The Breakfast Club - Best of full interview: Omarion Talks Millennium Tour, The Art Of Swooning A Woman, Love Life + More

Episode Date: January 2, 2026

Best of 2025- Best Interviews - Omarion Talks Millennium Tour, The Art Of Swooning A Woman, Love Life . Recorded 2025. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yes, sir. O'amarion. Welcome back. The good brother, O. Hey, hey, hey. What was the routine this morning, man? What did you do? Did you wake up, pray, meditation?

What was it? Yep. A little moment to myself. You know what I'm saying? Shower up, get fresh. Say my affirmations. Put on my oud. I'm here. What was your intention for today?

Just have a good time. You know what I'm saying? not put too much on it you know what I'm saying you are known as the Zen king like you know how do you stay so tranquil like so zenful through everything like you don't let nothing bother you y'all

I didn't came at you so many times so many like yo you let you let's nothing get to him I'm trying to get to that. I'm intentional yeah I'm intentional and also I don't take things personal yeah you know what I'm saying the wild thing is you know

on Marion, I just looked it up. Amarian is 40 years old. Crazy. We've been seeing him grow up. He's still, I don't know if he's still, I don't know, for somebody, he's it. Like, Omarion 40, I think, you still got baby hair. He doesn't have. He's like, he's 40?

Jesus. The people still look at you as a blessing. It is. It is. So people still look at you as a, like, a young, I can't say teen, but a young 20-year-old, because that's what you look like. Yeah, well, I mean, it does confuse people sometimes. But, yeah, I think I made it to,

unk status at this at this point in time you ain't unc yet not with baby hair so why is be like you can't be unk you can't be unk with baby head no no millennium toy's back

yes yes yes yes I'm super excited about it um we played barclays on the 21st so if you ain't got your ticket definitely pop out it's a moment it's a moment what keeps you doing all he is like what keeps you doing

doing this he's still doing flips and Dancing like, you twist your ankle. It's going to take a long time of hill. No, actually, I have a routine of making sure that I, you know, stay energized. I'm a performer, so it's important that I take care of my body. But the Millennium Tour, you know, is a series concert that has brought nostalgic literally back on the planet. You know, my air and my time. I'm so happy to be a part of it because, you know, it brings you back to a memory and creates a new memory at the same time.

You know, so I'm excited. Yeah, we're keeping it going. We're keeping that energy going. Can I ask you what 40 felt like? I remember how I felt when I turned 40. Yeah. Where were you? What were you doing?

How did it feel? To me, it felt like I really entered a new dimension when I turned 40. Yeah, so I usually don't do anything for myself. And shout out to Janine, who helped me put together my birthday party, but I had a birthday party in Malibu. And it was such an amazing gathering. You know, all of my friends came out, my family. So I did something for myself, you know, which was throw a party. It was a lot of

beautiful people in the building. So that's what I did for my birthday. Did you feel like yourself going into a different level of consciousness? For sure. A different level of maturity. A certain level of expectation for myself, the things that I'm creating now. You know, why am I still doing it? I definitely feel like I've arrived because, you know, I'm one of the few entertainers that have grown up in the public eyes. So growing up has, you know, been a challenge at some times in my career, you know what I mean? So I finally feel like I've arrived to that place

where, you know, I can have a say-so and people understand it and respect it. Now, how do y'all figure out who closes the Millennium Tour? Like, who closes that show? You got so many artists on there. Right. And you're one of the originators on that tour. So who closes the Millennium Tour?

Well, it is a co-head. You know, myself, Trey and Bao. So it's kind of meant to be like a festival vibe. You know, any real performer artist will tell you sometimes it's not best to close the show because, you know, the energy is drained. You know, you kind of want to go maybe second, you know, to last. So for me, yeah, I don't really trip off of that. But yeah, that's how we decide between us and the promoters. So how do your headline?

So is it like you do two and you jump and do two? Yeah. Trey jumps into due tune. Exactly. Yeah, maybe Trey will close and then me and Bauer will swap in between, you know, him going last before Trey or maybe going last before Trey. So, yeah. So I know before, you know, the Millennium Tour, it was B2K. Why not B2K this run?

