The interview features a personal and reflective conversation about the origin and meaning behind the stage name "Links," which is pronounced and spelled exactly as "links" with no abbreviations. The user confirms the official Instagram handle as "links9" to combat misinformation and fraud. The number "9" in the handle corresponds to their birthday, May 21, 1999. The Roman numeral "II" in their bio references the Gemini zodiac sign and is a visual quirk from how the name "Links" appears when written quickly. Born in Philadelphia, raised across Florida, Miami Gardens, and parts of Virginia, the individual has a mixed heritage of Honduran, Mexican, and Puerto Rican descent, with their father being Mexican and Puerto Rican. The user dropped out of high school in the 11th grade due to personal struggles and a lack of alignment with school life, though they remain strong and self-aware, citing personal growth and spiritual belief as key to resilience. Music became a central part of their identity, starting in youth through exposure to rap and melodic styles, with early songs like "Cancun" created through freestyle performance. They emphasize authenticity, rejecting harmful stereotypes about sexuality, relationships, or appearance, promoting self-respect, emotional integrity, and genuine human connections. They stress the importance of self-love, authenticity, and finding one's purpose, sharing that their journey has been shaped by both hardship and inner strength. Key messages include rejecting societal pressures, avoiding toxic relationships, embracing personal values, and staying true to one's purpose—especially in a world filled with misinformation and performative images. The user concludes with a heartfelt call to self-discovery, urging others to find their true selves, love themselves, and never give up on their journey.
What is the correct way to pronounce your stage name? Makes. Just makes. Do people mispronounce this? No, not at all. Do people misspell it? No. And as short as your name is, relatively speaking, it's only four letters. Do you accept any abbreviations of this stage name, perhaps? Something shorter, you're okay with people calling you by. That's any connection to links? Yeah. No, no, no, they just call me links. Like do people ever call you L for short? No, no, no, nobody call me L and L. Okay, okay. No one calls you that, but are you okay with any abbreviations of links? No, no, no, no. It's so short. It's so short, it's just links. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Now for those in the audience, getting to know you here for the very first time. Here to share your username, your screen name, your handle on Instagram, Instagram.com/ It's links, nine with two Ls. I really wanted one L, but it wouldn't let me do it. And asking because there could be some fraud pages out there, some fake pages, some scammy pages representing you on the internet, so just wanted to hear what the official screen name was there just so those in the audience are on the right page. Now when it comes to this screen name, why don't you see if you could break a couple of things down? Starting with the number nine, is there any meaning behind that number? Like you mentioned, it's two Ls, links, nine. What is the meaning behind that nine? This is May 21st, 1999, my birthday, you added up because it's not. Now speaking of your birthday here, you had no problem sharing your full birthday, right? There are some recording artists that won't do that on camera. Why no problem here, sharing your birthday? What I got in the fear, what I got in the heart, I got no hidden motives. Now one last thing I'd like to get you to break down to the audience as well is in the bio of this Instagram on no social media. You have the Roman numeral, excuse me, the Roman numeral two in the bio, what is the meaning behind that? No, that's the Gemini zodiac sign. Oh, okay, you're right, I do see the other line there, okay, but also to like when I do my name and like really fast, like Curse over some, I just write it like that and it comes out like a two, just so, you know, so when I do it with links, it just comes out looking like a two, so I'll just be putting a two like that. Now moving forward here, getting some of the basics for those in the audience getting to know you for the very first time as well, care to share your race, ethnicity or nationality. I'm Honduras, Mexican and Puerto Rican. In which of these entities derives from your mother's side or your father's side unless it's both? No, my dad's Mexican and Puerto Rican and my mom's indoors. And what's the main language you speak at this point? Just things, just things, be that as it may, do you speak any other languages aside from English? And even though no one taught you, have you ever took a foreign language class in school perhaps? And speaking of your education, zooming out, how far did you end up getting with that? So in essence, you end up dropping out in the 11th grade. Care to share the name of the last school you ended up attending. When you dropped out, 11th grade. Do you want to share any of the names of the schools you attended once upon a time? And how many alternative schools did you end up experiencing back then? Just like, I think two, two or three, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And care to share the reasons of entering an alternative school two different times. When I was in middle school, I was like, I'm not really close to my mom, but I was like, child, like, I don't really condone Senator's, I'm not even like that, even when I got older, but I was trying to help my mom get some groceries, like, you know, I hope you get the groceries instead. I never