, I'm not settling for nothing or for nobody, you know what I'm saying, so I was just, like, I was just so happy to just see all that, like, like, I had a- The Illuminati has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Not a coincidence. - Big Lemon has been pulling strings in the industry for years. Think about it. But now, 7-Up is fighting back with their new lime lemon soda. Now lime comes first. 7-Up, flip the sip. - The house with the elevator and the shit like that, like, you know what I mean? Like, you just don't-- - Like ghosts. - Yeah. You don't see shit like that where I'm from. - Yeah. Like, you literally gotta drive all the way, like, 25, 30 minutes away to go see, like, a Ferrari store, a Lamborghini store. Like, and then you get pulled over as soon as the cops read your place and say, "Patterson." Like, you know what I mean? So we stay away from them type of areas, like. So it was like, to do that, to bring these type of cars through my hood, like. And I used to let people drive 'em. Like, I just pull up, huh, take the keys. Like, look, this how you move it. Take off. - Yeah. I remember one time, I was like, probably like 16. I was with the bros, and one of the bros' uncles, they used to work with you, like, a minute ago. - Mm. - And at the time, he knew, like, he knew we rocked with you all day. He was like, "Yo." He said, "Yo, we gon' take you to meet Fetty." And he was like, "What?" I'm like, "Nah, no way." I'm like, "No way." Like, we all hype, so we all get in his car. We go to Jersey, and we just kickin' it, we just kickin' it in the crib, bro. And then he pull up, I'm like, "Yo, that's that ass." And I'm like-- - Were you on power at this point? - Nah, this was like, this was, nah, actually, I think I might've been, but like, no, no, no. Yeah, I was, I was, but I was like, feel me, like, here and there, but like, I didn't care about none of that shit, bro. Like, I like, I like what I like. I like, like, music, like, feel me? Like, rappers I listen to, like, if I got the chance to meet them, it's like the craziest thing in the world. Like, especially with the bros, too. I'm like, damn, like, and then we was literally just kickin' it. They had their cars on the block. I'm like, damn, like, I like that music. I was wild, like, this shit crazy. Like, we literally be listenin' to this music on the way to the games, like, shit was crazy. I'm about to tell bro to send me that pic. I think we got a, I think dad's got a picture. - So, when your, your mom and, like, your family started seeing you blow up, like, what was that feelin' like? 'Cause honestly, that was, like, probably my favorite thing for me, personally. Like, seeing, like, I move out to L.A. to be an actor. Like, I wanted to do this shit, and it happened. Like, that was the most gratifying thing. So, like, I was, like, was it-- - I think when I first told my sister I was about to be a rapper, she laughed at me. - She was like, what? - 'Cause, you feel me? - When was this? When was this, this was before, or after, like, um-- - This was, like, before it all really got poppin', you feel me? - Yeah. - 'Cause, like, my sister know me, like, you know what I'm sayin'? Like, she know me, like, I, like, I remember she used to work at Foot Action. So, that's where I used to get my sneakers from. I used to come up there, and her boss used to, her boss used to be like, what does your brother do? He always pullin' out docks of money, like, you feel me? So, when I'm, like, I'm about to be a rapper and shit, like, they, whatever, like, you know what I'm sayin'? Like, you ain't leavin' the trap. You ain't, you know what I'm sayin'? You feel me? 'Cause I tried to get a job, it just, it just was not-- - It just was not there, yeah, yeah. What did you try and get a job? - I had a job at FedEx, you know what I mean? I had a job, I was only there for, like, a half a day. - My boy came to go a week, that much time. - You couldn't even do the full day? - Nah, 'cause, like, like, I, they, like, had me doin' some shit, like, unloadin', like, unloadin', and then, like, he switched it, like, to loadin'. I'm like, what the fuck? Like, nah, I'm not doin' that, bro. Like, he told me to do this, like. And he just was like, "You gon' do what I tell you to do." I'm like, "You ain't gonna make it home." Like, what are you talkin' about? Like, talking to me crazy, feel me? Like, you wildin', bro, like, I'm sayin', like, I'll do that to you, like, you fuckin'. - Yeah, and then you just, like, had to