The Breakfast Club - Doechii Talks Signing To TDE, SZA, Florida Craziness + More

Episode Date: September 26, 2022

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Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Doshi, welcome. Hi. How you doing? I'm doing good. Did he pronounce that right? Doshi. Doshi, yeah. Hi. How you doing? I'm doing good. Did he pronounce that right? Doshi. Doshi, yeah. You said it like there's an S in it.

Doshi. Doshi. Doshi. What's that mean? Doshi? Yeah. Really? Straight into it.

Okay. I'm projecting. Oh, okay, okay. Okay, okay. Um. What? I don't know why that fucked me up so much. I'm so sorry.

It's your name. It's okay. It's all right. It's your name, Dolce. Yeah, I mean, you want the short version? Nope, I want the long version. Oh, man. Yes. Okay, I used to get bullied a lot.

I'm going to rush through it. I used to get bullied a lot, and it was really bad. And so one day I was like, you know what? I'm sick of this. I'm going to die one day, and I want to die being myself, being happy. So forget all of that other stuff and then i think early on i was branding myself early and i didn't know it and i woke up one day and i was like forget jayla i'm doji and then i went to school on a tutu and i started

doing music oh that makes sense so you created a i mean i learned this in therapy because i've done it before you created a character to protect exactly as superhero. Exactly, as a defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What age was this? Sixth grade. Oh, sixth grade. Yeah, sixth grade. And I've been doji ever since. Yeah, that's... What is it about sixth grade? That was my turning point, too.

Kids are really mean. Yeah. Yeah. It was bad. Let's start from the beginning. What got you into music? How did you design? Let's start from the whole thing.

Now, you're from Tampa, Florida. Yes, I'm from Tampa, Florida. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Exactly. Come on, where are you from? South Carolina. Now, you're from Tampa, Florida. Yes. I'm from Tampa, Florida. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Exactly. Come on. Where are you from? South Carolina. Okay, sweet.

Oh, my. I have family there. Really? What part? Actually, North Carolina. Okay, okay, okay. I think Greensville, that's what it's called.

Greensboro. Greensboro. Greensboro is South Carolina. Yeah. So, I grew up in the church and I started doing music there. I was in the band. My mom had me in all types of different activities and stuff.

I did every sport you could possibly mention, like down to swimming and freaking lacrosse and stuff. And from there, I think middle school, I started writing music, but I wasn't taking it serious. High school, I went to performing arts school, and I really excelled there. And then I put up my first song in like 11th grade and I haven't stopped since wow now when you said you got bullied did you go to a white school where you went bullied or was it a black school yeah I mean I got bullied my whole life it was really bad so I did go to a private school and then I went to a private school but I grew up in the hood so I would go to private school on like a different part of town and then I

would go back home you know what I'm saying you bougie you rich exactly so it was kind of like that type of experience so I got bullied a lot in like predominantly white areas but then I would go around my black friends and get like bullied too oh that's fucked and so um yeah I got bullied all the way up until sixth grade and then I was like no mas no more and why Dolce like what was that name like where did that name come from I don't know it really was like I hate to sound super dramatic but it really was like spiritual for me it just kind of came to me and I wrote it in my journal and it resonated with me because it didn't feel like an alter ego it really did feel like me like a state of mind like a decision to live a certain way yeah now you signed with TDE yes now how did

that happen how did you hook up with TDE? How did they hear your music? I had a song go viral on TikTok called Yucky Bucky Fruitcake. Yucky Bucky Fruitcake. Yes. Why are you laughing? That's a wild thing to call somebody. Yucky Bucky Fruitcake. Yucky Bucky Fruitcake. It's the title of a book, my favorite book, my favorite childhood book.

Okay. Who wrote that? Yucky Bucky Fruitcake? Junie B title of a book, my favorite book, my favorite childhood book. Okay. Who wrote that? Yucky Bucky Fruitcake? Junie B. Jones. Junie B. Jones? Barbara. That's my girl. I know.

Junie B. Jones is a beast. Yes. So, yeah, that song went viral, and A&R over there hooked up with Top and told them about me. They called me out, and then I made my single called Crazy, and I got signed off of that song and many others. Now, listen, Junie B. Jones. Yeah.

