Digital Social Hour - This Viral Art Stunt Changed My Life Overnight | Jensen Dean DSH #626
Episode Date: August 12, 2024🌟 This Viral Art Stunt Changed My Life Overnight 🌟 Tune in now to hear how Jensen Dean's wild encounter with Jon Jones skyrocketed him to fame in the art world! This 19-year-old Australian ...sensation shares his journey from crafting custom shoes for celebrities to becoming a viral sensation. 🎨✨ In this episode of Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly, Jensen spills the tea on his life-changing moment, his unique approach to art, and his vision to revolutionize the art world forever. 🌍🎤 Get the inside scoop on how he hustles, networks, and strategically plans his next big moves. Plus, discover the secrets behind his collaborations with top celebrities like KSI, Logan Paul, and more! 🎉 Packed with valuable insights, this episode is a must-watch for aspiring artists and entrepreneurs alike. Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 Don't miss out on this captivating tale of creativity, determination, and going viral. Join the conversation and be inspired by Jensen's incredible journey! 🎬💥 #ArtIndustryInsights #ArtLifestyle #ArtisticExpression #ArtNetworking #ArtisticDevelopment CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Leg Twitching Jon Jones 00:44 - Sobriety Journey 02:12 - Australian Entrepreneur Scene 03:32 - Journey into Art 04:58 - Babbel Language Learning 06:15 - Art Piece Pricing 07:09 - Changing the Art World 08:05 - Importance of Fame 08:43 - Unique Artistic Identity 11:04 - Jon Jones Leg Kick Experience 13:58 - Long-Term Strategy 17:22 - Understanding NFTs 18:42 - Contacting Logan Paul 20:13 - Artistic Audience Focus 23:40 - Conor McGregor Art Piece 24:35 - Jensen's UFC Background 26:30 - Conor McGregor Insights 28:41 - Outro APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: Jenna@DigitalSocialHour.com GUEST: Jensen Dean https://www.instagram.com/thejensendean SPONSORS: Deposyt Payment Processing: https://www.deposyt.com/seankelly LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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You went viral for the Jon Jones thing.
Yeah.
What exactly happened?
That was wild.
He comes to Brisbane, and then all my friends are DMing me saying,
Yo, Jon Jones is in Brisbane.
I'm like, okay, I'm gonna make him some custom shoes.
I get my moment with him, but it wasn't sort of the moment I wanted with the whole shoe opening.
How can I entertain people with this?
So then I was like, oh, I'll get him to leg kick me.
But it didn't hurt enough.
So I was like, bro, you need to leg kick me but i didn't it didn't hurt enough so i was like bro you need to let me harder and i think that sort of fueled him up and he just
let me so hard all right guys 19 year old from australia in the art space and making big waves
thanks for coming on jensen dean thank you for having me absolutely thank you for inviting me
on this of course and you were just in la for a few days before this yeah yeah yeah because my brother
lives there so okay we're doing a bit of a family holiday and then came to vegas vegas is wild and
it is yeah i had to stop by this is your first time here yeah yeah okay first time in america
damn and you can't even get the full vegas experience because you're not 21
but you can still have some fun i have to come back in a few years with you you'll have to but you don't drink you're completely sober i don't drink yeah
i'm completely sober and what prompted that choice at an early age to go down that path
i think because it's all i i i mean i think it's all sort of a distraction and i feel like it would
make you complacent right and sort of happy with where you are whereas if you have no distractions
you are sort of more stressed out and then therefore you will work harder to try
uh succeed and achieve what your goals are yeah i think that's a rare path for someone your age
but it's interesting to see more and more people are doing it actually yeah yeah it's a growing
movement i like that man because i i definitely wasted some time drinking and smoking
weed but i mean i don't know if i'm sort of wasting my youth not not partying partying on that right
so you don't party at all you don't even go out i party but i mean it's sort of hard to party if
you don't drink right talking to uh drunk people when you're sober is so weird i know that's that's
why i don't really party especially when the girl's kind of hitting on you and you're sober is so weird. I know. That's why I don't really party. It's so strange. Especially when the girl's kind of hitting on you
and you're sober.
