Club Shay Shay - Lil Yachty Part 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: Club Shay Shay - Lil Yachty Part 1

Podcast Information:

• Title: Club Shay Shay
• Host: Shannon Sharpe
• Guest: Lil Yachty
• Release Date: January 29, 2025
• Description: NFL legend Shannon Sharpe sits down with the biggest athletes, celebrities, and influencers to discuss their accomplishments, challenges, and everything in between.

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1. Introduction

In this episode of Club Shay Shay, Shannon Sharpe welcomes Lil Yachty, a multifaceted artist known for his contributions to contemporary hip hop, fashion, and business. Shannon sets the stage by highlighting Lil Yachty's diverse achievements, including his status as a Grammy-nominated rapper, multi-platinum selling artist, and cultural influencer.

Notable Quote:

Shannon Sharpe [02:52]: "A trailblazer in contemporary hip hop, a cultural influencer, a leading figure for brands, a global hit maker..."

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2. Early Life and Background

Lil Yachty delves into his upbringing, sharing anecdotes about his mother's influence and the early challenges he faced. Raised in a low to middle-income suburban area outside Atlanta, Yachty discusses his parents' divorce when he was eight and how his mother's strictness shaped his early years.

Notable Quotes:

Lil Yachty [05:14]: "My mother was really strict... She just wanted me to be great."

Shannon Sharpe [09:30]: "You mentioned your mom has a great job, your dad worked for Delta. What type of kid were you?"

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3. Hair and Image

Yachty emphasizes the significance of his hair in establishing his unique identity. From long, black braids in high school to experimenting with vibrant colors, his hair has been a pivotal part of his personal and professional persona.

Notable Quotes:

Lil Yachty [05:03]: "I just cut it off. I've been growing my hair since I was in like 10th, 11th grade..."

Lil Yachty [09:30]: "My hair was my signature. It set me apart and caught people's attention."

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4. College Experience and Struggles

Attending Alabama State University, Yachty recounts feeling out of place due to his distinctive appearance and cultural differences. The lack of diversity and support contributed to his depression and reinforced his desire to pursue music over traditional academic paths.

Notable Quotes:

Lil Yachty [23:17]: "I was treated like an outcast. I felt like I didn't belong."

Shannon Sharpe [22:58]: "You mentioned that you were depressed in college. What was so depressing about college?"

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5. Entry into Music and Modeling

After deciding to leave college, Yachty moved to New York with minimal funds, where serendipitous opportunities arose. His participation in a Kanye West fashion show, initially on the sidelines, led to a significant boost in his visibility and eventual collaboration with West on music projects.

Notable Quotes:

Lil Yachty [38:53]: "I had a friend who worked with Kanye West. He invited me to the fashion show, and that put a lot of eyes on me."

Lil Yachty [42:15]: "From just being in college to being in the front row of Kanye's show felt like a lifetime overnight."

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6. Reinventing Himself and Dealing with Criticism

Yachty discusses the necessity of constant reinvention in the ever-evolving music industry. He reflects on the challenges of maintaining relevance, the impact of social media, and addressing misconceptions about his persona and artistic intentions.

Notable Quotes:

Lil Yachty [48:44]: "I continuously hit that pot. You have to keep reinventing yourself because people grow in life."

Lil Yachty [54:38]: "I was never mumbling. I always focused on making money and doing what I love."

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7. Financial Management and Investments

Addressing his rapid financial growth, Yachty candidly shares his experiences with managing newfound wealth. From spending large sums on luxury cars and custom jewelry to early investments in cryptocurrency that didn't pan out, he underscores the importance of smart financial decisions.

Notable Quotes:

Lil Yachty [75:56]: "I spent a million on custom jewelry that was just worth nothing."

Shannon Sharpe [80:08]: "It's a depreciating asset. It's only worth something to you."

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8. Personal Relationships and Friendships

Yachty emphasizes the value of genuine friendships and setting boundaries to avoid being taken advantage of. He contrasts his experiences with legitimate friendships against the superficial relationships often fostered in the entertainment industry.

Notable Quotes:

Shannon Sharpe [89:51]: "If the roles were reversed, I was in their shoes, they would help me just like I helped them."

Lil Yachty [91:39]: "It's important to have people who tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear."

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9. Final Thoughts and Conclusion

As the conversation wraps up, Yachty reflects on the future, expressing a desire to continue evolving artistically and personally. Both he and Sharpe discuss the importance of balancing personal lifestyle choices with professional aspirations, emphasizing the need for authenticity and continuous growth.

Notable Quotes:

Lil Yachty [58:39]: "It's just fun to do, you know, all of it is fun to do because it's limitless."

Shannon Sharpe [85:46]: "We do the best high tech cameras... Guests have great stories to tell."

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Key Takeaways:

• Identity and Image: Lil Yachty's unique hairstyle and fashion choices have been central to his identity and brand, setting him apart in the music industry.
• Overcoming Challenges: His college experience highlighted feelings of isolation and reinforced his determination to pursue music.
• Adaptability: Yachty's ability to reinvent himself and embrace new opportunities has been crucial in maintaining his relevance.
• Financial Literacy: Early financial missteps taught him the importance of smart money management.
• Authentic Relationships: Building genuine friendships and setting boundaries is vital in an industry filled with superficial relationships.
• Continuous Growth: Embracing change and seeking new avenues for creativity ensures ongoing personal and professional development.

Notable Closing Quote:

Lil Yachty [89:58]: "Surround yourself with people who have been there, so that you can be pointed in certain directions by people who have been down that path before."

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This episode offers an in-depth look into Lil Yachty's journey from a local Atlanta kid with big dreams to a renowned figure in the music and fashion industries. Shannon Sharpe skillfully guides the conversation, uncovering the layers of Yachty's experiences, philosophies, and aspirations, making it a must-listen for fans and aspiring artists alike.

Transcript

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[Lil Yachty]

When you get to a point you need a lady that you know Same age you so y'all can experience gray hairs together and be old. My mama's around. I'm just, I'm just. You just think about it. You just. You ain't gotta talk about it all my life been grinding all my life.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Sacrifice, hustle, paid the price, wanna slice.

[Lil Yachty]

Got the roll the dice that's why all my life I been grinding all my life all my Life been grinding all my life Sacrifice, hustle, paid the.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Price, wanna slice, got the roll of dice that's why all my life I've.

[Lil Yachty]

Been grinding all my life.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hello. Welcome to another episode of Club Shay Shay. I am your host, Shannon Sharpe. I'm also the proprietor of Club Shay Shay. Stopping by for conversation on today is a creative force who love experimenting with music, fashion and business. A trailblazer in contemporary hip hop, a cultural influencer, a leading figure for brands, a global hit maker, Grammy nominated rapper, multi platinum selling artist, chart topping producer, respected songwriter, multi talented actor, director, composers, lyricist, creator, entertainer, host, interviewer, media personality and a model, a versal businessman, viral trendsetter, a new wave icon, voted one of the best dressed rappers of his generation. A dynamic force and he the homie, Atlanta bread, Lil Yachty. Damn, that's you.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. That was fire.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Thank you. I appreciate that, bro.

[Lil Yachty]

That was fire.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know what? I know you don't drink, so, bro, we gonna toast this water. Get this thing off right?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There we go.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Can't get mine off. Appreciate you stopping by, man.

[Lil Yachty]

Of course. On this snowy day.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah, man. I'm getting on this old shade right quick. Celebrate the new year with a bottle. Bottle of Shea ball of forte. Let's get right into it. Thank you for pulling up to the club today. Cut your hair? Yeah, I did, bro. I mean, yeah, because a lot of people, a lot of things are tied to their hair. You see, when people go to different hairstyles, they're in a different phase of their life and they want to try something new. What are you, what are you signifying, what are you saying by cutting your hair?

[Lil Yachty]

Truth be told, it was just damaged. My hair was damaged. I kept bleaching it, coloring it, and so it was real damaged. And I got tired of. I had a box, okay. So I ain't had a side. So I was like, man, I want to grow my whole hair. And to be honest, I've been growing my hair since I was in like 10th, 11th grade, you know, so like almost 14 years ago. So I was like, I just cut it off.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Trying to do something different.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, Like, I mean, I think for so long I was so, like embedded into my hair and it was like, oh, I could never not have hair. I could never. I could never. And I think I just woke up one day and was like that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know, when you color it, what is the color? Like, you said you used to bleach your hair. You had it red. You had a lot of different colors. So what. What. What does your hair mean to Lil Yachty?

[Lil Yachty]

I mean, to be honest, man. So I had braids in high school. They were black. And my mom. I got to the age where I was able to work, and my mom was like, you need to get a job. And she wanted me to get a job at McDonald's at 15. And my mom is a businesswoman, real professional. Like, she don't. She don't play. So my mom was like, I had these long, black braids. She was like, you can't go in there with those long braids. You need to look professional. You need to cut your hair. I had an interview at McDonald's.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Look professional, even at McDonald's.

