The Breakfast Club - Treach Interview

Episode Date: August 18, 2015

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listen to 10. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got some guests, family, friends to the room. To a Jersey finest. Stretch. And homie Blizzy. Blizzy. I want to do what he's doing.

Blizzy on camera. What's the word? What's going on? What's up, fellas? Jerz. Unified. Definitely, definitely. Making moves in movies.

So, Church, I see you're on that show, Comeback Kings. Yes, yes, indeed. And Eddie Lever, is he the producer for that? Executive producer. Executive producer. Yes, indeed. So let's talk about that show and why you decided to join that project. I was confused.

It's on UPN. Because you're not a comeback king. You still on the road. But that's the comical part of it. Because everyone in comeback kings, from June Balloon, from Black Rob, from Do It All, everybody's still out there doing their thing, making it happen. But we all think we are the top echelon of the throwback of our era. Okay.

So it's like a scripted reality show, kind of Kevin Hart-ish. You feel me? But it's Holly Hood. What's going on with you and Blaze? It seems like Jersey is unified because this is a BNC thing.

But it also seems like y'all trying to do a lot of positive things in the community lately. A lot of things. Since the music faction has been on something where you can't really But it also seems like y'all trying to do a lot of positive things in the community lately. A lot of things, a lot of things. Since the music faction has been on something where you can't really go and blend in and get it the way you used to. If you had hot music or been in the game long enough, you get respected to go somewhere. Thumb Sun, the group you're working with, anything else, right on. Now so much politics, so we got it to the point where what's the next hustle?

Because we could go wherever. So it's the movies. So it made sense. Me and this guy have seen each other for years and always has been like, pound on, go to different parties, and have the homies where everybody is chill like a family. You know, it ain't a banging situation. It's like it's all Jersey love.

So we like, we got to capitalize off of this. So with this, what we doing, it's just making the streets stronger and safer. Cause everybody knows everybody. It's hard to break bread with somebody and then have a beef with them on the streets. Right. So the little,

little bucks in our pups and everything else, they seeing like meeting up with each other, seeing each other. So when they see each other, Oh no, no, that's the homie. That's the homie. So they know, where you from?

Where you from? And it's on, you feel me? So they have a great film, East Side. Oh, my God. Yeah, we're working on a film called East Side Story. It's an urban-based story that gives you a reality of what you go through. And those who aren't fortunate enough to walk down the street, urban-based story that gives you a reality of what you go through in Newark. Those who aren't fortunate enough to walk down the street, we give it to you raw and uncut.

So just tune in. We working hard. Give them a little background on yourself, Blaze. You from Newark? Yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. Jersey stand-up, Newark. Prince Street Projects, Hayes Home, Pendleton Court. 38 years old, CEO of Bottom Music.

Just working hard, man, doing what we got to do, man. Just trying to put Jersey on the map as a whole, man. A lot of people remember you from the video where you told Chief Keef it was a wrap. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't do disrespect. We don't do disrespect. You can't disrespect the people and then come eat. So it's one of them things. Let the record show he hasn't been back since, Mr. Keith.

Right now, I take Jersey very close to your heart. Yes, definitely. About a month, two months ago, Fatal Hussein passed away. He's from Jersey. Rest in peace, Fatal. Absolutely. Peace, peace. And Tretch called me and he was a little concerned.

He felt that DJs in the tri-state area weren't showing proper respect to fatal hussein who passed away well it's like definitely and knowing it's certain djs that had the power to play what they want you feel me certain djs have to go under the protocol which the station is this is the list is the set So those that always, when I hear station, I hear they represent New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. So I feel like if somebody is from that area and is a legend in the state,

they should have respect of the tribute like other legends around the tri-state get the respect. You feel me? You come into Jersey, you get money. You know what I mean? Said slick shit all throughout years, but always made it to the point where you could come because there's certain homies doing parties, promotions.

