From Detours to Destiny: The Rebirth of Candii Lashay

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Candii Lashay is a natural -born star with roots

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in a small town and dreams far bigger than her

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surroundings. Her journey into the music industry

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hasn't been easy. From early pitfalls to creative

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detours, she's battled the same obstacles many

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emerging artists face while still fighting to

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stay true to her vision. A lover of fashion and

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a multi -dimensional entrepreneur, Candii Lashay

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has come to learn that talent alone isn't enough.

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Grace, discipline, and consistency have shaped

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her growth. And now, she's stepping back into

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the spotlight with renewed focus, ready to remind

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the world exactly who she is and why she deserves

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their attention. In this episode, we dive into

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her story. The highs, the setbacks, the distractions

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of life, and the powerful comeback of a truly

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independent artist, reclaiming her path. This

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is Candii Lashay unfiltered, inspired, and unapologetic.

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I went from care. I moved a lot in the Greenville

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area. I do need something to make me feel good

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about it. After a little while it's not a hobby.

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Sometime. Yeah, exactly. I'm like, you're paying

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for recordings, time and stuff like that. And

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then women, y 'all have all the extra expenses

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of like, you know, hair and makeup, things of

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that nature. I'm your host, I dress, and I got

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a. Okay. Lover. I'm supposed to sleep, but I

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be all over the place. So I was like, yeah, that's

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what we wanted it to be. Following up on social

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media right now because they're just, it wasn't

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producing a lot. at the time. So just hearing

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about Google, Google and YouTube University is

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idealistically the best way to learn. Music and

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Business Talk. I am your host, Andreas, and I

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have online with us a rap recording artist, entrepreneur,

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actress, and probably a few other things as this

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interview goes along, Ms. Candii Lashay. Welcome

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to the platform. Thank you for having me. You're

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welcome. So I was watching an interview you did.

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I think it was on the platform Only Come Up.

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Okay, good. I had listened to some music and

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stuff like that, so I have a lot of different

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interesting questions. But one, let's see here,

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you were born in North Carolina, but you was

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raised in South Carolina. Yes, correct. Is there

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a big difference between the Carolinas? Definitely.

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So Sherwin, North Carolina was definitely just

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up to the third grade, but more farm. So definitely

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country, very country. Um, and of course, Greenville

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is city. So it's um, it's not as fast as Atlanta,

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of course, but um, I mean and i've seen it grow

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of course, um from being here when I was younger

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but um more way more fast And uh, like here,

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you know, we're so worried about like restaurants,

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you know, we look at But there like we raised

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our own foods Okay I was saying where you know

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I guess you are a big fan or when you was growing

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up you was a big fan of Lil Kim. Yes, oh my lord.

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Is that who got you in inspired you to want to

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put yourself out there as a recording artist?

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Yes definitely um because you know like I guess

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like back then it was some it was some female

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artists of course but um she just like was the

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one it was just like unfiltered. You know what

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I mean? So it's like, okay, Beaks was like crazy

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and um, that's who she did. And that's what she

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talked about. I love money. So I'm like, okay.

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I love the geology. It's like, hey, uh, uh, uh,

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I love money. Um, you know, money allows us to

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do a lot of things. Those we have, you know what

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I'm saying? Uh, plenty of it. So as you're rapping

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in high school and stuff like when did you officially

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like put yourself out there for the for the public

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to know that you know i'm saying this was something

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you want to do yeah so my first recording was

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uh 2019 um that's when i like actually got into

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the booth rooms of chorus and things and my first

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show was 2020 so yeah been in the game for like

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five years um yeah that's when i was like you

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know where i want to go and i want to get booked

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um and let the people hear Yeah. So how was your

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journey, you know, putting yourself out there?

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Because I get a lot of different answers when

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I ask this question as far as how did the public

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receive you? You know what, at first it was kind

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of like a surprise, you know? They probably thought

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I was going to be like a doctor or something,

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I don't know. I don't know. But, you know, I

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was a nerd growing up, but, you know, cool people

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at night. I loved my class. But, you know, it

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was... It was like, you know what, whoever was

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in my circle, they were like, you know, we can

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see it. We can see it because you're a star.

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You know what I mean? Like tearing and stuff

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and just I love a limelight. I'm a goofy like

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I love to have fun and a little laugh and stuff.

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So I would say like in a room, I'm I'm probably

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the loudest. So yeah, it wasn't a surprise. It's

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like, OK, you know. it was more so my my close

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friends um they definitely like my first show

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I had I had a good amount of people that were

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there to support it so it was a good support

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starting out okay so in high school would you

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say he was more the popular side or yeah I can't

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even lie um yeah because I mean cheering and

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stuff and I did pageants So I was doing patches

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and cheering. And until my mama had switched

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me out, of course, I went from care. I moved

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a lot in the Greenville area. I was in high school.

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Let's make that radio show. And I have some deals

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for y 'all. There are some companies that I've

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been going, researching, looking at the different

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products and services that I want to turn you

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on to. So go to my deals page, check them out.

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Any one of them that you want to interact with,

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want to do some business with, you'll get a promo

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discount as well when you try their product.

