Finding Your Confidence

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Following up on social medias right now because

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with Instagram, I had to start completely over

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and get a brand new page. But at night, I did

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end up going to the studio and recording. All

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right, y 'all, we are tuned in for another episode

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of Bankedoutt Radio Show. I'm your host. And I

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have here this Friday evening is actually Halloween

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at the time of this recording. But I have via

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Zoom, Janaya J. who recently did an overlooked

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and underrated found a video so over it through

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was a Bart Law's Facebook page. So Janya, welcome

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to the platform. Thank you. Thank you. I do have

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a question on how you found me on Bart's Facebook

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page. Was it a video or what was it? Did I comment

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on something? I think it was uh, no, it was actually

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that particular video. So I went over to YouTube

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So when I do like the overlooking on the reddit,

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I started shooting my second season with it I

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like to go to the artist YouTube page Yeah, when

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I one it's easy to scream record but then too

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I like to just direct the people to the actual

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artist page You know so that way y 'all can get

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y 'alls Brand and artistry out there and people

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will be directly linked to you as opposed to

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you know be somebody else's page someone else's

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page is cool, but at the end of the day, you

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know, I've been doing this a long time like as

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far as the music industry stuff since 2005 so

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Yeah, I've always been an advocate for independent

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artists and Just pointing people in their direction

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because you need all the exposure and resources

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and everything, throwing it away so people can

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see what y 'all doing and participate in getting

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y 'all's career to the next level. So are you

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in Macon? Are you local with us? I used to be

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in Macon. I used to be in Macon. I was in Macon

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years, decades. I recently moved up to the Metro

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Atlanta area about a year and a half ago. With

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a June of 2024 Hopefully I'll be packed up and

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gone by this time next year always settled in

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Since we were talking about it You know, how

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has the making community been to you as far as

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like support and stuff like that? support sucks,

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but My face is everywhere. I can say that much.

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I have been my networking is like crazy good

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i'm such a socialite anyway so really and truly

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everybody knows me if they don't know me they

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know of me or have heard or seen me you know

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whatever the case may be but they have not heard

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my music though it's like oh yeah that girl oh

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i've seen her i've seen her here but you haven't

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heard my music though so what are you known for

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then as far as like you know in the area i mean

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technically i've been modeling i've done videos

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Really and truly and I've directed videos. I

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don't know. I've got my hands to some of everything.

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We're just now starting a movie I don't know.

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I can't say it's one particular thing, but I

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can say that music for sure when I go into a

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club I know two or three specific DJs every time

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they see my face. They're gonna play my song

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So and they're playing it constantly when I'm

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not there. I appreciate that. I love that I'm

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not gonna lie because yeah, I need I need to

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be in the loop I'm trying my best, you know to

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get myself out there with me being so shy so

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It's already a lot on my plate because I don't

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really like to be Okay, so explain explain it

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then how can you be an artist and sing and you

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actually have a good voice, right? I've listened

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to a lot of artists over the years and stuff

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like that and singers as well And you have a

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voice that would stand out in there a voice that

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actually carry to where you know you actually

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can sing. So how is it that, you know, you're

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not like pushing your talent? Okay, I'm trying

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to basically make sure I'm a perfectionist. So

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I'm not going to drop anything that I don't really

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feel too confident about. That's for one. I have

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a lot of things that are in the vault right now,

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but they're features. So I'm waiting on my team

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to get it correct. And the other artists that

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I collab with, you get your time together and

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this and that. When it comes to me working on

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my own things, I have a team networks for me

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that get a little bit behind the curve sometimes,

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but we all got our own lives. So, you know, I

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would never place a blame on them at all. I just

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sit back and I wait my turn. Really. That's really

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what's going on. Well, I would say one thing

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about being a perfectionist. I understand what

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you're saying, but yeah, perfection gets in the

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way of progress. That's true. And you know, I've

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always advocate for because nothing will ever

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be perfect. Perfect it right. One. There's no

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such thing as that because we're all human. So

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we're all flawed from the get -go. We're not

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a computer We're not you know, on terminus. We're

