Million Dollaz Worth Of Game - MILLION DOLLAZ WORTH OF GAME EPISODE 192: FEATURING KEVIN HART

Episode Date: November 7, 2022

FEAT KEVIN HART One of the most inspirational, influential, successful people out of Philadelphia. Living proof that anything is possible and a good sense of humor will take you far in life. But don'...t mistake the jokes for anything other than Kevin's way of breaking in. After selling out the biggest stages, he's starred in the biggest movies and continues to prove that boys like Kev can dream big. Legendary worth of game. A word from our presenting sponsors 🥁 🍸 New Amsterdam Vodka is the Official Vodka of Barstool Sports 🎧 SiriusXM App: Subscribe now and get your first 3 months for free on the Sirius XM App, visit https://barstool.link/SXMMDWOG to sign up. Offer Details apply 🍹 Owen's Mixers: Just Add Owen’s Mixers to create a great party cocktail. Easy to make, Easy to buy. Go to https://barstool.link/OwensMixersBSS, Amazon or GoPuff 🎶 Too Lost: Take control of your music at https://too.fm/barstoolYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/mworthofgame

Transcript
Discussion (0)
Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, million dollars worth of game listeners. You can find every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen, ad free on Amazon Music. Right. Jesus. It was in Hollywood. They was part-in. It was a lot of shit going on.
Starting point is 00:00:16 You know, the story behind the song, though, right? Break it down. Like him, Rick James. Rick James producing a song for him. The reason why they produce a song for him. And he's saying, I can drop a song. I can be successful if I chose to be a singer. It was like a whole bunch of shit talk into that moment.
Starting point is 00:00:32 Eddie went and did it. Song became a hit. My fuckers just say they can do what they put their minds. You know what? I don't think you can make a song. Let's go in the studio. I already had two songs. What are you talking about?
Starting point is 00:00:40 Oh, damn. See, but back then, them, the drugs, them niggas was on back then. See, it all started. They was kicking. And then Eddie was like, I could do this shit. And Rick was on the drugs. We can't put the drug on.
Starting point is 00:00:54 Rick was fucking with the drug. But any nigga that hung with Rick? Shit. I don't know. I mean, you can say, Gil, Gil, go a lot of people. I know a lot of people to fuck. I'm going to straight up.
Starting point is 00:01:03 Gil, when you was, listen, when you were smoking dust blunts and coke blunts, I didn't smoke, I was watching. No, you wanted to, do you want to test it, though, but you was too young. No, I caught a couple contacts, but you were smoking. And I don't want to throw the interview you off, but let's just back up to what the exact definition of a dust blunt and the coke blend is.
Starting point is 00:01:17 A cold was him. He was smoking a rambo. A ramble would make you ram. Give me a favor. This is go back one more time. So a rambo is what? A rambo is crack cocaine. It's cooked.
Starting point is 00:01:26 is powder cocaine is weed and his PCP and after he smoked that he'd strip out when a fight get tough it was called
Starting point is 00:01:36 the Rambo first of all everybody know that was roly that would be no that was you don't put it
Starting point is 00:01:41 that was rolling that was you that was you what part of life was you at when you this when he was young he was 19
Starting point is 00:01:47 at the time I was 16 this was when you Ariab days we used to be on Bavere Street and he used to get I remember Gil
Starting point is 00:01:54 Ariavad did do you claim Ariabab Absolutely. Oh, I'm just about to say. I remember stick up Gil in his, in some of his glory. Like, there was a, there was a time where ain't nobody want to be around.
Starting point is 00:02:08 The chain I like one time. Nobody wanted to be around him. Yeah, yeah. That's the time of, I don't know. That nigga they're going to get it. You're going to catch one being in this. No, you're hyping this nigga. No, he died.
Starting point is 00:02:18 There it is. The association of Gil was like, no, man, that motherfucker. He got a lot going on. He got a lot going on. You don't want to be. be in that a motherfucker vicinity. If they come back.
Starting point is 00:02:28 Him? Yeah. I was in jail. I can't believe this shit. You know what it was? It was like eventually they're going to get revenge. That's what it was. And don't be around because he's doing dumb shit.
Starting point is 00:02:36 That revenge's coming. Unless you want to take some of that goddamn straight confetti, I'm not going to be around that. I speak to Gillie from the distance. What up, Gil? You ain't shit. You ain't shit. My mom told me she got to, no, sir. You was on some dumb shit.
Starting point is 00:02:54 He was nobody. No, man. That was all hype. I will not come on this show and shit on the legend attached to Gil's name. Can I say this? Can I ask you one question? Yes, sir. This episode, a million dollars worth a game is bought to you by New Amsterdam Vodka.
Starting point is 00:03:09 Now, today, we're going to do a little something different. New Hampshire Dam Vaca is introducing Wildcard. You hear me? Look at that. Eight ounce can. The first canned beverage that New Amsterdam Vaca has ever distributed. It's right here. Wild card.
Starting point is 00:03:28 And it's made with real vodka. We're not playing no games. Okay, there's not no artificial shit going on. No, this is made with real vodka. And there come in three flavors. Original hard lemonade, classic hard punch. And this right here. Lemon hard tea.
Starting point is 00:03:46 Yeah. Look at it. Eight ounces. Look at it. Real vodka. Look at it. Wildcard. When you're out about, wherever you add at your local liquor store,
Starting point is 00:03:56 wherever they sell new Amsterdam Vaca make sure you pick you up some I promise you you will not be disappointed try all three flavors give all three flavors to try to figure out which one you like the best this right here is the lemon R&T I think I'm about to crack this open and see what it's
Starting point is 00:04:12 about right now based on and it's a measurement and I say C minus rapper because a lot of his shows was in losing shoes the blue horizon the stinger Jesus Christ
Starting point is 00:04:25 I know some truth for this So I can't defend you Thank you You was doing shows and lose the truth This is a bar y'all This is a bar that can hold 35 people He was on the grind
Starting point is 00:04:35 Now let's just Let's call it what it was But he was a bar He was on the grind In Philadelphia You can't get out the city Without paying How much of the spots
Starting point is 00:04:44 Where the real ones go to When you talk about losing shoes Right You know he had parties to He knows That was his spot That was his Thank you
Starting point is 00:04:54 Everybody know I ain't line now. Hey, Loser Chuse was definitely... Now, I don't know how many concerts Gil had there, but I know... The bus stop? He did the bus stop. He knows these fucks. He know I'm not lying.
Starting point is 00:05:09 I'll give him... I'll give him no bush. I'll say new market cabaret maybe. Yeah. Back in... In front of the thing is the Lusian Shoes, he said you said you said he was a loser's shoes. He did a show in the parking lot. If Stinger.
Starting point is 00:05:22 At the Stinger, he may have done the Stinger. So what I'm saying is That's on the grind You gotta go through the stinger You can't get to the- It was two years of the game Man, you can't get to the top Come on, Gil
Starting point is 00:05:34 You didn't fucking deal I was in jail I was in jail I was in jail Hold on I was in jail And I need to know this calf Okay
Starting point is 00:05:42 So these nickers This when you was doing your thing You was on your come up And I called home I'm talking to Gil He said man He was with mine
Starting point is 00:05:53 Gil did his mom. Man, she did some crazy shit last night. I said, was it a time that you went to a Gil party and my aunt was on some crazy shit? I got to be honest with you, man. No. No, I've never seen your aunt on crazy shit. I've never seen Gil in a party-like environment through that period. I knew about Gil. I knew about the streets. I knew about major figures. I knew about all successes they were having in that time. But you got to remember, I was the guy in the hood from the hood, but that wasn't acting with the hood. Like, I wasn't allowed to do all the shit. I didn't have all that freedom.
Starting point is 00:06:31 I was a dude with all the extracurricular activities. I was on a swim team. I was fucking going way out to the northeast. I was going out to New York. I was in Virginia. You was on a swim team? I was on a swim team. PDR.
Starting point is 00:06:43 Philadelphia Department of Recreation. That movie called PDR is based off of my swim team. All right. Now, now... He was a bootleg swimmer. I was a call me bootleg if you want. Brother, I'm the real deal. He's a real deal.
Starting point is 00:06:52 He can swim from here to Africa. But I want to say this, Keff. You think my fucking body is like this? By accident? No, because you work out every fucking water.
Starting point is 00:07:00 This is a natural physique. You eat grass and grapes. I have a swimmer's physique. I like that. They refer to a swimmer as when I say us and talk about me and Michael Phillips. They talk about us. How the fuck that's like that.
Starting point is 00:07:13 Hey, listen. Now, listen, I want to a real question, though. You say it's something that's very important and I think a lot of people hear this. A lot of young people hear this. You see it. You had real activities in your life because you had a parent that, you know,
Starting point is 00:07:27 not saying that to nobody else's parent, that focused on making sure that you was busy and you was active. How important was that? And, you know, because a lot of parents are going to hear this to the success of you today. It was, that was extremely important. Yes. I mean, you're in the inner city. So in any environment, hood, no hood, kids without activities have nothing but time on their hand. When you got that time on your hand, that's when you get, you know, that's when you get stupid.
Starting point is 00:07:52 That's when you do dumb shit. Right? Okay, I like that. That's what you get to that part. You just be running around. Well, that's what you just, you don't have nothing to do so you're creating shit to do. You read me to show. Let's play knock a nigga in the head today.
Starting point is 00:08:04 Let's rob somebody. Yeah, let's, today look like a good day to take somebody sneaks, right? Like this. Yeah. You start doing that type of shit. You know, I was, what do they call it? I was being constructive with my time. And my mom made sure that I didn't have any free hours.
Starting point is 00:08:20 So from 8 a.m. in school to 7 p.m. at night or 8 p.m. at night, I had shit to do. I didn't have, I didn't have the world of freedom to go out. Hang on, I wasn't on a stoop. By the way, not that I didn't want to be on a stoop, because I did. I wanted to be out there. I wanted to be out there. I wanted to sit out there and talk shit with my friends and, you know, do it was deemed to be cool. You had dreams of hanging with us on the corner of Barry F. Absolutely. I'm not even going to sit up here and fake as if I didn't, because my brother was a part of that. My brother was the real deal from our household.
Starting point is 00:08:57 He had those stamps. So my credibility came from the credit that he got, and that's for my pass is to walk around and be free and cool and nobody fuck with me came from. So those badges were earned. They weren't given, but I didn't have to do the shit that he did. And he made all of them mistakes. So my mom was like, I'm not going to let you do the shit that I let him do.
Starting point is 00:09:16 He didn't have the curfew. He roamed and did what the fuck he went. My brother was in our jail, sold drugs. You know, went to the Army, out of the Army. He was that child. So with me, they didn't give me the free range. So swim team, basketball team. I mean, you talk about doing school programs in the summertime,
Starting point is 00:09:37 furthering your education, all of that shit. I didn't have a choice. So the stricter side of life is what was presented. And I'm glad. Like, you don't reap the benefits to that until you get older. And you're like, okay, what do they do? What did all that shit do for me? I'm consistent because of it.
Starting point is 00:09:52 I don't do anything halfway and the idea the idea of not being mentally occupied is frowned upon to me like that's that's the worst that's the worst shit ever to not to not have something to do or to not have a goal or something that I'm working towards I don't I don't understand what life what life would be but that's him better than me so it definitely towards you discipline absolutely absolutely and and and And, you know, when you start to see those that made it and those that didn't, I don't fault anybody in their choices, but you see what, you see the circumstances that came from my environment, right? And, you know, not a lot of them end up being positive. It was, it's a one-ray road. And that, that road either ends to death of jail and we lost a lot of people from here, yeah. A lot of fucking people, a lot of, a lot of people that I really knew.