[Lil Yachty]

Exactly right. And I had never worked before, so I'm assuming my mama knows. She talking about she got a good job. You know what I'm saying? So I'm like, I really didn't want to because my hair is what separated me from people. But I was like, all right. My mama knows. She talking about I cut my hair, did the interview, got the job the first day, and everyone had crazy hair. I'm talking about. I'm talking about. They had. Man, they had all kind of colors and grays. And so I came home, and I was so upset. I was like, mom, you made me cut my hair. And everybody got here. You know, it's McDonald's. And she felt bad. And so one day, we were driving, she was taking me to work, and she's like, why don't you do something to him? Like, what? And she's like, color it red. And I think she don't think I was going to actually do it right. Because at the time, you gotta understand, it's like 2013, it wasn't a thing. You know, the most that there was in, like, African American culture for men was like, a blonde patch, because Wiz Khalifa did the blonde patch with the black. But color hair wasn't a thing for black men. It wasn't cool or trendy or just prominent. So when I did it, she didn't think I was going to do it. But when I did it, it was like, I don't know. I just kept it all the way. And then it became a point where I knew that my hair was, like, my signature and my hair was what was going to set you apart. Yes. And. And. And. And. And catch people's attention. So I'll never forget, when I went to college, I went to Alabama State, and this was like 2015. And still colorful hair for black men wasn't A thing yet. So I had red hair and I had braids and I had beads, and I'm in Alabama, so they looking at.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You like, damn, Red hair, braids, beads, Beads in Alabama.

[Lil Yachty]

And I dress different, and you dress different. So they was looking at you like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What he on?

[Lil Yachty]

And it ain't what I'm on, what they thought I was on, it ain't what I'm on. You know what I'm saying? So. But I had this thing in my head. I was like, man, like, this is so temporary, this whole experience. Like, this something. It's a bigger picture for me. It's a bigger. So, like. Cause I could have always just cut my hair and blend it in and had a great college experience, but I was like, nah. Because, see, the thing was, is that on the weekends, I would go home, right? Right. Or my dad worked for Delta, so, like, I would go anywhere, right? You know, like, I'd be in Alabama Monday through Friday. Then after class, I'd be in LA for the weekend with $0 in my pocket. But I flew for free. So I would get on a plane and then, like, go hang out with asap Rocky or like, something. Like, I was like, I was always.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You could always find something to do, something to get away.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. So, like, I believed in, like, my look, my image, and I just always thought I was cool. Right? Like, I've always had confidence since, like, high school. I was voted most likely to become famous in high school, like, because I just always had a confidence level and just felt like, man, I'm that. You feel me right to this day. So that's the whole hair thing. And for the longest, I always felt like, man, I needed my hair. I used to feel that way for a long time. So crazy. In the beginning of my career, when I first started in, like, 2016, I would. When I would go out, I used. I used to think. And at the beginning, it was this way. I used to think people only knew me by my hair. Like, if I would step out and I had my red braid showing, people like, oh, hello. Yah, Eli. And I used to feel like Batman. Like, if I cover my hair, like, I could just go out. And for a long time, I could. No one really knew my face. They just knew my hair. Until, you know, I mean, a decade later, obviously, hair, no hair, shit. People see my eyes sometimes and be like, I know who that is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you mentioned your mom has a great job, your dad worked for Delta. What type of kid were you? Did you get in trouble? Were you a Class clown or did you always kind of know what you wanted to do?

[Lil Yachty]

I was definitely a class clown. I got in trouble sometimes. Me and my mother got into it a lot because my mom was really strict. Man, it's so interesting. Cause we have such a beautiful relationship now, right? And I realized that it just had to do with. She just wanted me to be great, you know? So I used to think she was like evil, you know, but she just wanted me to be great, you know? And my mother's from a different time period than me as to where, like, you know, her parents worked in steel mills, you know, and they had steel college in her. She's from Gary, Indiana. So like, all she knew was degree career. So when I'm like, I'm gonna be rich off rap, and I'm from like a little suburban area outside Atlanta where like no one was famous, right? Like it was like low to middle income. Like it was just regular, right? So like, she's like, you got like a one in a million percent chance, you know what I'm saying? But like, I grew up. My father is also. He's a photographer. So I just grew up around music my whole life. And I was outside. I was just outside doing teenage bad. I mean, you do bad, you just being young, you know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

So how was your dad? Because normally the dad is the disciplinarian and the mom is a little bit more lenient.

[Lil Yachty]

So my parents divorced at 8. My mom was the mean one. My dad is the art one.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, my dad, he was like, you know, my dad got. Got a curl mustache and like gold teeth. He's cool. So like, my dad probably dead ass wouldn't kill a spider, you know what I'm saying? Like, my dad wasn't. He wasn't. He just wasn't like that for real.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did your mom ever say, I don't know your father's name, but Charlie, you need to get on that boy. You see him out there?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, one time. My dad, one time she forced. I know for a fact my mom was up to this. I guess me and my mama got into him. My dad came over and like, trying to like, so called discipline me, like, punch me in the chest. And I never forget. Look at him. Like, I really beat your ass. Like, for real. Like, like you ain't you not even like that for real. But I love my dad to death, you know what I'm saying? But I mean, I don't know. It's the same as any house. So you all ain't No. I don't know too many black kids that just grew up perfect, you know? Of course. Cause you trying to figure yourself out, you know what I'm saying? Like, you trying to figure out your way in life. I think in the beginning of my high school, like, experiences, I was, like, trying to do what my friends did, you know? Like, I was trying out for football and basketball and until I realized I wasn't athletic at all.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How was that football experience?

[Lil Yachty]

Oh, man, I was number, like 66.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They gave you that number? You chose that number?

[Lil Yachty]

I ain't get to choose a number.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, well, yeah, yeah, you pretty bad, didn't you?

[Lil Yachty]

And at the time, I weighed, like 130 pounds, okay? So I was. I had a lineman number and I was £130.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah, yeah, you wouldn't.

[Lil Yachty]

I kept the bench warm, though. You know, I kept. I kept. One time, man, it's so crazy. I got in probably two times the whole season right before I quit. And one time I got in on the punt return team and I was in, like, that first row. Usually balls shouldn't come this way at all, right? Like, the ball should go past me. I guess it was a bad kick, and somehow the ball came my way.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You got it?

[Lil Yachty]

And I'm like, this is my time to shine. Oh, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Get it, Yachty. Go Yachty. Yachty.

[Lil Yachty]

As soon as I pick the ball up. Oh, man. As soon as I. Before I could pick the ball up and look up, I was a pancake on that field. And that's when I realized, oh, I don't like getting hit. I don't ever want to get hit like this. So I think that was. I think I resigned after that game, actually.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you really was only, like, playing sports because your friends played or you were the one to try?

[Lil Yachty]

All of my best friends are super athletic.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, like, to this day, well, not all of them, but a good amount of them. They play. So, like, I just wanted to, like, I've always been a brother guy, you know, like my brother. My big brother. He wasn't really in my life, and so, like, I always wanted brothers.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Lil Yachty]

You know what I'm saying? Like, so that's why I'm so adamant on friendship and like that. So, like, sticking together, brother. Shit. That's what you on. Shit, I'm on that. I'm on this. We on this. With me on. You don't like him. I don't like him. Right. You know what I'm saying? Like, that's. That's the type of guy I always was, you know what I'm saying? Until I got a little older. I mean, I'm still like that, but I got a little older and started realizing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Started thinking for yourself, I can't do that.

[Lil Yachty]

You know what I'm saying? Then I joined the yearbook staff, and I started doing the. I was the MC for the school. So I did the pep rallies, all those school things, and I kind of, like, hyped up the school. And then that's when I was like, I always wanted to do music. Cause I've been around it my entire life. My father, he shot everybody, you know, so. But doing those pep rallies, it helped me, like, realize, like, I ain't scared of no crowd, and I know how to turn him up. Right. So. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did you play any other sports other than football?

[Lil Yachty]

Hell, no.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Or you attempt any other sports other than football?

[Lil Yachty]

Nah, football was enough. Seriously. And, like, in practice, it's the whole, like, y'all both lay on the ground and jump up and gotta run towards each other. Yeah, I hated that, too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, you ain't like the Oklahoma, huh?

[Lil Yachty]

Hell, no. I want to be in a different. Different state, different city. I'm putting in Oklahoma, I swear. God, that shit, bro. That shit was not comfortable. Right. I'm a comfortable guy, and that's not. That's not the physical contact I'm into.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You mentioned you worked at McDonald's, you had a job at Six Flags, and you altered clothes for money.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let me start with the altering of clothes. Did you take Home ec? You saw your mom, you saw your grandma? How did you come into that?

[Lil Yachty]

My mother taught me how to sew. Ok. Because at the time. See, this so crazy how fashion is. At the time, big pants was in style, everybody wore big clothes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

Right. This is. Right. This is like, right after, like, the era, like, you're a jerk and stuff. So skinny stuff started to come in. And Adidas used to have track pants. They used to have a classic track pants. So the Adidas track pants, before they made soccer pants. Yeah, they, you know, loose, original Adidas track pants. Loose. But I was in the skinny club, so I was like, I want my Adidas pants to be skinny.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Lil Yachty]

So my mom used to do them for me, and I used to ask her so many times, she taught me how to sew so I could have. I was the only person at school with, like, skinny jogger sweats, because there wasn't a such thing yet. Right. And then it became so trendy at my school that everyone would Be like, how'd you do that? And I'd be like, I made them. So I started making money off of altering, excuse me, people's clothes, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, $10, $15, $20 to get. Make everybody's pants skinny. So I like them there. Come home with a book bag full of pants, right? So everybody pants up, make them all skinny, bring them back to school. Yeah. And that's how I paid for clothes. That's how I bought clothes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you kind of always been. Had a hustler's mentality.