Have you ever been put up on Judy Blume? Judy Blume? Yes. Who's that? Junie B. Jones. I know had to be influenced by Judy Blume. No way. Yes, Judy Blume used to write children's books back in the 1900s when I grew up.

So it was like, are you there, God? It's me, Margaret, blubber. If you like Junie B. Jones, you would love Judy Blume. That's the bus, bus, bus. I want to increase my bus. Yes, I want to increase. Damn, I'm kind of disappointed. I thought I was original.

No, no, Judy B. Jones is dope. Okay. She's dope, but I'm saying Judy Blume was like the OG, OG of that genre. Now, I love the tribal things around the eyes. Can you tell what it says? It says something. No, I'm not that good at it. That is Yorubin though, right?

Huh? That's Yorubin? I don't know. Oh. Because I got it done to me before and it was Yoruba. I forgot exactly what the technical term is. I have no clue. But maybe that's a connection.

Because a lot of, is it Yorubian people? Yorubin, Yorubin. Yorubu people, they think that I'm Yorubu. And Nigerian. You're not? I don't know. I could be. I think so.

Because chi is like common in Nigerian. Like that. Yeah. So anyway, it says Dolce. See the H and the double I? It's an illusion. See, friend is back there. Friend understand.

Exactly. Okay. Okay. I get it. Thanks. By the way, your baby hair is off. I'm so. I get it. Thanks. By the way, your baby hairs are phenomenal. I'm so happy to be here.

You have no idea. We happy that you here. You guys are icons. Do you know that? I know you know. So excited. We just happy to be here. We just happy to be here.

Your baby hairs are phenomenal though. My baby hairs? What? The way them shit laid. Thank you. They are amazing. Now the BET Awards. Come on Deleon.

Let's talk about the BET. You want some? Yeah. No, I swear. All I thought you was calling Envy Deleon. No, the BET Awards. Come on, Deleon. Let's talk about the BET. You want some? Yeah. No, I swear. I thought she was calling Envy Deleon. No, no, no. Is she really? I was like, that's a new one.

Nobody heard her call him Deleon. Y'all want to take a shot? Absolutely. I'm not taking one. Why not? It's only 7 in the morning. She wants to do it. It's her.

No, it's me. I mean, that's fine. So BET Awards. Yeah. First time a lot of people got to see you and see you perform. Yes. How was that? Nerve-wracking?

How long did you practice? Because you killed it. I wasn't. Okay, so I was supposed to be on the small stage. But, I mean, in so many words, I just believed in myself enough. I was like, you know what? When I do this, I want to do it right. So I told them, I was like, instead of being on the small stage,

I'll just wait until I have my chance on the main stage. That's what you told them. So you told BET now you'll pass. I said, let's postpone. Okay. I didn't deny. I respect that. All right.

But I was just like, I will wait until my time comes. Wow. And they hit me up three days before and told me that they would like to have me on the main stage. Wow. And so I was already out of town. So I had one, technically like two days to rehearse. So I felt very unprepared for the performance. But it turned out to be good and I was extremely nervous.

It was a lot of malfunctions in that performance, but I think it was still iconic. You killed it. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. How does it feel to be the you're you're the first woman rapper on tde yeah how does that feel i mean it's a lot of dope ass rapping ass rappers on td it is it's a lot of pressure but it's good pressure that i put on myself because it's like

such a dope legacy like it's tde they're like that's hip-hop like real red real red that's hip hop so did you have to were you there like, like, you know, Kendrick was transitioning out. Did you ever get to connect with him in any way? Not in person. Kendrick being like Africa. Yeah. It's hard to catch him. Yeah.

But he did say that he thinks that I'm amazing. And that was, that meant a lot to me too. So hopefully we can meet in the future. Who put their arm around you first, like wise there uh isaiah for sure okay yeah he put me on his song and that was dope and then after isaiah it was um soul but we haven't made music together yet um and then after soul scissor what did soul do he just so it's just cool like he's just like really wise and like just really cool and he had like a leg brace and he looks like a pirate and it's really cool now the name of the project is uh she her black

b yeah i'm not going to say the word yes can you explain what the title of your latest project means it means so many different things please so going back to like i like to address a lot of my trauma and I like to like get through things and unpack and work through things with a lot of my music. And me and my friends came up with this concept for a production company. We want to produce music videos for different artists and do visuals and shows and stuff. And we ended up calling it, I say B, right? Don't say it? Okay.

