1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,240 Check Jack, Jack, you already know what it is. I'm your host, 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,359 CEO Fortune, and you're now tuning the Top n T News Wall, 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,839 the world's most entertaining podcast show in the world. And you can catch Top 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,199 n T News Ball every day on Spotify, Ahol Radio, Amazon Music, 5 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:28,199 Google Podcasts, Apple podcasts, any person who you can find podcasts were thirteen, 6 00:00:30,559 --> 00:00:45,079 yea, and y'all already know what it means. Man, It's that 7 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,719 kiss you my man. Y'all already know if you tell it right, man, 8 00:00:50,679 --> 00:01:02,079 cheer, y'all already know, hu huh ain't like you know to your 9 00:01:02,119 --> 00:01:03,879 whole CEO Fortune, the one and knowing and you tune in the top of 10 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,799 and t knew his love. We celebrating Black History Month all year along on 11 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,280 top of the food check entertainment man, all through everything. Man, that's 12 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:17,920 just how it's going down. Hey, we celebrating black excellence. And guess 13 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,799 what, man, A I got it in an exciting icon for y'all tonight. 14 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,439 Huh, I got an exciting icon y'all for y'all tonight. And his 15 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,159 name is actual CEO Fortune. And I'm just gonna give you a little bit 16 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:37,920 of history about this entertainer named Ceo Fortune. Yeah yeah, man, yeah 17 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,680 man. So so you know, I hope, y'all, I hope that 18 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:45,879 Ceo Fortune be an inspiration to not just blacks, but the whole world all 19 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,359 over. But I just wanted to just you, Donna, just inform the 20 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:53,359 people in this Black History Month about Ceo Fortune and give you just a little 21 00:01:53,400 --> 00:02:00,319 briefing about who he is. Okay, Well, Ceo Fortune is actually an 22 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:07,039 entertainer, an entertainer who actually had an upbringing in entertainer. He actually watched 23 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:15,240 the likes of Angie Stone be groomed by his grandfather. Okay, and his 24 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:21,919 grandfather had a band in a little town called Columbia, South Carolina called Midnight 25 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:28,840 Blue. And this Midnight Blue Band was actually a little independent label that he 26 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,879 started because he had hopes of actually, like you know, being big in 27 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:37,840 the music industry after fighting in the Vietnam War and making it back okay, 28 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:44,800 from the Vietnam War. Ceo Fortune an actual grandfather who name was Beaver Daniel 29 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:52,319 Hodge. Well, watching Angie Stone come up inside his grandfather's music band basement 30 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:58,680 inspired him as a little child. Now, Ceo Fortune, he actually wanted 31 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:05,080 to always play the drum because he always played the drum inside his grandfather's basement 32 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:09,039 where he groomed his band called the Midnight Blue. They played at numerous of 33 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:15,599 local clubs in Columbia area, like The Purple Rain was one of them. 34 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:23,120 Well, Ceo Fortune actually did his first performance or first recording for his grandfather 35 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,159 at the actual age of four years old. He actually did his first recording 36 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:35,599 on one nose little portable push record cassette or dub or sets that his grandfather 37 00:03:35,759 --> 00:03:38,280 were having side the studio, and he actually performed the song that he did 38 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:45,199 for his grandfather called drug Ward along with his cousin. His younger cousin Daniel 39 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:50,439 Hodge. Well, his actual grandfather just laughed at him and said keep working 40 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,000 at a baby, One day you gonna be something. Well, that inspired 41 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:58,039 him to always want to play the drums. So when he actually made it 42 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,800 to middle school, his grandfather took him to go find his instrument to play 43 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:09,479 because his grandfather actually made him go into band class. He didn't want to 44 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,680 do band class because he felt like he had all the experience he needed, 45 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,000 but watching his grandfather's band of Midnight Blue and Angie Stone actually groomed herself to 46 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:23,879 be what she would be. Well, his grandfather actually made him play the 47 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:27,279 trumpet and told him, you got a drum at home, baby, a 48 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,920 whole drum set. Why would you wanna play something that you already knowing? 49 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,680 Master, that's not funny. Well, he then went to learn how to 50 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,240 play the trumpet, but he still did not like it because he will always 51 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:43,519 have to awe the vials and it'll always blister his lips until he found out 52 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:49,040 how to really play it well later on Inside Life See Your Fortune then ran 53 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,680 into the lights of ice Tea, who actually sat down with him and told 54 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,759 him one day that he would actually run the game because at the time, 55 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:04,920 when he wasn't performing or rapping, he actually was studying this book called This 56 00:05:05,439 --> 00:05:11,920 Business of Music by Donald Pathman. And when he showed ice T this book 57 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:15,279 that he was reading inside a cafe in the Bronx, when he saw ice 58 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:19,720 T with his bodyguard and some nice looking lady that was with him that wasn't 59 