Digital Social Hour - Going Viral on Social Media, Racing Cars and Overcoming Homelessness | Dan Rue DSH #283

Episode Date: February 14, 2024

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I do this for fun. I love making content. Yeah. Making people laugh. And the best thing of my high, you want to know what my high is? When people come up to me and either want to hug me

or tell me how much they appreciate what I've done for them. I bet people tell me I was at my lowest life, lowest point in my life and your videos just made me so happy. That's awesome. That's worth it.

Yeah. That's definitely worth it. People don't realize that. I love doing this. Wherever you guys are watching this show, I would truly appreciate it if you follow or subscribe. It helps a lot with the algorithm. It helps us get bigger and better guests

and it helps us grow the team. Truly means a lot. Thank you guys for supporting. And here's the episode. Ladies and gentlemen, he is back on social media. He's making a comeback. Dan Rue, how's it going? What's up, Sean?

Thanks for having me. Yeah, good to see you, man. I know you've been a bit low-key but i saw you on a few podcasts so i hit you up yeah i appreciate you man yeah it's uh it's it's fun being back i definitely took a year off from social media a whole year yeah basically i would say about nine nine months wow not even using it at all barely any i would post maybe like twice or three times a month maybe and it was like repost mostly you know father passed away last year wow really devastating for me um so you know if you've ever lost someone and i'm sorry that we've had a conversation that you lost your father too yeah so you know what i'm feeling uh it was really rough yeah mentally uh just broke down and just needed to separate myself

because I'm a happy person on the internet, smiling, dancing, and you can't be that person when you're just not healthy yourself. Yeah, dude. I just saw in the news, I think Charli D'Amelio or something, she was talking about how she was super depressed, and when she hit 100 million followers, it was the lowest point of her life. Really? Yeah.

I mean, for me, man, I like making people laugh. Yeah. You know, I don't really, like as far as monetization access for Instagram, there's not a lot of money in it. People don't realize that. I can hit millions and millions of views and maybe pull $1,000. Dude, I pull nothing. I'm demonetized on Instagram.

You know what I'm saying? It's not a lot of money that people think. I do this for fun. I love content yeah making people laugh and the best thing at my high you want to know what my high is when people come up to me and either want to hug me or tell me how much they appreciate what i've done for them i've had people tell me i was at the lowest life lowest point in my life and your videos just made me so happy that's awesome that's worth it yeah that's definitely worth it people don't realize that. I love doing this.

Yeah, that's so cool. What were those first few viral videos? What were you doing? Oh, man. So I've always been dancing. I've always been doing funny videos. Even from back in the day when I started in 2017 is when I first went viral with my friend Nick.

He would be like, we love being on Dance on Table, Steal Stuff, blah, blah, blah. But even moving forward into 2020 during COVID, I kind of started doing my own thing. Me and my buddy Nick are still friends. He just got married too. Congratulations. Congratulations to you, Nick. Shout out to Nick.

Shout out to Nick. Congratulations. But basically, I started doing my own stuff. Dancing videos, simple stuff, bringing girls into the equation or small businesses and dancing on their tables and just being funny and laugh and smile like no one's watching and you know i've that's what made me go viral over the years you caught that tiktok trend when dancing was super hot right and yeah i'm the one who made the the dog that was you so yeah oh nice yeah yeah so everybody was doing it everyone now you see that

new one where it's like a group of people yeah yeah yeah there's so many tiktok there's always something new yeah and you know i love what other people do uh on social media you can't ever hate on what people do because i came from doing silly stuff too absolutely always so i know you're big into cars were you able to save up some money from social media to buy your first car so it's so i got a gtr in 2018 all right let's let's back forward real quick boom i'm gonna tell you something so i've lost two dads in a lifetime yeah and i try not to talk about it too much because i do get emotional but i'm gonna hold my own today uh growing up i had a stepdad he passed away about 10 years ago.