Come on, come do it. I don't do music. I was forced into retirement because of dudes like this. I didn't get extorted by nobody on the streets, so I shouldn't have to do nothing extra to get no play or anything else. I ain't play by those tight rules. So, hey, I don't do music. I gave all my artists the Independence Day.

What's that? The 4th of July Independence Day. I don't have no groups. So if you go out and they don't throw the homie off the station, then y'all have a spot up in there and I won't be on there to tarnish it. But when he went, we put him in the dirt, and there was no respect to him like that, homie, you ain't welcome in Jersey no more.

And saying like that, I said, you won't make another dollar in Jersey, so ain't nobody say, oh, he's threatening to me. Yo, don't come to Jersey because by the time you finish paying your Secret Service to come in and insurance and everything else, you ain't gonna make no dollar.

Now, after I spoke to him, I respect him, my big homie Akbar, I said, yo, I know him, I know him, I want to talk to you, boom, boom, boom. I said, you know what, all right, call him. Called him, homie, boom, boom, boom, I'll talk on the phone, bye, I'll see you. When I see you, we'll have a nice talk, bye. Uncle Akbar spoke to him. Now, told him I'll see him next week. He goes on the air, I'm coming to Jersey.

Oh, yeah, I'm coming to Symphony Hall. Future band, band, band, band, band. Oh, yeah? I ain't puffed the magic dragon. You feel me? I heard he came around. He was around? Did a mix a lot. better make a u-turn

yeah he came through he came through he got the car though no no no i seen bro i seen him he ain't get out the car though smart on his part yeah very good right so you know and you know the sad thing about when I spoke to you tell me we talk about Faker flex Well made it you know when I spoke to you that day I said You know the sad thing about is a lot of times people don't know the history of what? Happens in New York and I said, you know even with fate I said most of the DJs on radio that are of age were probably too young to really know the outlaws or even know hit them up or even know a lot of the stuff. And it was like it takes a lot of the OGs to explain it to these guys, you know?

And the thing is, it's not just like Jersey. We stand and we've rapped Jersey, of course. It's New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, right? Absolutely. When you ever heard an artist from Connecticut get broke by this dude that breaks everything and is the street supposedly. And ain't no dope MCs in Connecticut, right? Absolutely. When you ever heard an artist from Connecticut get broke by this dude that breaks everything in the street, supposedly. And ain't no dope MCs in Connecticut. Ain't no dope MCs

all throughout the boroughs. Yo, when we came up, the best part of radio, that May radio, every place you landed, you knew where you was at. If you go to the A, you hear that.

Majority of the A sprinkled with a little bit of everything else. L.A., you hear L.A., sprinkled with a little bit of everything else la you hear la sprinkle with a little bit midwest east coast when you come to east coast you know you in the east coast the mecca oh dude done did it to a point where it's just whoever he get the most money where he playing this the south was doing them good turned the whole thing where everybody got to switch they sound and sound like the south i love love the South, but I want to hear it when I'm in the South.

You feel me? And the hot records is there sprinkled around. You know what I mean? In the area you at, you want to hear your new artists, your come ups, hurry and get some shine. You brought up a good point.

You think the lines are blurred now because a lot of artists from up North do sound like down South because Fetty Watt from Jersey, he get hella played. No doubt. But Fetty wap wasn't broke by this dude true he did his own hustle you feel me now fetty wap definitely i respect fetty wap and his grind he was that's right every night that's it was a jersey club new york club like i didn't even know his name i just knew the guy with the one eye with the good record. He had the good record. He was out every night.

He was going to be in New Jersey. He knocked the hustle. It's interesting because everybody lives in New Jersey. Like, everybody in the music industry, majority of people, once they get some money, they move to Jersey. And you want to at least give respect to the state you rest your head in.