Well, this one was kind of more so framed for this class. You know, all the, if you look at the, you know, who's on there now, it's a lot of non-millenium, you know, artists you know what I'm saying like I think it's so cool that boozy's going to be on there you know what I mean yeah applies uh I think we're going to get some special guests as well yeah so um yeah the whole vibe so it's kind of I would say a little bit different than you know like the previous years um so yeah that's that's how so are we getting all the oh like the yeah we're getting the classics no skip we're getting the classics so we're getting that yeah we're getting the classic it's it's actually it's actually it's

actually my 20th year anniversary of putting in being a solo artist yeah yeah we get that old time is flying yeah yeah so yeah we get into classics and also I'll be introducing some new music you know I mean I got some new music some new slaps I'm gonna be performing as well so you said something that was interesting you said growing up for you was a challenge why was growing up a challenge did you mean personally or professionally both all just because you know when you're young and people see you young and you don't change much you know what I mean like physically um you know because I take care of myself you know people tend to just you know put you where they thought that

you were you know what I'm saying so yeah it's been a challenge in that way and also in business you know just really being able to like have a say so and then I just be like okay well you're a kid you know I mean any any child stars will tell you you know having a foot in control in their business is a struggle when you start, yeah. When did that change? Like when did people start saying, okay, this is Amari on the grown man, not the kid from B2C?

I think once I really started taking full responsibility for my independence, you know, trying different things, I think that, you know, when you're in the industry for a long time, it is peaks and valleys. You know, you're not going to have 10 hot moments. You know what I'm saying?

You might have a down moment. You might have a transitional moment. I think that it's okay, you know, when you're finding your way. And I felt like after my last, like, couple of projects, you know, just supporting myself, being independent, like I started to feel like, okay, now I have control of my career. Oh, I want to put this out.

Okay, maybe I should put it out this way. You know, maybe I should do things differently. You know, I grew into that. So I'm like very proud of that, you know, because a lot of artists don't get the chance to do that. That's true. And nobody talks about that, right? Like nobody talks about when you're red hot.

and there's an icebox where your career used to be. You know what I mean? Like, seriously. Like, I mean, I don't feel like you've ever been through that because you were always on the road. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and I've been gifted, you know, with the talent to be able to do many things.

Like two years ago, I believe the last time we spoke, you know, I was promoting my book. So there's always something for me to do. Something new that I just did that's really exciting is a show called The Wild Rose with All Black. So I'm going to be, you know, hitting your TVs in 2006. I play an assassin. So it's something different.

Oh, first of all. Yeah, I'm doing fighting scenes. I'm shocking and popping. Wow. So you will be seeing me in a whole new. The Zen King is now an assassin. I mean, you know, I'm acting. Exactly.

But, you know, the real true measure of an actor is to tell the truth. You know what I'm saying? So I get to show a different side of myself. I'm excited about that. I feel like that's a natural transition for all you flexible guys. Like, seriously, like you, Chris Brum. Like, y'all should be doing. an action movie.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whop an ass. That's a part of it. And I got a different respect for you now, right? And I tell you why. So my daughter's dance, right? Uh-huh. And the amount of, I would say, pressure they have when they dance, but also the amount

of time it takes to practice. Yeah. Like, I'd never thought about it. And then when they go to these competitions and they dance and everything, they do ballet, hip-hop, jazz, whatever it takes. And I'm like, Jesus Christ, the fact that Omarion has to do that and sing and not worry about it and not lose. breath and remember the steps.

Yeah. Growing up, how often did you dance? Like how? Every day. Every day. Every day. Every day. That was like a big part of, you know, my existence in my career, dancing is

second nature. And the singing part too, you know, the breath, you know, really, you know, being able to know, like, okay, this is a live performance. Maybe I shouldn't do the routine right here. I've definitely have grown in that space. Even boys. I don't see too many boys, young boys are men dancing. You see

For every 1,000 girls You see two boys Yeah Because I guess it's a thing No boy wants to dance But It's crazy because it's a whole language You know

Especially when it comes to women You know When you learn how to lead women In dance You know how to lead them in real life So Do you have your children in dance? Do you have your dance?

Yeah Yeah yeah Oh yeah My daughter's in gymnastics My son he more so like He's a little too cool for it I was the same way early on But yeah

He still can dance But that's how you'd be seducing women You'd be like, let me show you some moves You know That's what you do No, I start at the mind first I start with the mind first And then, you know

Then I get into dance moves When did you first start learning the dance? I had my first dance recital at Either three or five Yeah, yeah So, and it was tap dance So I've been dancing my whole life So they always knew that you was going to be an entertainer

Yeah Wow Yeah, very much so And with the dance world so big You never thought about doing something in dance, like you know how they have America's Got Talent and all these different challenges and all these different shows.

