H3adband Tells His Life Story (Full Interview)

Now at this point, what genre of music do you consider yourself at this point, what genre music do I consider myself if any, I mean, right now I would say hip hop, I'm just kind of make people dance. So I say hip hop, probably, you know, I didn't know if it got any more specific than that. You know, sometimes people will say they're in a sub genre, which even gets more specific than that with another sub genre. So I didn't know if you classified or put your music in a sort of category at all. Uh, I see myself as an artist, but I'm just referring to the music that's popular right now in my category, in my catalog. Now, when it comes to hip hop, uh, especially adlibs in particular on a song, what is your opinion of that? Uh, I think, I think sometimes they're important. Sometimes they, um, they make the artist. Sometimes it, um, it's a, it's like a stamp to let people know that they own a song. And what about when it comes to you in particular? Do you have a strategy at all when it comes to implementing adlibs within your music? Uh, I may shop for my song. Um, they out. Yeah, I may shop with that air song, but besides that, nah, it's just, I play, I play back the song and adlibs be me turn. Now, this particular adlib, you just demonstrated sounds like a signature adlib of yours and adlib you're known for at this point. Yeah. Now, were you the first artist to ever do this adlib? Oh, I don't know if somebody come out and say they did it for me. I'm sorry, but I mean, that's, that's what, you know, I come. But as far as you know, you were the first. Yeah. Okay. Now, when it comes to this particular adlib before we dive into the history of it, uh, what is the meaning behind it when you say it? And do you recall how this originated for you? Maybe the first song you implemented it on or what era in your career, you started doing this? Nah, it's not really no meaning behind it. Um, what, where it came from me, me and Mose in the studio listening, uh, listening to a song. And oh, yeah, it is kind of, it's kind of kind of what I know. Do you remember what song? I lie. And what's been the reaction to this signature of yours at this point? Uh, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know the civilizations to my, to my area for, you don't see fans saying this back to you or maybe people saying it in comments on your social media or so on and so forth. Sometimes I see it in my comments. Yeah. I see, I see my comments sometimes that type of yeah. And what about this when it comes to other recording artists? Have you heard other recording artists copy or steal? This ad lib of yours? No. And also, excuse me, when it comes to your music, have there ever been times when you didn't implement ad lives in a song? Are there some times you will refrain from using ad lives in a song? Oh, yeah, sometimes I just, I just put my version, you know, chords down and just leave it at that. I feel like that's, that it'll be enough. But that's kind of rare. I do. So if there was a circle chart of 100% what percentage would you say songs of yours with ad libs versus songs without? Probably, it's probably 80% songs with ad lives, 20% without. And how do you know when to implement them? 80% of the time. The ad lives usually is the last thing you do. So usually when you hit a song, it's something missing, you know, you ask me ad lives. Now, what about this when it comes to collaborating with other recording artists? Have you ever added your ad libs to another artist's verse on the same song? No, not me personally. No. What is your opinion of that? There are some artists that do that. They collaborate with another artist and they put ad libs on the other person's verse or the other person puts ad libs on their verse, vice versa sometimes. How do you feel about that? I don't think it's a problem with it. Sometimes some people really give you the ad libs. They just sound good on the ad libs. And what about this as well? What are your thoughts on songs? With just another person's ad libs on them, but no hooker verse from them on that song. It's just their ad libs sprinkled throughout another person's verse or hook. Slight twist to the predicament I gave you previously. I mean, that's the day decisions they want to hear about the song like that. Now, have you ever done this yourself? Have you been asked to put your ad libs on a song, but no hooker verse from you? They just wanted your signature perhaps or vice versa. Maybe you wanted someone's ad libs on a song of yours, but no hooker verse from them. Would you be open to either scenario at all in the future? Just my ad libs. Yes. If somebody wanted that signature ad libs. Oh, yes. Yes, on their on their song, but no hooker verse from you. Would you be open to that at all? Yeah, my percentage right? Very well. Well, ask you a variety of questions here on the subject of ad libs. Is there anything else you want to mention about ad libs before we move on to another subject within your music here? No. Now, when it comes to your catalog of music and all the songs that you publicly released so far, what's been the biggest of them all at this point? Boo. And why do you consider that song to be your biggest at the moment? I mean, the numbers, I mean, it got the most in it. Now, when it comes to this song in particular, as much press and media coverage that you've done so