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What's good. This is Culian Torres
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Make sure to subscribe, rate and
share. Evolv Julliani is on a

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cruise show. We are yo,
so happy to have you brother. How

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are you man movie in Cruise Familia. I'm a big fan. I reached

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out early, man. I just
wanted to let you know how proud I

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was. I didn't I don't you
know. I didn't know you at the

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time. I just wanted to say
hey and connect with you. No agenda,

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I just man, I'd love to
see our people win. And that's

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what you are. You're doing the
You know you reached out WI a while

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back, so thank you so much
for the support. And that's the love

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we've been receiving. Get I saw
yeah, Man, death Row Records,

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Wow, this is crazy man.
Congratulations are the people death Row Records?

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Are you worried about Shug Night at
all? And Shock and Unders? Don't

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know yet, No, but it's
all good. You're here to make music,

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yes, Right, So you connect
with Fred reck first. Right,

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he sees you performing outside of Staples
Center for the Kobe tribute, right,

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which was an impromptu performance. You
weren't scheduled to perform. Right no,

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the Manati community sent out a post
on Facebook say hey, we're we're meeting

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up this night. Whoever wants to
go and join, we'll be there.

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And I was at home and the
boy, you know, okay, kistuff,

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I don't know, we just have
to go. It's for Kobe and

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for l A wow m hm.
And it was touching and from there that

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was all over the news, all
over social media. It went viral.

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It went viral. It was a
moment that captured a lot of hearts and

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had a lot of people very very
emotional. I know I was. I've

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seen this clip millions of times and
every time I watch it, I'm hit

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instantly with the same feelings as if
I'm watching it for the first time.

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And we always performed this song for
our loved ones, and LA and the

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whole world loved Kobe Gg and you
know, I feel like everyone in LA

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was feeling the same. So we
we decided to all go down there and

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just show how we show our love
the best with music. And there was

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no set list, there wasn't planned. It was just a Facebook post that

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turned into something extremely special. But
you were there with your with your family,

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your mariachi community, your family,
and you were there all for the

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love of Kobe and Gigi and you
know, respectfully the other souls that we

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lost that day. But you quickly
got it together. Right. What was

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that like? Was it just like, all right, what are we doing?

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What are we doing? Well?
Yeah, once we got there,

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it was a surreal moment because everyone's
there, and it's it's a somber moment,

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you see. I'm trying to remember. There was a huge picture of

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Kobe and Gig and once once most
of the musicians were there, all the

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news just we got lights on our
faces and we're like, okay, let's

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let's just perform a song. Which
song is the la Amamba? So here

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we go. We play laulera and
then the next song. A friend of

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mine was like, well, Gekamo's
you know, like, well, whatever

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you guys want, I'm just here
to support, right, It's like,

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well, let's sing you you can
sing. I'm like, well, you

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sing it. You know, I'm
here on the sidelines, you know,

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yeah, And it's like okay,
I'll sing the beginning, you'll sing the

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second half. And we sing a
couple other songs, and I remember the

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last song, and then as I'm
driving home. As we're driving home,

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hey, they put up a video
and and it's going viral everywhere, like

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everywhere, like ESPN, you know, everyone was picking it up. And

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that was the first time I actually
saw a post where the numbers are moving

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like in real time. Like I
was like, whoa. And it was

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just a beautiful and historic woman to
be a part of. We didn't think

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anything of it. We just saw
a banda like the earlier that week that

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was there. I'm like, well, Mariachi has to be there, like

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we have to, you know,
show our love and and yeah, and

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the rest is history. Sure.
Yeah. And almost immediately after that,

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Fred Reck hits you up right or
he was out there? Was he out

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there? Okay? Apparently the story
is that he was out there he was

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going to the Grammys and that he
heard the Mariachi's and then he's heard and

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he heard my voice. He was
like, oh the heck is this?

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So then he searched on on online
and there was all these videos picking up,

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but they didn't say names or anything
because it was you know, they

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didn't know our names. Fast forward
three years after that's when I decided to

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repost it, you know, to
commemorate. And that's when I received a

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message from Fred Rec. And I
don't know if you guys know who Fred

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Rec, but yeah, you know, in an instant, I didn't know

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who he was because it's not my
world. And I started researching is this

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real? Is this like a real
person? And I started seeing pictures of

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him with spears. Yeah, we
thought that was photoshopped at first. Yeah,

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And I was like, is this
photoshopping me? Double check? Right?