Starting point is 00:10:52 No, in jail or dead came from my fucking My space of comfort Where I lived Where I operated on the day-to-day From the goddamn apartment To the bus stop to school From seeing the people
Starting point is 00:11:09 What up? Hey, what's going on speaking? Book bag and hand, kid in hand And you slowly stop seeing people And the stories never change It was Such and such got shot Yeah, it was all the same
Starting point is 00:11:20 Got locked up Let me ask you this They got indicted. Yeah, all the same. This episode of million dollars worth a game is brought to you by Sirius XM. Now, both the Pearl Jam and now the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert are at the Apollo, and they are now live on the Sirius XM app. If you like good music, you can't miss these shows.
Starting point is 00:11:41 The kicker, you can sign up to listen to the shows on Sirius XM app and get your first three months free. First three months for free. enjoy ad free music channels for every genre artist dedicated channels stay informed with world class news from every angle and hear from the brightest stars in entertainment and with original talk and exclusive comedy on serious xm app i promise you you will not be disappointed download the serious xm app and subscribe at serious xm.com backslash million dollar offer to sign up offer details applied to get your first three months for free that's serious.com backslash million dollar offer to sign up go sign up right right coming from you know not coming from
Starting point is 00:12:37 New York L.A certain places coming from Philly how hard was that grind to get to where you is today I'm talking about the ground level thing when you was just I don't think there's a better I don't think there's a better environment to grind from yes I don't think there's a better when you when you compare philadelphia to other places it's tough because the support that the city gives to you only comes after you have proven yourself yes it is not it is not automatic it is not because you from the city because you get on the stage because you think you got talent we're supposed to back in support it's earned and with comedy you know in the
Starting point is 00:13:19 city that shit was tough like that's like you're you're you're performing in front of the people whose idea of laughing in the beginning is laughing at your demise our idea of laughing isn't laughing at you being funny it's in hopes of you going up not being funny because that's what we find the funny like you right i was in the i was in the environment where the niggas was showing up right the amateur nights where you just got 15 niggas and they sitting out there and they come for the boo they come for the for the ignorance um so you you build you build a you build a nice a nice world of fuck it it's gonna be what it's gonna be and if this one i'm gonna do then i'm gonna do it and then the confidence grew as you start making them laugh if i'm making y'all laugh
Starting point is 00:14:08 because you're all vicious if i'm making y'all laugh right i'm gonna be okay if i'm starting to turn the tables and this this room is starting to turn over these people are starting to turn over my confidence is starting to get better and when you start to get people show up I remember amateur nights when people used to show up and oh we hope Little Kev the bastard is coming to perform
Starting point is 00:14:28 oh we hope that guy's coming back I started to get a little a little bravado about me and then the comics I can shout out to the Philly comics man I can go down from Turee Gordon Buckwild Big J. Ocerson at the time
Starting point is 00:14:44 you know Tommy Too Smooth I can go Keith Robinson I can go Of course my guys Spankhorn Naimeland But back then Denny Lov
Starting point is 00:14:59 I gotta go I gotta go D Lee I gotta go Like there was this There was this There was this room Of funny And this room was deemed
Starting point is 00:15:12 Philly funny Like you know The people that were I gotta go B flat The comedians, men, women that were in this room that were part of this environment, they were the shit. And let me ask you the question. When you was back in that environment, at that time, was it looking like you was going to be the one that go? No.
Starting point is 00:15:44 And here's why, because you don't know. what that means. You're not associating stardom with the craft in the beginning. The stardom is being amongst the peers that are doing it. The stardom is being able to get on stage time.
Starting point is 00:16:03 The stardom is the city going that's my idea of stardom. That's my idea of making it at that moment. So every tier that presented itself became the next idea of what was stardom. Right. You don't see this level until the level presents itself.
Starting point is 00:16:21 You're like, oh, shit. And you look back and you go, goddamn, I came. I was all the way back there and I'm now. Right. So the idea of movies, the idea of touring arenas, that was not, that was not the idea. That was not what I was doing for. I was doing it because I was like, this is what I want to do, man. And Eddie Murphy, the coolest motherfucker live.
Starting point is 00:16:42 Damn, man, if I could only, I just want to get on stage. I want to feel that. I want to get that love. How do I get that love? um that that was the goal so philly philly put me in a position to not to not care about the doubt right right like you you once i started to make a little teeny bit of money doing comedy in philly well then i felt like i can i can make it all over the world yeah i can go and do it and then the transition was to new york but it started in philadelphia right philadelphia to this day is a place
Starting point is 00:17:17 where people do fucking there's like a little hesitation of god damn man I don't feel like dealing with these people right oh fuck go to Philly god damn and I hope these crowds because I know they be rough yeah there's always a little inklet of in coming to Philly
Starting point is 00:17:33 so you can't you can't rock my world of confidence because of my upbringing my environment and what I was true to especially in a place of comedy and those comedians I can say those comedians in the beginning that I developed around
Starting point is 00:17:49 you know they got a lot to do with it right those attitudes those personas that environment is necessary as needed you become a product of it so you're feeding off of that thing that you're around so that was my environment the laugh house comedy club the new market cabaret
Starting point is 00:18:04 um oh my god lakeys you talk about rooms you talk about him performing you fucking around I was in those spots like 35 people who type of no no less I was in the crab shacks
Starting point is 00:18:19 he was rapping at well I wouldn't follow him bro my rise was wasn't 10 of the joints my shit was renting out the motherfucking skating rins with 3,000 kids there you know like spank over the shit and say I don't know what you just said losing shoes you was doing
Starting point is 00:18:34 you was doing karaoke night up to prison man you know what I mean you was also it really is tough while that you're trying to throw all this amazing like these uh I don't know you're trying to come with these zingers but you was in Yeah, I did, I was. Yeah, I know.
Starting point is 00:18:49 It's got a lot to do there. Right. No, I was doing it. I had like three jobs. You was in Christmas Carols with your motherfucking Sally on the 24th. Just nuts, roasting on an open fire and all the little dumb and shit. We was out here really. I was getting the bag.
Starting point is 00:19:03 See, every Christmas time. You was getting a bag. You wasn't getting no bag. No, I'm not talking about that bag. It's a quarter. It's a bag that they give you. They give everybody a bag with all these little different snacks in there the night before in jail. No, that was the night.
Starting point is 00:19:15 That was the day you wasn't Muslim, huh? No, everybody, a lot of dudes are not Muslim on that day. They take the back. What do you mean? I'm not saying they're not Muslim, but they take the back. Spake, you bought a wow. I mean, wow. The skating ring.
Starting point is 00:19:28 Yeah. Dances, all that. I mean, that's, you're talking about. That was in days, man. You're talking about a different time, man. Remember, you was one of them niggas fuck the floor up at dances. Oh, my God. Was he?
Starting point is 00:19:37 He was DM. Dancing machine. Left out that bitch with the wetest pair of jeans you've ever seen. That was my Joe, too. I used to always do you all. So, both of you all for you all. don't leave it, no buzz. Don't get no ass.
Starting point is 00:19:49 That's cool. Could you see Kevin at burn, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. I would tell you, I will tell you confidently. I left out that bitch. I left out that bitch. And the same car that I came in by myself, danced out. So we got to be like, you see a little man over there.
Starting point is 00:20:05 Bam, bim, bam, bam, bam, bam. He was teared it up. By myself. Rock on. Yeah. By yourself, doing that shit right in. Same dance. The same dance for three hours.
Starting point is 00:20:15 That was a dance. And it was not. It was a daze, baby. Nothing was a day. The highest club. You never got no pussy. It was a different time. You didn't get no action, man.
Starting point is 00:20:25 He know what I'm talking. You was he in the zone. Well, don't throw me in the no pussy thing. Don't throw me. No, but you threw me in the zone. You threw me in there like you was with me. No, I'm just saying. You know the zone.
Starting point is 00:20:35 I know. Like, y'all didn't go there, but warm my motherfucker up all night that they left and what to a home to another nigga. I'm on my way there. Y'all all in there with that dumb shit. Where did they mine? The boy. La, la, la, where did their mind?
Starting point is 00:20:47 Mac Daddy Mac Daddy Mac Daddy That was a shit Good shot Hey Good good Good shot
Starting point is 00:20:55 Hey Come on man You just can't dance That's the difference No that's cool I was DM I was dead That's why you're not
Starting point is 00:21:03 That's why he was mad They just called me happy Feedback in the day Y'all would have been The MPBs back in the day No pussy boys If you were the guy You went to dances
Starting point is 00:21:12 You went to dances To dance The women used to rave over the guys that wasn't afraid to jump in that middle because they make the circle and it's all about getting in the middle See, let me just tell you some
Starting point is 00:21:24 It's all about getting in the middle Y'all niggas I got in the middle I got in the middle of some ass I want the dances To leave with some action Yeah Yeah
Starting point is 00:21:35 I ain't going to dance Yeah we had two different focus points You know what you're like 40 and shit I'm 43 Yeah We used to be doing so It'll be like this Wilder go warm them bitches up for me
Starting point is 00:21:46 He over there way, didn't respect the culture of what dances was. That's what dance is dancing. You're going at a dance. Not be the freaky dude in the corner looking with the eyes and waiting for a girl to look like she's just bored. And you come here. We don't need to be here. That's me. Why are we here?
Starting point is 00:22:06 Why are you doing? Yeah, no, we came to dance, man. That's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. Shots out the dances from back in the day. Shout out to Bobby Dance. Bring him back. Bobby Dance.
Starting point is 00:22:16 God damn. That's a legend. Shots out to Bobby Dance, you know what I mean? Philadelphia history right there. See, this is the stuff that y'all need to bring up and educate people.
Starting point is 00:22:25 Dances was a Philadelphia historic place back in the day. Night on Broadway. Historic place back in the day. The parking out of stingers where you performed that. Losing shoes. Let me tell you a story about dances. Me and him,
Starting point is 00:22:40 we go on a stick up. Oh, Jesus. Right? Listen, we rob a nigger for us. some things and one of the things was his chain he wanted to keep the chain all right go ahead keep the chain we go to dances a week later he had the chain for a week I go into a store when I come out the store a old head in a trench coat with a rusty 38 with tape on the handle robbed the shit out of him for the chain for the same chain that you robbed no but let me just
Starting point is 00:23:13 explain some of you he was he when I tell you he was flustered, he was going to kill me. Listen, listen, listen. Listen, listen, listen. There's a difference when an old head walk up on you with a gun and he got tape on the butt of the gun. He means business. This is his area
Starting point is 00:23:32 of concentration. And he said young boy don't play with me, man. I'm like, I've been waiting for you to come and get this change. I was holding it for you. Where you been at old head? Why was you? You need a sandwich Take this too
Starting point is 00:23:49 You say I've been waiting for you You said you let it happen What? You let it happen I remember I got Man my mom got robbed You and your mom
Starting point is 00:23:57 Me and my mom got robbed Damn You got a crazy part Coming from the laundry map We had a Bunch of a bunch of Wait right there Right there off
Starting point is 00:24:04 Oh man Yes Nick listen you go up You make that right If you go up here You make it right You got you Go to the El Doradoes
Starting point is 00:24:13 Listen You're in the laundry mat Matry mat right there We have the shopping card i'm talking folded clothes right my mom got the card i got my book bag i used to go to the laundromat do the homework my mom used to carry this little fanny pack orange fanny pack dude came out he said get that shit up bitch and my mom was like no what what's swear to god black women back then was different they were different listen swear to god hand on the bible my mom said no he said he said
Starting point is 00:24:42 you think i'm fucking playing with you get that shit up my mom was like it's nothing in it No, and I'm just standing there, I'm looking. You know, I don't even know what to do. I'm shocked that I'm looking at a gun. He snatched it off. He'd go through it. My mom had a bunch of tokens in there, right? God, get mad.
Starting point is 00:24:58 He thought it at my mom, broke bitch. Call my mom a broke bitch. Through the fanny back at her. She said, I told you it was nothing in it. Picked it back up. Come on, Kevin, and act like nothing ain't happened. I was like... The black woman was different, though.