Before he passed away, we was always in the cars together growing up. Didn't have no money. We just talked about it. We'd go to the track strip and watch cars, and we had little cars. We put a little money into and tried to make fast, but we didn't have no money. But my dad told me, it's crazy, it happened literally weeks before he passed um that i was going to get a gtr one day because they just came out it was back in 2010 you know um and uh man i just like that was soaked in my mind and then when i went viral in 2017 literally the

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Car. And I got that. That's so cool. And that was really special to me. So he died on a motorcycle in 2010. Wow. special to me um so he died on a motorcycle uh in 2010 wow and then moving on forward my brother i'm sorry my mom's brother my uncle my uncle bubba he was my dad he was like i'm here you know he's like if you need me call me i'm gonna be your dad father figure you know he had no kids so i was his nephew so he was there i lost him last year yeah so losing two dads in a lifetime was really

rough yeah one's already a lot two yeah like i said i try not to talk about it because i do get emotional i'm strong right now so we're good here we're good here but no that's you know i got into the car scene and yeah i've been in the cars my whole life and doing that on the side and yeah and just having fun on social media dancing bringing people good energy it's what i like to do so yeah so knowing a lot about sports cars and hyper cars do you think there's certain ones that and just having fun on social media, dancing, bringing people good energy is what I like to do. So knowing a lot about sports cars and hypercars, do you think there's certain ones that are way better, like way better quality and things like that? Oh, well, I mean, so if you're an enthusiast,

but there's a lot of people out there who don't buy hypercars for the simple fact of it being fast. It's one of 30 or one of one, so they will spend that millions of dollars to get that car. I bought a GTR. And you can put money in anything and make it fast.

But for the price that I've put with the GTR, got the car for like $88,500 or $89,500 in 2018. And I have about $90,000 in the the car and it's extremely fast oh so you invested more in the upgrades than the actual car yeah wow so the car is fast it's extremely fast to where at a point where if i line up against a bugatti or coney seg or something like that i will beat it you know in a half mile or up to 200 miles an hour i'll be way ahead the race will be over with i mean yeah it's it's i'm not gonna get into technical details but my car is very fast and it you know like it's faster than a bike a plaid anything you see on the internet um but yeah it's it's fast man

put a little money into something but at the end of the day it still costs not even a quarter of the price of a bugatti or something like that you could take a honda or like a hyundai and just put 100k in it they got some hondas out there that are fast yeah yeah man what old hondas eg hatches so it's like the 90 the early 90s hondas they'll take put a put like 100 or 80 grand and it will be fast damn fast so it's not the actual like car it's like what you put like yeah you can you can put money into anything and make it fast wow do you think any cars are just like certain brands are overrated overhyped yeah i mean there are a lot of a lot of overhype out there i think the bmw guys are a little overhyped in the car world but the bmws are good cars every mom bought one she didn't like it every car is a good car you know, you can't bash on it,

but when you come into racing and start getting into more detail about fast cars, there are cars that do stick out and dominate, especially the GTRs. It's a dominant car in roll racing at these events they have every year. And then, of course, your V10 platform, which is the R8 and the Lamborghini Huracans.

They have the same motor. It's basically the same car. And those cars are, and they have Vipers too, Dodge Vipers, you twin turbo them. But you put money into those cars and they're basically the fastest on the earth right now, I think. That's cool. In my opinion. How does the racing work? Like you guys go out to a track and.

They have quarter mile racing. They have half mile racing um they have half mile racing they do all kinds of different races nowadays where they're like the hypercar guys will do like zero to 200 back to zero who can do it the fastest got it yeah so you're destroying your brakes yeah yeah put us all to test your car test limits yeah there's a speed vegas out here have you been there yeah dude that shit looks nuts tracks are amazing out here man i you been there? Yeah. Dude, that shit looks nuts. Treks are amazing out here, man. I mean, dude. What about Formula One?

Are you excited for that? I'm pumped. I've never been to one, so. So, yeah, I heard mixed reviews because I heard the locals are not happy with the rate. They're not. And, you know, it sucks because you see that it's also, I could say, hurting small business owners in a way. Because of the traffic? Yeah, I could see that.

And I also, it's crazy. I was talking with a taxi driver. hurting small business owners in a way because of the traffic yeah i could see that and i also it's crazy i was talking with a taxi driver he's like bro my money's cut in half because of formula because nobody has the traffic that's not cool nobody wants to nobody wants to do that they want to either uber or walk because the traffic's so bad that's what he's saying i mean you know but that's also opinions i mean no that i've heard i'm not from here so i'm from here so i'll speak on it right so i took the tram for the first time yesterday ever yeah i'm a local i've never taken that because the traffic's just so bad yeah so i'm literally on a tram now yeah it's the way to move out here i guess so i took it to the game last night the hockey game oh yeah someone actually knew you i

ran into him cody cody yeah my cody bar my world's got the burger spot yeah barcode but yeah dude those guys go fast like 250 yeah bro i mean like and it's the time to get there though like um so like my car it's it's extremely fast like it'll get to 200 miles an hour you've hit 200 easy damn dude i've only hit 100 and even that was sketchy on the highway like you know these are all closed courses of course and stuff like that are closed out abandoned airstrips or like really nice highways away from everybody. Right, there's no bumps or potholes. There's a lot of kids out here who really hurt the car enthusiasts by doing crazy stuff in residential areas.

