WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.439 You're back with another episode, and I am very excited, 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.400 very honored to have this beautiful, talented young lady on 3 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:11.640 my couch here tonight on Private Talk. Welcome Paloma Ford. 4 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:21.000 What's up you boy? Hello? Lex? Hello, how are you welcome? 5 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:22.359 Thank you so much for. 6 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:24.239 Being here, Thank you for having me. 7 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:25.719 How are you doing tonight? 8 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.679 I am I'm vibing. I'm good vibing. 9 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.359 I'd like to hear that so here at Private Talk podcast. 10 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.000 It's a new podcast. It's a way for me to 11 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.399 talk to people to make you feel comfortable. Feel this 12 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:40.359 is like the private place that you can talk to 13 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:43.479 Phil like we're homies. But we're not homies now. But 14 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:45.119 at the end of this concession, we're gonna be with 15 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:48.479 guys for sure. So thank you so much for being here. 16 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.359 Let my Private Talk listeners out there, Let them know 17 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:54.399 who you are, let them know your background, let them 18 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:58.520 know what you're all about, Miss Paloma for what's up guys? 19 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:05.879 This is Paloma. I am a musician from Long Beach, California. Yeah, 20 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:10.200 so you know, I'm a native here and getting ready 21 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:12.879 to drop some new music that's exciting. 22 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:16.239 Yes, So when are you gonna drop it? What is it? 23 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:19.359 Is it by yourself solo? Are you featuring somebody? Tell 24 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:20.280 us what it's all about. 25 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:25.200 Yes, it's it's my second project. We are going to 26 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:28.959 drop the first single December first, so be looking for 27 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:30.439 Chasing Waterfalls. 28 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:40.000 All right, guys, you heard it here so long. Thank you, 29 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.359 thank you, thank you, thank you everybody, thank you? All right, 30 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.680 thank you guys. Yeah, so Private Talk podcast you heard 31 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:47.439 that first. You're just going to be releasing. So how 32 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:49.920 does that feel? This is your second project? Is it 33 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:52.640 more exciting than the first? Like? Tell us how you 34 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:54.959 how are you feeling right now because it isn't released yet. 35 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:58.400 Are you in those nerves or you like passionate yourself. 36 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.920 All the way in those nerves. It's been going on 37 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.879 three years since my first project. I've featured on other 38 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:11.240 things since then, but this will be, yeah, my first 39 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:15.719 release in quite some time. So I'm very very nervous, 40 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:20.479 and compared to the first one, I feel like I'm 41 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:24.639 more nervous because, you know, you set the bar and 42 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:28.599 then people are like, wait, they want more, and you know, 43 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:31.360 and then time goes by so they're like okay, what. 44 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:35.879 Yeah, yeah, well I think that you know, it's one 45 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:37.759 of those things that you have to be your your 46 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:39.680 own fan. And I feel like, you know, we're all 47 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.080 artists in our own ways, and you've worked so hard 48 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:43.639 on all these things, and I know it's gonna be great, 49 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:45.919 it's gonna be a hit, and I'm excited for you to. 50 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.840 It's like a second birth of a baby. Like it's 51 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:51.560 like it's it's you put so much work and passion 52 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:53.759 into you like your craft, and it's like it's you 53 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.120 don't know where it's gonna go, right, but the only 54 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.240 way it's gonna go is up for sure. So with 55 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.280 that being said, like where did you get your start 56 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:05.599 from as far as music goes. 57 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:10.639 The first time I ever did something on a on 58 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:14.800 a major level was I was doing backgrounds for Macy Gray. 59 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.240 So that was kind of my introduction to the industry. 60 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:22.560 I was like eighteen years old. Nineteen Was that intimidating? 61 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:24.560 Were you just like all in because it's a gamble 62 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:26.479 with you know, the art, the industry. You know, you 63 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:27.159 don't know you. 64 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.879 Just like I was just so naive to the industry, 65 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:32.639 So I was just kind of like happy to be 66 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:35.560 there at that time. You know, she was working with 67 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.919 everybody from like justin Timberlake to where I am. So 68 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:43.240 they were in the studio every night with us, and 69 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:45.159 like I said, yeah, I was just happy to be there. 70 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:50.280 I had no idea you know what steps I would take? 71 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:54.199 Yeah, exactly. So you doing all this stuff, you're you're 72 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.439 an independent artist, You're not with the label. Like, how 73 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:58.520 does that feel? And what is the differences? Do you 74 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:00.759 like being independent? Do you want to be signed to 75 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.319 a label? Like? What is the feelings? And you know 76 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:05.960 things that you go through, all the nervous stuff is it? What? 77 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:07.159 How do you feel about all those things? 78 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:10.280 I love being independent. I kind of fell into it 79 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:16.360 on accident, but once I saw, you know, just how 80 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:20.000 much I like having control because I know everything that 81 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:27.079 I want to put out, you know, content wise, visually, sonically. 