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not robots or nothing like that Um, so you just

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have to get it to the point to where you're comfortable

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with and then you just have to release it because

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in this day and age I've seen where you know,

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the music industry has changed and it's more

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about people One they won't consume Like they

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used to or at the rate where they used to sit

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on stuff. Right. Yeah. And try to wait for the

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perfect time to drop it. They're just dropping

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it, dropping it. They don't care if it sucks

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or not. They're just wanting, or no, I guess,

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the views. Yeah. And then the other thing about

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that, like, you know, while you're waiting on

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putting out the finished product, behind the

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scenes stuff is killing it. I mean, it gets more

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views and everything. It does. You know, there's

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so much content that you can create with it.

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So that's I've been stepping out of my little

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shell because it really started off with like

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modeling but then I was like Hey y 'all, I do

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music too. And they're like, oh, yeah So, you

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know, it got incorporated into the loop and that's

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how it really just started But I can't say thus

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far because I've been in making for two years

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now, right? So ever since that I've been here

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last year when I moved well the year before that

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My first song, So Over It, it made it on the

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radio, which was, it was a local radio station,

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but I just thought that was so cool because I

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come from Albany, and I've been staying at Albany

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for like eight years. years. Yeah. So they originally

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I made that song in Albany, that GMG song. All

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that was made in Albany, Georgia. I definitely

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have to shout them out, but I never pushed my

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music. I never really did anything. I did one

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performance for the very first time in my life

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at a little country bar. And that's when I just

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started doing music. So after I moved to Macon,

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when I did that performance, I ended up mingling

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with some of the very right people, righteous

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people that I needed to be with. And basically,

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you know, they were like, oh, yeah, you need

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to start doing this. You need to start coming

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around, come to the studio, do this, do that.

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And eventually I just got in the loop. Hey, y

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podcasting i nominated for a 478 musical award

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for a female singer of the year which that's

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that's really major to me because i started off

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with Singing in the shower like everybody got

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to understand. I'm just a tiger. I really am

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but I You know, I'm social so I do what I can

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I really do. Yeah, so, okay So like what kind

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of map have you mapped out now? It's now that

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you're taking it serious now that you're doing

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things to put yourself in You know the direction

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that you want to go. What have you mapped out

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to where you and your team? Can go and be like,

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all right, we're gonna do ABCD EFG I don't think

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I've gotten that far. I might be in like a little

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pending little gray area right there because

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like I said, I've got the team. Yeah, they're

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great. I've got everybody that could do specifically

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this or that or whatever the case may be, but

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it's just hard getting everybody on the same

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page at the same time on the same day. See, we

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just recently did a project for loyalty over

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blood. That music video is like the theme song

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for the whole movie. I mean for the whole series,

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one of the songs. Anyways, we did it based off

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of like this. president. Yeah, me having my hands

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all up and through. I end up having a lead role

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in the music video, which was also pretty cool.

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I did everybody's face makeup. I just feel like

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that came together very swiftly. This was also

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last minute. March for this spur of the moment.

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We just all collectively came together on this

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day and was like, hey, yeah, we're going to execute.

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But I don't know, you know, when it comes down,

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it happens like this for all of us. I mean, I've

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got real hope. You got snow, you got bully, you

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got holy shag, you got pacific. You know, that's

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really my team members that do the most work.

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Angelhood, that's who I really like. That's my

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backbone, my actual, you know, support strong

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system. So really and truly, we all have our

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time to shine. It's kind of like on a rotation.

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Yeah, I definitely get that. I'm glad that you

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was able to participate in it. I actually was

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talking with Centrail the other day. Yeah, he's

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such a good video, I love him. Let me tell you

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a fun fact. What? I was the first one to ever

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hire Sentrail. Wow. Yeah, he'll tell you. We

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have a really good relationship. I actually got

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to call Lockdawg and schedule an interview with

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him too. Yes. See, we were all out there just

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this past weekend. We did. We were doing a casting

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call. Well, a casting experience basically for

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this new movie called The Cool, the Bad, the

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Ugly. And it's written by Rio and Shannon. So

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yes. Yeah, we've been doing this thing for a

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good little minute as well. Lots of great videos

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and stuff music and they've been doing so yeah

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So yeah, I'm glad that you're surrounded around

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people who've been doing it for a good little

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minute that way You know how far you can go and

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you can go and eclipse beyond that as well, right?