It's like, this feels wrong, you know?
Yeah, yeah.
That's why I prefer more like networking events
and more business-y stuff.
Yeah, that's my vibe.
Not really parties.
For sure.
How's the entrepreneur scene in Australia
where you're at?
I mean, it's nothing compared to America or or la uh i mean i guess there is a scene
definitely entrepreneur scene okay more an entrepreneur scene than art scene and more
an entrepreneur scene than social media entertainment scene okay so social media is not that big
yeah uh like there are creators and a few influencers and stuff like that,
but it's nowhere near the level it is here,
and it's way harder to link up with people and just collaborate in Australia.
I come here and I just DM a few people,
and I can meet so many more celebrities so much easier.
Oh, easily.
When I'm in LA, I'll bang out 20 podcasts in like three days.
I mean, it's insane.
Yeah. Because I have to wait for someone to come to australia to then link up with them
and people only go there like once a year max probably so yeah yeah it's tough because so far man that flight is brutal 20 hours i mean it's probably like 30 hours in total i know with the
yeah with the time you're waiting plus we're tall and yeah yeah i'm an economy well i'm not an economy but i used to be yeah that is
a brutal oh i used to go to china and economy oh my gosh because i'm six six yeah so i'm good with
that man i want to dive into the art stuff how you got into it and how you blew that up was it
something that blew off right away um my whole life i've been in art, but I never really took it seriously until my last year in high school, which was last year.
Well, the year before that.
Last year.
A year ago.
Anyway, so I was in high school making my art and putting it on social media.
It never really blew up, but I was gaining some traction.
And then I've just done one year full-time art.
But this year will be my biggest year yet.
Damn, so you're only two, three years in?
Two years, yeah.
That is crazy.
One year, one year officially.
Yeah, and you've already made pieces for some of the biggest celebrities and creators out there.
Yeah, yeah.
So that is just talent then.
Oh, it's talent, hard work.
Yeah, a bit of everything.
Yeah, because I feel like most artists got to be at it for for years sometimes decades yeah get out there well that's why i sort of want to pull back and create more artworks
every single day and sell to you know the public because i sort of reached a level where i was
selling artworks to celebrities when i was still in school like dming them selling artworks for
like a lot of money and then it's sort of like
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apply. And not sort of sell out, if that makes sense. Yeah, yeah, it does. So how much are your
pieces selling for right now? Well, again, I sort of don't want to name the price. I mean,
last two years, I won't sell a painting for under like 30k. Holy, but that's where the problem is, is because there's only so many people in the
world that will want to buy a 30k piece. That is a lot. So I sort of want to rewind and start again
and slowly build it up. So more people can buy in. And then the artworks will inflate, I guess,
as I become more famous. And then more people will have a piece and not just the rich
and elite. Yeah, that makes sense. Because if you're starting at 30, it's hard to appreciate.
Yeah. And I don't want my artworks to be a hype beast commodity, sort of. I want it to be for
the people. Right. Some of those hype beast brands kind of fell off, right? Exactly. And I feel like
if money is the motive, it will never succeed long term. It has to be a passion.
And the goal for me is to change the art world forever.
Wow.
How do you plan on accomplishing that?
Well, I mean, social media is going to help a lot.
Because, for example, imagine Basquiat.
But imagine he had social media back then.
It'd be a whole other world.
He'd be a legend.
He'd be a legend.
I mean, he still is.
He is a legend.
Because I feel like only really people interested in the art world
know who Basquiat is.
Right.
But if he had the power of social media,
it'd be a stardom on another level.
It'd be like Michael Jackson level, I think.
Exactly, yeah.
And I don't think an artist yet has sort of reached
not necessarily a Michael Jackson level of fame,
but just a paparazzi level of fame.