82 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.800 So like I said, my first project, I kind of 83 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:32.639 fell into it. 84 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:33.839 It was it was just. 85 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.920 Me trying something out and I really really like it. 86 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:42.240 And now I'm unofficially hopefully going to be signing to 87 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:47.759 myself for my new project and citing partnering up. Thank you. 88 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:54.040 That's a big thing. I don't I love women that 89 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.560 you know, we're entrepreneurs. This is a you know, time 90 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:59.399 wards female empowerment and doing those things that's a big 91 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.240 step for you know, signing with nobody to signing to yourself. Like, 92 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.759 tell us a little bit more about that, Like, what 93 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:06.199 are the steps with that's going on. 94 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.759 Well, I've been really really patient with this project. I 95 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.839 started recording two years ago. I mean really like after 96 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.720 kind of the end of me putting my first project out, 97 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.160 you know, I was I was constantly recording, So it's 98 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:26.439 been a long time coming and just me being a 99 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.240 business woman and you know, always trying to learn. I 100 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:35.240 kind of like saw what things I lacked, you know 101 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:38.759 in the first project and why you know, songs only 102 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:41.600 reached a certain limit, and you know, what things I 103 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:45.439 would need to do to really you know, step it 104 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.920 up for the next time. And and part of that 105 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:50.959 was just like having a really strong team. And so 106 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.720 I kind of just promised myself like I know, the 107 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:58.920 music that I make deserves to be supported in a 108 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:05.720 certain way. And so I was very very patient and 109 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:08.680 just waited until I found, you know, the people to 110 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:12.319 kind of put the puzzle together together. 111 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:13.800 Yeah, and that's like, you know, that's a hard thing 112 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:17.160 to find people that were cohesively you all work together, 113 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.000 your idea comes across in the way that you wanted 114 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.839 to because being an artist, you know, people don't understand 115 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.319 what that means. They know what it seems like from 116 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.519 the outside looking in, but you know, the hard work 117 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.279 that we put on whatever our industry. You know, mine included, 118 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:32.399 yours included the things. It's like, you know, it's a 119 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.199 creative and it's it comes from a place of where 120 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.600 you may not know where that is blossoming too, but 121 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.240 it's so much like who you become as a person 122 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.199 and where that it transpires. Like with you, you know, 123 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:46.000 if music, it's like you said, you've strategically made your 124 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.120 decision and that's really big to not just sign a 125 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:51.000 deal with the label or not do this whatever and 126 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.360 continue to be independent because a lot of people just 127 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.120 you know, come into the quick money or the quick 128 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:56.920 things because. 129 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:01.120 The independent route is very difficult, like it's but the hard. 130 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:02.720 Work pays off, you know what I mean. And myself included. 131 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:05.360 I'm an entrepreneur and you know, I'm an independent contractor 132 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:07.519 and I've always had my own say in my own business. 133 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:11.199 And so there's steps along those ways that you feel like, man, 134 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.519 is this the right idea whatever? And sometimes it is 135 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:16.240 and sometimes it's not. But the only way you're gonna 136 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:18.639 know is if you try it, and you know, so 137 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.439 congratulations to you making those steps and lik, you know, 138 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:23.759 assign yourself. That sounds weird to some people, but that's 139 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:25.680 such a big honor to like do those and like, 140 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.439 I you know, that's that's amazing dream come true. That's 141 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:37.399 really awesome. Yes, So what other projects do you have 142 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.000 going on besides you know, your your new single coming 143 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:41.759 out you know in a month or so. 144 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:47.720 Yes, I am working on an independent film. It's called 145 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:52.360 g Code. It's an LA based film written by Meg 146 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:57.120 the Og. Shout out to Meg. She's also somebody that 147 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:01.439 interviewed me in some podcasts in the past and we 148 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:04.920 kind of stayed in touch and she she wrote the 149 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.839 script and reached out to me and I was like, 150 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:08.560 let's do it. 151 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.879 So was that the first film you've ever done before? 152 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:15.560 I've done very very small parts and a few other 153 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:18.759 independent films, so this one is like a lead role. 154 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:22.040 And we've kind of been like working on it and 155 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:25.759 I've been helping her produce it as well. So that's 156 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:27.920 pretty exciting. That's something that I'm working on. 157 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:30.480 That's really cool. Do you see yourself doing more of that? 158 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:32.879 Kind of stuff like acting stuff and going more with 159 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:35.360 that routely or behind the scenes or in front of 160 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:35.720 the camera. 