get goin' back to Auslan. - Nah, so then I picked a box back up, and then it was, like, five big-ass niggas behind me, like, yeah, come on. I'm like, where I'm goin'? Like, home. - I'm like, it done. - It was over with. Like, I'm like, all right, bet. Like, all right, whatever. So then I just went back outside, like, yo, bro, where you at? Like, yeah, I need to have it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, like, so when I told my mother the first time, I'm like, yeah, my mother be a rapper. Like, my mother used to work at William Patterson, you feel me, the college and shit. So I'm like, she like, "Okay, that's good." I was like, all right, bet. So the next time I seen her, I said, "Mom, I'm a rapper, go ahead, move, quit your job." She said, "Okay, got up." - Was the first money from a label? Was the first money just from, like, streams? Like, where did the first money come in from? The work. - The first money came in from, I can't really remember. - The first music money you got. - Oh, oh, oh, oh. - Of course, yeah. I can't really remember, it's so funny. The first music check you got, like, was that a label, like, a deal, or? - The first thing, I just put it in my song, you listen to my album? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - So, and I remember when me and G Herbo, I said, like, the first million dollar check, had it in my hand, the one I gave it to, never speak again. I never seen it. - Damn. - Yeah, I ain't never seen it. - Damn. - 'Cause that was my promise to him, like, you feel me, like, 'cause he put all the money up for us to, like, really get lit, you know what I'm saying? - But you gotta pay it all back, or what, like? - Nah, I ain't have to do nothing, but, you know what I'm saying? It just being loyal, like, that's why, like, on certain aspects of things that happen with that, like, I don't fault nobody, you feel me? 'Cause we both just ain't really know too much, so it was like, but I'm like, you my mans, like, you know what I'm saying? So, I'm like, yeah, like, that first million is yours. - Right. - So I stuck to my word, like, you know what I'm saying? It was two checks, I had two big checks. I remember Leroy Cohen gave it to me, I think it was at Jimmy Fallon or one of them. - Sick. - Whichever one it is in New York, excuse me. - That is crazy. - And I got two big checks, you feel me? 500,000, 500,000, looking at this shit, like, and I said, like, huh, like, what you want out there? I'm like, it's yours, like, good. Tell me, I never synced it. - Yeah. - Never bought myself. - Did you ever do SNL? - Better than me. - Did you do Saturday Night Live? - I'm not for sure. - You didn't even know? - I'm not for sure. - Fuck it. - 'Cause you gotta think, like, you gotta think, at that time, when all that happened, man, by the time we got that money, bro, we was good, you know what I'm saying? Like, we done turned it up, like, you know what I mean? Like, we done turned it up, so it was like, I knew I was, that million was gonna come again, regardless, you feel me? So it was like, I didn't really, I didn't think about it like that, like, you know what I mean? But it's just like, I keep my word. If I say I'm gonna do something, I'm gonna do it, bro. Like, and that's what a lot of people lack at in life. Like, people don't stand on that shit, like, and I stand on what I say I'm gonna do. If I say I'm gonna do something, I'm gonna do it. - Right. So, like, but the Saturday Night Live, I'm not for sure if I did that. - You should do it, you should definitely do it. I think it'd be fun. - I'ma try, I'ma see, I'ma see about it. - Yeah, that's fire. So, did you go out to L.A., you did everything. Like, you were going to all the parties and everything. Were you going, you did, like, Kimmel, you did Found, you did all that. Were you in the mix at, like, some L.A. parties? Did you ever meet any actors or people that you wanted to meet? Did you ever, like, get starstruck or anything like that? - Yeah, I did, I did. - That's so, we gotta put that in the episode. - That's how my spawn proceed. - Yeah. - Word up. - That's crazy. We'll put that on the Instagram. - That's crazy. - I'm like, in L.A., it's wild. Like, bro, I'm, you really gotta chill with me to understand me. - Yeah. Like, if I don't have to go, I'm not going. - Yeah. - Yeah, that's right. - Like, yeah, like, I ain't never been to no L.A. parties or none of that, like, never, like. - Yeah. - I probably got invited and didn't even know it. - Yeah. - Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, 'cause I don't know what it was about me. Just, people used to just be scared to talk to me. - Yeah. - Like, people was like, I don't know, like, he be smiling on camera, but you see him in person, he, you know what I'm saying? - Yeah. - I'm like, bro, I be chillin', like, yeah, I be chillin'. I don't even be on that, though, like. And it's like, a lot of actors and shit I met, I met them when I was walking. Like, I used to just be walking around and shit. 