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XanMan On Sauce Walka, YungManny, Q Da Fool, Brent Faiyaz, Big Boogie, Girlhefunny1 (Full Interview)

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XanMan On Sauce Walka, YungManny, Q Da Fool, Brent Faiyaz, Big Boogie, Girlhefunny1 (Full Interview)

Ad-libs are central to the artist’s identity, representing authenticity and personal expression over artificial production. He naturally incorporates his ad-libs into collaborations like the song "Bounce" with Big Boogie, emphasizing organic studio chemistry. He advocates for surprise cameos in songs and music videos, citing tracks like "This Is America" as examples of how multiple artists can contribute without formal features, enriching the sonic and cultural experience. The artist believes in building genuine, long-term artistic relationships rather than financial ones, rejecting feature payments unless rooted in mutual respect and creative synergy. He reflects on past missteps in business and lifestyle, emphasizing consistency, personal growth, and integrity as core values. His new project, "In a Way of Myself," symbolizes self-awareness and a return to authenticity, particularly in acknowledging personal flaws and the importance of community. He highlights the role of women in his creative process, seeing them as vital support systems that inspire his work. The artist remains grounded, rejecting extravagance like excessive private jet use, focusing instead on meaningful connections, personal development, and sustainable artistic growth. He maintains that success is built on consistency and authenticity, not materialism, and stresses that true influence comes from staying true to one’s vision and values.