condone that, I don't even like that, everyone that know me know I'm a man, they just, you know, they know that they play with me, but I don't really, they don't want to serve you, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I just, just trying to help my mom, I just don't know, I learned something, yeah, it's about, you know. And then what was the second time of entering alternative school four? That's it, man, I just, I wouldn't, I wouldn't really listen, I wouldn't really go to school, you know, but like, you know, so I just, they didn't really like, no, it was going on, I didn't really want to talk to nobody, so you know, like, you know, just, so stuff was happening outside of school personally to you where it distracted you from being in school, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're going to talk about that. So I really was on survival mode, so I didn't really want to be going to school and think about that. And even though you dropped out in 11th grade, obviously, there's 12 grades in the American school system, you are so close to finishing, right? Maybe a year or two left. And just to be clarifying here, was it like the beginning of 11th grade? Was it like the middle of 11th grade? Was it towards the end? I don't know, I'm just lost. Okay, well, for lack of memory here, we'll just say, you know, you had one or two more years left, right? 11th grade, 12th grade, and then you would have been done. Any regret on not finishing that relatively speaking little amount of time left or was that the right decision looking back, being that you did face some personal issues outside of school? I don't have no regret for that because I know I got other things and other goals I got going on, other stuff that was on my mind, so it's not like I always chalked out, had no plan. You know, like, I always felt like there was always something warm, something else, you know? So I'm all planning on going back to, so, you know, regardless, we get your education on. And did any of your classmates end up becoming well-known or famous themselves at the different schools you attended back then? Has there been an athlete or an influencer or whatever? So there were people who I know that were like connected to other things, hanging out with people that were kind of blowing up, but like they didn't really, you know? But as far as you know, classmates or schoolmates that you went to the same school with none that you know, have blown up, they always knew someone or something like that, you know? And when it comes to your education, that's as far as it got, the eleventh grade, didn't do a trade school after that or anything of that nature? I'll plan to do it. Just curious there. As a matter of fact, I went to, I think I tried to community college, but HVAD did try that, but I ain't not on, I ain't, it was, I ain't really staying, but always, you know, still learn different jobs, all the other different jobs you can do. What was your reasoning why that ended back then? Because man, like my soul gets like, when you're not doing something that your soul feels happy, you're just going to get, you're going to feel depressed, like whether like, it's not even that Sunday you're depressed because something happened, no, it's not like you're doing something that you're not, like happy doing, you feel like there's something else and you're not, you're literally getting depressed, but your soul will get depressed and then I always just feel something like, oh, like something I have to do something else. So that's all I was just, just left, you know, but shout out to everyone, doing community all the others. No, no, no. Now let's take it all the way back here for the audience, okay? For those again, in the audience, getting to know you here for the very first time, care to share where you were.
You were born. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. And care to share where you were raised as well. Well, I was there and then I moved to Florida when I was young. I remember like under 10 or something like that, around the. Rough estimate. And then I went back and then I went back to Philly and then I went back to Florida and then I went over there and I just went back to Philly for like a couple of months and I went back to Florida and ever since then I've just been like in and out but mainly I've been in Florida since then I resided. Now you mentioned Florida several times here you also mentioned Virginia. Do you want to get any more detailed on what part exactly of Florida and what part of Virginia like? Okay. I went to Florida and I lived a bunch of places I'd moved around a lot. I was outside a lot as you know. So I was like man, I would just stay there like my dad's on like a corner store in Miami Garden and stayed there. I would stay there going to hang out and nobody, you know, because they know that, you know that, you know. And when you have nobody so I would, I would, I would, there, I used to stay, you know, like, I would just stay there. I would just stay there. And then I would just stay there. Let me put it like because I want to show you can have it on the wall and print out pictures or you can do it on your phone You know doing the show everyone can you see it? You know like oh Spain Yeah, so you can have like a little quote You know stuff like that Yeah, I'll show you something but he's not wrong. How you could be kids out there's no wrong I have like a vision book. Are you really supposed you could change your every month once a year every few months? You know, I have that one. I have been changing. No, wow. That one's not really important. I got things You know, that's why I didn't change it But I plan to you