far, are there any unknown facts or stories in regards to this song that's never been publicly mentioned yet? There's never been mentioned. Yes. Are there any other secrets? Any other tea? Anything else? The public does not know about this song yet. As much media and presses you've done so far could be in regards to creating the song, recording the song, or releasing the song. You know, I made a little preview when I had dropped it on Halloween. But I did it like a little park outside. When I went to the park, it was like a living o'clock at night. Do you want to mention what park this was? No, I mean, I was in bad nurse. It was like a 730 night when we got to it. I never said it. We'll talk about BR a little bit later in this conversation. But when it comes to this song, anything else as far as secrets or tea, aside from the 1130 at the park, you just revealed. What was the plan at the park by the way too? What was what were you doing at the park at 1130? What was? Nah, I caught a bunch of my people, you know, come dance. And I told them how to get mad on your costumes. You just popped out in the park to do it like a live video. Oh, got it, got it, got it. And now it's 2026. So I have to ask you this question. Was there any AI technology used in the creation of this song at all? And what is your opinion of that artificial intelligence being used in the music industry? I'm starting out to like these these on these like these promoters and these like clubs, they use they use like AI for like the pitch is not. And they'll be looking like they'll be looking like the artists. And have you seen yourself used in some of this imagery? Yeah, I see myself. And what happens in an instance such as that? Do you get the promoter or the venue to take that down or change the flyer or the graphics? I mean, I'm not even that type of, you know, though, I just, I just be laughing at the pitch and just keep moving. Now, you may not be a fan of some of this stuff, but have you had a reaction from your base at all to it? Have people like fans and so on and so forth said something like this doesn't look like him. This isn't how he moves. And is that something maybe that you will put into a writer of some sort and let, you know, promoters or people that are booking, you know, hey, no AI on the graphics or flyers on future promotions. Yeah, eventually. Now, what about on the music side of things? Do you feel like you're competing against AI at this point? No. And do you feel like A.I. is a trend or a permanent fixture moving forward in this industry of yours. I think it's a trend. Just curious there on how you felt. Now what about this? When it comes to this song in particular for you, a few more questions about that. Did you know when you were creating, recording, or releasing this song that it would end up becoming your biggest song so far? No, but I thought it was going to do good for Halloween because of the beat stuff, but I didn't think it was going to be what it is now. I didn't think I would have a dance, made a dance, and all that. At what point did you start to realize this song was going to be on a trajectory that it was going to be your biggest? Like how far in did you say to yourself, was it something in particular or maybe it was just time like a month out you saw this was getting out of hand? At the day they made the dance, you know, first it was like, you know, tic-tacres and flancers. Then it passed on to celebrities, you know, people that had an age or so. Once I got to the celebrities, I realized it was out of hand. And speaking of those celebrities, who's been your favorite so far that's reacted to it? Savannah James, Zaya James, the baby, his daughter, Monica, Kishikov, Jeff Hardy. What did it, what did it, what did it, a lot of people did it. And you know, when a recording artist of your nature gets a reaction especially from celebrities, does someone like yourself utilize that reaction to start a dialogue with a person, especially someone that you might be interested in a future collaboration with or do you wait for them to maybe start dialogue with you personally or how does that work? I know every artist is different. Some just like the reaction, some try to, you know, play offense and try to maybe get a collaboration out of it or something of that nature. No, it was a mile from a four, I think, collaborations like that happen like naturally. And speaking of TikTok as well, are you on that platform and if so, care to share your official handle just in case there's some fraudulent, scammy, spammy profiles out there of you. And what about, excuse me, what about when it comes to predicting your songs generally speaking? Are you good at predicting how far your music will go or how far it will get? So in this instance, you thought it was going to be good because of, you know, the Halloween theme and so on and so forth. You thought it was going to do well to a certain extent but you didn't know it was going to be your biggest. But what about your previous songs? Have you been good at picking which songs were going to generate to how far they've gotten or not? I feel like I feel like I picked the last two. I know the last two was going to do, it was going to do, but I ain't, I ain't see boo coming. I ain't see boo coming. But I think I've been doing good at picking songs. And when you say last two, which two songs are you referring to