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Now, what is your opinion on ad-libs in a song? Ad-libs is one of the most, I say, important factors, game. So on ad-libs, it's important. Everybody got a signature ad-lib, something that they know you by, when you about to go in. You know what I'm saying? And just let it happen natural. Like, hey, shoot. It came from me back then, the person who I was back then. So, you know, like, and then it was Gunu, A.R.T., you know? It was just like all coordinated, you know what I'm saying? But, like, fact, I feel like ad-libs are very important. Like, it's very important. On my songs, ad-libs are going to make a separate song with ad-libs, you know what I'm saying? Now, what about when it comes to collaborating with other recording artists, which you've done in your music career, have you added your ad-libs to another artist's verse on the same song? Yeah. A song that I have with me and Big Boogie, you know. And do you recall the name of that song? It's called Bounce, it's not out yet. Now, when it comes to that song in particular, how did it become you adding your ad-libs to another artist's verse? Is that something you will voluntarily do? Is that something that's talked amongst yourselves? No, it's just something that happened natural. When you in the studio working, bro, you can be feeling like no ad-libs at all in one of certain songs, you know what I'm saying? So, yeah, in fact. Now, a little bit of different twist here with this next question. But what are your thoughts on songs with another artist's ad-libs? But no hook or verse from them on that song. It's just their ad-libs sprinkled throughout the track. I feel like that's a little bit, right? Yeah, I think about it. It's been songs that, like, was that song by Childish Gambino, right? This is America. And he got everybody on their earthquake, Tyler the Creator. He got everybody on it, you know what I'm saying? And they're featured in a credits, you know what I'm saying? But not directly on the songs. So, and there's so many artists on there for real. You hear Cardi, you hear, you know, they're not in a video or nothing. It's certain songs that you can hear like Rick Ross ad-libs or the DJ Khaled, we the best do out the song. A little motivational speech is like, it goes into the same thing with videos. I feel like we should bring cameos back, like, when a big artist or a big homie phone with somebody dig on top of any video. I barely managed to rub his hands, you know what I'm saying? Shit like that to bring real hip hop back. Now, speaking of this subject matter before we dive deeper, have you been requested just for your ad-libs on a song by Nohooka Verse or have you requested others ad-libs but Nohooka Verse from that? No, no. But sounds like that would be something you would be open to in the future. Hell yeah, yeah. Now, speaking of cameos, you said to the audience that this is something you'd like to see happen again in rap. Have you taken upon yourself to start this wave again or is that something you want to do in the future yourself or is this just something you're just putting in the universe for others to hear and maybe start as well? - Repeat that. - When it comes to cameos, you mentioned something like, we should bring cameos back where maybe they're not in the credits but they show up as a surprise in a music video. So because you want this trend to happen again or this wave, have you started, have you taken it upon yourself to maybe start this yourself or-- - I mean, it depends on who it is. You know, they gotta be at a certain stature, you know, they can't be artists on the same level as me. It would look cool to the outside people and they'm like, oh, they messed me, you know what I'm saying? He messed with X, Y, Z, or he'd be with this person or they'd cool, they'd go and collapse and so it's just, you know, little bit tees and spreading it in here and there but I'm not like reaching out like a drink bill to pop in the video, no, you're not doing it. - Why not? - If I'm not cool with them, you know what I'm saying? Like, that's the same reason why I'd never pay for a feature. I'd never pay for a feature because you know what? Say if that's your biggest song. Like the song that I got by cash, that's on the scriller. Tommy Richman, everybody in the game, right? And the reason why did I never pay for a feature maybe on the business side, like when it comes to labels, like I get them right with the publishing, the splits, and everything, but bro, if his natural is natural, I'm not trying to, you know, saying reason why I don't pay for a feature's game because when if your song blew up, say if that's the biggest song, right? You pay whatever artist, let's just say a hundred thousand. You think if that become your biggest song, you don't matter if it's a platinum hit, if it wasn't natural, if I met his city and I'm performing, he not popping up to my show for free to perform that song. That's natural. Now he sees me as business. He don't see me as a, you know what I'm saying? Like us building or whatever, like hey, if you want to continue, I continue to pay. So, no, I'm not with that. - Now this is a debate. There are some recording artists that have no problem paying for features. There are some that don't like you said. - It depends. That's why I say it depends. Like I said, me personally, I wouldn't. That's just me. But in the future, like hell yeah. If I need future, you know what I'm saying? Like those type of requests, like, you know, to hop on my song, like those legends, people who really been in a game for 10 to 11 years straight. You know, we know who those ones are. It's many of them. You feel me like the, even from the pop side, you know, the God God, the eight cons, whatever. Like, yeah, hell yeah. In the future definitely. And I also know in the industry business, you never make sure business is personal, you know what I'm saying? So it's just like this, say if an artist pays for a feature, you don't take it personal. That can still be your dog. Don't get me wrong. But it's just like, hey, you pay me. And when I need you, I'm gonna pay you. They can go like that too, you know what I'm saying? Like, that's cool. - Now, I have interviewed someone before where they paid someone for a feature and it led to a personal relationship. So it started out as business and then it became personal to the point where they end up signing under that artist and breaking money together, so to speak. - Yeah. I've seen Saul's Walker do it, you know what I'm saying? Like, that's the prime example. That's my brother, you know what I'm saying? So definitely so. I definitely seen him do that a lot of times and really build for artists like he known for that. Like, he put a lot of people behind it, bro. So I'm not here. He legit when it comes to that. - And that was more or less who I had in mind speaking of him actually. I had interviewed Peso Peso. And if memory serves me correct, our discussion was he paid sauce for a feature and it ended up becoming, he was part of the sauce factory at that point. - And Peso really worked hard for that too. Shout out Peso. - At some point, I said at that point, but yeah, at some point he becomes a part of that and look how far he's gotten with that relationship and things that nature started out as business first though. - Yeah, yeah. - And what about on the opposite end of the spectrum? Okay, you know, up into this point in your music career, you've never paid for a feature, but it sounds like you're not close to that in the future. But what about on the opposite end of the spectrum, as mentioned previously? Do you accept payments for features? People that wanna get a feature from you? - No, I'm not anymore, you know what I'm saying? I feel like in a past, you know what I'm saying? I kind of watered down the market by showing love to a lot of artists, bro. So I don't really be doing features no more unless it really makes sense. Unless I do plan to on building with the artists and keeping a long relationship with them, I definitely learned that from Walt. So, you know, it's not about the money for me, it's about if I believe in a person's vision. So if I'm even responding to you in DMs, bro, you just know that I see some in an artist, you know what I mean? 'Cause I got, especially now, you know what I'm saying? Well, my, everything going in my life, my manager, everything, you know, coming together in an organ. So, it's definitely not, unless it makes complete sense. - And you mentioned something along the lines of here of, and I can't remember the words exactly you just said, but something along the lines of everything's coming together again, my manager, my new manager, whatever the case may be. Can you explain to the audience what the break or hiccup was there? - That's the reason why I got an album called "In a Way of Myself." That's coming because I'm my biggest enemy, but it's in everybody, you know what I'm saying? We all are, you know what I'm saying? Like our biggest critics, you know what I'm saying? So it's just like, yeah, we all are biggest critics, bro. So, whatever, at the end of the day, we get to final say so about ourselves, we get the final decision. So we all are biggest critics, and we can, and we all had a moment where we felt so right about something. We'd be wrong, you know what I'm saying? So it happened with everybody, bro. So, I just feel like it's something that people can relate to. Now, when it comes to the music, I'm not going to say that the music don't match up with the title, but I'm talking a lot about females. I got a lot of trap songs on there too. But, you know, because females are like the, you know, women period, they're the biggest support system, you know, I'm saying the music, I feel. I've never seen a man, you know, say, yeah, I'm about to go to this Beyonce, you know, saying concert. He would say that I'm going with my girl to a Beyonce concert, or his bitches at the Beyonce concert. So I'm about to go there with the gang, you know what I'm saying? Whatever. But, females, the woman is the one who bind the front row tickets, you know what I'm saying? You know, who get in that mirror. to really support and so I'm like shout out to them, like gang two, like the nails, like the nails, like they started, you know I'm saying they start the way so the females and catch on to because they don't want to start making the TikToks. Female, they're women don't like the support, you know I'm saying I feel until a guy's already on. You feel me? Until they hear other natives listening to him and then they take over the market that way, how I feel. Because when you think about it, some of the hottest artists in the game right now that's what they talk about. You've got the NLE chop, you got Huncho, you got Broadway, you know everybody a little dirt-y even, you know I'm saying he switched it up, he wanted to grace YB. You know you got so many people coming out with these hits even like small audits from, you know audits who come enough from North Carolina to A-A area with, you know, YTB say even, you be talking about, you know, like one day she'll like that spoil and shop and they love to feel good, cash, cash for show, for sure, a year. So that's what really matters nowadays game is just really grabbing the crowd and never keep yourself in one space, never. Now speaking of this title for this upcoming project you just mentioned, was this a title that you coined yourself or someone coined for you? I coined it myself and that's why I was saying we're going back to your question about the me having a manager and a new team and everything because me make an X amount of dollars a month, a little private jet, you know I'm saying game, find out Miami doing all of that for weeks at a time bro. It got tedious and I thought that I was doing something because I'm still living a lifestyle of a, you know I'm saying as a rapper that's just coming into game, into the game with a million dollar deal and I've been in the game for six, seven years. I'm 24 so it's just like I thought I was doing something but to the to the people is just like I had to convince them and I was serious again and it took my manager to, you know, help me to clean my business up as far as, you know, landed all in a lot and like straight up like previously were labels and everything like that but you know like showing up late, you know thinking that I was bigger than a program and nobody is you know I'm saying so I feel like that I was in a way in myself at the time before I like decided to lock in again and consistently drop in the show these folks because and when it comes to business I probably like did everything which way bad you know I'm saying when it comes to personal business game so I probably did everything which way bad bro they're not be here my Thailand kept me afloat all these years you feel me so now that I got the business back straight it ain't nothing going on I'm not you know I'm saying doing the same shit that I used to do and I'm and now I got more money than I ever had you know the business that come in the corporate you know I'm saying like everything together now so now let's break this this idea down a little bit further because was this a self-recognization do you catch yourself and write your wrongs or does someone pull you to the side and say hey we need to switch up what's going on because this trajectory that seems to follow could be a wrong path and maybe a never coming back path sometimes I be you know I'm saying a lot of the times I am conscious of what I'm doing and it's a lot of shit that I don't mean no harm back you know I'm saying because we all human bro got emotions just like you you know I'm saying it's like everybody else bro so yeah facts and asking here because this is a serious subject because we've all seen the headlines of an artist go the wrong way and never recover from that they crash they burn never heard from again and then we've heard stories where something