know keep changing always keep growing and changing, you know, but it's better to And also your vision, but what is the ultimate goal though? Yes, you have a vision board certain things you want to happen But what is the ultimate thing like you'd like to have for my life a career? Which would wherever you want to take this question if you want to share all of them you can sub to you My ultimate goal I don't really selfless like to help you Now for you growing up in so many different places and you know the description you presented previously was not great Right a lot of struggling and things of that nature that you've went through and a lot of negative Right that you've experienced but on the positive on the opposite end of the spectrum What do you think was the top point for you no matter where you live? What was your most positive moment? What was the highest point you reached growing up? No matter the location I feel like I thought I thought that was part like like I know that like some of that stuff wasn't positive But I felt like just being around some of my dogs. I thought it was my dogs and you know some I'm thinking that's positive That was having fun you know like in a wrong thing my family, you know Living such I always had like What about music would you consider that one of the most positive experiences for you growing up? Yeah, but you asked me living but but yeah music definitely positive but if you live in that, but yeah music definitely positive Working I like to work up, you know, I've been slacken a little bit. I've been having a lot, you know taking taking care of but Yeah, man Music definitely so I haven't done it in a while, but I definitely like doing it like whenever I do I really just hear a bunch of melodies and I just put words in it. It's harder to do. Now why or how did you get into music specifically? Because you know, there's some kids that get into athletics. There's some kids that get in the art. Why music of all things for you? Back then it's just it's just I don't know what I'll be having fun and then the people I was around they liked it They said do it. They still do it like I don't you know, but they still do about it. I don't really I don't really like Not focused on that right now. I'm gonna get back to it. But I Know I know I got good melody like the melodies every day. You know, it's really it's kind of smooth this song, you know, so I don't know I just it's cool. It's like fun. There's nothing wrong with it, you know, and if it's in you It's in you nobody can't take it away from you. Nobody can't take away was meant for you your purpose or your skills and talents No matter if you 30 40 it don't matter about that age because everyone has like different processes of There you know life to where they got to do it. I don't let nobody be like oh The 30s and this that you dress and you gotta do this. I'm no don't you have as long as you have been live for yourself You know, that's all that matters as long as you know who you are Nobody can tell you Now do you recall at age music started for you or what grade you were in perhaps when You started getting involved with that talent thing like two years ago. I really started I take it seriously. No, but I But yeah, I just like getting perfect in my craft. Would it? Yeah, and when I make my music it it's not like Like sometimes I relate to the song and sometimes I won't I'm just making music, you know So I don't think it's always like me you know, so I'm just trying to make good music But you know and at this point what genre of music do you? Consider yourself alright man. I really like rap like hard core like crazy rap sometimes like, but I Won't rap like I won't rap that I won't be wanting to curse like that because I know people. I'm aware People listening like kids and stuff, you know, and I'm not saying like make Kids you know that but I'm just saying like you could be there is great music out there That ain't heard talking about crazy things all the time, you know as they might curse a few times Yeah, but they not talk personally all the time, you know, so you could hear great music like, you know It could be rap too. I ain't talking about you can make other music to like them pop and all that but they are They got rap out there, you know, so you just got to be very talented, you know, and have a great big imagination Have others Recognize this when it comes to your music have others recognize hey, then you don't curse that much here You're not talking about this like others do have Yeah, have you received that type of feedback or the comments or yeah people know this? I know this and myself when I do I just be trying not to you know, but sometimes I got it I feel like I got it don't be too hard on myself because I'd be too hard on myself a lot because I'm always thinking about the people Myself, you know, but I just you know now you remember how you were introduced to that genre of music rap How did you get involved with rap and not even just you you know getting behind the mic and creating and recording the music I'm talking about here more or less. How did you get into that genre did someone put you on to rap back then? Was it just around you growing up? How did you get into that of all genres? I know it was outside and people there was just always listening and people were always listening to rap Stoomy I apologize, but I've always liked to rap and I like melodic rap too, but I like melodic rap a lot actually That's what I like but a hard rap too. I like that too, but I was just going to rap there and You know just thinking back was rap the first genre of music you were introduced to or if not what was Before rap came I think it was. I