Club 520 - Rotimi on ‘Power,’ becoming a FAN of Jeff Teague & Club 520, making music, playing basketball
We’re back with Season 3, Episode 93 of Club 520, where Jeff Teague, DJ Wells, and B Hen are joined by Rotimi, where he talks about being both a musician and an actor. He also discusses how he got the role on ‘Power,’ making a song with Wale, being a huge fan of Jeff and Club 520, playing basketball in New Jersey when he was growing up, and much more!
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Timeline:
3:06 - Episode Start
3:45 - Hooping in Chucks
5:00 - Rotimi on OG fan of 520
6:15 - Basketball in Jersey
9:15 - Going to Northwestern University
11:00 - Living in Chicago
11:45 - Barbee
13:00 - Music first
14:00 - Kelsey Grammer & How he started acting
18:50 - Milestone Moment
22:30 - "I haven't made it yet"
24:30 - Music career
26:15 - "In My Bed" track with Wale
29:15 - B Hen playing drums
32:45 - Being on Power
40:30 - The Chi
44:45 - B Hen's church
47:45 - Jeff rooting for Mook
50:00 - People hating success
56:00 - Getting features
57:00 - Studying actors
59:00 - Parents watching his fame
01:01:00 - People he'd like to work with
01:04:00 - Fan of Club 520
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And how you wasn't It's comfortable, bro okay, Yeah, a little comfortable. You know what I'm saying. Just you know, match off. Okay, it was. Yeah. At one point in my life, I was a Chuck guy. Yeah. I used to wear Chucks every day. Shout to j Mixed. Shout to my my uncle aunt Man who he said was wearing Chucks. He was from l a little Harlow Harlow tops. I used to wear high Yeah. It was a hot chuck guy. Fly. I still rock with them too. What's crazy? Niggas used to really hooping them. That's everybody who in the precept. They deserve whatever credit they deserve. But that was I heard hooping. But she was and no sols Broig Fast shout the stock. Everybody in the seventies, man anyway, were talking about them like that. Shout I'm playing I'm playing them. To write, my dog young, not your young tig how you. What I'm feeling? Good Man, I told him before the show started. My wife listen to his music every morning, and I'm starting to feel a little fended. You don't play my album and my album, but respect. Respect my dad. You said, switch up the playlist. Yeah, I was like, prove my Riah Currey on something. I know. I know you've been watching Parer like Nick Strong and Ship. Oh no though, parents, Man, y'all ain't tapping into new season the shot Ship. I can't wait to talk? Yeah, walk with it? Yeah? Can I curse? Can I talk? The last three minutes? Listen bit long way episode. Man, Listen, y'all fried Man, listen, we wait for this episode. Man. Heap there early with us, before we was even shipped. Man the one, the only man we got, the actor of the musician, mister roll take me big dog with just sliding on this man. Man, God, bless y'all. Man, I honestly hit Mike. I said, Yo, y'all got something special over here. This is like two years ago, a year and a half ago. Oh damn, Oh yeah, bro, it's hitting. Bro Like y'all are just potent, honest, efficient and people need the authenticity you know what I mean. So I appreciate you. It was really flying. Brow for early on, back when we were still at the real five twenty. Bro, what's happening? So we appreciate that. Early on. Man, it was a little rocky in them days, a little bit more wrong. You was fooling with us in the treasures. That's what happens. We was ghetto and all. We had just moved the address. Listen, I heard you. You know what I'm saying. You used to Hooper High School. Ye's true, It's true. Okay, what positions you play? Are you playing the court? I played point guard, Bro, I'm from Jersey, so during that Jersey Yeah, during that time, it was Jake Kidd all day. JA kid came mart you know, carry Kittles type of vibe. So socks up baby, yeah, sir. So at that point, it was like I couldn't I wasn't the best player on the team. I was more so just a leader, you know I was. I wasn't o D nice, but I had like four nice niggas around me, so I made sure they got the ball. But in terms of like hooping, yeah, Ja kids changed everything for. Me, Bro, Yeah, it was tough. So that's who you might was your game after Yeah? Yeah, because you know, it was just past first. But I couldn't shoot. He couldn't shoot. Y'all. Listen, y'all gotta stop disrespect to j Kid jump shot. I don't want to jump around on the spot. He what he got the RK for, like the top five and three. Eventually, no, but they used to call him because he had no JA. I was there, that was me, you know what I mean. But now he's one of the greatest of all time, one of the greats all time. So that was tough man. That's crazy Jersey times. The next squad when they moved to Brooklyn, it was like, I can't really be a NETS fan for real because I'm not from Brooklyn, you know. But so at that point it was more so just like who do I like? What player do I rock with? You know what I mean? But what years you come out high school? Six? Yeah? Was in Jersey? Did you play Anthony's Yeah ship. Killer? Patrick? Yes? Patrick? So you played Corey. Fishery, Corey Fisher Villanov, Oh my god, Randy. Ford, Randy for filling baby lace. Thomas Thomas was that Nigga was busted Greg. No, no, no, I remember we show didn't do that. No no, no, no, no, no, no, it's not true the lake. You know. Listen, bro, this is a basketball part. We really we clown, but we are tapped in, especially in our era growing up. Like Greg, we're giving him ship. He was the best to everything for real. No, we remember when it's Bro forty two. It was good. Yeah that was yeah was up there, that's bro. It was tough. Bro, it was tough, like it was you had to even have heart or actually scale me. I was a heart nigga. I was all heart, you know. But yeah, so you know, yeah, yeah it was tough. That's what's up all right? Man? So how did you end up in Northwestern? Yeah? I was what that's random as hell? Was shot this shot. He was always supposed to be a shot. I see the player. I'm saying. So my mom, so I'm Nigerian, right, so everything is education at first, you know. So my mom My mom was like, yeah, this is a school called Northwestern that wants to just you know. I went there for voice performance. So auditioned and I got in. But it was early decision. So once I got in, I couldn't go anywhere else. So when I got in, it was just like, Okay, this is exactly where I needed to be. But it was cold, bro, it was a cold, big tank all like oldie white