of your your nature here where you get caught going down the wrong path you fix yourself and you're back on to a path of like I said it took people and my life to tell me I needed a lock-in like family like my cousin would you know I'm saying like praise elite you know I'm saying my mom even just to be like hey lock-ins you know I'm saying it's your time like you don't have no more time to waste yes because I got two caught up in a money that was getting that I'm getting bro so it's just like and there's more now and I'm still at a more and I'm more level-headed because I know what to do now you feel me so it's just like back then I didn't I'm just thinking shit make twenty K one week make fifteen the next make a hundred K in a month and walk off for ten thousand in my pocket because I got another hundred coming to me soon school labor going to reach out this shit cool that talent you know I'm saying my manager bore me down those people they bore me down the realization like gang lock-in you can drop the ball once it starts seeing the numbers it wasn't no drastic dip or nothing you know I'm saying like I said it always stayed alive and I'm still doing like seven hundred thousand a week a hundred thousand a week stuff like that but it's still now with spike you know I'm saying exactly people that I'm you know serious again that I'm dear for them that I'm dropping the music for them that I want them to hear what I got and they support that too and why do you think your numbers stayed the same because there are some that go down that wrong path or that wrong way or that wrong trajectory and their numbers actually dip with that trajectory and that's not only are they on a bad path but their numbers are so bad even if they tried to get on the right path it would be so much harder for them to do so because they didn't have that that constant those constant numbers still keeping them afloat so with me I still try to I was still consistent more than most you know I'm saying I wasn't thinking I was big in the program when it came to drop in when it still drop I still promoted it with my life I never did any playlist in with no labels or anything like that so I like to keep my budget and or you know I'm saying like get reimbursed from what I spend my money on but as far as that game like I really don't and let me also ask you something of this nature too because you mentioned like I believe you said your mom and some other people like press and things of that nature kind of pulled you to the side say hey like he pulled me out the water bro I ain't gonna hold you like I'm not don't get me wrong like it was never financially it was always the business you feel me and that's where it matters especially in the industry of entertainment game you feel me um I got the only thing that kept me afloat like I said was really my talent gang and I was still consistent more than most and when I did drop I was still um I just started using TikTok for over this year so um I was still doing all those things where um like I think because it has a part that you not only with the talent but I was still living a lifestyle a lot of them the money for what the numbers like that didn't happen for me you feel me so because of the songs that I was making and the tapes that I was still dropping still was going you know top 100 I'm talking about when no management no team behind you at all game you still going to top 100 top 50 on Apple that says something when you only got IG and YouTube you know I'm saying now just to break here in the conversation for a second for those in the audience getting to know you for the very first time maybe they've seen your name before but now they're getting a chance to really get into your perspective through this interview and get to know you here a little bit more personally care to share your screen names your user names your handles on IG TikTok and YouTube okay so Instagram is and servant that's XN that's the RBI you know I'm saying um YouTube is them and and um TikTok is one is and servant so it's the same as the IG with the number one in front of it something fun and it took my name and asking you for these names here because there could be some fraudulent profiles representing me scam me profiles no I'm not really in pages I got my Twitter hat before but like I said bro after that I had to give probably around like I say around six to seven grand back up the fans after that happened to me you know I'm saying on my Twitter and it was going on for a long time at the post it on my story every day if you are real supporter you know you know I supposed to know my story every day please don't tap it on my Twitter had like 40,000 followers so you know I'm saying that's a lot for Twitter you know me but yeah I don't I don't be on that food so as far as TikTok excuse me Twitter is concerned also now known as X are you on that platform at all does that profile stuff is one I think is one hey shoot like one hey shoot yeah that's my Twitter I'll be going viral on there too like just tweets that I've been coming to my he's saying random shit and can you spell that out as well the number one then H.E.Y.S.H.L.O.T. and does the was that profile there on Twitter also known his ex was at the previously hacked profile or was the hacked profile something else. It was too much damage done, so when I was with Atlantic, once I got, once I got my Twitter back, it took them about, probably like four weeks because it was near Christmas time. I mean, you know, they go on their big breaks and all that stuff, everybody does. But when I was with the label at the time after we got it back, it was so much damage done, I sent back all of the money and deleted it because I couldn't even get everybody. I'm gonna be real like, you know, 'cause I don't like the, I would never, like me personally, especially if I have more than them gang, I never take money out of the amount that they can be using to feed their family with, you know what I'm saying? I don't roll like that. Plus if I have more than them, like, why would I risk that? They can spend 20 bucks to see me at the show and shit go down and click out whatever. So I don't think that is, it's worth all of that gang. I don't have to just send the money back and move on before I go ahead and take money. He can have kids, anything. He probably thought that I was his last only hope to get a, you know what I'm saying, it's all with me. I can't roll like that, you know. So just for clarification, that hacked Twitter profile. Yeah, it's gone. Okay. Yeah. And so you started brand new all over again with the "Hey Shoot." Yeah, the one "Hey Shoot." At first it was one zan serving again, but I got it, that one got deleted too. But that's because I made a crazy quote. I said something crazy on there to somebody and like Elon had to do that to me, bro. Yeah, it was a quote and the tweet was blowing up, but it was just too, too harsh, you know what I'm saying? Elon had to do that to me. And as far as deals, record deals, where are you currently at this point with that? You're independent money different, I can't hold you like, I love it, gang like independent money different, but I'm a free agent and I got a, especially now, I have a lot of offers on the table. I do. I have about like four to five deals on the table right now, like currently today, but like a year is going to keep on going up and only thing that's going to increase is the offers and the numbers. So, you know, I'm afraid, you know, and these are major deals on the table, independent deals on the table. Major artist trying to sign you. I got about, yeah, yeah, yeah, all of the above. So I was talking to so many labels and they all reached out to me, you know what I'm saying? I'm like, oh, I love what you're doing and then, you know, the numbers is going to keep increasing. I have about like two major labels right now and I have about, I got three independent labels. So, about like five artists wise, it was, you know, I was talking to Tato, you know, I'm saying about, you know, Glow Gang, you know, I'm saying, you say, you want to sign me, because you asked me if I was signed. There's a couple of artists, you know, but a couple of artists, I supposed to do some shit, you know, me fuck with me, you know, I talk to Tweet all the time, you know, I mean, like Tweet called me all the time, that's my boy, you know, I'm saying, but I still keep that relationship with them, you know, I'm saying, I go around, they always show up. I will sign the source Walker, you know, I'm saying, that's still family to this day, a million percent, you know, I'm saying so he showed me the way with this independent shit, like, I feel, man, I feel so good, just the most, just the best I felt since 2019, I'm not going to lie. What happened with that deal? What? You and Sauce. Nothing happened with the deal. It's just that me being around that, you know, I'm saying for so long, I stayed with him for like two years almost, bro, you know, I'm saying, I'm talking about in the age, like alive. So it's just like, I started to be like who I was around, you know what I'm saying? Like, I got to get my, I got to get my shit together because shit ain't going to make me go out more. It gave me a little bit of an aim. Trust me, my Houston, everything in the age, you know what I'm saying, went up for me, but I can't do that. That's my brother, that's my dog, it was never, if I call him right now and be like, "Hey, I'm coming back, I'm going to give you an album, I'm going to give you some singles. TSM back in my bio, I'm here tomorrow, you know what I'm saying? My brother, who comes to me, we're open arms and I'm like, I'm ready to lock in this time. It's a lot of things that I did back then that we have no disagreements on or nothing like that or he wasn't, but he's giving me an understanding to give him back then I look at it as he getting on me, but he is just giving me an understanding about this industry shit." And now I know, does it work? "Yeah, but there's never no problem, a million percent, never no problem at all. We show love, always make sure I'm straight, real name it." Now in regards to your music catalog, I do want to hone in on that for a few minutes here and ask you a few questions about that as well. When it comes to your other projects, your other bodies of work, before this upcoming project you just mentioned is going to drop, want to see if there were any updates on your previous works. Okay, so let's start with this. Now you have a variety of volumes, a variety of series, a variety of installments to certain brand names under your artistry. Want to see if there were any future plans on going further with any of those series, starting with like Tony 6. "You brought up a real good one, bro. I didn't know that you was going to say like Tony. Like Tony is with all started. That's where I got my first 200 streams that she had. I know I'm a little bit off topic, well I'm going to get back to your question, but bro. Consistency is key, you know what I'm saying? I got six like Tony's, I got about like four, I got like two hay shooters, I got like four zancer. I got a lot of them, right? But I feel like it watered down now, I feel like it don't hit the same for the people bro. When you do a part two, I feel like it brings those old core fan bases back, but to grab somebody else and to be a part two, it might be somebody who haven't heard of me, you know what I'm saying? So I like to grab new, to maintain the old, as soon as somebody hear my music day, you know I'm saying the support of me, you know what I'm saying? Even if it's not to your liking or your taste, you know, I don't, you know, have I been told that I really don't have a bad song, even if it's not that you buy or taste you feel me, it ain't garbage. So, so being the fact that you just mentioned, you like to start off with new names, are there any plans to go back to your previous series and have new installments or volumes to any of them? I have your list here of these different series. If you want me to go one by one, unless you want to just kind of answer the question, generally speaking. I think, I know, I can name probably all of my, every single one of my 300 songs damn near since 2016, like album by album. Like I remember from high school, like album by album, I can probably name you the songs, but I say, you got "Hey Shoot", you got "Like Tony" series, you got "The Zan Serb" series, you got "The No Plug", it's "Lutus Andross", you got "Whitles" that I make a part to of "The Hey Shooter", "Hey Shooter Part One" and "Part Two", "The Like Tony's", I got "Broken", but I never made "No Part Two", did it, went up and like that. What about "Herd Cuzz" was "Hot"? I did drop "Herd Cuzz" at high too in like 2022, but nah, I can't hold you, shit don't be hitting the same because I do different shit gang, so I can't be cap, I can't, I can't, I can't always, I can talk about the streets, I can talk about, but I talk about shit that I'm doing at the time. I'm like, I'm in the air now, the buying the bill, you know what I'm saying, the buying the bag, I'm in that air again, it's just like, I can't talk about how I'm walking down, right, it's just like, I'm in a different air now, I'm popping my shit, I'm in that air, you know what I'm saying? And what about 762 volume 2.5, were there other volumes to that or you just called that 2.5 just like that? Okay, I was locked up, before I got locked up, it was supposed to be 2.5 and then 3, never got to 3, I might complete 3 though. But there was never a 1 or a 2, you just started at 2.5 on that one. No, it was 762 and then it was volume 2, then it was 2.5. Got it. So just for clarification, when it comes to all these series, will you be doing any future installments to any of them or are there any plans to do any future? Yeah, 762 or Tony, I was thinking about a Tony final for a minute. Is there a difference between any of these series? Yeah, like Tony, I mean that when I was feeling like on top of the