think it was that's why I still like you know, I just like that and Do you recall what prominent artists you remember from back then when you first started getting into it or albums or song titles or That's small. I don't like and this was right like they were playing like Gucci which you know when young school the two and bit when I was in rhythm. They played that Street lights Have you had the opportunity to meet any of these people you just mentioned? Yeah, yeah, yeah And any other memories of those humble beginnings with music for you That you'll want to share with the audience like were you ever the type of kid that did talent shows back then or did you try open mics and so on and so on And to creatively speaking how do you Do what you do at this point? So for example, are you a writer or do you freestyle and punch it? I just freestyle here. Melee sometimes It's put together in the song. I just do it and then sometimes you just melody in this Kind of like a rough drive skeleton and then I hear it again and if I like certain melee points and I'll just write to it Stuff like that or I just do it again and then try to make the song complete and were you always like that like even from the very beginning or were you a writer at first and then you Developed into this freestyling method You know, it's crazy you said I actually just freestyle all the time, but like My old like my old song that I got in the boat There was like one or two when I was like really like my very first songs I wrote to one like one of them I think like I can't I ain't gonna say I can't do that because you can always do you know, but I don't but my You know, I just don't initially to do that on my just freestyle But just for clarification not to confuse you here just your history when it comes to creating music Were you a writer at first or freestyling at first? So then when there would be times you would write do you recall why you even wrote like did someone Influence you to write or was that just natural experimentation? So do you recall what got you to do it back then? No, I just did and What would you say has been your biggest song so far in your music catalog? Yes
put it out like I took it out. I did put them out back then, but I took them out. I'll say like cancun, I like cancun. That one's very special. There's like one more, but I took it out because I just want to still prepare to my craft, you know? Yeah. So if anyone wanted to look up your music at this point, the only platform it's available on is YouTube. Yes. And why YouTube of all platforms? Because this same content you could have on other DSPs. I don't know, I used to try with digital care, but they, I don't know, I was saying I was speaking no bad, no bad about. So then for you at this point, the only music available is new chapter. That's the name of a project, the all the songs from this project are on this YouTube channel of yours. And again, just in case there could be some fraud or scammy channels out there. Representing you, what is the official channel name here that they can find you on on YouTube? On YouTube? I think it's like links king nine. I'll be switching to something like that, links king nine. And there are eight tracks on this YouTube channel of yours. You have them on a playlist. But one is deleted. Why was that one in particular deleted of the eights? Oh no, because I feel like I'm better now. Yeah. Now you mentioned before you ended up taking it down, your biggest song at the time that you recall was a song called cancun. Now was that song freestyle or written? That was freestyle, but when I first recorded it didn't come out, I wanted to come out. So like I dropped it like fast version because I just don't care what anybody think about me. And I just like to be different. And I like people be like, oh, I don't really like people would like say something, but people would judge whatever, but then it's not even really like, you know, that's not really why I'm the cool. I'm just people going to say whatever. I don't really care. Because I know who I am. I'm not going to make music. And this, uh, I don't care attitude, this mentality. Has this been something you've always had? And you were always like, or maybe there was a time when you did care. And then it developed into this itself. No, it's only about what I think of what if I care what people think of me, that just in that matter of I don't care. Like I don't care about me. No, because you should know everyone out there shouldn't care what nobody thinks of you, because that means you live in for someone else. Don't be scared. No, because you know yourself. That's why you guys are very important to know yourself. Find yourself and be alone. And once you know yourself, nobody can tell you, nobody can tell me. Now, you know, in the beginning of this conversation, just talking about you growing up and things that nature, you shared some negative experiences with your upbringing. And then I asked you, you know, what your most positive moment was and music happened to be one of them. Yeah. But, uh, you know, on the negative side of things, on the opposite end of the spectrum for you, what do you think was the bottom point? You know, you shared some negative aspects of your upbringing, but what do you think was the lowest point? Or, you know, a lot because we're not, when I was in the chat, and everyone, there's just nobody was deaf for me, but everyone like abandoned, but that's sure not. And then one of my daughters at the time that he, he used to pull up over there and he was the only one brainstorming. I don't ask nobody for none. He used to give me money from food and being the car with AC is to keep me saying I'm