That's true.
I think the biggest mainstream one I could think of is probably Alec Monopoly.
Yeah.
But there's not many that reach that sort of mainstream noticed.
So I sort of want to be the first to really reach it.
And might also be the biggest artist in the world.
And I also want to change the art world forever, sort of.
Wow.
So fame is important to you, chasing that?
Not necessarily fame.
It's just I feel like with fame, you can use that in a lot of good ways.
Right.
Like what I said with the money, I could sort of blow up really quick,
but then you're going to fall off.
So I sort of want to just reach a stable level.
Yeah, it's all about stability for me.
Okay, finding that kind of middle ground, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that makes sense.
I think most artists struggle to even get past that first stage of finding buyers.
100%.
So what do you think kind of separated you from from
those guys was it just the because your art is so unique right yeah yeah um yeah i mean to be honest
with you i've only sold out with two celebrities so that's what i sort of don't like i sort of want
my art to be more for the people um but yeah i mean it's really just networking dm and tons of people
right and making an artwork that you know they will want so you sort of have to put your head
in the audience's head and figure out what they would want to buy and then you make that interesting
so you sort of have to be two steps ahead yeah and art evolves so quickly right what's hot now might not be hot exactly yeah that's what i noticed because i go to art basil and the art's
so different every time i go yeah that's wild yes i've never been oh you've never been no wow have
you been any art events uh not really because this is my first time in america so in australia
there's sort of nothing damn art related so you really are different from everyone else out there
yeah i mean that's that's what i sort of noticed when i came here i was like i'm not like a weirdo here
like this is normal in la normal so you want to move out here potentially join your brother
definitely that's cool did he come out here for art too who your brother no he does other stuff
got it but i'm gonna go back to my studio in america i mean in australia and then do maybe
three four months of making art and then four months every single day making an artwork and
then i'll come to la maybe four months time and deliver a load of stuff nice that's cool and what
kind of art are you trying to do a new new technique new piece every time or i'm basically
i'm building an outside studio.
So I do the art outside,
and then I can stand up,
better for posture,
and basically build in a unique style that no one's ever seen before
and create inconsistent artworks
every single day.
Because that's also what's important
to grow on social media.
Oh, so you're standing
while you're making your art?
I will be.
Dude, that's
impressive i bought a standing desk and i don't use it dude to be honest i mean it's tough it's
tough i don't know just sitting is so comfortable but i understand what you're saying about posture
yeah and especially just when you're painting you have to sort of lean in and yeah your neck is like
yeah it's bad i get that too you got to go to the chiropractor once a week man
massage yeah um so you went viral for the
john jones thing yeah what exactly happened that was wild where were you and what went down okay so
he comes to brisbane and then that's like a rare case and then all my friends are dming me saying
yo john jones is in brisbane so then i'm like okay i'm gonna make him some custom shoes so then i make him some custom
air mats 86s and then i drive to where his team says he is as i got in contact with all his people
yeah then i arrive and it's like a whole meet and greet and i thought it was just gonna be me and
him in like some studio yeah so i was like what the hell is this? And then I didn't have tickets for the meet and greet. Me and my friends sort of go in and then I get my moment with him.
But it wasn't sort of the moment I wanted with the whole shoe opening.
So I was like, I need to, how can I entertain people with this?
So then I was like, oh, I'll get him to leg kick me.
And then I was like, leg kick me.
And he leg kicked me, but it didn't hurt enough.
So I was like, bro, you need to leg kick me harder. And I was like leg kick me and he leg kicked me but it didn't it didn't hurt enough so I was like bro you need to leg kick me harder and I was like harder harder and I think that sort of
fueled him up and he just leg kicked me so hard oh my god his shin dug in and you ended up in
the hospital well I couldn't walk for like a week but then oh yeah it was wild wow don't provoke
John Jones guys if you see him. Yeah, that's a lesson.