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And started talking to him and I
was like, okay, well,

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what do you like? What do
you want to do? He's like,

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no, I want to record your
version of I love it, Like I

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love your version what you did there. I'm like oh, He's like it's

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similar like rosso Lurka is right.
And I was like, what this guy's

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hip hop and he knows you know, ro Andel and everything. I'm like,

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yeah, well okay, but where
are we going to record this?

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He's like, well, we we
could record it here at Snoops Snoop Studio

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And I'm like, oh, this
is this bonker? Wait who Snoops like

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the actual double or is this a
friend of yours? They call Snoop and

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he's like yeah right here at Snoops. I'm like, okay, how much

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is how much is this going to
cost me? Yeah? Like this is

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going to cost yeah, like what
what what do I you know? He's

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like, no, just bring your
musicians. I just want to record you.

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So then we set up a date
and I get to this location and

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it's like buildings, like where's where
is this space? Then suddenly the gate

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opens. Walking in the compound,
I parked outside then walk in. They

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opened the gates and I walk in
and I started seeing all these plaques like

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these pictures Snoop Dogg and then Boss
Lady Entertainment on the side and just and

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I walk in. I was like
whoa and in the air. Oh it

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was a beautiful. Yeah. So
we walk in and I'm like, oh

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this is cool. She's like,
oh yeah, I just go to the

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studio studio Studio B. So I'm
just walking and then you hear oldies,

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you know, I'm thin dm D. I was like, dang, this

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is such a such a mood,
right right. So I'm going in and

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I walk in and I see mister
rec mister Fred Wreck and Sean Engineer and

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hey, how are you mister Taurres, and it was just really nice to

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finally meet the person behind the message. And then we're there. He's like,

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all right, well, you know, we had some conversation and I

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had my musicians scheduled, like you
know as a musician Latino, we go

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in, we knock it out.
I'm gonna we're out quick. He's like,

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okay, what time. I'm like, they're already, They're already here.

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So we knocked it out, like
we knocked out the full music,

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like in what four hours? Wow? And then how long do you need

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to prepare for something like that?
Lucky just ready to No, we're ready

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to go. Yeah, yeah,
we're ready to go. Yeah. And

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I'm I mean we we took we
took. Yes, it's been years decades

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performing this song, but either way, we wanted to make it really special,

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so we took our time with it. Then the next day, we're

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gonna record vocals and I walk in
and I see a send you there on

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the side. I'm like, oh, I like everyone, how are you?

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Oh? Maybe in okay, have
a beautiful day. And I walked

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walked by into the studio b and
then their security guard comes in. He's

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like, sorry, I never do
this, but you know, boss lady

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wants to come in and meet your
guy. I was like, oh,

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boss lady, I've seen science but
on kinda Oh yeah. Center in So

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the lady that I said Ola to
walks in. He has like a boss

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Lady shirt and I'm like, oh, I'm a chugosto. And behind her

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comes in another lady saying I was
wondering who said all that to my friend?

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And she walks in and I see
this big smile and I recognize that

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smile from the pictures in the in
the hallway and everything else. Okay,

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so she's like, oh, who
is this, Oh this is my Mariacci

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artist, my Mariacci singer. She's
like Mariacci. Oh okay, well let

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me hear it. Oh, we're
not done you we just lay down the

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music, and today we're laying down
vocals, so we only have a scratch

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focus. It's like, oh,
but first, like but maybe he could

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sing it with the track. Of
course, we're ready to go. You

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know, lisa'santa is why we're here. And I sing to her and you

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see that beauty. She has a
beautiful smile and she you know, lights

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up and you're amazing he're have an
amazing voice. Keep on doing what you

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guys are doing. You have a
beautiful day, says Sally. And I'm

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like oh. He's like yeah,
that's Snoop's wife. And I was like,

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oh, okay, cool, yes, so yeah, Basalia, I

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laid down some vocals. I get
home and I and I get a call

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from Fred Reck and he's like,
hey, Snoop called. He was like

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oh, he's like yeah. He
He was asking me like what am I

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doing? I'm boss Lady said,
I'm recording Mariacci. You don't have any

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hip hop to record or what's going
on? He's like, no, I'm

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having fun with it. I love
it. You know, he's a singer

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that's sang at Kobe's. It's like, oh, okay, well what do

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you want to do with it?
He's like, well, what do you

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mean? He's like, we're just
recording a song, but do you want

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to do an album? And and
he was like, well, you know

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it takes money and you know time
and to create something like that. All

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right, well, how many how
many tracks? He's like, well,

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let's do five? You know.
He's like, well, we already recorded

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one, why not make it six. He's like, okay, and he

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says that he said death Row Records
Recording Mariaci and you know I'm quoting him

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because said, all right, cuz
let's do this, yeah legend. And

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I was on the phone. I
was like, what just happened? Right

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right? He's like yeah, So
so, mister Tore, do you have

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any any originals that you've written?
I'm like, yeah, have some originals.