around like, like a couple eight junkies and it was a band that turned the band and that was like, you know, but I ain't going to say that's the way that was one of them. That really kind of did something. Now, with all these experiences that you grew up, especially the negative side of things, mentally, has this been something you sought any professional help over? No, because I'm very strong, I know myself, but there's nothing wrong with talking to someone, you know, but there's not a wrong, but I just didn't know. So, I know, I'm still strong. And where does this strength come from? Because some of the stuff that you've experienced, there's some people that would fold. There's some people, well, not even that, there's some, that could, you know, commit suicide over some of the stuff, you know? Where does this strength come from for you? And was that how you raised the spirituality? Were you raised to be spiritual? This was your own thinking here, your own decision. People are out there, so on and on, but all I know is everything happened to a reason and I feel like like it's going to, your purpose is going to tap into you, whether you like it or not, it's going, it's going to, everything your destiny is going to tap into you, you know, so that's all that was happening, you know? It's shaped me to personal, you know? Now, there are some that grow up and they're raised to follow a religion and things that nature, were you raised to follow on yourself? No, no. I think my mom, she got me, she got me, I don't know, I don't know my dad, I don't know my dad, my mom, nothing to close to her like that, my grandma, when I was about her, she just, she just, um, I don't know what she is, but she, she, she, like, I think Christian and Catholic something, but I love our religions, man, as long as, listen, our religions and as long as this positive has none to do with like, like worshiping or money, or none to do with no Eve, we're like, you know, it's as long as it's positive, but I love our, and this grandmother you're referencing, mother's side of the family or father's side here. That was the one in North Philly. Yeah. Now for you, you mentioned that there was a thought you might not make it past 13. Yeah, all the time, all the time, I didn't want to, I didn't want to, trust me, like you were saying, I was hopeless, I was like, I didn't want to do it, it's like, but, um, it's spiritual, it's being spiritual to help me, you know what I just do, and, you know, wrong with that, it's not wrong with having, like, goal is writing things down, spiritual that haven't, you know, okay, with nobody think, you know. Now you have passed the age of 13. Yeah. So asking you this thing. Yeah. What do you make of that outcome? Now that you are on the other side of that equation, keep fighting for, like, fighting for what, what, what, what, what, you know what I'm saying? What I believe is what, what, what's meant for me. We're currently, I don't care, nobody think, I don't care about this, that, no, because I, I make sure other people see like, like, look at this, there's different, there's differentness that impacted me. That's like, very mystical and like, I want people to see like, you know what I'm saying? No, it's certain things, it's a calling, you know, so either people, not just this, but it's because it's probably other things you have to do too. So, yeah, man, so you've got to keep fighting for it. Keep trying. Connecting. And knowing what you know now on the other side of that coin, hypothetically speaking, what would you have said to your younger self back then, if anything? Man, I tell them I love them, because I ain't love myself that day, because nobody loves me for me, so, yeah. And at this point, you do love yourself. Yeah, yeah. And how did you get to that point? It's just like the universe, because they love you for me, so. Now, ask you a variety of questions here, just in regards to your upbringing, but anything else you want to mention about it or question you weren't asked, people want to know just about your raising your upbringing, that sort of thing.
What's the status with you and your parents at this point? I don't know, I don't know my dad, so I was cute, and my mom just never was like, "I don't really want to say too much because my grandma," she told me like, "But my mom knows, she knows, my grandma knows I ain't, but I wasn't born at night, and now I ain't come up here to say anything, and I just want to be with you, I'm just not gonna be going. Okay, we'll moving forward, asking you a couple of other questions here. Now you have done some other interviews, and now you're doing this interview here. So I'm gonna ask you a few of these questions as well, just in case of some things have changed from those in the audience. Maybe they have had comments about you or, you know, judgment on you and things of that nature. And it doesn't even have to be related to the interviews, this could be some other facets people have been wondering about of you as well, but let's get to the just of it with this. Okay, now at this point, what is the biggest misconception of what's a wrong or inaccurate idea? People may have about links, a bunch of things, I ain't got a lot, I've got a lot, you know, so when you're going to say the whole thing or just that part, jump to you, look, so people understand, okay, look, I never mess with no trans, I'm straight, yeah, I'm not gay, but I got none against people that mess with trans, you know, saying, yeah, I never did none with that, but like back then, I don't tell that, I never been with a big girl, but there's nothing wrong with big girls, all women are beautiful, you know, yeah, what's it called? That