in particular? I ain't lying in the other song called, that song. And if there was a circle chart, right? Just for further clarification, 100%. What percentage are you good at picking your music and how far it will get versus not so good? 50%? I'll be right now, I'll be wrong. And if not you, then who in particular is good at predicting your music, maybe someone around you, someone on your team, that's better than 50%. Oh, I mean, I got, well, I got like three judges, so I'm like one judge. My brother, Moe, another judge, and then BJ, another judge. So if we get three, yes, it's on one song, then I know it's good. And when it comes to these two other judges that you mentioned, aside from just getting a correspondence of two out of three, or a majority rules, or so on and so forth, are either of them better at you than picking your music. Are they better than 50% of the time at guessing how far your music will go? BJ probably jumped the ground the most, he'll say it's all good before we say it's all good. And just for transparency, BJ is off camera to the side of you during this interview. Is that factually correct? And okay, now what specifically led the song to get as far as it has today? Was it just the dance looking back? Was it something else that you would say got this song to be your biggest at this point? I would probably say the two-talk influence, and I heard the song and made the dance, despite the little push to the limit for where they made the dance. And curious here, just to dot the eyes and cross the T's, obviously you mentioned TikTok as a platform, you had co-signs from some other celebrities. Was there a marketing strategy of some sort that propelled this song to get as far as it has compared to your other music? Did you do anything different, marketing-wise, with the song that you did with other songs of yours in your collection? No, not really too much different. And part in the brain fog here was there a sample in this beat at all by any chance. And were you assigned to a distribution company or record label at the time of its release? I was independent at the time. And there is a music video for it as well. So just for clarification, do you think it was the visual that helped propel this song to get as far as it has today, as far as the music video or just the audio itself? I think it helped to keep going, and I think it helped put my face to the song, a lot of people was hearing the song without knowing who made it. Part in the brain fog here once again, but is there a remix to this song of yours at all? Is there a thought on putting a remix together for it as big as it is? Just strictly a thought, or is there something actually in the works at this point? I mean, at this point, you know, something is in the works of it. Anything else you can say about this upcoming remix at all? As you have a variety of questions here about this song, is there anything else you want to mention about it that wasn't asked or that wasn't covered? Anything else you want to mention about it? Zooming out. And something additional that just came to mind here, before we move on to another subject, as big as this song has been for you. Are there any flaws in it whenever you listen to it again? Is there something you look back and wish you could have changed this or wish you could have changed that, or is it perfect the way it is? Nothing is perfect the way it is. I wouldn't change that. Very well. Well, moving forward, I want to dive a little bit deeper here and get to know you personally speaking, especially when it comes to the BR and talking a little bit about that as well. Yes, for those in the audience, getting to know you here for the very first time, care to share where you were born, and care to share where you were raised as well. And does it get any more specific than that? No. And care to share where you reside these days, we'll stay in bed here right now. Now when it comes to the BR, circumstances could be different for everyone, but can you give the audience here five tips for anyone visiting that location, five tips if you're visiting bed room, yes, don't go on play grow, stay from under the highway, five, and if you don't have five, that's okay. you gave two so far look like you're getting some help here on the side. Yeah, I need some help on the side. You stay in a lot of places. Oh, for real, for real. You really don't even either come to Ben Ritz unless unless you come to play unless you playing business, the Southern game, really not even Southern while you come to the Southern. Now just for transparency, you have some other voices here on the side of you. We mentioned one of them previously was BJ, care to share the other two that are chiming in here. My dog mowing the side of my camera. Now when it comes to growing up in Baton Rouge for you, what was that really like? Growing up in that area and specifically was it Sherwood? Yeah. Just for pronunciation, say, what was it really like growing up in Sherwood and let me pause for a moment. When it comes to Sherwood, was it a certain age range you grew up in that particular location? No, I mean, I've been on it. Okay. Me growing up with them, I used to hoop, so I was by his life here, they used to go to the gym and hoop, you know, to share with a court and hoop, you know, shit like that. My growing up, you know, I had a basketball in my hand most of the time. And