people. It was a culture shop, you know what I mean. But it was exactly where I need to be because you know, I'm very big on my spirituality. So God was like, you need to go there, because after that it was boss and all these things. But at first it was like, why am I going there? I wanted to go to Princeton genuinely. Yeah, my SAT scores and shit was cool, but I love Princeton because there was a lot of pretty girls like Princeton, you know. And at that point, it was just like, let's just make it. Let's make it make sense. So Northwestern was the wave. Okay, Yeah, did. You ever tap into the Chicago while you was at Northwestern? Though city you want to eat out Block? Laugh? I don't even know if Block was Old Block when I was there, Bah, it was, but it wasn't how it was like. But when y'all was like being here, like, how many times did y'all spend in Chicago? A lot? Bro? Everybody jerk was in Chicago. They had a damn what's the food? Yeah, legendary summertimes Chicago is the best ever, but that's a fact. Food and fashion in Chicago. Yes, but Northwest changed my life. Bro. It made me understand like like what it meant to be a man. I went there seventeen. I skipped the grade, so I was early there class had you had to bro. It was just one of those things where it's like you got to figure out who you are now in this world. You know what I mean? What's that mean? I don't know what I mean? I know you're watching this. Did you see the first I wouldn't Yeah, I wouldn't. Mean that means mind you, bro, this know he don't know sign language at all. So that's a bunch of random ship just regard to go. Yeah, but no, she got a shout out the shot town man shout shot. Love me say all right here, let's get some drinks going to here man bory b. She had worked today on the weekend. God, it's good. Lord, you gotta you gotta tell me, bro, oh. Dag Mike said you're gonna be off the tour before today. Damn, I'm just thanking so much. You asked me how I was doing. Yeah, yeah, all right what we got today? Appreciate you? Classic? Hey, yo, Classic Rod is crazy. Philly Purple could be pinky. Yes, they been thrown agree on the court. We gotta guess. So I don't know, y'all. I don't know, y'all was potting that? No, listen. Also, just coup. It's crazy about the triple cups. I'm classic right now, O g Lil Wayne, but now be here used to have a cup when we was at the crib. He'said, like eight cups. Respect like the headphones plugged. Yeah, just star phone. I just keep making drinks, not just you know what I mean? Putting cups on topic? Man, that's wow. So what did you get into first acting or the music? Now? It's definitely music. I've been singing since I was three four years old. Oh like, I was a Nigerian wedding singer at four years old. Bro, you like me for sure? You like that. But I was nice broering wedding. They throw money. I'll be seeing that. My mom was a hustler, so she was like, yo, you could sing, all right? Cool? I sing for the bride and then it was just throw bread everywhere. Connecticut Philly. So I was like, Okay, if I could do this for the rest of my life, Bro, this what I'm supposed to do. But boys on tour before he was in kindergarten. This yeah my first manager, Bro. You know, so music, but then acting came about when I was broke, Like I was broke, bro like after leaving Northwestern. All my friends was like, I'm doing investment, banking and all this other stuff. And for me it was like, I just love the craft. And so it's a long story. I try to make sure, but you talk a little bit when I So when I graduated, had no money. I lived in High Park and so my manager at the time, he was like, yo, bro, you're natural in front of the camera. Why don't you just try to act? You know, why don't you get in front of you know, why don't you go to the city and. Just see what it is. This is before social media was social media, so you have to actually go and hand your resume in front of all these booking agents and everything. You know what I mean. So no one took me, bro. Everyone was like, I don't know, you have never seen you. But the coolest thing about it was the last place I went to was a boutique agency and her son went to Northwestern, so she was like, let me just make sure like alumni is okay. She's like, I don't know if you could act, but I'll take you in because you need something. There was a Monday on Wednesday, she was like, you know what, hmm, there's an audition for a TV show called Boss. Learn the lines. You're not gonna get the role because it's already taken, so just get used to auditioning. So when I went in that same day, Kelsey Grammar was basically saying thank you for all the casting that they were doing. So she was like, yo, you know what, Kelsey, just watch this kid. He's here bro. He said, yo go. I said all right, cool, my dug Like literally, he was like, try it this way, try it, try it this way, try this way. I did the audition eight or nine times, not knowing. He was like, you know what, it's get special. I got the I got the job three four days later. Damn. So they fired old boy. You weren't supposed to even get it. I was supposed to get it for your first acting Like premiere was in front of Kelsey girl. Like that's a lot of personal exactly. I didn't even really care who he was. I was on some music shock, you know. I don't know if you remember when you had the rubber bands, like the website. I was passing road Tommy Music. Dot Com to everybody. Bro. Literally, I didn't care about none of that. I was on some other you know. So like for me, it was let me get my music out there. And then three four days later they called me. You got the job, so they fired old boy. So then they give me one hundred and fifty thousand. Oh then you turns up. I was scared, bro. I didn't even know what I got the job for. So my first acting job was on set, and my first acting class. Was on set. Oh ship yeah, bro. So Kelsey was like, yo, camera left is this camera? This is where you stand. These little things are called side. So like my whole experience was like in the moment, go. But you've learned it from one of the best producers come on, man, and one of lead actor. So it's like, I guess your learning curve or whatever you want to like this, it's fire, but it's fired. You got somebody that's like him teaching you and telling you how to go and what it should look like exactly. I mean, bro, it's like it's like learning from Lebron. Basically, it's like it's like a nigga shooting in the gym, like genuinely and like