He won't hold back.
Because I honestly didn't even know who he really was.
Oh, you didn't?
Yeah.
Oh, that's a mistake right there.
Yeah, I know.
That was the biggest mistake.
I didn't even know that he was the UFC champion.
I didn't know he was the best ever.
I just thought he was another sort of UFC fighter.
Yeah.
So I don't know what else led him into it, to be honest.
He's like the GOAT.
I know, the best of all time.
That is crazy.
Did he like the shoes
at least?
Yeah.
Yeah.
He loved them.
And he commented
afterwards.
Oh yeah.
He was like
I love the shoes bro.
Dude that video
blew up.
How many views
did that shit get?
Well on my page
it might be
getting close to
6 million.
Damn.
But on ESPN
it's probably
near 20 million.
Holy crap.
It's on every
single sports media
site in the world
to be honest.
TikTok too and stuff.
In total, it's probably over 100 million combined views.
You might have to make an art piece out of it
just kicking you.
And that would probably sell for a lot.
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it's insane.
It shows you how your life can change overnight.
For real.
You never really know what piece of content
or artwork will blow you up.
Yeah, I mean, you see it with certain people. They go viral and some are able to monetize it night for real you never really know what piece of content or artwork will blow you up yeah i mean
you see it with certain people they go viral and some are able to monetize it and then some just
fade into the abyss but it sounds like you're really using that as a snowball effect yeah yeah
definitely i don't want to be a one-hit wonder no that's my biggest fear man yeah exactly that's
that's that's just a dark road you see these child actors go down it's sad it's really sad because you
reach that pinnacle at such a young age and then you never get it again your whole life
and you're always chasing that validation you once had it's like the people that peak in high
school yeah that's where they were the coolest that wasn't me yeah that wasn't you was that you
hell no i was a loser in high school real yeah if that was my peak then i was not destined for
great things yeah yeah you know but sounds
like you were so different out there you kind of just did your own thing yeah well I mean I'm still
doing my own thing because once I go back I'll be back in Brisbane Australia where like yeah I mean
I'm the odd fish there right but here I'm just a little fish which is good as you want to be
surrounded by people like you who are more successful than you. So then it pushes you and motivates you.
Absolutely.
Yeah, it depends on what type of success you're going for, whether it's money, social media followers.
But yeah, it's important to be around people doing better than you.
For you, it would probably be artists, right?
Yeah, yeah.
I definitely need to surround myself with like-minded artists.
Yeah, I think Miami would be good for you too.
Yeah.
There's a lot of art down there.
That'd be wild.
Yeah, get you in some museums and stuff.
Yeah, definitely. Man, can't wait to see your your journey you're so young and you're just starting you've made pieces for ksi logan paul i mean adesanya right kid laroi kid laroi uh
and then a few others in the midst that i can't really say right because they're just the ones
that are publicly known right is all last year I made artworks
the entire year and I didn't post
or promote a single one.
So I have all this unreleased
stuff.
Wow. So you're playing the long game.
I'm playing the long game the whole way.
Yeah, because most people would as soon as they get the photo, post it.
Yeah, a whole year of artworks.
A whole year of content.
Damn. So much videos
and art content all saved up not a
single soul has seen it or heard about it saved up in the vault so i have a vault of content and
artwork crazy so what when are you like what's the strategy with that then um i think i'll start
releasing it maybe midway this year okay and it gives me a whole year head start so then i can
sort of go on holiday and not have to
post every day because i have stuff in the vault all right so you're good at separating the social
media from the real life stuff it seems like yeah yeah some people get caught up in it yeah no i
definitely plan ahead and think strategically play my cards right any artists you want to collab with
um with um hmm
damien
hurst he's sick
that'd be a good one um
i mean there's so
many talented artists yeah
is that like a common thing in the
people collapse oh who
yeah yeah i don't know how you say his name correctly no i know who you're talking about he's sick definitely him um Is that like a common thing in the art space? People collab? Oh, who? Do you know Kaws? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know how you say his name correctly.