[Lil Yachty]

I always liked things you can't get things off of being funny. What's some things you like?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I ain't gonna be no comedian.

[Lil Yachty]

Well, I mean, shouts out to comedians, but like, no, you know what I'm saying? Like, I was like, I was so young, bro. And I was like, man, I gotta. I like clothes. I always love clothes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Correct.

[Lil Yachty]

So I was like, man, my mama didn't buy me in high school. Once I got to a certain age, my mom was like, you're kinda like, you're older. And my mom lost her job when I got in high school, so she wasn't working.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Money was tight.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. So like, I had to fend for myself. And I wanted to go out on the weekends, I wanted to go to the games, I wanted to go to the movies, and so I had to make it happen.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You mentioned early on that your mom made you get your haircut to go work at McDonald's. So what were you, a cashier? You was a cook? You was on the. You was on the.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, I was on a grill.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

They used to let the prettier, like the women be on the cashier. Okay, well, it's McDonald's. Ain't nobody really that pretty hit me down. No offense, but like. Yeah, that job was cool, though. They was mean as hell. You know, when people hate their job, they be a little bit timid.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But then why you work? And I get that all the time. You at, you're a place you don't.

[Lil Yachty]

Like, just don't come back because it's the only thing you can get maybe, possibly, potentially, and you gotta pay your bills, you know what I'm saying? A lot of people don't like people. I think people be like people. I think a lot of people settle. They do in life. Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And so not just don't work with a lot of things.

[Lil Yachty]

Relationships, Relationships, baby, parents. I think, I think people just settle. You know, you take what you can get because it's Comfortable, and it's there, and I don't know. It's so funny. I'm so not that way. I will not settle for nothing. And I never would settle, ever. Cause life is so short, right? You know what I'm saying? You live and then you die. So why not do it how you want to do it? You feel me? Whether you rich or, you know, barely getting above your means, you still entitled to your life.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did any of these jobs overlap? You mentioned you had the job at McDonald's, you were doing some alterations for kids at school, and you worked at Six Flags, so did any of this overlap?

[Lil Yachty]

Hell, no. I worked at McDonald's at 15, and then I worked at Six Flags at 16. But when I worked at Six Flags, I worked during the Fright Fest, so it was only one month. It was like October. I worked in a haunted house. It's like a ghost. I would pop out the locker room. I popped out the locker. That was cool, though. Just working wasn't really for me, you know? Cause I had goals, man. I had goals. I had dreams. I was like, same with school, right? Like, I was in college. Like, just. I had goals. I used to fear cubicles. Like, I feared. I was like, oh, man, I can't be in a cubicle with a. With a neighbor named Joe. A part of Joe. I can't be next to a Joe. No offense to Joe's, around the world. I personally just. I like freedom. Financial freedom.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You like independence? You like going and coming? You like moving at your own pace?

[Lil Yachty]

I mean, yeah, I like to wake up when I want to wake up, going to sleep when I want to go to sleep. I want to eat what I want to eat. I want to look how I want to look. You know what I'm saying? Type shit, you know? And I like what I like. I don't like. No, I do not like. No. Although. Although, there's no life without no. You gonna get no sometimes, but I really prefer to not hear it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You mentioned working at McDonald's, but, you know, you get good food at McDonald's. You know, you get burgers, but I hear you didn't eat meat. You never ate. You never.

[Lil Yachty]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So What'd you eat? McNuggets or pause?

[Lil Yachty]

No meat eating over here. You didn't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You didn't.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, I don't do that. I like chicken. Okay. Yes, I eat chicken. I don't eat fish either.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, no fish. Okay, so you didn't eat fish. Filet. Did they have chicken sandwiches back then?

[Lil Yachty]

You eat chickens? Yeah, McChickens and chicken nuggets and fries. I ain't even eat fries at the time. I eat fries now, but back then I didn't eat fries. But, yeah, my diet is, man, all.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That free food they got there, you ain't eating nothing.

[Lil Yachty]

But I ate it, though. I ate a McChicken every single day, okay? And God damn, man. Got tired, man. I eat that shit every day, bro. It was crazy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You go to college? You attend Alabama State? What made you, if you kind of knew early on? I'm listening to you talking. We only like 10, 15 minutes into this conversation, and I get there that you kind of knew school wasn't for you, but you went anyway. Was that for your mom?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it was for my mom. But also, it was like, when I graduated high school, the day after I graduated, I told my mother, I'm moving to New York and I'm pursuing my rap dreams. And she cried. She was crying, and she was on the couch and she was crying. Never forget it. So, yeah, all right, I'm out. And I packed the bag and I flew to New York. I had, like, $20 in my pocket and EBT card, and my man let me sleep on his couch in Harlem. And I did that for, like, four months until, like, I was just so broke. And so I was like, all right, mind you, when I tried school out, I think I enrolled in August. I dropped out by November, and I was rich.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn, that ain't even a quarter, yachty.

[Lil Yachty]

I was rich by March, so it worked out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you mentioned that you were depressed in college.

[Lil Yachty]

Oh, man, it was the darkest. Was that darker than I'm trying to think? It was probably the darkest time. Yeah. Am I still the darkest time I've been through? Yeah. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What was so depressing about college? Was it a situation that, you know you didn't belong? You didn't want to do be there? You was doing this for your mom. Because now I want to do this, but I've got to take a transition and do this in the meantime. What was so depressing about. Because women, you're never going to be around that. Oh, right there.

[Lil Yachty]

Hey, girl, how you true. And it's so crazy that that was why I was excited to go, but I was such a. I looked so different than everyone at the time. They. I was treated like an outcast.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

I had, like, two friends there, and I just felt like I didn't belong. Had I been at Georgia State or fit in New York or, you know, like a school where it's just More diverse than like, yeah, Alabama is really. It's like. You know what I'm saying? So, like, I think a part was that I felt like such a standoffish character. I really wanted to do music. I had such strong belief in myself, and it was hard to do. From Alabama.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, I had friends that were, like, on social media, kind of bubbling and like, doing a thing, you know what I'm saying? So it's like, man, I'm seeing my homies kind of pop and do their thing. I'm in school. This sucks. I was broke in Alabama. In Alabama. Ain't had no cars, like, walking on dirt roads type of like. I ain't enjoyed it. I didn't even, like. It just wasn't my. I wasn't even really worried.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What about the party, Johnny? You know, in college, you know, the party be popping, man.

[Lil Yachty]

It's so crazy. I went to one party in college and I hated it, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn, you sound like me.

[Lil Yachty]

I was in a corner. I was sitting in the corner, like, man, because I just thought about bro. Before I went to college, it was like our neighborhood had a lot of kids in, and you had the kids that were older that graduated, went to high school, and they were graduating or dropping out, and they were coming right back to the house. So you're at home and you got debt or a sheet of paper, and you still ain't got no job. I was like, God damn, you got debt and you still here. I can't. And me and my mom got into it. I was like, bro, I can't go back there, right? With debt on top of that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Lil Yachty]

Being there with no debt is already stressful. Being in mama house with debt, that's crazy. I'mma never make it out this place. You feel me? So I was like, man, I have to give this a shot. I would have never forgave myself if I didn't give myself a chance.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you leave Alabama, you come back home temporarily and then go to New York?

[Lil Yachty]

No, New York was before.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you went to New York before. So once you went to college and came back, you stayed in Atlanta?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. I told my mother. I was like, mom, I need an ultimatum. I need you to give me a year off. Because I started school the way my birthday was set up. I was just young. I graduated at 17. So I was younger than everyone. So I said, mom, just give me a year. If things don't work out, I'll go back and I'll be 18. I'll be the same age as everyone Else and freshmen. So just give me a year. And I did it in less than half than a year, but, yeah, it's crazy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So what did your dad say? What was your dad.

[Lil Yachty]

My dad wasn't against it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

You know what I'm saying? My dad, he didn't go to school, so, I mean, you, like, I'll follow your path. Yeah. Yeah. Well, nah, I wasn't doing that either. Nah. Because I wanted to be great.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay?

[Lil Yachty]

Not that my dad wasn't great. My father's a king.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But he chose a different path than what you wanted to go on. You wanted to make. You wanted to be famous. You want to make lots of money. You want to be.

[Lil Yachty]

You wanted to be rich. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I wanted to do something bigger than me, bigger than what I thought I could do, you know, Bigger than what anyone around me thought that we could do and just make it out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How did going to New York help Yachty's music career?