world, because I'm seeing the difference, you know, even though Tony needed Sosa, you know, at the end of the day, he still did it by himself, and that's why I said it, I relate to Tony because it's just like, um. You know, he did it alone for real, you know, I'm saying like he took over he kicked this you know I'm saying he kicked the doors down. You feel me to get to where he was I felt like that I you know definitely did that not enough like that he did like Chainsaw and using all that but yeah like back and What about Luther's Andrews? That's what I'm talking about Pretty girls making them feel good Your woman You know, I Talk about I seen about the females. I think about the life. I think about the streets - don't get me wrong because You know, I'm saying a lot of people don't know. I feel when you You know, I let everybody relate that's you know, I'm saying that's a target because they're skinned - you know, I'm saying Xan Serving series I just about to drop an album called Xan Serving before I changed it to I'm in a way of myself So that was about to be Xan Serving for it was just gonna be Xan Serving being in the final one. Oh, got you Yeah, you know how they do You know how they do like How can I say they come out with it? And then they'll come out with it again. They came out with Chuckie Even though it was brighter Chuckie, but it was all Chuckie and then they just stopped changing the titles just like how Michael Miles it was just Michael Miles and then it was just Halloween throughout all of the ones. They stopped doing the H2O and all of that after like 2010 then it was just all Halloween So you know, I'm saying just like that What about the 7-6-2 series? I'm gonna do a 7-6-2, you know, I'm saying three. What is there a difference on that those bodies? When I'm talking about that, I'm mostly talking about for, you know, I'm saying the gang there's a lot 7-6-2 is just like, you know, it's more talking about your scars, but I'm still singing about that too And that's why I'm so glad where I Introduced it to the people early that what I'm gonna be doing with the rapping and seeing you know what I'm saying so Show your talent. You never be scared, bro. Never be scared, huh? Herd Cuzz was hot series any difference there between your other series. I Just talking about who was hot and I'm still talking about the names, but let's fuck the high names, but We know that Hey shoot a series Hey shoe is just like popping it. It can be mixed vibes on them. I love a shoe. Everybody loves a shoe That was one of them takes two that took me day kind of okay, I was there like Tony No plug series. No No plug was kind of like Like a off-brand like Tony. You know, I'm saying you see how they got transformers and then they got bartrone You know, I'm saying it was kind of like that. Like the no plug is like the bartrone of that and Then just to rewind back the Zan servant series. How did that differ from the other series if at all? Zan servant always makes the vibes - I make the vibes really on every album, but it's just what I'm talking about on them You throw me a Zan servant. It's kind of so explainatory. I got you know songs called narcotics You know, so I try to stick to it like you do Now what about out of all your projects so far all the different series whether it's a series or not It's a standalone or not. What's been your favorite project? Before this project releases this upcoming project. What's been your favorite so far up into this upcoming? So we'll take that upcoming one out of the picture But your previous body's work. What's your ultimate favorite out of the entire collection? Whatever volume? Whatever installment if it's a standalone? I can't say bro. Like it's just like that would be so that's just like Bro, nobody has ever came up and told me my favorite song by you is midnight or point Yeah, you know what I'm saying or or or or shadow dreams or P90 is always a variety. Nobody's got do you have just what just me? Nobody just got for the artist as versatile nobody got a song that they one song that they only like by young boy Nobody got only they favorite song everybody little dirt. Like it's just like um You know, but I would say if I had to choose If I had to win stupid, but Moody is one of the ones for me, but um That's it, bro. Like I have so many Why'd you choose moody out of all? Because it's it's it's retaining you know, I'm saying to me like with my family Just that's what they call me, you know, no, I'm called me by my own name Call me moody, like You know me from there for bad end or whatever you know me as it was a moody I'm saying that I am And speaking of names What's been the reaction to some of these titles that you've named for your projects? Luther Zandros Fent Fias Barmello Zanthony Zan Laflair, right what have been what's been the reaction to these names? like Fent Fias Bro when I was chopping it up. I was talking to a turk That's my brother and then he was just like hey bro Uh, and I already knew him, you know, I'm saying because I mute you I talked to him on the phone a couple times my dog you send me always show support, but Then, uh, you know, he was just like Brent fucking with it. He fucking with the tape. I'm like oh, he and them and I posted it He commented on it and you know, we just built that relationship about ever since, you know, I'm saying like that's my brother You know, I'm saying he a real cool chill dude, you know In real name he funny and shit about what about any of these other names like Fent Fias that was like just a no-brainer and he on the cover, you know, I'm saying you know Usually on Apple unless somebody clears that or you know, so he really wasn't like You know really tripping on a lot. He really fuck with it on but uh Fent Fias Bar Mello's Anthony that's Bar Mello Anthony Car Mello Anthony, you know, I'm saying not to stab in one the basketball player Did he comment did his family comment any reaction from him to that title or that project? Nah, like my cameraman. He was actually talking to me about this last night So wax if you see this don't play with me homes But he's the he the one who helped me with a lot of these titles like he been in my career like Not to say that he owed but I knew him since he was my age Wait Let that sink in I knew bruh since he was my age so 2017 is 2018 is We get the work in and everything he gave me the Luther's and draw title we gave me the Bar Mello's Anthony title He gave me you know like Bro guy vision for names and like when it comes to creativity Yeah, who came up with the Xan Lafayette and Fent Fias I came up with um I think me and dog I think me and dog I forgot I came up with Fent Fias, but Xan Lafayette I came up with it. It's like Gucci. I did all of these beats. That's when they used to allow you can slip through the cracks on District kid and uh, those things about them when it comes to you know Copyright didn't care about remixes and everything back then Was there any reaction from Gucci main to that project or that name title and things of that nature? Um, this is 20. I believe he was locked up so nah And just 17 page DM you know, but nah And just to rewind to Carmella Anthony did him or any reaction from his Family his friends his fans when you release that project? Remember it. I'm talking about the basketball. Correct Yeah, um, but not okay about to say family and all of that. I'm like nah I thought why believe he has a son that plays basketball as well in college now. His name Carmella Anthony Is that the one who did this everything? Uh, those are unrelated But I believe if memory serves me right he does have a Kid in college that is in college basketball Uh, and uh, what about Luther Zandros any reaction from his estate or his fans To that release but It's been a lot of reactions from people that was his fans. I brought me only listening to Van draw the Zandro I got that before a couple times Now the common theme in these four names that was presented here is a drug A play on the words of the Xanax and Zanne for short. What's speaking? of that topic or that subject of drugs and drug use when it comes to you personally speaking here of your past history of drugs and drug use and this could be any substance you've experimented with do you have a horror high story a bad experience while you were high hmm I said this before but man I popped this in in high school man I shitted on myself off a bob bro I'm falling asleep in the steps um my man come over there like hold you good bro and now I'm going to bad from I put my journal in the toilet to suppress the sound I can do work anyway all of the pages is blank then I go on that jump but I always had just off topic a little bit but I always had outside my knowledge even though I didn't do nothing in school I was always good at reading above my grade level I can do all of the work always you know I'm saying um I mean you can tell I'll take you a bit I am bro I'm saying I'm not a bird brain you know me uh but uh yeah in fact it's like I did that put through my journal in the toilet to suppress the sound and all of that shit let that jump cook and um think I fell out and I'm all before too um and I also woke up in a in jail off of it too when I got locked up I was I was off that um but oh they thought I was birdie a whole story imagine sliding off drink we in LA they just sold me some hit drink bro I don't know what was in that shit bro in a car baby girl in ship we in black truck pull over on the highway I'm early in and all that like soon soon to ship like you can tell um you know I don't know what happened to anyone but uh I don't I don't alright bro but this what I'm saying for real for real for real for real for real like I don't play that game you feel me like it's just like what are you trying to unalive me bro like you're trying to harm me game like that's my jam and peas bro like I'm saying they can try to play like shit juice or like I as birdie alright um yeah but that's a whole story when it comes to how I feel because I still went to the hospital after cuz I'm like I want to see if I have like that in all in my system yeah what ended up happening with the hospital results medical results there undisclosed got it uh is something of that nature prevent okay I'm gonna tell the truth right I had a panic attack bro but didn't find no fear in my system but it was hit with something bro but I had a panic attack thinking of that shit bro I'm not snap I can't tell bro I was coming pause is any of that preventable what uh you know getting uh drink and it's hit with something as you describe that's not kosher for lack of better phrase that's a couple ways you can tell I ain't giving away sauce bro I don't do that shit no more next year now cool I don't you know I'm saying I don't sip drink no more man I'm a soul patrol bro you know shout out the richest heat he definitely got me right you know show me the way I'm best now shit different right you're different so you've quit that all together when's the last time you sipped shit bro rough estimate alright all right that shit ain't cool okay well moving forward here now with you I do have some other questions I do want to ask you you mentioned uh the uh well on the music side of things I do want to ask you this what's the current status with you and young manny manny all right so a lot of people wanted to ask his question right things the perfect time on DJ Smollard right manny's my family bro like I don't know if anybody is he he tied it on my hand right here for the people who don't know or he's the first tech that I got home that I got when I came home like he was in my house he like nah bro we ain't shit together did it but as far as the current status like me and manny about the drop again me and manny about to like really in the studio drop again it might be out by the time now might be out by the time this come out but um yeah we working like that's my family like I never get that disturbed uh misconstrued you know what I'm saying but just because people out here that don't mean that they got to be you know what I'm saying and um and like a parallel you know what I'm saying like um they can always go today you know they can go to the top like this and still you know part ways is just like you know the road's still even he's still uh doing this thing you know I'm waiting for him uh you know really show what he can do for the music but I love manny the death bro no like ever tell me nothing about manny nigga and the only reason why did I feel that way because shit manny my brother we we clash all the time like we'd be talking nigga like that's family though you know I'm saying nobody can tell me shit about him you know I'm saying you know how they be like how they be like um I can only call him an idiot you know I'm saying like is this like that nobody can say shit to me about him and I love him the death and we good like we yeah we good facts and it was and it was never nothing actually I just feel like it was just miscommunication in the past and like how the outside people look because it's just like supposed to be with the people that you come up with but you know do you want to share the title of the collaborative effort as like it was just working I want to turn my phone off do you want to do that now yeah sure what okay I'm turning my phone off for sure and he also mentioned that there was part of the lifestyle where you and where you were using PJs private jets um I only took a three in total I'm not going to lie but this is what I'm going to tell you everybody that came with me when a jet and you can ask them this no matter if it was females I don't give a fuck they come out with a video and vouch you know I'm saying there's no bad you know I'm saying bad blood but for rather if you were male female the gang that came all of the times that we flew was all my expense so that's the reason why I was never no label if it's never no loan there was never no it was always my expense no I didn't get the 15 passenger you know I'm saying