You can. You can say it. I can say it so we ended up coming up with the name those black bitches Inspired by Kendrick Lamar's the little homies and we just thought it was funny at first But then we really started unpacking it and my friend at the time Oh yinda. She was like What if one day we win an award and like all these white people have to present an award and say this is presented to Those black bitches there you go. We thought it was iconic something about it It's like dark but empowering at the same way that I'm still trying to figure out how to explain to people

Why not those black queens? You know, that's great That's great That's great, too, but it's like I don't know's something about, there's like an archetype of a black bitch. When I'm talking about the black bitch, I'm talking about this character we're creating. Or this character that people think we are. And I thought it was kind of funny. So I started saying my-

The right person that does that to y'all is going to get canceled. Absolutely. As soon as they see it. Absolutely. I'm using it. I'm using it as a weapon. I love it. I think it's iconic.

Do you think we can really turn those words into terms of endearment? I always debate about this in my head because I'd be trying to stop saying the word nigga, but sometimes do not expect for all black women to get behind that. But if that archetype resonates with you and you get it or you've been oppressed by the slur black bitch and it empowers you to take it back, then that's your business. But not everybody is empowered by that. And I feel like we are all entitled to choose and not every black person is entitled by the word Nica. And we should respect that and choose. I was going to ask, how does your mom feel? You say you grew up in the church and now that you're successful. How is your family with your success?

You know, my mom just hasn't addressed the title. She just acts. She just talks about the music. She acts like it doesn't exist. She acts like it doesn't exist. We haven't really talked about it, but I would assume that she would. It wouldn't be something that resonates with her. But I think that the fact that she acknowledges that her black daughter finds empowerment

in something that oppressed her, I think she lets me be, and she supports it regardless. Who were your influences growing up? Was Nicki Minaj, first of all, one of your influences? Obviously. I talk about Nicki all the time. You ask her what her influence is and then tell her. Right.

I hear Nicki. You know, now that I got the shot, I'm nervous. Oh, boy. Oh. Oh. Usually you say cheers, you put the cups to somebody and then be like I had to just do it have you had breakfast no no doce

doce you gotta have breakfast first it's not doce doce I said doce no you didn't that'll really warm you up oh um Tyler the creator MIA Kanye West Drake Erykah Badu, Anita Baker. I mean, I said Tyler.

Nikki, Trina. I'm from Florida. That's right. You know, Trick Daddy, Wayne, Jesus. Even my gospel influences, Ty Trebek. I love Kenton Jones. I grew up on a lot of Kenton Jones. Clark Sisters, et cetera.

That tequila shot kicking your ass. You know, they're trying to talk. That shit burning your throat. Take a sip of water. Quite soothing. I'm going to let it fester in my stomach. Now, I saw you say really early on you was in tune with your feelings. I could know what a vibe was.

I could feel the presence of love. I matured with my mother. I watched her go through years of really bad relationships. She didn't trust anybody or herself. I watched her get older and mature, transition and find her spirit. She's my first example of what a woman is. So what's the maturing what your mother look like? Where did you get that?

I don't know. Wow. I think that was like a tweet and delete actually but anyway um what was the experience what

yeah what did maturing with your mother look like growing up my mom is a single mom I'm the oldest so me and my sisters are seven years apart so like

my mom was a young mother too she got pregnant with me at 18 so like I literally watched her grow up and it was so interesting because we were like really

close friends I grew up together you we grew up together it was so interesting watch her watching her grow up and like to this day I want to be like my mom like it's not even about my career she's just like such a fascinating woman she's so poised graceful and kind but also like roaring and you're scared of her and I want to be that place one day but yeah that experience really shaped who i am now and just like how i love and how i approach life i'm embodying my mother so i grew up like real close friends more than mother daughter more like best friends no my mom doesn't play that um she's very very adamant about i am your mother but at times when she was younger, before she matured,