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Banked out, B -A -N -K -E -D -O -U -T -T. Slide

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over to that page, check out what I have to offer,

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and let me know. Like I said, I'm going to be

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the one that's going to make you laugh in any

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room, so I have confidence. That's a great thing

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to have. With that being said, how did the industry

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react to you? Because I can only imagine as someone

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who's outgoing, you know, confident, female in

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a male -dominated industry, not so much as far

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as like the artistry side, the art itself, but

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like if you think about photographers, videographers,

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radio personalities, DJs, stuff like that, the

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infrastructure of the music business is still

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heavily male -dominated. So how did the industry

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receive you? Um, like I said at the beginning

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it's like I didn't really Like, you know, like

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when the shows come it's like, you know, i'm

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i'm hyped i'm feeling it. Um, I guess like they

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see the support is giving It's not really much

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they can really say. Um, but also like the more

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Compared from like and that's only within like

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a few years compared to like now It's like you

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almost it's like if you're not showing a lot

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of skin you know, it could kind of, that could

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be like a downfall. It kind of like a, I feel

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like not even speaking for myself or, you know,

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there are ladies that, you know, or if you see

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like the baddies and all of that, you know what

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I mean? It's like, you know, you gotta, you gotta

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be shaking, I don't know if I can cuss on here.

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You say whatever you want to say. We are regulated

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by the FCC over here. Okay, okay, well period

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because yes, like you like you like, you know

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shaking the ass or whatever Just like, you know

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showing you know, and I'm just not type of female

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where you gonna catch me in the thong So it's

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like, you know, I'm not showing some skin now.

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Don't get me wrong. Like one of my events I did

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um It was a body paint event, but it was also

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like classy like kind of jazz So I was all for

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that have my bathing suit on or whatever but

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just like going to a show and just showing like

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everything I feel like that's my that's one of

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the main battles I do have you know I mean like

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even getting booked compared to the next female

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or the next artist you know do you think it's

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just is that and also maybe they take advantage

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of those artists because you know like you have

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some years of experience now so you know what

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you should be paid your market value I would

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imagine you know things that come along with

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it as opposed to the newer artists especially

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uh women who you know haven't like found themselves

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yet as far as like what their style is and like

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what they will and will not do and also being

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compromised because i've seen a lot definitely

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yeah um and that's why like my my my main target

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i would say right now is like private parties

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um i've definitely done the club scene and everything

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and i still will you know i'll pop out but my

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main thing is mostly like private parties because

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i i do have a manager now i'm not signed but

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i have someone who is going to talk you know

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for me here and there when i need them to when

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i need him to and that could be intimidating

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to other people like you know we got to go through

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him or oh she's bougie or especially in my city

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like i love my city But it's like um, like you

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even see it I compare you got people that's out

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there doing the free game So it's like, you know,

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and I had to kind of humble You in the game cuz

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it's like, you know, hey, yeah, you're getting

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booked But just don't you know, don't come to

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me because I'm not I'm not doing just too many

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freebies. You get what I'm saying? You put in

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your work where so you should be paid but you

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know, I think that's the And that's why I was

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saying I can take advantage of stuff like I've

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done events where I promoted events done where

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I paid artists like straight up. I was there

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first time paying them and they had been out

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for like years. Right. Then, of course, they

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go and they talk about it and they post it on

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social media and stuff like that. Like, you know,

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address the day paid up even the first time being

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paid. But I never wanted anyone to sit there

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and think that like I'm trying to take advantage

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of anyone because I understand that, you know,

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it is still a service being brought. And it's

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part of your craft. So, you know, and I paid

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them like, you know, I'm saying I get, I would

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say I paid them above average. You know, like

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you performing a song, it's like, you know, 50

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bucks and you can give me like three or four

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songs and I'm like hitting you off 150, you know.

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Right. And that's reasonable. That's reasonable.

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And people don't understand it. Like when they

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hear the word fee, you know, they expect like,

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you know, That's like I said, I love private

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parties. Like they expect like, you know, 600,

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700. It's like, I've been in the game a while

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and it's like, you know, with private parties,

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you're getting paid like that hourly rate or

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like you said, how many songs you get. So it's

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like, I'm still eating. It's like, you know,

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I know I ain't Cardi B, but it's like, you know,

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it does make you feel good, but you have to know

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like it's a time. for how much you really can't

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ask for but like you said also a time where you

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have to be like hey i do need something to make

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me feel good about myself but after a little

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while it's not a hobby sometimes yeah exactly

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because i'm like you're paying for recordings

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time and stuff like that and then women y 'all

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have all the extra expenses of like you know

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hair makeup things of that nature I said shout

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out to you for understanding. Well you know I've

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been doing this a lot of times since 2005 so

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like I've done it in like other capacities I've

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been an artist as well uh written all that stuff

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whatever put out albums so I understand what

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all it takes and I've always been an advocate

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for independent artists like I'll always argue

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and uh like I tell people all the time like you

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know there's nothing different between it uh

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well the only difference I see between uh independent

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artists who's serious about their craft and professional

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talented and a major recording artist is a marketing

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budget. That's the only difference because I've

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heard a lot of independent artists who are better

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than major recording artists. Right. But you

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know they don't get the looks of whatever because

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they don't have millions of dollars that was

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poured into their name and likeness to go and

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establish, you know what I'm saying, that by

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a recording I mean a record label and you know

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therefore creating more opportunities for them.

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independent artists have to get out here and

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do it themselves they have to do all that stuff

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plus they have to market and you know treat themselves

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like a business and never do the whole nine so

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why not you know what i'm saying do what you

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like it's y 'all small businesses essentially

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that's what you are you're a small business um

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and that's how i just look at it but you know

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like you know everyone doesn't look at stuff

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the same but i don't like when Folks, I've seen

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DJs, music directors, all sorts of people just

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try to basically take advantage of artists and

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especially not understanding the business side.

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One, I want to go ahead and compliment you on

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your artwork for Chocolate Ninja. That was dope.