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All right, we're gonna need those. Okay, do you have any

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like covers you want to do?
Yeah, I'll go to and we go

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in, we knock it out and
yes, that at least though atlist j

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Mariecci since oh wow, yeah,
that's six song EP that's available now all

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streaming platforms. Executive produced by Fred
rec Executive producer Snoop Dogs Snoop Dogg or

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produced by Fred fred Reck. It's
amazing to have Snoop, someone like Snoop,

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right, who's legendary, especially in
Los Angeles. Right, Snoop is

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anonymous with Los Angeles. You think
of l A, you think of Snoop

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and Dodgers, and you think of
Lakers and write Kobe. To have someone

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like Snoop in your corner at this
at this point in your career. What

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does that mean to you? It's
such a blessing. It's it's historic.

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It is surreal to me. First
time I, you know, interacted was

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through FaceTime and he knew my name. So that was weird for me,

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you know, because I, like
you said, I grew up hearing Yeah,

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Snoop Snoop. But that's that's still
well. I could call him Nino

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Snoopy. It could be father,
you know, but yeah, that's that

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Snoop. Dis long BEA's that's la
Like he's global, He's I even want

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to say universal. You know Snoop, I say, it's all the time.

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I've heard many people say this as
well. Snoop I believe is the

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most famous hip hop artist. It's
the most famous rapper. They know Snoop

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anywhere. You can go into India
and they know who Snoop is. Yeah,

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that that's that's you know, it's
amazing. You could visit a tribe

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in some islands and they know who's
Snoopy. They do. Man, it's

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just amazing. Now you have Fred
Rack, you have Snoopy, have Boss

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Lady all in your corner, right? How did you get here? What

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led what led to this it's forty
one years in the making. It's forty

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one years. All through my life, I've been singing, you know,

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singing and Mariacci, you know,
Mariacci Musica Mexican And it was his life,

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right, yeah, my whole life. Your father was a Mariacci singer.

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My father was just a singer.
He loved singing. Then once I

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saw a group of kids that started
accompanying us because we used to do like

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little carnival performances, you know,
church performances, and I saw the kids

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perform and I was like, butN
you ghettos it on Mariacci. And my

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dad was like, oh, I
don't know. I guess he's all He's

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positive always, yes, you know
about you know. So he and I

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went to a school and began studying
to be Mariacci together. So, but

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he's always been singing. Sure,
but your dad joined you in that problems

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yea. And he was like,
all right, let's do it and me

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and was probably like conrado, you
know, just go and support them and

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show them. Yeah, got a
good upbringing, man. Yeah, it's

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it's beautiful. That's pretty cool.
A mega Calisco and my dad wanted us

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to be born in Mexico, and
he was like, no, no one

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I said mexicanos. No one I
said full blooded. Because my mom was

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like, nos, you wanna said
Mexican not prokopis. Let's get he's they're

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going to learn other other things like
no, no, no, we're gonna

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we're gonna teach. We're gonna teach
them our ways and our traditions, and

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don't worry about that. You know. I saw I saw a story where,

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uh, where you were describing your
your first time at Dodger Stadium.

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Your family won a wik contest right
shout out the wick, shout out the

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kiks. Yeah, exactly, bro. So you you want to wick contest

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to throw out the first pitch at
Dodger Stadium. And you told your parents

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right then and there that you were
going to sing at Dodger Stadium one day.

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Yeah, I throw the pitch and
I turned and looked to my mom.

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I like, I'm a mean see
him, see see do what I

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said? You know whatever, if
I was gonna tell him, Mama,

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already you know you're gonna be the
best, you know, But at that

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time I was I was already singing, and it got into me like I'm

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gonna sing here one day. I'm
going to sing here. That's amazing fast

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forward dreams come true at Dodger Stadium
and you brought your parents, right.

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Yeah. So that performance was for
Mexican Heritage Night, and I wanted to

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surprise them because I had performed there
before, but they always wanted to go.