but it is eight of us so the hell you know I'm saying like seven eight of us you know I'm saying we all had a good time it was one time I went to go see this girl because yeah I went to go see this girl and I came today and that was in 2022 then I went on one to Miami what was that December um yeah that's the last time I went with December um but yeah that's a good time too but uh you know that's time I went to December I might go again but it's just like why gang you feel me like especially when a duration be so short I won't only do that to you know I'm like I stopped that shit now because it's just like I can do whatever I want so it's just like why not just keep stocking that shit up like forget the rest like as long as it's in pocket like hey I can't I can't hear what nobody's saying yeah I still by my designer yeah I still showed the people because that's what they want to see that I got it yeah both the G-wagon but you know I'm saying wipe the Tesla all of that but um for the most part I'll be I'll be stocking bro I do it when it matters like I got land and shit like that what was the most you spent on a PJ so far um so not much actually, and this is the reason why, because I know the guy who family it is, you know I'm saying, like, that's my boy. So basically, he bought a private jet for us, mom during COVID, so she can have the best doctors in New York because that shit looked like I may have, you know what I'm saying, it was like may have back then. So, got her a P.J. and all of that, and now since he has it, he moves around back and forth to which state what country whatever, but when he's not using it, I only paid a few for it, so instead of me paying, you know, $10,000 to go from DC to New York, I can get there for $3,500, you know what I'm saying? Or what's the prime example? Miami was probably like $8,500 in total, you know what I'm saying? So, it's not like I'm out here spending like $50, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's definitely like little tens and shit like that, but yeah, I know the guy has whole team like the pilot and all that, so anytime that I do want to go, I might use it for more music videos and stuff. I might ask him if I can wrap it for a year or something, that'd be cool. Now, for someone that's just seen the private jet lifestyle and things of that nature on social media or videos on social media, so on and so forth, but have never had a chance to fly private, they've flown commercial, haven't done the private thing yet. What is that really like? I mean, it's pros and cons with everything, right? So let's start here because here's my pet peeves about it. All right, so you can feel the turbulence more, since it's smaller. When it comes to bags, they're real. Sometimes they be tricked on like, you know what I'm saying? Weight and everything, you know, depending on the duration and the size, you fill me up your bag because I be having like an overweight 50 pound bag. Sometimes it'll be doable. You know, if I had my gooyah or some little bag or a LV bag, whatever, you know, that usually be straight to go on a couple of duffel bags, but not just like full overhead carriage, like I'm getting on American, no. But, hey guys, it's pros and cons, you get there faster, you can get places faster, you don't have to wait for 300 people to get on the board and everything, just like, once the pile already is ready, I like that about it, but as far as luxury wise and everything, the how it feels, I don't feel like that I'm on top of the world or nothing. I just, I'm using more for now as a timely thing, wouldn't pop up my shit thing. Rich told me that too, because he tied me in with all of these people from the investment side to the, you know, everything. So, I feel like 100% yes. What about the mile high club? Is that attainable on a private jet? I never looked into that, like always in my eyes, like straight up, and I like what I do like though. How can I say it? The most thing that I like about it is, only been on like the same jet ever since though, you know what I'm saying? But, I've been on other private jets, never flew, you know what I'm saying, with no other artists or nothing. But, it's good, game. It feels good to fly. It's just like the same thing kind of, you know, got it's pros and cons, but for the most part, it's the same, bro. It ain't the hype ain't too, too much. I'm not at that huge, huge level to the point where I need to just be hiding myself. And plus, I don't think that I'm ever going to do that because again, I love my supporters, game. You want to come up and, you know what I'm saying? Like, how let me, bro, I like to treat them like, like is my last time going to see them? I like to make them, you know, feel good for supporting me. Like, that's what I stand on. And what about for like the smokers out there? Obviously, you can't smoke on a commercial jet line. Never tried. I don't be bending the rules too much when I'm already getting such a, you know what I'm saying? I'm all, I hit the vapor a little bit, you know what I'm saying? But I'm not going to push my boundaries when I'm already getting such a good deal. Like, you can't beat that. I know I'm saying shit. I might not eat on that over if they tell me not to, bro, but I ain't no bitch about it. You feel me? But like, that's, now I ain't going to cross that rule. I can, you know, keep that. That's a relationship worth keeping forever. You never know. Some 2012 shit might happen. And earthquakes happen. And shit, shit rambling around. I'm on that PJ. Y'all hit. So shit like that. Now, you also mentioned that one of the PJ flights was for a female. You were interested in linking up with in Atlanta. I don't even want to elaborate on that too much. It was kind of a bad experience. It's kind of like a worse experience because like, and they didn't even crack white. First day. So it was just like, damn, I did all this for nothing bitch. I came with a red carpet out. Like, you supposed to pull up to me. Now it turned from me to pulling up to you. And shit, crazy. I don't move around like that. Like, it was cool. Like, she's a cool vibe. And I'm, you know what I'm saying? I don't got no A towards you. If you watch and it's probably cool, I swear to God, we is. I don't want none to do it at all. Be sure you don't. And speaking of females at this point, your relationship status, what is your current relationship status at this point? I'm with the one and I'm happy. I'm with the one and I'm happy, bro. That's my real friendship status. And fuck a ho. Fuck a ho. Fuck a ho. Fuck a bitch. You get one person and build, bro. The grass is never green on the other side, which you might deal with from a one person. You're not going to deal for the next. I guarantee you this stuff that even with you, with us all, you know, I'm saying this other things or other characteristics, it's not to put us on the spot, but to be real, that we wish that we can take from previous partners and give it to our current one and have the perfect one. But that's the reason why nobody perfect. So the grass is never green on it. It's just like a female would be like, okay, but he talked to me crazy. Okay, but the last nigga hit you, which problem you willing to deal with. And you know what I'm saying? So it's just like, the grass is never green on the other side, bro. So that's what I say that you get with one partner that you, the problems that you are willing to deal with and you work on them as much as possible. And you build within to the top. Fuck a hole. Fuck a hole. Do you want to share who your current significant other is? Fuck a hole. Okay, now switching gears here. Who or what motivates you at this point? That's why I was turning wrong because it used to be the money. Now it's the consistency. I would not drop no project. My labels can tell you this. Previous labels like, bro, I would not drop a project unless I'm getting everything full up for it. Or you're not going to see me drop it. And it's not that it was not like I used the money or whatever. It's just that I wanted to do. But I want to do some more flyer shit. Damn, I posted a, I'm thinking too much of the internet. I'm like, damn, I only posted a 30 bar this time. The next time I got up, I hunted on them. Not saying that I can't, you know what I'm saying? And I could then even before I had it. But it was just like, you know, I was thinking about too much of the internet or what they would think rather than just being myself for, you know, I'm saying for who I am. That's the reason why I really stopped wearing it. You know, I'm saying too much jewelry, bro, I could have came in and just heavy. I don't be, you know, I'm saying try and press, but I know that's what they want to see. So I do show them what I'm doing on my daily lifestyle because I know that I'm blessed. And you know, I'm saying to people that support me. But I don't move like that gang. I like to put God first and everything to fall in a place, bro. That's what you put first. And keep your relationship strong with your partner. And, you know, I'm saying, keep your circle small with your family. And I'm being on family man time. And then still do fly shit. Don't get me wrong. I still have the studio guys pull up, get them all down and talk old shit like that for show. You know, I'm saying because it's a part of who I am, but I don't flaunt it like it's like I'm better than no one knows. Now circumstances could be different for everyone here. But there may be someone in the audience who needs some motivational words or encouragement themselves right now. I can't hold you. I'll be thinking maybe thinking art is lying when they see this shit. I feel like from a person that's at home at the standpoint, they'll be thinking shit like this is real, gang. But the only thing I'm gonna tell you is definitely real and keep up the consistency because once you do, once you do, it's a fan base for everything. It's a fan base for everything. People come out with John Russ, it's, it's band lab, artist Jung. I know excuses how am I working harder than you, what everything that I have going on, fuck the PJs and the lifestyle and I'm talking about musically, how am I working harder than you. I tell my dogs the same thing. Hey, I can take you to the water. You can be in the rooms with me, but it's a different statue now. Back then, they'll give you a deal because of who you be with. It's not like that now. Nobody cares. And you might get you a couple of followers depending on who the person is, but it ain't going to boost you up that much. You ain't going to make the next person tune into you to be like, okay, I'm a diehard fan of this person. Every time you drop from tuning into him, not going to make you care because his hand, not even because of drink. And it will boost it up because you guys realize, like, um. Now, I do want to ask you this kind of a similar subject matter here. You've been signed to a major record label before. You've been signed to another artist before. Or another artist imprint. And you've also been independent as well. What is your opinion on signing under another artist or another artist imprint versus signing to a major or being independent? It depends on who the artist is. Like I said, walk. He pushes artists. He don't care how many followers he got. This guy have like 12,000 posts on Instagram, you know what I'm saying? So it's just like, you know, you can go back to his history from 2013 on his page. So it's just like, I'm going to call this a sign of an artist. It depends on what the artist is going to do because you don't, they really don't be caring too much about the investment. That 50 bar that they probably gave you was a show for them for a weekend. You feel it, but when it comes from the labels of, they're like, we want to see our investment some way or at least we're going to try. So let's put this nigga on X and Y and Z platform. Let's try to sprinkle this over here. Let's try to waterfall Spotify drop. So things of that nation, like, yeah, but sign into our artists. You know, not to use nobody as an example or nothing, but like I say somebody like we're double up. Somebody who have their own fan base, but, you know, but when we see the free bank chain, you know, I'm saying, you know, what's going on? So kind of like that, you can be doing that and still be your own entity. Kind of like a money bag, yo, you don't look at him and show God the artist, but it is what it is. Same thing for Glorilla. Same thing for really all of the artists on a godly label. Same thing for Burning Man. You don't look at him as, you don't look at Drake or Lil Wayne. Like, oh, yeah, this Burning Man artist, you know what I'm saying? So you don't want to be known and say, you want to always have your own thing going on. And that's also what what love me and big cool and everybody respecting me about that I came over there, you know, I'm saying already with something going on, I just needed a structure. Because that's something that and just kind of jumping on something you just said, we've seen artists sign to another artist and they never get bigger than the head of that artist. And then there are some where the artists that are signed are bigger than the artists that signed them. So just, you can go hand in hand. That's why I say it is depending on the artist. Look at this like a party and Drake. He still his own thing, not Drake, you know what I'm saying? No hating no offense, but we're talking about it is what it is. We're going to keep this shit concrete like boys. Like boating them. Now what I said, we're going to keep this shit concrete. We keep it in this shit, we're real. We can keep it a hundred about me too, bro. I'm going to be captain. Now how long have you been in the music industry for? Rough estimate. Music industry, actually you've been dropping music. I guess this is perspective so however way you want to take it. Okay, I've been dropping music since seriously. I spent really since 2012. I had a tape, it was called