161 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.360 How do you know, I definitely want to get more 162 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:42.519 heavily into acting in the upcoming. 163 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:47.039 Year. Being from you know, LA, is that something that 164 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.440 you just saw and you always wanted to be that 165 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:50.960 or did it just kind of come and, like you said, 166 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:52.799 fell into your lap and you kind of just like, hey, 167 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:53.600 now I want to do this. 168 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:54.879 No, I always wanted to. 169 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.960 You always wanted to. What was like the first thing 170 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:58.840 you saw that you were like you knew, You're like, no, 171 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.279 I can do this, and I want to do it. Yeah. 172 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:04.000 I mean just from an early age, I was watching 173 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:09.200 Michael Jackson like obsessively, and I never I thought that 174 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:10.960 it was kind of normal because it was like me 175 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.759 and my cousins and we would watch Michael all the time. 176 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:19.159 Moon you watch her udo everything, everything, And like I said, 177 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:21.759 I always thought that was normal until I have a 178 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:26.080 son and he is like so completely uninterested in that, 179 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:29.159 and so I was like, Okay, well this, you know, 180 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:30.399 it makes sense now. 181 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.840 Your passions of it. It shows true colors of what you 182 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.600 really want to Yeah, and you just don't identify with it. 183 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:38.320 Until later on exactly. So you say, Michael, what other 184 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:41.440 influences have you had throughout your career to make you 185 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:43.399 be who exactly who you are today? 186 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:47.840 Shaw Day, for sure, she's probably like Michael was first. 187 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.039 Shaw Day was next because I was somebody that my 188 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:55.440 mom always played in our house. And so singing Michael 189 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:59.679 and Janet songs, if you listen to you know, the 190 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.080 way they sing Shade has like a very similar tone 191 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.960 to Janet more so. But uh yeah, so Sha Da 192 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:11.360 would be next. And then and then as I got 193 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:16.080 into like junior high, Tupac was like a super huge 194 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:16.919 influence too. 195 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:20.519 What would you say to this day that's been your biggest, 196 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:23.000 you know, piece of work that you're proud of that 197 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:24.919 you've like put out there. You said, you you know, 198 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.200 obviously we were. You know the number two is going 199 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:28.919 to be there too, but what from you know, the 200 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:30.919 first and maybe if it's been with your first body 201 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:33.279 work or people that you've worked with that you just 202 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:35.559 stand out that you know, it's your number one. 203 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:41.879 Definitely, my song called what it's probably probably my biggest song. 204 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:47.000 And I will say I have two songs that I 205 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.600 have wet and then I have the song called Jada. 206 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:53.279 But what was like start and finished by me with 207 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.799 my producer, and it kind of took a life of 208 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:01.919 its own, not only in uh streaming and music world, 209 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:02.879 but in dance. 210 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:05.080 And I never thought that it would go. 211 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:08.159 Yeah, I never saw that happening when I made it 212 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:12.519 because it's so slow, So yeah, I would definitely say 213 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:13.360 what all right? 214 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:15.840 So with that being said, like how did that make 215 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.879 you feel? And it finally like when that and it's 216 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:19.639 like again it takes you by storm. You never know 217 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:22.279 what project because every project to us are like really 218 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.039 intimate to us and you never know which one and 219 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.159 you know, we like others here or there. But when 220 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.320 that happened and like it started going by storm and 221 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.799 it was dancing and this, like how did that make 222 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:34.120 you feel? Like do you feel because especially being from La, yeah, 223 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:35.600 you know it's very kind of normal. You probably have 224 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:37.159 a lot of friends and this or whatever, Like how 225 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:40.120 did that make you feel inside? And like finally be like, man, 226 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.519 that's that's mine. We're listening to my ship. 227 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:46.279 I'm going to be honest with you. Because of the 228 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.200 pressure that I put on myself, I feel like with 229 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:54.639 my first project, I never really celebrated myself or time 230 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.279 to like stop and like realize, you know, what I 231 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.279 had accomplished on my own. So I can't really answer 232 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:07.440 that for real, but that's something that I'm definitely more 233 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:11.279 aware of for this project. And I've you know, I've 234 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:16.399 done this project like really on my own, and I 235 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:20.200 have a really heavy hand in writing, even more so 236 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.320 than my first project. So I'm definitely going to like 237 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:25.639 try to take those moments. 