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I like that whole, I like. first of all the play

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of the name then I figured out uh I mean I heard

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why you have two eyes for candy because you know

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you used to wear I mean uh glasses and stuff

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like this and now it's contact but I think it's

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cool that you're playing on it thank you um but

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also just looking at your stuff you can tell

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that you think about what you're putting out

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and all the details that come along with it I

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do thank you You're welcome. My only thing is

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like looking at your YouTube channel versus the

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other videos that you actually have I want you

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to put all your videos Yeah, yeah struggle like

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when they you know, my video guys ask you know,

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do you want me to put it or you know, and I need

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I do there's one thing I have to like you just

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say and actually put more even marketing to that

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is the YouTube I'll let that like slip through

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my fingers and it is different. I'll tell you

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the goat because there's definitely something

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that I have to be working on. I need help with

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actually but you know, definitely. Yeah, because

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like I said, like, and I'm not gonna say this,

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but I don't want you to think that I'm talking

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about your specific videographer or the people

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that you use, right? Right. So my issue with

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videographers building their name off of the

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artists, they build their channels and those

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channels monetized. But at the end of the day,

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because I've shot music videos as well. And yeah,

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like I have. I shot music videos, I do content

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skits and stuff like that. I've also shot a reality

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show. I do the podcasting. So yeah, this is what

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I do. So to me, it's still a works for hire situation.

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You see what I'm saying? Right. They're $10 .99

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at the end of the day. It's a works for hire

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situation. So you're supposed to like turn over

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the video file so the artist can, but most of

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the artists either they don't ask for it or they

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don't know to ask for it. and i've seen where

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videographers have taken advantage of situations

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where now this stuff is monetized because they're

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getting all these different looks and unless

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you have an agreement with that artist or whatever

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technically i'm like you're making money off

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their music so at the end of the day you pay

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for the video and you're making money off the

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music video so you're double dipping yes because

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you got to pay for the service i look at the

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views i'm like I could've got some monetization

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off of that. Yeah. And now with content being

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king as far as like monetization, so like my

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pages are monetized. You can, you know, if you

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hit whatever parameters on the platforms, you'll

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be monetized and you can make money off your

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own stuff in different ways. So that's just my

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spiel about that. Spiel, okay. Very much needed.

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So I know I'm saying like I said before you have

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a multitude of projects that you have put out

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in singles What has been your favorite thus far?

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My favorite single I would definitely would well

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not even a single My favorite single is I need

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the money now I do I haven't really I just know

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you know drop chocolate ninja now because it's

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so fresh but I definitely loved that um it definitely

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explained you know it was like a different side

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from what I had kind of went over to but my first

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project in the novel I don't even know how to

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say this without I don't even seem like I'm going

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against myself but that was like a heartfelt

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me like I put everything into that And I feel

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like, you know, I don't, I don't even think I

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really gave it enough time. It's like I used

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it to come out. But with how heartfelt it was,

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like I was still listening to that, like literally,

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like just wine or like on a, you know, a day

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that I need to recoup myself. But I don't really

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feel like I put much. Into that to get it out

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more than what it is. Um, but there was I was

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very happy Like I said, it's my first one. Um,

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and it was just it was Heartfelt like my mind

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my soul. It was definitely me in denial No, I

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get that you said is your first project so more

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than likely like, you know I'm saying you had

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more time to work on that one than the other

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ones Yes. That's why the first ones are always

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the baby, regardless of sonically how they sound

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and stuff like that. It's about the feeling and

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what we're going through as artists and the fact

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that you can only put out the first project one

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time, the first time. You see what I'm saying?

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Right. And once you put it out, you've gone through

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that experience, you've got that experience.

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So then you do it again. It's more about repetition

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now because you already you've already experienced

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what it feels like to put out a project so you

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can only do that it's like you know you only

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get one time to make a first impression so it's

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sort of like that so uh i was sitting there uh

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seeing that you know you said that you wrap off

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emotions so i want to know since you do that

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and you know sometimes we can be in really emotional

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states is there anything that's off limit when

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it comes to putting it in recording it That is

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a good question. I would say, you know what?

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I have been through a lot. Funny that you do

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ask that because my close ones know. It's like

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honestly, like even like I made like my first

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one, it was like, you know, heartfelt on my relationship.

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but I have experienced some things like Homelessness

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and things like that that I haven't really I

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Have I don't really feel even at like the years

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I've been doing this and I guess I don't know

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how it's not that I'm scared of my backstory

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I Don't be taken as like just a game Like I don't

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I don't know how to like put it out there, but

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I have been through some things, you know Vulnerability

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is a very powerful tool. Yes. Like it shows that

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you're human. And, you know, then this actually

00:21:05.849 --> 00:21:08.750
leads into the other question I have to this

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sort of related. So as an artist, you put out

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stuff, right? You have a certain image that you

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put out or, you know, people see you in a certain

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limelight. Do you feel that, you know, what you

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created is the perception of you? is true to

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you or do you feel like you know I'm saying you

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personally versus you being an artist or two

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different people? I feel like it is more so of

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the person after my struggle that is me so it's

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almost like I'm boasting to myself like I don't

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know that makes sense but it's like I said like

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I need the money drop top Gucci and Chanel it's

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like I'm I'm happy that I can sit here and rock

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Chanel you know very at a time where I wouldn't

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even think about going into the mall because

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I couldn't afford it. I don't know. But you know,

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:05.519
that's great though that you've been able to

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experience what it is to like, you know, poverty

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and limited, you know, resources to a point to

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where you can, like you said, go into the mall

