Digital Social Hour - Why I Left Canada: The Dark Side of Content Creation | Matt Kiatipis DSH #1069

Episode Date: January 7, 2025

Why I Left Canada: The Dark Side of Content Creation 🇨🇦👋 Join Sean Kelly as he sits down with MK to uncover the shocking truth behind his decision to leave Canada! 🏀 From content creation challenges to pursuing pro basketball dreams, this episode is packed with raw insights and game-changing revelations. 🔥   MK spills the tea on censorship struggles, his journey to becoming a dunking sensation, and his ambitious plans to take over European basketball. 🌍🏆 Learn how he built his insane vertical leap and why he's set his sights on Greece for the next chapter of his career.   Discover the unexpected connections between Drake, social media stardom, and the pursuit of athletic excellence. 🎵🏀 MK doesn't hold back as he shares his unfiltered opinions on the Canadian content scene and why he's betting big on himself in the world of professional sports.   Don't miss out on this eye-opening conversation that will change the way you think about content creation, perseverance, and chasing your dreams! 💪💯 Hit that play button now and subscribe for more insider stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀   #drdish #lebronjames #socialmediaaddiction #basketballsummerworkout #mentalhealth   #contentmarketing #contentcreation #instagramgrowth #contentcreator #tiktok   CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Why People Want Drake to Lose 00:28 - MK's YouTube Bullying Experience 02:32 - MK's Pro Basketball Announcement 04:56 - Today's Sponsor 07:44 - MK's Best 1v1 Basketball Experience 09:04 - Transitioning to Pro Basketball 11:21 - You're Polarizing in Sports 13:45 - You're Progressing as an Athlete 15:41 - Conflicts with Referees in Sports 16:22 - Beef with Other Content Creators 19:18 - Drake's Influence on Culture 22:05 - Canada vs US Basketball Rivalry 26:05 - Similarities with LaMelo Ball 28:57 - Growing Up with RJ Barrett 32:08 - Distractions from Women in Sports 34:03 - Staying Focused in Basketball 35:34 - Vegas Experience and Lessons Learned 37:40 - Building Vertical Jump Skills 40:00 - Developing Speed for Basketball 42:05 - Dealing with Haters in Sports 43:18 - Where to Find Matt Kiatipis Online   APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [e-mail]   GUEST: Matt Kiatipis https://www.instagram.com/mkiatipis   SPONSORS: Prolon: http://prolonlife.com/DSH   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/

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You know why? Why? Because people want to see the goat fall. Yeah, people want the underdog to win. It's just human nature. Exactly. Like when I'm watching random games, I'm like, oh, let me root for the team

that's not favored to win. Exactly. So why wouldn't everyone want to see Drake lose for once yeah because he hasn't in my opinion I don't think he has and he's been on top for so long it's all the beasts he's won I'd like to say all right guys got MK here today and we're balling tonight we're balling tonight let's go baby expecting some dunks from you you too I need some oops from you. I'm going to be putting people on posters. I've been in the lab, bro.

I'm ready to get back into America and start hooping. Yeah, you've been in Greece for a year, you said. I've been in Greece, been in Costa Rica recently. I haven't really played ball much at all, so I'm excited to get on the court. So you took some time off. I took some time off. Yeah, I was doing more of trying to be an organizer for it, but I realized I really love hooping. Yeah. I'm back in this shit. I love it time off. Yeah, I was doing more of you know trying to be an organizer for it

But I realized like I really love whooping. Yeah, I'm back in this shit You know a lot of them are we allowed to cuss on this? Yeah, you could cuss. Okay good We'll censor it just for YouTube. You know how it is. Do you censor your cuss on YouTube? I have to yes Yeah, because I've been getting like I mean in the beginning. I didn't know how it worked I just uploaded my videos and everything was getting flagged Right so even like blurring out a push or a little head rub or me cussing that was getting flagged everything for a head rub Yeah, what that's bullying. No, I think I think I've gotten bullying. I've gotten maybe like borderline. What would you call it? It's not assault, but it's like

Touching someone and they're not but you know what they do it to me first. So that's why I so you never make the first move on the court? You do. You do, bro. I have to sometimes have to, it depends who I'm dealing with. If they're talking crazy, I have to. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I just meant talking wise, actually not talking, not even physical. Yeah. Talking wise, you start off the talk. I have to bro. That's what makes the game interesting to me because if there's no talking, I mean, that's what fuels me. If I'm just playing against a bunch of randoms, if they're not good, if they're not skilled,

I have to do something to spice it up. Otherwise I'll play down to their level. So a lot of people think it's just me going out and talking shit. It's actually me bettering myself in the game. I mean, yeah, dude, if you see me just like by myself training, you would be scared at how badly I bully myself and talk about myself, which is why I just do it

on the court to other people when I'm there. It talk about myself, which is why I just do it on the court to other people when I'm there. It spice the shit up, you know what I mean? Otherwise it's boring to me. No, that's facts though, cause I'm in some leagues where the comp is not good. And then how do you play? You play like shit.

Exactly bro. You don't try as hard. And what's fun about playing basketball? Getting highlights, having fun with it, and you're not having fun when you're losing or just playing shitty hoops. You know what I mean? So that's fire, yeah.

So you said you might, I don't know if you announced this yet, but you might sign to a league. I'm actually happy to announce it today, probably. Yeah. I mean, I'm actively working on my Greek passport. I am Greek. My grandparents are Greek. I've been working at this for about seven years now. I was supposed to get it through my grandparents,

but now I'm getting it through my father. And we're exploring. I mean, we've talked to many agents, many teams. Once I get that passport, I'll be playing professionally in Greece or anywhere in Europe. Wow. Yeah. And are you still going to upload those videos or not? Dude, that's the cool thing about it.

I'm going to dog, I'm going to be probably the first one to make like a legitimate YouTube documentary series vlog, super like, you know, nonchalant about pro basketball. And however far it takes me, like the goal is the NBA and people will laugh at that. People will criticize it. I don't care. I'm going for it. That's the main goal.