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So what are some things that you've learned?

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That's far about like, you know I'm saying the

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business of music that you necessarily didn't

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know that it is a business and strictly that

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That's what I've learned. It is quite literally

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a business and nothing else is nothing else It's

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a simple, yeah, we've got our heartfelt. We've

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got our touchy. We've got our emotions drawn

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in the music. And sometimes we might, you know,

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I don't know, go off on a limb and listen to

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this, listen to that, do this over here. Think

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about that. But it's still a transaction. It's

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a sale. That's what it is. It's like who, who

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can I get to listen to it or who can I get to

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support me with it? Who can I get to push it?

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You know, like it's a sale. Yeah, it is. It definitely

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is. So as far as like, you know, collaborations,

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you sent me some songs, stuff like that, and

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I was listening to them. That first song that

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you sent me with the feature with Big Green,

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and shout out to him. Like, I know his manager,

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Jaylene. That's actually my protege. How did

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that come about? And as an artist, how do you

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determine who you want to collaborate with? Because

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sometimes the styles might not match. You're

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exactly right. So that is such a good question.

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I feel like well first let me start by answering

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how it came about I was in the studio now mind

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you this is had to be around last year. I was

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still new like coming around Kareem was really

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cool. He was really sweet to me. Like he never,

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you know made me feel uncomfortable anything

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It was just very welcoming and I was like, you

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know, he's really good He must be what I see

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in him and me like I didn't know you see what

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I'm saying So we got in the studio one night

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And I was just asking, he said, just play me

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something that you haven't finished. Like, tell

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me something that you haven't finished. And I

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was like, I got something. I really do. I got

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something, but I got to record it. It hasn't

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been recorded yet. So I ended up recording it

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that night, you know? And we did it. He wouldn't

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have finished his part. And we had somebody else

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do a feature on there. And I just was like, yeah,

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that was pretty cool. That was pretty dope. It

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came together really, really well. I didn't really

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actually expect to collab with him on that. but

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I knew for a fact it was gonna be good. You know?

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Yeah, so have you actually put that song out

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like commercially? Nope, it has not dropped yet.

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Oh, okay, so you sent me something you haven't

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dropped. I appreciate that. Yep, yep, that one's

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in the vault. That one is one of the ones that

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I have not yet released. Of course, we've been

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doing little snippets and clips towards it just

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so that people can have it stuck in their heads,

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because by the time that it does drop, it needs

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to be nothing but a hit. Nothing less than a

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hit. So, you know, that's how I... Operate with

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my music. That's what I love. I love the fact

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that you actually talk about a hit near thing

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is very Daniels We don't we don't make songs

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we produce hit records Exactly, that's what I'm

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talking about. So I'm gonna play so over it again

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for the folks who do First time exactly And I

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want you to like, you know, I'm saying talk about

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this particular song. So how did it come about?

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How did you, cause I saw where you did a performance

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for and then you also shot a video for it as

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well. So how did the song come about and you

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know, give us some background with it. Well,

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when I lived in Albany, it was by far I can't

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say one of the worst experiences of my life,

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but I tell you what, it made me grow up in a

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eight year time frame from graduating high school,

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getting my own jobs, trying to make sure I'm

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making ends meet. I end up getting my own apartment,

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got my own car. I had it going on, end up getting

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in a relationship. That was very detrimental

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to everything. I even started my own jewelry

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business for God's sake I did Detrimental to

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my to anything good that I was, you know doing

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or having going on But when it came to music

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It was like music was that one thing that nobody

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could touch like nobody could take that from

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me Nobody could do what I do when it comes to

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music So I was heartbroken one night really going

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through the worst of the worst With this girl

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that I was dating and it was just one of those

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nights. I was like man If I don't write, I'm

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just gonna die from a broken heart. Like, I gotta,