it did feel like a best friend. Like I was growing up with my sister. Gotcha. Because she was wild. How did mom act when you were getting bullied? Because she was a younger mom, so she's the type to pull up at the school. Absolutely. My mom was very protective of me, but it got to a point where she was like,

okay, girl, how many times are you going to get beat up? Like how many times are you going to get beat up are you are you gonna keep letting people bully you are you gonna stand up for yourself so eventually I saw her kind of fall back and just allowed me to stand up for myself like you gonna fight back are you gonna get beat up and I got tired of getting beat up you can only get drugged through the dirt so many times you remember the day you fought back the first time you fought back? You remember that first day? What happened?

That first time was like, I'm not gonna take it no more. Oh my God. Okay, so, you know how with you with your cousins, they make everybody fight?

Absolutely. So, I was the person. They used to literally throw me out because they knew that they could just beat me up. Like, it was bad.

They got tired of trying to move on you. I just wouldn't fight back. I don't know why. So, one day, I. I don't know why. Yeah. So one day, I think I was fighting my cousin. I don't want to say her name.

I was fighting one of my cousins. This was a long time ago. You can say her name now. It wasn't that long ago. She's only 22. What if Christmas is coming up? It couldn't have been that long ago. No, because she could fight.

I don't want her to come. You still scared of her. All right, go ahead. I was fighting her, and she was going in on me, dragging me, dragging me, dragging me. And I was like, you know what? Forget it. So I picked up, boomed her.

The what? Boom, boom. I boomed her. Okay. What'd you pick up? I picked her up. Oh, picked her up. Slammed her, boomed her.

I'm on top of her. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. All my cousins laughing. They think it's hilarious. That was my first time fighting back. And then after that, every time somebody tried me, I wasn't having it. So she didn't want to fight you no more after that? No, she did. Okay. That was just my first time like fighting back and then after that every time somebody tried me I wasn't having it So she didn't want to fight you no more after that. No, she did. Okay Okay, you got it but never again she got her get back oh, yeah, hey

I'm absolutely was your cousin's that was bullying you all the people like everybody was gracious No, everybody was on me. But you know when it's from your family is kind of out of love Like there was just, my stepbrothers, they used to always try to, like, make me fight and, like, teach me how to fight just to, like, you know. Toughen you up a little bit. Toughen me up a little bit. So it's like I got to a point where I can really eat hits. I lost more fights than I won. I can eat hits.

I really can really bad. But it made me real tough. And I started fighting boys. And then I started fighting people. And that became a whole thing. I wonder if when we talk about toughness, does it have to be physical? Can it be more emotional, mental?

To me, that's the real toughness. That's what helps you get through life. I feel like I was really tough at that age because I wasn't even letting them beat me up because I was mainly scared. At first I was scared, but then I started feeling bad for them. I was like, wow, this is sad.

Can't we just go play tag yeah because they were projecting they probably was getting their ass kicked somewhere at home or someplace absolutely that's like Florida culture people just love to fight I really like it too it's kind of fun when the last time you got into a fight um actually a couple months ago really my downtown apartment with who okay downtown where i don't downtown la okay okay yeah i was outside my apartment it was like a drunk situation they were drunk we were drunk and we were like on these scooters and one of my should i tell it yes okay somebody in my group lost a purse we went outside to look for it but you know when people are drunk they take it

the wrong way so they was like outside you lost the purse we went outside to look for it but you know when people are drunk they take it the wrong way so they was like lost the purse outside cause we pulled up on the scooters pull up on the scooters we went inside we was like wait

lost the purse we go outside the group is like this girl in the group she's so loud ah ah ah don't nobody got your purse da da da da

but I'm like okay girl you drunk like whatever we looking for the purse we ain't got your purse da da da go back inside go back inside

I'm like okay girl like relax go back inside go back inside and i was just like you're not gonna keep telling me to go back inside i'm already going back inside and i don't like that so we start going back at it it's your it's your apartment she's telling me to go in my apartment that's what i'm saying but you're not gonna tell me to go but you're not gonna tell me to go in there so we go back and forth. I can't remember a lot of it because I was drunk. Eventually, I just popped her

because she was running her mouth. Oh, you're not going to touch me. You're not going to touch me. Okay. Yeah. Did you win? We got jumped. How many of them was it?

