00:12:41.000So we just saw today Carmelo Anthony was actually found guilty of murder.
00:12:46.000Now, if you guys don't know what's happening in the case, basically, some time ago, there was an incident at a game, a school game, and one of the guys that was there was stabbed by Carmelo Anthony.
00:12:58.000His brother and him were fighting Carmelo.
00:13:00.000He had to self defense, so to speak, and then he passed away.
00:13:04.000We'll come back to this later on in the show, guys.
00:14:48.000So sometimes you have to, it's hard for a young man to listen to anybody, man.
00:14:53.000I think me and you were talking earlier, and I was telling you about in a juvenile, your prefrontal cortex, like we sentence these kids to life in prison, but the decision making part of their brain isn't even developed until you're 26 or 27 years old.
00:16:23.000They they troll social media, it's a they tell you they troll social media.
00:16:27.000They have AI set up to troll social media.
00:16:31.000So if you post something on social media, chances are you're going to, it's going to get tagged and they're going to look at it and you're probably going to get caught.
00:16:40.000I'm seeing people do the most heinous crimes and post it online like it's funny, like it's a joke, but they do get caught.
00:16:51.000And move forward in the right direction nowadays, as a young guy, how would you say somebody could avoid, Obviously, social media is one thing, but like, because for example, Carmelo Anthony, right?
00:18:40.000I didn't do, I just wanted more and more and more.
00:18:44.000And there was a time where I could have walked away and took that money that I had then and went into a legitimate business.
00:18:52.000And God only knows what I would have today.
00:18:55.000For one thing, I never would have lost 33 years of my life, which is priceless.
00:19:01.000But You know, if you just set a goal and work towards that goal and every day try and do better, or listen, every day you have to wake up and try and be a better person than you were yesterday.
00:22:41.000I was wondering because, like, to me, marriage is definitely necessary for family, for structure, for kids.
00:22:48.000But I question government being involved because, for me, it's kind of like I've seen people get married today and then next couple of weeks sorry, months, a year she's gone with half the money out the window.
00:22:59.000So I believe in marriage by the church, not by the state.
00:23:02.000If you really love someone, a piece of paper from the state means nothing.
00:23:16.000And they can take everything that we have.
00:23:19.000If we never have that piece of paper, but we have an understanding where you really trust each other and you have everything in a trust and say, if something happens to me, this is yours.
00:23:29.000If something happens to you, this is mine.
00:25:39.000A true grinder and hustler will never use those words because if you made it once, the first time you make it is the hardest, the second time is easier.
00:25:53.000And the third, listen, man, I have a friend.
00:25:56.000His company was valued at over a billion dollars.
00:26:00.000He could have walked away with 300 M's.
00:35:50.000I love those guys that get on the internet and get on Instagram and they talk about renting to veterans and doing this and doing other things.
00:36:21.000I don't think anybody that served their country should be homeless.
00:36:25.000Some people will probably say I'm wrong, but the things these guys did, they laid their lives on the line for our country, and I think how we treat some of them is despicable.
00:42:47.000But if they're taking that shit out of my account, in Michigan, we have online gambling.
00:42:53.000Like, I don't know how our roads are all still fucked up from all the money that people gamble and all the taxes from weed, but that's an answer for our government there.
00:43:03.000But like, online gambling is another thing, like the internet.
00:44:37.000Some of my friends laugh and say I have a jewelry and car brand, but all of my jewelry that I own, I have doubled or tripled the value of it since I've owned it.
00:45:32.000Watches can be a good investment as well.
00:45:34.000I have some great watches that right now, because of the price of gold, I could scrap the watches and get more than I paid for them, which I would never do because of the craftsmanship that went into them.
00:46:05.000Because, in my opinion, I think you should focus on one skill that you're actually good at, one skill that you're good at, and focus on that, invest in yourself.
00:47:02.000Well, I'll tell you what I want to buy off camera, but another watch.
00:47:08.000So before we close out here, Rick, give us your ultimate advice for a young man in today's world.
00:47:15.000Because obviously you have wisdom, you've experienced, you've been through a lot, you've made a lot, you lost a lot.
00:47:19.000What's your main advice to young men nowadays to succeed in life and do better?
00:47:25.000Number one piece of advice I would give young men is be mindful of your decisions because the decision you make today as a young man could affect you for the rest of your life.
00:47:39.000Decisions I made as a child when I didn't really know what I was doing, they affect me to this day.
00:47:48.000So I'm a convicted felon for the rest of my life.
00:48:00.000So, but I have to live with it because I did whatever I did.
00:48:04.000And those are the laws of the country in which we reside.
00:48:08.000But listen, get an education, work, whether I don't care if you like rap music or social media or you want to own a McDonald's or whatever it may be.
00:48:22.000If you work hard towards that goal, We live in America.
00:51:34.000And there's a reason that we as a society have changed these laws.
00:51:41.000To say without a hearing, when I was a kid, I was 17, I was sentenced to die in prison.
00:51:47.000And the United States Supreme Court said it was a violation of the Eighth Amendment, which I created my brand around, and said no juvenile can have life for anything other than murder.
00:51:57.000And even if they have murder, shout out to Terrence Graham, Graham v. Florida, who created that case.
00:52:03.000But this case was in another state, I believe Louisiana, I can't remember.
00:57:23.000But okay, so just one more thing before we close out here.
00:57:26.000Do you think that right now where we're at, because there's kind of like a divide between black and white, and I think it's foolish because we should come together and unite, but what's happening in this case, people always cause division.
00:57:40.000Yeah, because they're different races.
00:57:41.000I mean, you're going to have racism is ignorance.