Starting point is 00:25:16 died in my mind it was going down laundromat and then she made me push the cart the rest of the way I never walked up that street again for the rest of my life I took the longest way to get the laundromat what once was a five minute walk took me 30 minutes I would
Starting point is 00:25:32 I went Brois Street all across Broad Street I stayed in the public eye I said I ain't going down that street I know I know what happened down there Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:25:46 I did not walk down that street for at least a good 10 to 15 years. But you know what's so crazy? That's Carlisle Street, right? That's a dangerous plot. Oh, my God. You know how many people got robbed coming from out of Studio 37? Yes. Going to their cars or that block?
Starting point is 00:26:03 When that's a dangerous block, man. Death trap. Got us. They got one of the Ariavs on. God, he called my mom a broke bitch. I never forget it. Through the fanny pack back at her. Let me ask you a question, though.
Starting point is 00:26:13 You looked at your mom a little different, though. Then you said my mom. of fucking gangsta. Well, that's what you realize. You don't even, there's not even the idea of gangster, no gangst, there's like, there's the level of
Starting point is 00:26:25 give a fuck and don't give a fuck. It's that simple. It's like, do you give a fuck or do you not give a fuck? My mom's like, I don't give, I ain't got time for this mess. Like, she was, she was so okay with the environment of what she sees on the day to day, that had no relevancy. It didn't matter.
Starting point is 00:26:42 We didn't talk about it. It wasn't something that she called, everybody. Oh, my God and got there and had to follow free. She didn't say nothing else about it. Picked up the Fanny back, told me he pushed the car. We went home. That's what Airy Ave was. Fucked him up for life, man. No, no, I didn't go down that block.
Starting point is 00:26:55 Until this day, I'm not walking down car. He's smart. Until this day, you tell me he going on there right now. I'm going to say, you go first. When they put the mural, when they put the mural on the next side of Maxis, you was that close to Carl out. Well, I was also in the car. He was a black away.
Starting point is 00:27:08 He was right there. He was also in the car. This nigga watched his mural from the car. That's nice. Hey! Pull out. There it is. I got mistake.
Starting point is 00:27:14 Hurry up. Go, go, go, go. There it is. Kev, get out. Walk on it. I'm not going on that block. I'm not going on that block right there. I don't know he out there.
Starting point is 00:27:23 I got, I say, that was my big, that was a big incident. And one time me and my boy Adam, no, no, it was me and Rashid. We got into it with these, with these guys. These guys from Susquehanna and Dolphin. And we got into it. and they showed up in North Philly one day when we was like, you know, we was just chilling. We was a Chinese store.
Starting point is 00:27:49 We got some wings and we walked and they showed up. It was like three, four of them. And I remember we got jump. They whipped our ass out there. That was the only two incidents that I had. Change your life. No, we went back up to Susquehanna, Dolphin. What?
Starting point is 00:28:02 Yeah, but I didn't do the work, though, but they did. Did you say, get him? No, no. I acted like I was in the car and I was about the business. Yeah, no, y'all already know what it did when we get here. they were so fast they got the car so fast damn i was getting out what did you tell them
Starting point is 00:28:19 you know you got all the mannerisms like you're about to do something hey who that was gil back in the day oh nigger grab me out of you get it are we done all right we done this in the car too too that was fast we got them good kev you get yours back no I didn't touch anybody
Starting point is 00:28:36 I'll tell you that was his brother worked them niggas out they did well no no my buddy was the real deal Shout out the 40 Gs, man. A legend. Life, life is a, he like you now. Like, the older you get them, y'all motherfuckers, y'all,
Starting point is 00:28:48 there's a turn that y'all made. Y'all was like, fuck being cool. And y'all's like, y'all turning to this like, another ass nigga. Like, these older weird men.
Starting point is 00:28:56 Like, y'all got this man. You remember like, he was, because Gil was shit. I know Gil was a shit. Wait, well, you're old-goo-ass name.
Starting point is 00:29:03 I'm still a shit. Now, Gil's sweatpants fit weird. They're like, they like weird at times. He got a coach hoodie on? Yeah, he's like, kill they're here, an assistant coach for all these different programs.
Starting point is 00:29:14 Listen, see, this is the thing, right? When you get a little older, you don't give a fuck about nothing, but the money and the family and your health. And so when you hang with this nut-ass dig every day, I'm not getting dressed to hang with this. No, no, no, no, you don't care anymore. You choose comfort over quality.
Starting point is 00:29:32 You're at that point. That's my brother. Just because you want to come in with this tight fit and Advocisie sweatsuit on for 13,000 for no fucking reason. I still care about. I still care about the way I look And this expensive ass watch Listen, you're at a point
Starting point is 00:29:46 Nick, that's a song Get off my life You still got an area Yeah, that's what I said You know what As a matter of fact Spank put this in the bag Yeah
Starting point is 00:29:53 Hold that Spank Spank put it in the bag Leave now All right Let's go Just leave now Don't worry about it I know where we still
Starting point is 00:30:00 If he'd do anything I'll take the place report I know what we ask Bank No what watch is that I'm not I'm not getting into these conversations No I'm just like that
Starting point is 00:30:07 No it's a great watch man If I told you you It's cool Tomics. It's just a nice watch. It's a beautiful watchman. You know, I'm a watch head. That's my thing. Oh, you are? I'm a watch fucking hit. I'm going to watch it. It's not your goddamn business. He will rob you. Like, let him. He's not your goddamn business. He's still
Starting point is 00:30:23 in Ariav time. One moment, he's going to do a sticker. But that's what I mean? I haven't lost that. You're going to put it. Yeah. You see, I'm like, what did you ran up on you and your mom? Fuck is your problem. That's what you. He was bitching. He ran up on his his mom. Get that put. But he was like, just give it up, mom. He was supposed to be. What are you doing, Mom? What are you doing, Mom?
Starting point is 00:30:41 Kev, Kev, he really knew it wasn't nothing in there. He's like, it's nothing in there, Mom. Kev, you're better. Just giving him a fucking tokens. You're a better man than me, Keff. Yeah. Prime example, how that wouldn't have happened. Dude would have come up.
Starting point is 00:31:01 Shut up, bitch. Give me that gun. I'd have been like, you're right now. Mine would have been, she had her head or that. I'd have thought that would have happened when she got home. I would have found, I'm running. Fuck it, Mom.
Starting point is 00:31:12 We both have got to go, Mom. I love you, but. That's what I was, y'all partners. Like, what? Because he would tell, or I would tell. It would even wait. Somebody got caught. No, we both told him on the cell.
Starting point is 00:31:22 Back in, you remember the time when we robbed the, you know. See, I'm not always been an athlete. He always told him. He told us what he did the time. So he always got caught up at 11, he was my partner, and I always went to jail. He did. He never went to jail. He never went to jail.
Starting point is 00:31:36 He never went to jail. He never went to. His last time, he was staying on the ground told him a, cahs come out. Cahs come out They got us I'm like What the fuck are you talking about
Starting point is 00:31:44 How do I always get caught He got us The fuck as you're talking He always told him Yeah I tell I never get locked up No you got I only been locked
Starting point is 00:31:51 The one time In my whole entire Because they didn't take you down Because in the back Of the paddy wagon You got busy Here's my question Gil
Starting point is 00:31:58 But you was like There was a moment Where you were the real deal In ball too Still is No listen He went to a off-brand college No
Starting point is 00:32:06 I get that But there was a moment though We used a real deal and ball in the city too. People associated you with basketball heavy. Yes. So at that point, you still were, you still were torn the line between being a loser.
Starting point is 00:32:20 Being the fucking, the street nigger, stick up. No, you got to understand. Some real shit is that I used to go to college, right? I would be at college. I would come home and do stickups. Me and this nigga would do stickups, and then I would go back up to college.
Starting point is 00:32:37 Like I had an apartment up, Stanton Avenue off of campus as well because I moved out my mom crib at 18 I never been back you feel me so like literally So sleeping on the couch? I would come home If you slept on the couch on the weekends And we would do
Starting point is 00:32:51 Arm robbery And then I would go back up to college That was the plan. That was the move. I mean that's all I That's all we knew. It started off Every Avenue you know how I started off Your brother was out there You start off you 11, you 12
Starting point is 00:33:04 They got the bamboo earrings It's 88 You snatching earrings Wham! Oh you're run the mics might give you 100 being 50 you by time you come back they're already on the XH client on their way to the day you waiting on the next subway
Starting point is 00:33:17 stop to come up they so that's how it started off you know what I mean then as you get old it's like I don't want no fuck a hundred dollar air rings I'm trying to rob this whole dice game yeah and come up quick and you got to understand and robberies that should be some of the fastest shit
Starting point is 00:33:34 like literally is one minute and you got everything like that's why I never hustle growing up. I never understood hustling growing up. I'm like, y'all niggas get a pack. Y'all go stand on a corner. Y'all got to sell that shit. Give him back $100 and y'all keep $25?
Starting point is 00:33:52 No. Get that shit up. Oh, I got everything. So that was my mentality. You feel what I'm saying? I had a fucked up mentality. Yes, he did. One time we robbed an off-duty police officer. And I told him about the time we got to the car,
Starting point is 00:34:07 I don't think it's a good idea. we need to give him his stuff back and he wanted to argue with me and I'm like cuss give it back to him he's a cop you seen this bad this dude this back in the day so the stats are limitation on
Starting point is 00:34:18 I'm like let's just get he's him why are you bitching I'm like I think this is the right thing to do even we're going to do the right thing or I'm going to do the right thing because I'm going to report this I think this needs to be reported I was going to report it
Starting point is 00:34:28 because it was like why I was doing this first of all he wanted to be a loser I'm like yo bro I don't think that was cool first of all first of all let's just keep it real we did not know
Starting point is 00:34:36 that that nigger was a fucking cop The nigger had the fucking watch on that Once we was notified that he was We gave it back We should have gave him back Hold up Hold up wait wait I'm a cop
Starting point is 00:34:46 And I said I don't get fuck what she is You better hug that fucking tree Nick He hugged the tree And I totally I don't think It's a good idea
Starting point is 00:34:54 Yeah Wallo don't sound like a good partner He wasn't he was a bitch Yeah You don't sound like The guy that after you've done He put all the shit in here He said y'all
Starting point is 00:35:04 I think they follow him this guy Why don't that guy Wallo was the dick of that. I'm looking back. We'll be driving the one. Digger dad. He was the digger day. They were,
Starting point is 00:35:12 the cops. Whoa, go, let's go. He was, that's why he was the one that got, they did the most time. Because he was the one
Starting point is 00:35:18 with the conscience. He was the one that whole time. We threw Nogh right on. We in the car. Stolen cop, Glock with C notes in my hand. I'm like,
Starting point is 00:35:27 this is not. I'm like, we should drop that gun off at this police station. I'm waving a gun on. I'm like, he in the back seat like this. I think we fucked up. Like, we're done.
Starting point is 00:35:39 This, we're done. Like, I don't think you know what we did. Shut the fuck up. The same way we are now, that's just how we was back then. Shut the fuck up. It's a bad partner. Yeah, he was a bad partner. That's a bad partner.
Starting point is 00:35:54 This episode of Million dollars' River game is brought to you by Owens Mixers. Just add Owens to kick up your pregame and night with a better tasting cocktail. Owens Mixer is the easiest way to make high quality bar and style cocktail. that will get your right back to the party. Vaca, tequila, or gin over ice, and just add Owens. That's all you got to do is add Owens. Owens Mixing pair perfectly. I'm talking about this right here appears perfectly to create the best American new
Starting point is 00:36:27 vodka cranberry, margarita, transfusion, and more. Visit Owensmixer.com for more cocktails and where to buy nationwide, including clubs, restaurants, and arenas. Just add Owens Mixer to create great party cocktails. Easy to make, easy to buy. Go to Owensmixture.com, Amazon, a gopuff. Owens Mixer. Listen.
Starting point is 00:36:53 Listen, get the party started for Owens Mixer. And it's just like that. Coming up from Philadelphia. I only know that because you know I relate. I was the same, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. He was on my turn. Fucked up part.