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:27,199 Coco at the time, and that's not funny, he actually told him that 60 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,240 let me hear some bars, and the boss that CEO Fortune spit for him 61 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:38,040 made him actually give him Premier's address, and he actually told Ceo Fortune ice 62 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:43,519 Ta himself send a demo to Premier and tell him that I told you to 63 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,839 send it. But Ceo Fortune was not groomed or polished, nor did he 64 00:05:46,959 --> 00:05:54,759 have connections to actually record in studios on a major level other than sixty second 65 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:59,920 Assassin from Wu Tang Klan reaching out to him when he was living in Brooklyn 66 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,959 even though he's not from New York at the age of nineteen, who stayed 67 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:10,480 on Top Scott in Sutter And for everybody that know actually sixty second Assassin, 68 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,759 it is old dirty bastard cousin. Well, he introduced him to Boo the 69 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,560 Monk, Yeah, the one and known the legendary Boot the Monk who actually 70 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:24,560 record recorded plo style. Boo the Monk pull his file for a Rakwan the 71 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:29,720 chef and method man. Well, he actually was had access to Boot the 72 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:32,720 Monk's house and studio. Boot the Monks showed him around and it was a 73 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,639 couple of women that was around, especially this white jazzie girl that will always 74 00:06:36,639 --> 00:06:41,680 groom Seito fortunately tell him he was a star and purple month to get into 75 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:46,079 the actual studio, But there was always butterflies inside his stomach. He always 76 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,680 turned away from actually being an EMC, even though he did a couple of 77 00:06:50,879 --> 00:06:56,759 local gids coming up, and he actually wrote some songs for a lot of 78 00:06:56,759 --> 00:07:00,279 people, but being an actual artist was never his past. His passion was 79 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:05,399 always to be like the next bird Man, or the next fifty cent, 80 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:12,240 or the next jay Z or the next ah TD Satan Well long store is 81 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:17,319 short. CEO. Fortune ran into a lit of artists in the game Juvenile 82 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:25,800 a couple of times, uh uh uh bg most Dev McGrath, uh, 83 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,000 Peter Guns And when he bumped into Peter Guns in Harlem, he asked Peter 84 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,879 Guns, actually, how do I get a record deal? And Peter Gunns 85 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:35,680 told him they're not giving out record deals no more. You got to take 86 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:41,439 it. We got left from lost. He also being in the scene of 87 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,639 New York and running the New York as a teenager, and being not from 88 00:07:45,879 --> 00:07:48,959 New York but raised in down South Columbia, South Carolina, but from the 89 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:54,399 Midwest because his mother is from the West Coast and his father is from Detroit, 90 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:59,079 Michigan, he got the experience of the Midwest, down south and up 91 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,000 north, being that his mom's side had a lot of cousins in Atlanta, 92 00:08:03,079 --> 00:08:07,839 George, but that's another story. So being that he lived a lot of 93 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:13,920 his his his experiences were bumping into you know, artistists like the like the 94 00:08:13,079 --> 00:08:18,319 likes of jay Z he seen one time and Spike Lee even though jay Z 95 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,519 didn't even know who he is, and I probably wouldn't even remember that he 96 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:26,439 ran into him during that time when he was actually going to court for the 97 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:31,959 court case between uh uh uh uh when he said that he wasn't guilty. 98 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,360 Okay, and that was a long time ago, but see Fortune, see 99 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:41,080 your Fortune learned then that it was all about having connections in the game as 100 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,080 a rapper, and he knew he just wouldn't never make it, especially when 101 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:48,960 he bumped into a rapper that actually signed to Young Money and Lil Wayne by 102 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,559 the name of J Mills and they battled yeah, J Mills himself, he 103 00:08:52,679 --> 00:09:00,559 had like sixty people running with him in Harlem, in Midtown wes uh uh 104 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:05,399 thirty fourth Street all the way to forty second Street and Times Square and every 105 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:11,320 rhyme that came out this man mouth, they would ad living well Ceo Fortune 106 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,399 actually battered them and one with two verses, but he had so many verses 107 00:09:15,639 --> 00:09:18,000 and a crowd backing them. He lost, but his two little partners that 108 00:09:18,039 --> 00:09:20,320 was with him told me to did a good job pound them up and they 109 00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:24,840 kept on running the streets of New York. Well, Ceo Fortune then went 110 00:09:24,879 --> 00:09:31,440 to make many attempts to scribe to reinvent himself. He was once a character 111 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,919 called most sid the King on Facebook and social media and then flopped terribly. 