'Cause, you know, I ain't never been to L.A. prior to this, so I'm just like, I just wanna walk, like, 'cause that's what we used to do back in the day. Like, we'd walk all the way from our block to Eastside Park to go to the little fair, little shit, and walk, we'd walk everywhere, you feel me? Like, so I'm just walking. I think my first time, I drove all the way to Merrill's, and I just walked damn near the whole Merrill. - You probably went from Fairfax all the way down. - Warren Brown, like, 'cause that's where the, what was that sneaker store called out there? - It was, um. - Flight, not flight. - Flight Club. - Flight Club. - Yeah, Flight Club was over there. Then my Italian spot I used to go to all the time, John and Vinny's. - Oh yeah, John and Vinny's, right there, yeah. - So I used to just walk all the time, so people were just like, "Yo." - Yeah. - Like, "What the hell you doin' walkin' here?" Like, I'd just be walking, going, like, you know what I'm saying? That's why I met a lot of, like, actors and shit. - That's crazy. - Or at, what's that restaurant called? Catch. - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, Catch, yeah. - Catch, I used to-- - Catch Active. - Yeah, my boy Mark, I think my boy Mark, one of the owners, so he used to just let me come in there. I used to just be going there. And I met, like, what's his name? Sean Marlin, Sean Wayans, or how do you say his name? Marlon Wayans, I said both of the brothers' names. Yeah, I met Marlon Wayans. I met, what's the dude's name, Leonardo DiCaprio. - DiCaprio, yeah, yeah. - Leo V. Wildin. - Yeah, I met a lot of people that I met, I met 'em in Catch, and I'm on the wall in there. Like, when you walk in, they got me right next to, Bill Gates and the other rich dude. - Elon Musk? - Nah, nah, nah, the other one was Jeff Bezos. - Jeff Bezos. - Jeff Bezos, Fetty Wap, that's what it's gonna be. - That's a good wall to be in. Right in the middle, like literally right in the middle. When you go to L.A. and you go to catch L.A., when you walk in the elevators, look up. You're going to see me right there. I'm in the middle. I'm like, yeah, keep me right there so I can rub shoulders with this. Get that energy. Get that good energy. Have you been back since you got out, or have you just been in New York? Yeah, I've just only been in New York. I can't really move too much right now. All right, guys, we're going to take a quick break from the episode. We're going to talk to you about our friends at PrizePix. Basketball, baseball, and hockey is in full swing right now, so it's obviously not a better time to get into it. The app is literally so simple. 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Yeah, come on. You know that's my God, man. Yeah, man. The whole G unit, really. Like, my favorite joint, my favorite tape bottom. I think there was only this one, though. But the Beg for Mercy. Yeah. Oh, my God. That right there. So many bangers. You know, Styles P. Styles P, that's my, that's, like, one of my favorite rappers. Like, Styles P. I listened to the Lox, period. But, like, just growing up, I was one of those Styles P. I kind of related more to Styles P. You know, Jadakiss be talking about that bag. He be talking about that bag talk that I've never seen. So, I'm like, I don't know what he talking about. Sierra Leone diamonds and all that. I don't even know who that is. Like, you know what I mean? Like, but. Styles P was. Yeah, like, Dipset, of course, you know, they had the whole, they had the story of my city at one point, too. Like, um. Dipset had the crazy wave at one point, too. Yeah, word bomb. Word. Like, a lot of, even West Coast rappers, like, Nate Dogg, rest in peace to Nate Dogg. You know, like, that melody. Of course, Bigger Val, Max B. The melody, too. Bigger Val. R&B, like, total. Total, I think. They from Jersey, too. Mm-hmm. Uh. The Lemonati has spent decades keeping lemon on top and lime in the shadows. Not a coincidence. Think about it. 7UP, flip the sip. What's some other name? What, T-Bozzer now? I don't wanna know, Scott. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, okay, yeah, TLC. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. But, um, yeah, I listen a lot. You know, I be listening to the music, man. Like, my genre, I go crazy. Any genre, like, I love it. So, who's someone you wanna collab with that you, I mean, like, a dream collab that you haven't collabed with yet? Because you got a lot of music. Yeah, I mean, she passed away. She passed away, though. She passed away. Like, my dream collab would have been to do a song with Whitney Houston. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, someone that's here right now, who would it be? If you could just set it up right now, yo, come to the studio. Let's do something. Right now? I ain't gonna lie, it'd probably be Glorilla. Damn. Okay. That's fire. I'll do something with Glorilla. She's fire. That'd be hard. She's going crazy for the shorties right now. Yeah. Do you remember the first time that you met 50? Oh, yeah. I'll never forget that day. I was trying. See, me and 50 Cent would do something to you. Real talk, I'm dead serious, because, like, he be acting broke as hell. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Word up. Like, bro be acting broke as hell. So, like, the first time I met 50, we was in a strip club. We was in a strip club. This was in Lusk, where my boy Star owned it. Damn, Lusk is, yeah, I never got the chance to go to Lusk. It was bustin', girl. I'm sorry, bro. But we was in there. We was in there. I'm like, damn, 50 here. I got to show out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got to back up the back. What? I had him bringing out boxes. He's like, you know what I'm saying? Then he juicing me up. Like, he like, yo, leave Allen. So, I'm like, damn, when he going to get his money? He in there the whole night. Throwing my money with me. You feel me? And that was my first 50 Cent lesson right there. Like, that was my first lesson. Yo, Bob, you a bad man for that. But I'm telling you, like, if you just, like, the thing I love about bro is, if you just pay attention to him, you'll learn how to save a lot of money. Oh, yeah, 100%. You feel me? Oh, yeah. So, that lesson right there taught me, like, it don't matter who you with, like, who around you. You don't got to show out for nobody. Like, everybody know he got money. Everybody know he 50 Cent. Everybody know he rich. You want to come in here and throw your money? Yeah. I'm going to help you throw it. Yeah. And that was, like, my first lesson. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, he be dropping, like, silent jewels. Mm-hmm. You know what I mean? And, like, I just talked to him the other day. I just did something with Cardi B. Like, she had Burmio in the Prudential Center in New York. Oh, yeah, with Spin. Yeah. Yeah. You feel me? And I talked to him right before then. And he just, same thing. Like, hey, bro, make sure such and such and such and such. I'm like, I got you. Yeah. I will say, we do go to the club with 50, though, and he does take care of us. Nah, yeah. He'll hand us, like, 10, 20, 30, 30k sometimes. He'll be like, throw it. Oh, no. I've been to the club again with him where he was wild. Where he was wild. Yeah, yeah. Like, where he was wild. But that time you look, yeah. He get in those modes where he be bugging. He get a whole hundred. Hundred. And just wild the fuck out. Bro, you got to go on tour with him. You got to do 50's next 20. I was supposed to, but I got, you know, I got to go. The next one, you got to be there for sure. Yeah. It's going to be crazy because we be going to all the shows, like, that'd be nuts. You've been to a few Europe ones, though. I've only been to one Europe one. The London one. 50 brought us out in London. I want to go to the more overseas ones. Those ones be the movies. Did you ever travel? Did you do overseas shows ever? Oh, yeah. What was your favorite? Probably the London Wireless Fest. Yeah. Wireless. Yeah. Wireless is OD. Are you going to do it again this year? Awesome. You can't travel yet, but when? Nah. Yeah, because I think they just, what is it? July? I think August. Oh, they just put the schedule up? Yeah. Yeah, they put out that. Yeah. Yeah. Dude. I haven't been to Wireless either, bro. I've never been to Wireless before. Nah. You gotta go there, bro. Never been to Wireless, bro. It's different. Like, I'm talking about, I've never seen that many people ever. Yeah. I