let's talk about that a little bit further as well. When it comes to basketball, how far did you get with that sport? I went to a post grad, and I graduated because I didn't have a high HCT score, so I had to go post grad, but when I had one post grad, COVID hit came up, so I couldn't really visit school, so I just went back home, or a Juco back home, or called BRCC, and I had played for them. So I went as far as Juco. And why did you stop at that level? Why not move further with basketball past Juco? I decided to keep wrapping for COVID, when COVID had started, like people, you know, can't come to the games and shit like that, so basketball, I look, he got born, I started on, I started focusing on my teammate because he used to make music, and his dorm, like practice, and shit like that, he used to go on his dorm and make music, and shit like that, and I kind of, kind of fell in love with that little process. So just for clarification here, when it comes to your education, did you at least get two years of college under your belt? I feel it, but, you know, it worked out. So is it safe to say you dropped out? Yeah, it's safe to say I dropped out. And do you know when you dropped out, like obviously this was your second year at the time, right? So you were a sophomore? Yeah. So what was your first decision? Were you at least in the middle of a semester, had you completed a semester before making that decision? I had, I had completed a semester, I had a semester and a half left. And what was the reaction from your parents to that decision making? Um, get a job. Now did you surprise them with this news? Did they find out on their own that you had made this decision? Do you want me driving up? Yeah. Did you tell them in advance before you were doing so? Did you tell them after? Did they find out after? Uh, no, I mean, they, they found out after, but, you know, my, my people supported it. They understood what, you know, the reason it was. And that I was, you know, personally about this, this rap thing. So. Now they say get a job as a response. Did you end up getting a job or was music the job at the time? I ended up getting a job, I started working at Amazon. I was a delivery job. And how long have that, did you get under your belt before music is a serious effort for you? Um, I was, I probably often on with that for like seven months, like six months. Now when it comes to basketball, just want to zoom back in on that. What position did you play overall speaking in your basketball days? Uh, point go ahead. And did you have a main jersey number throughout those days as well? Yeah, I was number three. And was that, excuse me, was that a number you were given or a number you requested? I was number one. And was there any meaning behind that number back then? My, uh, my favorite player was Ellen I was, and I was like, not like small, small. So I always wanted to win number three and I always wanted to, uh, what a band. So what a band. And Iverson wore a headband as well. I should. Now, I don't know if you were, you could correct me if I'm wrong. Did he wear that during his entirety of his career, or just sometimes you wore a headband? Well, yeah, it's all correct. And was that the, uh, meaning behind your headband as well, just like AI or? Yeah, when I played basketball. Now, what was it about him in particular that you resonated with him? Why was he your favorite basketball player, your inspiration for basketball at the time? Because there's other players you could have chosen. Uh, then I used to watch this highlight tape when I was little. And I used to try to like, remember what he used to, what he used to do. And even up into this point, have you ever had the opportunity to meet Ellen Iverson yet? No, no, no, no, no, just curious there. And okay, what was your, uh, wanted, wanted to ask you this to wrapping up the basketball questions. What was your coach's, uh, reaction to that decision making to at the time? And maybe your other teammates as well. Oh, well, oh, my college coach. Yeah. Well, your last, your Juco coach, what was his reaction to you stopping, oh, stopping basketball there. I don't know. I ain't talking about that stuff. And what about other teammates of yours? What was their reaction? Uh, they, they heard me making music like, you know, in the dorms and stuff, so I was supportive because they had like money. And now that you've blown up on the music side of things and not so much the athletic side, have you kept up with some of these teammates? And if so, what's their reaction now? How far you've gotten with music in that journey there? Yeah, yeah, I can move a lot of, uh, 9-8-X-A-Me's particulates. Now, before we move on to some other facets of you growing up, a couple more questions about basketball. Did you have the opportunity to play with or compete against anybody that ended up becoming famous themselves? I played against a lot of people. In high school, I played against RJ Bear, um, I played against PJ Washington. I played against, um, who else I played against, uh, Marvin Bagley, um, Cole Anthony. And these are all NBA players you're naming now. Yeah. Now, curious here, for clarification, was it just your team playing their teams or you were personally going against these names you just mentioned? All right. And I was my team playing a team. Did you have the opportunity to actually, uh, guard any of these