Yo, it was like six of them. It was only three of us. Damn. My ex at the time was fighting his sister and me. He got jumped by three of the dudes. Only your ex at the time. Oh, so it was three dudes and three girls? It was bad.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. But two of the girls ran. Two of your girls? I was tagging her friend. Oh, okay, okay. No, not my girls. Okay. I was tagging her friend.

Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. So it was really four on three. Yeah. And two of them ran. So it was really four on three. Yeah. If two of them ran. So are you the girlfriend that's going to start trouble even though that you're outnumbered? Because it seemed like y'all was outnumbered. You knew you was outnumbered. And now you just got your man beat up because that shit just went in the house.

Because you said it was three dudes. That's why he your ex. That's why he your ex. Because you the one that just went in the house like the girl said. But our dignity, our dignity, it's about respect. And this is my house. You're not going to try me. You just got beat up by three dudes.

But he has his dignity. So let me ask you a question. After y'all got jumped. Does he have his teeth? After y'all got jumped, what did y'all end up doing? Oh, we went upstairs. We got more drunk. Y'all went back in the house.

We did go back in the house. You justall went back in the house. We did go back in the house. You just prolonged going back in the house? We did. Yeah. What did your boyfriend say after that? After you got him beat up? He wasn't upset at me. Yeah, that's not why we broke up. Tell me why y'all broke up. I'll tell you if this was really the reason. Part of my life.

I'm not gonna do that. Okay. Alright. You almost got me. I'm just gonna do that Okay Alright You almost got me I'm just asking Asking questions here I'm just saying But you know As you grow in this game Because I hear a lot of people

Talk about you often Meaning that they Really enjoy what you do So you're gonna continue To grow Your star's gonna continue To rise You're gonna have to learn

You know Turn the other cheek on Man shut up Right You have to learn To turn the other cheek On some of this stuff. I feel like there are a lot of people watching me,

and who would I be to compromise my integrity? My integrity. I don't care. No, you have to. I don't care. I mean, always defend yourself. You know what I mean? Absolutely.

But hire people to defend you because security is a good thing too. We have that. But, you know, you're going to have to learn to walk away. This will start costing you money. Because Fat Joe always tells this story about how back in the day he was known to knock somebody out. So people would just jump in front of him. Knowing Fat Joe would hit them. Oh, that's bad.

You know? So you don't want that. But I'm not at that level yet. Now tell us about the persuasive remix, which says ah. Absolutely. What do you want to know? How did you link up with her to do that record? I mean, other than TDE.

We didn't link up. We didn't link up in person to do that record. Okay. I went on tour with her. You know, we have linked up before, but it wasn't for that record. I was getting glam one day, and then my team played it, and they surprised me. And I was like, oh, dang, she did the remix and it was fantastic fantastic i was gonna save our collab for something else because i didn't think that song was good enough for her um well like i didn't

think the song was that i didn't think she would like it really yeah why are you because she's so good okay okay okay like i wanted to give her something that was like oh my god amazing out of this world like deep and vulnerable and she was like girl let's do this she embraced you I'm sure right cuz she took you on tour yeah absolutely what kind of game does she give you um I don't know well the game she gave me I really can't even talk about it's like more personal shit like I don't even want to like okay yeah but we talk about like it has nothing to do with music you know what i'm saying it's about life it's about your spirit so it's like yeah how are you loving the industry so far meeting new people people being fake and having to do all that so what is your thoughts on that

on that i'm vibes i'm vibes i see you got the number seven tatted on you i did oh god me and my ex got that that's god's number though and and that's why i'm like okay the one you got the number 7 tatted on you I did Oh god Me and my ex got that That's God's number though And that's why I'm like okay I was gonna do his name Can you imagine What if his name is 7 and we don't know it Is that his name

Oh What made y'all get the 7 Did it have anything to do with God? It's his favorite number, and he gave me, like, this deep reason about why it was important, and I got really attached to that reason, too. So I was like, fine. And then he was like, we got to get a tattoo. And I was like, fine, let's get a tattoo.