238 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:28.360 That's awesome. Well, I'm looking forward to listening to it. 239 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.840 I'm sure my listener's out there at their private talk 240 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:33.159 podcasts are listening to it as well. I hope you 241 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:36.200 guys are subscribing, liking. I hope you guys are enjoying 242 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:39.519 our conversation. I appreciate you for being here and your 243 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.720 honesty and just letting my listeners know a little bit 244 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:46.200 of more about you. So thank you, Palama, Thank you. 245 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:49.759 I hope you're feeling so comfortable with me. You know again, 246 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:51.440 we're just we're meeting each other. But I feel like 247 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:53.919 it's it's one of those things, is we're in such 248 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.559 an industry now where social media and all these things 249 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:59.320 where there's so many similarities but so many polar opposites 250 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:01.240 of each other, what you're a fan base with all 251 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:03.480 these things are going on, So it's like you hear names, 252 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:05.879 but you haven't like met somebody, right the fact that like, 253 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.919 I love this opportunity to sit here and like have 254 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:10.000 you on my couch and just getting to know who 255 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.480 you really are and like getting your side of you 256 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.720 know who you are? Right, So let everybody out there 257 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:17.000 at private talk know where we can follow you, where 258 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:19.039 we can hear your single coming out? Where could they 259 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:20.960 go to your people website? Let us know all about that. 260 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.360 Yeah, so all of my social handles is my name 261 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:30.279 Paloma Ford. You can find all my music on iTunes 262 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:34.759 and anywhere you can find music. It's available on all platforms. 263 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:40.360 And yeah, that's about it. Everything is at Paloma Ford. 264 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:42.600 All right, guys, you heard her. You better go over 265 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.279 there and follow her and listen to her shit. Because 266 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:46.720 I have a feeling this is going to be a 267 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:49.679 hot one. Number two is like you know, my lucky 268 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:51.519 number is too, So I you know, I'm a big 269 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:54.200 about energy. I'm a big about like believing in all 270 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.000 those like energy and things like that. So I have 271 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:57.519 a feeling this is going to be a big one. 272 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:59.600 So I can't wait for you and to do all 273 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:02.559 those things. So with all of that beings said, you 274 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:05.480 have your music coming out, you're doing, you're a major 275 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.639 player in this big movie role. If you had to 276 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.919 pick between one of the two, what would you do? 277 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:21.200 I mean, music is without question, that's just kind of 278 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:24.559 like I always have music in my head, so I 279 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:27.759 think that if I ever abandoned it, I would probably 280 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.360 go crazy. 281 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:30.399 So there are certain things that you just kind of 282 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.600 run away from, you know what I mean, it just 283 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:33.240 stays true to you. 284 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:36.919 Yeah, that's why when when I see artists say like, 285 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:40.120 I quit music, I'm like, no, you don't. 286 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.600 I feel the same way in my. 287 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:43.840 Even if you just did it for yourself at home, 288 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.399 you're never quitting music, So don't be so dramatic. 289 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.039 I feel the same way. In my industry. There's so 290 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:49.840 many people that said, oh, I retire, and then they 291 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:51.720 come back a month later. It's like, why even say 292 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:54.720 that if you're not going to do it. Just live 293 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:57.679 in your truth or don't anything. People get so caught 294 00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:59.600 up in the social media world they feel like I 295 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.480 I have to say something that I'm just like, you 296 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.720 know what, if you need to take a break, just 297 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:04.720 take a break. Right, No one needs an explanation, no 298 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.320 one needs to like anything like nobody all of those 299 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.840 being said. So with that seguay being said, like, you know, 300 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:14.080 we are very opposite industries that the said, But I 301 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.240 feel like I have this one thing where people have 302 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:19.879 fake profiles set up and they're like me, like myself, 303 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:22.679 and they try to emulate my, my persona, my brand, 304 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:24.720 and they speak for you and a lot of fans 305 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.000 are regardless. If you speak about it loudly and you 306 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:29.759 make a video about it or whatever, they still tell 307 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:31.759 you and they're going to coments like hey, why did 308 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:33.799 you do this to me? Like why did you do da? Da? 309 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:35.759 And like you feel like man like I already have. 310 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.480 I've done so many things to make you feel not 311 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.600 that way, and we like know, hey this is the 312 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:43.720 real me, right is do you have that same issue 313 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.879 in your industry as well? 314 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:51.120 For sure? You know I'm an overall like just private 315 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:57.159 person and I'm not like super I'm very laid back 316 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:00.759 and you know, I think a lot of people we'll 317 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:05.320 take that and make it to be anything else but that. 318 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:07.600 But when you meet me in person, I'm like the 319 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:10.679 sweetest person because I really love people. I love humans 320 