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I gotta say something. I'm serious. So I end

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up sitting in the car that night and, you know,

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I self -medicate. I'm in the car. It's about

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3 a .m. I keep Replaying the song replaying the

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song and I just end up hearing I'm just like,

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you know what cuz I really am I am so over this

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shit like I am over it and I made that like and

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I also thought to myself I'm like, yeah people

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could relate especially the girls and I end up

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letting my homeboy here He's a rapper by the

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way. His name is Deja and really good. He goes

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by GDB love I let him hear and he was like we're

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going to the studio. We're going right now and

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I said I backed out. I said, no, we're not. I

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got so scared. I said, I literally just confided

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in you to let you hear this. How dare you try

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to, you know, make me go to the studio and record

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it right now. I can't do that. What's so crazy

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is it. Finish your story. It sounds like we're

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having a Halloween party right now. She's probably

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wondering what I'm doing. But anyways, yeah.

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So I backed out. I did not go to the studio that

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night. I did end up going to the studio and recording

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something else that I actually wrote. And so

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they were all looking at me like he was looking

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at me like you didn't this not what you're supposed

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to be in here doing. So so what you're doing.

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And then I said something I did. My very first

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song is called Closer. Did that song. And that's

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a really, really sad type of spiritual song.

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And they were just looking at me and straight.

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Oh, they were like. You could say you could sing

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like you could really sing. I've never heard

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anybody actually come in here and do this acapella

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like that in one take. And when I tell you I

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did it in one take, but it took everything in

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me because I was so I was frightened. I was so

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scared. But I promise you, I felt like the biggest

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relief. It felt like I waited all my life to

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do that. That moment I just so I just you know

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I kind of rolled with the punches and when I

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got to making you know They picked up so over

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it and they just ran with it after that radio.

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It was content content content and nothing What

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station was it was it 107 .1? I mean DJ Blackjack

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was either one Yeah, me and Blackjack go back

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to I'm glad that you was pushed though because

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as artists y 'all have to get pushed Yeah, you

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have to get put out of your comfort zone. Yeah,

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I have I have a thing about like stage fright.

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I do because I make really soft and sensual music

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at times. And when it comes to me performing

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at clubs is very different because I'm coming

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in and changing everybody's vibe just like that.

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And it can either go really, really good or really

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bad, so. Yeah, you know, you can start doing

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different types of settings. I know a lot of

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different singers up here and they don't actually

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do the club scene. They do different type of

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events where private, you know, get togethers,

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you know, stuff that calls for that type of feel

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and vibe. So, you know, sometimes a club isn't

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always the best for, you know, when you're singing

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that type of music. Because everybody, you know,

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let's get turnt up and things of that nature

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or whatever. That's exactly how I feel like when

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I went to perform that mic drop in Atlanta for

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so over it Everybody did a rap song and it was

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all still and kill him robbing grab and get him

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until I got up there and Everything changed.

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It was just like I was saying I had to sing for

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real. So I was just like Okay, you know that

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was one of those nights where I wasn't feeling

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awkward about my talent, you know, yeah So as

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a singer, what singer did you look up to coming

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up and, you know, wanting to emulate? Aliyah,

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:25.299
Whitney Houston, you know, some of her face,

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Tamar Braxton. Oh, my goodness. Tony Braxton,

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:32.339
of course, Keisha Cole. Oh, my goodness. What

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a Smokey Robinson. We go back to Motown. We love

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them. I love the Isley Brothers. That's one of

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my favorites. And this is just me tumbling. This

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:44.039
is just me thinking, oh, I could do that or I

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could recreate that. Yeah, you know those types

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of things and it really is different for me,

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too Do you do covers then like will you go out

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and perform cover songs? I will I have not though.