He told you it was God's number, right? He didn't say that? Yeah, he was like, the earth was made in seven days and like seven is just like a really prominent point and his birthday's on the seven so yeah we got the seven and i mean it still resonates but yeah how long we all together exactly we were friends for like what like maybe three four years and we were, I think, like a little over a year. Okay. Yeah.

Were y'all like, not to be personal, but were y'all like just friends or like friends friends for those three, four years? No, like we were like friends. Like friends friends. Like nasty. Yeah, but then we started having sex. That's what I meant. Oh, yeah. We were like friends, but it was like casual.

It wasn't even nothing. It was just like, this is what friends do. Kiss your friends. Then y'all grew into more. Yeah, and then we grew into more. No, it went from being friends and then he proposed to me like randomly. Really? And I was like, why not?

You said yes? You said yes? Absolutely. And then what happened? We broke up. Interesting. Yeah. Is that, do you think he's, somebody said, do you think he's uh what I said you think he's the one

even now not at all you know at least not who he is right now people can change and like just the person he is right now absolutely not and I think the person I am right now is like not fitting for the type of relationship that he wants the success changed the relationship I think so blowing up and on tour on the road i think so i became way more busy like way way yeah i became way more busy and i just i think he started to feel like he wasn't a priority because i'm working has he been doing any of the work that like i guess process maybe some of his unhealed trauma or some of the childhood wounds that he has? I don't think so. I would hope so.

I would hope so. We don't talk now. Like, I don't even, I couldn't call him if I wanted to. Yeah. I feel like you're very in tune with your feelings, though. Absolutely. What do you think got you in tune with your feelings so early? Hmm.

My mom really taught me like how, I don't, I don't know, maybe church. I just like, I was speaking in tongues when I was like 10. So like, I just have always like had a longing to connect with spirit and God.

And I look for God in everything that I do. I mean, God is in everything that you do. Exactly. Yeah. Did you ever want to be a pastor or anything? You ever thought that, you know, you were going to be a good old church girl? I feel like I am a pastor right now. Ooh.

Yeah. In my music and as an artist. It's just not in the traditional way that other people see it. I think it's in the way that, it's the best way, actually. Because I don't think there's nothing that can get messaging across more than music. Yeah, so I feel like I'm ministering in my music even when people don't

feel like it's gospel. I think it is. As a child, did you make up fake characters because you got bullied and have different characters and different names?

She just told you, don't you? No, I'm asking for a question. That wasn't a fake character. I mean, it's a character. Don't you speak? No. No.

Nah. Was I the imaginary? I'm trying to. It's like everything in me wants to say I didn't do that. Because your sound effects are amazing. Were you about to say, was I the imaginary friend? I was. Was I the imaginary friend?

I had to stop myself. I don't know. I think I did do that. But it sounds cooler if I say I didn't. I don't want people to think I'm weird. I was an only child for seven years, so yeah, I probably did. I can say it, because your sound effects are amazing. Yeah, you talk like Missy Elliott in Little Wayne Rap.

Really? Yeah. Her. See? See? You make your own sound effects and everything else. That's what I'm saying. Because as an only child, I did the same thing.

I made sound effects. I did the same thing. Yeah, I used to like... Because you play with yourself. Pause. Exactly. I said, yes. Because as an only child, I did the same thing. I made sound effects. I did the same thing. Yeah, I used to like. Because you play with yourself. Pause. Exactly. I said pause. I've been playing with myself.

You play with yourself? Hmm? You play with yourself? No. Yes, but no. When you were a child. I mean, even now. No, don't you?

What are we having this conversation for? Exactly. Exactly. Do you think the craziest people in America come from Florida? I think the most liberated people come from Florida. Explain. I don't think that Floridians are crazy. I think that we are free.

We are free and we don't give a damn. I think y'all need some rules and regulations. What? Why? I think there's too much freedom in Florida. Really? Yes. I don't know. What?

People do the British accent all the time. You live in Florida now? Oh, no, you say you live in L.A. No, I don't live in Florida. Yeah, you say you live in L.A. No, I don't live in Florida. Yeah, you say you live in L.A. Right. I don't live in Florida. Is that sage?