players or, um, I had a go at the Cole Anthony. I played him at you, but the rest of them, they played my high school. I was, I was not going to play them and how many times did you, uh, get a chance to guard Cole Anthony there? Just one game. Uh, not. Well, yeah, one game. And, you know, some of these players that should mention, did you see any of their potential NBA-ness? I know that's not a word, but using that here loosely. Did you see any of that and NBA potential in any of them before the, before they became who they are now? Yeah, yeah, and all of them. And, and what was, what was it that you noticed back then? What was it that set them apart, maybe from other high school basketball players? Uh, how tall it is, how strong it was, a teenage boy. And when it comes to these names, have they recognized that you were somebody that they played against team wise, have, they reached out to you? Have you reached out to them at all or have you kept up with any of these names? Not a pride on them, but she's curious there. And what about academically as well? Anybody well known or famous out of any of your schools and doesn't have to just be high school or the Juco could be middle school, elementary school that you attended school with? Uh, no. So just more so these athletes here. And was basketball a dream for you back then? Yeah, that's, that's like, I know they've been. You wanted to be in the NBA one day, I assume. Yeah. Now, you stop that dream at a certain point in your life and you elect music and that popped off for you and we'll talk about music a little bit more in depth. later in this conversation, but any regrets on that. Stopping basketball on the Juco level, making that decision when you did. - No, I know a bit. - And why not? 'Cause some do. - 'Cause I went back and forth with that decision a while. So I feel like, I had the chance if I wanted to do it. - And hypothetically speaking, how far do you think you have, excuse me, you could have gotten with that sport, had you not quit when you did? - I thought I could win overseas and play. - Just curious there. Now, aside from basketball, growing up in Baton Rouge. Obviously, there is a high point that one could reach growing up in that area and a low point. Right? I want to ask you both here, both of these points. Now for you, what was your top point, growing up in Baton Rouge, specifically Sherwood? Am I pronouncing that correctly? Sorry, what was your highest point or most positive moment growing up in that area for you? I know we talked about basketball and I don't know if you include that as your top point for you growing up. But if not, what was? - I mean, like I said, basketball is, I mean, that's all I did. So, basketball had to be one of my top moments. - And now a little bit more in depth on the music side of things. Now, why or how did you get involved with music of all things? - I always like listening to music. So, when I had the opportunity to go make a song, or something, I did jump up the opportunity, and then when I heard my self-back on a song, it just was addicted. - And what age or what grade was this when you had this opportunity that you just described here? - Oh, this is college. - And for you, was this just natural experimentation back then? Did someone or something inspire you to get behind the microphone or maybe someone led you to it, forced you into it, loosely using this, but maybe put a battery behind your back, so to speak, to get you to do music and record these vocals and start that journey? - No, no, it was just something I wanted to try. - Now, you mentioned previously that you are under the hip-hop genre of music. Do you remember how you were introduced to hip-hop back then? - Probably, probably one or six in part. - Something you were watching, you found on your own, something maybe a sibling of yours or someone around the house turned it on and put you on to, but you were. - Now, one or six in part was on when I came back from school, so I just remember that being on and watching music videos, I don't remember. - Do you remember who was watching it, who turned it on? - No, no, this is on TV, I don't remember. - And also, was that the first genre of music you were ever introduced to? - No, I mean, I listen all types of music. - But thinking back, do you recall what the first genre of music you were put onto? Do you recall what you were hearing when you first started listening to music? Maybe you could have been one of your parents listening to something at the time and you started getting into it and trying to understand what this was, so on and so forth. - I'm a first one. - Just curious there, some people do. I didn't know how far back your memories got, but that's okay. And when you were watching one or six in part back then, who were some of the artists that you gravitated to or caught your attention back then? - At that time, who was popping? Drake was popping, he was dropping like Marvin's room, shit like that, they had like the dancing people popping, like those boy, yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. - Now you mentioned a variety of names here. Have you had the opportunity to meet any of these people you just mentioned that you saw? - No, I need to meet all of them. - Once upon a time. Now, if any of these names are watching this interview right now, is there anything you want to say to any of them? - Bawa, we