And if I end up, you know, below here, wherever it is, it's professionally overseas and it'll be fun to document, show people what it's like. Yeah. No one's ever seen that international hoops document, documented honestly. And it's insane. You know how exciting international overseas

hoops are dude? Yeah. Like Mike James, that's the one I'm really familiar with. He's on the heat, right? I thought. So Mike James, I think that's his name. He's a super big overseas player. He played on the Brooklyn Nets, maybe.

He got like a 10-day or something like that. He did pretty well, but he's like an overseas legend. Really? Yeah. And he kind of brought the, he brought the attention from America to the overseas kind of basketball scene and he's been killing it. So that's kind of what I want to do, but like put that shit on film everywhere.

Yeah, that'd be lit. How does the Greece league work? Do you play other countries or is it within Greece? So if you're on a big team like Panathinaikos or Olympiakos, like you're in the Euro league playing against the best of the best, right? But if you're on, you know, the, the lower end teams of the first division, you're not necessarily playing against all the other countries from what I know.

Um, you're playing within Greece. Um, and then if you play a lower division under, which is probably where I'll start out, it's called a two, um, that's just national, you know, they're playing. So you got some work to do. I have some work to do, bro. It's, it's a little bit different. Like they like experienced players. They want like 28, 29, 30, even older.

Those are the guys that start. Whereas here in the U S we want those young prospects. Right. So I'm going to have to prove myself at 24 right now, probably till 26. Hopefully I can do something crazy to get up in the ranks in the A2 league, probably to build up to the A1 and then Euro league.

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Like, like if you look at me and Yannis is just body type, athleticism, everything, it's different. Yeah. You're six four. That's like average height these days. Six two and a half. Oh, I'm short. No, I can yam though. I can yam. And I have that, that edge that makes basketball exciting. It sells tickets and wins games to be frank with you. Have you played over there yet? Is it much different than over here, the style? It's a little bit different. I will say that like if you play fives,

if you play threes with your boys, just in a pickup run, it's very organized. There's lots of ball screens, there's lots of passing, there's lots of off ball screens. It's a lot different, but I'm trying to bring that flair. It's starting to come. I want to bring that little American-Canadian kind of flair to Europe and try to go crazy with that.

Maybe shock the world in that sense, or shock Europe at least. I mean, they would need that, right? I think so. I think it would be pretty exciting, especially if I'm documenting every part of it, like on YouTube and whatnot. And they're seeing that in the Euroleague, in my opinion,

that's pretty cool. It's different. Have your lip, bro. Groundbreaking. It was like Draymond's screen, podcast around during the chip. Yeah. That was legendary. After every game, he would make a pod.

Exactly, bro. That's what I'm trying to say. And like every game will be documented, off court will be documented, practices, what goes into it. And that's kind of like what I'm starting now. I mean, any takeover I go to, any one v one I do, it's really just to train to get better. That's why I'm looking for the best comp in America, Canada,

going to Brazil in a few days, everywhere around the world. Just came back from Paris, London, Greece. So just trying to get it everywhere, form my game into what I want it to be, to be able to play at the professional level. Nice. What country surprised you? Paris. Really? Paris. I didn't enjoy Paris necessarily. I like the other countries better just to be there but the

basketball I met some of the craziest prospects you'd ever see. Bro like I'm talking in a 1v1, shifted dude, shifted dude again, shifted him one more time down the lane through the legs dunk. No. Next play, same thing, windmill dunk. Next play, off the backboard dunk. What? Like electric.

His name is, what's his name? I know his Instagram, KDJ or Calvin his name is. That's one guy just absolutely shocked me. But the thing is bro, you're gonna find that everywhere around the world. You just gotta go and look and that's what I'm doing. Damn, is that guy in the league out there or what to go and look and that's, that's what I'm doing. Damn. Is that guy in the league out there or what?

That's the problem, bro. He's not, he's, he's a nobody. I don't want to say he's a nobody because he could be, he could be a legitimate pro athlete, pro basketball player and make money from it, but he just hasn't gotten the exposure. Damn. Yeah. You think the money in the outside leagues is there yet, or is it still pretty low?

I'd like to say from the numbers that I've been talking with agents and other players, I'd like to say it's there. Obviously it's not NBA money. It's not like insane millions and millions of dollars, but it, you can make a nice little living off of it, dude. You know, you, you get some sponsorships involved, you know, shoe sponsorships, anything else. It's getting there.

Yeah. It's getting there, but definitely enough to make a living out of it. Was going pro always the goal for you when you were growing up? Always getting there. Yeah. It's getting there, but definitely enough to make a living out of it. Was going pro always the goal for you when you were growing up? Always, dude. Always. I mean, I dropped out of college during the COVID era and I was like, I want

to pursue a pro contract. I went to Brazil, tried out, wasn't good enough, found an opportunity in Costa Rica, played a year of professional there. It was great. Um, and then coincidentally, like the YouTube thing hit and I found like, this is fun, right?

Now I kind of want to direct it back into pro, but pro has always been the goal. And I've done it once, not the level I want to, but it is still the goal. That's like NBA, bro. Yeah. I don't care. People can laugh, people can talk.

I will do my best to get there. Let's go. And I will document it. I love the confidence. Yeah. Have you always had that? The confidence? Yeah. Yeah, bro. 100%. It's, it's, it's self-made. I mean, going through all the negativity with myself training and stuff like that,

that's what builds the confidence, right? And then when an opportunity hits, since I've been working so hard, then I create the luck. Right. Which I've gotten from this YouTube stuff. I mean, shout out to all the fans and stuff that have supported me. I mean, I met you all the fans and stuff that have supported me. I mean, I met you through this stuff, right? But it's pushing myself, and that's what gives me the confidence. Absolutely. Yeah, we've been talking for years, man.