just killing everybody. And he's like, Yo, how long you've been playing basketball? This is my first day? And like all right, well just just come come try out for the Lakers and you make the team. And it's like it's like one of those situations that's it's just God ordained. Bro, because you know he made girlfriends right, Yeah, yeah, I was just making sure everybody like you. That's was like for that to be like your first running and I thought you was gonna say some other ship like that is kind of crazy. It was meant to be. Yeah, it was meant to fact. It was one of those things where it's like you just trust the process, bro. And then the funny thing too, while I was filming Boss, Courtney Camp the Creative Power, she was watching Boss, so she was like, who is that kid? So while she was creating it, it became. A situation where it was like it's meant to be. It was meant to be. It was always cool, bro, nigga went from zero to one hundred and fifty thousand. Yeah, but what did you hold on? So? I was terrified, Bro, you get money? No, don't listen at her. I don't even know what this means. I don't mean. If it makes the show, I don't know what it means. What are you asking? Just get it? Oh? We went. Okay, this is rosy, make sure that going on. I didn't know what really ship. He was like, Bro talking show, Bro. Just have fun. I just want to know, Like, because like obviously coming from like nothing or something, I've been in that position. What did you do when you got that one fifty? Like was it like, yeah, I'm about to find me a nice place with you? Like you didn't want to find myself? Nah? Yeah moment. Uh. The first thing I did, Bro was save one hundred and twenty of it. Wow, you better than me? Yeah, I say one. Hundred twenty and got like a real cheap apartment in High Park for the first year. Nice. Yeah. So like I didn't spend any of my boss money, and I didn't spend any of my power money throughout the whole time I was working. Wow. Yeah, yeah, er. Bro, niggas don't listen, okay, let me ask you. I'm not. My Pops was like, listen, bro the cool thing. Sorry to cut you, but like my Pops is like, if you really like that, if you're star Bro, save this and live off of twenty thirty thousand, then figure it out. And I'm competitive. So it was like what I do it, And that's what I did for the last for ten years, bron my whole, my whole power check boss check that turned it into real estate, damn none of it. Yeah, I lived off of hosting and endorsements and you know what I mean, shout out to AMP as well, you know, so like yeah, just shows and things like that. That's very impressive. Thank you, Because what did you do with your first why? You know that if I didn't get that second check, so you gotta think when you first you know, obviously taxes hit you. So fact it wasn't crazy. I signed. I think my first check was my first year was one point three tough, so you cut it in a half, taking home a couple of seven hundred, eight hundred thousand whatever it is by crib Why rented a crib on first year? Smart wasn't too bad, So I think I say, maybe like four or five hundred thousand a year. But my mom, she ain't working no more. My mom was early like now birth that you're not doing. My dad wasn't like that, but my mom and they wouldn't like expended. My mom wasn't expensive. She's like old ye or nothing. So it was easy. But after my fourth year, I had like one point five save tough and a lot of people are out of the league after the fourth year, you know what I mean. But I was blessed enough, lucky enough that I ended up getting another contract. But if I would have just played that four years, I've been cooked. Cooked. Yeah, I've been cooked. So that's why I'm blessed. And I'm so thankful for how long as I played and I got a chance to play. But what did you do with the first after that second check? Oh? When I got to the second deal, yes please, Oh come on, man, I went and bought a crib. I went million on the wagon, million crib tough g wagon. My clothes was different. So what did you start getting like comfortable in the industry? Though comfortable in the industry, like where do. You feel like, Okay, give me a you feel like you made it hmmm, or you still feel like you know what I mean. You're trying to get to that point. Like I know, I know me, Bro, I ain't making yet, Bro, Like genuinely you know what I mean, Like I've done fly things. Is a part of my journey, but I haven't made it yet to my standard. I know who I am. I know I'm one of the most gifted niggas ever, Bro, and I have to live that. So it's coming, It's happening. You know what I'm saying is in the process, So give me, give me a year and a half and then then I you know what I mean, But like I'm getting there. One of my favorite questions I was to ask artists what's more fun creating art or sharing it or performing it? Asked specifically with the music. Mm hmm, I've seen some of your concerts. The vibes vis are super. Yes, listen, I keep it up being before we came here, we do you know, we're gonna do your research and we're like, oh, Bro dropping the album, blah blah, bro album coming whatever. Today's show is brought to you by hard Rock Bed. Listen, man, if you've ever been to a hard rock code until you know what's elegant. It's five star and the app is no different. Man, open up the hard Rock Bet app today and you're gonna see why thousands of people are right that five stars already. If you still haven't tapped in yet, it's not too late. You have time. You get one hundred fifty dollars bonus. Best. All you have to do is place a five dollar bet. If you win, plus the extra one fifty, so it's a good deal. Tap in, crash out parlays are back. 