[Lil Yachty]

Going to New York helped me in several ways because of the people that I met along the way and just based on, like, getting out of my mother's house, you know? Like, I was always so independent, so I was always, like, doing me, you know? So being that far away from home, my mom had a curfew. My mom didn't play, you know what I'm saying? So she used to give me a curfew, and she used to. I just needed to spread my rings, you know? And it was so crazy. My whole belief in the beginning, because I, like, I could rap, but I didn't think I was, like, the best rapper, but my whole belief. I was banking on my appearance. Like, I was literally just banking on the way I looked, the way I dressed. I was like, I'm cool. I know I'm cool.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what was gonna set you apart.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. I feel like rap is, like, more than half is you. Your appearance, your Persona, you know, and then the music is like, the other portion, you know? Like, stars are made from the embodiment of a spirit that is unusual than the common ground of people, you know? That's why people treat celebrities a certain way, because you can't fathom that person where there's, like, a voice that makes you cry, makes you think about other things, or a person on screen that just, like, was made. You feel them. You almost. You just feel like. But we are regular people. But it's the character and it's the. The image and the energy which makes stars, you know, like, because you got people who make hits, who Love that song. Who made that song? You don't know who made it because they don't have the look or the image or the embodiment. So it's all about your Persona and how you carry yourself and the imagery. The imagery is so important in entertainment, you know, the imagery of a person because it's how we remember people. You know, we remember you by brown alcohol and smoking, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, and, you know, getting women and tight clothes. You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Look at that, y'all. You said your boy showed up.

[Lil Yachty]

You're looking looser today.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Your boy showed up.

[Lil Yachty]

You're a little looser today. Look, you're a little looser today. But, like, just even you think about the biggest people, they have characters to them. And like, just like, you can call out things about celebrities or stars, and it's just based on how we are as a person. Which separates us from the next rapper or the next athlete or the next commentator or the next actor, actress, anything, you know I'm saying? So, yeah, you know, that's just. That's just what it is.

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[Lil Yachty]

You know, you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You were in New York and you clearly you were critical of New York fashion because you like New York is behind Atlanta now. You know that's not gonna be well received because New York's supposed to be.

[Lil Yachty]

You talking about when I said the New York fashion thing? Yeah. What's so crazy is that that was taken out of context.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, okay.

[Lil Yachty]

What I said was I was talking to Cash and I was telling him that his friends, his friend group, his type, like his guys can't dress right. You know what I'm saying? So I was saying like I love New York dearly. You know what I'm saying? Like my kid was she. Not anymore. But she was there. That was like. I spent all my time in New York and I still spend time in New York. I'm in New York damn near every other week, you know what I'm saying? And I'm outside. So, like, I didn't mean it like New York people can't dress. New York is the capital of fashion. I was speaking on a specific demographic. Okay, Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

And then I went on to say, like, Atlanta people dress better. And I was really honestly just talking, talking about myself. For real. For real. You know what I'm saying? Like, I ain't, you know, but Atlanta got some. Some fly people and we got a fly styles and. But I was really speaking on myself. It's so crazy. People come to me every day about this. Well, I see things about the whole. New York can't dress. I didn't say that. And I definitely wasn't pertaining to all.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Of all New Yorkers. He was talking about.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, I. I embody fashions of New York, you know, not today, but like, usually I'm in some Tims.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

And some big pants. Right. Or some jean shorts. So I think people took it out of context. I really don't care though. Like, I mean, it is what it is. Like, but that's not what I said. I was really talking about Cash's homeboys and the way they dress. And like, it's like, like that crowd. But it is what it is because.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That'S what they say. They're like, you keep on talking about New York, but you dress like a New Yorker. Yeah, I do. You dress like a East Coast. The Tim's.

[Lil Yachty]

You mentioned it. I love the history of New York fashion, especially in hip hop. I think Dipset was sick. You know, I think Rocky is one of the best dressed. I think a lot of people from New York, I think it's great fashion. Dapper Dan. I mean, I could go on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You down with the shorts and the Timbs? You been down like that?

[Lil Yachty]

I think that, man. I like to say that I brought it back. I do. I will say that. Everyone do that shit now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause Jada. Jada big on the shorts and the Timbs.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, Yeah. A couple years ago I had the jean shorts and people used to clown me. Yeah, people was clowning me for jean shorts and Timbs, they like, was on my ass. And now it's such a prominent.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They came back because, you know, back in like the 90s and early 2000s, everybody, Tim. I mean, Tim's in every color from the brown to the black to the red. To the green, the blue. Everybody had a Tim's in every color and they kind of went away but they making a comeback now.

[Lil Yachty]

Oh, it's. It came back for sure.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you. You back rocking them again.

[Lil Yachty]

I never. I never stopped. I was still. I bro. I'm. I. I don't know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's probably what messed up my hips wearing them damn heavy ass tims. Well, I used to wear.

[Lil Yachty]

That's possible. It's probably could. It could also be playing football that you know what.

[Shannon Sharpe]

While you bull jing.

[Lil Yachty]

That might be it.

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[Lil Yachty]

I wanted to do it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He gonna take a thousand dollars?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And who can dress the flies?

[Lil Yachty]

We wanted to make it a show, okay. We wanted to take a thousand dollars, set a timer, right? And then go out into New York, right, And see who.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's like one of them shows, like shopping. You know how they give you like $30 and you gotta make a great meal.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you're gonna take a thousand dollars. Okay. You gotta put something together, do whatever you.

[Lil Yachty]

And who can make the best outfit with a thousand dollars in X amount of time, right? We never did it, but it would have been fun, right? Because. Cause after that whole ordeal, I had got on the phone with like all of my New York friends, you know, and just people that I respected from New York. From now I talked to Rocky and I Talked to Osiris and I talked to Bari, and I talked to Nast and Jim Jones and. And because I was like, I don't wanna. I wanna make sure niggas don't really think that's what I said. Like, these people I be around for real. For real, you know, and I respect. And so I had to make sure that that wasn't my. But they. None of them took it that way.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, just people who. It's so crazy the way Internet is broken. People you'll take, like. I'm sure it'll happen with this thing. A clip of something would get.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Absolutely.

[Lil Yachty]

And that's all they want. No one will go watch it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, no, no, no.

[Lil Yachty]

And it'll get taken and turned into a whole different ordeal.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. It happens all the time.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did you listen to the whole video? No, I just saw the clip.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, Sometimes they don't even see the clip. They just read a headline.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

It's crazy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did you read the thumbnail?

[Lil Yachty]

People just take a picture and put the words over the picture. It's crazy, bro. This is the world we in.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How did you get the Yeezy. The modeling contract with Yeezy? Was it a casting call? Did you have the hookup?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, I had a friend in, and he worked with Kanye West. It's so crazy, this. When I was living in New York and, man, I was so broke, I had no money, no nothing. And he was just like, come pause. And I pulled up and he just. He just. He kind of, like, had the power to put me in it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

It's so crazy. Cause if you watch that thing, they had a curtain over us before the show started. And I was in the back. I was on the last row in the back, behind all the people. Like, I'm talking about, like, I was still happy to be there, but I was like, nothing's gonna come from this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, you too.

[Lil Yachty]

And the last second, you know him and, like, they took me and they put me right in the front. Right before the curtain pulled off. They put me in the front. In the front row. And I like to say that that really did help my career. It just put a lot of eyes on me, you know, it kind of made it a thing. Like, man, who was this kid? Who is this? And so that was cool. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know what you mentioned. And you've mentioned ASAP about three or four times. How did you and ASAP become friends?

[Lil Yachty]

Same person that put me in the Kanye thing. When I was in high school, I was they used to call me when I was in School on FaceTime. And, like, I remember one time I was like, I just got out of school. It was like an evening after school or something like that. And him and Tyler, the creator, and like, all these guys called me, and I was around all my high school friends, and I was like, what the. You know what I'm saying? Like, and. But it was just. I had a homie that was like, kind of telling him, like, kind of just brought me around, you know, And. And I did my own thing, though. You know, I always tell people, like, it's cool to, like, have a. A handout or have somebody in the industry, but people will always pay more attention and respect you more when they find out about you on their own. You know, when their eyes come across you on their own versus someone like, yo, check out such and such. Like, if they just doing it, you making noise. If you just outside and you making noise, people will pay more attention and respect it more, you know, because people respect when they find something they self and think it's cool. Right? You know, versus, like, I think you can still get the respect when, you know, if somebody of good taste refers you, but when people come across you on your own, man, it's like, it's just a different energy. So that's why I was like, man, make noise, right? Make noise. It's easy to make noise. The way that the Internet is connected now, it's so easy to make noise. Just be original, authentic, and take a shot. Take a shot and separate yourself, you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Know, in that show, was that your first time ever meeting Kanye, seeing Kanye? Did you get an opportunity to interact with him?

[Lil Yachty]

Nah, I didn't. Mm. Mm. That was the first time I saw him. I don't even think I saw him. Oh, I saw him right before we went out. He came and checked all our outfits right before I ran out, but we went out. But, yeah, I ain't say nothing to him at all. I ain't speak to Kanye for, like, a couple months after that, till he invited me to his studio. He wanted to sign me, actually.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn. You're like, oh, all of a sudden, you supposed to be you in the fashion show. Yeah, you at the back. They pull you to the front. I mean, I think, hey, you moving at warp speed now. You go from being at the back to the front to potentially being signed.

[Lil Yachty]

I mean, from just being in college. So, like, yeah, I think I had. But it wasn't overnight, but it felt like it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know, a lifetime sometimes feel overnight.

[Lil Yachty]

Hell, yeah. I mean, I'm about to be 30 now, bro, so.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wow. Oh, 30.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Whoa, boy. Hey, you only got so many summers left.

[Lil Yachty]

I know all y'all on the way out the door, so I get it. You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y'all didn't ever change something. My grandma used to say, what? The tree that's leaning the furthest don't always fall first.