You've really changed the game. In a sense, I'd like to say so. I mean, there's obviously people like Frigga, before Frigga, Professor. And my apologies to everyone on the pod if I'm not mentioning you. But they've paved the way I'd like to say I'm part of it and I bring a different feel to it And if people like that they like it if they don't like it, they don't but they watch it Right, so it is essentially you said changing the game in a sense. You are polarizing. That's the word. I like to use about myself

Yeah, I think polarizing is like the perfect word to describe it. People will hate me like the the death threats. I don't know if I'm allowed to say this. You got death threats? 100%, bro. For whooping? I'm going to pull up to the court and air you out. What? Just for whooping? I mean, is what I do whooping?

Good point, good point. But I told you before we hopped in this, I've been doing the exact same thing. You can ask any one of my high school teammates, any one of my elementary school teammates, my best friends, like even in the schoolyard, like we're, I'm whooping the exact same thing. You can ask any one of my high school teammates, any one of my elementary school teammates, my best friends, even in the schoolyard, I'm hooping the exact same way. All that head rubbing, pushing, shit talking, fouling, that's how I grew up playing.

So I'm not doing this for an act. It's not me just getting clicks and stuff like that. That's how I enjoy playing. So that's what makes it polarizing in a sense, I guess. People take it personal, right? People take it personal. I think that's soft. People take it personal, right? People take it personal. I think that's soft. You take it personal.

I like to call it competition, because off the court, I'm going to be your best friend. I'm going to do whatever I can for you. If I can help you with an opportunity, if I can pay for your meal, if I can get you an Uber, I'm going to be there for you, regardless of how much you hate me. But when we're on the fucking court,

I'm trying to fucking cook you, bro. I don't even care if it's for no money. I want to win. That's it. Yeah. So if I'm set. Sorry, go ahead. No, I'm trying to fucking cook you, bro. I don't even care if it's for no money. I want to win. That's it. Yeah. Sorry, go ahead. No, I'm just saying you could separate that friendship verse on the court.

Absolutely. And most people can't. Not these days. The NBA players these days, they're making too much. Yeah, bro. They're making too much. But I mean, hey, there is some fights starting. I don't follow the NBA too much, but I do see a lot of fights

starting to erupt. Yeah, there's a bit more. It might be coming back. I like it, bro. I like it. Draymond Green's talking about the game of clay coming up. Yeah, there's a bit more. It might be coming back. I like it, bro. I like it. Draymond Green's talking about the game of clay coming up. Might get a little chippy there. I'm going to be real with you.

If we do hop into any NBA content, I'm going to give you some of the worst takes of all time, because I don't watch basketball. I don't watch basketball much, bro. I follow the highlights. I follow my favorite players to a degree. Anthony Edwards, Lamello Ball, all the new school guys. But I don't really watch too much ball, dude.

Why is that? I just love playing it. I feel like if I'm watching a game, I mean, court side is a different thing where you're watching an NBA game, it's an experience with friends, but I don't like watching basketball if I feel like I could compete in that setting. Yeah.

You know? I feel like you can learn from it though. If you watch it, absolutely. That's what I've started. I've opened up my mind and I have watched more just to try to learn a little bit more. Before, I was watching it just from a closed eye, like, oh, I can go and hoop against these guys.

Why the fuck would I watch this? But I do try to watch and learn. Like, dude, Steph Curry in the Olympics, how am I not supposed to want to learn from that shit? That is unbelievable. That was legendary. He's, bro, he's my favorite player now, just because of that. Wow.

Like, what he did was insane. He saved there. Back to back to back to back. I know, they would've lost without him, I think. Bro, that's crazy. And to think the guys he had on his team, and they were giving him the rock to do what he did, is fucking crazy, dude. Yeah.

That's why I'm working on my shot so much right now, is because of him. I have noticed your progression, Matt. Yeah. Cause you couldn't shoot at first, right? Yeah, that's a crazy take and it's facts. Why? It's because I love dunking so much.

Yeah. There's something about dunking that's just so electric and amazing. It brings the crowd into things, but I noticed like with Steph, like he generates the same excitement from a shot. True. So why not develop that as well?

So you're going to see tonight when we hoop, shots there. You're going to be pulling off. Shots there. Let's go. Maybe. I've taken a few days off, so I've got to get us some shots. I mean, dude, if you can get that shot,

you're going to be on guardable. That's the hope. That's the hope, because you can get a little Hezzy, go by them, and then do the dunk. Right? Hit a few shots, and you're good. That's why Hezzy got such a score. He could do both.

Hezzy is one of the most fun guys I've ever played with, dude. I love playing with Hezzy is one of the most fun guys I've ever played with dude. I love playing with Hezzy God just because he does things on the court where I'm like how did you do that? Not even how did you do that? How did you come up with them? Do you practice these things? Yeah. I don't understand and I study his game a lot. I study his game, I study bone collector's game, and I try to bring it into the professional world because it's like dude dude, how do you do this shit?

He took off people's headphones, he throws it on the side of the backboard. Like if I try to fake someone and shoot on the side of the backboard, I'd probably miss the side of the backboard. So that's why I ask him, like, do you practice this shit? Yeah, he has to, right? Dude, but is he really just in the lab throwing it off

the side of the backboard? Like, come on, bro, you really think he practices that? I don't know. He's different, man. He definitely practices that slow two-step layup he's been doing. Yeah, that one's crazy. And that's what I love about him, dude. He's so like, all his posts are controversial.

All the comments are, fucking travel, this and that, this and that. I love it, dude. And he's such a villain. Yeah. That travel stuff's a big deal right now on Instagram. One of my favorite players to watch by far. Those MDW basketball videos. That guy.

Yeah, that's a travel, bro. Does he certify, I haven't looked, does he certify that Hezzy God is in fact not traveling? He has. Okay, so it's not a travel. It's not a travel, but it looks like a travel, bro. Where do I look at to like tell people? This is your camera.

Hezzy, you're not traveling, you are the GOAT. If you practice that, you're different, bro. The thing is, refs are gonna call it. You think so? I mean, not the slow two-step, but there's some crazy MDW videos where he'll fucking jump off. Yeah, those ones are ridiculous, bro.