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But my wife watching this ship and I'm like, oh no, bro, this all when you'll be in there free. Singing. I want the afro beats I got by Different. Hey, what's your favorite afrobat song? Bro? Okay, look yeah this is about you, but it could be a you got a song with a video called love Redded Love Rhythm. Or something that's just me. This is you. I thought the videos on. But the Viato Phiel ship, Yeah that is that is fine. Yeah that's my that's what? What? What bro? Anything I've seen women dancing too, I'm something bro some smart man. Yeah, brother, I like whiz kyd tough, tough, whiskey shorty. This is the keys that you cannot find. She gets ship. You get the move a little bit like that. I seen her concert. Yeah, gotta come to my show. Bro. Song to what damn my brain up? I'm eating. At the hook a lounge. B spoke, God, I don't know what you do to these girls is hot? Bro? I promise I would love to come out because that's that song right there. I for keeping being we want to go. See your house today. Let's go see your house? And she played this said She's. Like, oh, you're about to really are you about to interview? I was like, yeah, relaxed, she said, she put it on. I said, no, that's that song. I said, we're jumping all over the really interview. I just had some shots. You know, we're jumping all over. Bro, Like, how did that song like come about it? Did you it's two part? Did you know that was going to be the one that that's a great question, bro. All right, So when you're a part of a show like Power, it could easily just be you are dre forever. Right. So I had just signed my deal with Empire and they were like, bro, you have five days to make a hit record. Yeah. I have five days. Bro, you have five days. Bro. They're like, yeah, five days because you gotta get back to filming because stars just tripping that you're leaving. I said, okay, so my man hit me man, yeah, h money Harmony Samuel shout out to Harmony Samuels. He hit me. He was like, yo, I have this idea, and I got this Lauren Hill Foojie sample. I was like, cool, cool, cool. He was like, it goes like this. There's a meeting in my bed and that's all he said. He was like, yo, I promise you just fly out to la tomorrow. Bro, we'll finish it. I was like, damn, and probably just told me I got five days. He just gave me a cool idea, let's just go. I went out there, bro, and just finished the record, and it changed my life. Bro. It was one of those things where you just had to trust your instinct because anybody else would have hurt over the phone. I got this idea, you're not gonna move, You're not gonna change your reality. Even though I knew I had pressure on me. That wasn't enough to make things move, but it was, you know what, I trusted, pulled up, finished the song in forty five minutes. Bro, Damn, forty five minutes, Damn and I remember making it like Instagram was like this twenty nineteen so Instagram. I remember like, Yo, I just had I just made a record. That's crazy. It's gonna change the world. I remember saying that, and two weeks later it just so. Then I hit walle so I'm Nigerian while Nigerian shout out the DJ Money Forever, Thank you DJ Money. DJ Money was my dog. I was like, yo, Bro, you think while they would get on this man, because it's like it's lyrical. Girls gonna like this. I think it's gonna go And he was like, let me, let me play for let me play for bro. Bro heard it and just went nuts. Shot three days later back so it didn't even matter if I had the whole album ready. We had the one for sure, you know what I mean. And before that, we had a record called Love forr Them that kind of just started to start. That's the one I was talking about. I didn't mean to say yeah. Because that's that's my guy. But Love Rhythm, that's my ship, Bro, That's what I really know you for. Oh that's love for real. That's what I really know you. Thank you. So we had that one, but I was one of the first people in America kind of just take the flag of Afro Beats because I remember going to radio stations and radio stations like I. Can't hey, man, I can't. I can't get the what is this? Man? I can't get the beef? I mean like it's like I don't know. I know very well what ye. That rhythm that's why we that's why I created. That's a classic bar you just put cause be here. Do play the drugs? I do? Yeah, I'm a drummer for real, bro, Bro, Like I really like even when we first started like this, I used to play field for the meato like all the time. I just love how that ship. Like, I don't know, the vibration of that music, bro, make it crazy. Probably Bro, you're not my mama. Hear a little nappy, Bro, I might be bro like I am. Yeah, yeah for sure. My great dad, I'm bus. Like we did that my cousin the ancient history and we literally got the same. My mama her dad is brother and sisters, and then my dad her mama brothers, and so I know what be the same? Ain't and she fifty eight percent. I'm really my dream. I ain't been overseas, no where yet, bro, my first time. I really want to make it like, bro, come. On, pull up. I'm so all right. Let's do this now right like for real? When I have a show Indiana. Yeah, you got to play the drums, gonna suck it up. I really like that. I'm looking. I'm telling you something. You really played the drawing, played dr Let's do it, okay, I don't try to people with a good time. I'll tell you, yo, I can't wait, Yo, watch you have moments on this podcast. I can't wait. I listen linking biof. That what. Yo? Real? Let's do a show. Yeah we got Let's do a live show. Let's do that. Let's do a live show in Indiana. You heard it here first. Just come out on my night since we're doing live show on Houston. Talked before be here his hometown special guests out. I'll be there, Yes, sir, are you sorry? I'll be there. Yeah, we got here, Will Will willfre I wanted to be for real. You think I'm gonna I'm. Gonna be off this. Crazy bro, Bro, I'm dead serious. Bro, the lot it got it. I take nervous off this. I have to be sober. I want to be pissy drunk at my show. If you really pull up, I promise making this professionals, Mike, come on, it's gonna be the best show ever on Bro. If you ain't got sorry for you? Uh? This this is my God? Yeah? Is so good? Do you think I'm joking? Bro? I'm dead serious? Bro sober? Fourth? Back in October fourth we locked in and loaded? Where we at? Uh? The House of Blues? Oh, House of Blues? Come on Blues man. This episode, Kobe, obviously the acting side is crazy. You in two prominent black shows. Man, First, we gotta start with power right, everybody watch Power House all show? Hey man, what's that feeling like to be a part of a show that everybody looks forward to? It's like I'm one of the people. Summertime, I'm skipping the club midnight? Come on twelve and one Star slowed up the drink. I need to see it. What's it like being a part of a cult following? Bro? You don't even know you, Like, you don't even really know you a part of something so special because you're just working. You know what I'm saying, Like you hear the noise, but it's like I gotta deliver it. I knew that every time I stepped on set it was gonna be special. But at the same time, it was like, damn, like, I can't mess up, bro, I gotta I gotta drive, I gotta drive it. I gotta be this. So