everyone, like you, everyone is perfect the way they are, you know, love you, so, what's it called, what's it called, oh yeah, I got none to do with that seamen retention, you sure I'm in me? Like could they be thinking, oh, no, what they be thinking, small, they listen, man, like listen, bro, I get hard, bad, the bad, all day everyday, I want to tell you none of that, you feel me, cause they be trying to play like, oh man, listen, bro, she coming on my shit, I'm seeing that shit and her body language are there and fake and none of that, you feel me, they be thinking, oh, but I'm just not a whole small, fam, they think I don't get know and that, I'm just not a whole, they think I don't, yeah, so, you feel me, bro, I rarely even have to eat, I promise you, when I was with my ex, you feel me, for years, I rarely had to eat her shit, I just hit you, you feel me, but I only ate the rare tons, cause I love her, but I ain't need to eat too, cause they be trying to play with me, small, like you feel me, I miss the, um, what's the call, oh, I never, I never tried to have sex with my friends, girls or friends, exes, you know, the rare friends don't do that, bro, you feel me, I don't want to have sex with, if she's in a relationship and I don't even know him or her, I don't want to do that, I'm just not even like that, cause I don't even want that energy on me, that is weird, she's not even right, you feel me, that ain't me, um, I don't have no tattoos, um, remember, like you perfect the way you are, you know, love yourself, you know, for the people that think, I don't get females, I actually do, I'm just really picky, even when I'm out on my dolls, I make sure, man, when I was in the church, I used to bring two girls that done, but the thing is, when I talk to girls, they be messed, they lost in the brain, they, like on some whole shit, you feel me, like, so, so I don't want that, so I'll give it to my doll, but I actually get females, but a lot of them just messed up, you feel me, they, not right, you feel me, but I actually do, I do get, you feel me, I own got no primes, talking to girls, none of that, I'm just really picky, and I'm just not a hoe, um, if anything of a woman messing out on me, cause I'm greatness, I already know, I know my words, man, um, for the people that think I can't keep relationship, cause I don't know where they got that from, I've been with my girl, you know what I'm saying, about my ex years, you feel me, um, I left cause I wanted to get my stuff together, she wanted to be with me behind me, I wanted to get my stuff together, but, um, cause she, you know, I was living, like my my children march, I left that house and the lady was on the church, she looked at her like my mom, I looked here, so, um, what's it called, yeah, like, like, you feel me, she ain't never did me wrong, and took all the men out there, man, don't let no women do you wrong, and she, you don't like that, ain't, ain't happening to me, but don't, don't, you feel me, don't, don't accept that, but have yourself respect, and all y'all, y'all need to be strong, y'all, y'all guys need to, I wanna know y'all tripping for that, y'all, don't be doing that, man, I wanna know what's up with y'all, um, y'all need to love y'all, so, bro, be alone, find someone nothing, something, get your stuff together, and other areas in your life, if I irritate anyone or soul, then you got negative energies and demons and you that you need to work on, um, let me see, we getting to all this, I don't know, the women are like, oh yeah, no, OF, I don't like no women with OF, can't be a hoe, knows what they want, mentally mature, you gotta keep going, no tattoos, and if you do, you can have like a few, just don't get no more, you gotta love y'all, so, even, like, I, like, I, like, pureness, I, I am, um, if you don't got no genuine intentions for me, don't even waste your time, 'cause I'm a no, like, I don't trust me, I'm a no, um, yeah, I don't like the hoe, man, I just like the, I wanna, like, be with someone, I could be with in every lifetime, that's what I believe in, um, so for the young girls out there, though, um, don't care about, like, if you want to, like, really find someone that, it really matters that things, like, that really matter in life, don't care about no money or fame or, like, sex or looks, you know, have self-respecting morals and don't do OF, 'cause that's, like, form prostitution, I don't care if you, you know, there's no, there's just still other people that, they're, they're doing, whatever they're doing, they're sending energy to you, or your photo, that's still energy, and then if a lot of people are doing it, they trust me, everything is energy, and they can't affect you, um, oh yeah, support women who teach young girls, and women to be classy and have self-respecting boundaries, and if they, friends teaching the same thing, support them too, you know, 'cause, you know, we need more of that in the world, and then it's, what are the people, there's things that people need, uh, here in the world, so if you let a man cheat on you, then you're not a woman of God, you feel me, and as long as, we just got to separate, like, if you want to accept that, you want to do that, that's on you, you want to accept that's on you, but just no, you're not a woman of God, you feel me, so just keep it like that, 'cause these young girls are messing with what they bring, you feel me, if you want to do all that, do all that, keep it off the internet, um, if you cheat and like to have sexual misbehavior and to lust, keep, yeah, keep all of your social, off social media, don't condone your wrong behavior if you're doing this, running the kids, yeah, people, yeah, it's