You never thought about creating your own because you're one of hip-hop's dances. Yeah, no, I definitely want to do it. And especially seeing an old girl at the Olympics and what people thought hip-hop break dance was. Right, right, right. Damn, I was mad at that. Yeah.

I was mad at that. But yeah, I definitely, I want to open up some dance studios. I believe I've been talking about it for years, but just, you know, really waiting for the opportunity to create a creative space for kids because that's how I grew up. You know, I went to the Boys and Girls Club. It was always stuff to do, you know.

So I definitely going to do either a TV show or open up a facility for sure. For sure. Now, going back to Wild Rose, right? Because you also executive, like, you were producing that, too. What was the process of, like, getting into that role?

I mean, because planning an assassin that just don't come natural to you, or have you killed niggas before? You know, I don't know. You know, what was that process like? So that process was deep. You know, I definitely had an assistance with my acting coach. And, you know, I really started diving into who is this person?

Who is Rose? You know, he has 27 bodies. So he does have a lot of psychological and emotional issues and how it pertain to, you know, this particular scene or, you know, at one point in time, we reveal that my family is no longer with me. that's something that brings him anxiety he's actually a righteous kill sometimes you know he gets in trouble with his agency which is called civil by the way

Vanessa E. Williams plays my mom and I also want to talk about my boy Alan Payne my boy Alan Payne plays my father you know in it so I'm surrounded by great incredible actors

but yeah I did my due diligence and also I really wanted to bring the character to life because he struggles with I think a lot of things that a lot of men go through and that is wanting to have a foundational relationship with their family you know I mean it's obviously tumultuous because I'm an assassin

but I show that journey I end up bodyguarding for this very famous singer named Samaya a shout out to Casey Gardner a new actress that's going to be on the scene and shout out to Daisy Libray but it's going to be something to watch so look for that

all black 2006 that's got to be tough though when you are a person who practices mindfulness the way you do to get into a person who's dealing with so much trauma it is how did you get out of character I made certain ticks

you know for the character and I also you know lend myself to it so it was never in a negative way. You know, there are certain scenes where, you know, I, without giving away too much of this story, there are certain scenes where I had to, like, really dig deep beyond myself and do the research, like, you know,

how would I feel if I killed someone, you know, what would I feel, you know? And because I, you know, stitched out the character so well, I'm able to kind of say, okay, this is the difference between me and him. You know, now I can take him off and I can be myself. So little stuff like that, my wardrobe, the way I looked, I looked differently, so. Do you have boundaries for as far as how far you'll go as an actor, like how deep you'll go? I haven't found any yet.

I haven't found any yet. I think the only maybe challenge would be like cutting my hair. Yeah, because, you know, my hair is sacred to me, is something that is spiritual for me. too, my spiritual antennas. So that's like, I went out for a bunch of different roles. Actually, I went out for a Sammy Davis Jr. role. Oh, you had to cut you in for that. That was a conversation.

That was a conversation. That was a tough one. Just because I feel like to a degree, you know, you don't want to lose yourself in certain characters. You know, you playing a character for three months, it really does become who you are. So I'm very mindful of that. That's probably my only challenge. But there's wigs. Whigs.

You know, I don't think you put all that on the wig. That's a lot. No, you can. You can wrap this thing up. Well, yeah. And you feel, me, pat it down. There's some real professionals in this game.

Trust me. Yo, that's interesting, man, because I wonder what's more important nowadays your personal or your professional because it's only, like you said, it's only three months. Yeah. But then I got to live the rest of my life.

And I'm the one that got to deal with this. Exactly. Is it worth it? I don't know. You know, I think for some people, it depends on the check. You know, and for a person like me, I think it depends on the story.

It depends on where I am. And if I really do feel like it is my duty as an actor to tell this story. So I think it's some factors, you know what I mean? But I'm very, like, connected with myself spiritually. And my hair is an identity, you know, for myself. What's the spiritual connection with your hair? Just your antennas.

You know, I think when you see people that grow hair, you know, that it takes time. Anytime you see any elders that have long hair, you know, you respect them automatically because, you know, it's a process. And also, I come from my hair family. So, you know, having healthy hair has always been just, you know, mandatory. So you look down on bald people. Nah. I was just saying, come on.