need to get right with these do regs, we gotta talk. How I need to say to Bawa, 'cause Brown, we need to play one on one for the future. I said it once, I said on another platform, I'm gonna say it on here again. We need to play one on one for the future. What, what the name I said? - Soldier Boy Drake. Soldier Boy Drake, like it, just tap in. - Now, excuse me, any other memories of those humble beginnings in music for you? - Anything else you want to share with the audience on your musical journey starting from the very beginning? Any funny stories, any wild stories, any crazy stories, anything unique that you want to share, just your beginnings on the music journey there. - That's a lot. So I don't know how to really depict one memory. - And what about this? When it comes to your lyrics at this point, do you write or freestyle and punch in? - I freestyle and punch in. - And why that method for you? There are some that do the opposite. They write. I think that way is just, you know, a lot more, I mean, a lot less time 'cause some just, you know, get in and get out. - Have you ever tried to write before? - Yeah, I've written something. - And what did you notice? - Well, like the difference. - Yeah, writing versus freestyling and punching. Punching in, anything else aside from time wise? I mean, when I write, my lyrics is more structured, more like meaningful. - And for historical purposes, were you writing or freestyling in the very beginning? - A boo. - No, not. - Wait, oh, like when I started? - Yeah, when you first started music. When you first started hip-hopping. - When I first thought I was writing, 'cause I didn't know what to say. And what got you to transition into freestyling and punching in? Was that natural experimentation or were you influenced or inspired to go that route? - Uh, just naturally. - 'Cause I know sometimes people will see another recording artist do it and they'll try to, you know, do that same method themselves and they end up liking it or disliking it so on and so forth. So just asking you there. And when it comes to your biggest song at this point, which you mentioned again was boo, do you recall if that was freestyled and punched in or written at all? - But it not was freestyled. - And because that song was your biggest or is your biggest currently and you freestyled and punched that in, does that encourage you to keep using that method? - No, I didn't really change that. I do think. Now, what about this? Okay, we talked about the top point of your upbringing. Well, what about the bottom point? If you experience one, what was your lowest point or most negative moment growing up for you in Sherwood? If basketball was the top, what was the bottom? - Bottom, probably. - Oh my way, oh my music career? - No, you're upbringing, zooming out. You growing up in Sherwood. What was your top point was basketball? That was a really positive moment for you. What was your most negative growing up in that upbringing? - Probably losing my opponent. - Now, do you recall what age or what grade you were at the time when that happened? - I mean, I was older, I was still, and I was out of college by that point, so I was working in Amazon. - And just for the history of you two, for those in the audience that may have heard his name before, you saying his name, but didn't have a chance to meet him or get a chance to know him, do you remember how you two met for the very first time? - I met him with his brother, Sean. That was friends of my older brother. And for those that didn't get a chance to know him like you did, from your point of view, what was he really like? Do you remember the last communication you had with him before he passed? I saw him in a club, I saw him in a living. Eleven, that was the time, or? No, that's a club, man. That's the name of the club. I apologize there. Okay, cool. And do you remember when that took place before he passed? Was that like a day before the night of? I was probably like, it was probably a month, a month before. So you actually hung out with him in person. And what was that last communication with him like hanging out with him? What was that like at that time, a month before he ends up passing? I was telling him I went there up for it. And what was his reaction to that? He did it. And ultimately a month later, how were you notified he had actually passed? Now to switch things up a bit here, do you have a favorite memory of him you'd like to share with the audience today? Was he a recording artist at all himself? Was there any music between you two, did you two get a chance to collaborate? And why didn't you two get a chance to collaborate? Music was just relatively new for you at the time? Yeah. Got it. Do you think had he still been alive, that was something that would have eventually happened? Because hypothetically speaking, if he was alive and got a chance to see your success and how far you've gotten, especially with the song Boo, what do you think he would think hypothetically speaking here? Do you think he would be surprised at all? No. Just curious there. I also want to ask you this, wrapping up about him in particular. What's the best advice you receive from him? Or most important thing you learned, being around him? I know and I had told him I wanted to wrap, he was basically saying don't let people like change how strong you feel about that, that's what you want to