But like, refs, like you need to do better. Come on, like why are you calling this stuff? That just shows me that you've never played the game or you haven't played it enough. Have you ever got into it with a ref? Only time I ever got into it with a ref was when he didn't let me play. Like there was an instance where a team, we came late, my team came late, and he was like, yeah, you're not, you're not playing. I said, why? He said, you're not playing.

I said, okay, well pay, I'll pay you your money to ref this game extra on top of what you already made, even though you didn't ref the game. And I'll pay the other team to play this game. He's like, nope. So I got into it with him, bro. How are you going to stop me from playing? That pissed me off. But other than that, on court, no, I respect the ref's calls. I mean, I get mad, like everyone does.

But I'll never lay a hand on a ref. Fuck no. I'm not a hands thrower. I avoid that. So you'll keep it to the players. I'll keep it, yeah. Exactly. Any beefs with other content creators?

There's been beefs in the past, but not necessarily serious beefs. I mean, I'd like to think we've squashed all of it. I'd say the main ones that come up to my mind are House of Highlights a few years ago. We played in the 1v1, 50k on the line, Creator League, and Cash Nasty. You know Cash Nasty?

We got into it. I wore a shirt that said like, Cash is scared at an event and then like, Cam got robbed, which is Cam Wilder. I didn't think that Cash should have won, so I voiced it with my shirt and I got a police escort, not the good kind of police escort, I got escorted by the police out of the fucking building

because I was wearing that shirt and like everyone wanted me out. So that was a beef that was like really like building up in the House of Highlights tournament and then we played in the championship me and him and he was like shit talking me right at the start and I'm like I didn't say nothing and he kind of was like yo what the fuck why is this guy not talking I won and I told him at the end I stopped everyone I said I respect this guy he's a great player.

And we kind of squashed that beef. But that brings me back, like, I don't really have beefs. It's more just like, I'm being competitive. And if you like it, you like it. If you don't, then you're going to feel some type of way. The other one is Kenny Chow. We had a beef kind of. Honestly, I don't even remember the specifics.

So we're good now. And then K Showtime, my Canadian brother, we've had some weird beefs kind of in the past. Yeah. We're good now. I can't really, I don't know, kind of like, you know, me leaving his team, like those kinds of politics. You were on his five on five team. Yeah. When we first blew up, like I was on his team and we kind of blew up together. We shut down Canada and we brought

it to the States. And I kind of just decided I want to do my own thing while staying with the team. And we just had conflicting interests, maybe not conflicting interests, we were just, you know, we couldn't decide on anything together. So we took our separate ways and, you know, we tried to come back, didn't work,

tried to come back again, didn't work. And now we're brothers. I love that guy. Yeah. It's tough mixing business with friendship sometimes, dude. Huge, bro. I try not to do it anymore. Yeah, everyone says don't do it.

And I like to just try and do it anyways. But it's tough. I've lost some friends because of it. Because you have to have difficult conversations. And those difficult conversations, I mean, if one person is overly confident in their idea and the other person isn't, there's always going to be conflicts.

And then it just ruins the friendship, like you said. Absolutely. Yeah. Damn, so you won 50 to be conflicts and then it just ruins the friendship. Like I said. Absolutely. Yeah. Damn. So you won 50 K in that tournament? Yeah. That's dope.

I like to say, unless you're having fun though, back on that point, unless you're having fun together with it, which is why we blew up in the first place, like we were having fun just playing basketball and then everything else was just fucking exploding. Right. Drake was fucking with us. Like, yeah, bro, it was, it was electric. The entire country was on our backs just because we were on the court having fun hooping. And then the moment we started to take it to business,

like you said, and mixed it, then it was just differing opinions and it made it difficult. When money gets involved, it's always gonna be emotional. Yeah, unless you're winning 50K. Then it's good. Drake hit you up, did you play with him? Bro, oh man, Drake, I'm sorry, bro.

I'm sorry, dog. We're always in a different place at a different time. I was him? I bro. Oh man Drake. I'm sorry, bro. I'm sorry dog We're always in a different place at a different time. I was so pissed on tree. No I should have bro. I was in LA and showtime went to his house to play two on two Yeah, and I was supposed to go with them. They went to a Raptors game together and I was like Flown out that I know I was in LA at the time didn't have the funds to get Back there. I did finally meet him in LA afterwards and just meeting that guy was amazing who he can whoo bro like that guy's Realistically the most genuine Celebrity whatever you want to call him. Yeah, he's he's the man. Wow the most genuine guy I've ever met

Yeah, I didn't like him and the Rosen were going at it. Did you see that? Yeah, bro. Whatever it is, I've talked to this guy personally, Drake. He's done things for me, just the smallest things that he doesn't have to do. I respect him so much. So whenever someone comes at him, like Kendrick Lamar, he's just cringe, bro.

Get the fuck out of here. DeRozan's a weirdo. The shit that Drake did for DeRozan is probably ten times What he did for me and for him to hop in that music video I find there's a fucking betrayal no matter where you're from, bro, like he just I don't know That's my opinion. Yeah, but I'm riding with Drake, bro. That's from for what he's done for me and shit like that I'm always riding. No, I could see that man because he was supporting DeRozan for ten years

He knows shit bro. Like he had DeRozan like he was repping DeRozan. Yeah, you know shit bro. Like he had to Rosen like he was repping to Rosen. Yeah, imagine the shit he's probably done for Dero's and like, I mean tons. And then to hop in a music video where the guy's saying that type of shit is crazy to me. Yeah, Kendrick Lamar or not. We're not fucking. So loyal, loyal. Loyalty is very important for me. But like also, like just not being a weirdo.

I find like Lamar is a weirdo. Kendrick Lamar, you got his lyrics Kendrick Lamar. You got his back. Even his lyrics, bro, like fucking cringe. I love it, bro. You got his back. It's a capper. All this shit's capped. Like the shit he's saying is, we really want to get into this right now? I have some great opinions on this, bro.

Fuck Kendrick Lamar. I will say the public's perception of it was interesting to see. You know why? Why? Because people want to see the goat fall. Yeah, people want the underdog to win. It's just human nature. Exactly. Like when I'm watching random games, I'm like, oh, let me. Yeah, people want the underdog to win. It's just human nature.