No, no, no, no, no. I was just saying I have no intended? No, no, no. Because I am phallically challenged. Wait a minute. Don't do none of this. Wow. No, no, no.

You know why bald people. Yeah. Okay. There is. No, actually, it's certain bald people you just don't want to mess with. You know what I'm saying? So, it's respect. Yeah, it's up.

Now, I wanted to get into R&B music. What's your thoughts on R&B music now, right? Growing up, there was always R&B groups, right? Whether it was white or black, whether it's New Edition or Pretty Ricky or B2K or whoever it may be, boys to men. You don't see that now. Yeah. Why is that? And why do you think that is?

And what's your thoughts on R&B music today? I think that R&B music is an ever-evolve. evolving, changing, you know, just like all genres of music, you know, country coming back. I feel like it goes through a type of evolution. I think R&B is definitely rearing its head back in the sentimental and expressive way that we talk about our emotions. You know, that's why I loved R&B. I loved R&B because, you know, there was this sentiment that, you know, if it was your icebox, you know, representing your heart, these metaphors that kind of allow men to express themselves.

So I feel like it's in a dope state. Like one of my favorite songs out right now is Mutt by Leon Johnson. So it's like when people like him and, you know, some other new artists that, you know, have really put the time in to express their emotion. I feel like it's going back. I was talking specifically groups. Oh, okay, groups. You don't see that anymore.

Do you think people don't want to put the time and energy and effort into it anymore? or they want a quick turnaround? No, I think I think is that that's a factor and I also feel like I don't know if there's I haven't seen a lot of

people band together outside of like hip hop and gangs you know what I'm saying? Like it's not, I'm pretty sure there's some out there but not at the forefront yet and I feel like that time maybe within a year or two

we'll probably see some really dope groups but it's just like I think everybody also too have the expectation that at some point in time they'll break up you know so i think that there is a brotherhood a type of brotherhood you you have to kind of display and that does take a lot of time right i mean like even like because what you can do solo it would take what 10 times longer to do it with the group because that's like one band one sound y'all have to get on one accordion exactly all be aligned harmonization you know all of that so that did it took a lot of time it did with making

music with b2k as opposed to doing it yourself yeah yeah yeah can you Can you have a great group or maybe even a great R&B singer without artist development? I feel like that's what's missing from the game. That is missing from the game. Yeah. And I would say that is the reason why, you know, for us, you know, when I was in a group, that we had the run that we had because we spent so much time together. We had one common goal, you know, we were focused on one thing.

And it's so hard, you know, after success to kind of keep that path. So it is a little bit more difficult unless it's like family, but even family, you know, family fight too you know what i mean so yeah i think it is you know about developing something and i would love to do that in the future you know if i ever had an opportunity to you know bring a group to the forefront you know i mean um i feel like that's what's missing too is just like having elders having people that have gone through certain experiences is like you know some of the yans you know they don't have big homies you know they don't have people they could be like i'm going through this you know what do you think

I can't wait for the game to get back to that place. And also, you know, Jagged Edge was here. Yeah. And we were talking about people don't sing to the vagina anymore. Yeah. Like they don't ass. They don't beg. That's fast.

Why are you looking at me like that? Because you're talking. This is kind of crazy, yo. It's such a meal. They don't ask. They don't beg anymore. Yeah, the vagina has changed. Has it?

I've never heard that. You can get made now. You got to make sure they're not genetically modified. Yeah, the vagina has changed. I thought the vagina was the same. What do you mean it's changed? He definitely changed. Yeah, I feel like, you know, there's this thing called soft girl era, you know what I mean?

And I don't know, it's just, I feel like it's so materialistic, you know what I mean? Like, in order to really, you know, swoon a woman, you have to really find a particular type and you have to appeal to her. you know, differently than you maybe had to appeal to her, generally speaking, back in the day. You know what I mean? So I would say it's different, you know, how you can wake up those senses. It depends on the woman, you know what I mean? Because some women will not be turned on by a nice guy, you know what I mean? Some women get turned on by assholes and people who are disrespectful and call them out their name.

Some women are really just into that, you know what I mean? Some women, you know, vagina, only get wet with money, you know what I mean? so yeah I think it's a little bit different and you have to be more specific if you really want to entice a woman you know what I mean lyrically

doesn't that require us to vibrate high though and what I mean by that is like if a woman is only used to eating fast food but you know she out the country and she eat a real fruit and you're like damn I didn't know mango and Jamaica you know what I'm saying?