ain't gonna lie. Like, that shit was like some DMX shit. Yeah. Like, rest in peace to bro. Bro, I'm talking about like, bro, it was like, I couldn't even hear myself with the in-ears in. Like, it was that loud. Nah, that's lit. That's lit. That's a different type of- For real. Like, that shit was crazy. Like, the people on the stage, that was probably, that was obviously one of the biggest stages you've been on, right? Yeah. Hell yeah. Like, out of the country, yeah. The biggest in the US was Taylor Swift. Yeah. That shit was O.D. Yeah. The Swifties. That shit was O.D. Fucking football stadium, and it wasn't even like half that shit, it was the whole football stadium. Damn. That's one thing I really tip my hat to, like, artists that really be performing in front of crowds like that, bro. Cause like, I can't even speak in front of a crowd that big, let alone perform five, six songs and sound good at the same time, keep your- that's a different type of- Did you ever get nervous at all, still? Or like, ever now? No, I never got nervous. Ever? Uh-uh. Damn. That's fire. It's the work that they like. Like, look at it like this, right? Look at it like a basketball player, if all is like, "Well, I can't say that because I ain't no bat." Nah. As a matter of fact, I can say that. Because I could use him as an example, right? Look at it as a basketball player that only wants to play basketball. You feel me? Once he gets his break, he's not about to be nervous. He worked his ass off to get that. Yeah, he's like, "Yo, I've been preparing for it." Now I gotta show y'all, like, what I can do. And that's how it was with me. Like, everybody was like, "Oh, he just came out of nowhere." Then, you know, people from the town like, "This thing ain't even been doing music like that." And everybody just was like, "Doubt, doubt, doubt, doubt, doubt, doubt, doubt." He only got one song, literally. So I'm finna show y'all. Like, I'm about to show y'all what's up. Right. I'm about to show y'all. Let 'em know, like, I ain't come here to play. That was your time. That was your time. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm built for this. And little stages, big stages, I don't care what it is. If it's 20 people in the crowd, I'ma sing like it's 200,000. You remember your first performance ever? Yeah, for sure. De Classico was in Patterson, 2014. How many people do you think was in the crowd at the time? Probably like, I'm not going to lie, I'm going to say De Classico was whole, I think like four or five hundred people. That shit was packed. Yeah, I was about to say though, you didn't even start off with no small shows because once you blew up, you blew all the way up. It just started over with. It was crazy out here. That's fire. Do you watch a lot of TV or anything? Do you have favorite shows or movies that you watch or anything? I'll be watching Martin and shit. I watch Martin. That's my favorite show. I watch Martin all day whenever I got down time. I think literally before we left the crib, I think Martin playing right now. I just keep it on because you know Netflix be trying to ask you, are you still watching? He's like, yes, I am. Keep playing without asking. You got a top five movies list though? Top five movies list? Yeah. Yeah. Top three. Yeah, that's easy. My favorite movie is State Property. State Property. What is that? Beanie Seagulls. He's like, what is that? You never seen State? That's mad funny. Yeah. This is the first time I've seen a movie that you haven't seen. I swear to God. I've not seen that. Is it Beanie Seagulls in it? Beanie Seagulls in it. Bro, that shit is fire. Yeah, State Property, that's my favorite movie. That's why I came and shot up the basketball court. That shit. I gotta watch it. It's Fendi's favorite movie. I gotta watch it. And it's crazy because that whole movie was shot in my city. Oh, sick. Yeah, the whole movie was shot in Patterson. It was? Yeah. Oh, shit. Like, that scene you talking about is called Montgomery Park now. I think it's called Vera Ames Park now, but. Damn, I didn't even know it was shot in Patterson. That's crazy. My second favorite movie, Shottas. Oh, yeah. You showed me that in Jamaica. You watched that in Jamaica. Shottas is, come on. That's a good one right there. And it's tough. The third one is like a toss-up. It's a toss-up between Belly Up, Paid in Full. Yeah. So it's gonna be like one of them. That's tough. It's hard. Yeah, I gotta give it to you. I gotta give you a five, so you could put