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and rock your nail and all that. And you've been

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able to build yourself and be able to, you know,

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.799
build yourself out of it or bring yourself up

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out of it through your art form and I'm sure

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:30.079
your other business adventures which to my understanding

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so is it do you have a clothing boutique that's

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online or or is it more of a clothing line um

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yes um so it's a clothing boutique online so

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I just kind of like I have a vendor um with multiple

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vendors and I was kind of um you know like see

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:46.519
that's what's kind of up to date uh what's not

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:49.920
I do some research on like um local boutiques

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of course Make sure I'm not stepping on nobody's

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:54.640
toes. I love to be different. So I dare to be

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different. Which I have also, I have actually

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allowed business to slow down a little bit because

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:04.900
I do believe in the saying, you know, don't put

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:07.279
all your eggs in one basket. But sometimes you

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:10.220
can have a lot of baskets and eggs just start

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:15.539
kind of falling and cracking. So I'm trying to

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.759
like, just make sure that I am kind of like more

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:24.400
focused on my music or just I Love I love my

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:29.700
ladies, but Lord Like just like, you know when

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:32.519
it comes to just buying and you know I'm having

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.680
to stop what I'm doing to make sure like, you

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know I'm sending things and meeting things and

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You know meet their expectations and then it

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becomes like, you know, I do have things that

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I have a life I do it I pick out a season now

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:52.099
here and there. I was kind of, but just like

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:54.240
persistent. I haven't been, I cannot say that

00:23:54.240 --> 00:24:00.440
in 2025. So how are you trying to balance things

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:02.759
now? Or like, you know, what are you doing to

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:05.740
add like more structure to your businesses? Because

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:07.839
your music is a business itself for you being

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:10.900
an artist, but then also the clothing. And then

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:13.319
you, I saw that you were, you was actually acting

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:16.009
as well. Did you have anything to do with the

00:24:16.009 --> 00:24:18.069
product the production side of things too or

00:24:18.069 --> 00:24:21.430
were you just hired as talent? Um hired as talent.

00:24:21.470 --> 00:24:23.890
Um, shout out to ricky prince. Of course. He

00:24:23.890 --> 00:24:28.089
is awesome. Um Not a pressurer works on your

00:24:28.089 --> 00:24:30.950
time. Uh, you know, of course he definitely takes

00:24:30.950 --> 00:24:32.849
any ideas, but he has his things just written

00:24:32.849 --> 00:24:37.069
out. So, um, uh, definitely talent wise. Um,

00:24:37.109 --> 00:24:40.569
uh, but yeah, uh shot accountability and agreeable

00:24:40.569 --> 00:24:46.410
two gbuild two will be uh on Tubi. So I'm ready

00:24:46.410 --> 00:24:48.269
for that. But yeah, there was definitely more

00:24:48.269 --> 00:24:51.009
talent. So, and like he worked with me, like,

00:24:51.089 --> 00:24:52.730
well, really everyone with their lives. So it

00:24:52.730 --> 00:24:54.930
wasn't something like, oh, I give you a strip

00:24:54.930 --> 00:24:58.250
and you better remember it by next week. You

00:24:58.250 --> 00:25:00.509
know, it's like, if you forget the whole thing

00:25:00.509 --> 00:25:03.049
while you're there, he gone, you know, hey, cut

00:25:03.049 --> 00:25:06.990
this. So he's definitely an awesome producer.

00:25:07.730 --> 00:25:09.650
So what are you doing to like balance all that

00:25:09.650 --> 00:25:12.170
then and make sure that you keep some type of

00:25:12.170 --> 00:25:15.619
structure? I'm definitely allowing myself to

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:20.339
trust others. So I'm just like assistant wise.

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.319
My sister has been helping me out with a lot

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:27.859
of things like keeping calendar. Because yeah,

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:29.420
there's something that if I don't put it on a

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:36.460
calendar, it's done. Even with this interview,

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.220
he was like, oh man, I've got to put it on the

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:41.559
calendar. Yes. I promise I would not sit here

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:43.500
and say I can do something if I can't. You know

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:46.059
what I mean? So I'm like, please listen, I'm

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.920
going to make sure I make it to the next one.

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:50.160
It's not like they can't hear me. It's like,

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:55.630
nope. But you know, you miss that if it's audition,

00:25:55.869 --> 00:25:57.509
it's like, you know, it's given to the next person.

00:25:57.589 --> 00:25:59.150
So I definitely thank you for working with me

00:25:59.150 --> 00:26:02.410
as well. But yeah, definitely. I have to keep

00:26:02.410 --> 00:26:05.569
a calendar in like my phone where it's like,

00:26:05.690 --> 00:26:08.670
ding. And of course, I got to allow myself to

00:26:08.670 --> 00:26:10.950
trust others for a while. Like I said, coming

00:26:10.950 --> 00:26:14.529
out of my struggle, I believe like, you know,

00:26:14.609 --> 00:26:17.410
I got to struggle alone. I can do it alone, you

00:26:17.410 --> 00:26:19.549
know, and I have to realize it does take a team.

00:26:19.789 --> 00:26:22.650
It does. Like I said, you're building a business.

00:26:23.190 --> 00:26:24.250
So at the end of the day, you know, you have

00:26:24.250 --> 00:26:26.490
to have everyone playing a role that feeds into

00:26:26.490 --> 00:26:30.109
the system of the business. Exactly. Exactly.

00:26:31.049 --> 00:26:34.450
So what losses have you taken professionally?