Yeah yeah yeah so don't that require us to vibrate higher I agree I agree that's the tip I'm on you know I mean outside of being mature and having my experiences, you know, really just being able to have a good conversation, you know, an in-depth conversation. Somebody asked me the other day, like,

what are some of the questions that I asked on, you know, a first gathering, I don't call them dates. You know what I mean? A first gathering? Yeah, gathering. Yeah, gathering. Okay, why do you call it a first gathering? Because I think a date carries a certain level of expectation,

you know, whether that be a place or whether that be a price budget. You know what I mean? I think a gathering, kind of keeps it on a very just non-assuming low-level expectation. And really, when you get into know somebody, you don't need much. You know, you just need conversation and great questions, you know what I'm saying? And nice ambiance. So, yeah, for my first gatherings, you know, I asked very serious questions, you know, like, you know, what is your purpose in life?

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That's a great question. Do you know what you're doing, baby? Do you have another experience? Jesus. Questions like that. But I think you set the tone because they see you, oh, so they see you on Instagram. They see how you've grown and evolved.

They see what you on. So they feel like they got to be there too, I would think. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I definitely have my own personal challenges as well because, again, you know, we are a vibration of people, you know what I mean? So sometimes things can look good on the outside. But then once you really get into it, you're like, oh, there are some things you have to fix that I can't help you with.

You know what I mean? So I always give myself room. I say that my timeline is like two years. I give myself two years with a person to really figure out if I'm going to continue with them. I got to see their family.

I got to see their best friends. And we actually have to go through something to see if you can be in my life. Have you ever been turned off by a woman's trauma? Because you can't be a person's healed. Yeah, yeah, for sure. For sure.

I think particularly women that drink, that over drink, you know what I mean? It's really hard because they mask it with the drink, you know, in a good time. You're never able to really see, you know what I mean? Like, so fasting is a part of, you know, being with me too. Have that ever been too much for a woman?

Has a woman ever said, look, man, I like you, but I'm not with all of this mind-woman stuff that you want. No, no, no, I don't really run into that issue. And I don't frame it in the way. I don't frame it in the way. It's just more so like, oh, let's be healthy. Like, oh, I'm about to go on the fast you want to join? You know what I mean?

It's no pressure. So what does the love life look like for old today? Um, I mean, to be fair, you know, I have two beautiful and amazing kids and, you know, any parent will tell you once you have kids, there's, the love level is just astronomical when you have kids, you know, because they love you. They don't care what you did yesterday and today, you know, um, so I'm, I'm, I'm just chilling right now, you know, I mean, I'm first generation of wealth builder, so I'm still focusing on continuing my legacy and building for them. Um, you know, I have, I have a friend of two, you know what I mean? but you know it's nothing it's nothing serious okay cool now we've seen your love life play out on TV a little bit yeah would you ever uh do that again have your love not never never not again yeah yeah yeah yeah no it hurt you or help you I think a little bit of both yeah yeah I think in order to really transform as a man you know it had to be a little painful you know in order for you to change and be like oh I don't want to go through that again um but yeah I love love and

I'm definitely not a person that's, like, so hurt that I can't open myself up to it. Is everything better with you and the mother of your children? Yeah, yeah. We're in a better place. We're in a way better place. I mean, you know, Megas 10. My daughter should be 9, March 7th. So, you know, they're getting older.

So, you know, time and time really helps things. So, yeah, we're in a better place. How do you avoid trauma bonds? Um, I ask questions, you know, I ask questions and I think that that is what, you know, um, gives me the foresight to know, like, okay, this person is on that level, you know what I mean, to, uh, make sure that I'm not. And also I check in with myself, you know, I mean, and I'll make sure that, you know, I'm dealing with whatever personal issues I handle it. So that's how, that's how I, you know, I got an extra. I've seen a TikTok go viral where, uh, I was about to see B. Simone, Raven Simone. had said, she was pregnant by you a long time ago, like in the younger days. When that how would that happen? So this is, you know, the internet is a wild place.

Absolutely. So if you look at the regular, the normal interview, the regular interview that they did, someone edited it. And they had her saying that because what happened what she was saying on set, that, you know, they had this certain level of expectation. And people thought that she was pregnant with my child.

She was with Kay Young. Okay, so they cut it. Yes, the edit is. Yeah, so she didn't actually say that. Okay. Yeah, she didn't say we. Were you ever messing around for somebody? That was all speculation and everything like that.