finesse Lord. I made the album cover. I put the pair into it guys. We I felt like guys that nigga had the old middle school cranking that shit. Now, you know, middle school cranking that shit. At least my class, bro. I wasn't in my class cranking that shit. I used to play it on the boots to speak on my turn at all, man. They'd plug it up to the little teachers down with the little iPod and shit like that. Like I'm like, bro, turn it off. I'm shy and all that, but shit, I broke out that shallow will. Now there are some in the audience wondering here. Is the Illuminati real? Yeah, give me tonight. Just asking a question. Who are out here? Who do you work for? You're a piece of question. Make sure I heard this right. There are some in the audience wondering is the Illuminati real? Does this exist in the music industry? I don't know what you say. Just. Okay. All right. So before I ask you this next question, I want to set it up like this. All right. Now, just to take it all the way back, personally speaking here. For those in the audience, getting to know you here for the very first time. Yeah. Care to share where you were born? I was born in Land Over Maryland. That's why I was raised. Land Over Maryland, Bryce, he wrote. It was a, they're not an apartment. So that's why I was raised. And I still talk to a lot of people from, you know what I'm saying? From the hood and still support for growth. Like it gets different now. I'm happy for a lot of people. A lot of people that I've seen, who was in niggas in high school, gave themselves away. It's just like shit. And it hurts sometimes when you're the person that surpassed everybody that you look up to, you know, saying the niggas that I learned from with that trap shit, rap shit, whatever it comes to like, and no, I'm not rap. Excuse my, excuse my ladies and I say that that shit come from the heart. Not only that shit, we cheat that shit concrete, but when, but with the trap shit, everything that I was doing, whatever, whatever, they told me like, just I used to look up to them niggas. I'm thinking like, I'm especially back then, have a 1500 walking around 1500, 2000 in your pocket. Just already read. He looking like that neighborhood. I'm in high school, and he in school with me. He was in school with me. They was, and just like, you know, it hit different when you pass, you know, I'm saying the people that you surpass, the people that you look up to. And I still don't think that I'm better than nobody, bro. Like so, even to answer your question a little bit deeper for the people that's getting to know me for the first time, a lot of shit sound too good to be true, but I like to keep it like a honey game. I got flaws just like how everybody else do, but I'm a, I'm a good genuine nigga, bro. I don't, you know, and I learned that through experience. I didn't learn that way. That's the reason why a lot of people think that I'm older than I am. Because I learned a lot with, um, I play around the shit too, but um, I learned a lot with experience rather than age, you know what I'm saying? And um, and I, I thank God, bro, because it's a lot this, you know, uh, that went on that I couldn't, I could have been like, not wearing them now or not here at all, you know what I'm saying? So that's why I like to stay out the way, uh, move militant, mind my business, keep stacking my paper, and take care of that, bro. Um, you know what I'm saying? Like the person that I used to be is a completely different person, bro. Like, man, shit was bad. Like, don't get shit wrong, you know what I'm saying? Shit ain't juice, you know what I'm saying? Like, but it's just that I'm not actively in the streets no more. You should not, you're not the same, you're gonna be like, it's not on the farm. I can't talk about walking down with a drink, what on my land? Yeah, maybe, you know what I mean? It's just shit, different hell, bro. That money here, different money make you change, and you know what I'm saying? It could be in good ways. Um, and I, I have a quote that I want to address too. And I just had to ask you one question. What do you think going money brings like money buys happiness? Well, I take my personal opinion out of the interview. This interview's just all about you here, but you can ask the audience if you'd like, and they can place a comment. Okay, cool. I don't know. I just have a little opinion on that. I feel like money, because somebody else said if you uh, was it called, if money doesn't buy happiness, then you don't know what a shot. I agree to an extent, because shit, bro, somebody can still throw my day off and all of this shit out. going on. You know I still got emotions so I can still throw my day off who got nothing going on and not even a troll on the internet or nothing you know not nothing like that but um yeah facts right. When you get an issue that money can't solve you look around like what now and I didn't even reach that you know I'm saying 20 30 mil you know I'm saying I didn't even you know I'm saying get there yeah like but it's just like who I see how it is now with a couple of hundred grand you feel me like they should know and uh care to share where you reside these days totally respect that care to share what age you were when you left land over um I was young so it was about little school but um I was still going around the end after I got transferred um you know okay now for those in the audience that uh are not familiar with land over Maryland but maybe familiar with Baltimore um how far of a drive is that distance wise between those two locations like 45 50 minutes 45 50 minutes with traffic you looking at down here I was 30 after like six seven o'clock cool 40 minutes drives that straight no traffic highways boom boom shock a lot now what is your opinion on the phrase DMV this should gonna be a challenge but I don't pay attention all of that bro DC Maryland Virginia um I'll be thinking sometimes that the reason why they don't call the DMV the DMV and the DMV is because that's just called the NBA motor vehicle administration but anyway else it's called drivers driver motor the I forgot whatever but um anywhere else but in a DMV it's called the NBA but everywhere else it's called the DMV so it's just like yeah it's crazy I think I'd be wondering like is that why they changed the name because the DM but the DMV is only the DMV to like yeah but I don't get it fucked but I don't get and what about the Saxon of yours I don't think I have one bro like I don't think that is strong you feel me as um other people because shit I take a lot of time bro like correcting my grandma bro that's why shit that's why I'm putting that's what I'm pushing I've become from you know I'm in psychopedia dictionary type of name you know I'm saying I look that way Eminem used to do I say red the whole dictionary little Wayne and all of them niggas bro he is in college and all that bro I look at that shit that shit made me more awesome you know me that's why I'm different from the rest I'm not going to say I'm different from the rest because I know how to read I know it's probably some rappers who can read but you know I'm saying I'm consistent with the reading you know I'm saying I buy a book I love urban novels you know I'm saying everybody read when they get locked up but I continue reading after you know I'm saying so And uh another question here uh as you previously uh you know what's the current status with you and young manian you provided that answer but I did want to ask you this just to follow up um and nothing to do with him but just zooming out here who's been the biggest person in the music industry you fell out with but it has since been repaired I don't know if I want to say that and I start some shitting and me and I'm maybe always clashing but um it wasn't nothing too big but that's my dog right but I ain't going to say it but whoever this person is you're uh uh speaking on uh what's the current status between you two good terms at this point no terms at this point it's cool terms you know I'm saying I call here call we make sure each other street but here big art is though everybody know I ain't going to even say we're from job one up automatically but no that's my dog though ain't no problem so okay all right zan I think I got maybe one more thing for you here just checking my notes once again ah yes I do want to ask you this two more topics two more topics um speaking of Maryland once again uh do you want to ask you this if there was a Mount Rushmore of Maryland rappers which four people would you pick and why it depends on where you're talking about bro because if you're going to like if you start up from like 2017 you know I'm saying and all of that like you gotta give it to the Derrico Nasty Chagliszy um that trail uh I see for God um Rushmore isn't that four right oh yeah four okay but I say Chagliszy Rico Nasty Fat Trail and um what's something else I'm going to oh I say Q no who nah of that era I say Q and then like I say after that goon do myself I had to say five money money and many and then after that you had to hold weight when the DC people then after that get into like the 2020s of the nose the the savage the uh the uh the gives the the the credit you know I'm saying and then you got again this is coming out one more um now you got um I feel like it's still me like today you know I'm saying like um and we're speaking from a numbers industry game then she like songs and stature and accomplished and then who we talking about you know I'm saying it still do that to this day it's definitely you need no though I say savage I say uh I say in no order right I say you know KP savage kids and um listen up artists I can name too smoke chopper about to go crazy but I see myself again really you still like it's a lot of artists it's so many artists that I can mention who doing anything from the DMV like like bruh I can't hold you it's so many niggas who doing this shit bro that I can name right now I this interview might be three hours I'm talking I was really doing numbers and doing something to end the shit like um and it don't even have to be necessarily them rooms but they taking over TikTok bro the DMV doing so good as a whole but this beef and shit and the politics you got this shit area with how it's always been you feel me just like a lot of major cities is politics shit split up you know I'm saying but other than that yeah it's a facts I say those are some amazing artists bro everybody that I name and a lot of people that I did name that some honorable mentions you know who doing anything like slime get them jc you know you got a lot of people that's like like really coming up out of that stature like drag you know um uh either females is coming up like bruh so many people that I can name bruh like so many people bruh you're still doing these shit to this day more dude even bro like more dude he'd been around for a while who's still been standing afloat and still being in no rooms and still getting people to actually be listening to him I say him too like yeah I say cue from that time too like cue from like 2017 and all of that bruh don't get me wrong bruh was definitely frankly no no problem with you bruh and shit this without the window we talk now before this interview ends is there anything else you were not asked followers fans or supporters or whatever you have a name for them you refer to them as uh want to know nope they probably don't want to know nothing they probably want to know when i'm a chock these bitches off and it's going to be soon bruh i'm about to go back on registry we're going to do it on there and asking if you had a name because you know like Nicki Minaj has the barbs or Beyonce has the beehive and so and so has this and so and so has that didn't know if you had a name for your fandom my I do I say like they say what's up shoot a lot of my supporters they call me shoot you know But I fucked with this shoot, and they call me shoot. When I say, "Hey, shoot," I'm addressing the men. I say, "Hey, shoot, baby, I'm addressing the ladies, you know what I'm saying?" I don't know. Like, and the girls, they gave me that name off a clubhouse shoot, baby. But I used to shoot that shit over to them, but whatever, enough of that. Now with this conversation, is there anything else you want to add on? Like, to what you've said before you hit or subtract from what you said. Did I remember all of my supporters, gang? Everybody who got me here to this day, the reason why I could support and take care of my family, I appreciate everybody. And there's so many artists who I've helped that I've done songs with along the way, who's either at my level and/or higher, you know, saying, "I really fuck with singing people win, bro." And I'm not the, you know, saying the same person I used to be, and I'm glad that I changed in a lot of good ways, bro, and that the supporters you see in my maturity, you know what I'm saying, from the rap game to the consistency to the new look, they love it, and I'm feeling good. Now what's gonna ask you here, if you had any last words, unless what you just said there, was it? It's all I love from Mary Byne, man, I don't do drugs, bro, a lot of artists say be consistent because you drop a song on "Dissio Kid" and you're only making $100 a month, make ten more of those, gang, you won't be making the band, then the label's gonna reach out, 'cause once you're making at least a band a month, they can at least give you a deal for ten, 'cause they're gonna X that time's five, but what you're making every month, and I'm saying that's approximately 12,000 a year, they gonna times that time's five, but you get, you got yourself a deal. So be consistent, bro, be consistent, drop that shit, don't leave anything on those fuck with anybody talking about dropping, you never heard nobody say man, I'm about to unfollow him, he posts too much, never heard it, flood the market, you got to world the conquer, that's how I plan, plan, all that plan, that's it now. [BLANK_AUDIO]