[Lil Yachty]

That was so country.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. But hey, when you driving your car, you go think about it like, yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

Damn, that was some country. The tree leaning the furthest don't always fall first.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. See you thinking I'm already out the door.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. Hey, it's possible. But I tell you what, I tell you what, that brown liquor is gonna keep leaning that tree, you know what I'm saying? But.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Shouts out, but you, hey, I only got one life.

[Lil Yachty]

Amen. And I. And I respect that. I swear. But we only got. See, that's the thing, right? It's like. It's weird. You gotta find this balance. You want to find this healthy balance between living a good life and responsible and being healthy and taking care of yourself.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Absolutely.

[Lil Yachty]

And. And understanding that you only get to do this once, and it's a balance.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Once is enough.

[Lil Yachty]

Absolutely. But if you get so caught up in, oh, I gotta be healthy. Oh, I don't need to go out. Oh, you know, if I go out and have a good time, I could get hurt or something could happen to me. Or you're like, you damn near go your whole Life, you'll be 90 and be like, damn, I didn't do nothing. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You can't live in a bubble.

[Lil Yachty]

Fearful. Yeah. You gotta. You gotta enjoy yourself. You gotta put yourself out there. You gotta really experience. Like. That's why when I always think about marriage, I always think I'm going off topic. My bad. But, like, when I think about marriage, I always think about whenever I do finally sit down and am ready to settle down, I'll have lived that life. I won't have any curious bond in my body about doing anything with some type of woman or with multiple women or whatever. Cause I've lived that life, and that life has passed me, is behind me. When I find someone I do respect and want to settle down with, I won't have any. Like, I respect. But I'd be very curious on people who, like, meet in high school and, like, that's the only person you ever been with. That's the only person you ever did anything with. I respect it. But it strikes curiosity in me because I'M just. I feel like, does the human brain or does that, like, the human emotions not wander? Does it? And I think it does a lot of times, but maybe just the security and, like, that person to keep that under control. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not. I'm not there. You know, I'm not there, but I want to be there, because I do. I. My grandparents been together like, 50 some years, and I asked them at Thanksgiving, last Thanksgiving, I said, well, how do y'all do it? And they both said, space. You know, they get. They. They give each other space to. To have their own time and they live their own lives.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, they. They, you know, do their things. You know, whether it's like his hobbies. It's his hobbies. And. And her friends are her friends, and they live life.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. And a lot of times as they get older, they live in the same house, but they don't sleep in the same bed.

[Lil Yachty]

They really just like pals, roommates. I fuck with it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They done raised the family, done got the kids, they got the grandkids, and so now it's just all about us.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, you just roommates.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And if it works for them, it works.

[Lil Yachty]

Absolutely. I think that. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, let me ask you this. How do you go from modeling in a Yeezy show to making music with Kanye? How the hell did that happen, man?

[Lil Yachty]

You got a funny voice. I thought I had a funny voice, but you got a funny voice.

[Shannon Sharpe]

When I get excited, the pitch go way up.

[Lil Yachty]

I saw an animated character when you say that. But how did it happen? How does anything happen in life? Chance, I guess, and.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Preparation meet an opportunity.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. And I guess when you want something and you just go for it, I think everything that's happened in my life, I've wanted and I've told myself, or like, God, like, hey, I want to do this. I want to be at this. I want to be in this place in life. I want to be here. I want to live like this. I want to. I want to. I want to look better physically. I want to. Whatever. I mean, whatever it was, I set that goal out. I didn't just, like, lackadaisical go through life like, ah, yeah, like, I'll do it one day. Like I said, I need to do that. I want to do this. And I guess it kind of helped me clear a pathway, you know, especially early on. I've done so much now. You know, again, like I always say.

[Shannon Sharpe]

At a young age, you say you're about to be 30 and you've been having that you've been on this journey since you were what, 16? 17.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. 17 is when I really, truly started. I'm 27. I'm about to be 28. So, like, it. It just happened so fast. But. But I did so much at a young age, and I feel like I'm not even at, like, I'm not even close to my peak. Like, I feel like I got another, like, 20 years of just doing, you know, so.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, what about this? There was a social media comedian that used your song in one of these. One of his skits. Skits.

[Lil Yachty]

Caleon Fox was his name.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you felt that really, like, oh.

[Lil Yachty]

It jump started everything. Yeah, it was like a. It was just the first viral moment involving me. And it took. It just took the song through the roof. But again, if that song was connected to some, like, random guy who just, like, just made a record, it would have just been that song.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But it was you with the red.

[Lil Yachty]

Hair, with the image, with the. With the other songs with it. And like, I. I continuously hit that pot, you know? Like, I ain't just had put that out and like, that I banked off that. I continuously hit that pot.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

You know what I'm saying? Like, and tried and everything didn't work. But, like, I tried even to this day. It don't work, you know? Like, I don't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You got to be okay with that.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. Failure happens. Right? But if you continuously do the same thing that you succeeded at, eventually people will get tired of it. And eventually you will get thrown to the curb because people grow in life. Right? No one is the same for five years. Yeah. Or three. Or one year, you change. Right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Like, so Yachty had to keep reinventing himself.

[Lil Yachty]

Well, I just. It's just for one, I liked so many things, so, like, I didn't even want to do the same thing. But you just got to think about it in a standpoint from, like, you heard a great song, right? And the song is a hit record. And at the time when you had that song, you was dating this chick you loved. She loved it. Y'all loved it. Y'all rolling together. Y'all heard it. If y'all was out eating, Y'all heard it. Y'all, this is our jam. We vibing. We at the club. This is our record. You break up with her.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ben, don't play that ish.

[Lil Yachty]

I don't want to hear that anymore. Right? You got a new girlfriend. Yeah, I don't want to hear that record anymore. Or like. Or the song came out and, man, when that song came out, man. You was gang banging, right? And you was just like, you love scraping a pot, man. You was making crack from 2:00am to 5:00am you just was. Crack was your thing. You had crack and then you sold it. Then you met Jesus. Right? Right. Jesus is coming.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you ain't no pot scraper no more.

[Lil Yachty]

You don't want to do that no more. Right? So now you like. Ah, man, this remind me of that time. And like. Yeah. Or even with clothes. Like, man, when this song came out, man, we dressed it like this. And so you just gotta keep going. That's why Kanye west is such a visionary, you know? That's why Drake is such a visionary. Talented creator, such a visionary. They have always reinvented the wheel. Jay Z, you know, like, these guys are like, they, they. They're with the current times, you know? And that's why they'll always be respected and looked at in such a highlight.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Prior to that comedian using that song in a skit, did you know who he was?

[Lil Yachty]

Nope. Nope. And I think I only met him one time, but I've always showed love to him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

Socially, you know, I hope he's. Well, I think he's from San Francisco.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You break him up a little something.

[Lil Yachty]

I don't know. I ain't do that. God, he never asked. You got a closed mouth, don't get fed.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You throw up a little piece. Throw a little something now.

[Lil Yachty]

Like, what?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y'all got something coming for you, bro.

[Lil Yachty]

Damn. That's so crazy. That's okay. I don't even know. He is right now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You. He. He'll know where you are after this.

[Lil Yachty]

I bet he will. I bet the he will. I bet the you will.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Look at the older rappers. They would not. They weren't feeling you.

[Lil Yachty]

No. No. What is it about none of us. It wasn't just me. They weren't feeling our generation.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

It was a. It was a clash. It was a divide, I think. But I mean, let me ask you a question. When you see all these young think before you started, like, really killing it on tv and you got this beautiful podcast and you making a beautiful name for yourself and your second life.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

All these athletes coming in, and you may not have been that guy, but was there not athletes who was like, yeah, they did.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, it is. You see it all the time. They be hating on these young because they're making so much money.

[Lil Yachty]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, I like the Pro bowl now. They make like 100,000. We made 5,000 for the losers, 10,000 to the winners. And you see guys making 60 million and they getting 200, $300 million contracts. But when I came along, the money that I was making, the guys in the 40s and the 50s weren't making that. So they could have easily been envious of us. Push up forward. I did what I did. I moved on. I'm good, I'm happy for the guys. I TR for Travis, Kelsey and, and, and Gronk and all those other guys. I had my time, right? I was born. Yeah, mom. You mean to tell me my. My mom had me. She was 25. I like, mom, you couldn't wait till 30, 32. So I could have got some of this bread, right? She like, nah, I was done. Yeah, I was done. I feel that like I started at 17, I was done at 25. But no, I, I'm not. I've never been a jealous, jealous type. And I see that a lot with rappers. I see it a lot with athletes and other and actors and actresses. Oh, let these young people. You had your moment. You can't stay. You can't stay on top for 50, 60 years.

[Lil Yachty]

Right. I think everyone doesn't have that mindset and I think that it came around. I think, I hate saying I think so many times, but I believe that people just didn't think we were here to last. It felt like a fad at first, man, because it wasn't, it wasn't comprehendable. Comprehendable. At the time we were just like kids with colored hair and we dressed different and hip hop stood for something different. At the time it was more like it was trap music, it was the streets. It was. And it's still. Those still play a big part in it, you know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But with the Internet now, yachty, it can happen just like that. And they had to take step by.