Exactly. Like when I'm watching random games, I'm like, oh, let me root for the team that's not favored to win. Exactly. So why wouldn't everyone want to see Drake lose for once? Yeah. Because he hasn't, in my opinion.

I don't think he has. He's been on top for so long. All the beefs he's won, I'd like to say. All the beefs. Meek, he won. I'm actually not educated on the other beefs. I feel like there was one he lost, but I can't think of it. But no, you might be right.

He's won a majority, if not all. He's won a majority, bro. And it's just like his talent is undeniable. He's there. He's the best in the game, in my opinion. And he always has been. I've always looked up to him. And then after meeting him, solidified everything.

That's dope. So yeah, no. He's I'm loyal to Canada. I'm loyal to Drake, for sure. OK. I love him, man. You like Canada or the US? Oh, we'm loyal to Drake for sure. Yeah, I love him man. You like Canada or the US? Oh, we're going to get into that.

Yes sir. I don't like Canada, no I'm not the biggest Canada fan. On a surface level, I don't like the weather in Toronto. It's freezing right? The suburbs, it's fucking freezing. The summers are all, I spent my first summer there last year, it was filled with rain. Why the fuck am I there? You know what I mean?

The food, it is diverse. I do like it. The people are great, but just, you know, the way that country's run on a surface level, because I don't really get into the politics too much. I'm just not a big fan of it. Yeah. No, I heard that from many people.

Nelk Boys have said that. I'm with basically where they stand. Yeah. That's kind of my opinion on Canada. You have to be as a content creator because if you can't be yourself, then why would you support it? That's the problem, bro. And like when my shit's getting censored and it's not being exposed to where it needs to

be exposed to just because why? Why? Because of rules that they're putting in place that I don't agree with? I don't like it, bro. I really don't like it. And again, I'm not educated enough to talk on the specifics as to why that stuff's happening, but like, I'm just not with it. I don't like it.

And I rather be in the United States where it's so much opportunity, even other countries that are growing, like I said, I'm going to Brazil. They want to grow. So I'm there. Canada almost seems like they don't want to grow. And I haven't heard anything for growth there. Entertainment wise, have you?

Nah. Exactly. What show has come out of there? What music has come out of there besides those main big guys that obviously went to the US and are huge in the US? The Weeknd, Drake, Justin Bieber, the other girl artists. I don't know. They all leave Canada. No shit.

Why? Everybody does. Yeah. I think you'll like Greece, man. I do think I like Greece. I mean, I do want it. My goal is to build Canada like Greece, man. I do think I like Greece. I mean, I do want it. My goal is to build Canada up a little bit so I can try to build it up, but I just fear

that they won't allow it to happen. That's my fear. They want control. I want someone who wants to build or I want a country or a place or people who just want to build things. And if you're stopping it from growing, why would I rock with that? Yeah. No, a hundred percent, man.

And Greece is the perfect example, bro. They're growing. Basketball is fucking just going crazy there right now. I'm sure it is with the three brothers, right? Is there three or four? I think there's four. Four of them, jeez. They got, Thanasi, Giannis, Alex and Kosta.

Kosta. Kostas. They're all in the NBA, right? One of them's not, I think the other three have been. That's insane. From what I know, maybe two of them. I think three of them. And they're just going crazy.

And they perform at a high level. Jan is obviously leading the way. I got to meet Alex in Greece. I got to meet Thanasi in Greece. Great people, amazing people. And they're good hoopers, bro. Did they find you from your content? Yeah.

Yeah, he followed me. Alex followed me. I followed Alex. And I was like, yo, he's not going to follow me back followed me. I followed Alex and I was like, yo, like, he's not gonna follow me back. And then he followed me. I'm like, yo, what the fuck, I'm coming to Greece. Let's link up. He did a video with me, Super Down to Earth. He's like, yo, pull up to the crib.

I was leaving that day, so I didn't get to link everybody, but eventually in due time, I'll link with them and hopefully do some stuff in the future. That's fire, dude. That's the power of social media though, right? Bro, social media is life-changing in my opinion, and it's the power of social media though, right? Bro, social media is life-changing in my opinion, and it's the way to go now in total. And anything you want to do,

you have to have some kind of social presence. You need a brand. Social currency. Attention is the money. Yep. I mean, I've gotten so many opportunities, not even funny. You're just an absolute beast, bro. I look up to you so much in what you're doing,

the volume aspect of it, like the consistency and then the volume and quality balance that you're delivering is just unbelievable and that's honestly I see it and it motivates me every day I'm seeing digital social hour pop up right so I'm trying to do the same thing. No that's respected that's how I felt about you when I found you years ago you were posting what like three times a week? Yeah, yeah, I'm actually going up to seven times a day sometimes. Yeah now I've kind of slimmed down to one time a day I'm building it back up. But yeah, it's dude. I saw this pod grow from absolutely zero It's been crazy. So to be here right now on the pod with you is an honor I appreciate that and likewise you've only been on one other show other show. So I know you turned down a ton of opportunities.

Yeah, I appreciate it, bro. You said earlier you follow LaMelo Ball. I do follow LaMelo Ball. I like LaMelo Ball. His journey is kind of what I want to mimic. Not mimic, mirror in a sense, but in my own unique way, just because his is super untraditional. I want like a crazy authentic way for me to the NBA

or wherever I can land going to the NBA, that's my goal. And the way he did it, I mean, he had the ball show, he went crazy at Chino Hills. Uh, he played in like what, maybe it was Lithuania or something. He went crazy. And then he played, I don't know where he played after that. They had their own pro league, the big baller. Yeah, bro.

It's crazy. And now he's in the league killing it. And I always knew he would because number one, he's good. And he used social media and he's just, he's him. He's authentic. Yeah. And that's why I like him. Same with the guy like Anthony Edwards.

Those are the two guys I follow the most. Yeah, Ants, I love his mindset. He's himself. He's himself. Like you can tell, like he has the mindset to play hoops and be very, very good. But he's himself in terms of off court and that's why everyone loves him and on the court.

