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00:05:24.000People don't understand that process of believing before we're coming.
00:05:27.000They call it fake it till you make it.
00:05:28.000It's called, yeah, that's what you're supposed to do.
00:05:30.000You know, most people just fake it to fake it.
00:05:32.000And they misconstrued that with faking it to make it.
00:05:34.000Like anything that has to do with business, you got to always put your margins higher, your perception higher than what's currently taking place.
00:05:52.000That's why, if you know part of my brain is being a gargoyle, because I was up all night all the time stressing and thinking of the next thing.
00:05:59.000Man, how can I get out of this fucking basement?
00:06:10.000And on our last interview, we talked a little bit about your background, but I want the people to really know, because before the chains and the cars and the guns and all the other stuff that you've got right now, tell us a little bit about your upbringing.
00:06:22.000Yeah, my upbringing, man, like I said, I grew up in Southeast San Diego.
00:06:26.000You know, really, really heavy as a real...
00:06:29.000The area I'm in is called the Four Corners of Death.
00:07:45.000I was always respected by my hustle and by the way I carry myself.
00:07:49.000You know, it's really interesting, because the last time we were on the podcast, we talked about this, how me and you were on other spectrums.
00:07:54.000How, like, if we had met before, it might have not been as good.
00:09:19.000We started that, and then where you are now.
00:09:21.000Yeah, so yeah, I always try to tell people that when I tapped into YouTube, shout out to my guy, Tall Guy, you know Slim, I wouldn't have done it without him.
00:09:30.000I was already hustling, doing stuff like Snapchat, Instagram, trying to figure out how to get on social media.
00:09:35.000Yeah, I was already a cool motherfucker.
00:09:36.000Everybody already fucked with me, but it was like, how can I make the bag on it?
00:09:39.000Only how you do that is by the eyeballs.
00:09:41.000Were you still living in San Diego at this point?
00:09:42.000No, at this time, when I started the YouTube, I'm in Minneapolis.
00:09:46.000That's where I think a lot of your supporters think that you're from, but you're actually from San Diego.
00:09:50.000But I'm from San Diego, and I also lived in a small town called Carmadale.
00:12:49.000Let me ask you this, because you said that you left the streets.
00:12:52.000And I think for the audience, it'd be really important for them to maybe hear a little bit about what made you, what was like the turning point where you said, you know what, man, I'm not doing this shit anymore.
00:13:47.000And just so happened while I'm out there, you know, some of my friends that were still doing what they're doing, they got locked up at the time.
00:13:52.000And I couldn't go back to Phoenix and I just stayed in Minnesota.
00:15:34.000And bam, you're going down for conspiracy because they went ahead and got, they got on a shootout or they robbed somebody or they took some drugs or whatever.
00:15:40.000And then he's going to get hit with all those charges that they get hit with because he helped facilitate the crime.
00:16:31.000So I just think about that, man, because at the end of the day, even the guys that got locked up, they really put me in position.
00:16:36.000And I ain't gonna lie, like, when I came to him, like, I wanted to leave, they threw me a party, because we could never go out, because we was robbing, like, big people, like, cartels and shit, so he's like, we could never really go out like that, unless we come strapped up with the fucking...
00:17:10.000If you're robbing drug traffickers, especially guys, typically the closer you are to the border, the closer you are to the source, the closer you are to the cartels.
00:17:17.000You rob someone that's a supplier, more than likely they're tied in with those people, they're gonna put a green light on you, we call it the Mike side, the Mexican side, and then they're gonna want you dead, and then they're gonna try to, now I can see why you were worried, because they will probably hire, that's when you get Sicarios after you, because they're hiring hitmen to go get these guys,
00:17:33.000because you're fucking up the business, because Every time they're bringing in kilos, drugs, or whatever it is, these dudes are robbing them.
00:17:38.000They're not able to make a profit on that.
00:19:18.000Y'all really are reckless because I remember every time I investigated a rip crew, they would always get killed before we could arrest them.
00:19:35.000But the drugs come from Colombia, but it's the Mexicans that are sending someone to go find you.
00:19:40.000Because you're fucking with their business.
00:19:42.000If you're a rip crew, you're stealing hundreds of kilos at a time from a main guy.
00:19:47.000So they're like, yo, find this nigga right now.
00:19:49.000And then they find them, and then every time I had a rip crew case, they either got kidnapped or they got killed before I could get them arrested.
00:20:55.000But I made it out of that and then made that transition with Minnesota, and that's when I started with the basketball and figured out with YouTube and changed my life, man.
00:21:05.000Once again, I don't tell nobody to do it.
00:22:14.000Would you say your experiences before where you had a bunch of life or death situations, it made you realize the capability of people being dangerous and made you say, you know what, man, I'm always going to stay to myself.
00:24:01.000Yeah, from that to the six supercars and, you know, having every piece of jewelry, every Patek, the biggest Cubans you could want, you know.
00:27:38.000Affiliated, because if you've got jury, you're out here partying, want to fuck they bitches, you want to go to these nightclubs, you've got to be protected.
00:27:44.000You've got to be, you know what I'm saying, putting some money somewhere.
00:27:46.000Like security ain't going to be enough because security guards sometimes are gang members too.
00:28:02.000So we were in, just out to your point, we were in L.A. a couple times with some people, and A.D. told us the whole game.
00:28:09.000Basically, most people that move in L.A., celebrities, influencers, They are on some level affiliated with games because in that society, in that culture, if you're not, you're a target.
00:32:28.000Bro, anytime they're playing drill music and everyone is going word for word and getting super hyped at the most violent things, yeah, this is too nigga for me.
00:33:22.000And we go bust it down later, you know what I'm saying?
00:33:24.000He really was real with you, so that's dope.