And they have this thing called takeovers where kids will do donuts in the middle. Have you seen it? I've seen that happen on like a parking garage and the guy got pissed. Yeah. It's, it's dangerous, man. You know? Yeah. Donuts. I never understood the hype behind donuts. I mean, it's cool, but like you're risking your life, you know? Yeah. I mean, it's kids who, uh, drifting is something different, you know, drifting is organized. Is that correct? Are you interested in coming on the digital social hour podcast as a guest we'll click the application link below in the description of this video we are always looking for cool stories cool

entrepreneurs to talk to you about business and life click the application link below and here's the episode guys and kids going in circles uh i don't know they're just doing wild stuff and you know in a public eye they should go do somewhere disclosed away from all away from all the public eyes, man. Yeah. They do have courses for stuff like that. They have pits. They call them pits.

They barricade them off, make big blacktop. They go do them, you know, that's what they need to do instead of doing it on the public streets. Yeah, for sure. So you got your dream car. Is there another one you want to get one day? Is that it? I'm pretty much, I'm good, man. I mean, if I had the money, I might get something. pretty much i'm good man i mean if i if i had the money i might uh i might get

something um no i'm good i love my car i love my car uh you know homes is the next thing get a couple houses um but just getting real estate yeah real estate i think i want to get into real estate yeah i'm gonna get into it because it's it seems pretty safe i mean yeah there's obviously crashes every year every 20 years or whatever. Yeah, but social media has been a blessing, man. I could talk on something right now. I've been working with Snoop Dogg for a couple of years. Nice.

Doing marketing and helping him with his NFT. Dope. He created an NFT called Dr. Bombay, and Dr. Bombay is everywhere. If you watch Snoop, he's always wearing the Dr. Bombay logo. I've seen it, yeah. So he's asked me to help him. I help do the marketing, the content, and stuff behind the scenes. And we just released Dr. Bombay ice cream.

Hell yeah. It's in 3,200 Walmarts across the nation right now. Holy crap. So any Walmart you go to, Dr. Bombay ice cream is there. Yeah. About to release in Albertsons. The Dr. Bombay NFT also has a sketcher's shoe right now that's huge yeah it's massive rushing it yeah snoop really nft world man he really did he really did and i'm glad

he hit me up to help him in some type of way to do content and marketing so yeah and someone to develop that social media marketing skill it's so valuable yeah and you can apply it to brands to your own products there's a lot of people who like to reach out to me for advice i have friends that run businesses and stuff and even in the cannabis world um you know you can't there's certain things you can and can't post even on tiktok you know tiktok is very scarce with anything like that and people will reach out to me and ask for advice and luckily i've been blessed blessed with meeting up with people from TikTok. I'm actually about to work with TikTok on something I can't say

now, but I'm about to work directly with TikTok starting next week. I've reached out to my connections through Instagram and TikTok and know there's certain things you should and shouldn't post. People don't realize there's a lot of strategy behind it.

Using my knowledge, it's worth something. That's why I like's a lot of strategy behind it. Using my knowledge, it's worth something. That's why I like working with businesses and helping them out for the social media aspect of growing and moving forward to help their business in a way. You look at brands like Prime, Mr. Beast Bars, they're all built on social media

marketing. Now they're in retail stores. It's crazy. It's like the next evolution of the creator. It really is. i love that for people who are in the influencer world love it because now there's like an end goal it is before it was sketchy yeah but you know no one had faith in it you know people were like remember back in the day like or like parents would be like why are you doing that you need to get a job you know now it's the job and now kids want to be youtubers and want to be social media influencers that's what they want to do um but i've been in the game for

a long time and i'm glad to be back i took my year off and back to making funny videos having fun working with brands being blessed being on your podcast yeah crushing the man you hit me up you know yeah i was going through all your old youtube videos used to do a lot of stuff with ddg right yeah did he see my boy man shout out to ddg um ddg he hit me up um in 2020 during covid so when everything was shut down and he's like yo i'm doing this youtube thing i want to have you um i want to help you with your youtube and to be honest, I think it was more of me not taking YouTube too serious. I was known for short form film and I did vlogs and I did, you know, videos on YouTube and I tried that,

but it was really me. I probably could have done a lot better and been more successful as I've been consistent. Thing is I wasn't, I slept on it a little bit and i was really focused on the facebook the instagram and tiktok because at the time well facebook does pay really good for their shorter i heard that yeah yes they pay really good snapshot i heard snapchat i'm on snapchat now so getting back to getting back to my roots like just posting content every day that's my goal

right now yeah getting back to being on the internet the internet. I'm doing really well right now. The last week, 30 million impressions. Wow. So that's good. That's insane. That's from four or five videos. That's nuts. So you don't even drop every day?