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:14.639 I love, you know, giving and and you know, just 321 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:17.639 being and so yeah. 322 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.799 I identify with that because I feel like as much 323 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:21.600 as like in certain like social media aspects, you want 324 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:23.480 it like less is more, But the less that you 325 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:27.240 say sometimes the more, like like curiosity and ideas that 326 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:29.360 people have already formed in their head are like already 327 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:32.039 about you that they think that you're doing sure, like 328 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.279 you're escorting or you're dealing like something that called Google 329 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.399 hangouts that don't even have one, but people apparently say 330 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.559 that I speak to them on like all these platforms 331 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.720 that you're just like if you don't and you're not 332 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.519 a true fan of me, And I've already said all 333 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:46.440 these things like how do you not know what's real 334 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:46.720 or not? 335 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.200 Right? 336 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:48.759 Like do you have people approach you like that? And 337 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.480 how do you handle that? Or do you just ignore it? 338 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.840 Because it's one of those things that you could do 339 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:57.120 all three it's a big, a big spectrum. 340 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:01.919 For the most part, I ignore it. You know, some days, some. 341 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.319 Days I have a little feeling out. 342 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:08.000 Feel yeah, some days I have time, and you know, 343 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:12.680 I might let the motherfucker know. But for the most part, 344 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.880 I just ignore that shit because you know, like we 345 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.599 just said, like, at the end of the day, as 346 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:22.400 real as social media, you know is, to people, it's 347 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:25.559 really not real. So you know, unless you know that 348 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:30.160 person personally, it's like, I can't really get mad at you. 349 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.440 You don't know, you don't know anything. 350 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.960 But that's usually what I've also to you when you 351 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.000 chime in, is when they're like, oh, but i'd love you. 352 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.680 I just want you to say something to me. So 353 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:39.039 that's why for me, again I ignore most of the time. 354 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:41.079 But yeah, you have those day too. But that's also 355 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:44.119 why for me, I've never really spoken out a lot 356 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:46.079 of times. It's because it can get be misconstrued a 357 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:47.240 lot of ways, and they will. 358 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:47.839 Matter for me. 359 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:50.519 Is why this is all about what private talk is about. 360 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.680 I wanted to have you know the control of my 361 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:56.400 conversation and what my truth really is and know that 362 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.720 there's way more to me than just what a Laxis 363 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:00.640 Texas is, just because what I've to do at one 364 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.119 point doesn't define me as a person. It's just a 365 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.880 part of who I am, But there's so much more 366 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.759 to me. And that's what I want my listeners and 367 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:09.680 everyone to out there to really like, feel and appeal 368 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.440 with everyone and see that as we go on with 369 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:15.640 every show. So I fuck with that. Oh yes, let's 370 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:25.359 applause us. So I have a question with you. It's 371 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:29.039 so you're from LA, but you moved out when you're 372 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:32.119 younger to Ohio, I believe, right, correct? So how old 373 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:33.400 were you when you moved to Ohio? 374 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:38.200 So my mother got remarried and she moved in elementary school, 375 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:42.200 you were very young. I was very young. And then 376 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:46.839 I but my father still lived here, so I kind 377 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:48.519 of did the back and forth thing. 378 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.319 For summers and kind of things. Yeah. 379 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.960 Well, no, I came back out here and went to 380 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.759 school for a couple of years as well. 381 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:55.559 Okay, so you were back and forth all the time. 382 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.599 I was back and forth and then I finished high 383 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.039 school and Ohio because I, at the end of the day, 384 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.319 like I just needed to be with my mom. But 385 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:06.519 I was back in LA by seventeen, so me. 386 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:09.279 Being from Texas and knowing LA is completely different. How 387 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:11.599 was the change from going back from Ohio to LA, 388 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:13.480 even though you went back and forth, Like how did 389 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:15.599 you adapt to each situation? And like how does it 390 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:17.759 affect you now as who you are as a person. 391 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:22.759 Yeah, well, I was living in a suburb outside of Columbus, 392 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:28.240 and it was predominantly white, and even though my mother 393 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:31.240 is white, I was like, one of the blackest things. 394 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:34.319 They're so different people they don't understand it because anybody 395 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:35.799 that's just out of the norm, people are going to 396 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.920 be like questioning. 397 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:41.039 And for me, it was extra weird because I came 398 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:44.680 from LA where we didn't know color at all. It's different, 399 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:46.920 you know, so when I came out there, I was 400 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:48.880 just as shocked as they were. I was like, wait, 401 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:52.440