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That's I feel like it's gonna be my next project

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I have been working on my valentine's day ep

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But that is something that i've been trying to

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make sure that I do at least have a few covers

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So that when I do go out I can just perform that

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instead of you know, some of these songs that

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i'm tired of hearing myself Yeah, I definitely

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get that now. So, you know put a new spin on

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stuff too. So i'm like, yeah I think singers

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have the best career possibilities because there's

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no age limit to singing Right age limit to rapping

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which it shouldn't be in my opinion, but there

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is but for singing There's no age limit and you

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can do stuff 40 50 60 years as long as you go

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out there and perform and sing stuff and you

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know appeal to whatever your base is Then you

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forever will have something to be able to offer

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Literally, I like to get in the thick of things

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when it comes to like the music business side

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So, uh, uh, so let's see here, your PR or your

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performance, right? Organization. Who are you

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with ASCAP, VMI or CSEC? Um, I think I was doing

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the ASCAP the other day, but I'm not sure that

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I completed it. So I definitely need to double

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.480
check that. And that's another thing I haven't,

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um, actually a hundred percent copyrighted. I

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.920
have somebody that was doing that for me, but

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I have not checked back in with them either.

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So I got to search your copyrights online. Yeah,

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I need to. That's what I was saying. I got to

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go to the corporate office. You go to the little

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search bar where it has like, you know, copyrights

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and stuff. And then you can type in your name

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and see if it's been submitted and filed and,

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you know, properly registered to you. Right.

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So what made you want to choose ASCAP? Because

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I've talked to a lot of artists like I'm ASCAP

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because I wrote a lot of stuff back in the day.

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That's just what they've been recommending. So,

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you know, whenever, whenever my OG speak, I listen,

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I listen. They recommend that. That wasn't the

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only one that was recommended. I don't really

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remember what the other one was called, but it

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was both of those two ASCAP and that other one

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that got brought up multiple times. So I'm like,

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OK, that's obvious. It's apparent. So let's just

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:58.599
go ahead. Well, there's only three of them in

00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:01.460
the United States. ASCAP, BMI, then CSAC. BMI.

00:22:03.750 --> 00:22:06.230
I didn't want to talk to a lot of people with

00:22:06.230 --> 00:22:10.089
BMI. The difference between ASCAP and BMI is

00:22:10.089 --> 00:22:12.190
the board of directors as far as like who sits

00:22:12.190 --> 00:22:16.410
on it. BMI is more corporate. ASCAP is more active

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music publishers and songwriters and stuff that

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make up the board. CSAC, I've only met a couple

00:22:21.849 --> 00:22:23.609
of people who's in Macon that actually belong

00:22:23.609 --> 00:22:27.470
to CSAC. CSAC is a third one. It's smaller. They

00:22:27.470 --> 00:22:30.490
do the same thing, but CSAC you have to get approved.

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So when you submit your music and stuff or they

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it's not just paying the fee and you have a IPI

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number and you know member number and all that

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:40.640
stuff They actually have to approve you. So that's

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:46.819
the difference between those three So going into

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:49.099
it feels like you know, you're building up momentum

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:53.579
going into 2026 What do you want to accomplish

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:56.640
like for 2026? What's like some big things and

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:58.799
some smaller things you want to accomplish? We

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got a first I personally am trying to get my

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:06.180
following up on social medias right now because

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:08.460
with Instagram I had to start completely over

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.799
and get a brand new page, which is fine. I don't

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:12.500
mind it. It's coming together, but you know,

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:15.019
it's not I'm very impatient, so I don't really

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:17.859
like a waiting period ever. But anyways, with

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:20.740
that being said, I'm trying to do more content.

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:24.039
I hope to have more content so that when they

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:26.579
come to my page is never boring. Like it's never

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.279
a reason for you to just be like, OK, that's

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:30.460
enough. You know, it just keeps going on and

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:32.599
on and on. You're just basically entertained.

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.299
You're watching movies. You're watching different

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:36.039
sceneries. You're watching thing and you're watching

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:38.160
behind the scenes. You're watching this. You're

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:41.500
watching that. I want it all going on. So, yeah,

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:44.140
that's what I'm hoping for. I'm hoping for putting

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:46.500
my content out there. I'm hoping to have it go

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:48.779
viral at least once or twice throughout the year.