Like you see the way he's in pre-season defending that one guy, like he was like screaming at him. Like I love that, bro. That's the same energy I would bring. I love it. I respect it. So you don't watch the games though. You just watch highlights.

Yeah, bro. I have a hard time tuning into games just cause my attention span, unless I'm number one going to a game, get invited, or I'm watching a championship game, like the Olympics was super lit. I had to watch that. Anytime when the Raptors won the chip, I was tuned in every game. Every playoff game.

I had to. That's my squad. That was when Kawhi was on there. Yeah, that was the craziest thing I've ever seen for basketball in Canada. Ever since that moment moment it's changed. And that probably, that moment right there is what allowed me and other guys in Canada, like K Showtime to explode.

Really? I'd say so, bro. No one was at the courts, dog. Whoa. I was there before that shit was happening and like it was what, 15 people? Now every court, bro, yes. LA fitness, outside of the courts number

one it's too cold but when it's summer no one's fucking out there they're doing whatever else but now everyone's playing they're playing ball dude I gotta wait an hour sometimes to get in Iran and in Vegas America it's nuts it's America that's why I love America yeah but Canada's getting there bro like that we have NBA talents like think of who's in the league right now that's Canadian there's there's a good starting five right? Jamal Murray, R.J. Barrett, Shah SGA. There's two more because I remember the Canada team.

Andrew Wiggins. Yeah Wiggins. Tyler Ennis was there for a bit. AJ Lawson, some of these guys I grew up playing with. Andrew Nembard for the Pacers. And those are just like smaller names, names they're fucking in the league but the big super even big superstars are they're Canadian nowadays yeah it's amazing to see for the country Lou Lou Dort the okays is he play for okay still

yeah so it's just like it's growing bro that's growing and you played with some of these guys you said yeah I grew up playing with RJ Barrett, Andrew Nembard, and AJ Lawson, who plays for Dallas, I believe, right now. Yeah. Seeing them, it's just so weird. I feel like it was just yesterday. I was on the same court with them. And I'm like, these guys are good. But I think I'm just as good.

And they're in the fucking league. And they're going crazy. It's so inspiring, bro. And I use that as motivation. Yeah. How nasty was RJ? Bro, RJ was disgusting. RJ was like a man among kids when he was young.

He was doing crazy shit. I was always trying to compete with him in the points system. I was trying to get more than him, but he's just a beast, dude. AJ Lawson was an interesting one, and Andrew Nambard, because they really built and worked on their game, fought through everything, and they made it to the league. Um, and seeing them develop was awesome as well.

Dude, it's you're right there. I'd like to think so. People don't understand, dude, they see like the entertainment and what I do, and they don't understand, like I hope for real, you know, I maybe I haven't had the opportunity to like play a D one school or be on the best AU team or play professionally in the best leagues. But I think if I know, matter of fact, if I'm given those opportunities, I can perform at those levels.

I put in enough work to do it. I've seen the opportunities. Where do you get that work ethic from? I'd like to say my dad for sure. I mean, but even before my dad has kind of built into me, you're born with it. Yeah. But you know, my dad's helped, you know push it my host dad who I lived with in North Carolina I see him fucking working every day. You know what I mean? I'd say those two mainly dude two father figures to your dad a hooper to hell

No, if you're watching this you're not good at ball. They're not gonna ball. He's a bodybuilder. He's fucking jacked He's like a life a men's life coach. He's a bodybuilder. He's fucking jacked. He's like a life, a men's life coach. He's super big in that. And he's very athletic, but he's a competitor. So whatever sport it was that I chose, track and field, state champion, he helped me get there. Damn, you were state champ? Yeah, and what was your bet?

What was your bet? 400 meter, 200 meter, 100 meter. Let's go, bro. I ran the 400. What was your time? It was ass compared to you. No, my made up bet was 800. Okay. My 400 was 54. That's not bad. It's not, bro. I ran the 400. What was your time? It was ass compared to you. No, my made event was 800. OK.

My 400 was 54. That's not bad. It's not bad. You probably ran 48, right? I got into 49s when I was like 16 or 17. So I was, yeah, I got like North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Yale, UNCW, Brown. Those were the interests I had to run at.

So that would have been cool. But I'm not trying to be a runner. Yeah, it's not cool. The money's not there. The money's not there, but imagine some shorties come up to you and they're like, oh, what team are you on? You're an athlete?

I see your gear. You're like, yeah, I'm on the track team. When I was a runner, I got no respect because distance gets even less respect than sprinters. Distance is crazy, bro. This, like, imagine it's like, oh, like you're a 100 meter sprinter. Nah, I run distance.

Yeah, that's like the bottom of a totem pole, bro. That's bad. I'd rather be a high jumper than distance. For real, the farther the distance, the least the respect got, bro. That's crazy. Like you look at these marathon runners and like, it's awesome, like I could admire that,

but look at them physically, they're like twigs, it's like. Yeah, bro, I mean like to do what they do is unbelievable, but yeah, no one's trying, I'm not trying to do that. Yeah, no one's gonna hit you up. Shorties are gonna squash you, bro. You get distracted with the ladies? Do I? Yeah. Be honest.

Do I get distracted? No, I've been in long-term relationships for the past six years of my life. Okay. Yeah. But in the past, it was definitely something I had to navigate. I've noticed that building relationships with them is far more valuable than just the short term, you know, satisfaction that you can

get just hanging out with each other and you're benefiting in that way. I find like if you'd build a, and this goes for anyone, a business relationship, a friendship, but obviously if you're asking about the females, like building a relationship with them outside of sex, it's the best thing you can possibly do.

And people often ignore that because it's like, what do you think of it? It's like, oh, boy and a girl. Okay. You know what happens? No, like men and women are the exact same. Like, you know what I mean? That that's what I believe.

And from a business standpoint, I've learned a lot from girls in that aspect, creativity wise, you know, artists wise, all that stuff. I try to learn from them just as much as I would a business owner or something else. Yeah, that's respect. Yeah, I've been in a relationship for seven years. There you go.