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So I had never sung the Mexican
Nation anthem and American Nation anthem there

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and I invited them and uh,
like you know and everything. I'm like,

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no, I got your tickets,
nowhere about it. Wow. So

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they're there, and I had a
column before they got there. I got

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scared, like get so emotional and
everything, like what it is this kid?

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You know, I'm going to sing
the national anthem? Yeah, it's

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like see Jack, you remember I
was going to you guys going to I

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told you singer and oh my god, this man. We you know,

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we had a cry and everything got
emotional and performing there. They sat like

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across from me, So I knew
there was there, but I didn't want

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to focus on me knowing that they're
there, and but my sister captured that

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moment and your mom's crying, my
mom, So my mom was like,

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is me and everything, and and
my dad's just there and I don't know

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if it's about you know, Mexican
dads. They I have never seen my

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dad cry, and I think it's
like maybe three four times that I've seen

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them crying, and and that videos
shows him crying, and I just lose

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it when I watch it. I'm
like, oh my god, because you

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know, having parents that have immigrated
over, they're working, and most of

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the time they're working two three jobs. My dad was always working, you

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know for the most part. And
but me giving them that makes me feel

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like it was worth it for them
their struggle. Of course, get emotion

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thinking of the journey almost like this
is where I pay them back. Yeah,

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yeah, and that's why you got
emotion. And yeah, you know,

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did you get a death row chain? Oh well, I can't disclose

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that you didn't get that's my chain. Was this the first record deal or

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label situation that was offered to you? Yes, yes, something major like

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this. I mean I had recorded
independently, you know, gotten into this

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studio and done stuff independently and working
towards in the future for something like this

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to happen. You know, there
was a time where I was just doing

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performances here and there, and just
you know, sending out emails and most

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of the time getting crickets and just
the or nose. You know, if

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I got to know that was I
was lucky to get knows because at least

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they they saw something, But most
of the time it was just you know,

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the struggle of just working towards it. Picando, how we say,

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do you ever like kind of like
someone outside of my culture believed in me,

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not someone within my culture? That
is that a thought? Yes?

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I figured that's what that is a
thought, And I don't think you're like

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someone that holds grudges, but it's
a thought that crosses your mind. It's

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I'll get you know. I'm sure
there are plenty of thoughts of other but

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I feel like everything happens for a
reason and everything is very special to know

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that Snow sees the vision and sees
Fred, you know, Fred also sees

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that light in me and just something
bigger than what I fathom. It's just

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amazing, you know, it's it's
it's it's beautiful because that's what it's all

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about. You know. Music,
Music gets everyone. You know, it

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doesn't matter where you're from. If
you're from here or from a galaxy.

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Look, I said, it's it's
just music moves us the frequency. No,

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it's universal, man, it's universal. So how do we move forward

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with Death Row from from this point
on? Is it another project? Is

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it? Or are you signed off? Are you signed on for multiple projects?

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Well, as of now, we're
producing, you know, at home,

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I'm writing music. I was.
I'm literally just yesterday I was at

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the studio and uh, you know, always talking with Fred. He we

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got like a sample press for a
record, you know, which I'm really

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excited to listen to little audio technic
sounds different, right, Oh yeah,

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it's really nice. But yeah,
I'm I'm so so. I feel like

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they gave me the chance and as
long as they're like, hey, you're

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here with us, and I'm you
know, I'm a hard worker. I'm

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always, you know, is writing
at home. I have the first day

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that I interacted with Fred and snoops, you know, just getting home and

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just just all right, well this
is yelling core, you know, with

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that little sliver of an opening.
All right, take advantage of it.

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And it's like, yeah, thank
you, it was fun. That was

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that was fun. But we gotta
get going right. Yeah, No,

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man, it's it's love. You
just got to keep your head down in

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work and do the right thing and
continue following your passion and trust yourself,

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trust the people around you. Right
Snoop wants obviously wants you to win.

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Fred Reck wants you to win.
Boss Lady wants you to win, right

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see, And they're watching you and
they're guiding you as well. What was

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it was? Was there any advice
from Snoop? You know what? I

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got a message from him and I
sent him a message. Yes, you

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know, thank you so much for
opportunity, you know, for giving me,

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you know, this grand opportunity to
showcase. Because a lot of people

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are like, oh, are you
doing hip hop with Mariacci? I'm like,

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no, it's just pure Mariacci with
the death Row sound, you know,

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with with a hip hop sound.
And he sent a message he was

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like, no, I'm happy to
give you a shot. The world has

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to hear you. And I was
like, whoa, that's amazing, you

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know, it's it's it's such a
blessing. I feel so fortunate. Was

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your mom worried that he would like
make you smoke weed? No? I

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mean yeah, she she made get
the walls and and everything. You know,

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I have asthma, so for the
most part, I'm unable to.