[Lil Yachty]

Step and pass out mixtapes and club.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You have a little song and it get catchy, get picked up on, on Tik Tok or we get picked up on something and it's a good and.

[Lil Yachty]

A bad thing, right? Cuz now we have a lot of like circulating. It's the same with, even with the podcast. It's just like with the everyone being able to have a mic now, it's just like a lot of ignorance gets spread widely, quickly. And that didn't used to happen, you know, like when you had to get watch TV and you got, you only heard music on the radio and on tv. It was a lot harder.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, even like getting news. That's why we get so much False news now because anyone can, can, can just publish it. But that's life, you know, you gotta roll with the punches. You know, you take the good with the bad.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know, they call it mumble rap. Did you ever. I mean, did. Did they ever make you question yourself?

[Lil Yachty]

Hell no. I was never mumbling.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

Ever. I, like, I understand it was the, like, a lot of. A lot of the peers were. I wasn't. Whether I was like rapping at the highest level or not. I never mumbled. It was never like a part of my, like, thing. But whatever. I was like, bro, I really made money.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, I believe it.

[Lil Yachty]

So with that being said, like, I feed negative feedback. Never really bothered me. It just tickles me a bit, you know, like all the narratives that I ever see about myself, like, there's a narrative online. There's so many narratives. But I mean, it's narratives that I'm a colorist tickles me. Right? I'm not a colorist at all. Like, that makes no sense.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Lil Yachty]

But I'm just private about my dating life, you know? But the people I have been seeing with have been rather on the lighter side.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, you kind of like a little. I ain't saying that, but they high.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, that's who I got caught with. I got caught on the lighter side. But like, I like all walks of women, you know, but it seemed like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The one they catch you walking with look like a caught.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, I got caught walking light, bright and bright. Damn near white, kind of tight, but.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you like what you like?

[Lil Yachty]

Yachty, but I like all things.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

Like, I'm not a freaking colorist. Right. And I don't. I don't know where this narrative came from. Like, like, I don't know. Women just think I'm a bad guy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Really?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, it's crazy. I love women.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

Seriously, though.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, but you know what? You mentioned something earlier. You mentioned, like, you never want to stay the same and you're always trying to constantly involve. So how are you? When did that thought. When did that come to your head? Like, man, you know what? I'm doing this and I'm doing really good at it. But in order for me to be able to sustain and grow, I need to improve in certain areas.

[Lil Yachty]

Failing. I ain't had a hot career for 10 years. You know, I had some down periods. I had periods when, like, I was killing it and I was like, making the most money I ever made. Then I had periods when my money cut in half. Like, my show prices cut in half. And the attendance at the shows cut in half, and my bill on festivals went up. You know, I went from performing later to performing higher in the show. Like, you know, and. And this is later in my career. And I. And, you know, not that it really matters, but, like, my social appearance dropped, my likes on my pictures went down. And like, how many people started watching my story went down? I watch all these things. So it was. There was a time period when I was like, man, things are changing. And I. And I had a certain lifestyle that was like, that I had to uphold, you know, and so I had to figure out ways of reinventing my will, you know, and just showing people. Cause I care so much. Like, I love money, but I also care about the craft and I care about music and I care about artists and I care about musicians who do great things. And I like to be in that conversation because I respect music and I hear it and I breathe it, and I want to make sure I'm a part of that. So I was like, how do I do that? You get your ass in the studio. You know, you want to be a part of the greatest athletes or actors. You get your ass in your craft and you show them. Right? And I still got tons of work to do, and I. And that's what keeps me going. I enjoy it. I don't ever want to be like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You don't ever want to become complacent?

[Lil Yachty]

Absolutely not. But I don't think I can. It's impossible for me because I enjoy doing so many things right. Like, even if I was to. Which not saying it'll happen, guys, don't fry me. But if I was to become the best rapper of all time, I would then want to be like, the best, like, rock artist or like pop art. I would just. I want to do something else.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Lil Yachty]

Right. So I never become.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you don't want to scale the mountain and just get up there and bask. You want to find another amount to climb.

[Lil Yachty]

It's just fun to do, you know, all of it is fun to do because it's limitless.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, there's no. I don't have a coach. I don't have a director. I don't have. There's no direction. And it's also the hardest part about it because there's no one telling you which way to go. You know, music is like. When you get to a certain level of music, you gotta think about it, man. These labels, they genuinely, like, they thrive off money. So if you sign to a label, regardless how much. They tell you, oh, man, like, we, you're creative and do your thing and they make money. They thrive off of you making money, right? So they want you to make hit records, right? And a hit record. Think about, think about the concept of a hit record. You, you're making a song for people, right, that you do not know. I don't know any of you guys, right? Like, I respect you, you love me, you're a fan. Thank you so much. I don't know you, right? So I'm supposed to be like, like, it's two sides of music. It's the people who made music for themselves, right? And what they love and what they like. Then you have artists who, like, deliberately are trying to make a hit record, right?

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[Lil Yachty]

Right. Like they want to knock at an artist.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Is that when you're going out there instead of making.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. You know, when you out there trying to do what you think is popular, a lot of artists do that, you know, and then some do what they like and then that, that kind of shows, you know, taste level. If you do what you like and it goes, you got good taste. If you do what you like, it's like, this sucks. Two things, either your taste is terrible or they just not there yet. Kanye west always did what he wanted to do and sometimes people don't understand it at first and they had to come around to it later. Tyler just dropped the album doing what he wanted to do and people loved it, you know. So I think it's all about, I don't know, man. Everyone's path is different in life. You know, that's the one thing I always say, like you can give advice to a certain extent, but like my success won't be yours. You know, how I came up and the things that I did. It may not Necessarily be your. Your path to your key, you know, not to say that there isn't a path for you. It's just that it's not always the same, you know? So I try to give people advice with, like, stipulations, almost like. Like, this will happen for me, but, like, you know, but if I do see something that I can clearly see is off, I always try to, you know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Partakes of wisdom. Won't you?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, of course. Because ain't nobody doing for me right, until, like, I got older. But in the beginning of my career, I didn't have it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Your dad was a famous photographer who worked with outkast, Kanye West, Luda, and more. Did your dad. You ever go to work with your dad?

[Lil Yachty]

Sometimes. Not always, but I would come to his house after work.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

And he'd have all the. Like. It'd be like. It'd be like. It'd be like, I didn't see him kill somebody, but I would come over and it'd be like bullet shells everywhere. And what I mean by that is that he'd have all these pictures, all these folks. So, like, I never seen him do it, but I would see it and be like. And he'd be like, yeah, this was last Friday and this was Saturday. And he flew around a lot. He was always gone. He'd be like, yeah, he always went to places. My dad was always. He's a big traveler, and he's never hungry.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You like to travel, too, huh?

[Lil Yachty]

That's what you hate, Traveling.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You hate traveling.

[Lil Yachty]

I hate traveling.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How you gonna be an artist and you hate traveling.

[Lil Yachty]

I hate traveling for leisure.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, because I'm always on the road, and I don't like hotel rooms. They have no life. They have no. They have no personality. Yeah, it's just a stock photo on the wall. A really tightly tucked bed and bad furniture and a TV with no channels, you know, and sometimes it's shot with bad water pressure.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, that's true.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let me ask you, what did you learn most from your dad?

[Lil Yachty]

Just to be myself, you know? Like I said. My dad used to drive a Mercedes station wagon, a vintage one. And at the time, I didn't understand old cars. When I was young, I was like, dad, this car's oldest. You know, like, my mom had a new Beamer. Well, not new, but, like, newer. And my dad drove vintage cars, you know, and he wore what he wanted to wear at the time. When I was young, Nike was the. My dad wore New Balances. He's like, dad, what the Are these. Why are you wearing these? Right. You know, and when I was younger, it just took a lot for me to understand. My father did what he wanted to do. You know, when I grew up, my dad. I would see my dad when I was young, every other weekend for the most part, unless he had to work. And he was never like a. He was never like a. Like my dad never was like, see them? They gay. We don't do that. You know, like, he wasn't one. Like, I used to hang around friends whose parents they were like that, right? My dad was like. He was a real, like, accepting person of everything, you know, he was real, like, life is just life, right? You know, almost like a hippie. But he wasn't a hippie. But he was kind of like, he kind of very uncommon for a black.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Man in the South.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, he was. He was. My dad was different. Is. I'm talking like he did his own. Like he. He's different. He's a different guy. And growing up, I think I. And he listened to all types of music, and I think he just taught me to like, do you, right? You know, and like, if that's what you like, by the way, I'm talking about things, not sexuality, right? Like, if that's what you like. Like, if you like to wear slacks with tube socks or skinny jeans or loose jeans or even a curl mustache or crazy hair, whatever, do it, you know? And it's crazy because he didn't tell me these things. I just saw it in him. I saw him dress how he wanted.

[Shannon Sharpe]

To dress because he never said when you showed up with looking a certain way, like, boy, what you got that on for?

[Lil Yachty]

Never.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Why you looking like that?