No, I know who you're talking about.
He's sick.
Definitely him.
Yeah, wait.
How I...
What were you saying?
Is it a common thing for two top artists to collab with each other?
Or is it kind of like the music industry?
I would say it's far less common than the music industry.
It's more common that an artist would collab with like a brand,
like Louis Vuitton or Off-White. That makes sense. But sense but not so much artists and artists yeah so i'll ask that question
then what about brand wise any brands you want to collab with i mean yeah one day i'd like to be the
chief designer of nike of basically like i just want to be i want to show my designs to the entire
world right and yeah i would love to be the creative designer at one of the top companies one day.
That'd be cool.
That's basically what Kanye did.
Yeah, exactly.
I want to be Kanye.
Yeah, because to reach millions, you're going to have to work with a big apparel brand, right?
Definitely, definitely.
And then I'm also going to launch my own streetwear brand and stuff.
What do you think about digital art like nfts and
virtual stuff i mean it's a whole nother world to be honest with you your grandma probably knows
more about nfts than me really like i missed that wave okay there was a lot of artists that made a
killing off nfts is it still going strong now no no it definitely died it's too late now but
yeah there was a couple guys you named and uh who's that one guy in japan
tatashi yeah he made a killing off nfts yeah yeah i missed that way you were 16 17 i was in school
yeah plus you're in australia i don't know if they were ever big out there yeah but i mean
because it's digital because it's digital it could be worldwide right yeah you can own it from
anywhere yeah interesting but we'll see if it
comes back i don't know something else might come back i feel like it'll be something we've never
sort of thought of yeah maybe like a metaverse like virtual reality art or something right yeah
yeah that'd be cool yeah all the new uh weird future headsets yeah yeah yeah but you seem like
you're gonna be able to adapt pivot to all the new trends yeah i mean that's what that's what logan said to me don't be afraid to adapt or pivot at any time
because i sort of like to have a master plan mapped out strategically like every month to
every year but he's like not so much more just go with the flow and adapt at any point right
what were what was the piece you made for logan paul um that was when i just turned 16 and i made it and then i was like i'm gonna try sell this to
justin bieber and i've never sold an artwork before then yeah so i was trying to sell my
first artwork to justin bieber and then i didn't hear back from justin bieber but that whole time
every day i'd watch logan paul's vlogs was housing like coronavirus when his new wave of
vlogs were going up i used to watch those yeah they're sick and then impulsive and then i was
watching that and i was like wait logan lights pokemon so then i was dming people and then
one day i was on my phone i forgot about it and then i just see like the logan paul verified
message i went wild and then i mean yeah
it's crazy i love that and is that how you got to ksi too no i got to ksi just through his people
oh wow not related to logan pool interesting i haven't yeah i haven't linked because i don't
really want to use people for their connections right i'm sort of just kind of the same sometimes
i'll i'll ask but not like in a direct way.
I don't want to be like, oh, give me this person.
But first I'll give them some value and then I might ask.
You know what I mean?
Just because with podcasts, it's easier if it comes from a friend,
if they ask to come on rather than me hit them up.
Yeah, definitely.
I think art's a little different.
Yeah, yeah.
No, definitely.
But then, of course, if it's a whole business scenario,
it sort of makes sense if you just hit them up or ask,
can you get me to this person?
Yeah, that makes sense.
Anyone you want to make a piece for?
I know you said Bieber.
I mean, yeah, Bieber's on the list.
Drake.
Drake would be a sick piece.
Drake would be sick.
Basically every single celebrity in the
world i'll make a piece for yeah and every single brand and yeah i mean i also want to put some
billion billionaires on the list which i may have already done but i won't reveal until the future
elon musk oh well elon musk is a must mark my words i'll sell a piece to elon musk same i'll
have him on the pod one day.
