Valuetainment - January 07, 2026


＂Circling Me Like Hyenas＂ - TraxNYC DESTROYS Clout Chasers Trying To Steal His Fame


Episode Stats

Length

10 minutes

Words per Minute

194.14868

Word Count

2,024

Sentence Count

237

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

5


Summary

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In this episode, I sit down with a good friend of mine who is half-Jew, half-Muslim, and half-Christian. We talk about his upbringing in the Soviet Union, how he became a Muslim, and how he went on to become a successful entrepreneur.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 In the space you're in, by the way, you said your background, Azerbaijan, Baku.
00:00:04.100 Is it true it's half Jewish, half Muslim?
00:00:06.300 Yes.
00:00:06.680 Well, my mother's Jewish.
00:00:07.720 I was raised Jewish.
00:00:09.240 You know, my dad never told me anything about the religion.
00:00:12.160 But then I found the Koran in the house, you know, when I was 15.
00:00:16.400 And I'm like, oh, I guess so.
00:00:18.720 Are you Muslim, Dad?
00:00:20.040 And he said, yeah.
00:00:21.460 You found out the first time he was Muslim at 15.
00:00:23.980 Yes.
00:00:24.340 Your parents are still together.
00:00:25.540 They're not together anymore.
00:00:26.960 But they separate like when I was 25.
00:00:29.100 So they were together for 25 some years.
00:00:31.300 Yeah.
00:00:31.440 Maybe even a little longer.
00:00:32.580 Yeah.
00:00:33.260 Like 30.
00:00:33.860 Jewish and Muslim.
00:00:34.860 Yeah.
00:00:35.460 How did that happen?
00:00:36.260 Well, you know, the Soviet Union, it wasn't very a religious state, you know.
00:00:40.400 So religion didn't play a factor back then.
00:00:42.560 You were just all communist, I guess.
00:00:44.940 So communism was above religion.
00:00:46.560 Yeah.
00:00:46.880 Yeah.
00:00:47.120 Yeah, absolutely.
00:00:47.860 Interesting.
00:00:48.460 So, I mean, genetic wise, that's like perfect to get into jewelry, no?
00:00:52.680 I suppose so.
00:00:53.740 So, I mean, I'm happy with it, you know, because it gives me an open-minded perspective
00:00:57.460 on faith, you know, whether it's Christianity or anything.
00:01:02.520 And that's it.
00:01:04.640 You know, I mean, my sister, I shouldn't say this, but I'm going to say it anyway because
00:01:08.360 it bothered me.
00:01:09.340 My sister's like, don't say you're half Muslim because, you know, because she's an Orthodox
00:01:12.900 Jewish.
00:01:14.020 And the people in her area, you know, Muslim is like a terrorist.
00:01:18.620 I'm like, I don't give a shit what they think.
00:01:21.240 You know what I'm saying?
00:01:21.860 Like, you know, some of these Orthodox people, they're like, Muslim are scared.
00:01:26.660 You know what I'm saying?
00:01:27.580 Or like, I'm like, that's disgusting.
00:01:29.580 That's disgusting behavior.
00:01:31.000 You know what I'm saying?
00:01:31.900 Judging a person because you're scared of what they, what they look like or what their
00:01:35.360 name is.
00:01:36.000 All these fucking labels.
00:01:37.040 Listen, man, these are all lines on a map.
00:01:39.800 And I get a lot of that.
00:01:40.800 Oh, I'm Armenian.
00:01:41.620 Or I'm Georgian.
00:01:42.520 Oh, I'm this.
00:01:43.240 Or I'm that.
00:01:44.000 Or I'm here.
00:01:44.360 Or someone messaged me in a DM.
00:01:46.620 And, you know, don't be blaming us for genocide.
00:01:49.980 And I'm like, shut the fuck up.
00:01:52.860 Okay.
00:01:53.680 All right.
00:01:54.320 These are all lines on the map.
00:01:56.260 Your great grandfather could have been from, you know, another place.
00:01:59.880 And you don't know it.
00:02:00.860 You don't know where these people from and who they, you know, got together with, hooked