Yes, it is. I burn sage in here all the time. You know, you got to keep the energy right in the room. What does sage mean to you? Protection. Cleansing. That's it. Protection and cleansing for me.

It's like just a representation. Yeah, it helps you set your intention. Exactly. You know? Okay. You sage a lot? Sometimes. What do you do when you wake up in the morning?

What do you do to set your intention for the day? You have like affirmations. On a good day. I go with the vibes. I don't believe in routine, at least not for this stage in my life. Too much routine, it makes you so stiff. So I try to be in routine, at least not for this stage in my life. Too much routine is just, it makes you so stiff. So I try to be in the present moment. But on a good day, my morning routine is like waking up, apple cider vinegar shots, open up.

I have to turn the AC off, open up all the windows in the house, let the air in, Pilates, hop in the pool, skin routine, bubble bath. And then I get to work. Do you feel like it's hard growing up in this era where it's like everything is true and you pray do you feel like it's hard growing up in this area when you where everything is so like transparent it's like every second of your life is damn near on social media somewhere it's not hard for me it is a little odd sometimes but it's not hard for me because I'm like I'm an internet baby mm-hmm so I even before I was doing music, I had a YouTube channel

where I would just talk about all my business all the time. I'm extremely transparent, and it's not hard for me to be transparent at all on the internet because that's how I've been communicating with the world since I was literally able to talk. Is that good or bad, though? I wonder. It can be bad. It's been positive in my life, though.

It doesn't affect it. It helps me, even. So it makes me, like, really honest and brave, and I feel empowered by it sometimes. I wonder, nowadays, when labels sign a younger artist, do they be like, okay, let's go scrub your internet history? I think so. Just in case. I would hope they would.

They didn't do it with me. What do you think is going to get you canceled first? Hmm. I don't want to. It's like I'm walking right into it. I'm just saying. And when I say canceled, I mean, it's not going to do anything to you. It's just going to be people mad.

I don't know. What are people going to get mad at you for? Let them find out on their own. Nothing could cancel me. There you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I say that and two weeks later I'm apologizing, crying. I don't know.

Okay. Well, we appreciate you for joining us. Doshi, I'm sure this won't be the last time we'll be seeing you up here. What? That's it? Y'all are cutting it? What? What do you mean? That's it?

You want more? Yeah. The floor is yours. What's going on? So tell us about this ex-boyfriend and why you got a boyfriend. You know, you didn't want to talk about that. Come on, give me some razzle dazzle. What MCs don't you like?

What MCs don't I like? Oh, man. Y'all are going to kill me for this. What? I was sitting there wondering why would you want to answer that? I was curious too. Like, what is the reason you want to answer that? That was a set up question.

That's not the one you're supposed to answer. I want to get into the key. The key? But it's okay. The key? Oh, the key key. I love a good key key. Me too.

But you don't need to volunteer the key keys. Let the key keys happen organically. Okay, okay. Yeah, don't force the key keys. I guess we're done. That's right. That's right. What artist hasn't been nice to you so far in this industry?

Hasn't been nice to me? Nobody. Who's in your DMs right now? Who's in my, like, artists? Sure. Nobody. My DMs are so dry dry that's going to change today nobody makes passes at me it's really weird really yeah really yeah no why do you think that is

i don't scream like come come in my DMs. I was talking to my friend about this. Like, I know that I'm beautiful. You are. And I do have like a sensuality about myself in a class. But I don't scream like, oh, I'm ready and available and you can get me by sliding in my DMs. Like, I don't give that energy. But isn't that like the way that this era communicates?

So sliding in the DMs is kind of like I don't attract I know no no never if you find my dear. How do I meet somebody in person? Let it happen I do okay. Yeah, last time you met somebody in person Recently, okay, we're right. I made you smile. Okay. Yeah, we're at you smile okay yeah where at you blush it look at you here oh he's just in fashion week hmm was he from what makes you think it's a he you right wish where's he or she from are? I'm not going to say. I think it's time for us to wrap it up. You said, are they? And you said, I'm not going to say.