like a false reality, or just have the couple girlfriends, like, you feel me like that, and um, yeah, yeah, so, yeah, my heart is said, don't do it with, man, that's shit, not cool for the young girls like, there's really not, man, it's like, it's not cool, like, find a job, get a job, like, you know what I'm saying, I have some purpose, I have a vision board, I write stuff down, like, like, like, you are not born, but like, sexual, everything, a lot of people in this world, they think sex is everyday lust, but they, like, they lust in this world, man, um, what's the culture, so, you lose yourself, if you de-sensitize yourself, in order to grow more as a person, you have to feel emotions and cope with reality, um, have self respect and love yourself, some things I kind of repeat as well, I apologize, um, what's it called, oh yeah, don't do surgery, make sure someone loves you for your natural self, not an illusion version of yourself, you know, I love yourself, you know, 'cause when you get surgery, you try to find a thing guy or girl, I'm gonna let you, it's not even a real, you, you, you didn't even love yourself, so you're gonna bring insecurities and other things into that one, and then that person didn't even love you for your rest, so, like, it could be a delusional, a delusional shit, right? Um, yeah, man, if a man is a lawyer to a woman, and if a man is a lawyer to a woman who is a lawyer to him, and she's a lawyer to him, how can you be a leader for his people, like, how can you be a leader, and, like, he's, you know what I'm saying, they aren't even a lawyer to someone, they're around every day, you know what I'm saying, they're around them every day and they're not having a, how can you be a lawyer to lead another people and all that, you know what I'm saying, so, if you wanna do that, don't be, don't be trying to say you like a leader and all that's you for your people, don't do it, I ain't trying to hit that, bro, 'cause you know what I'm saying, let me just, if you don't wanna be a lawyer, just don't try to be some others.
position road. It's not you messing with and you deceiving people. Family, real men and adults apologize when they're wrong. If they can't, then they're not no real adult. They need to grow up as a person, you know? Because if you're not honest with yourself to admit when you're wrong and apologize when you're wrong, how are you going to be able to learn the lesson, grow and see more. I need to grow up, grow on people's parents and all. Okay, if someone claims that they love, they're people on humanity and love all, make sure they love their own skin, they love, they love, they love their people first, you feel me? They can't be talking down about them and then saying, they be all over their own. What's up with people? Make sure you're between the lines. Stop being fool, misled by people. Always remember, find people who have genuine intention for you. Don't have people around you who you call friends and family and try to do you wrong for money and sex, excuse me, and have sex with your woman are taught down on you when you're dead or alive. Because I'm going to tell you like this, and after life, the truth is going to hurt the job of promising. You're going to be experienced and when you see things, it's going to hurt friends, family. Make sure you just have genuine people around. People true color show when life looks hopeless, so pick your circle wise. Praise women who are not sexually available to all, a lot of men. Just because you forgive someone, it doesn't mean you got to trust, talk to them or be around them again. You could forgive them. It don't matter, your age is chase your goals and dreams and don't let nobody limit you. It's okay to get inspired but don't forget to embrace your own individual self. People that limit others don't have big dreams and goals because they limit themselves. Be open minded. How you treat others as a reflection of how you treat yourself. Only people who do not love themselves can stand people who disrespect them, business or not. If you don't feel like you have a purpose, enjoy what you're doing and what you're spending most time in. If nobody loves you and accepts you, I do. If you feel abandoned, misplaced in this world, you're always having me. I always believe in you. As long as you change for the better and are trying to change for the better and the showing and that you're trying to see. And that's all my notes right there. So let's go back to your questions, man. This X, is there a chance that you two could get back together in the future at some point? I left to get myself right. She was good. She cool. Is she not in another relationship? But I don't play that. So she's going to let's say, I don't really, you know what I'm saying? But she knows. She knows like a lot of men out here, you know what I'm saying? Even if she do move on, she knows like to carry herself a certain weight. You know, I taught her. She told me I taught her to become a better woman. I know everyone knows you for me, but I was trying to get myself right. I got not bad against her. And if you do get yourself together to a certain extent or a certain point, just posing the question here and she's not with another individual, would you spin the block? Would you? And the future is if I'm feeling it and it has you see how she is in the mind and all that she will see, but I don't know right now, man, because I meet right now trying to get myself right. And, you know, that's still my best friend, you know, like even if I ain't trying to go back there, that's still like, you know, I was deaf for her, you know, nobody was. So I ain't going to do her like that, but I ain't going