And she's helped me a lot, dude. Yeah, dude, they're amazing. In my opinion, it's just the same thing as a friend. If you're not best friends with that lady or whoever your partner is, then it's, what is it? If all you're gaining from is sex, there's nothing. I don't know. Yeah, sex doesn't even rank top two for me.

No, dude, you have to respect them on a massive level. And thankfully, I've met people most of the time. Most girls have helped uplift me in my projects, been excited about them, given me some of the greatest ideas, supported me through that. So yeah. Yeah, they're great for support, especially emotionally.

Cause as men, sometimes we don't know how to control emotions. Yeah, no, we don't. 100%. It's definitely nice to like have someone to come home to and be like, you fucked up, you didn't do what you were supposed to do. And at least they're still there.

Obviously you're still going to work, but the comfort is nice sometimes. Yeah, that's facts. But distractions, sometimes, bro. I used to get distracted a lot. Now I'm more locked in. With what? With girls. But distractions, sometimes, bro. I used to get distracted a lot. Yeah. Now I'm more locked in. With what?

With girls. Oh, with girls. OK. I thought you meant other things. Other things? Drugs, alcohol partying. No, dude. I know how to have fun, but I have a strict schedule.

If XYZ is not getting done, 300 makes a day. That's my Bible. 300 shots a day. Basketball training every day, working out two times a week. I went from five down to two, I've seen more results. Really? Yeah, I've been preaching that.

But if those things aren't getting done, then I'm not going to fucking party. I'm not going to party. Damn. 300 shots a day. 300 makes. 300 makes? 300 makes.

You're Rudy Gobert out here. Or no, that wasn't Rudy, that was Carl Anthony Towns with that shit I think he said he made a thousand days Come on I follow I try to follow Steph when it comes to shooting Yeah, but but like I said like no distraction in terms of parting and going out I do know how to experience things and have fun But if things aren't getting crossed off the list not not happening. I feel that. It's useless. You need that, though, because there's a lot of distractions

as you level up. Yeah, I've noticed that. I mean, when I first started to blow up, per se, it was distractions out the wazoo. Everything was just going crazy. I was like, whoa, this, whoa, that, oh my god, that. I was just like, too much. Some people get lost in that.

You can easily, but for me, I've always been disciplined, so I've always been able to somewhat manage it. Got a little bit loose when I was in LA. LA does that to you. Yeah sometimes you know Miami this and that but I like to say I'm locked. Nice. You were in Vegas before was there some beef I heard about? Yeah. What happened? Las Vegas is crazy dude. Last time I was here I was so I went with my friends and Ballas Life was there at the same time coincidentally I was here, I was, so I went with my friends and Ballas Life was there at the same time, coincidentally. I was super tight with Ballas Life. We're going everywhere together with Kenny Dobbs

while he was there. And they were like, you'll pull up to this run, he'll go crazy. I was not, let's just say I was not fit to run in that specific hour. I was having fun in Las Vegas. Okay. I went and I did not perform well at all.

I wouldn't say there was beef, but they were like blocking my shit, getting in my face. They were like, the shit you're doing on the internet, it's not happening here. It's not happening in Las Vegas. Like rubbing my head, dropping me, even getting buckets. It's not fucking happening. And they basically, yeah, they humbled the fuck out of me.

Oh wow. Yeah, so I wouldn't say it was like a beef necessarily, but they definitely like ran the show. So, and that's why I'm here now to get my revenge. Oh, wow. Yeah. So I wouldn't say it was like a beef necessarily, but they definitely ran the show. So that's why I'm here now to get my revenge. Are they coming back tonight? Everyone's coming back. Oh, shit. I've promoted the shit out of it because I just want to like,

number one, I want good hoops. And here is the only place I have never done it and had any highlights, any success. OK. So that's why partly I'm here. Obviously, it's Vegas. I'm going to have fun. The main reason why I'm here is to do the pod with you, but I was like why not like you connected me with bald

Oh, yeah, it's like hell. Yeah, let's do that. Yeah a little revenge tour. It starts now. We got Vegas I'm gonna hit LA for four days and then we're going to Brazil. Let's go. Yeah, what are you doing in LA? Same kind of shit dude. I'm gonna go collab. I'll do has you god. I'm gonna do a devil lab has you god There's a platform off the dribble. It's kind of think I've heard of them. It's kind of like Next Chapter with Frigga. They're doing a one-on-one kind of thing. So I'll be playing in that most likely. Honestly, bro, yes, it's content. It's mainly just to make videos, show people what I'm up to,

have fun with doing it, and prepare for a professional career. Let's go. I have to play the best of the best. I'm done playing scrubs. I mean,, and prepare for a professional career. Let's go. I have to play the best of the best. I'm done playing scrubs. I mean, a lot of people I play aren't scrubs, but if you see the videos, sometimes they are scrubs.

So I have to start locking in. I told them, best people, come to Vegas today. Atlas, we're there. Let's go. It's going to be badass. Yeah, I like Devon the Lab's new content, the one-on-one series. Yeah, Devon the Lab is like the OG genius. Anything he says, you should follow, in my opinion.

That guy's been here forever, if you think about it. I've been following him since I was like, what, 12, 13, maybe? So just being able to just go to his gym now, it's so cool. Nuts. Have you trained with him before? Yeah, I have. I've done a little training session. I did some King of the Court 1v1s with him,

Hezzy, and a few other guys. Who won? I don't know, bro. I don't know what the King of the Court happened. I think it was a mixture of me winning, Hezzy winning. It was just like, it wasn't ones. It was just like, yeah, King of the Court. Yeah, yeah.

So it was kind of just poofs. Whoever's hot that day. Yeah, and I didn't really have that edge to win when I was here. Like, I was just doing content and enjoying it. But now it's like, whenever I step on the court, I have to win or at least compete as best I can to train for the ultimate goal.