Starting point is 00:37:05 Same nigga. That's why I did it by myself. That's what I'm saying. I'm the one that rolled up on the dice games. I'm the one that rolled up on some of them houses. And by the way, when I rolled up, they already knew what it was. I know. You were just saying how?
Starting point is 00:37:17 No, it wasn't a question. Look, if you saw me and you saw the, because I had the mask. I had the mask. Back in the day. When I came on, my move was out the car, mass down, wow, everybody. Get it. Want it. And they was like, oh, come on.
Starting point is 00:37:30 They used to call me, Little Dirty. Little Dirty, don't do it. Don't do it. And I was like, Bob, I'll just shoot them off. Bob, Bob.
Starting point is 00:37:36 Just a couple of shots in the air. That's enough. I knew I wasn't playing. Get the motherfucking bag. And the, them licks was adding up. Then I got caught. I got caught off of the join.
Starting point is 00:37:45 You know the bridge. You know the bridge? I got caught off of the motherfucking bridge. Under the bridge is where I used to hide my shit. I took the bricks out because I had a contractor license as well. So I was real good with my hands. So, I built under the bridge.
Starting point is 00:37:58 I built another fucking wall. That's why I put on my dope. And they found. They fucking found my shit And had me When they got me They was like Where the rest of it
Starting point is 00:38:08 And I was like Nicky in the ground And that's when They bused me But you know The whole thing with that bused is They also knew I was a good kid So they didn't
Starting point is 00:38:19 They didn't hold everything against me Because they said I had a future So I was able to leave that shit behind You told us some niggas Last time Yeah I'm saying Came down to it he told all some niggas Kevin Wallo or Rizzy
Starting point is 00:38:29 Yeah that's cool I'm gonna ask you something important Right They said you was a You had a shitload of cloud homicides. A little dirty. He said, you was a cloud shooting up. I said, you was a cloud shooting up.
Starting point is 00:38:40 Everybody get on a bupah, bupah, but, blah, blah. Now, when success come, Kev, how do you deal with the close proximity entitlement from people that made it came up with you in the game or family members? How do you deal with entitlement when people say, Kev, the hard work you put in, I want a benefit of that or I want you to finance the lifestyle that you don't live for yourself. for me. My circle is very small. Okay. My circle is extremely small. It's not a, there's not a wide variety of individuals and personnel around me.
Starting point is 00:39:15 Like the, through the journey of success, the same people have been there from the beginning to the end. So the sense of entitlement, I'll say that we face or that is rare with its head in our friendship and our group, we've been able to nip it in the bud because of the, of our relationships like we're real friends real brothers right you know the the idea of checking someone or making one understand like when you're out of bounds out of pocket it's not as hard right but i think the expectations are just unrealistic with what people expect you to do because of your success people go you're there and you get in all this so why can't you just easily
Starting point is 00:39:57 bring me on why can't you put me on and while you're trying to get on people expect you to do for them when you're still doing for yourself. Like I'm just now in the position where I can really make the extension of an olive branch and make things happen for other people. Make real career moves
Starting point is 00:40:17 for other people. I'm just now at the point of real control. When you're still a work for hire, you're still a work for hire. But you can't explain that to people that don't have an idea of what that means. Like just because I'm in a movie, I don't run that movie.
Starting point is 00:40:32 I'm not in charge of that movie I was hired to do the movie Lead or no lead I may work for hire So it's not until that change And you now become The man that's in control Of the machine
Starting point is 00:40:45 Like you really got the hat And you make the decisions And you're doing the cast And you're doing the budget And you're the partner with the studios Because you're a studio Now it's a completely different scenario But back then
Starting point is 00:40:56 Our arguments or our I think our role blocks That percent of themselves was just based off expectation and wants that weren't realistic. Right. So my conversations was like, dude, you're talking as if you're not with me and if you don't know me. Right. You're falling into the same space that people out there are supposed to fall into.
Starting point is 00:41:17 Right. It's like when everybody sees the basketball player get drafted, the first thing they say is, oh, my God, man, he's a millionaire, he got so much money now. He doesn't. Right. He doesn't have so much money now. He just got drafted. He hasn't even received his first check.
Starting point is 00:41:30 Right. But that first day on draft day, people are like, hey, man, you know there's a good time to, and you think you can help me. He just got $10 million. Oh, my God, man, we know you got the money just came in. He doesn't have it. Right. That money's paid out through the duration of a year and it's paid out weekly and weekly it's taxed. And he's got a lifestyle.
Starting point is 00:41:46 He's got his bills. So you can't spend all the money because the money has yet to come. But people are counting your money as if they know what the money is and how it's divvied up. And that's the biggest problem with entitlement. So when you talk about people's, the pressure. that people put on you well your rebuttal is don't have a lot of people
Starting point is 00:42:06 that you got to fucking reply to you keep that number small because when it's small you're now having real conversations versus the fuck is you talking about like a bunch of those are draining when it's small and people actually are receiving the things that you're saying
Starting point is 00:42:23 and there's an understanding of why then that that small group grows and we don't get bigger in people but we get bigger in knowledge and understanding and development. Right. The rapport that we have is one that just can't be infiltrated. And that's why I love my fucking contained-ass group.
Starting point is 00:42:40 Right. That plastic cup boy shit is for real. Like we built it. We stand on it. We abide by it. And it's still moving until this day. Yeah, there's been some ups and downs. But that nucleus of eight, maybe nine tops, it's a foundation.
Starting point is 00:42:57 That's life, though. Ups and Downs is a part of life. It's the best. You know what I mean? But the show of true friendship and true brotherhood is when you go through your ups and downs and you're still together. Absolutely. You know what I mean? A lot of people go through ups and downs and then is, I don't fuck with him no more.
Starting point is 00:43:13 I don't. Well, you really didn't fuck with him. Absolutely. You know what I mean? So if they ain't do nothing that's that serious. Who stands the test of time? Right. Who stands the time?
Starting point is 00:43:21 And then, you know, that envy thing plays a major part, right? Like, who's really happy for you? Who's really happy for your success? Genuinely happy. Like, who's really they? And they're like, dude, it's so dope to see you do what you did. Like, who's, who's really looking at you guys in this space? Like, God damn, man.
Starting point is 00:43:40 The motherfuckers started here and now they hear, yo, it's dope to see from the outside and watch you guys. Like, where are you getting that energy from and where is it genuine? I think that's the separation, right? Because you got different looks that you receive. Right. You got to. Mm-hmm. Why you and I mean.
Starting point is 00:43:57 Right. I'm over here. I've been doing this shit. Forever. yeah now you right come on man like that's crazy like you got you got a bunch of those that's crazy that's crazy that that's crazy those add up absolutely but then when you do you do receive the genuine and you you you look at where it comes from man I think it's uh that's what makes it worth it that's that's the that's the ammunition and fuel that you need to not just notice you doing the right thing but notice the
Starting point is 00:44:25 trajectory right right like it's it's it's going to get bigger can't get bigger but with the right people around you, your head can stay in the best spot ever. And I do credit my fucking circle, my surroundings to me not going on the crazy side of Hollywood or the crazy side of, you know, ego or just that that mindset that you're bigger than the world and you can't be humble, right? Like I'll say my guys have done a great job, guys household. By the way, I have been humbled. I've been sat down in more ways to be.
Starting point is 00:45:00 So I'd have been punched in the fucking phase by life, by the business, and that helps as well. But my foundation definitely is one of the best pieces to this puzzle. Let me ask you this question. Being that you've seen all spectrums of the arena,
Starting point is 00:45:16 you've seen the ups, the highest. I don't know if I could say the highest of the highs, but to me in this shit, you're the biggest motherfucker. You feel me? But then you've seen some down moments with, you know, the social media, the gram,
Starting point is 00:45:32 they talk in, they chopping it up. You know, they talk and they shit. But then you come right back. You hit them with some movies, you hit it, and you write back, do it ever fuck with your confidence? You know, when, it's the best question you get
Starting point is 00:45:48 because people really don't believe or, or I don't think they think that I'm being serious when I give my answer. What you can't, stop or control you can't stop or control
Starting point is 00:46:04 right like what's done is done for the world real quick before I answer this you don't know what I'm drinking is grand Cormino the best tequila that you can buy right now to Cristolino it's a clear reposato making it your business to get in this business and be a part of my business it's good business
Starting point is 00:46:19 sorry about that by the way this episode of me and I'm as well both of you by New Hampshire yeah sorry sorry about life ain't going your way Shout the new Amsterdam Waka That's Coach your bitch
Starting point is 00:46:33 Cheating a day Yeah Shout the new Absiden vodka You thought you Was going to The Kevin Hart concert But the tickets
Starting point is 00:46:40 were sold out They didn't come your way Shout of the new Absidav Back It's still five times Five five Five five
Starting point is 00:46:46 It's filtered Three times Three three If you speak Spanish That's Onodos For that clean
Starting point is 00:46:51 Chris finish Now you could Drink it straight up Straight You could drink it On the rocks Rocks You know you could
Starting point is 00:46:56 You can You know Drink it with juice soda Or you could just make a classic New Hampshire Day of Mule. That's up to you. But when you're out and about at your local liquor store, make sure you get some.
Starting point is 00:47:06 And it's great for pre-gaming. I'm talking about football season is now. I don't know what city you're in. If you're a Bears fan, you're a St. Louis fan. You're a Eagles fan like myself. You know, it's great for pre-gaming. So when you're out and about, make sure you get you some new Amsterdam VACA,
Starting point is 00:47:23 the official vodka of bars through sports and a presenting sponsor for a million dollars worth the game. What, guys, I am all about partnerships. And let me tell you something, Amsterdam Vox. If you do not understand it, you should, you got a great partners. God damn it. Partners are people that embrace the product. That's dope shit.
Starting point is 00:47:39 Good shit, y'all. I want to say this, too. I want to rename your crew. Dirty cup boys, that's a dirty cup you drink. I know it. I knew it. I knew it was a dirty cup. Dirty cup boys.
Starting point is 00:47:48 Nah, damn. It was a matter of time. That was cool. Clean cup boys. My fault. You cool. I'm going to answer your question. So look, the, uh, what you can't control, you can't control.
Starting point is 00:47:59 right I am a my ability to process and be very realistic about the way that I process life's moments I feel is one of my
Starting point is 00:48:11 biggest blessings right I don't engage in the world of fuck god damn is bad well once it's bad well you can only think about how to then turn it good
Starting point is 00:48:26 so my focus immediately goes to the work that has to be done to make something better. Right. So when I've fallen, when I've stepped in the shit, it's all right, well, I got to go find some water to clean off my shoes, and I'm not going to throw my sneaks away. It's going to clean them good, and I'm not going to step in shit anymore.
Starting point is 00:48:44 I'm going to look down before I walk now. Right. When I've fallen and it's time to get up, I will, am I just jumping back up? Or should I sit down for a second before I get up, look around? All right, people saw me fall. I'm not embarrassed about it. Let me get up, stand up on my own and dust it off,
Starting point is 00:49:03 but show that it's not a bad thing to fall. Like, I'm that guy. Right. So I think the best thing that can happen to any of us, and I've said this several times, is the world a fuck up. Is the world a problem? Like, you, people are afraid to embrace that shit.