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Yeah, so you know, the
instrument clad the head. But you know,

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Simp two boys started battle, you
know, condos Wien. You're good.

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Yeah, yeah, that's right.
How does it feel when you're performing

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at Dodgers Stadium and you just you
know that you're captivating everybody in that stadium

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literally from the players. Literally in
between innings, I see like the players,

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you know, just paying attention to
the screens because obviously they can't really

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see you all the way in pavilions, but like they're looking at the screens

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and just looking at you. Everyone. You have everyone's attention. It's it's

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what we live for. It's it's
it's my home. Like when when the

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first time I came back and out
of being a Maricchi became a solo performer

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and stepped on that stage, I
felt like I was at home. So

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to see others enjoy it doesn't matter
who you are, enjoy what I love

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to do best. It's a it's
a great feeling. And and the Dodger

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fans man that's his fun Meilia,
you know, Dodger Stadium is my home.

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And and I truly enjoy being there
each time, every time they invite

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me. Yeah, it's an honor, isn't it. Yes, it really

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is. And Jackie's right, when
you're on that stage, all eyes on

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you, that's a lot of pressure. You put that pressure on you or

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you're just like, hey, this
is another day at the office. I

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think getting to get nervous. Yeah, you get nervous, you know,

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I get excited once, you know, I drive in and I walk in,

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and I'm with my team and and
just walking in, I'm like,

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this is amazing, Like this is
the dream. I'm living the dream because

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ever since that little kid, you
know, this is what I dream for.

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So I'm here and I'm like,
wow, I'm here. But once

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I it's like five four, I'm
like, all right, I'm gonna we

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get on that. Boy. It's
almost as if you black out right.

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Yeah, you just have to now
trust your ability. Yeah, but it's

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just it's you know what I love
to do best. You know, it's

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your life. It's forty forty one
years in the making. That's crazy.

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Do you ever think about going on
American Idol? America's got talent? The

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voice, you know what I had
I had a mentor that always told me

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to do that, and as a
kid, I went on telling oh,

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Jack, well no they did it. They didn't in your Instagram bio.

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I know major. Yeah, and
we won, Yeah we won on that.

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I'm I'm actually looking for that video. I have VHS video, Yeah,

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there is, except I need to
I'm looking through all these vhs that

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my parents have. They they brought
over. But sometimes they're like it's like

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vela el fuego the football, just
like you know. Yeah, So I'm

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I'm searching for it. See,
I'm gonna call so he um there you

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know, hey, can you guys
find there's an episode somewhere. Got to

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be an archive, man, really
quick because it's gonna bug me. But

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you so you're your chain that you
can't necessarily talk about, right, But

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there's there's something there. There is
a chain, right. There is a

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change, Yeah, there is a
change your death row. You gotta have

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a change. It has to be
official, right, yes, sir,

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Yes, So hopefully there's like a
grand ceremony before that. I'm sure.

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I'm sure there is. Man,
you deserve one, you know, you

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work for it, you know,
and you're part of the team. You're

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part of the family. It's death
Row, bro. You know the history,

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you know the Tupac uh Snoop,
Doctor Dre. I mean, the

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list goes on and on. But
it's such a legendary imprint. Yes,

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it is, especially coming out of
l A something that I don't take lightly.

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And I'm that's why I work working
hard to you know, to make

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everyone proud, also make myself proud. Everything that I want to put out

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and that we are going to put
out is going to be straight up you

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know, Mariacci new music in the
style of But let me tell you Tupac

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we're signed under or are signed under
the same label. Bro. I don't

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even want to think about that.
But that's amazing. Yeah, that's amazing.

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We're saying I'm sorry I cut you
off. No that that to think

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that I'm amongst legendary people, you
know, even mister Rech. I mean

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he just I got messages after people
knew that I was working. There's like,

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dude, do you know do you
do you know how like important this

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is and that people would give anything
to be in the same room. And

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I guess what really is my edge? It's not my world much so I

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see the musicality, and then I
understand it and that's what I'm seeing.