So you got a different mindset now. 100%, dude, 100%. Because there is a max goal I want to achieve and going there, I'm gonna make it the most exciting thing as like 360 dunks, dunking on people, windmill dunks on people, dropping people, fixing my shot, like defending the shit out of people, everything I can possibly do to get to that main goal.

I love it. Have you always had that nasty vertical leap? No, I built it myself. I built it, yeah, dude. I was like, what, 15, 16, 17, like going up for dunks, not making anything. I trained, I built a program, which I have, Airvert, which we've helped thousands of people now start dunking.

I did that, started dunking. But even after I started dunking from the program, like not in game, I would go in games that I'd missed dunks. You know how embarrassing that is, dude? Fast break dunk, game on the line, and I missed it. So then it's like a technique thing. So I've mastered the technique, I mastered the workouts that go into it.

And that's pretty much how I built it. Self-respect. Yeah, 6'2". That's not common for people to dunk at the height. There's some, yeah, no, it's not. With social media, you see everyone dunking at that height now. But there's a select few that can do it.

And they either work for it or it's genetics. For me, it's not genetics. Have you measured your vert? No, I mean, a long time ago I did. But I couldn't give you an exact answer. I want to say it's in the 45 plus. For sure it's in the 45 plus, whether it's 48 or 49, 46, I don't know, but somewhere there.

That's still insane. It's pretty good, bro. It's pretty good. If I can windmill 360 windmill, East Bay, 360 through the legs, everything, I'm there. Yeah, that's filthy. So you're just work ethic, because you were running 49 second 400s. 49 seconds at like 16 maybe. Yeah, that's filthy. So you're just work ethic because you were running 49 second, 400s.

49 seconds at like 16 maybe. And was that genetic or work ethic? That was the same training program that I was on. Oh really? Like my dad's a bodybuilder, right? So, and he was a sports coach. So he knows how to train these people. And I basically learned everything from him.

Wow. He, you know, implemented this blueprint since a young age. Um, I followed it. Jumping wasn't necessarily a part of it, so we had to modify it, but the sprinting was there, bro. Always been fast because of that. I started training when I was like 10, dog.

Holy crap. Yeah, dude. They say that stunts your growth, bro. No, he did stuff that wasn't with weights and stuff like that. As long as we weren't crushing our spine with squats, then I'd say it was chill. But I saw this guy as a bodybuilder at like 40 years old.

I'm like, I want to be like that. I don't want to be like other fat dads. Like, I don't know. I respect my daddy's jacks. So teach me what you're doing. And then I implemented it. I love it. Your kids are going to be animals.

Yeah, I got to find the right girl to give me those, connect those genes. Yeah, they do that in China. That's how they make Yao Ming. Bro. We got to manufacture these. My kids in China. That's how they make Yao Ming. Bro, bro. We gotta manufacture these. My kids need to do it. That's not far away, dude.

You can actually edit genes these days. So I'd like to get a six, seven shooter, basketball player, can dunk, great IQ. That's kind of what I'm thinking. So I gotta find the right girl for it. You need all that these days to make the league. Yeah, I want my kid to go league. I want it to be, yeah, that'd be good.

Like before you could just be a freak athlete like Nate Robinson to make the league. Yeah, I want my kid to go league. Yeah. I want it to be, yeah, that'd be good. Like before you could just be a freak athlete, like Nate Robinson, to make the league. Or I can get like, or I can just go league myself and then just like get my kid in the league through that. Ooh, like some LeBron shit? I mean, I didn't say anything. I'm rooting for Bronny though, to be honest. I want him to succeed.

Hell yeah, dude. I'd like the fact that you saw him get on the court when he first checked in and when he made his first bucket, like imagine how LeBron feels. That's probably like the craziest feeling as a dad and what he's accomplished, unbelievable. So I am rooting for him and I would love to be in his position. You know, after our talk already,

like all odds stacked against you, chip on your shoulder. I would love to be him right now and I really am wishing the best for him. Absolutely. Does that hate ever get to you because you get. And I really am wishing the best for him. Absolutely. Does that hate ever get to you? Cause you get them on every video, right? I love it, bro. Like I said, you said it polarizing.

You either love me or you hate me. And choose one side and stick with it. And if you want to change, I'm here to welcome you with open arms, bro. If you want to join the discord, I do weekly calls with people. A lot of my clients for Aerovert have become friends of mine. So I'm a really nice guy off the court, bro. I really just like, I love building relationships with people, learning

about people, learning about their culture, where they came from, their story. Um, so if you're a hater watching this right now, try to like rock with me for a little bit and understand my story and then we can, we can go from there. That's dope. I didn't know you had a discord. Yeah, I have a discord. We have 12,000 something members. It's not bad. That's for the Aerovert stuff? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's dope. I didn't know you had a Discord. Yeah, I have a Discord. We have 12,000-something members. Holy crap.

It's not bad. That's for the Airvert stuff? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Damn. For our program. Well done, dude. It's good, dude. Yeah, it's fun.

You probably help people dunk, then. I've helped thousands of people dunk worldwide. Yeah, we've probably almost hit every country now. Let's go. Yeah. Pretty cool. Yeah, there's a lot of countries that are emerging right now. Yeah, hell yeah.

I know some of the talent we see, like some of these kids, it's so cool. They just message you randomly from like burner accounts. And then like they'll send you a video and they're like a 6'6 prospect. I'm like, yo, you're tough. Like you should play somewhere. You know what I mean?

And they're dunking and shit like that in a few weeks from the program. So it's legit. I love it, man. Well, shit, where can people keep up with you, find you, and you know, learn from you? Me? Message me, bro.

I'm like, like I said, I'm an open book. If you want to DM me, you can DM me. If you're talking about airing me out, probably won't answer you. Probably won't. But if you want to message me, you can message me there. You can message me on Team Airvert on Instagram. And yeah, I answer all my DMs.

We have a 24 seven DM service on Airvert. So we're just answering people all the time. Let's go. Well, I'll see you tonight, man. It's gonna be fun. Bro, we gotta go crazy. We gotta stop. It was a pleasure. Thank you for having me. Stay tuned for Highlights, guys.

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