Starting point is 00:49:19 I'm not. Like, embrace the good, the bad, the ugly. Right. Because that's how the dope shit. That's how the dope shit gets discovered. Right. You don't know how dope the shit. shit is until you've done
Starting point is 00:49:31 the undote. The undote makes you go, okay, now this is dope. This is right. This is actually fucking great. Right. Right. This is unbelievable. You don't know how fucking blue water can be till you've been in the water that's not that blue. Yeah, this water is dark as shit. But you find
Starting point is 00:49:47 until you go over there and say, yo, god damn. Look at this shit over here. Everything is a discovery. I embrace the progression in discovery. So so entertainment moment life moment career moments personal moments I've been on all fucking sides of the spectrum I've seen it all and I would not be in the seat that I'm in today I would not be able to handle the volume of shit that comes with sitting in this chair
Starting point is 00:50:17 if I didn't go through all of the shit that I've been through right and I do mean that right because now you're just able to see from every single lens. I'm able to see from every single point of view. I don't know everything. I don't need to know everything. I don't want to know everything. But I do know how important it is to listen. I do how important it is to fucking understand. So I do my best to try to do that at the highest level. And if and when I do, great. If I don't, then maybe I need more help processing it. I'll be patient enough until I get it right. And eventually I'll be all right. And it's hard to see through all spectrums, through all lenses when you never failed. You know what I mean? So failing is, you know,
Starting point is 00:50:54 It makes you re-evaluate. It make you, you know. People are afraid to fail. Yeah, absolutely. They're afraid to fucking fail. And that's what, you know, that's one of the biggest questions that I, that I ask. Like, it's, it's, it's the why. You know, if you're, if you're afraid to fail, it means you're afraid to start.
Starting point is 00:51:10 Right. But you're afraid to start. That means you're never really going to get an understanding or answer when it comes to the world of you doing what you want to do. Right. You know, I want to do such and such and such and such and say, but man, I don't want to do it because they fuck around and they don't like it. probably ain't going to work. They're probably not going to like me. Well, that means you're afraid to start.
Starting point is 00:51:29 Because you're already thinking about the thing that's going to be wrong. So there's a multi-layer in that space of fear, right? And if you're attaching it to failure, you're losing already. So I'm from the side of discovery. I don't know what I'm not going to like until I fucking try it. I don't know what I'm not going to be good at until I tried to do it and realize it wasn't my cup of tea. Whatever that thing is, you got to try it. You got to do it.
Starting point is 00:51:55 And what I love the most about now, about where I'm now, is I'm able to give the information. You know, these fucking books that I've been writing, these audio books that I've been releasing. The last one was the decision. And that's on Audible. This one that I just put out was called Monsters and How to Tame Them. And where can they get these books?
Starting point is 00:52:15 It's on Audible, right? These are audio books. But the reason I'm bringing it up is this isn't me preaching. It's not me. talking at you it's me going I'm giving a tutorial of moments
Starting point is 00:52:34 obstacles breakdowns presentations that the business and the life in the business presents while I was in a world of not knowing what the fuck anything was
Starting point is 00:52:51 here's my mistakes and I just want to tell you what the fuck they were here's how I got better in dealing with them here's some of the things that fucking caught me off guard here's how I handle what I'm going I'm just giving information these little tidbits to something will be valuable if we had more information that people shared information do you know how much further
Starting point is 00:53:09 so many of us would be in our culture if motherfuckers wasn't so secret with their road to success or their journey of how they got to or their mistakes or mishaps do you understand how many fucking people would have a much clearer role in the place of business. We were talking this morning about just in a music business, right?
Starting point is 00:53:30 They were just saying like, you know, when it comes to the younger artists and artists in these contracts and getting fucked over, et cetera, et cetera. And I was like, in today's time, these younger artists have access to the older ones that didn't do it right, that made the mistakes that signed a bad paperwork. So if they could give the information of what you should look for,
Starting point is 00:53:50 why you shouldn't just sign, here's the things that really should stick out to you get this lawyer these are tricky parts get a base lawyer you ain't got to give if the information if one of them just did something where they gave the information of amen to these young up-and-coming artists we know how important this for you to get out the trap for you to get out the hood we know what that dollar looked like in the beginning hey take that money but here's what you got to fucking look out for here's what I want you all to start doing now that information if they do give they do obtain it right whether they choose the use it or not it's there it's there Somebody provided it. This episode of million dollars worth a game is brought to you by Two Loss. Manage your music business all in one place with Two Loss. Two Loss is a worldwide music distribution for independent artists and labels that's made very easy.
Starting point is 00:54:40 Two Loss offers unparallel control over your music catalog. With Two Loss, you can release your music to all major platforms as often as you want whenever you want. two laws also makes collaborations easy you can seamlessly add payment splits for each release and automatically pay your team and collaborators monetize your music in over 250 plus stores and services every week two laws will be given $100 cash to five random new artists who sign up with the link in the youtube description take control over your music at two laws dot com you hear me take control of your music right now at 2Laws.com. Welcome to another episode of a million dollars worth a game.
Starting point is 00:55:27 Been the spotlight where we highlight some of the greatest people that could get you off your couch. Gil used to be a couch warrior. It was some people that came through in life at different times that helped him get off the couch. But today, we got somebody special to have been here before and he gave away a zillion dollars worth of a game, help a lot of people get their credit together.
Starting point is 00:55:41 He also started a lot of people credit business game. From the information they gave, we got my man, Him 500, aka Slim 500. and he's on the show today. He's going to get you, listen, he's just giving away a bunch of free training. I'm talking about he is going crazy.
Starting point is 00:55:55 Recession Proof Day. It's like Octopo leagues. They got stuff going on anyway. He's giving out game on all different types of level. But him, listen, man. Hold on, man. Before we even get any further.
Starting point is 00:56:06 I need you to text because I need you to be tapped into all the stuff you got going on. I need you to text live. L-I-B-E to 404-7-37-37-67-67. 404-7-37-67. I'm talking about this is live. text live and we're live and he's not playing him tell us what you got going on tell him about
Starting point is 00:56:23 this free training hold on hold on man first of all for you you go any further man i got to get his nigger a platinum salute salute you know what i mean my nephew rap who's down in alana right now he's going to clark alantic college he watched the episode that you was on where you taught people how to fix their credit right there from home he took that information and started his own credit company. Off of that, he elevated his whole life, man. At 18 years old, man. Kim been mentoring.
Starting point is 00:56:57 At 18 years old, he elevated his whole life, man. So I just want to commend you for that, man, because the shit you're doing out here, you got 10,000 mentees under you that I've seen personally. A lot of them were you putting two 757 Delta Jets and flew them down to your events for free to see me and Wallow and Ross and Magic John. Just everybody. All types of people. Floyd made with Floyd. So, you know, man, I commend you for really controlling this business shit
Starting point is 00:57:30 like you really do and showing people of our color, of all colors and all nationalities that you could be a black man in this motherfucking world and really went out here because your fucking house. Nicker! That's best tackling. That shit spectacular, man He got invisible security Man, that's shit like the Jetsons, man
Starting point is 00:57:51 You walk past the house You get too close It's gonna throw you across the street Right man, that's shit Crazy next level shit Tell us what you got going on man And how you're gonna help our followers I want to give him another salute
Starting point is 00:58:00 I just want to salute you Because what you did this You understand together each achieve more Teamwork make the dream work I've seen you give resources You didn't you say hold up Don't compete with me Come and eat with me
Starting point is 00:58:11 You gave resources There's so many brothers man That's doing anything brothers then since it's out here that's doing anything you put them in the circle you get them resources right you get them all information that they needed to amplify what they had going on so i salute you for that but go ahead yeah go ahead so tell us what i appreciate i appreciate it man it's so much y'all spoke on that i could i could lean in on but my you know why we do the highlight is that we got to be able to understand that it wasn't a lot of people to mentor us like we don't got a lot
Starting point is 00:58:36 of mentors now and we can see that now we can be cool when it comes we can make it into rapping but we can understand the rap business so you got people that's you know taking they own money and learning how to be independent. You got comedians like a Kevin Hart who's not only a comedian now. He's a business owner. A big town business owner. So we may have a talent of a rapper, but we all got to be business owners. We all have to be entrepreneurs.
Starting point is 00:58:57 And a lot of times we don't have the resources or somebody to mentors on the business side. Now we're learning it and we know it's cool. So now it's time to start like really turning it up when it comes to business. And that's my thing is that I want to train people. Like I don't want to say, yo, pay me for something. I want to give you something for free. but I want you to come and work with me live I want to earn your trust I want you to really see like
Starting point is 00:59:17 ask me questions I want to work with you live I want you to be able to ask me questions and so we can actually dedicate the information to what it is that you do a lot of times is that I know you could buy courses I got every course under the center in recession proof but I want the followers
Starting point is 00:59:33 for me and everybody who support to actually come learn live for me right because a lot of us don't know like yo I can start my own business like you got people out of entrepreneurs they or they in the rap they want to on trucks they want to do things they don't know that you know what banks that they can actually go to they don't know how to go like they don't know go to a credit union before you ever go to a bank you know you go start with your local credit unions first and that's how you establish your credit that's how you start because why they give larger lines you can go get $25,000 from uh FDU
Starting point is 01:00:02 go get $25,000 from a key bank you know what I mean and that's what a lot of people don't realize so first tech is another one you can go get $25K on your personal go get $25,000 for That's three institutions I gave y'all. That's 75K. All you need is a 710, 720 credit score. It don't even got to be nothing, you know, stupendous. But they'll give it to you. Now when you go to an Amex, you have those larger lines.
Starting point is 01:00:26 If you go to Amex out the gate, a lot of people got denials because they didn't have larger lines or they gave $2,000, $3,000. And if you only use a 10% or 30% utilization of those cars at $2,000, that's nothing. It's crumbs. So when you go get a 75, you got to understand is this. This is just for my entrepreneurs, what I want you to understand. You go to the credit unions first.
Starting point is 01:00:48 Go to the credit unions. They'll give you larger lines. You let those sit six months to a year. Then you go over to your Amex. Then you go over to your Chase. Now you can just set up an LLC. Set your business up. You don't got to go and do all of the Grangers and set everything up.
Starting point is 01:01:04 You can still go get a $75,000 credit card on the business side. Imagine getting $75,000 from Chase, $75 on the Amex. That's $150. 50,000 that don't show up on your credit. Now we start figuring out what, and how do I leverage this and what businesses do I want to go into? If you're a rapper, you can, now you've got budget, right? You can afford features.
Starting point is 01:01:22 If you're a comedian, you need to travel, you need to create content, you need to, you know, be able to distribute it, pay for advertisements, do things to reenact funds, to get funds back, things you can do outside of that. A lot of people, not entrepreneurs. How many people know that, have you ever heard of Jay Vizu? right you were like nah how many of y'all out there heard of jvizu right this is where it's called the jv is for joint venture imagine that somebody has a business already imagine new amsterdam vodka they're already established and have a business and they told you i'll pay you to sell my stuff
Starting point is 01:01:53 see now you can go out there and you find businesses that have affiliate programs so if they got affiliate program you can go to jvizu um plr hustle um and click bank is banks that you i mean is businesses is you can partner with. What they'll do is allow you to sell somebody else's product. So imagine selling somebody else's product and getting paid for it. My goal is I tell people, this is just one stream of income. You can get money from the banks and go sell somebody else's product. And when?
Starting point is 01:02:24 And now people say, well, how do you sell? What products do I sell? Which ones? You want to sell ones that create monthly reoccurring revenue. So if somebody charges, let's say you went into credit repair. Shout to Rap, 215, right? He didn't credit repair. He uses a credit repair cloud.
Starting point is 01:02:41 It's $179 a month for the software. Guess what? Off that software for people who want to start a credit repair business, you can go and if I send him that link, right, off that $179, I'm getting paid every single month when he get paid. I teach people credit repair. Well, when they sign up for a credit repair cloud, I get paid off of it.
Starting point is 01:03:00 I make $60,000 a month in affiliate fee from somebody else's business. Imagine if I took a credit card and I, I said, yo, I want to pay influencers to promote my affiliate link. I don't got a following. I don't got a business. All I got is some money, access to capital, and an affiliate link
Starting point is 01:03:20 for somebody else's business. Damn. I then pay an influencer to promote it. So I pay an influencer to promote it. Let's say, I say, I go out there and I get a B-Simon. Be-Simon, can you promote this link? Boom, boom, boom. She agrees. She do a ad.