00:26:34.849 --> 00:26:36.369
You know, whether it be like, you know what I'm

00:26:36.369 --> 00:26:40.089
saying, with the clothing, the music, you know,

00:26:40.690 --> 00:26:43.349
what have you been able to overcome? What stands

00:26:43.349 --> 00:26:47.710
out in your mind? I would definitely say losses.

00:26:49.949 --> 00:26:55.009
would be Of course, I don't know if I would call

00:26:55.009 --> 00:26:58.529
it a loss or not, but I didn't like I said, I

00:26:58.529 --> 00:27:00.769
could have did more this year so I would definitely

00:27:00.769 --> 00:27:03.809
say like the online boutique and wise like um,

00:27:04.609 --> 00:27:07.130
I Know like if I was the like when I do post,

00:27:07.369 --> 00:27:09.329
you know and drop stuff Of course, you know,

00:27:09.329 --> 00:27:11.869
I do have customers that reach out but just I

00:27:11.869 --> 00:27:15.480
I was booming It won't you know where it's like

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.579
once you drop it doesn't take two minutes. It's

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:22.440
like being but you know I think he said but it's

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:25.440
like right now I've gained the understanding

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:28.000
that I've chose. I want to I want to put music

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:30.559
first. It's like for a second That was my loss,

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:33.500
you know, and I'm tired of putting it behind

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:35.640
just because you know, you have a lot people

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:37.960
that say oh, it's a dream. It's a dream, but

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:41.680
It can't it is it's more than that to me So it's

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:43.779
like like you said, I have to realize, you know

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:46.940
balance the team to make everything work But

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:49.640
I'm definitely I'm definitely I'm in love with

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:54.960
my music. So it's like um If I feel that something

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:57.779
is overtaking it, I will choose my music first

00:27:57.779 --> 00:28:01.819
Okay So what's the day in the life of you know,

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.059
candy or shade? Like what does that look like

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:09.150
typical? Well definitely, I have kids. A shot

00:28:09.150 --> 00:28:12.880
to my babies. I have a boy and a girl, so that's

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:15.440
number one. I don't give up. I tell my music

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:20.119
come first, that come first. The Lord also Sunday,

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:22.640
I try to make it to church every week whenever

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:26.140
I can. Not every week, but I have to have prayer

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:28.500
in my life because I've always seen that when

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.740
I don't put God first and I don't, you know,

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.420
I don't know who else believes or who doesn't,

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:35.720
but that's another thing that helps me. I believe

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:38.079
that God does help me. And I ask him to make

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:40.680
sure he opens doors or close the ones I don't

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:46.319
need, so that's number one. And just the social

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:50.000
media things, my Instagram and stuff, just making

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:52.119
sure I'm telling my manager. Like I said, he

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:56.599
helps me out a lot. Jonathan, so it's just like

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:59.019
him, hey, we got this, we got this. Do you wanna

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:04.000
do that? Do you wanna do this? Shopping. I think

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:07.039
I'd go shopping at least for like one outfit

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:12.009
each week. You never know what'll come up. Give

00:29:12.009 --> 00:29:16.210
me a reason to go shopping, okay? Um, but yeah,

00:29:16.289 --> 00:29:18.289
like at the end of day, like I'm definitely an

00:29:18.289 --> 00:29:21.349
artist, but I definitely have like nighttime

00:29:21.349 --> 00:29:23.609
comes and I do still have like a regular life.

00:29:23.609 --> 00:29:28.269
Like I do like to sit and watch TV and you know,

00:29:28.890 --> 00:29:44.119
eat glut. Can you eat a lot? Yeah, I can. I can

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:50.819
be a little lonely sometimes mentally if I didn't

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:55.319
have like my friends or my guy because You know

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:58.440
my mother and my oldest sister moved to Greenwood

00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:00.910
and my most Bestie well, let me not say that

00:30:00.910 --> 00:30:02.589
because my other sister gonna watch this. I love

00:30:02.589 --> 00:30:05.650
you Ashley, but Christina, you know, but we're

00:30:05.650 --> 00:30:10.470
more closer in age Ashley's like the mom Florida

00:30:10.470 --> 00:30:14.230
yeah, she's in Daytona. So then I have fun in

00:30:14.230 --> 00:30:18.329
the sunshine state Yeah, so this will be an effect

00:30:18.329 --> 00:30:21.130
to me too. Like I don't have my my rider with

00:30:21.130 --> 00:30:26.130
me now, but Hey, it's about you know, the precinct

00:30:26.130 --> 00:30:28.920
of people when you hear that, you know it allows

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:34.539
you to grow personally as well. It's just one

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:37.160
of those things. How do you overcome writer's

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:39.400
block? What do you do to get out of that slump?

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:43.900
I'm overcome what? I'm sorry? Writer's block.

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:47.940
Writer's block. What is that? Have you ever tried

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:50.339
to write songs where you were just stuck on lyrics

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:53.700
and you couldn't come up with anything? Oh, yes.

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:58.380
And I think So, how do I overcome it? I want

00:30:58.380 --> 00:31:02.279
to say I got Alki, but I definitely have quite

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:07.579
my best music, okay? When I have my wine or I

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:11.140
got me a little tequila, okay? I like my best

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:14.519
music. I sit on my porch and I have like, you

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:18.000
know, a nice city area. So this is like nighttime.

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:24.390
It's the best time to do it. I like to... I like

00:31:24.390 --> 00:31:28.250
to pick my choruses out first. So I feel like

00:31:28.250 --> 00:31:30.009
whatever I feel like my chorus is gonna be, then

00:31:30.009 --> 00:31:34.650
my words will come naturally. Okay. I like that.