one of them at three, one of them at four. It's hard. Like, I can't. It's like half, like three, 1.5, 1.5. It's tough, though. It is tough to pick with Gino's, too, because it's like, I feel like Paid in Full got like the storyline. I think I like the storyline a lot better. Obviously, it's based off a true story, but like Belly as a whole, bro, like the way it shot, like Hype Williams went dumb crazy, like the blue light in it and like all that. It's just mad cinema. It looks like a long-ass music video. Yeah, that's a fact, though. But it's like fire. Remember Fat Joe? Fat Joe said on this podcast, he said that how Lean Back was made was because of Belly. He went to Scott Storch and was like, whatever they're going in the tunnel in Belly, I want that beat. Whatever that means to you, I want that beat. He's like, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na. I mean, that's how Lean Back got made. Belly is OD. Do you have any aspirations of acting or doing anything like that or no? No. None? No, I don't know. I think you'd be fired, bro. No, fuck that. Like, why you say fuck that? Like, whoa. Bro, listen, we shot two videos since I've been home, right? And these is like the first time I ever like did like real videos. Oh, yeah. I already know what you're about to say. The video started at 11 in the morning. This shit wasn't over until 2 in the morning. And I'm like, if this what I got to do, like to be an actor, I'm probably just, you know what I'm saying? I'll do like a little B-roll. Pull up, let me do what I'm saying. That's 16. That's 16. That would do. You got to get some power. Bro, look, I commend, like, bro, I commend, I commend y'all because that shit is not easy. Like, you got to keep doing the same thing, different angles, keep that same energy on, you know what I'm saying? Like, like, but you know, one thing I can say, though, like, I am a lot calmer. Like, I am a lot calmer. I am more like, like, I have more control over my emotions. So, like, I don't, like, get aggravated or agitated as easily as I used to before. Like, I went to jail. Whatever. So, I might, I mean, I don't know. I might, like, I could do whatever I want to do, like, if I put my mind to it. But if that's, is that something that I'm looking forward to doing right now? Nah. I'm manifesting a sick role for you in a big movie. Like a cool, like, kind of like what Post Malone did in that Mark Wahlberg movie. Something like that, like a sick scene. I just, you just got, like, a sick movie look. Like, just do. Like, you know, there's some people, like, actors that just got great looks. Like, I think you would fucking crush it. So, speaking about the process and all that, like, you the type to spend, like, two, three days on a song? Or you finish a song two hours, one hour? Two, three days. And two, three days. You'd probably make a whole damn EP in two, three days. Two, three days. I could probably, I could probably get, if you give me 72 hours, I could probably get you three projects. Damn. That's OD. Because I know certain people, like, they'll make a song, and they'll probably, like, they'll probably be done in, like, a good amount of time. But they'll just keep going back to it. Like, nah, I gotta change this, gotta change that. Like, you just, you just banging on it. Nah, I ain't gonna lie. So, you gotta think. I only been home, I think, today make 85 days. Right? So, and my time is limited doing, for my curfew or whatever. So, I did this whole project in a month. And nothing from the vault is on that project. Yeah, nothing from the vault. That's all. Everything up there is brand new. Like, everything up there was recorded in 2026. That's fire. Yeah. And what is your process when you record? So, you don't write, but you're just, like, straight, you hear the beat, and you just go in the booth and start ripping some stuff off? Yeah. So, I mean, it's just, you know, like, it's like catching the flow, like, catching the vibe. And then you have to be in that moment. Like, me, I don't go to the studio if I'm not in that moment. It just don't make sense. I'm just sitting around. So, like, some days I want to rap. Some days I want to sing. Some days I want to do the melody. Some days I want to trap rap. Like, it just depends on how I'm feeling. You know what? My day goes off the first song I hear when I wake up. That's fire. Seriously. Like, whatever is the first song I hear when I wake up, I kind of go that way. Like, yeah. Like, it dictates my movements. So, like, today, I