00:02:05.020 up with 300 years ago on what line or what border.
00:02:08.160 It's all in your head.
00:02:10.220 You know what I'm saying?
00:02:11.320 This is bullshit.
00:02:11.960 It's bullshit.
00:02:14.520 So with this event that took place, the event that took place at New Year's Eve and then
00:02:19.480 the January 2nd, did you notice traffic being up?
00:02:23.340 Did you notice people just coming in just to see you guys?
00:02:26.660 I got a year's worth of marketing in a weekend.
00:02:28.500 You know, before that, I had on, before that on my Instagram, I had a hundred million views
00:02:35.780 in 30 days.
00:02:36.980 Uh-huh.
00:02:37.360 Because I was doing a lot of videos and shit like that.
00:02:39.740 Sure.
00:02:39.760 A hundred million in 30 days on Instagram.
00:02:41.880 Before.
00:02:42.480 Which is not bad.
00:02:43.380 Yes.
00:02:43.740 Now it's 320 million.
00:02:45.880 In a week.
00:02:46.660 Uh, in a, yeah.
00:02:47.900 In the 30 day trailing, whatever.
00:02:50.360 Got it.
00:02:50.560 Okay.
00:02:51.180 So now I'm up to like 320 million views.
00:02:54.800 And then I'm, uh, you know, they're probably going to be the same thing on YouTube and things
00:02:59.380 like that, you know?
00:03:00.720 So that's a lot of views and that's a lot of business.
00:03:03.240 And that was a big boost.
00:03:04.520 Thanks, George.
00:03:06.580 And Fred.
00:03:08.720 Thanks for, uh, ripping me off and strangling me, man.
00:03:11.880 It all worked out.
00:03:13.120 Not for you guys, though.
00:03:14.280 So the next thing is, you know what I'm saying?
00:03:16.300 I'm not here to be spat upon and strangled by these motherfuckers.
00:03:19.400 Uh, excuse my language.
00:03:21.900 Um, for nothing.
00:03:23.300 Okay.
00:03:23.700 I need to get restitution and I'm not going to keep a penny of it.
00:03:26.880 I'm going to give it to my family, my staff and the people in New York and like throw
00:03:30.780 the money in the air or something, whatever.
00:03:32.240 So you are going to seek restitution.
00:03:33.740 Bradford, uh, Cohen, you know, he reached out to me as a client of mine, a serious attorney.
00:03:39.560 And, um, uh, he decided to take the case.
00:03:41.660 So whatever Bradford could do, uh, as what's fair restitution for, uh, for me and my staff,
00:03:49.900 for my staff comes to work to sell jewelry.
00:03:52.340 They don't come to work to rescue me from murder, bro.
00:03:56.080 They're not coming to me to deal with them to begin with stealing clients and all that
00:03:59.660 other stuff.
00:04:00.100 They keep coming to me and they're like, yo, this is happening.
00:04:02.400 This is happening.
00:04:03.080 I'm like, yo, man, talking about it.
00:04:05.220 And these bastards are like, yo, let's talk.
00:04:07.360 Now that I put the heat on him, he comes up to me.
00:04:09.660 Let's talk like gentlemen.
00:04:11.600 Just the biggest hypocrite.
00:04:13.340 Ready to say anything when it's now it's time to talk like a gentleman.
00:04:17.320 For four years, I warned you.
00:04:20.500 I don't need to talk to you about anything.
00:04:23.400 I'm telling you, don't do it.
00:04:25.620 These are the consequences.
00:04:27.140 I'm not here to go back and forth and play with you, play your game.
00:04:31.260 And I don't advise anybody plays that game because some of these people, and it's that
00:04:35.640 Middle Eastern mentality.
00:04:37.380 And then no, no, those people need to be beat down.
00:04:42.520 Okay, not physically, so to speak, but metaphorically speaking, it's in the disgusting aspect of
00:04:50.880 the culture.
00:04:51.660 No, this is this and this and that and here.
00:04:54.180 That's why the Middle East is in a, is a shithole, as Trump would say.