No, I don't. I'm going to get back to trying to post every other day. Yeah. That's my goal. Well, yours are more complex because you're dancing. So it takes more effort. It makes sense, too, for me because I've always done that. So when I do something new, like i've been talking about cars recently people are like wow they're shocked that i'm even in something else other than dancing you know yeah so so yeah i mean but man

look uh god is good and i i'm uh i'm just glad that i'm here back on the internet back having fun yeah and my mind is in the right place. That's good, man. That's the best thing. Yeah, I'd love to see that. Because you could get caught up in the scene, especially you're in LA, right? Yeah. Yeah, you could get caught up in that sauce. Man, people don't realize LA is a different animal, man.

Oh, for sure. I tried it for five months. I couldn't do it. It's a different animal, man. It's not the people in LA, though. It's everyone else who comes from all over the place to come to LA. Now that's a take I haven't heard. So it's not the locals you're saying?

It's not the locals. It's the people because everybody goes to LA. Right. So nine times out of ten, it's always like, whether it's influencers or businessmen, everyone gossips. Everyone tries to bad mouth another person or competitor and it's a fact it's just for sure it's what they do you know even even me if i like if i'm confident in selling a product or something like that i'll be like my i'm the best you know this is the best

oh that guy you're not that good yeah but that's how it is in life. And being in the, uh, being in LA these past, uh, six years now, um, I've learned that, you know, a lot of people are just, they're out for themselves, of course, but you have to respect that because everyone's out for themselves because not everyone's going to have your best interests. Not everyone's going to have your back. I've met some people that I can clearly say that will literally take the shirt off their back to give it to you. I've met some people that I can clearly say that will literally take the shirt off their back to give it to you. I've met some really wonderful businessmen, people, but it's very hard to find people like that. So I tell anyone who comes to LA, be careful. Be careful.

Don't trust everybody. You know, you can't just, I'm a friendly person. I'm happy going. But you really, for yourself and for your benefit of your future, be careful of who you work around. Yeah, that's facts, man. So I was too trustworthy when I moved there, I guess. I played basketball with this one person,

developed a relationship with him, invited him over. He ended up robbing me, breaking into my car, and I'm like, whoa, this wouldn't happen in New Jersey. So it was definitely a wake-up call. Bro, like I said, man, that person probably wasn't New Jersey. So it was definitely a wake-up call. Bro, it's, like I said, man, and that person probably wasn't from L.A., was he? Probably not. I didn't ask, but probably not.

But I'm just saying, like, I feel bad for people who tell me these stories and, like, this person f***ed me over or this person f***ed me over. And I'm like, whenever I meet someone, I tell them, watch yourself, you know? Yeah. Not asking, I don't need nothing. Just telling, I tell them, watch yourself. I'm not asking. I don't need nothing.

I'm just telling you, watch your back. Because not everybody has your best interests. For sure. Some people will try to use you for what you have and what you don't even have. Yeah, and it's everywhere, too. In Vegas, there's a lot of scammers here, too. I've heard. Yeah.

So it's not just an LA thing. LA definitely gets a bad rep. I think it's amplified over there because of social media. Social media, and then it is LA. So everybody tries to go to la yeah but yes you're right for sure i'm from the south man where are you from i'm from louisiana okay i've never been there that's fun i heard that from multiple people that's food yeah i'm definitely gonna get out there i love food um going back to the dancing bro so how'd you get good because i'm getting married next year i gotta take dance classes and all that got you but uh man uh you know it started with youtube videos of watching my favorite dancers growing up from michael to chris brown to you know mostly

mainstream artists but then i started to get into more detail watching people who really dance and that's all they do you know um just watching youtubers dance like well not even youtubers but dancers on youtube yeah and learning like that that's how i started learning i you know i would play it over and over again and practice a move or something like that and that's basically how i would learn wow so you didn't have a coach or anything just youtube videos i used to dance like used to dance i i tried a couple classes but choreography wasn't really something i was focused on i liked hip-hop yeah and i like doing my own freestyle and that's basically where i was like i'll just watch youtube and teach myself i feel that so that's what that's what happened

with me with that but nowadays the dancing i do is, it's like a comedic dance, funny dances. Yeah. Like the dance I made on TikTok. Right. Stuff like that, you know, that everyone was doing in 2020, 2021. People still doing it. Yeah, it's crazy.