I never been in the room but naked with her. You know what I mean? Right. Yeah, but we did live in the same apartment complex when we were younger. There was this complex back in the day. All of the entertainer kids stayed there. Yeah. Really?

Yeah. It was like a complex with all, like. Yeah, I mean, everybody that was making money. Really? Yeah. Everybody lived there 3LW lived there Ravens Simone

A bunch of actors Yeah just a whole bunch of people Who's in Studio City That feels like a TV show Yeah I was very saying that's what stuff Before the TV show Yeah It was pretty fun going to the gym

And seeing whoever Yeah okay You're working out today At what time you was applying A little bit of pressure on the alone Can't blame you for that my brother Yeah Can't blame you for that

I saw her this weekend I didn't see her present But I saw her on Instagram at Floyd Mayweather Party She's beautiful. She's beautiful. I would love to work with her. I would love to teach y'all to dance.

I would love to work with her. Have you ever really shot your shot? No. Actually, after that moment, we were at like a party, and she was occupied. So, yeah, no, I didn't get the chance to look at it in her eye. We're both Scorpio, so I'm not sure what the energy would be like. But, yeah, she's a blue. When did y'all catch that eye contact?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, no, she's a beautiful woman. And then, you know, also, I don't know, I don't know how young her son is, but, I don't know how young she goes. I don't know how exciting she wants her life to be. That's near, you know. He's still shooting that shot here. I don't know how exciting.

She's going to be right now. Like 55, maybe, 51? I don't think she's that. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got to look it up. But, yeah, you know, I'm not afraid to learn. What is your, I'm not afraid of, I'm not afraid. He got so long.

He got a lot for every age, brash. She 54, but yeah. Fifty-four, that's not even old. Yeah. They ain't too old for you, 54? Um, no. Not when it's near long. Not when it's near long.

Because I know some other 54s that you probably would be like, oh, Jesus. Yeah, I said, I said my age cut off would be like 47, you know what I mean? But a young 50, a young 55, yeah. I would definitely, you know what I mean, have a gathering or two. They're all killing the young girls, by the way. Facts. The knee-alongs, it's a night late. The ads, Angela Bassettest of the world, they're killing the young girl.

That's facts. That's facts. I would love to, you know, get into their mental state, you know what I mean? Because they are women that kind of stay away and they only pop out when it's time to. So I would love to, like, have a conversation and see where their mind are. But you know, they only accept an honesty. Yeah, for sure. They're older.

They don't got time for the baby. And that's what I love. I lead with that. You know what I mean? That, you know, being a young man and leading with honesty is like a double-ed short because, you know, some. some younger people are just not prepared for that you know what I mean but older women they don't care they don't care about that so that's why you like the leon thomas record because he's being so honest he is have you ever had to say that to somebody just let them know straight up like look

i'm not trying to settle down i wouldn't i wouldn't frame it like that like i'm a dog i'm a mutt but yeah yeah i definitely um anytime i'm you know um involved with a woman i let them know you know I'm not a traditional man. I'm not someone who subscribes to specific titles. You know what I'm saying? I like to create what I want to call whatever it is that we make. So, yeah. Do you say grand rising or good morning?

I say the rise is grand. You said me? You go that way. The rise is grand, baby. Hey, yo. Okay, so what is your relationship? Going back, what is your relationship now with B. 2K with the rest of with the other three because that is not

technically not b2k anymore is it uh i mean i always will honor you know my group uh my foundation and and you know where i come from uh as far as personally you know um we don't really have a relationship but none of them not not really you know um i will say that uh bud did come to one of my shows and we chopped it up you know so there always be a type of love there you know we We grew up together and, you know, we did something in all of our lives that no one in our lives did, you know what I mean? So I think that there's always an honor system there, you know, not to speak negatively ever. And it just be like, yeah, you know, that was that.

Did you guys know each other before the group started or you guys were brought together as the group? We were brought together as the group. Yeah, the first time I met them, it was at a New Year's Eve party and they performed. I performed and it was like, you want to be the lead singer? I was like, yeah. So, yeah. So, yeah. And what about you and Marcus Houston?

Are y'all clothes? No. Okay. Mm-mm. Gotcha. Yeah. I don't know why we thought y'all was real brothers. That was always the real thing.