I again, I'm an athlete mentality at heart. So whether it was Amari, whether it was Joe Shikora who played Tommy, whether it was Michael Rainey who played Tariq, I was trying to dominate every scene. So I was trying to make sure that you remembered Dre, you know what I mean. And everybody had the same mindset. So that's what made us great, you know what I mean. I think you said something a couple of months ago. You're like, yo, you're. Competing against your team, you know what I mean. That's really what it is, you know what I mean. So like it felt that way everybody because we didn't so basically we didn't start. No one was. Stars, bro, no one was flying, no one was the guy I can stand next to Drake Chris Brown this and be just as relevant, you know. And the battle in the battle was all right, don't get big headed, bro, Like you know, you got to be on set tomorrow. Just keep killing. You know. I've seen a lot of actors be like damn, I finally made it, I'm here and just fall off. For me, it was like all this motivation, you know, I gotta keep killing, you know what I mean? And so does that come from your parents though? Yeah? People you grounded like your pops and ship. Yeah, it came from just being just being again like. Yeah, but at the same time innately like I'm a savage bro. Yeah, you know what I mean. So like for me, mentally, I just want to just dominate everything. You know, certain people have that type of mindset, you know, some people just naturally gifted. I happened to be not. I didn't take an acting class a music class in my life, so I never experience what it is to be taught this. I just know that I just want to just dominate. So that's why I trust my intuition. So any actors out there, any musicians out there, just trust your intuition, trust your instincts, and in trusting God man, Like that's what gided me. Those three things got in me, you know, to where I'm at now. A lot of God giving ability. That's a fact, Like one of them ones for real? No classes class okay, so for you never took class? Like what is I hope I answered the question? Yeah, okay before be here go crazy. I know about this to ask something funny. I want to ask you, like, what is it like to like because you could have been a hated character on the show why people love you and people hate you? Like? What's that like for people so invested in the show and they come up to you and like you got me? Like you like. To jump because you don't answer the question. I'm just giving you all quick story. Yeah, Chris Weekend, I swear to God, this is me shovey k why ise if my boy, if you'll watch this, young dog will still God bless the underless. Bro. I've seen Tyreek get pressed a little Weekend. Bro, this is no. This is like a few years ago shoving them have me out for. I was like, Bro, this is because I watch y'all, but I'm not really they really the TV is I'm not really, But I was like, people don't understand that this is just a character. Like people was really walking up to him cussing him out, Bro, Like that is really crazy, like outside of your road that makes you doing your jump like this is fake. But you gotta understand, bro, Like we're in people's living room every Friday or Saturday or Sunday for years. People we have parties here about the parapart we were. We were, we were everybody's escaped from life the fact, you know what I'm saying. So like you you escape to. This world and you feel like you're a family member, you know, And I have to realize. I'm like, damn, like we really are affecting people. The illest thing that Tyres told me and Jamie told me Shout out to both of them. Shout out to Jamie Fox and Tyres. The illest thing they told me, bro, was they all knew that music is my heart. So they were like, yo, just kill this and make them want to research who's killing this. You know what I'm saying, understood, And so before that, I was like, man, why they. Keep calling me Dre? Hate that that's not my name. Girls coming up you cute, but I can't stand your ass. I'm like that shit real, Bro, I'm like, damn, like you know what I mean? And then I had to realize, like. One is a compliment, two it's also it's also a testament to how you're affecting people, but keep killing it to be like, yo, who is actually playing Drake and they just start doing this, Oh his name is wrote Timmy. Oh wow. Then they start following everything else. So that was the ills like advice that I've ever received. Man Like, just killed to the point where they have to know who you are. And that's what changed the game, because I was like, this, nigga, y'all a hell of an address for people to repressing y'all. Oh yeah, oh, y'all are doing what the y'all posted. Some time I'm over to watch. He was hold me, bro, bro, why are you gonna get gas the city? I was pissed up, explained Station on the Run from the explain Bro. I used to read it and be like, damn. I was like, Courtney, I gotta do this like this nigga's gonna hate me, you know what I mean? But it was it was a part of it, man. It affected people, man like, it made people feel something, you know, and so I thank God for that. Listen now You're Another one of my favorite songs is Shy you go love this. My bir grew up in the church, always had the power rankings of the of the freaky people of the church. Normally we give you know, I'm saying that the love to the dickens. Normally they didn't ask nigga to church boy and playing chart. The associate pastor. Oh, he's a dancing Hey. I bring the girls to their knees to pray, to pray, to pray the God to pay the gun boy went. He said, you need to predic prayers. That's crazy. No, you're making your ship off, man. That's one of my favorite songs. People they know went crazy. My boy was pulling up. It was every single mother, no niggas. He found everybody church to come. It's different, broo. Yeah, I want to ask, obviously you've been a part of starting franchise. What's it like to go into a franchise I already had some momentum and then kick it to the next level because obviously it's going to a different direction. Everybody's growing with the show. What's it like joining something already at the status Again, it's like being. A free agent, Brokay, you know what I'm saying. Again, like everything correlates to sports to me in my mind, bro, It's like it's a new team. They're already winning their hit show. So it's like going to play with your kitchen the niggas bro. You know what I'm saying. It's like, how do I fit in? I'm a You've seen what