112 00:09:35,159 --> 00:09:41,679 And also he was rath lawn Shawty when he was out there in Atlanta enrolling 113 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:46,720 with Scooby from Scooby Infamous mob coming off of Cleveland Ave out of Atlanta, 114 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:52,679 and that felled endlessly when Scooby heard one of their songs that they were recorded 115 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,679 the Marietta, Georgia and jumped on a teen coming to mall Bust and went 116 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,600 back to Atlanta, Georgia and stole his song. That's when he knew he 117 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,840 had to have a clique or if not a click, maneuver himself and build 118 00:10:05,919 --> 00:10:09,960 himself up in the game so big and so major that he can be the 119 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,960 one who called shots and put people on and be more so like the gate 120 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:16,879 keepers instead of being gate keeper. And that's not fun. Well, long 121 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:22,000 start short. After many times of reinventing himself, he actually bumped into a 122 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:28,639 guy who knew big Meat, real good and from what he thought, he 123 00:10:28,759 --> 00:10:33,559 had the permission to actually take the BMF eminlem and turn it into his own 124 00:10:33,639 --> 00:10:39,440 label. Well, Ceo Fortune actually signed a deal with this guy, which 125 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,639 was a management deal, but the whole time come to find out that he 126 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:48,120 wasn't giving a greenlight the dude he was doing with the BMF eminem Well Ceo 127 00:10:48,279 --> 00:10:52,559 Fortune, who was moveside of King MDK at the time, actually came out 128 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:58,240 with a single that actually made him start to pop on social media and people 129 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:03,679 in Connections, Universal Records and a lot of the main real original BMF members 130 00:11:03,799 --> 00:11:09,440 was calling Ceo Fortune phone from behind the wall telling him, hey, man, 131 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,080 we like your image, which was bm mal Fortune at the time, 132 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,279 and we like what you're doing, but you have to stop doing what you're 133 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,840 doing because the guy that you are doing this with he's actually fraudulent. And 134 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,600 we respect you and you will always be affiliated, but you have to drop 135 00:11:24,639 --> 00:11:30,279 that BMF off your name. Well, Ceo Fortune then went back into his 136 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:35,759 PERIODID and he reinvented himself again, dropping the BMF from Ceo Fortune and as 137 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,879 Ceo Fortune to come back out with a whole new improved movement, a new 138 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:46,519 label, a new logo, and a new movement. Now Ceo Fortune has 139 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:52,360 actually built up himself in his image to actually be an advertising agency and also 140 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,240 a podcast show that you can find on all major streaming platforms. Now that 141 00:11:56,279 --> 00:12:01,000 he's starting to grow and he's starting to elevate, and he's starting to connect 142 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:03,960 with a lot of people inside the world, inside the game and give them 143 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:09,600 opportunities. He now understands the mechanics of how this music industry works and he's 144 00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:13,240 glad to be amongst the elites or the elites at the top of the food 145 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:18,200 chain where he continued to grow and become a conglomer and a household name. 146 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,000 Well, that's what Ceo Fortune is starting from, and that's what he's aiming 147 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,639 for, and that's what he's going to get because anything that you can believe 148 00:12:26,039 --> 00:12:30,000 and conceive, you can make come into reality. See, your fortune is 149 00:12:30,039 --> 00:12:33,440 just on the beginning of its empartment. But the more the story is, 150 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,440 if you do not fail, you will not never be successful. And trust 151 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,600 me, see your Fortune went through a lot to be who he is today. 152 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,639 And there you have it, y'all, Black History Month Man, Ceo 153 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:50,600 Fortune Man, Hey, let's see your Fortune story, which is just a 154 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,679 short version of the story. Be it inspiration to let you know that failure 155 00:12:54,919 --> 00:12:58,759 only teaches you what don't work, so you can focus on what works and 156 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:05,159 be on the lookout for that reality documentary from CEO Fortune called to come up 157 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:22,519 from eight Balls. The bricks Man is dropping soon and there y'all have it. 158 00:13:22,519 --> 00:13:26,519 Man, Black History Month, Man, celebrate excellent Yo. Man, 159 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,200 y'all already know what it is man, top of the food chain, entertainment 160 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,039 Man. Listen, Man, We're finna take this thing to the next level. 161 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,320 Okay, So get ready for the most exciting year with us. Man. 162 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,120 Everybody's grown with us, man. Amen, all our associates men, 163 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,200 Amen, everybody's a part of our family. Man. And all the social 164 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,480 media sites men as far the podcast show Man and tune in with his Man. 165 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,639 Hey, I love y'all. Y'all already know what it is. Man, 166 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:56,279 Hey, Yo, this was from the hard Man. Listen. Anything 167 00:13:56,279 --> 00:13:58,159 that you was about to do, put your energy into it. People that 168 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,759 don't see the vision, don't worry about it. People that's on the outside 169 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:07,320 watching you succeed and they fail, let them continue to watch because that's the 170 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:09,840 most high, preparing the table for you. For your enemies. You know 171 00:14:09,879 --> 00:14:18,159 how I feel, say fuck them, we get fortune, Yo to the 172 00:14:18,279 --> 00:14:24,960 great, Enjoy the album. I wrote this for the world and my enemies, 173 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:30,240 of course from you slept okay. I give them a martians like Astra 174 00:14:30,399 --> 00:14:33,759 mar inside, jump on the beat and not like go portious. Hold on 175 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:37,600 like horses for rob beets, like engines, up robe that ship, up 176 00:14:37,639 --> 00:14:41,600 fencing. I get the spending, the spinning like a spind time. Make 177 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:46,039 that bitch good Seasis two in the one, benis sad bitches like my name 178 00:14:46,159 --> 00:14:50,480 was Tracy. No, I do not save her her loves no album Oh 179 00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:54,919 My birth Beach ain't for your throw attention down jumps like y m C MBS 180 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,720 talk for the food chain, see your fortunes. E T. That's my name.