That must have gotten like over a billion views collectively. Probably more than that, I would assume, you know. And even the old dances that I would do with my friend Nick, the Peter Pan, the Swiggle, some New Orleans style dances. But it was dances that I would do with my friend Nick, the Peter Pan, the Swiggle, some New Orleans-style dances, but it was dances that I put on the platform and blew up to an extent. That's dope. Did any of your dances end up in Fortnite?

So they tried to put a dance in Fortnite, and we had some people reach out to them, it was just a like scrap type thing you know oh they wanted smoke no they just they put they put a dance that was very similar to my dance and another creator's dance it was like all in the same motion okay so they immediately took it out his team hit them first before before i hit my people up to reach out yeah they took it off the game the first season yeah what was the dance um so the swiggle it's uh it's oh dude i remember that yeah you remember the swiggle yeah yeah they put that in the game but then it was like a swiggle and then he went to doing another dance that was someone else's

dance got it so they reached out to them to so they just pulled it immediately but it's okay because since 2017 and currently i'm still working with nba 2k nice so i have all the dances i've done over the years so a lot of the dances the emotes that people use in the game yeah i put the mocaps oh that's sick created them they have my jump shot in the game they have all that in the game so i'm still working with 2kK and been with them since like 2K17. It's sick to see you really monetize this because I feel like professional dancers that dance for like artists and stuff, they probably don't make that much. Well, the thing is during the tours, they'll make money. Oh, yeah.

But, you know, I can say that artists do take care of their dancers that I know of. You know, they do make sure they're good. But it's also a hard space for people i try to tell people you know dancing is fun don't make it a career i say more so make it a hobby have fun with it and then if it works for you then turn it into a career yeah because it's not gonna be for everybody i love how some people do it. A lot of people do it as a hobby. It's fun. It keeps you in shape. You're always moving.

Your cardio, it's the best cardio, I think. Great workout, yeah. Great workout. But I do encourage people, don't quit your day job. Unless you know that dance is going to soar. Don't. And that's anything in life. I feel like people jump the gun too soon and it costs them.

And they like, you know, that's a life lesson that I learned. For sure. But once you have something going, make sure you keep going at that. Yeah. And if you want to do like dancing, like a hobby, and it's starting to take off to where it's able to keep up with what you've got going on, bills, et cetera, move on and do that you know but don't jump the gun i hate when people jump the gun yeah and you only have like a few prime years of dancing

because i saw a clip of justin timberlake dancing yesterday i don't know if you saw it but he looked like he was struggling man man i've seen you remember well i think this is it was viral earlier this year genuine was oh yeah i didn't see that one. It was funny, man. But, no, yeah, I know what you mean. You got to seize the moment. I'd say, like, your 20s is probably the best time, right? Yeah. I would say the 20s, but there are people who are still going strong in their 30s.

Okay. That still dance for the top people. Yeah, as health gets better, pro athletes are playing in their 30s. Yeah. I guess that makes sense. Yeah. Who's on your Mount Rushmore for dancers, like, top all time? We'll put the Lez twins at one. Okay. We'll on your Mount Rushmore for dancers, like top all time? We'll put the Les twins at one.

Okay. We'll put them ahead together because they're twins. I would do Michael. Michael's a massive inspiration. Yeah. CB's up there, Chris Brown. Yeah, he's a beast, man. Yeah. He can hoop, too.

Yeah, he can hoop. He can hoop. So I would choose. Yeah, that's hoop, too. Yeah, he can hoop. He can hoop. So, I would choose. Yeah, that's tough. It's tough. There's a lot of dancers out there. So, there's different styles then. You got b-boys.

You got freestylers. You got people who dance the dubstep. Right. There's so much. Marquis Scott is nonstop. He's amazing. And I guess, you know what? I'm going to throw a female in the equation

my home girl ladi yates i haven't seen her she does memphis jookin got it i love i love watching her that's dope yeah i like cb because the the rappers don't really dance these days yeah they just sing these days yeah you're right you're right um but it's crazy i brought up ladi she's done an amazing job nice with some a group of kids in Memphis. Yeah. Teaches them dance. She does Glorillas. She did Glorillas choreography for her recent performance.