do, you know? And also, you know, thinking about his passing, what did that teach you? What was the biggest lesson maybe you learned from that or you took away from that, if anything? Oh. Nice question. All right. Well I do want to ask you this just to wrap up some questions about Baton Rouge zooming out here. You know, thinking back, ultimately here, how are you able to survive that upbringing in Sherwood? Because some don't make it. What do you think was your key to surviving that? Basketball. All right. It was easy for me to say no, it's a lot of stuff because I had prankers, had a game at the gym. So, you know, it's easy for me to dodge and, you know, not being involved or what, you know, other people involved in it. Now there are some people who say things like, don't know if I'll make it to see the age of 18, 21, 25, so on and so forth. Did you ever have any of these thoughts growing up with that upbringing? I'm not saying everybody had them farts in Baton Rouge seeing, you know, the news, you know, people on the side of you, you know, getting shot, I would, so, yeah. Was it a certain age you didn't think you might quite see at one point though? No, I don't think it's, I mean, supposed to think about it. And speaking of ages here, just curious, care to share your current age at this point. It's 25. And you know, just in case there's some misinformation online about you, care to share your birthday as well, the month and the day, perhaps, November 8th. Now, you had no problem sharing your age here on camera. There are some recording artists that will not. Why no problem sharing your age here? It could be, but, you know, we got to ask just in case because we have you right here. Well, sometimes there could be some misinformation online, like wrong dates, wrong ages. So that's why, you know, want to ask. But even with all that, you know, there are some recording artists, even if their stuff is online, they still don't want to answer that question for whatever reason. On camera. I respect that, but just curious here on how you felt. You had no problem sharing your age or mentioning why. But, you know, knowing what you know now, right? Hypothetically speaking. What would you have said to your younger self back then, if anything? I would, I would tell them, rap, I tell them, I tell them what you're doing. I would, I really wouldn't tell them that I think everything happened for you. Masha, a lot of questions here on the subject of Baton Rouge and Sherwood and your upbringing so on and so forth. Is there anything else you want to mention about your upbringing, aside from what we said thus far? And you know, it really wasn't mentioned too often. But when it comes to your parents, like your mother and father, again, you didn't mention their names too often here during this conversation. But curious, what's the status between you and your parents at this point? My mom and dad and I together, I grew up my mom and still cool with my dad, they both support me. And just curious there, now if there was a Mount Rushmore of Baton Rouge Recording Artists, which four people would you pick and why? I can't put myself up to you, it's your Mount Rushmore here. I know sometimes when people get this question, sometimes they want to do like, you know, like legacy artists, sometimes they just do current generation artists, some do a mix of everything, some people put themselves on it, a variety of answers. But curious here, what would your Baton Rouge Mount Rushmore of Recording Artists be like? And there's four people on a Mount Rushmore, right? I'm going to say, I'm going to say Busy, Gates, young boy and me. Okay. Question the names, what are the reason for each of these names on this Mount Rushmore? Starting with Busy. That was the first name. Why him? Busy, like Busy's like Louisiana's like, I don't know, like Busy, Busy's, what Tupac is to California, he's like just the OG, Kevin Gates, I can't even say no about Kevin Gates. That's really just a personal pick. Okay. Young boys, numbers, it's insane, so I don't think nobody ever seen nobody. Evening like that, that alone, be from Baton Rouge, so he got to be up there, and then me because he had been. Now when it comes to these recording artists here that you mentioned, have you interacted with any of these names yet? Have you had a chance to meet any of them yet? Create songs with any of them yet, so on and so forth? I linked to Busy, I talked to Busy, I still haven't met him like face to face, but we talked on the other phone. And how did that happen? and who reached out to who there? I mean, my people reached out to these people. And you know, we got you guys have the concept. Okay. And you know, when it comes to a Boosey, an additional question here, you know, there was a time when I don't know if he named himself Bupak or people called them Bupak and he used that for like a song or a project. Those in the comments can correct me on the facts there. But you know, you mentioned that analogy. You said, you know, Boosey to Louisiana is like Tupak to California. So when he actually started using the name Bupak, what was your reaction to that? Just curious. Because you know, that can be a controversial name to some. There could be some that feel, you know, offended by that name. And there's some that, you know, are congratulating that name. That makes sense to them. So I didn't know how you felt