And I'm not, like I said, I'm not giving them no records. I know you're supposed to retire after 30 like our knees is bad like we play ball or something you feel me like you ain't hot no more you feel what I'm saying

so it's like we do what we have to do I ain't scared of him but he ain't gonna he ain't gonna play my records it don't matter you feel me huh you get so much money

overseas though all over passport pimp. You feel me, huh? You get so much money overseas, though. All over. Passport pimpin'. Feel me? Always on the road. Stamping them passports. So it's like we just want to bring the whole feeling back to Jersey and let them know, man, everybody is welcome but him.

Why do you think Jersey doesn't have the same voice that it used to have? Because I remember a period of time when it was Queen Latifah, it was Noti by Nature, it was of time when it was you know Queen Latifah was known by nature was Redman it was poor righteous teachers it was all these the artifacts laws of the underground so many groups from Jersey and now we don't hear so much anymore yo it's like we never really had a hometown station that was support and play anything we put out there it was like we ain't a part of the tri-state. Everybody think, yo, the funny thing, you go for years,

you go all across the country. They be like, yo, where you from? I'm from Jersey. Oh, you from New York. Two different places. No, we from Jersey. Well, you know, we take it. We the sixth borough because we love the Mecca.

Jersey ain't been on for so long. It's just now it's like we getting our notoriety, and the notoriety that's coming along with it is everybody trying to claw to the top, so it's just everybody just want to showcase their talent. But Jersey, we here, though. We making noise, especially by the music. Very near future.

Shout out to Tax G, homie RZA 103, and homie NJ Threat. And these guys all work. You should know these guys' names if you're a DJ in the area. I mean, Tax G will stand outside the club with you for 30 minutes with you. Say that. To promote his record. But one thing about Jersey growing up is what we miss and we kind of got to get back to is like, I remember as a kid, the only thing I wanted to do at the summertime was go to

a Naughty by Nature pool party. That was it. That's what you wanted to do in Jersey. You know, the roller skate rink was there. That's where you go to the rink and you want to go to the thing. And I think we had to do in Jersey. That's right. You know, the roller skate rink was there. That's what was supposed to be the rink. And you wanted to go to the thing. And I think we had to start doing that. Start giving back to the community.

Start allowing them to have fun. And now with you two guys together, I think they can see that it can be safe for them. That's exactly what I think. I think Jersey just got a reputation for so long for being so bad. Like, you go to Jersey, you go to Newark, you're getting killed. Don't stop at the stoplights. Like, that kind of reputation is what probably kept people out of Jersey. It wasn't just Newark. Patterson.

Patterson, Elizabeth, Jersey City. East Orange, Irvington. It was all of them. Camden, Trenton. But Newark is getting very gentrified right now. Oh, yeah. Oh, definitely, definitely. We got the Devil Stadium down there, y'all.

You know, you got to have a hockey stadium in the middle of Newark. And have all our light-skinned friends walking around with no problem. It's a good thing. A lot of brand new hotels and everything coming up. It's a good thing. It's a good time to invest. Yes. Absolutely.

How do y'all keep the young boys in line? Listen, when you feed your puppies, they ain't going to bite nobody. I hear people say that all the time. It's about the economy. Yeah, it's about loyalty, showing the kids they matter. You know what I mean? Someone's concerned about them. They have father figures and stuff.

It's like you see like they see. Oh, yeah, yeah. Different in a while when they kill the bulls for the tusk and all that the little baby bulls don't know how to act They be wowing the moms can't keep them in check. So it's the same thing in the community It's like when you take the heads away whether they incarcerated or dead The little ones running wild cuz they ain't getting no training, right? I hope so the little ones running wild because they ain't getting no training. Are we going to drink some of this? I hope so.

Blaze, on a street level, how do you keep the young boys in line? Because, you know, I hear a lot of politicians, I don't want to say no names, in Jersey, they come to you and they do discuss things with you about keeping the streets safe. So how do you keep the young boys in line? Honestly speaking, when it comes to the political side of things, I really don't touch on that aspect. I just know the type of environment that I know that I would want to be in. I would want my mother to be able to walk down the street

without her watching her back or her getting her pocketbook snatched or this woman been in the community for 40 years and now she fear for her life or her possessions because of the youth is out of control. You just got to have individuals held accountable for their actions. That's all. And it's nonprofits and stuff. Brother Yousef over here, we use our political connects.