That's the go right there, bro.
We'll have to get it together then.
I'm down.
I'll make a piece and then get him on your pod.
If I get him on, likewise.
Likewise.
I'll get a piece there for you, man.
How long does it take you to make these?
Because they look pretty intense, some of them.
I mean, some of them take months.
Holy crap.
Exactly.
So, but I sort of realized I have to figure out a way to make consistent artworks that are still insanely good.
Because otherwise it's hard to sort of grow to the next level.
Right.
So I've done some artworks that have took like two months to do.
Jeez.
Yeah.
That's insane.
I would lose patience, man.
You have amazing patience at your age.
Yeah.
Insanely dedicated.
And that's like 10 hours a day. Oh my God. I would lose patience, man. You have amazing patience at your age. Yeah. Insanely dedicated.
And that's like 10 hours a day.
Oh my God.
10 hours a day, two months to just create one artwork.
Dude, that vision is insane.
Yeah.
It's wild.
To be able to see that project through.
Yeah.
Do you map it out before you kind of just go with the flow?
I sort of just go with the flow.
Like I'll get the canvas and I'll be like, this is what I want to paint.
And I'll start the sketch and then start painting it.
But I won't do any digital mapping out or stuff like that.
And is your best style with the brush?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, actually cans.
Because I started out in graffiti.
So probably spray cans and brush is what I'm best at.
Yeah.
Have you seen that guy Artlena?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
With the chorus?
You see it, right? That's crazy, right?
It's crazy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm just wondering how well he'll do long term.
Yeah, it might be like a phase, right?
You kind of got to branch off a bit.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, you never know.
It's hard to know what will be popping off in five years' time.
Yeah, I think art's one of those things that's so hard to predict.
Yeah.
Right?
Yeah, definitely.
And a lot of these famous artists, they don't blow up until after they die or later i know which is what
i sort of want to figure out because that's the problem that i want to solve yeah it's so
interesting right because once they die their art goes up in value sometimes exactly yeah and i guess
that's why banksy is famous because no one knows who he is so he sort of has the mysterious
it's sort of the same effect as Dian, if that makes sense.
It is.
It's impressive how he's been able to hide it.
Yeah.
Because there's no theories at all on who it is, which is crazy to me.
Yeah.
In this modern age of social media.
Yeah, it's wild.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You said your favorite artist was Basquiat?
A hundred percent.
Why do you like him so much?
I don't know.
See, this is what's weird is I don't even know why I like him so much.
But I think he's sort of like the art version of etc tentacion he sort of just has this like
aura about him or something that you just are attracted to that's a great comparison people
love that guy no but do you know what it is what even is it that you like mysterious right and
yeah he was a drug addict yeah and had all these personal issues I think it's problems is what people relate to sort of.
Yeah, for sure.
Because we all got our demons, right?
But very few of us will speak up on it.
So to see it displayed in art form hits people deep, I think.
Yeah, that's definitely what it is.
Yeah, sometimes you need that backstory to sell your art.
Yeah, exactly.
I love that, man.
Any big projects you're working on right now?