[Lil Yachty]

He never. He honestly used to always be like, oh, you look cool. Or like, he always was like, you know, you look fresh or whatever. And he always played. I think it also went through him playing so much music. I like, I be studying things. Like when I was in school, I wanted to be a psychologist, right? So, like, I studied things. So, like, even if he would play certain music, I'd go. And then I'd go look at their videos or see them perform live or look at their pictures. And then, you know, if you listen to rock music, they dress differently. You know, their shows are different and their interviews are a little bit different. Their charisma is different. And so I would just deep dive into all these different things. And so without him even like, probably knowing that it was just unlocking a much more. A free.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Free oddie.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. You know, What I'm saying, a free way of a man who just. I wasn't ever really judgmental. I never really cared. And I just mind my business. I don't really care what nobody else got going on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Since your dad worked in the industry, he knew Coach K. You had rapped only for a year. People like, man, yaddy, a plant.

[Lil Yachty]

It wasn't even. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I didn't want to explain it. Tell me what a plant is, because I hear this term a lot of times. What is a plant now? Cause I'm thinking, you know, I grew up on a farm, and I know what the definition of a plant. What we talking about. We had to plant tobacco. We had to plant seeds and for crops to grow. But what's an industry plant?

[Lil Yachty]

You plant tobacco?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

Damn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I grew up about three hours south of here.

[Lil Yachty]

Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Rural South Georgia.

[Lil Yachty]

Where?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Glenville.

[Lil Yachty]

Never heard of it. Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You north Savannah. Yeah, I'm about 60 miles from Savannah. Four south or closer, like inland. Savannah's right on the coast. I'm a little inland.

[Lil Yachty]

Okay, cool.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Southeast.

[Lil Yachty]

Cool, cool. Yeah. Our industry plan is basically so crazy because you don't really, like, you have them, but, like, they don't really succeed. Like back in the day, like. But it's basically just like a. A artist that was made in house and. And it's put in position with other artists to kind of blend in, block their blessings. Well, not even block, but just kind of to blend in and kind of like skip the line.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, like, you kind of like, if, like, if Def Jam found an artist and they felt potential and they just kind of stuck them next to Future, you know, and, like, kind of tried to, like, how the hell he get a song with Future? Like, how to. You know, or anybody. It don't gotta be Future. Anybody. I'm not saying like Future, but just like anyone. That's kind of like what an industry plan is. Just someone that is moving at the speed of light and it doesn't make sense how they're growing so fast, you know, but now it's just. It's just the way social media works. People can really overnight and explode, you know, and it had nothing to do with sometimes. Honestly, this industry, they don't even know how to market a lot of artists. It's just. So either you know how to work social media or it just works for you. These labels really don't be doing what they're doing, to be honest.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Lil Yachty]

That's truth. That's the real truth.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So. But when you. You obviously, you've Heard that because they say you skipped the line, man. How Yachty was right here one day, and next thing I know, he and Kanye. He in Kanye fashion show. He doing music with Kanye. Blah, blah, X, Y and Z. So how did that make you feel? You just keep your head down, say, y'all keep talking. I'm gonna keep making this bread. And I don't worry about what y'all say.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, I didn't care because I was. I. I was. I was so set, you know, like, the thing with me was negativity never bothered me because I realized that, like, this world really is so big. And I started to get the perception that the reason you see so much hatred is because the people hating. That's what they spend their time doing. You know, you got so many people that love you, right? And that cherish you and respect you. They're just living life. You know, you're not gonna spend your time, like, telling someone how much you just, oh, I just love you. Some people will.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

But you. You go on about your day, right? You know, if you listen, though, yachting, you love them. You in school, you at work, you just. You're just doing it. You love them in life. You know, you go to a show, you support, buy merch, but you're not gonna spend all day talking about how much you love them. You just do it, right? So, like, when I was, like, doing things and, you know, people come to me in the street, or I would do a show, or like, I was just growing. It's like, okay, well, someone loves me, correct? It's not like my bills are paid. You feel me? So, like, people just have more time to hate. It's a certain type of person.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And it's only online. Cause I've never met anybody in the street that says, I hate Shannon Sharpe or I dislike uncle. And why you come up with that name, man? You know how and you make black people look bad by smoking black in my house and drinking brown liquor on tv. Well, I've never heard anybody.

[Lil Yachty]

No one's ever told me to my face that you suck.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nobody.

[Lil Yachty]

You can't, right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's only online. But you know what? I had to learn because, you know, my sister say, shannon, there's no possible way you could be ascending like you are and have more haters than supporters. But it took me a while. Because the thing is, when you play a sport, Yachty, if you like you in an arena, and there could be, like, 80,000 fans cheering. Yeah, we love you, 84. We love you, sharp it's that 1,000 that's booing that somehow is able to drown out the 80,000 that's cheering. And I had to learn to tune my ear, to tune my. To not hear the boos, but only hear the applause. And it took me a while to get over that, absolutely. Because when I was playing, I understood. Understood Steeler fans disliking me. Cause I played for the Broncos and the Ravens. I understood that then. But now I'm like, what is it that I. What is it that I'm doing in my life that causes you to dislike me so much?

[Lil Yachty]

I think that people just have insecurities in themselves, and so they mask it by taking it out on someone else. You know, your comfort, maybe, as a man, you know, your masculinity and the things that you enjoy and the things that. That you're comfortable doing, you know, can make someone so uncomfortable because they aren't comfortable, you know? And I feel no way for them. I have no pity. Cause I love myself, right? You feel me? And now I'm at a point, now I look good, I smell good, I feel good. And I guarantee you any sisters or exes or current girlfriends that you may be involved with or have in your life feel the same way. So all the side talk is irrelevant at this point. I'm speaking directly in the camera because I know you watching this hating at this very moment. I want you to understand that anytime you spend time being negative on me, I'm someone, like, smiling.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y'all heard it. He looked directed in the camera. He's talking to a specific group of people. Y'all hate math. When you signed that big deal with quality control, what was the first thing that you did? You got your first meal.

[Lil Yachty]

I blew that check in a week. What?

[Shannon Sharpe]

How much was it?

[Lil Yachty]

Like 1.3, I think.

[Shannon Sharpe]

In a week?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. What the hell you buy New York City, man? The second I got this, I'll never forget, I was in my mom's house. And we lived in that same house my entire life. And I had two of the homies they was living in. I had this real small room. And I remember I signed a deal, but it took, like, two, almost three weeks for the check to clear, okay? So every day I woke up, I checked my bank account. Woke up, not there. Woke up, not there. Woke up, not there. One day I woke up, motherfucker was in there, man. I was screaming, I was jumping. I was like, what the fuck? I'm rich. I'm rich. I went straight to Mercedes. Fuck you talking about? G Wagon. I need that, right? I said, damn, I can't be G Wagon. My man ain't got no car. Okay, range over, you know what I'm saying? Penthouse, Grandma need a car, you know what I'm saying? Gucci. I need everything in this bitch. Every color. I was going crazy. I was 18. I that money up so quick.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hold up. So you look at like, hold on. I just had 1.3 and now I just got the 3.

[Lil Yachty]

No, I didn't think about it. It was just gone. And I never looked, bro, it took years for me to look at my bank account. I was making so much. And also I was so hot. Like, I was making so much money. Like I spent a million and that man in a week. But like, I probably made it back in the next two weeks. Like I was making so much money and I never. I didn't even have a password to my bank account. If I started at 18, I probably had a password to my bank account. So I was like 24. Yeah, my mom just marketed. My mom was my business manager and she checked it, but I never checked my bank account. My cards never declined. I was. I did the I wanted. I didn't give a fuck. I woke up, feel like buying a Bentley. I went and bought that Bentley. It was crazy, bro. It didn't really make any sense. The way I was living. It was insane. So, yeah, I spent that money in a week.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So what would you say? What was the worst purchase you made? What was the best thing that you did once you got some money?

[Lil Yachty]

I think it's all stupid, you know, you only go to one place at one time. What do you need so many cars for? You know, right now I got like 13 cars. For what? Yeah, no, I think it's stupid.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Downsize. Get two or three. Downsize it yachty. Like you just said, you can only drive one.

[Lil Yachty]

I like cars.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I know.

[Lil Yachty]

I think it's. I think it's all a stupid obsession, you know, Even watches. Why do we have so many watches?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Now, now, let's see that. Now you talking about. I see that. I see that thing over there.

[Lil Yachty]

You just little, you know, a little. But why. Why do we need so many protects, you know? Why do we need. So why do we have. That's an overwork, overworked.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, you got that.

[Lil Yachty]

But why do we need so many. I don't even look at this for time, you know, like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nah, nah. You let people know your time. Valuable.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, yeah, that's true, that's true. Because I do. It's so crazy. When I am shopping, I feel like, you know, they kind of overlooking me as I'm standing in. I do sometimes kind of be like, y'all got any size of love? And they're like, oh, yes, we are that. And they start bringing stuff out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, they know that's.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

A great watch is a conversation piece. They might not know who you are, but they look at your wrist and they see a roller and they see an ap. They see a Patek. They like, okay, a vacheron.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, yeah. A constant.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

They know you mean something.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They might not know who you are, but we, we need to give this young man undivided attention.

[Lil Yachty]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And then they see the.

[Lil Yachty]

That's true, that's true, that's true, that's true, that's true, that's true.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, I mean.