You know what I mean? It was a great thing that Roz Barak got voted in as mayor because we know him when he was working at the schools. Right. You know what I mean? And really in touch with the community and at the 24-hour peace rallies and all the stuff we was doing. So it's beautiful to have that. And the mayor of Orange now and Brother Yousef got to go YB, get our youth back.

So it's progress for that where kids have stuff to do after school. When we grew up, we had like Flip City. We had the Civic Centers. We had the Rams, Little League Football. We had kids all the way basketball. Everything, the kids had something to do all the time from when they got out of school. Now it's like all those things are shut down. You're seeing the kids walking around like zombies.

Right. So when you got that type of thing and there's different territories where you can't cross, even if you're not banging They just ask where you from you say the wrong Street. You ain't got nothing to do with it Our kids is out there. They need to be doing something. So that's what we doing with the different nonprofits and stuff as well Tell them something brother you so come in some other program. Yes, sir You don't want me From the province Absolutely That's my alumni Right here In the male arms Nah yeah

We got Go YB Which is Get our youth back You know what I'm saying And basically I did 15 years Upstate

So I came home A year ago So the whole thing is I know everything That we put into the streets Cause a lot of these kids Is crack babies

Heroin babies And things of that nature So We can't really fault them without falling ourselves so we gotta get our youth back which is go yb you know you're down with go yb and um old boy which is my long time brother he's the he's the forefront and the head of it you know i'm saying as far as the face of it and we're doing a lot of positive things in the community with the kids as far as honor roll students and different things of that nature. And we in orange every day, like three times a week, doing something with the kids or whatever.

But with our film, Street Dreams, they gonna see all of this. So it's like East Side Story, then we got Tretch Dawn, the South Side Story, which is about Supreme, he's playing Supreme, and we got Street Dreams. So these three movies all together, they're going to be seeing from us on Netflix real soon. So how did The Five Ventures help you, man?

Well, The Five Ventures actually showed me how to incorporate. You know, because they had a lot of brothers that came home from prison. They wanted to incorporate their business because a lot of brothers, we still run a business like we run it on the street. So they helped me incorporate. But I learned a lot from them because cat rail sharp all right so i learned how to run an organization that's when i started my non-profit based off of the five inches structure so you know we come in salute to the five inches that's a great program man if you're just getting out of prison or something they can help you get back on your feet you know

what he said with with you know thinking back and it and it's not just for New York and New Jersey. This is for every market and every state and city where artists should give back because, like you said, when I was a kid growing up, there was a lot to do. And you got to see a lot of the artists, whether it was a basketball tournament, you know what I mean? And we don't have that no more. Like I was thinking the other day, you know, my son plays in Newark, and he plays in this beautiful arena that they built down there in Newark.

And I just don't think we use a lot of the stuff that they have. Like this arena, when I say it's an arena, it looks amazing. It looks like. What arena is that? What arena? I don't know what arena it is. Not Bradsburg Park, right? Nah, it's some indoor arena.

Probably Rutgers. Nah, it got. Probably Rutgers. I don't know. And Harrison is not the Red Bull. Central. Central High. Probably the new Central High.

It's a new project, but my son plays down there, and I'm like, this is so good that we need. See, that's the thing. Don't nobody know. And Harrison is not the Red Bull. Central High, probably the new Central High. It's a new project, but I'm like, this is so good that we need. See, that's the thing. Don't nobody know. Right. That we need to start doing things like your celebrity basketball games where kids can come down and meet somebody and see people from where they're from make it. You know what I mean? Because that's a lot of times you don't see where you're from making it.