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:53.299
And I'm hoping this time to go further than a

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:56.460
478 awards because to me, I mean, we all in my

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:59.059
heart, we all want I didn't win, but I got nominated

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:01.500
and that's major because I don't even like to

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:03.279
buy music out there for real. So that's just

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:06.240
number one. But yeah, the whole point about it

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.829
is I just want to be. I don't know way better

00:24:08.829 --> 00:24:11.609
than I am right now, even with the radio songs.

00:24:11.670 --> 00:24:14.670
Like I want the whole world to hear it on the

00:24:14.670 --> 00:24:16.670
radio. Soon as you cut it on, it's almost like

00:24:16.670 --> 00:24:18.950
a Glowrilla song. Like you kind of hearing it.

00:24:19.009 --> 00:24:21.009
You're sick of hearing it. You know, that's what

00:24:21.009 --> 00:24:24.150
I want. So are you shooting for like a major

00:24:24.150 --> 00:24:28.950
label, you know, signing or what? You got to

00:24:28.950 --> 00:24:31.009
do it all by yourself. Yeah. I was going to say,

00:24:31.029 --> 00:24:33.130
let me tell you how big my hopes and dreams are

00:24:33.130 --> 00:24:35.529
for myself because I know it's true one day.

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:40.940
I hope to run or have someone run it for me.

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.700
I should have enough money that I don't even

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:46.299
have to be there. But I hope to basically have

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:49.660
my own label to where we have our own artists.

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:53.759
And when I say flowing in like water is never

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:56.740
running dry, never running dry. We got so much

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:58.720
money because we got so many artists and because

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.900
they're all doing so good and because we've all

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:03.400
cracked the algorithm. That's what I hope to

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:05.930
have, you know. Later on down the line some one

00:25:05.930 --> 00:25:08.369
of these good days. I'm like it could be accomplished.

00:25:08.390 --> 00:25:11.529
But you know, I would say from what I've witnessed

00:25:11.529 --> 00:25:13.369
experiencing stuff, you have to remember the

00:25:13.369 --> 00:25:17.150
other artists. Not all artists work the same.

00:25:17.569 --> 00:25:19.750
No, they don't. But that's the point. I want

00:25:19.750 --> 00:25:23.190
everyone to be comfortable enough to be overly

00:25:23.190 --> 00:25:25.509
confident in their craft. Like, you just, you

00:25:25.509 --> 00:25:28.529
know, it's beyond. Oh, I think I think, no, you

00:25:28.529 --> 00:25:30.609
know, for sure. You see what I'm saying? So,

00:25:30.869 --> 00:25:35.589
yeah. So I'm gonna Let you go because I know

00:25:35.589 --> 00:25:37.089
you gotta you know I'm saying do your Halloween

00:25:37.089 --> 00:25:39.690
party and stuff like that, but let people know

00:25:39.690 --> 00:25:42.190
How can they get in contact with you on social

00:25:42.190 --> 00:25:43.490
media since you want to build your following

00:25:43.490 --> 00:25:46.130
stuff and also? Where do you need to go to check

00:25:46.130 --> 00:25:49.430
out your music? Well you guys can go to YouTube

00:25:49.430 --> 00:25:52.230
check out my music I don't care to push my music

00:25:52.230 --> 00:25:55.049
on the socials is really cool to do that and

00:25:55.049 --> 00:25:58.029
put it in their face and all but I prefer like

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:01.680
For it to go viral where it counts like I want

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:04.400
you to I want global I want the whole world to

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:07.279
see I want International and follow me on everything.

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:10.660
It doesn't matter what site lemon a tick -tock

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:14.279
Instagram snapchat Facebook wherever type in

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:17.779
janaya J J a n y a J That's all you got to do.

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:20.079
It's gonna pop right up. You're gonna see me

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.960
All right. Well, I appreciate your time ma 'am.

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Thank you for doing the interview Um, y 'all

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make sure y 'all go check out Janaya J as I said,

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she's a dope singer She really does have a voice

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here. I need to go to support and y 'all can

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always support the platform on the various social

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media Handles as well make that radio show. I'm

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your host Andreas and this has been an interview

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with Janaya j Thank you Oh