to talk that. But I don't know about being with her, you know, sometimes you could just feel something about being with her, saying that's still it. And, you know, for those of the audience wondering as well, your lip here, what's the deal with the lip? It was chilly outside. When I came to eat it, I wasn't prepared to put no chops to go on. And I kind of like, I don't know, man, I got kind of been a little bit. So there's nothing that's crazy, you know, you should be like a bit of just today. So, so it would let you like, you know, yeah, kind of be a little bit of it, you know, it's okay. Thanks for asking. I show a lot of questions here. You know, is there anything else you'd like to mention before you depart? Is there anything that you said during this interview you want to add on top of what you said? Is there anything maybe you want to retract from what you said here? Man, I just, I love ya. I always be there for you and nobody's there for you. Just try to find yourself. You know, you know, get yourself. Find yourself. Love yourself, you know, and stop trying to get off. So if you have to get off social media for a little bit, don't be no follower. Stop trying to be someone else. Always, you know, always understand that like everything you see isn't really what it is. These people, you know what I'm saying? Especially like social media, man, people be faking, man. So just love yourself, get yourself right. Like, find someone you love, man, and just get out the way you move. Like, you know what I'm saying? And just find someone you love and just get out the way 'cause this world I'm messed up with that. I don't even know about that love, you know what I'm saying? Any last words? Yeah, man. Never give up on yourself, you know what I mean? Always feel what you write. If you feel like, and even in relationships, like, if you feel like they know good or you, they're not growing, 'cause that's really why I want my ex, like, she, like, I taught her to become a better woman, but sometimes she wouldn't keep like growing, you feel me? And I ain't really wait that. That's really, I ain't really want to say what it is. But on, I still love you, feel me like, but I love everyone, you feel me? Like, I'm deaf for everyone. You feel me? 'Cause I understand like this work and can make you feel like alone. Because if you've seen how it is, they'll have no more than printable. But yeah, man. [BLANK_AUDIO]
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The stage name "Links" is pronounced and spelled exactly as "links," with no mispronunciations or common misspellings, and the user does not accept any abbreviations like "L" or "Ls."
The username on Instagram is "links9" (with two Ls), confirmed as the official handle to prevent scams, and the number "9" represents the user’s birthday, May 21, 1999.
The Roman numeral "II" in the bio is a nod to the Gemini zodiac sign, and also a playful visual effect when the name "Links" is written quickly, resembling the number "2."
Summary:
The interview features a personal and reflective conversation about the origin and meaning behind the stage name "Links," which is pronounced and spelled exactly as "links" with no abbreviations. The user confirms the official Instagram handle as "links9" to combat misinformation and fraud. The number "9" in the handle corresponds to their birthday, May 21, 1999.
The Roman numeral "II" in their bio references the Gemini zodiac sign and is a visual quirk from how the name "Links" appears when written quickly. Born in Philadelphia, raised across Florida, Miami Gardens, and parts of Virginia, the individual has a mixed heritage of Honduran, Mexican, and Puerto Rican descent, with their father being Mexican and Puerto Rican. The user dropped out of high school in the 11th grade due to personal struggles and a lack of alignment with school life, though they remain strong and self-aware, citing personal growth and spiritual belief as key to resilience.
Music became a central part of their identity, starting in youth through exposure to rap and melodic styles, with early songs like "Cancun" created through freestyle performance. They emphasize authenticity, rejecting harmful stereotypes about sexuality, relationships, or appearance, promoting self-respect, emotional integrity, and genuine human connections. They stress the importance of self-love, authenticity, and finding one's purpose, sharing that their journey has been shaped by both hardship and inner strength.
Key messages include rejecting societal pressures, avoiding toxic relationships, embracing personal values, and staying true to one's purpose—especially in a world filled with misinformation and performative images. The user concludes with a heartfelt call to self-discovery, urging others to find their true selves, love themselves, and never give up on their journey.
FAQs
It's pronounced 'Makes'. People do not mispronounce it, and it's consistently pronounced that way.
No, there are no accepted abbreviations. 'Links' is the full and official form, and no one calls you 'L' or 'L' for short.
Your official Instagram handle is @links9, with two L's. It was originally tried with one L, but the platform wouldn’t allow it.
The number 9 comes from your birthday: May 21, 1999. When you add the digits (5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 9), it totals 9, which holds personal significance.
The Roman numeral 'II' represents the zodiac sign Gemini. It's also a visual play — when you say 'Links' quickly, it looks like a '2'.
You are of Honduran, Mexican, and Puerto Rican descent. Your father is Mexican and Puerto Rican, and your mother is from Honduras.
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