00:33:26.000So yeah, when I was out in Switzerland, man, it just changed my whole mindset of understanding money, understanding lifestyle, and just really want to live in the moment more.
00:33:33.000And I want to get rid of that heavy shit.
00:33:35.000Even out there, if I wore that big-ass gargoyle chain and big-ass cuba, you look kind of silly, you know what I'm saying?
00:33:41.000So then I start understanding about Van Cleef and all that stuff.
00:33:43.000Understanding designer jewelry and how it holds of value.
00:33:46.000Understanding playing Jane watches more.
00:34:01.000So yeah, I got it straight from like a real boutique instead of like an aftermarket person, and I got the factory set one, our $100,000 had been worth $300,000 as soon as I walked out the door.
00:34:14.000So as we're there, the guy I'm with, he's so fucking in tune with all these watch companies, we get in real relationships with AP and Patek and Rolex directly.
00:35:48.000So I was looped up with a person that really, you know what I'm saying, spent a lot of money, worth a lot of money, super looped up in.
00:35:54.000And for the audience so they understand real quick.
00:35:55.000The reason why they do that, guys, is because they don't want you to be a gray seller where you go ahead and you buy it in that retail and then you come back and you sell it for double, triple, quadruple the price.
00:36:02.000So they make you buy a bunch of bullshit pieces in between or buy some jewelry or whatever to kind of vet you.
00:36:08.000Or if you do resell it, they made their money from you.
00:36:10.000Basically, they're building that relationship with that person.
00:36:11.000And then on top of that, too, they can track the watch.
00:36:13.000So if you try to sell it fast, it's tracked through the gray market.
00:43:04.000Because imagine if, think about it, if that person didn't get the money from him, this bitch from Russia, he might have got some KGB motherfuckers, you know what I mean?
00:43:10.000I'd have been splatted out there like, what happened to Organi?
00:43:13.000He got killed by the goddamn people that killed niggas in training days.
00:44:48.000That's how they, because in America, it's like, you know, you get your 90 days, but if you leave, you could basically reset the clock, right?
00:45:43.000So they had to send it back and maybe revise it, and we sent it back again, and then it was like, it was too late, so now it's taking days.
00:48:19.000They're like, you gotta come up here, get you a card that says we okayed you, because you're going past your time, really, because I gotta go two days, at least give me some time, so it'd be right on the day.
00:48:27.000Get you a card that said it was okay that we okayed you, and you must leave.
00:48:30.000And you'd come back when your visa's done, or when your next 90 days start, which was like two more months after.
00:48:35.000So I had to go back for at least two months and then come back.
00:48:38.000So once I got my ticket, I'm like, damn, these motherfuckers ain't playing.
00:48:41.000Dude was straight Come get it now or else.
00:48:44.000Or I'm like, man, I'm trying to talk to him like, hey, we can send the police to come get you.
00:49:38.000Drives me because I got good stories, but I got real life that and real game I could give my people of course So like I lived a lot done a lot now It's time for me to give back and I want a voice so when I came here I'm like I'm getting my peace of mind You know downgrade the super boisterous character the beard and all that shit all the crazy cars and just really just talk to the people and um and monetize in a different way like got quiet businesses and different shit game shows and shit I got like Isn't
00:50:26.000You don't got to say it this time, brother.
00:50:28.000If they see that you're about your business, you know what to buy, you know what to actually put your money into, they want to support you and do business with you.
00:50:50.000And actually, it's funny because, you know, back in the day, I was very focused on like, you know, the look, having that part of like the rapper style, whatever, to go close deals for the podcast, whatever.
00:50:59.000And ultimately, I kind of did some nigga shit, definitely did.
00:51:02.000But then we spoke on the phone and you're like, bro, what are you doing?
00:51:05.000You pass this part of your career, you're more concrete, you kind of pass that part, what's the next step?
00:53:45.000I didn't even know about this chain shit, but I knew from the first time we went out there, shout out to AD, man, because AD really did a lot for us while we were out there.
00:53:52.000But when I was in LA, besides the high taxes and all the commie foreign and everything else like that, it's just not safe.
00:56:33.000For someone that might be, like, into the jewelry or the flashy lifestyle or the cars or whatever, what advice would you give them to, like, that might be one to downsize or...
01:00:04.000You gotta get money regardless, right?
01:00:06.000But you don't gotta be happy, you don't gotta be healthy.
01:00:08.000Let's work on those two a little bit more, too.
01:00:09.000You don't drink, you don't smoke, you don't do any of that stuff, which I tend to find is a common trait amongst all my successful friends.
01:00:16.000None of them do drugs or smoke or do any of that bullshit.
01:00:50.000And then, this is what always fucked me up, these motherfuckers get weed, they lick it with men, and they give it to another man, and he, on his mouth, and they give it to, what the fuck?
01:02:56.000Do you think you would have probably been in jail or gotten killed had you been a dude that smoked or drank and you were involved in the activities that you were involved in?
01:04:29.000If you're going to do it, do it right.
01:04:30.000Give you some real gold pieces, give you some Cartier bracelets, give you some Van Cleef, make it player, because that's what the bitches want to see anyway.
01:04:36.000I'm telling you, you're going to impress niggas that want to rob you and niggas that's going to say it's fake and they're going to hate you anyway.
01:04:42.000You're trying to get bitches to pay attention, sir.
01:04:45.000Cartier, Van Cleef, real gold, they're going to respect your mind.
01:04:49.000When I tell a bitch this is this heavy gold, they know that.
01:05:41.000But another gym I give y'all that took me to another level I started doing about four or five years ago, I constantly listen to stoic quotes and messages on YouTube.
01:10:29.000When he comes back, when he beats all this bullshit, and he comes back to America, because Miami's one of the few places he could tolerate, and the U.S. will make it happen.