00:04:57.780 You know what I'm saying?
00:04:58.500 Because people playing too much, man.
00:05:01.380 What's the worst event that's happened there?
00:05:03.460 I mean, has there been any, has anyone died?
00:05:06.180 Has there been any massive crimes that has happened in that district?
00:05:10.760 I mean, if you're telling me, spitting on someone's face, you know, when you see that
00:05:14.580 video.
00:05:15.400 Yeah, that was pretty much the worst.
00:05:17.380 That's pretty much the worst.
00:05:17.900 I mean, that doesn't happen.
00:05:18.620 You know, listen, everything revolves around money.
00:05:21.540 Nobody there gives a shit about anybody.
00:05:23.800 You know, they all want the money.
00:05:25.320 And that's the, I mean, you know, brawls happen all the time.
00:05:29.300 Okay.
00:05:30.080 It's either a robbery or it could be a brawl over something because somebody is just blatantly
00:05:36.300 stealing or, you know, give me my shit and people raise their voice.
00:05:40.280 But no one is as low as this dumbass bastard right here, spitting in my face and then running
00:05:47.720 away behind the counter.
00:05:49.840 Let me tell you, that's a horrible look.
00:05:51.540 Yeah.
00:05:52.040 Yeah.
00:05:52.240 That is the lowest of the low and talking shit.
00:05:54.500 And then his brother is like, you know what it is?
00:05:57.440 Watch his brother's hand as he puts it on my neck right there.
00:05:59.940 Like, once you start to play that, press play and I start to move right there, he has
00:06:05.760 his hand on my neck.
00:06:06.560 You see that?
00:06:07.060 Yeah.
00:06:07.520 Yeah.
00:06:07.840 Don't put your fucking hand on my neck, bro.
00:06:11.840 This dumbass bastard, Fred, you put your hand on my neck.
00:06:15.880 That's why I slapped him right across his face.
00:06:18.120 His brother spits on me and he pushes me.
00:06:20.140 They think they own you.
00:06:21.460 We're the landlord.
00:06:22.760 So we own you.
00:06:23.860 Yeah, you own me.
00:06:24.840 You fucking dumb motherfucker.
00:06:26.420 I'm sorry to lose my temper over here, bro.
00:06:28.420 But you know what I'm saying?
00:06:29.220 They did the notion and you're not a landlord, bro.
00:06:33.200 You bought into an exchange.
00:06:34.680 Collect your portion and get the hell out of there, bro.
00:06:37.100 You're banned.
00:06:38.280 They're walking out in handcuffs.
00:06:39.920 These stupid bastards.
00:06:41.180 The father and the two sons.
00:06:42.580 And then he turns to me.
00:06:44.120 He's like this fucking idiot, Fred.
00:06:46.220 And he turns to me and he goes, eviction is coming.
00:06:50.840 First and foremost.
00:06:51.800 Yeah.
00:06:52.080 How many years are you in America?
00:06:54.180 You can't speak English, bro.
00:06:55.880 Your father don't speak no fucking English, dude.
00:07:00.960 My father speaks English.
00:07:03.100 He's walking out in handcuffs.
00:07:04.920 Eviction is coming.
00:07:07.980 Eviction is coming, bro.
00:07:09.400 You don't own any fucking thing, dude.
00:07:12.880 You bought 50% in.
00:07:14.460 You're not an operating partner, bro.
00:07:16.400 You're an idiot.
00:07:17.600 You're an idiot, bro.
00:07:19.160 You should have gave her a refund, you dumb bastard.
00:07:21.300 You're walking around in handcuffs.
00:07:22.840 Shout out to the NYPD.
00:07:26.620 Smiling.
00:07:30.080 But what I'm saying is if a guy does that to anybody,
00:07:34.640 I would never do business with a guy like that.
00:07:36.840 I don't know the guy.
00:07:37.780 I don't know the first time I'm learning about him.
00:07:39.380 His name is George and the brother, Fred.
00:07:41.860 Yeah.
00:07:43.440 I would never do business with some.