00:31:34.809 --> 00:31:37.369
Just a little substance in there to get the juices

00:31:37.369 --> 00:31:41.710
flowing. Yeah. As an independent artist, I imagine

00:31:41.710 --> 00:31:44.250
you listen to other independent artists as well,

00:31:44.549 --> 00:31:47.519
right? Yes, definitely. who would say who would

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:50.039
you say are like three artists that you know

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:52.759
i'm saying you're currently enjoying their movement

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.259
their music their style that you would like to

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:59.660
you know give shout outs to um yes um and you

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:03.069
know i'm gonna keep it real on this one um Let

00:32:03.069 --> 00:32:04.849
me see. It's like the last one. I don't know

00:32:04.849 --> 00:32:06.970
if I'm gonna do it yet, but definitely shout

00:32:06.970 --> 00:32:11.190
out today's Carter That was my first on my end

00:32:11.190 --> 00:32:15.430
of my in denial. He was my first feature and

00:32:15.430 --> 00:32:18.809
He's he's been big in the game, you know, he

00:32:18.809 --> 00:32:21.789
took his taste taking some loss he's taking some

00:32:21.789 --> 00:32:24.710
loss and but he just knows how to overcome it

00:32:24.710 --> 00:32:27.609
and like I like me and my guy will chill with

00:32:27.609 --> 00:32:31.230
days on a regular day and he don't know how to

00:32:31.230 --> 00:32:38.609
not talk music. So it's like, when we talking,

00:32:38.769 --> 00:32:40.529
I'll be thinking he rapping, when he really be

00:32:40.529 --> 00:32:42.609
talking, he like, I'm talking to you, but he's

00:32:42.609 --> 00:32:45.029
like, so music, you know, he's a, he's a great,

00:32:45.269 --> 00:32:49.569
great artist. And he doesn't, he doesn't let,

00:32:50.809 --> 00:32:53.390
well, everyone knows his struggles. You know,

00:32:53.529 --> 00:32:55.269
if he was to book him, he'll definitely let it

00:32:55.269 --> 00:32:57.230
be known. Everyone knows his struggle and he,

00:32:57.230 --> 00:33:00.359
he lives with it. He, he, This is this is fan

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:04.339
base pal. He eat it the goat. Um, I would say

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:09.579
Second would be um, I like i like tiara washington.

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:13.599
Um And are we talking about just in my city or

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.660
whoever you're it doesn't matter They could be

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:17.660
in your city or like I said, this is your list

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:20.319
not mine Okay, okay. Yeah, I would definitely

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:23.759
say second is gonna be tiara washington. Um,

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:30.509
she's she's She has a um Open mindsets and I

00:33:30.509 --> 00:33:35.910
like how she's she's grown. She's not problematical.

00:33:36.210 --> 00:33:38.509
I don't know. It's a word not problematic. You

00:33:38.509 --> 00:33:43.670
said it's a word. What are you making out with?

00:33:45.490 --> 00:33:49.250
I'm a medical, but so like she doesn't have like

00:33:49.250 --> 00:33:52.210
that. She doesn't just like beef. It's like,

00:33:52.210 --> 00:33:54.789
you know, she's willing to work. You know what

00:33:54.789 --> 00:33:57.869
I mean? Some call me bougie. I'm not gonna lie.

00:33:58.150 --> 00:33:59.990
I get a bougie queen. But you know what I love

00:33:59.990 --> 00:34:02.250
and I'm learning off of her that you know what,

00:34:03.529 --> 00:34:07.250
just be open and focus on your music and put

00:34:07.250 --> 00:34:09.050
all that other stuff to the side. She knows how

00:34:09.050 --> 00:34:13.510
to be thug and you know, she knows how to talk

00:34:13.510 --> 00:34:18.880
about love. She's versatile. Like that and lastly

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:23.380
and really first there's no order but um, Bella

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:27.820
Baltimore Yes, and she's from I don't even want

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:30.159
to say she's from Atlanta. Well, she's from Baltimore.

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:33.000
I don't know if she reside because she's torn.

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:36.099
She's getting out there. She's getting in the

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:38.980
field. And also shout out to Ricky Prince again

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:41.000
and shout out to Billy Baltimore. She's also

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.300
in Gville, too. So she made her way to the city

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:47.179
and she'll also will also be on to be together

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:51.699
as well. So but she's doing the dang thing. I

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:55.300
love it. Her presence is is amazing and she's

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:58.320
beautiful. You don't have to send me their socials

00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:03.900
and stuff. I am. I'm going to clip this and I'm

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:08.219
going to tag them in you. Yes, please. Those

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:14.420
are the boos. Whether I can tell them or what

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:17.840
not, I've reached out to each one of them individually

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.940
just on different accounts and it's just always

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:22.739
positivity. I've never received anything negative.

00:35:23.190 --> 00:35:26.010
Um, so yeah, they they some goats. That's what's

00:35:26.010 --> 00:35:28.309
up. I love it. I love it So, uh, what do you

00:35:28.309 --> 00:35:30.989
plan on doing for 2026? Do you have goals set

00:35:30.989 --> 00:35:32.769
in mind or are you just gonna like, you know,

00:35:32.849 --> 00:35:36.429
try to wing it again or um Definitely goals.