You don't see the guy, your next door neighbor make it, so you think you can't make it. So you think you got to do shit like Rob and Steele. But when you're out and you can see people like you that's making it it's like oh i could do that i could be a dj i could be a rapper i could be a doctor i could be a lawyer i could be a a bus driver i could do whatever it can to make it and that's what we gotta talk yeah can i touch on that see i go i be that's what we tell them basically you know have your own individuality because everybody can't be a rapper or athlete so we teach we teach them how to be engineers, how to be electricians, plumbers, you know, whatever regular stuff.

Because you've got four dudes, and one is a roofer, one a carpenter, one an engineer, one a plumber. Then you teach them how to get the houses at 13. By the time they're 17, they're millionaires. By the time they graduate. So it's the simple trades, but they just have to have a business mind with the trade. Like we teach them on financial literacy, the difference between a common

stock and a preferred stock, as well as the difference between an asset and a liability. Because you ask a lot of kids, a car, an asset, a liability, you're going to get ambiguous answers. Probably don't even know what either of those things mean. Well, this is what we teach them at GoYB. Well, give them the information for GoYB. Like getoutyouthback.org. Talking to Mike, talking to Mike. Talking to Mike. This is what we teach him at go I be well give me information for go I be so

Yeah, get out you've backed out all if you want to know about how we gonna get our youth back Not just not just for Jersey because we in Baltimore. We're in Philly. We're in Brooklyn We're in Harlem and we on the West so y'all gonna see us real soon And we you know, hopefully our support and what are some of the misconceptions in Newark, man? That you really can't go there and there's no jewels there. Like everything is broke, torn down. There's nothing to look forward to but trouble. Man, it's a lot of hungry cats out there that's nowhere near trying to stay on those streets or be on those streets looking and chasing dreams and everything else but making it happen.

But you don't see that. You know what I mean? It's the boxing leagues and all that down there. You only see on the news all the shit that make you not want to go there. The negativity, right. Yeah, so much stuff to go to Newark for and simple to help with, just being a part of certain things that's going on. Right.

Yep. Well, we appreciate you guys for joining us, man. Thanks for having us, y'all. We need more talk like this, man. We need more talk like this. And I like the fact that people can see y'all together.

They see the unity of the B's and C's together. That's big. Oh, thanks. B's and G's. Yeah, great. I just want to say I respect you two guys.

That's my boy. I want to say I respect you two guys because you guys make sure that people can come out to Jersey and can have a safe time. Straight like that.

When artists come in town and I see artists when they come to Jersey, they look a little frightened. They look a little nervous at times. Until they get there. And I know with Blaze and I know with OG Tresh. If you feel a little nervous, man, just come holler at your boy, man.

You already know. Come do it with your entourage, man. Bottom music, we hold you down, man. But I do hope that, you know, we bring back a lot of things that used to be in Jersey growing up. Like, I remember South Mountain Reservation. They used to have the cookouts there every year for the kids and everything else Actually, we got a we got a

Peace summit going on in the city of Newark supposed to be at a pedantry center It's gonna be a free summit spearheaded by Jim Brown Ray Lewis from the Baltimore Ravens I got biz Margie D that committed of course my, my brother Trent sitting over here to my right. A few others, you know, may commit if I, you know, I reach out. You know, I'm asking. You know, I get my family to commit, but this is what's going on. We're giving back to the youth, though, and it's a great gesture from our mayor,

the Honorable Raz Baraka. Yeah, right. When is that? September 10th. I'll give you exact confirmation. Y'all ready? And they still, they still do NJ pack,

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Good morning. Yeah. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan

on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on

the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace for yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all.

Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a woman. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. I'm Madison Packer, a pro hockey veteran going on my 10th season in New York. And I'm Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player and now a full Madison Packers stan. Anya and I met through hockey, and now we're married and moms to two awesome toddlers, ages 2 and 4. And we're excited about our new podcast, Moms Who Puck, which talks about everything from pro hockey to professional women's athletes to raising children and all the messiness in between. So listen to Moms Who Puck on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.