You know, that was our thing back then. You know what I mean? Anybody that was a part of the camp was fam. You know, that's like, oh, that's my cousin. You know what I'm saying? But, yeah. No real blood type. You were one of the few people who probably experienced real celebrity.

Right? Because I don't feel like there's real celebrity no more. Yeah, that's true. That's true. Like, y'all had to, like, run from crowds and, you know, be ducked off in disguise. Yeah. How did that feel? And was it hard when you weren't feeling it anymore? Yeah, no, I felt like it was amazing. You know, it was amazing to, you know, look back on it. There was sometimes where, you know, I think Bull got hurt. He got lifted up into a crowd. It was, like, dangerous, you know what I mean?

Because five little strong girls is stronger than the biggest man. I mean. But looking back on that time and having it, you know, be a part of my experience as far as the organic, you know, energy between you and your fans was amazing. And when it changed, it changed not just for me for everyone. You know, I think you still have a little bit of fandom still today. But it's view different. It's almost like, are you okay? Why are you screaming? Are you okay? You know, I still receive that love, you know, no matter where I'm at on the planet, people still. come up to me and be like wow my childhood can i take a picture with you so i always uh appreciate you know the influence that i've had on people's life experience through music through movies through so yeah i don't feel no way about it you know i definitely feel like um you know a sort of uh an elder on the scene you know i mean that has had all the experiences so it's just different when you got the when you were a child star that's what i'm saying that i guess that kid fan base you know what They act different than everybody else.

Period. And those fans are still with me to today. I'm so thankful for those fans that stuck with me because we're able to put on the Millennium Tour. We're able to bring that nostalgia back on the planet, which, by the way, before the Millennium Tour, that wasn't the show. That wasn't the set list for all of these productions.

You know what I mean? To have a little bit nostalgia in your production is a great thing. Tell us the crazy story as a child, what Charlemagne was talking about, right? We always hear about the Michael Jackson story, people waiting in the airport for days, weeks. What was the craziest story that you remember as a child?

A girl being in our room before we got there, you know, the security would have to, like, check the room. I always thought that was weird because, you know, nobody's supposed to be in. How were they? Girl sitting in there, crouching down. As soon as we walked in, we were like, oh, yeah. So it was a green room or like a...

It was a green room, and then, my personal room, you know, one of the workers just let themselves in. And I was like, have sleep. And I woke like, what are you doing? It was a girl. She was trying to gather. And she was like, hey, she was trying to gather. I'm like, well, I'm asleep. No, what are you doing? No, you got to go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that was when it was like a little scary. That happened when you was a kid? Yeah. Jesus Christ. Yeah. When were you able to like walk around a mall by yourself? Because I know that was a point. Y'all couldn't even do stuff like that. Um, I don't know.

I don't know. I still, I still, I still, yeah, yeah, I still don't know. I mean, you're a star. I'm talking about, like, pandemonium riot. Oh, maybe that happened after the group separated. Yeah, after the group separated, it shifted, you know, because if you walking in the, you know, the mall with, I mean, B2K was already four people and then plus four security guards, it's like, you know, you in there and you're a mob.

You know what I mean? So people are like, but, you know, if you want to do things. quickly you go alone and that's what I learned you know how to be stealthy so yeah did you did you find that your fans grew with you yes yes a lot of them I mean a lot of them still you know still pop up to the shows and come to the meet and greets and everything so yeah yeah girls I grew up with from New York City they know who they are you know I mean um still come to my shows they got kids got got work all kind of stuff so they ever bring any of the kids and they got baby heads and, you know, long...

Yeah, I'll say, what's up to their kids? Kids named after me. Yeah, kids named after you. Yeah, kids named after me and everything. Like, yeah, it's a few kids out there named after Omarian. But do they look like Omarine? No, no, no, no. Could they be...

Omar's kids, for real. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Are they dancing at the ghost, at the meeting greets? That's what you're asking? Yeah. Yeah, no, no, no, I haven't met any of those yet, but I'm pretty sure that I've, you know, inspire some kids out there.

You know, you worked with a lot of, uh, legendary labels, epic, you was with Young Money for a little bit, made back music. What did you learn from each one of those experiences? That it's very important to make sure that you create the relationship that you want. And, you know, like you said, I've dealt with so many different layers and levels of business people,

you know, at this particular time, you know, me and my team, we're only dealing with the head, you know, pause. We're dealing with the top people. the people that are decision makers so I think through all of that you know I mean being on Mayback because you know they were working with Atlantic they were

you know I won't say a subsidiary but they did a you know a deal together joint venture that's what the word I was looking for so yeah just really dealing with the top people that's decision makers that's the difference to today like

you know when I'm doing business I deal with the people that can move things do you feel like you feel like they realize the full potential of Omario, any of those labels? I don't think they care. I don't think they care. I don't think it's in the business's nature to care.