I got some. I'm trying to think what i can say um i mean i've been doing this mad the the one month nearly two month piece was of conor mcgregor oh
yeah and i'm gonna get that to him sometime uh i got some billionaires on the list i i want to do
elon maybe this year next year do elon
hell yeah i can't wait to see that one i mean that'll be wild i wanted to do elon choking out
uh zuckerberg yeah zuck might sue for that i know but then i have friends with more friends
with zuckerberg so i don't know if i want to make enemies oh yeah you might have to play a safe on
that one yeah i really wanted to see them fight i know i was looking forward to that i would have paid for that i know that would have been
the biggest event in sport in history i think zuck would have won though definitely zuck's a beast i
mean he trains yeah he trains jiu-jitsu are you a big ufc fan now yeah i actually trained myself
oh yeah yeah oh shit you're an artist and a fighter that is a combo i've never heard of i
know well i've trained i've trained taekwondo like my entire life damn like 10 years of kickboxing and then i did three
years of bots and and then two years of brazilian jiu-jitsu holy and then a year of mma most artists
are just like nerdy and like i know so i low-key can like if i wasn't an artist i'd be a ufc fighter
damn that'd be what i would pursue so you're nice but again long-term wise once your career's done in
the ufc you're gonna have probably brain damage and then 30 years from your peak like no one's
gonna really know who you are or care about you as much yeah i've never other than connor i haven't
seen fighters that have peaked outside of their ufc yeah connor sold that company and he's killing
it now but that's that's pretty rare it's a rare unicorn yeah it's a game you play right give up your health now for money and fame
exactly so sacrifice i don't know if i would do it i'd rather just i decided i wouldn't exactly
slow peak rather than douche yeah and being a guy we're able to do that because like looks don't
matter for us as much as women right so we could just slowly peak at their age and 100 post off into the sunset 100 yeah i love that man damn i didn't
know you're a fighter that's cool i know it's weird the john jones stuff makes more sense now
yeah you're able to take that first day not the second not the second one oh he's probably going
like 50 on the first one i mean second one second one was definitely like i know for a fact it was 70 to 80
percent power damn 100 so imagine that in a fight where he's 100 i know but also think about it he
can't kick someone that hard in a fight because it's too tele draft oh okay so he winded up yeah
like he probably hasn't kicked someone that hard in his entire life because no one in a fight would
let him wind up for three seconds to kick him you
know it's so quick well he's landed some nasty kicks yeah yeah the wind up one i could see that
yeah yeah damn you got a favorite fighter uh connor connor 100 he's losing some fans is he
what for uh people say once the money got to him he didn't take fighting as serious so i think he's
lost like five straight or something real but uh in his peak he's hard to top man oh he was so good on the mic yeah yeah he was just so entertaining
he made me get in the sport i didn't even watch it yeah for him i watch all his motivation oh yeah
yeah he came from nothing man yeah sounds like you you didn't have a lot of money growing up too
yeah no well it's weird because i i'm still growing up because i still live at home
right i live in like a sort of rich neighborhood but we don't have any money at all because my
parents migrated and bought the house when it was worth nothing like 20 years ago so when it was just
a random poor sort of area and then 20 years later all the house prices go up so now i'm
surrounded by wealth but i don't
really have wealth interesting yeah i heard that happened in uh is it sydney yeah the house is like
a million dollars or not it's insane wow that's where you should have bought five years i know
so that happened in your neighborhood too yeah yeah are you by sydney no uh brisbane so like
10 hour drive up north damn okay i've only been to melbourne and sydney
yeah brisbane sort of like a city that's the odd one out yeah i've heard of it but i've never
been there not not too much not much to do there no yeah i like australia i just wish it was closer
man or we could teleport because oh yeah it's a sick place you'd love it the food was so fire
yeah what sort of food did you get the seafood
was good out there man i went to australia new zealand seafood was great i ate i'm gonna get
some hate for this i ate some kangaroo no tangerine's good shit was fire i had a kangaroo
burger and the spot was right next to the melbourne zoo i think so it's kind of funny but
no it was good people give me hate but there's so many out there you got to eat them because
there's more kangaroos than humans right they're like rats yeah and they square up on you
oh yeah that was one of my video ideas i want to fight a kangaroo but then you get so much hate
for that you can't really punch it just let it punch you sort of animal right activist yeah
they could punch though man yeah they kick as well there Derek, it's been fun. Anything you want to promote or close off with?
No, just thank you for having me.
And yeah, one day I'll be the biggest artist in the world.
I can see it, man.
And this year will be a big year for me.
I look forward to see where it goes.
Yeah, I can't wait to see that Connor piece.
Yeah, it'll be wild.
And the Elon.
Oh, yeah.
Let's do it.
All right, guys.
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