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I'm I guess, I don't.
I don't get scared. I know.

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Snoop was like, oh my god, but like everyone that's there, you

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know, I've seen d smoke and
then that Dre told Fred. He's like,

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hey, Fred, did he hold
out that V that long? Or

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did you help him? Come on, you can tell him. I'm like,

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doctor Dre knows my name, Like
that's I can't believe it. Iconic

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man, iconic man. Yeah,
Like, yo, doctor Dre is wondering

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about your ability, you know,
Yeah, that's that's just yeah, that's

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just I'm you know, as I'm
sitting here thinking about it, man,

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I'm like, yo, this this
man is signed to death Row Records man

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and is and is in good company
with someone like Snoop Dogg, who is

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just such a legend and who's going
to make sure you're okay. He's not

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going to let you fall right.
Glad to see and I have, you

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know, my ancestors with me,
all of la to make it work.

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You put in prior to this as
well beyond you. Yeah, because every

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everything is for you. I always
say my voice and everything I am is

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for you guys. So if you
guys are enjoying everything, I'm doing it.

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So it's that's that's why I'm here. That's I feel like, that's

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why I was putting on this earth
to just bring out and make people feel

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with my voice. Yeah, man, congratulations, you did that and you're

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going to continue doing it. Yes, right, No, it's amazing,

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the wheels turning over, the no
no, no, no, no no.

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I salute you man. I think
your journey special. I think once

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you find that video, it's gonna
be a great addition to the documentary.

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And and I gain again your story
is inspiring as hell. And just they

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have that perseverance and and and they
never give up on your dreams and just

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keep being a great human and you
know you'll continue to attract those wonderful opportunities.

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So it's amazing to meet you.
There's other pleasure meeting you guys.

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There's other horizons that I want to
achieve, I want to conquer. And

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yes, just I see everyone's potential, everyone's journeys as yourself and as Jackie

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and as the signor Cruz. I'm
so proud of. Also, what you

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guys have accomplished. I've seen your
show. I've actually been here as a

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Mariacci musician, performing, accompanying other
people and just being in rooms like this

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is like wow, Okay, okay. I've always felt like one day it's

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gonna happen, you know, and
never never lose lose a faith. But

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also, I mean, it doesn't. It doesn't just mean oh, it's

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gonna happen, and then not do
anything. You you really have to,

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you know, put yourself. Yes, dreams come true only when you put

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the work in and position yourself,
you know. I feel like if I

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don't put myself out, if you
don't put yourself out there, if you

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don't love failing, that's that's something
that I've learned. You see that door

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slamming your Oh yeah, just falling
down, soar Okay, But I know

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I'm I guess. One thing that
I like about myself is that I'm a

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very stubborn person and I'm a very
hidden miss person. If I don't hit

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that bullseye that one day, okay, I grab another ten thousand and I

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work on it. And but once
I hit that bullseye, then I found

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the sweet spot. And I'm very
like I know, where to go after.

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You know, there's no matter what
you do, you could be doing

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some amazing things, right, and
there's always someone that has something negative to

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say. Do you deal with that
as well? Yeah? Is there negative

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comments? I mean, your voice
is so beautiful and what you do is

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such a gift, and yet there's
still someone out there that has something negative

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to say. Clad Oh, there's
always gonna be what is it If you

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don't have haters, then you haven't
made it base see clad On. Yeah,

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there's there's a lot of there's there's
a lot that that happens. But

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you know, you just gotta keep
on going and and know that it's your

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blessing. So it's it's your journey
and you keep on going. And and

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if it if there's that a million
haters, but that one person that's looking

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up to you and wanting you to
do good, then that's what it's worth

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it. Yeah, man, you
know, yes, sir, By the

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way, that intro that we played
in the beginning of the interview, that's

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DJ fuse sir, amazing. We'll
send it to you if you need it,

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and listen. We do cruise cares
every single year. This is our

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eighthannel cruise Cares. We would love
your support. Julia. Oh yeah,

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I don't know if it's on the
website, but I already, you know,

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committed to something there and I brought
you guys some little I mean,

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I also work with kids. I'm
a special assistant, and I said,

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let's bring something for sports and something
for coloring, and I mean it's I

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sir, Juli, thank you ver
much thankeep graduations. Come see us anytime

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you have a home here A Real
ninety two three in the cruise show Man

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good as Yes, thank you so
much for all the love, Thank you

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for the support. In un Salua
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