And I think they go on tour with her sometimes with her and her crew. But she does a great job for the kids out there. That's cool. I love seeing people do stuff with kids. Yeah, I got to check that out. What makes you so passionate about helping kids out? Man, because I was a kid once. You know, I had nothing.

And if I can help, you know, sometimes. And, you know, it's crazy. I was talking about this the other day. Just a random guy having a YouTube video. He was asking me a question. I do a lot of stuff for people i don't show it on social media because there's no need to right i like doing stuff out the kindest of my heart so like um it's nothing against the people who do stuff for people i love that yeah i love

the fact that you know people do do stuff to surprise people with money and stuff some of the some of the content is genuine yeah there are other people who out there cloud chase for sure and for me i don't really need to post that i'm giving a homeless person money yeah i'll just give him some food or whatever he needs you know real quick boom going on my day our kids sometimes i'm at footlocker i'm not on shack's level you know shack is hey oh about the store whatever you need you know you know it's shack the most shack's awesome i love what he does too but i'll you know if i'm at this shoe store and i see a kid i've seen it sometimes where the mom's like can't get those you know damn and i'll be like yeah we can you know and that's dope you know i've done that a couple times a few many times in my life where i've seen

that you know i've seen a mom we can't get those Yeah, and I will leave like we can get them I got them for y'all, you know, i've done stuff little stuff like that It don't need to post stuff like that, man. It's the kindness of my heart So dude, it's all relative to to whatever financial situation you're in So even like dude, I was at this place that sells like hot dogs crunchies hot dogs in chinatown and This girl bought this homeless guy like a five dollar hot dog sandwich or whatever Yeah, I was like, dude, I could have done that like yeah step it up and it's all like five bucks but it made the guy's day yeah man but it's so hard because sometimes it's like you just know

when the person's not you know doesn't really need it right there's people who like where i live there's a there's a little small, little homeless group there. And they know I'll buy them food and stuff. There's a couple guys who ask for alcohol. I'm like, I'm not getting you alcohol, bro. I'm not getting you vodka. They want vodka. I'm like, no.

I'll get you some tacos. You want something to drink? Water? I'll get you some water or some Gatorade. There's no need for you to want a beer. There's no need for vodka. I'll give you like 20 bucks sometimes. I stopped doing money. Yeah. But they live by me, so it's a beer. There's no need for vodka. I'll give you like 20 bucks sometimes. I stopped doing money.

Yeah, but they live by me, so it's a difference. But you're right. The money thing is a no-go. Because nowadays, man, there's so many people out there who will pocket a bunch of money and go hop in their Mercedes. I've seen it. It's crazy. It's tough out there, man.

Last time I was there, I went to Venice Beach, and we had 200 sandwiches, and that wasn't even enough. There was that many tents out there. it was crazy they went so fast it's harder out here because i do it here too but um it's wild man la's got a big homeless problem for sure yeah definitely definitely does man but you know i feel like god put me on the planet for a reason to be uh inspiration, a funny person, and to make people smile and laugh. And that's why I'm here. So I like to have fun.

And that's a powerful skill, man, to be able to provide joy and make someone's day. Yeah. That adds up because you're getting millions of views. Yeah, but even what you're doing, you're putting people, you have a platform.

And just me speaking on your platform, I appreciate you. Of course, man. I always like to hear people's story and I like to hear why people do what they do you know what i mean and when it when i find people that don't do it for money i know there's a greater purpose there yeah i mean you know the thing is everyone needs money to an extent but for me you know i do my deals uh with brands and stuff like that i make my money to live take care of my loved ones, people I care about deeply.

But at the end of the day, I'm just having fun. Yeah, that's what life should be about, man. We're only here for a short time. You never know. You lost both our dads, man, way before I thought it'd be. So you just never know. Yeah, I'm definitely going to pray for you. I don't know if you've ever been prayed for, but I'm going to pray for you.

I don't know if I have, but thank you. I got you. I got you. Yeah, dude, powerful episode. Anything you want to close off with or promote? Man, right here. So don't mind the beard we're in vegas and i use somebody else's beard oil and that's that's that's what i shouldn't have done i tested somebody else's stuff out but i got my own beard oil rue oil um it's rue oil.com it'll be everywhere i have a social media um handle for it it's danru oil um but i'm danru

i appreciate you guys so much um thank you for having me here thanks for coming on man powerful message very excited to see how people react to this and you know help people out thanks for coming on thanks for watching guys as always see you next time