I think that a lot of people in the business are, you know, just, you know, numbers. I think that there's a few executives that really care about the product, and they understand that in order to really make an intentional return, you've got to be invested, for real, not just on a financial level. You have to really know where the artist wants to take it. So that's been my experience. And you're indie now, right? Yes.

Shout out to Create. I'm about to drop some new music, you know, myself and MBK, you know what I'm saying? We just doing a collaborative with Create, so, yeah. What about ByWWall? You think you have ByWall ever do a joint album again? I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I feel like if I'm going to do, you know, any collaboration, whether it be rapper, singer,

I feel like they have to have like current music out, you know what I'm saying? Music that, and, you know, current music of the last maybe three years, you know what I'm saying? So, yeah, if I'm going to do a collaborative, it's going to be like, okay, new music. We're working on new vibes.

Why is that? Just because you feel like, you know, if you made music in the last three years, you actually care, you're active? Yeah, you're active. You know what I mean? Like, you know what's, you know, as far as producers, you know what I mean?

Like, what does that look like? And also, I feel like you have a better shot at putting something out. You know, like visuals. I think that today's artists, like, there's so many things that you have to do in order to, you know, really be visible. You know what I mean? So I will want someone that's not just, you know, visible, you know, on social media, but, like, in the music, too.

I feel like you and Leo will cook up some shit together. Oh, yeah, that would be dope. That would be dope. And you did a You Got Serve style cameo for JT. That was really dope How did that come about? Yeah, so JT and their people hit me up And they was like, you know, we got this song

You know, and I felt like in a way It was also paying homage to Fat Man Scoop You know what I'm saying, rest in peace So yeah, it was cool she asked me And I was just like, I got you And she's such a sweetheart You know what I mean So I thought that was really, really dope

And I wish more artists would pay homage To the generation before them You know, because we're still relatively young, you know what I mean, the 80s babies. I saw a video, and it was like all these kids that were born in 2000. They were saying that you're old if you're born in 2000. I'm like, huh? I'm like, so it seems like being older stops at 30, which is crazy. Crazy.

You know what I mean? So, yeah, I would definitely love to continue to do things like that, work with, you know, some of the younger talent in the business. Yeah. Yeah. Have you ever reached out to Leon? Do anything? No, no, not yet, but we've crossed paths.

All right, where. Yeah, we cross paths. I love to see what he's doing, you know what I mean? He's actually a child star, too. You know, he's someone that's started very, very young. So to see where he's at today is just awesome. I feel like that's, you know, it's very rare to see a lot of child stars continue on and continue to transform.

And that's what I've always loved about music is you don't have to stop or you don't have to essentially get over. you know you can pick up a you know a flute you know you can pick up an instrument you can write you can direct you know it's so much to do in our business child styles don't go crazy like they used to like there was a time when the child starts there like the ones from the 80s and some still going crazy but yeah for the most part y'all keeping it together yeah yeah what do you think uh what's what's the one thing you wish you knew when you first started your career with 40 year old of marian what would he tell 16 year old am i think about um

like life insurance policies, you know, trust, you know, just certain things that, you know, if you wanted to take a break, you could, you know what I'm saying? That's something that I feel like, you know, finances. I just, I wish I would have, you know, been given that game earlier on. I felt like, you know, maybe I would move differently, you know, if I had that. But, you know, everything is for a reason. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, definitely check them out on tour, Millennium Tour, 2025. You're going to be in New York. What's the date? We at the Barclays, March 21st, y'all pop out. No, March 17th. Oh, is March 17th? That's what it says here. I don't know. Maybe you're going to change. For my city, because I know Baltimore will come out. March 16th. He's at the CFC Bank Arena.

And then Barclays is the next day, March 17th. Oh, well, excuse me. I'd have messed it up. Don't listen to me on. All right. I'm looking forward to the music, man, because I'm always like, you know, brothers that are practicing mindfulness and, you know, really dealing with their emotional well-being. I like to see how that translates in their art I'm looking forward to the music I'm looking forward to Wild Rose the new series that she got coming in 2026

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