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Ad-libs are essential to a rapper's identity and authenticity, with the artist emphasizing natural, unforced delivery over scripted or forced ones.
  2. The artist has added his ad-libs to collaborations like the song "Bounce" with Big Boogie, purely through organic studio chemistry, not pre-planned coordination.
  3. He supports the trend of artists appearing as cameos without direct credits, citing songs like "This Is America" where multiple artists contribute ad-libs to enhance the track's energy.
  4. The artist believes in bringing back surprise cameos in music videos to revive authenticity and connection in hip-hop, but only with artists he respects and whose presence feels natural.
  5. He refuses to pay for features unless there’s a genuine, long-term artistic relationship, valuing authenticity and personal chemistry over financial transactions.
  6. The artist has restructured his career and business practices after past missteps, focusing on consistency, integrity, and personal growth rather than lifestyle or financial gain.
  7. His upcoming project, "In a Way of Myself," reflects self-reflection and a return to authenticity, especially in acknowledging past mistakes and building stronger personal foundations.
  8. He values music that highlights female support systems and community, emphasizing their influence on his creative direction and artistic growth.

Summary:

Ad-libs are central to the artist’s identity, representing authenticity and personal expression over artificial production. He naturally incorporates his ad-libs into collaborations like the song "Bounce" with Big Boogie, emphasizing organic studio chemistry. He advocates for surprise cameos in songs and music videos, citing tracks like "This Is America" as examples of how multiple artists can contribute without formal features, enriching the sonic and cultural experience.