I've done on another team, so it's trying to figure out where do I play? What? Like how do you how? How did you fit into a situation knowing that you nice? But they already got a movement going. Oh, it's different for me. They had enough money. I fit any. You won't be playing a bit you got no money. I be on the bench, right, Yeah, you want. Me to you want me to shoot? Shoot what you And honestly like to that extent, it's like do you want me to shoot? Do you want me to play? Just play defense? Do you want me to just be a That's what it was, and like people don't understand, Like with the shot, I was only. Supposed to do two episodes. Damn. I was literally only supposed to be there for two episodes. And I knew. I was like, man, like, look I got it. It's basically a ten day contract. Like what do I do? You know, I know what I've done, but in this industry, what you do doesn't what you've done doesn't really matter, bro, you know what I mean. He wanted to pull it closer for he did want to do more side exactly, he was wold. He staid with the whole time. He was my fault. So so for me, it was like being on the Shower was a ten day contract because I had two episodes only damn. Shout out to lean Away. She was like, Yo, I have an idea for you. I think you playing a pastor will be really dynamic. Like what do you think? I said, yeah, hell, that's dope. It's like I got two episodes and when I did it, I was like, man, I got to ball out, Bro, I gotta do everything. I gotta I gotta chair when people on set. I gotta make sure everything. I was like, this is an opportunity because most people, most actors, don't get an opportunity to be on two hit shows ever in their life. That's a fact, you know what I'm saying. So I was like, okay, Wow, you know this is a moment and I just killed bro, like just stepped into a realm of like I have to be here. Man, how the hell do you prepare to be a pastor Pastor Charles what because this is yeah, look bro, and this we just get our sh off on her. But I'm saying though, like yeah, you so talented, bro, Like how do you like tap into that mode? Like d the talking about you pulled up to Bigga's houses, No be him to tell you seasons. It's so crazy. Listen, his head pastor had left his main wife for his piece. It did her for a white woman. That's a bunch of. Shout to Rover Johnson. Got and. No really no bro, you know got he's about Pastor Derby kid shout the past, the coming. Legend. God hit the camera over the funny past. You don't know that. I don't watch TV. That's but the lordship. That's funny. Boy. You passed Johnson, not the john I figured about the story now, an't thinking about no no, no, no no. Never. What's the silence, my nigga, tell me what's the no no no no passon? Jeffrey would never never a different jobs. No, that's a common name. The talking about Jacob. Wal the city up, Jacob, jac You're about to end JA. Were about the fight. God Jesus and about the pocket Nigga Johnson, Jeffrey that my guys. Bro' Oh my god, turn the big the city. We are about to be fighting. Nigga the soups fun with me here you nigga's gotta be sweat. Oh my god, sister fun, Damn god. I was talking about mom. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know that thirty members the fun. I was about to ask, right, his church only got thirty members. We're talking about Barbie. Can I get some some ship? Oh? Let me get whatever? Jeff drinking? Bro? What's this word? Yeah? Let me get some of that. Marbe she's still here. Oh man, I don't even know what's going on. Perfect tell. You sure you want to drink? Yeah? May I guess I freak. Thank you mail? Oh man, the fucking party, I said, be hear some holy water. That's the fact. My mama say that every day I see her. She said, Hey, the way y'all be talking, be hear in the holy water. I love, I love mama, te face. Can I ask you a question for sure? For sure? Were you ever jealous of your brother success as he was coming up? My little brother? Yeah? Nah, I sed to a champion that like I wanted him to be way better than me. Like I'm like I knew I was successful at basketball, and I'm like, my little brother is better than me, like our family is. We go thank you. I want you to outdo everything I did. Like ever, so in high school, I was hard on him. So when he was a young guy and he was ranked number one to two in the country or whatever, I would be like, man, you ain't you ain't ship. You're weak, bro, I'm tired of you. I'm like that's light though, Like you ain't gonna make it to the league. And then we make to the league. I was the same type of thing. But I'm still proud of them to this day. Like I'm so happy for him he made to the NBA. He had you know, he living a cool ass, like tough. I was always happy for him because I wasn't ranked. Really, I was like I was unknown for like my whole because I was like bloomer. I was a street I was a street basketball player. Everybody everybody knew. Oh yeah, everybody knew was cold. They knew me. But like I hung out with my crowd my friends was different, like g o here, Big fifty. They had a team, they knew fifty team. They wouldn't going to the same parties I. Was going to. Yeah, I was, yeah, And if you see me now, I. Still go to different parties and everybody, but I was going to the algorithms. My rhythm was different. I like that algorithm by the way, yes, sir, but I was. I was with my guy. Some of my friends went to prison, and it's not a bad thing, but my friends. I was thinking of basketball the way they like, he's been NBA since we thought No. I wasn't thinking like that. So when my little brother was in the same position kind of like Greg he was one two in the nation, I was like, oh, we're. Not letting you not make it to the NBA. That's tough. So I was always happy for him. I don't have a hate bone in my body like Bro. I can't because I want everybody to win. That's rare. That's rare, Bro. Why not though? Most niggas hate Bro? But is that heavy? Is that heavy? Let's just make it simple. Is it heavy in your industry? Absolutely? Why I hate though? Because niggas is insecurity, ego, pride, jealousy, trauma. But what that's going to do for them? Like, if you winning. What's that going to do for me to hate on you? I'll really be with the winners. I always want to be with the winners. It's that logical. But most people look at it like a crap. I only are people look at it like that, Bro, Like we only people that be like, man, that nigga is sixty years old and he looked end. But the other side will be like, look