It's been great, guys. How do you know we're guys? You don't know what we identify as. No, you're absolutely correct. That's right. Thanks, Charlamagne. This has been fun. Tell me where to find you, Dolce.

Oh, you guys can find me on all streaming platforms and social platforms. Dolce, D-O-E-C-H-I-I. Can you at least tell us how you holler? Yeah. Or she hollers. Or they. What did they say? They...

Maybe I'm getting mixed signals. Maybe it wasn't that. I don't know. I'm overthinking. Oh, my God. Tell us. Do you ever just think and like, oh, my God, nothing's real? That's what anxiety is.

Was it a woman or was it a man? Was it a... They? So they... Okay. Approached me. No! I have to go.

I don't want to do it because what if they see it? That's good. No, no, no. They already saw you blushing. They already know who they are. Right? I know. I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that i don't want to do that you got a date set up i value this

person oh you just met the person and well is the person a celebrity don't do it he got me don't do it if he's a celebrity don't do it i'm telling you you got monkey pox no no no no no i think they'd be flattered by seeing this much. Anything else would be a little overkill. Okay, play it cool. I get it. We're trying to get you out of here, Dolce. You wanted to stay. I know.

You caused this, Dolce. You caused this one. Okay? You need to go in when people tell you to go in and leave when people tell you to leave. I want to put you in the hot seat. So where's Angela? She's not here. She's actually in Chicago.

Why is Angela leaving? She's got her own show. She's got her own show. All the way up with Angelique. What did you guys do? Nothing.'s got her own show. She's got her own show. All the way up with Angela E. What did you guys do? Nothing. She got her own show. She comes on right after us.

It's like a spinoff of the breakfast club. What made her want to get her own show? They offered her more money. She's nationally syndicated. It's her name on the bill way up with Angela E. Are you sad about it? Sad? That's a great question.

So you're happy? Happy? I don't think I'm happy. I don't think I'm happy. I don't think I'm happy or sad, but I do realize that we built something really, really, really, really great together. I'm sad. We've been together for, what, 12 years? Yeah. It's been a long time.

I don't want to say sad. Sad's not the right word. Are you guys unpacking that? I haven't unpacked it yet, but I don't want to. Sad isn't what I feel. Okay. But I do feel something, but it's not sadness. Like your sister's leaving.

She's been here so long. But you're happy for her? I'm happy for her, yes. I'm happy for the culture of radio. I'm happy for her but I'm happy for the culture of radio as well because I feel like

her being on in the mid-days brings more personality to radio and we get the opportunity to bring in some new talent. Is it true that Remy Ma's gonna be coming? No, that's not true. So it's just a random rumor.

That's a random rumor. What you doing? Six to ten, anything? Six to ten. What? You got a promising music career. You wouldn't want to wake up to do radio every morning.

You think so? I know so. Plus that'd be like Paola. You'd be playing your own records, playing a bunch of TV stuff. Absolutely. Yeah. I would cheat. I would cheat all the time. Yeah, nobody got time for that. Plus you'd be in here fighting. I ain't got time for that. Yeah, you'd be like Paola. You'd be playing your own records, playing a bunch of TVE stuff. Absolutely. Yeah. I would cheat.

I would cheat all the time. Yeah, nobody got time for that. Plus you'd be in here fighting. I ain't got time for that. Yeah, you'd be in here fighting. You know what I'm saying? I don't want to be in here breaking up no fights. Then you'd have to tell us who he, she, or they is.

Exactly. Yeah. So now you don't want the job? No. Mm-hmm. All right. Thanks, guys. Okay.

All right. Are you really leaving this time? I am. Now I see how this fight started. I really see how this whole fight started. Go inside. They kept telling me to get in. I'm not going in because y'all want me to go in.

Go inside. Now I'm going inside. Okay. Bye. I just want everybody to know the way to make you do things is to tell you not to do it. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? Don't go inside, Dolce.

Don't leave. Don't leave. You don't tell me what to do, then she'll You know what I'm saying? Don't go inside, Dolce. Don't leave. Don't leave. You don't tell me what to do, then she'll go in. Then she'll leave. Well, Dolce, ladies and gentlemen. You sure, Dolce? We don't want you to leave. This is Dolce.

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