00:07:44.980 That has got to be the worst.
00:07:46.180 And by the way, is that the last guy that's being walked out, the father?
00:07:48.480 I never did that in my fucking life.
00:07:49.940 Yeah.
00:07:50.200 Is the last guy that walking out?
00:07:51.740 That's the father.
00:07:52.040 That's the fucking father.
00:07:52.940 So that's the 42-year-old brother.
00:07:55.020 That's Fred.
00:07:55.720 Yeah.
00:07:56.340 And then that's the father.
00:07:57.460 Yeah.
00:07:58.320 Got it.
00:07:58.940 Yeah.
00:07:59.680 Father is the fucking worst.
00:08:01.700 The father is the one who raised his kids.
00:08:04.640 Someone translate this shit to the father so you know what the fuck to do.
00:08:08.540 Yeah.
00:08:09.160 I mean, the spitting part is where it got to me.
00:08:13.140 I'm like, too much out of control.
00:08:16.700 Yeah, bro.
00:08:17.220 That's the ultimate insult.
00:08:19.220 Listen.
00:08:19.700 Ultimate insult.
00:08:20.520 I'm paying $40,000 a month just for the windows plus more for my mezzanine.
00:08:24.860 Okay.
00:08:25.040 You're talking about I'm a tenant that's paying over $50,000 to close to $60,000 a month.
00:08:29.380 Right?
00:08:30.200 Okay.
00:08:30.480 $60,000 a month, not a little amount of money.
00:08:34.240 I ride an electric scooter to work.
00:08:37.320 Okay?
00:08:37.720 Because I like to go through the traffic or whatever.
00:08:40.500 A standing scooter or fast one or whatever.
00:08:42.160 Literally, that's what you...
00:08:43.040 I mean, that's what I...
00:08:43.800 In the summertime, that's what I do.
00:08:45.360 Okay?
00:08:45.680 Now I drive or whatever in the car because it's cold.
00:08:48.140 But I like to ride in the summer because I like to get the exercise, you know, from
00:08:51.340 Queens or whatever.
00:08:52.040 I just like it.
00:08:52.940 Right?
00:08:53.600 And I don't need to impress anybody.
00:08:55.160 I get there.
00:08:55.720 I leave my scooter in front of my shop, you know?
00:08:58.640 It's mine, my shop, my window.
00:09:00.680 He's telling me, you got to move it, this, that, you know, doesn't like the way it looks
00:09:05.540 here, there.
00:09:06.000 It's my window, bro.
00:09:07.980 I'm paying $60,000 a month.
00:09:10.120 I can't leave my scooter out front, bro.
00:09:14.060 You want to lose a tenant?
00:09:15.400 I'm the tenant.
00:09:16.440 I'm the one bringing the customers from around the world.
00:09:19.060 I'm the creative person.
00:09:20.380 You're the fucking bum saving every penny and not spending it since 1972 who still can't
00:09:26.420 speak English.
00:09:26.980 That's you.
00:09:28.740 I'm a person who's fucking building a business since 18 years old in a creative way, not fucking
00:09:33.920 anybody over, not stealing anybody's ideas, hiring young, diverse fucking people, doing
00:09:40.000 the right thing, bro.
00:09:41.080 I'm putting a scooter out front.
00:09:42.480 You're telling me what to do when your sons are stealing my customers, man.
00:09:46.360 This is what you get.
00:09:49.020 You know what I'm saying?
00:09:50.380 People could have it correct for a long time in life and then shit catches up, right?
00:09:55.760 You don't want to be like Diddy when you're 50 or whatever.
00:09:58.900 You could have it all going well, money and all the sky dwellers you could imagine.
00:10:02.980 And then your end looks like this.
00:10:04.800 You got to do it correct, man.
00:10:06.380 Come on, bro.
00:10:07.220 Yo, it's TraxNYC.
00:10:08.600 If you want to know secrets of the universe, the jewelry business, gold, or what to do,
00:10:13.920 it's Manect.
00:10:14.740 You could reach me on Manect and I'll have a personal conversation with you.
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