00:35:36.429 --> 00:35:40.590
I am definitely um, I feel like i've done a lot

00:35:40.590 --> 00:35:44.750
of Independent things and it's time for me to

00:35:44.750 --> 00:35:48.190
just kind of crack that shell in 2026 i'm ready

00:35:48.190 --> 00:35:51.650
to get just a bigger marketing team i'm ready

00:35:51.650 --> 00:35:56.750
to build Team I need that I need more knowledge

00:35:56.750 --> 00:36:00.969
People around me that has more knowledge. I'm

00:36:00.969 --> 00:36:03.130
willing to accept I'm willing for us all to come

00:36:03.130 --> 00:36:09.929
up together Yeah, definitely that and More video

00:36:09.929 --> 00:36:13.289
I'm at one point I was hitting them videos head

00:36:13.289 --> 00:36:16.969
to head and it's like I definitely slowed down

00:36:16.969 --> 00:36:20.929
I think I do a video this year. No, I did I did

00:36:20.929 --> 00:36:27.369
all to It wasn't tell me what I got to do Elf

00:36:27.369 --> 00:36:32.210
UK love. Yep. So I saw that with the mic drop.

00:36:32.670 --> 00:36:36.650
Yes. Yes. I have the PTB on insta. So upcoming

00:36:36.650 --> 00:36:39.750
a video guy. So I gave him a chance and he delivered.

00:36:41.349 --> 00:36:43.769
But yeah, definitely a marketing team. I need

00:36:43.769 --> 00:36:47.789
more of that. Well, definitely will be in one

00:36:47.789 --> 00:36:56.900
day too. And videos. Okay, so if you had the

00:36:56.900 --> 00:37:00.699
power to change the industry, right? Yes. You

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:03.460
can just like wave your magic wand or whatever.

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:08.280
What would you change and why? You be going off

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:10.820
on the questions, okay? I've been doing this

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:20.429
a long time. Definitely say, let's see, wave

00:37:20.429 --> 00:37:25.369
my wand and what would I change? I would, oh

00:37:25.369 --> 00:37:31.389
that's a good one. I would say definitely just

00:37:31.389 --> 00:37:35.289
at the point right now, I don't know if I'm like

00:37:35.289 --> 00:37:40.130
old fashioned, I don't know. But it's just, it's

00:37:40.130 --> 00:37:44.730
just a lot of, hold on, let me see how to say

00:37:44.730 --> 00:37:53.440
it. I think it is overly rated. I think it is

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:56.239
overly rated. It is some stuff like, I know I

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:59.199
can't keep my daughter from listening to, but

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:01.519
she ain't gonna have to hear it. And you know,

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:04.159
it's just like, I'm gonna have to teach her what

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:09.590
tossing the salad is before. The artists do.

00:38:09.829 --> 00:38:13.090
You get what I'm saying? It's a lot going on.

00:38:13.329 --> 00:38:15.630
It's just like, okay, I get, like I did say,

00:38:15.710 --> 00:38:17.289
you know, I love me some little Kim, which I

00:38:17.289 --> 00:38:20.230
do, but it wasn't like a hundred little Kims

00:38:20.230 --> 00:38:24.269
around here. Yeah. No, I definitely get with

00:38:24.269 --> 00:38:27.610
you when you say that. I understand because it's

00:38:27.610 --> 00:38:30.190
like the blueprint for success, someone pops

00:38:30.190 --> 00:38:32.409
off in a certain manner. So then everybody else

00:38:32.409 --> 00:38:34.849
who jumps in, it does the same thing instead

00:38:34.849 --> 00:38:38.070
of trying to be original to themselves. Yeah,

00:38:38.070 --> 00:38:40.309
something different because even in the 90s,

00:38:40.309 --> 00:38:42.630
when you talk about Little Kim, you're talking

00:38:42.630 --> 00:38:45.670
about an era of music where it was diversified.

00:38:45.829 --> 00:38:47.570
You had the West Coast and had his own stuff.

00:38:47.730 --> 00:38:52.550
New York, East Coast, down south Midwest. And

00:38:52.550 --> 00:38:56.150
everyone was popping and it showed diversity,

00:38:56.750 --> 00:39:01.389
versatility and diversity. And now it's like

00:39:01.389 --> 00:39:04.090
just copycat. Everyone does the same thing, especially

00:39:04.090 --> 00:39:07.059
when it comes to a lot. Well, at least that's

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:10.280
what's pushed in the mainstream. There are women

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:15.199
out there who aren't, you know, being extremely

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:21.260
salacious. Yeah, that are talented, but they

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:23.440
don't get the push either. But at the end of

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:26.400
the day, these record labels, it's about being

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:29.079
profitable and those executives are not wanting

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:31.460
to take chances on something different for some

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:34.880
reason. Exactly. Definitely versus like more

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:37.159
I just would say, like you just said, accept

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:41.079
more. It's just like, and I'm definitely, like

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:42.860
I said, dare to be different. Like whatever I

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:46.280
write, I definitely, like I do love, uh oh, my

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:49.059
phone had paused. I do love a chocolate mantra,

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:51.420
you know what I'm saying? But it's just like,

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:54.440
also, you know, I know how to say like, you know,

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:59.260
the tell me song, which shout out, okay, to my

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:03.320
plug on Jets, okay? But, you know, I know how,

00:40:03.369 --> 00:40:05.170
And I ain't saying, okay, good, cause this is

00:40:05.170 --> 00:40:08.429
what I like. It's like, but it's just, you know,

00:40:08.949 --> 00:40:10.869
I just feel like, like you said, it's just one

00:40:10.869 --> 00:40:15.110
band, one sound at the moment. Like, I don't

00:40:15.110 --> 00:40:16.949
know. I don't know how to, it's a, that could

00:40:16.949 --> 00:40:19.949
be like a deeper thing, but just a, just a little

00:40:19.949 --> 00:40:24.510
one. I was kind of, you know, bing. Just change

00:40:24.510 --> 00:40:27.480
it. So I want you to let everybody know, where

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:30.960
can they go and get your music streamed in? How

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:33.239
can they support if they want to check out the

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:37.559
website for the clothing and any movies and stuff

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:41.059
that you've been in or type of content? Listen,

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:44.860
so definitely music -wise, I am on all platforms.