Starting point is 01:03:36 I get paid off her file. followers, they send it to me. I may pay B. Simone 5,000 off a credit card here. Boom, I got $25,000. I may turn around, take her ad and go to Shade Room. Once she make the ad, it's mine. I got it. I go to Shade Room, put the same, her ad, her likeness, put it on Shade room with my link, and I'm still getting paid. As people sign up, I get paid every single month, owning out of business. It's so much when it comes to, like, we say, we can't make money, we can't struggle. Like, the goal is to, to, to us to make $100,000 a year at this point
Starting point is 01:04:10 where inflation is going, if you don't make at least, if you're not making $5,000 plus a month, you're in a struggle. You can't afford a house. You can't afford a car. And then so many people come to me, they'd be like, yo, it ain't about lifestyle. Like, I could take, look, this shit don't mean nothing.
Starting point is 01:04:27 I take it off. When we go into when we go into Richard Millie, fuck me. I'm a rich in Millie on Gilley. You don't mean nothing. Remember you said that thing. No, bro, because our people is not, it's not all about, they got to make a million, right?
Starting point is 01:04:43 It's just so expensive. I don't even know how I closed them. She don't close like no rolly. Right. But in reality, bro, we're not looking like, yo, our people need a way out and they need options. And they need people that can actually properly train them. And that's how I said, listen, I can teach you five to seven different ways that you can start an entrepreneurship. The same thing that you did to affiliate, like with affiliate marketing is the same thing.
Starting point is 01:05:08 you can do if you're a rapper or any product you got or if you sell cars whatever business you're in we just need the mentorship and sometimes it's the guidance from those who got the experience like i've been able to build my business up like i didn't did over 10 million dollars in business 25 million in two years like i got different level of reach a different level of access and now i wish somebody would have told me this years ago like if somebody would give me this game years ago like these are things that you can do people don't tell us that we can put money into funds and automated
Starting point is 01:05:42 funds and automated traders that will give us returns that you couldn't think of, but it's a minimum with $250,000. And you realize, like, yo, they hold information away from those who can't afford it. Like, if you not qualify, I'm not going to tell you.
Starting point is 01:05:58 But we got to hustle, we got the drive, we got the ambition. If you gave us the opportunity, we'll be able to better our lives, but they don't do it. So my thing is, like, I'm like, yo, I'm doing know i want to do it live like i want to teach people live i want to i i tell people this man give me 90 minutes to earn your trust oh 90 minutes on your trust and upgrade your bank account mhm and get rich a million gilly that little fucker you know what i mean like let me put them off
Starting point is 01:06:23 for that far i drop it it's all i'm asking i say yo listen give me 90 minutes to earn your trust texts we're live to 404 737 377 i'm gonna show you how you can clean your credit report i'm gonna show you how to get a minimum $250,000 and i'm gonna show you how to start you how to are at least three to five streams of income live and I'm going to take your questions. And it's going to be for free. And they're going to do anything but wipe your ass, man. And for free.
Starting point is 01:06:45 The education on me, the execution on you. Like, I educate you. You got to execute. We go, we're going to take it to the next level. My goal is to create 100 millionaires. Oh, you could do that. Yeah, I got, I already got 30 of them, right? I didn't help create 30 millionaires, but my goal is.
Starting point is 01:07:02 31. I ain't got no money. Shit. And so that, that's the goal. And, like, and, like, And like, fuck as you're talking about. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:07:09 He can fool nobody no more. They don't get fuck. How long you wear them? I don't get fuck. They don't give a fuck. How long you wear them nasty? I see the sweatpants with your knee prints in them and all that. Everybody know you got money now.
Starting point is 01:07:19 I'm broke. I drive minivan. Fuck wrong with you. No, you drove minivans. Once you got that 63 bins, they said, the bitch been tucking. Because we know he cheap. Nigg was eating out the Chinese store for three years street.
Starting point is 01:07:32 We know that bitch cheap. That bitch got a 63. He was tucking. I'm broke. He was. was hanging with him and them niggas. He going to be on that live. That live.
Starting point is 01:07:43 You want a 63 in your future, nigger joined the live. What's that number? No, the one thing about this, I need y'all to text live. The 404-737-47-44-737-37-37-37. And just get this information. It's like, I didn't seen it. I haven't been up close to it. I know most of the people.
Starting point is 01:08:02 And I've seen people from the beginning. I've seen people come around with him from the beginning. And I've seen them just skyrocket out of here They're in better position To take care of their families And now they're teachers They went from students To be in teachers their self
Starting point is 01:08:14 I'm talking about There's a number of brothers, man That's just out here But like, you know You're going from Ashy to Classy And they're in there's a brotherhood of them And the sisterhood You know, you just see so many people
Starting point is 01:08:25 Especially when you had your events here They just be like This is the thing is that You know, I'm still, I'm connected Like I want to be able to connect with people Like I see Like I respect the Jay Z's I respect the puffs, but it's hard to connect with them once they reach a certain level.
Starting point is 01:08:41 I've been able to build my community. That's why you see I do my events. And my people who pay me, the people who've actually invested in recession proof, you see them with me live. Like, I'm not just online. Like, I'm not an online guru that's it online. Like, I'm outside with the people. I do live trainings. Get online with me and really get to see and hear from me and be like, okay, let me see how he teach.
Starting point is 01:09:01 Let me see what the mindset is because a lot of times we don't got people that want to do a lot. they want to sell us courses. They don't want to come in and educate live. So we're changing that now where it's not you sitting at home on a computer by yourself. Like, let's get in here. Let's mix it up. Let's do it live. And not only will it be me, I got special guests.
Starting point is 01:09:18 So it's a few. So it's a celebrity special guest that will be on that you'll definitely probably would like to learn from you hear more about what business. But, you know, you got to text live to figure out. Yeah, this dude that he's talking about he's extremely successful. You never know who's going to be the fuck on then. He made a bunch of money. This dude is a big time dude.
Starting point is 01:09:35 That's all I'm going to say. No, no, they, they know who the fuck him is. I ain't talking about him. I'm talking about the person he's bringing on here. Him only fuck with big-time niggas. I mean, he never went to McDonald's order to small fry in his life. Yeah, I mean, he only fuck with the big, the supersized, but not on duty, not the fuck on duty. He only deal with the Giants in the game, man.
Starting point is 01:09:55 You know what I mean? Only a nigga like him going to bring Magic Johnson out. You know, Gilly out. Floyd, me, whether. Floyd, maybe you know what I can say you. Meek Mills. I know you hit him. Yeah, I mean.
Starting point is 01:10:05 You get me equals there I want to give my Look 20 Most people don't realize I'm gonna get y'all play Can I get him? Get your truess Go to the truess bank
Starting point is 01:10:16 You can get set up first with That's where you start with your You go online Are you walking too there? You go online or go inside Trueest The truess bank right With truess you can do
Starting point is 01:10:26 You can go get a credit card You can get a 0% interest credit card From Truis But you also can go and get A business line of credit from Truis And a lot of people don't know to go in and do it the same day at the same time and get one inquiry. It's the same thing
Starting point is 01:10:38 like Bank of America. You can get two business credit cards on one inquiry. What happens is, it's true as the Bank of America pulled from two different credit bureaus. So now you got four bank products with one inquiry on both. That's an easy 100K strictly off of just
Starting point is 01:10:54 them two banks in the institution. My goal is to tell you guys, like, yo, we can get access to capital, but 100%, I've got to put this disclaimer around. Understanding, getting somebody else's money, leveraging OPM can be a potential dangerous hazard. You have to understand. You have to learn how to use it responsibly.
Starting point is 01:11:11 You have to understand how to properly utilize your credit. The ones knowing what doesn't report on your credit, knowing how long you have to pay it back. Because the worst thing you want to do is get behind the gun when it comes to interest. And now you're losing profit in your business. So you have to learn how to leverage it responsibly. And that's what I want to educate you when. I can tell you how to get it all day. But I don't want you going into debt.
Starting point is 01:11:32 Because the same way I approach these banks is the same way I approach. business. It's a strategy to it and you have to approach your business in a way that you remain profitable. You don't want to go and take the bank's money and invest it in a business that you're not making money from. So I want to make sure you've got the systems in place that you've got actual resources, you've got tools
Starting point is 01:11:48 and information to execute properly and realistically become recession proof. Give me that number one more time. That's what it's about, man. Right now, get this game from him 500, aka Slump 500, you need to text live to 404-7-37-37-37-47-37-37-67. and takes a lot and him 500
Starting point is 01:12:06 aka Slim 500 is going to give you to every session proof game from so many different departments. Before you get out of that nigga I'm holding
Starting point is 01:12:13 a light blue Richard Millie in the light blue motherfucker was that a phantom that I seen in the driveway Bentley
Starting point is 01:12:18 it was Royal Blue Roy yeah it's the rape it's recession proof blue oh yeah I'm gonna
Starting point is 01:12:22 I'm rocking both of them when I get the fucking land man man yeah that's a million a million dollars
Starting point is 01:12:27 worth your game hey the black the system ain't designed to make a black man rich y'all
Starting point is 01:12:31 gotta understand that y'all let's go Let's go Just like that Right Let me ask you a question You're saying that
Starting point is 01:12:36 When you got Shout out to all The up and coming comedians There's a couple guys From Philly like Funny Boy Quilt Tis
Starting point is 01:12:44 215 Rich Dollars Check them out When you ever Get a chance But then you got Other dudes That's on this
Starting point is 01:12:50 level Where they close Now And I want you to get them Game You got people Like Desi Banks Just hilarious
Starting point is 01:12:55 Haha Davis You had them type of people DC Young Fly The whole My whole crew there how do you get it how this is the game on from you how do you get a show on Netflix
Starting point is 01:13:12 how do you get a show on Netflix a stand-up comedy joint do you everybody everybody wants a show on Netflix but I would say why no no I'm just asking you because I'm saying like it's in getting that right it's not it's not about getting it you can get on any platform but what's your what's your reason right like what's your What's the reason for it? So with this younger generation of comedians, you got to understand that the comedy special game and world is not what it once was, right?
Starting point is 01:13:42 Everything changes. There's obstacles and there's periods. When you think about there was a time where the HBO special was the biggest thing you can get, right? And when you look at the comedians that were fortunate and blessed enough to get an HBO special back in the day, it was the biggest thing ever for them.
Starting point is 01:13:57 The HBO specials then changed and Comedy Central got into the face. Comedy Central gave out half-hour specials. specials and our specials. If you got a half hour special, our special on Comedy Central, you'll be in a rotation and you'll be seeing. It propels some careers. Okay, wow, the world of special seems like it's growing.
Starting point is 01:14:14 Now, Netflix came, and Netflix gave a different idea of what a comedy special should be. And the comedians that did specials on that platform, in the beginning, it was a lot. Some were seen, some weren't, but Netflix's identity was all based off of the foundation of stand-up comedy in the beginning. They were redefining the world of state of comedy And then they started to get a whole bunch of other content
Starting point is 01:14:37 Right But then they said Fuck it We're going to go out We're going to get the biggest comedians We're going to get them to do specials And we're going to make the specials Special again
Starting point is 01:14:45 Not that they weren't They said we're going to make them So they threw this money at them And a bigger comedian Said fuck it We're going to do it So they got Chappelle Rock myself
Starting point is 01:14:55 Louis CK Amy Schumer Wanda Sykes Jerry Seinfeld Ellen DeGeneres It's like the biggest names of comedy went there and they started doing them. But now everybody else started getting special. So now the world of comedy specials, it's there, but they're not as special.
Starting point is 01:15:13 They're not as special because everyone isn't in demand. That's not a bad thing. Like you work to get in demand. You need to be seen to put asses in the seats. But where do you go that has the best impact for you? So for the younger generation of comics, that net fix pleasure that they may want, it may not be the best decision for them because they're in a more they're in a much more valuable position today because owning your material your IP is easier to do because of the
Starting point is 01:15:45 the freedom and how you control your art your content right like you're talking about like when you go down just hilarious and dc young fly and uh ha ha davis like you're talking about Desi Banks, you're talking about people who embraced the world of social media, built the following off of social media, and did it by managing and operating and controlling the content that they put out. So now going to the stand-up
Starting point is 01:16:10 special space, they could mimic that. Maybe they could shoot it themselves. Maybe they could sell it, license it. There's a different type of conversation. So they don't have to go the route that most win. Their decisions now are a little different because their opportunities that present themselves are different.