think the first song I heard today was the song called, it's called Ventin. It's called Ventin by Chicken P. I think he locked that right now. So, free bro. And it's just like, certain things in that song, it's like, man, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I think one of the parts, he was like, man, him and his homie had only jean jackets on. It was two degrees outside. It's like, damn, I remember me and my mom was running around like that. Like, we living out the trunk of his car, trying to make it happen. And we always told each other, like, yo, bro, I'm happy as hell that this shit happened in the summertime. Like, you know, even though it's hot, you know, you'd much rather be hot. Fuck that while it's hot than fuck that while it's cold. Like, so. And it just like, bro, it just so happened that, like, literally, like, as soon as things was getting a little bad, it just went super good. Yeah. Lost a car. Like, crashed a car or some shit. Like, I don't know. Whatever he did. I don't know where Mati at. I don't even know where Mati at right now. I think he's probably somewhere low. But, oh, here? Yeah, he just, he put up, like, 10 minutes or 15 minutes ago. And then we lost the car. And then right after that, it was just, like, everything just went up. Like, I don't know how to explain that shit. Like, but that's one thing we always told each other. Like, I'm happy as hell that this happened when it was hot outside. Like, you feel me? But, like, yeah, that shit just, you know, it'd just be crazy, bro. I ain't gonna lie, man. So then, like, the future for you, what are you excited about? Do you have goals? Is there anything that you want to do? Or are you just living it day by day? Like, what's the next year for you look like if you could, like, paint a perfect picture? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not gonna lie, bro. I don't live for tomorrow, bro. I live for today. I love that. Like. Not a coincidence. Think about it. But now, 7UP is fighting back with their new song. New Lime Lemon Soda. 7UP. Flip the sip. I had the same day every day for four years, bro. You feel what I'm saying? Like, and I just figured out how to make it different every day for four years. So, like, once you be able to do that, like, and what I mean by that, of course, when I was in prison. It's literally the same day every day. I mean, you wake up at a certain time, you work out at a certain time, you eat at a certain time, you get on the phone, you hang up, you lay down. Or you shower, you lay down, you wake up and do the same thing every day for however long you were in prison. So, I don't think about tomorrow. Like, I don't think about tomorrow. I'm going to try to make the best of the day today. And if I'm fortunate and blessed enough to wake up tomorrow, I'm going to make the best of the day tomorrow. So, it's like, I'm just happy. I'm just happy. For sure. Damn, this has got to be one of my favorite episodes ever. This is fucking awesome. Yeah, I feel like we've got to end on that. Like, that was an amazing note. We didn't even, like, intro the episode. We were just so excited to talk to you. So, we're in New York. We're shooting episodes. We're in a new studio. We got Fetty Wap in the building. What a crazy episode. 1738. Yes, he just dropped an album. Xavier. Xavier the album, man. It's different. It's different. I know y'all was looking for that. Well, I got y'all. It's going to come. I got y'all. It's going to come, man. For sure. He had to get off his chest. And there's nothing from the vote. All new shit, too. That's a fact. Hell yeah. We're excited for the future. And he was on limited time. So, that's even better. even craziest got the zoo we're about to see you out with 50 you're gonna be on tour we're excited for the future is there anything else you want to plug anything else that businesses stuff like that um shout out to my little homie baby Hayes I did a walk for him I did a glaucoma walk for him a few weeks ago no he ain't gonna understand it right now but just keep being strong no some keep being an advocate for you no shout out to all the guys that's waiting to come home no saying free the guys and shout out to the guys that made it home no saying stay home shout out to my team my two managers my sister divinity and Jamie shout out to my PR for just being great and you know saying put me in places I need to be obviously appreciate you shout out the bro for you know reaching out to me - you know I mean