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:48.039
Candy Lachey with, like I said, Two Eyes, not

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:50.780
the Y. So don't go in there typing C -A -N -D

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:54.760
-Y. It's C -A -N -D -I -A, L -A -S -H -A -Y,

00:40:54.900 --> 00:41:01.280
but on YouTube, iTunes, Apple Music, sorry, Spotify,

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:11.880
just all platforms. Let's see, music, Lord, movie

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:15.960
-wise, just for now, just keep a lookout on Tubi.

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:19.639
Just download that 2B app and just keep a lookout

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:21.900
on there. Of course, you can follow me on both

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:24.559
of my social medias at the moment. So of course,

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:27.280
my hottest is my Instagram, which is going to

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:31.940
be candy .lachey on Instagram. And for some reason,

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:35.519
my Facebook sucks. Like, it will not let me change

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:40.019
my freaking... Like I've had it since like 2015

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:42.760
and I've never changed the name, but it has my

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:45.239
government name on there So just look at came

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:47.360
to shape Facebook and you'll find my real name,

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:53.340
which I You got to start you a business page

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:59.000
Instead of the profile page Now that's tea. That's

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:02.239
less. I would say just from a content and when

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:05.159
you get monetization Cuz I don't know if you're

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:11.309
is your Facebook do you have access to like all

00:42:11.309 --> 00:42:16.329
the meta suite tools and stuff like i know you

00:42:16.329 --> 00:42:20.969
can see some things right um yes well this right

00:42:20.969 --> 00:42:23.329
now is the monitor monitor hello i heard that

00:42:23.329 --> 00:42:28.329
word monetization um and like stars and all of

00:42:28.329 --> 00:42:30.849
that so i don't get i guess if if i need to make

00:42:30.849 --> 00:42:33.309
a new one i'm not really losing too much i just

00:42:33.309 --> 00:42:35.920
have like a lot of people that go way back from

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:37.119
that one, you know what I mean? But it's not

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:39.400
that I'm a new follower. Well, here's the thing.

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:43.159
The reason why I push like creating an actual

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:46.239
business page is because of the automated features

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:47.719
and stuff. So like when someone hits a bank that

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:50.559
ready to show on Facebook, I have a section where

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:54.400
it has FAQs frequently ask questions and they

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:56.280
want to book interviews if they want to like

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:58.460
know what type of guess. I don't have to worry

00:42:58.460 --> 00:43:00.980
about responding to them because it's going to

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:03.940
automatically prompt that answer. And it just

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:05.860
sends me a notification. So there's all these

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:07.760
tools. And plus by scheduling all these posts,

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:11.380
looking at your content calendar, your analytics.

00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:16.300
Because I look at mine, but then I'll look at

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:19.420
my business page. And it seems like I have more

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:23.820
access to analytics as well from the profile

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:27.539
page that's turned into professional mode. I

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:29.340
think some of the features aren't there, but.

00:43:29.530 --> 00:43:31.929
Like I said, I like all the other business stuff

00:43:31.929 --> 00:43:37.110
that goes along with it. If someone hits up my

00:43:37.110 --> 00:43:39.969
Facebook page, it's not a frequently asked question

00:43:39.969 --> 00:43:42.050
section on there. So I have to try to respond.

00:43:42.150 --> 00:43:45.210
But if I'm busy, I can't respond. And then if

00:43:45.210 --> 00:43:47.409
I forget about it, I can miss out on opportunities

00:43:47.409 --> 00:43:53.110
and stuff. So it's like the automatic process

00:43:53.110 --> 00:43:55.570
of being able to do these certain tools and stuff

00:43:55.570 --> 00:43:58.250
that allows you to be more efficient. That's

00:43:58.250 --> 00:44:00.920
why I like it. Of course, because it does make

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:03.460
sense. If you're messaging a business page, you're

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:06.380
like, hey, you want something. You can have it

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:08.219
like an automatic message or something. I see

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:10.500
that the other people just do it. OK. OK. That

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:12.880
makes perfect sense. Yeah. So it's all that.

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:16.719
But Candy, thank you. The real tea. Well, you

00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:21.320
know, this is what I do. Thank you for your time.

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:24.539
I appreciate you doing the interview. Y 'all

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:27.159
make sure y 'all go and y 'all support. candy,

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Lashay across all music platforms and then also

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download that Tubi app, you know, you'll see

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on there. And did you do the clothing store?

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Where do they go to the clothing store? Yes.

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And, you know, I really want to say to If you

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go to the link tree, so there's a website I have

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like everything on their link tree with a candy

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Lashay and it has like my clothing website which

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it which my code website is um candy candy treats

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LLC died or diet square net But on that link

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tree it gives my videos it gives Audio it gives

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them You know talk shows videos so link tree

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candy lachey, uh, definitely you can find everything

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on there Yeah, I make sure I go to the link tree

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and always I keep supporting the platform And

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you know for the ones who want to listen to this

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and you can't watch it It'll be on apple podcast

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and all that as well and I keep following social

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media bank that radio show Thank you What'd you

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say it has been a blast and you are a vibe i'm

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gonna send you those names You got it.