Starting point is 01:16:26 So I would say for them, it's about understanding the business more for them and I talk to them I give them all these tidbits I'm the guy that wants them to win so you know when you when you had that following that they developed and they have the dollar
Starting point is 01:16:42 because they go out and they make their money as well shooting it completing it and going and packaging it and licensing it or seeing if you can sell it whatever it is for you that becomes the road to victory it's not just about being on Netflix just to be on Netflix right now the business of the business is just as important as the talent so you have to make sure you
Starting point is 01:17:03 weigh those options properly and you know maybe your first special sets up the next one but there's several different platforms that you can go to um that's why i'm always one to say no let's shoot this shit ourselves yeah and because how many platforms out here is begging for content no and they throwing money around oh he's a content so if you if you could pay for your own content and take it to the places. Retain your IP. Your money is a lot different. Because if you have an audience, right,
Starting point is 01:17:34 what you guys have here is so dope because you now develop the brand. What started off is just a dope-ass podcast with a name in the back of it. It's now become a brand. So the brand, this is a brand. A million dollars worth a game becomes a brand. And you can elevate that brand however you choose, right? And the brand has tentacles and it becomes tiered. So now the podcast of you.
Starting point is 01:17:57 to it's here but if you think you guys underneath ball stools bar stools started off as a podcast or a radio show with and then they got bigger and they kept on putting other shows underneath it so now bar stools the brand is a hub that embeds the media of all this stuff under here this is growing
Starting point is 01:18:13 into the same so when you understand the business in the business that you're creating you got a following well now your bargaining chips are different yes everybody can't have the same conversation at the table everybody wants to but it can't Right?
Starting point is 01:18:28 So your conversation is different. And my conversation that I can have is different because we come with different value. So our leverage within the value is where we negotiate at a high level. To the younger talent that has the following in social media, there's value because they have an audience. So if they do things and they embed it and finish it and complete it and say, well, my audience shows that they'll show up to see this, I would much rather license it and own it. Now you can get a licensing fee or you can say, I want to. want to sell it. Whatever it is, you're making a better decision for you and your brand.
Starting point is 01:19:01 But it's the understanding of how to do that. And there's never been a more valuable time to do it in than now. You know, I'm a full-fledged media business. Yeah. I'm into the business more than I'm into being a talent now. Yeah. I'm more about heartbeat than I am Kevin Hart. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:19:15 And what I, and what I, it's funny you say that. Because with us, we own 100% of all our stuff. It's the best shit ever. We own our IP. We own everything you see me and I was we own. All we do is license and deal. What you say is good because we don't feel as though we should sell our stuff. We got a catalog, whatever.
Starting point is 01:19:31 But I will say this. Like, when you have another network. How can people get on your network? Well, laugh out loud was a network. I embedded laugh out loud in heartbeat productions underneath heartbeat. So I took both entities combined them. And the reason why we combined them because I said, we want to act and operate as a studio. And we want to show us the value of this machine.
Starting point is 01:19:57 So to scale the company means we're going to grow it and we're going to basically create the opportunities to develop scripted, unscripted TV, movies, audio, literature. Standup. It all falls into one thing, right? Underneath his roadblock. But as a talent who's done it and got to this space, I can embrace the younger generation of talent with opportunities. So in doing that, it's about making creative deals, giving the opportunity. that are a little unconventional, right? Like that's where my business is going to flourish because I can make unconventional deals. I can do things differently. I can be a little outside the box
Starting point is 01:20:38 and not operate like your Universal's, Warners, et cetera. And they're great partners of ours. We do great business together. But for me to get the talent and to package the talent to come in and do the projects underneath the heartbeat umbrella, well, I have to be just, I have to be creative in that aspect. So for the younger generation, doing specials we are doing um reality unscripted series we are doing um you know talk shows
Starting point is 01:21:05 radio shows we own our channel on series we're doing other podcasts underneath our umbrella we we're a full ecosystem of media so you have to find an embrace talent and the best way to do that is to get them to trust you you can't do that with upside down deals you can't do that um with ways where you're trying to take advantage or get over right like you know being an open book company and trying to make good decisions and good business on behalf of what you want your company to be a representation of is the priority of me and mine. So an amazing team of execs we have, and I can say that our partners that have re-invested. They gave us $100 million.
Starting point is 01:21:43 We scaled, grew the company. The valuation is somewhere around close to $700 million. And we do believe that we'll grow in eventually be a billion-dollar company or billions, but we'll be a partner. more importantly like this is a business that we're scaling for partnership we want to be aligned so Netflix as an amazing partners they are to me I want my company be a partner theirs as well and the same with all my other partners right like the real partners help you grow and shots out to Ted who's a good friend of mine man and and even my friends in
Starting point is 01:22:18 universal when I want to make the decision to to go and do things with Netflix like your real partners want to see you win And why you're saying that? Shout out to Eric Gnardini and Dave Portnoy. Oh, my people over there at Barstool. Yeah. Who from the Rip always believed the million dollars were for games. Yes, they did.
Starting point is 01:22:35 And they believed in us when people, like we had the conversation. People were like, oh, man, you're doing good. Let's get together. Let's talk. They didn't talk. They talked with the check. Yeah, you want. But they believed.
Starting point is 01:22:44 Your real alignment and growth comes from the people who already did it. Yes. That aren't afraid to help you do it too. Right. And that's the difference when you get behind that door. Who did it over here that can show us how to do it properly? Right. That can help us grow and really figure this shit out
Starting point is 01:23:03 and act as like a real extension of opportunity. Like, that's real partnership. Absolutely. And if I've brought you value in return, the value that you bring back to me is helping this business grow. And I can say all minds have done that at a very high level. And I'm going to say this. It's funny you say that because you say these people want to help you grow.
Starting point is 01:23:22 That's got boxing after this. What's that of you? Yeah. Yeah, Shabazz got some boxing sneakers. Shabazz what's that in you? There's boxing sneaks. Oh, nice. They're Jim Jones.
Starting point is 01:23:32 They're boxing. They're boxing joints. They look like they boxing. He's like he's barred. He's going to Joe Fras's gym after us. Okay. All right. I'm sorry.
Starting point is 01:23:40 I'm sorry. I just ask the question. Let's ask about the sneaks. He didn't know the box of Jivinci's. I'm sorry. You too. David Reed. He got the David Reed classic.
Starting point is 01:23:49 I'm just saying. David Reed's boxing them. Not the warm punches. Not the warm punches. Not the warm punches. Not car. But listen, so it's funny you say that because one day I get a call from our partners and they say, we got some people we want to introduce you to.
Starting point is 01:24:06 These are the people that gave us the finances we need when we was hot like y'all. We want to introduce you. Now, you know shit don't usually happen like that. They introduce us to the plug, the money. And that's why I really salute them and I say, you're right. And I think as us, we need to understand the importance of partnership. Yeah. Like, you know, why not partner with some people
Starting point is 01:24:27 that already got the infrastructure? Everybody feels as though. I'm going to do it on my loan. I'm going to be independent. You need infrastructure. That's the most important thing. Wallo, you say a lot of stupid shit, a lot of times. I know.
Starting point is 01:24:38 Because I listen to you. Most of the time. Like 90% of the stuff, Wallow say it's stupid. Extra stupid. But what you just said is so unbelievably correct. Like, when I shake your hand, if you don't shake my hand back,
Starting point is 01:24:53 then your gesture isn't the same as mine, right? Like, if I shake your hand and I look you and I, and I give you a real handshake, it's because I'm trying to give you a sign of respect, trying to give you a sign of engagement, nice, call it what you want. But it can't be one-sided. You're supposed to do the same back to me. That's the same in partnership.
Starting point is 01:25:13 That's the same relationship. It's not a one-sided situation of value. And that's where business takes a drop, where you feel like it should just be about me. Right. Well, you feel like, yo, man, what you're all giving me or what is going on? Like, man, they were supposed to do and they didn't do. But it should be, okay, they're doing this with me.
Starting point is 01:25:32 And in return, I want to make sure that I do said thing for them. Right. So I want to see them win as well. Absolutely. When you guys have that mindset. Both of us got to win. We both have to win. And by the way, if you both want that to happen, nine times out of 10, you will win.
Starting point is 01:25:45 Right. That's been the biggest, that's been the biggest piece of success for me. It's not, it's not the self. idea of what I need it's about what we can do to turn this over hand over the fist and also I turn down the opportunities
Starting point is 01:26:03 for one-offs because if you just want me for a little teeny piece there's no commitment dear there's no like what how do we grow what if that piece is no growth it was amazing like I want the opportunity to grow and see how you've grown while partnering with me and I should be able to look at the same right don't have me to Lee act in avatar
Starting point is 01:26:20 but I just got one-off no what do you mean avatar too come out I thought I heard y'all was doing four. I heard you're doing four avatars. Right. So who's going to be the, who's going to be this guy? In this way, right, right? Don't, don't kill, don't kill, don't kill, don't kill me.
Starting point is 01:26:34 Don't kill, what was your name? A little dirty, little dirty, don't kill a little dirty, don't kill a little dirty tar off. That's the, that's the biggest, that's the biggest piece of business that a lot of people override, man. And you saying a while, and that's even having this conversation on your platform, right? It's, it's needed because. The idea in the want and need for success, it can't, it's so fucking polluted as to what it is and what it should be. And it's a simple approach and streamlining it.
Starting point is 01:27:09 Success is what you want it to be, but you cannot get there without the help of, I don't give a fuck who you are. Yeah. I don't care who you are. You're going to, at some point, you're going to need help. You're going to need assistance. You will get to a point of confusion where you do not know what to do or how to navigate.
Starting point is 01:27:27 You will need some information or someone's fucking help. And I'm going to say this. It's different types of partnership. You have a financial institution could be your partner. And they could be financing because they believe and you had a track record or your business look good. Your financial statements, you know, activate them to look out for you. So they have said, okay, you need this funding. Here you go.
Starting point is 01:27:50 Then you've got the partnership of infrastructure like he said. connection. When we partner up with bars through, one thing I could say, it would be times I'll be like, Gil, I'll be back. Where you going? I'm going up to New York for three days. For what? I'm just walking around the office and talk to everybody and get gained. And I would walk around the office, finance department, editing department, sales department, and they just give it to me. Oh, wow, this is how we do. This is how we get ad sales. This is the ad rep. This is how we boom, boom. Oh, yeah, we edit like this. Oh, yeah, boom, boom. And finance, yeah, this is how we do. Oh, okay. So you need all these to work. Because I'm learning the bin, and I'm taking time
Starting point is 01:28:21 because you got to take time on you want and you got to be willing to be dedicated to learn in order to grow because it comes from you being a person gilly it's cool being gill. I mean, while it was cool being wild. But we're together with a game and that's more powerful than any of us by ourselves. And that's what we understand. This shit is about business and the business that we're building. You know, we can laugh and joke people. No, no.