about that. Yeah. I mean, for bad news, you shouldn't, you shouldn't say nothing about the name. And if any of the other two names are watching or listening to this interview, Kevin Gates or young boy years or anything you want to say to either of them. Kevin Gates, it would be nice to meet you. I can't do some young boy hit my line. You talk. But who? Or what motivates you at this point, zooming out. Oh, myself, I think my motivation is just getting better. Now circumstances could be different for everyone. But there may be someone in the audience who needs some motivational words or encouragement themselves right now. Can you give them any? Now, have you believed that you could do this shit without getting paid? Keep doing it because that's that'd be the people that make the most money. And would you put yourself in that category? If you didn't make one dollar, you'd still be creating or recording music. I'll still be at Amazon going to the studio when I get out. And you know, I do want to ask you about that now that you brought that up. Cause we didn't get a chance to kind of dive in a little bit deeper with that. What was working at Amazon and that position that you mentioned? What was that really like for you back then? I ain't no problem with it. I ain't had like no manage on my back. I was just, you know, in my truck, living pegs. Then I was still, you know, making music shit. So I was bumping my own shit drive. Now, did you get any reaction to this music? Did anyone you were delivering a package? Well, now let's back it up here. Okay. When it came to bumping your own music, when you would pull up to maybe a residential property, would you turn your music down? Are you kept your music on blast as you were delivering? Nah, see my see my truck. I never had no camera. I made it through out. I ain't never getting a truck with a camera. So my music was blast when I put up. I got a reaction sometime. And what were those reactions? Maybe you started dancing and you know, junk like that. Did anyone ask, Hey, who's the name of that artist? Or who song is that? Or, I mean, probably, but you know, Amazon, you know, we got bookish stops. So I ain't got time to be talking about it. And when it comes to that job there, what was a paycheck like back then? How much were you making at the time doing that gig? I'll probably get like, like 17, 18, and that was like a bi-weekly check, a weekly check. A weekly. And did you end up resigning from that position, quitting that position, or getting fired, ultimately speaking? So like, they got like, they got like different companies like within Amazon. So my company got like coming out of driving. We got fired all of them, they got laid off. So they had to lay, they had to lay everybody off. Was there a chance on working for another company or still working for Amazon? Or this, this kind of happened like right, like right before the midst of me, you know, blowing up. So I didn't even look for another job. And what's your opinion on Amazon at this point? I mean, you no longer work for the company, but do you still order from Amazon personally? Do you still use Amazon? You don't use Amazon. How do you feel about Amazon? And do you keep in contact with your previous boss or any of those co-workers of yours? Just curious there. And also wanted to ask you one more follow up question too as well. I know you mentioned, you know, at the time when you were doing the Juco, COVID was happening. And that's obviously in reference to the pandemic. But did you ever catch that virus yourself? I think I got in my post-grad, but I don't think it was like COVID. But I had like the same symptoms and, you know, stuff like that. Like months before the virus was announced. And what about vaccinations and things of that nature? Did you ever take any of the COVID vaccines back then? Yeah, I do. Yeah, that's a good one. Do you remember which one? I don't even remember. I forgot. It was mandatory to those for the school. And did you end up getting any boosters as well? Or just the initial COVID vaccine back then? No, I just don't miss. And I know there's Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax. Do you recall any of those names? Johnson and Johnson as well. Just curious there. All right. Well, before this interview ends, ask your variety of questions here. Ask your variety of topics. There's anything else you wanted to mention before you depart. Oh, yeah, those strange bull band-boy coming out soon. That's it. 6, 7, plan B. Now, hold up here. You mentioned the title band-boy. Are you able to shed any more light onto that? Yeah, I got an album coming soon. And care to share the explanation of this title at all. Band-boy, it's just a nickname from here, band. I really do too much to explain. Do you recall who actually came up with that nickname unless it was you yourself? Me. And you mentioned coming soon. Do you want to share a release date at all for this project yet? No, I don't. And with this conversation, is there anything else you want to add on to what you said or subtract or retract from what was said during this interview? No. Any of the previous topics, any of the previous subjects on and so forth? Bawa, I like him for the duets, Chris Brown, I'm serious about that one on one. Young boy, him, you know, that's how I'm saying it again. Any last words? 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