for me to even do the podcast like I had to make I asked Mike so many times like please hit Betty I want to make it happen and you know I mean just I'm saying other than that you know just I'm just I'm just happy appreciate appreciate everybody for a thing yeah we about to see a crazy couple years out of you I already feel it bro um everyone follow Fetty Wap on Instagram it's just Fetty this Fetty Wap 1738 Fetty Wap 1738 Michael Rainey jr. Gianni V Paolo Michael give us one who has it you have it Fetty Wap in the building let's get it hell yeah what a fucking episode last one to the airing of the next episode of Fetty Wap in the building let's get it woo hell yeah what a fucking episode coca-cola for the big for the small the short and the tall peacemakers risk-takers for the optimists pessimists for long-distance love for introverts and extroverts the thinkers and the doers for old friends and new coca-cola for everyone pick up some coca-cola at a store near you

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The Lemonati, a shadowy industry force, has long promoted lemon over lime, influencing music, branding, and consumer products.
  2. 7UP is countering this dominance with a new lime-lemon soda that positions lime first, symbolizing a shift in industry power.
  3. The narrative includes personal stories of a rapper's journey from prison to fame, highlighting resilience, self-improvement, and financial independence.
  4. A key theme is authenticity in music and life—emphasizing raw emotion, real experiences, and genuine connections over manufactured success.
  5. The rapper credits early influences like Styles P, the Lox, and 50 Cent, while expressing admiration for artists like Whitney Houston and Glorilla.
  6. Personal milestones, such as music breakthroughs, first performances, and collaborations, are framed as pivotal moments of self-discovery and growth.
  7. The episode blends entertainment with social commentary, addressing issues like incarceration, mental health, and economic empowerment.
  8. It promotes lifestyle brands like ZocDoc, PrizePix, and GLD, tying personal success to real-world tools and community support.

Summary:

This episode blends personal storytelling with cultural critique, centering on a rapper’s journey from prison to fame. It highlights how early musical influences—like Styles P and 50 Cent—shaped his path, while emphasizing authenticity, resilience, and self-reliance. A major theme is the long-standing industry dominance of lemon over lime, symbolized by the Lemonati, and its recent challenge by 7UP’s new lime-lemon soda, representing a shift in consumer culture.

The narrative also explores personal growth, including financial independence, emotional maturity, and a commitment to community. Episodes of music success are tied to real-life experiences—like first performances at De Classico, emotional breakthroughs, and moments of joy. The story is interwoven with personal tributes to family, advocacy, and social causes, such as supporting reentry programs and raising awareness for health issues.

The episode promotes lifestyle brands like ZocDoc, PrizePix, and GLD, positioning them as tools for personal empowerment and real-world success. Ultimately, it celebrates authenticity, self-determination, and the power of individual voice in both music and everyday life.

FAQs

The Lemonati is a shadowy organization that has spent decades promoting lemon over lime, infiltrating music and consumer culture with lemon-forward products and content.

7UP is fighting back with a new lime-lemon soda that features lime first, symbolizing a shift in the industry's favoritism and promoting a balanced approach to flavor.

The 7Uprising campaign represents a movement to flip the narrative in the beverage industry by putting lime on equal footing with lemon and challenging long-standing industry biases.

ZocDoc is a platform that helps patients find and book doctors by specialty, insurance, and availability, with real patient reviews to ensure a good match and easier access to care.

Fetty Wap credited his music career to early exposure to artists like Styles P and the Dipset, and emphasized that his first songs were inspired by personal experiences and the environment of his upbringing.

The song '6-7-9' marked a pivotal moment in Fetty Wap's rise to fame, as it went viral and was widely played, signaling to fans and the public that his music was gaining massive traction.

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