Starting point is 01:28:45 We're on our business. And understanding that you've got to learn this shit. And more importantly, we're giving a. bars do, you know what I mean, as they give into us. Well, you're looking, and you're also going to look for the information. Oh, yeah, I'm not playing. Right, like, nobody's going to volunteer the information. So you're looking for it. Like, when you say, yeah, I'm going up there
Starting point is 01:29:01 and I'm going out of conversations. What people don't understand, the conversations are ready to be had. I don't, Walo, you're, you're in the cars, uh, you don't know if you're in the cars as much. But if if you guys ever go to car shows or in LA, they have these old old school drives and they finish
Starting point is 01:29:17 your parking lots, right? And I love old school cars. I love building old school cars, what you'll find is that there's a lot of older men at lawn chairs and they sit in front of their car and there's a book on a stand about the build of their car. And they sit there because they're hoping that somebody just asked them what did you do? And when they say
Starting point is 01:29:39 when they tell you five hours, they get out, they chair and they go to page one on the book and they can't wait to tell somebody. The story of how they got the car to get to this place of perfection which you'll find is that motherfucker's in a seat of success or in a seat of power in some sort
Starting point is 01:30:01 in the right environment as they can't wait to go they won't let you leave oh no you're doing this wrong they can't wait I'm gonna get you with my people Susan They cannot wait Susan come here
Starting point is 01:30:13 yes the guy just met I just met you need the office Just met them Yes Tell them how to do Listen I didn't have in offices I'd have been in offices where I asked one question
Starting point is 01:30:23 Revers with Kevin Lounge or somebody and it's 11 o'clock in the morning and I leave 4.30. They give me the history to give you so much information that you wasn't even expecting because you ask. We got to stop being entitled and think
Starting point is 01:30:36 Oh, nobody wants to ask. Nobody, no, no, this is what they think. Oh, Kevin Hart-popping. He posed to tell me this. Yeah. Kev don't even know you exist. Gilly don't even know you exist. I don't even know. I don't even know.
Starting point is 01:30:47 I don't even know. I don't know what you want to know that. I don't know you haven't. I know you're into that. But when we come from in black America a lot of times in the hood is that you just supposed to, I don't know that you want to do that, bro. I thought you was just, uh, uh, uh, you was just rapping last week. Entitlement.
Starting point is 01:31:02 Get in the podcast. It's a, it's a high level of entitlement, man. And it's, uh, you know, these are, these are culture problems. These are things that we eventually have to shake. But when you break it down, we're not talking in a, we're not talking in this like high level. No, we're not. We're not talking in. a manner with some may not be
Starting point is 01:31:22 understanding. We have dumbed this down to the lowest level of understanding of just conversations, questions, answers, relationship, partnership, why, where value is, isn't. Like, we have simplified it to the absolute lowest level
Starting point is 01:31:39 and that's the best way to engage and it's not because people are dummies. It's not why. It's because talking regular is way cooler than talking as if you're on a higher. All that bullshit. It's the same thing.
Starting point is 01:31:54 It all boils down to the same thing. It has the same means, the same definitions. And the information in the world of just giving it, that should just be highlighted so much more than what it is now. Absolutely. That's the shit. And you know what? It is like this.
Starting point is 01:32:11 Kev, you're running around and you're doing something. I don't think we ever seen. You're doing fucking arenas. like every night like the same way Gil used to do bars every night you're doing arenas so it's like he and you was doing the same bars with Gil 30, 25 people in there
Starting point is 01:32:29 now you're how many people you put in there a night? Is this a shot? I don't want to No you got to be a part of this shot because you how many people you put in? We have a very good fan base man we probably do about
Starting point is 01:32:42 13 and 15,000 people tonight does that sound believe so so what I'm saying is and your infrastructure put this whole tour together. Heartbeat did this. Yeah. And you put people in place, and this is the importance of team,
Starting point is 01:32:58 together each each team more, teamwork, make the dream work. You fell back and said, let me trust people enough to put them in place to be able to put this whole thing together. And how did you go about that, like hiring and putting the team together?
Starting point is 01:33:13 You look at companies. and what you realize that every company has whether successful or not they have a structure it's hard for anything to work if there is no structure if there are no guidelines if everybody's not meeting a certain requirement if we're not showing up every day at a certain time
Starting point is 01:33:31 and that time is because that's the time we're supposed to start work if we don't leave work at a certain time because it's the time their work is over but you'll find is that everybody in the in between they'll come and go as they please and some won't give as much some will do some won't um but hey man how do i get people not to compete and not to like want to
Starting point is 01:33:51 cut each other's heads off and like how do i make everybody believe and invest in the thing well you do it by giving the thing value and allowing people to participate in a world of value in it so it was about finding the right execs uh finding my CEO finding my president had a development had a distribution, my CFO, my C-O-O, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the world of branding, how do we brand, how do we market, how do we promote? There's people that have these titles for a reason, and what you realize is that a big piece to winning is picking winners. Right.
Starting point is 01:34:32 Right, like you. And hiring motherfuckers that knew what you don't know. You can, we look at the athletes all day. Athletes are winning championships. LeBron James wins championships. Steph Curry wins championships. We can ignore those back offices. Absolutely.
Starting point is 01:34:50 The goal team. You got to look in those back office. You got to look at those people that's at that table. You got to look at the players that are allowed to be at that table. And those decisions are filled with the opinion of people who have had an impact in winning in some way, shape, or form. Absolutely. When you look at football programs, basketball programs, basketball. basketball programs, companies that scale and sell for billions of dollars, what you'll find
Starting point is 01:35:17 when you go look behind that fucking curtain, which I have now been in, the same people got their hand in the winds. And that's not an accident. Right. Because a lot of times, the person that's at heartbeat, he was 11 other places before he got to him. Absolutely. He was at Disney.
Starting point is 01:35:37 Absolutely. Then he was over HBO. That's out of Brian smiling. Then he was over there. He was running Clare Channel. Shot out to Ty Randolph. Then he left dead. He was doing this and he was, so.
Starting point is 01:35:47 Jeff Clanagan? It's all about elevation. Leighton Wittington. Right. And even with them. Jeff Clanagan. And even with them is about opportunity and elevation. So it's like, okay, the opportunity is great over here.
Starting point is 01:35:59 Okay, now you got to pay me more than what they're paying me. Okay, I'm over. I'm in. You want me to bring my greatness to your organization. Then you got to pay me good. Absolutely. You got to pay me more. more than what they're paying me and I got to believe in what you doing.
Starting point is 01:36:15 And those are the tough conversations too. For me those are the tough conversations because everybody, it's always going to boil down the money and there's always a want for more money. And when you have those conversations when you're coming from or jumping ship and you got people that are coming to be a part of this thing that you want to work so bad the investment in is what is, you know, it's necessary. Like nobody wants to give up money. Nobody wants to continue to have to pay these salaries that are crazy.
Starting point is 01:36:46 But when you look at the ramen reason behind them, I worked here for said years and look at what I did. If I go here and I'm leaving this, I need. And people's demands are sometimes justified when you got the receipts. When you got the receipts. You can't, there is no argument. So I invest in people more than I think I invest in myself at this point. like my biggest investments are in other personnel yeah because you but your biggest your biggest probably moneymaker when it's all said and done is going to be the shit that you own no no shit
Starting point is 01:37:22 but it comes it comes with the help of the visionaries of those that are underneath the umbrella right like you and that's what you got to you got to lose the eye and understand that there has to be a we like it can't be i i i i i absolutely it's the we effect of it so um what we're doing is special. I think that we are in a very, we're in a very amazing position right now because, you know, the opportunity at Heartbeat, Spring Hill, Hello Sunshine, we all embarked on was one that confused the business a little bit. It's like, well, how did they go about why? That's major. Yeah, like, how? We were the only thing. Spring Hill, Hello Sunshine. That's Reese Whittlespin. That's LeBron and him. And Kevin, what? Yeah. They don't think people understand
Starting point is 01:38:06 what that is. And I believe it shouts out to Westbrook. That's Will's company. I believe. That's like a four-year dragon. That's crazy. There are no others that have done or that are doing. So the positioning and getting yourself into a space to act like a studio,
Starting point is 01:38:23 use real money to be able to develop. It was one that was frowned upon for a minute. So you're in a unique position of few to do some amazing stuff that hasn't been done as groundbreaking to where you can make a decision to eventually have this name and a single thing. sky if you choose that or are you scaling to do what when how and grow and partner and there's so much that can happen at that point people these big they die in the partner with y'all and just be your partners we're in a very good place you fucking rice whiffitherschooling kevin hard lebron james very good place man dude reese is doing extremely well i know spring hill
Starting point is 01:39:02 is doing great things shouts out the brine man you know like it's it's we I told you, I come from a place of I want to see other people win. I want to see it done right. I don't believe that there's shown to be one. I don't come from that school of there's one great and that's it. And there's enough room for us all. Absolutely. Everybody can win.
Starting point is 01:39:22 Absolutely. Everybody can win it done right. Listen, man, we appreciate having you, man. Absolutely, man. I appreciate coming on. You gave a billion dollars worth of a game today. A whole bunch of it, man. Yeah, I mean, we know you got a, you know your show.
Starting point is 01:39:34 Well, before I go, I want to. I want to say, I'll call right back. All right. Before I go, I'll say two things. One, the audiobook, it's been out for a while now, but the monsters of how to tame them, I would say give it a listen. Like you should, nothing else, just listen to it.
Starting point is 01:39:54 When I tell you, it's nothing more than an example of what we talked about today. It's information. Information. It's information, man. You need the information. The battle that we have with ourselves, how we question ourselves, how we're constantly in our brain going up against us
Starting point is 01:40:09 when I say the monsters I'm talking about the different monsters that we have that literally we have to face on a day to day basis from the over control guy to the I'll do it myself to the I know it all to the I don't need no man
Starting point is 01:40:24 I'm questioning monsters why are you playing around yes questioning yourself and these are all things that we deal with in this audio book all I'm doing is putting it on the table of how I too have been through and have dealt with but how I've overcome Give it a listen
Starting point is 01:40:39 Audible.com And the other thing I'll say is Heart House We're opening up a second one And Los Angeles excited to tell about that Looking for The biggest and best opportunity
Starting point is 01:40:50 To grow this Plant-based fast food chain We will be spreading My goals Hopefully have four Before January But we will be spreading Huge domestically
Starting point is 01:40:59 So stay tuned for Locations coming near you soon What else can tell you? Grand Corpino our Anahoe and our Cristolino, we're out, go give it a taste, give it a try and get that money
Starting point is 01:41:11 Kevin Hartnation.com we are going international soon but arenas domestically I told you we were going to touch everyone we're approaching our one millionth ticket shouts out to all of you that have supported we are going through
Starting point is 01:41:27 January our shutdown and then the road international starts but until then Kevin Hart Nation get your tickets I think that's it What time do you get up in the morning? 5 a.m., 4.35 a.m. What time you go to sleep?
Starting point is 01:41:42 Now, I'm going to tour, so now it varies. But in the perfect world, if I'm not filming, I'm in the bed by 10, 10.30 now. I used to try to go forever and I was okay, but I need at least like 5 to 6. That's what I try. But if I'm the tour and all that shit, it can be.
Starting point is 01:42:00 You get right up and work out? get up stretch workout I'm 4 30 I'm in a gym by at least 5 every day the gym at his house though yeah so it's not like I'm going
Starting point is 01:42:10 that far yeah it's a lot because I get in a golf cart Nick it did or your property or your property you're fucking right
Starting point is 01:42:17 nigga cut downstairs go out of he sitting there waiting on them you're ready seigneur he's still tight take me get some orange juice
Starting point is 01:42:24 oh can I have take me to my cafe to get some orange juice I mean a white can I have a white omelet egg white
Starting point is 01:42:31 That's motherfuckering, living, living. I already know. In closing, man, I'm happy to be here, man, but I swear to God, y'all know why I came on. I fuck with you guys. Appreciate it. Your success. I love what you're doing.
Starting point is 01:42:44 Thank you, man. Keep shining. You won't buy that car outside? No. You said you love my Lexus. No. I told you you should stop this whole. You ain't see my too many vans, my class.
Starting point is 01:42:52 I don't want to see it. I'm being honest. I have no desire to see it. I have no desire to see it. Yeah, like if I can be absolutely honest, I don't want to see it at all. I'm showing you the minibans. Let me take you on a tour. No, you're not, because I don't want to see it.
Starting point is 01:43:03 But I do want to see you guys win. That's a fucking brand. I can't wait to see this brand grow. I can't wait to see you guys put the tentacles underneath. They keep fucking with them. Keep supporting them. Keep watching. They're doing amazing things, man.
Starting point is 01:43:14 It's just like that. Right.

There aren't comments yet for this episode. Click on any sentence in the transcript to leave a comment.