at Garth Brooks, he's sixty and he's just amazing. Our whole mindset is just hate hate, hate, hate hate. I ain't got that. I don't champion nothing, Bro Barrow. It's survival, you know what I mean? Like I got everything, it's it's survival. You know what I mean, almost got that. Like ninety percent of our people, bro, are just angry at their life. They're not happy with themselves. They need validation. It's a lot of things that like if another man doing well, they look at it like why ain't that me? Why ain't that mean? I ain't gonna say that you think so? You don't mean that percentage is crazy? There? One hundred, you give it no like forty. Look I like, look at my man, it's like behind I knew behind for were years. I knew DJ for years and like to see him like have a following, people like liking man. It's like like people come to me and be like be hearing carry y'all show and niggas think I'm like they want a reaction from me, and I'm like, good, won't be here. You want to see a way for you to say. How many? How many people? How many people try to do that though, I mean a bunch of people do that, like people thousands. I ain't gonna lie thousands people say that to me. But my mindset is so different because it's like it's a want group to win. I want everybody to like you when you drop when you like, I want you to win every time. I don't want like when like when we talk about NBA players, they be like, oh he you know people other other shows be like he got overpaid, were like. The bank. Get because y'all life don't matter to us and we don't really give a fuck, bro, Like what is your your life not gonna change my life? Yeah? I get no. I think in the music, in the music business and in acting world, bro, it's so crabbing a barrel that and it's not a lot of jobs for African Americans that no one really champions anybody. I think it's more like why did I? Why did he get that? Why did I? Instead of me? I think? But they live and we just came off a strike too. Yeah, but y'all live. Y'all live though, Okay, like basketball players, is kind of like you get paid for like literally your production and what you do. So Jeff average thirty or whatever he's getting Like when Bro he be I know you watch it, he'd be like, all I need is fourteen and seven. Yeah, I'm getting this money with y'all. Is not like that for real. And I'm not saying, hey, it's cool, but I was like him Bro teavy record and took off? How his ship take off and my ship they probably feel like my ship better than I'm not justifying it, but I'm saying it's looked at different respect from my role, even a movie role. I look better than this. I look better. They only got a six pen. Like, but I'm saying for me, I would rather him funk with me. So if I'm like Bro got a roll or Bro music is popping, I'm gonna post it and he might like, damn HEU with my music. Damn let me do. Let me do with him like damn, bro really rock on my ship. I'm gonna fuck with him. Look, that's different, bro. That's why you're successful. Bro, that is you know what I mean? Like, most people don't do that. Bro, I understand. I understand it from like boats not saying I understand that he I'm saying, like because people like see you thriving, and it's a probably a motherfucker that's been thirsty to get a while on the record, big facts. How this nigga don't even do music for real? Like your house that was. It's like, it's different brof B. Yeah, can what I'm saying, I would be my mind might be for I'm sad that on the record that ship hard bro. You like insecure? Like insecure bro, most most most most artists, actors, most creatives are insecure human beings. Bro. You know what I'm saying. I believe that that's real fact. And sometimes they can use the insecurity to thrive or use the insecurity to just hate. And most don't know how to support because they're not They're not comfortable with themselves, you know what I'm saying. And so like for me, I'm the same way. I'm like, yo, go crazy because what you do ain't gonna affect me. That was meant for you. Again, a lot of people don't have Again, this is me. I'm spiritual, I got God. What's meant for me? It's gonna be for mine. Like doing it was a shout out to Mike bro Like doing you'rall show. We've been talking about this for a year and a half. The timing and the time and the time and didn't make sense, But it makes sense now. You know who knows what's gonna come from it? You know what I'm saying. So like again, it's just being confident with himself and most people aren't confident within themselves. Is it features or do you even see them like that? Hmmm, that's a good question. It's not hargetting features, But it's more so I'm in a situation mentally where I just want to just show that I could do it myself, got it personally. Because you're doing the to this shit. It's crazy. We ain't. I ain't where I'm gonna say. I haven't paid acisions to that since DeMar Nelly what Nelly did, so I didn't roll them tapped in doing Double Sided, you really like, Yeah, it was the first time even both of your audiences what they want. It was the first time having an R and B I had non songs R and B, non songs afrobeasts. No one else has ever done that, you know what I mean. So for me, it was just like just show my African American side and my Nigerian side, you know, and so it just felt right. You know. Is there a different process when you make those different types of music. I mean, I know it's kind of similar, but is there a difference when you make an R and B record more or less an afrobeats record to an extent, No, it's just. It just feels whatever the beat leads to. I mean, like I just I just I just rock bro whatever feels right. Again, the same thing with acting, They were like, yo, the character is supposed to be this, and I'll just literally just give what I feel and usually it works, you know, like Dre Right for example, I'll go back to Drake because it is what it is, like Dre would be season two. I didn't have that many lines. It was all about eye contact. So basically before I got Dre, I studied al Pacino, Robert de Niro, Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel I studied what they did with their eyes, like what they literally, how they look, what it made, what made them go this way, what made them just angry? What? I study what they did because I didn't have that many lines. So I was like, how can I impact this role with no lines to make people be like he's up to something. Oh, okay, you get what I'm