The artist believes in building genuine, long-term artistic relationships rather than financial ones, rejecting feature payments unless rooted in mutual respect and creative synergy. He reflects on past missteps in business and lifestyle, emphasizing consistency, personal growth, and integrity as core values. His new project, "In a Way of Myself," symbolizes self-awareness and a return to authenticity, particularly in acknowledging personal flaws and the importance of community.

He highlights the role of women in his creative process, seeing them as vital support systems that inspire his work. The artist remains grounded, rejecting extravagance like excessive private jet use, focusing instead on meaningful connections, personal development, and sustainable artistic growth. He maintains that success is built on consistency and authenticity, not materialism, and stresses that true influence comes from staying true to one’s vision and values.

FAQs

Ad-libs are essential to my music—they help define my signature sound and feel authentic. I naturally include them in songs, letting them come from genuine emotion, not forced performance.

Yes, for example, in the song 'Bounce' with Big Boogie. It happened organically during studio sessions when the vibe felt right, not as a planned collaboration.

Yes, I think it adds authenticity—like in 'This Is America' by Childish Gambino, where artists like Tyler the Creator and Rick Ross make brief appearances. I believe these cameos bring real energy and hip-hop spirit to tracks.

No, I don’t currently accept payments for features. I only collaborate when I genuinely believe in an artist’s vision and when we can build a long-term, authentic relationship.

I believe cameos should return as a form of surprise and authenticity—like in music videos where a big artist appears unexpectedly. It brings real connection and energy to the art.

It depends on the artist. I value authenticity and long-term growth over financial gain. I prefer working with artists who have a strong vision and real fan base, not just for marketing.

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