saying. And so that's what I did all season two until they were like, okay, you know what this is. And then this is like twenty fourteen, so it was black Twitter, like I think Drake gonna take over everything. It was just from this eye context, and I created that and gave me life on the show. So it was one of those things where it's like, just create something out of nothing. That's funny, as you said, Ed Norton, because that's an early normal nigga. He used to make a lot of non verbal contacts with people. He used to be crazy, So you just say, that makes a lot of sense. You know what I'm saying. But I didn't take acting classes, so I had to learn from watching what I saw and just feel like, Okay, this might work. I just trust my discernment. Sir, Bro, you I got a whole new restrict focused bro. But now like, no, bro, you knowing how how you came up in this ship? I was room for it, but now it's extremely hot. I want to ask, what's that feel like for your parents? Obviously disciplined household wanted you to be great? What's like when they first see you on TV or they first hear your song on the radio. Oh my mom was like why are you Why are you strucking these girls like that? Why are you just beating beating sex like that? No, it's nice, And then she got that first check like right, that's crazy listen she. Bro like you know it was. It was tough at first because Nigerian. Like that. At first it was like what are you doing? Bro? But it came like okay, yeah, this is good. Yeah, just keep doing what you're doing. But it was it was it was tough at first, but they're happy now. Can I ask you? You got you got the fro B album, you got the R and B album, Like, what what's. More of your vibe? I know you have? I mean you're Nigerian, but whatever, Like, what's more of your vibe? What feels right to you? Bro? Just bro honestly man, whatever beat I hear and moves my soul. Bro genuinely genuine Like I can't give you like a this is it's genuinely if you play something. Now, I'm a melody guy, Okay. So everything that I've. Done, like from in my Bed to love Rhythm to all the records I've done, it's all melodies that I just come up with, you know what I mean, It's just it just flows. Like what against the same thing is like what made you spind move when the double hoober? For real? Like what made you do that? I love a person who like base their life off basketball because that's what I based my life off. Same So like imuk with that, like yo, I had to crossover because they why Yeah, like you a nigga, if you spend on a double team, he's a gun. He's a gun. He said it was past first, but a double teams not? But real, like what made you do that? You can't explain? It justs just it's just what what's what? What calls for it? You know what I mean? Now I'll say this, I ask you question and the music side and exercise was somebody or some people you would like to work with on. The music side and acide either one uh music side like in any era person by Mary bro Okay, Yeah, by May. I feel like if me and Bob linked up, it would be the most timeless music. Acting wise, now, I'll go now acting wise, shout out to my brother Damnson killing. I think me and he would do something crazy. You know what I mean. I think that'd be crazy. Oh man, I'm mad at the times is crazy because at some point they should have had you on Snowfall. Yeah, we were filming Power at the same time. I know. That's why I hate the para love that would have worked. It was like a battle. It was a bat. It's a question like I'm biased, right bro, muh, I was out. I love I love the Snowfall over the original Power. Now. I fucked with Snowfall, but like I felt like I knew Snowfall story. Hm, I feel like I knew it already, but I knew it. I felt like, listen, it was a bio pick like Power. I didn't know where the ship was going fair enough. I didn't never know faults so far, but the fact that James Patrick gave us lifelong quotes. He said, Tasha, I just has to love my life. There's nothing that could top that show. He told his wife that he just los to love his life. Yeah, that's frankly, And I felt like I felt like I knew only you know what I'm saying, I understand a game. Go bro, that's my nephew, find made to work his latest freaking out. We don't even know. I love you death. But where are you? Shop? You want? You don't know what that means? But now why you're here? Would have asked you. We've been having to debate who's been the one on the freaking ladder? Has been the photographers the first but not a personal trainers that creeped in the party promoters. They had it on locked for a second. But between the photographers and the fitness trainers one, where's now you're here? You know what I'm saying? I was number one, respect told down hold it down or the or the trainers trainers right there. Right one into one into. Music playing the background. Listen to the music, and. You know what pushes. Recollect to. Man, man, listen, we have too much for we have to do this again. We appreciate you sliding on. Thank you for for you. We appreciate man tapping in with us early. Bro. It means a life real that's not going noticed before We got here. Be here next week, baby, but this week when this dropped, when your hometown baby, Houston, Texas. Bro, you know. Yeah, drums you pay Mike, freaky Mike, lock it in, please, Bro, I promise you crazy. I appreciate you, Bro, No bullshit. I don't even funk with a lot of people that be coming on here. Bro. You want to. And I'm saying that on the line right there. You know how I be feelings these niggas is weird. No, Bro, You're a real genuine person. Bro, thank you for listen. Bro's guess. Again. Shout out all four cameras looking at me. Man, this is one of the best part. It's one of the best conversations. Bro. God, bless y'all. Keep doing what y'all do. I've been a fan, Bro. I don't like a lot of things. I love this shows amazing. Blessing, bless keep going, keep riding, Bob, Bro, respect Mike. So what that. Told We got Houston, We got to be here on the drug we got, told me we got burn Maxwell and then we got a bum beat. Burgers to House. Nigga practice. Get your tickets, baby, we're going up. I can't wait for the Houston show. It's gonna be amazed. You don't have your ear pieces, putting the. Headphones every moment already got me wearing shacks on the show. This that's filty out here. That's where I met. One more time for Boostmobile shots and stock X. We appreciate y'all. We'll catch y'all next time. Club five twenty by the Volume