[Lil Yachty]

But I think you could do that with one watch if you got one good one.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

I go, I have too many watches. I don't even want to talk about it. But like, it's like, oh, I got so many things that I could say. Like, I just, like, if I. What I do tell people is like, man, bro, save your money, because I don't care about any of this stuff. I got thousands of tennis shoes that I'll never win. Eventually they'll go bad, you know, like, they will.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I end up selling. Just, just sold like In November, like 313pair, you feel me?

[Lil Yachty]

Like, and it's just that you just, you just do.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, right.

[Lil Yachty]

Having autumn cars, they go bad because the weather conditions, they're sitting outside. I. I went. I go through these different phases. Like, one time went through phase, I bought every video game system console ever made. Why? And it wasn't like I was buying them like, just buying them used. Like, I need them in pristine, brand new condition. So I was spending the top dollar and it's just sitting in the corner. You know, I had a weird obsession with toys at one point, like collectibles and it's just sitting in a box and it's like, in boxes. And it's like I spent like thousands and thousands. I go so crazy and obsessed and then like, I never do nothing with this stuff. So I always tell people, like, right. Even jewelry. In the beginning of my career, I was spending millions on custom jewelry that, like, it's just worth nothing, you know?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Or in my case, it's only worth something to you.

[Lil Yachty]

Well, in my case, my house got broken too. It was all taken. Right. So it's like, it's just no point. Like, of course, spoil yourself and do good things for yourself and reward yourself, but don't overboard it, you know, like, do something nice and enjoy it and be like, do. Do something that's gonna make you more money, you know? Cause I spent a lot of money on things that ain't. It brought me happiness.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's a depreciating asset.

[Lil Yachty]

Absolutely right. So, like. But it's important to have people around. I say, like, when you get into an industry and you start doing. Making a name for yourself, surround yourself with people who have been there, you know, so that you can be pointed in certain directions by people who have been down that path before. Because when I came in, I didn't have anyone, right? When QC first signed me, they were coming from a independent label to just now sign into becoming a major label, Capitol Records. And so. And before me, they had a lot of street artists, right? And so it was kind of like we were same time coming into, like a different level of money, right? Together. So like, we just, we didn't. I didn't have no one over my shoulder, like, do this with your money, do that with your money. Don't buy that. That's dub. Excuse me. Don't do that. Don't do. I didn't have it, you know, But I grew up and caught a better understanding. But, man, there's so many ways to take that money and make it backflip. For real.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You brought two neighbors, lake houses, because they were too close to yours?

[Lil Yachty]

One.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What?

[Lil Yachty]

I bought one. And then I bought. Yeah, I bought.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You said, hey, bro, let me get that off.

[Lil Yachty]

He was a nice guy. He threw a lot of parties and he would always have these pool parties and they were loud. And I could always. I'd look out my window and they were always loud. Looking over at my house like, like, like, like looking over in there, and I was like. I hated that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause he had done told him, you know who lived next door?

[Lil Yachty]

Well, everyone in the neighborhood knew I lived there. It was weird, like. Cause people would come through on the boats, blasting my music on the speakers to see if I'd come outside.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you. Did you go outside?

[Lil Yachty]

Hell no. Like, even in the beginning, they used to bring me cookies to, like, my house before I got security. They cool, though. It's just white people being white people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Being neighborly, huh? Unless you like that couple in Ohio and ask why that's not your house. But we'll talk about that another day. Let me ask you this. Hold on. You spent 100,000 on veneers yeah. And a million dollars on diamond.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. On implants. Sixteen carats. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, unless you smile really, really big, you can't see them.

[Lil Yachty]

You know what I'm saying? It's just.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The mindset is everything. When you go up and talk to somebody, you always smiling and you laughing and you in people face.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you can't be the cavity creep now, man.

[Lil Yachty]

No. Hell no. But you know what I'm saying, Like, women love it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They do. They. Women like a good. Oh, you have a pretty smile.

[Lil Yachty]

They love. Women love a good smile. Clean nails, smooth skin, and a good scent. That's the key. And I want to say they like a good physique too. But I'm starting to meet women who don't care anymore. Like, I meet women who like chubby boys or like. Because you like what you like. But I think that, well, you can.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Be chubby and young, you can't be chubby and old.

[Lil Yachty]

That's true.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I ain't gonna lie to you. I gotta stay in the weight room. I'm about to be 57. Yachty. So, you know, and I think it's.

[Lil Yachty]

Just accustomed to you probably at this point. Right. Like, is that not just a part of your relationship?

[Shannon Sharpe]

It is, but I know, like, I'm getting. I'm aging out of a demographic. I'm aging into a demographic that I. I can't. You know what I'm saying? When I was in my 20s and.

[Lil Yachty]

30S, you can around.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Now slim picking for your boy.

[Lil Yachty]

That's true. That's true. Especially when you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No. Oh, you good.

[Lil Yachty]

Now, when you see this, the thing with people like you, man, y'all get to a certain age and you still like them young. You like?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

You like. You like the same age girls. I like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. When you get to a certain age.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm getting old, but my eyesight still young.

[Lil Yachty]

Right, okay. And with that, you gotta uphold a certain way. Cause you can be old and sloppy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Mm. Mm. You get one or the other.

[Lil Yachty]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Young and sloppy or older than shape.

[Lil Yachty]

Exactly. Or you gonna get older than shape. Women.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, no, no, no. I guess you got.

[Lil Yachty]

Exactly. So we could do more faces, more Instagram, live experiences.

[Shannon Sharpe]

There you go.

[Lil Yachty]

See?

[Shannon Sharpe]

There you go, y'all.

[Lil Yachty]

Exactly.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That was just the a. That was just a audio. If Ms. Pat said that was for. That was for the. The visually impaired.

[Lil Yachty]

Ah. That was for those who do braille. Yeah, those. I get it. Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Those who I read when your monthly expenses were like 52k a month.

[Lil Yachty]

You down now I'm double.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You double? Now you supposed to be going the other way, Yachty.

[Lil Yachty]

Now I'm at 100 now for sure.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, man.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. Is that more than you? Hell yeah. Damn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you mean you're more than way, way more than me?

[Lil Yachty]

Really?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes, absolutely.

[Lil Yachty]

Always. You never was there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, I ain't got no brand like that. I ain't had that money poured in like that.

[Lil Yachty]

Scott, why is you sitting here capping me?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yachty?

[Lil Yachty]

I'm gonna tell you one thing I do. I'm a professional pocket watcher, okay? All I do is watch people. It's all I do. And last night I was on Club Shay Shay YouTube channel. And these views are substantial. And I know how YouTube payment goes and I know how ad revenue goes. You do all right. I do okay. You do Damn. Okay, in capital letters. So when you gonna see her act like you? You don't do all right. Now you do. Damn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I do pretty. I do pretty good.

[Lil Yachty]

I do pretty good. Yes. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. See, you know C.J. who, we've been together, C.J. and I. He worked with me at Fox and when I left, I brought it with me.

[Lil Yachty]

He.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He. He and I EP the show. We've done a great job.

[Lil Yachty]

This podcast is. Man, you are doing amazing things. I've never seen it. Well, maybe, maybe, maybe, buddy. But like, ain't too many podcasts you can go down they whole. And it's just like good views. I mean, your views are. It look good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We do the best high tech cameras.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

CJ and I, we come up with guests that we think are gonna be very, very interesting. Have a great story to tell.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The way we produce it, the graphics, the editing, I mean, but you also.

[Lil Yachty]

It's also you. You know, you can't. You cutting yourself short. You. You are more than half of this show. You know, people come here because people respect you and people think value you and value that their time is in good hands with you. So you play a big part.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I definitely allow them to tell their story. And that's why the videos are so long, is because I'm not trying to. Oh, I only got an hour. I want you to tell your story in its entirety and don't feel like you man. I left something else. I wish I could have shared this with this individual. I like for people to tell this.

[Lil Yachty]

Story and that's respectable.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Thank you. Investments. So now you spend. You got to invest something yachty.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah. Hell yeah. Clearly.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You invest in diamonds.

[Lil Yachty]

I invest in a lot of things. I don't want. I don't want to talk about none of my investments. But crypto, man, I did crypto. I was a scammer. I went to jail for scamming. Right? So how you scamming Pope, man? I was poor, right? And so, like, I was buying Bitcoin in 2014. You know, we was buying bitcoins, and none of that other stuff's just solely bitcoin because that was how we went on the black web, and that's how I bought your information as I had your grandma social, you know, they only paid. You could only pay in bitcoin, and it was dumb that then you get a bitcoin back then for, like five grand.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes, 2,500. Because I had a guy, and I was just. I was showing someone that he. A buddy of mine, and he's like, hey, I'm just doing this because, you know, I like you. You're a good friend of mine. And I was just an opportunity to buy bitcoin. He said, I can sell you 10 now, and I can sell you 10 every six months, but it'll cost you 25. It'll cost you 2500 a coin.

[Lil Yachty]

What year is this?

[Shannon Sharpe]

This is 2015.

[Lil Yachty]

Wow.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I didn't know anything about it, Yachty.

[Lil Yachty]

Wow.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So, you know, if I don't know anything about it, I say, nah, I can't do that, bro. I said, I can't do that.

[Lil Yachty]

Oh, I know you. How you feel now about that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm sick because he's Gonna sell me 10 coins at 2500.

[Lil Yachty]

Was he a good friend? Did you trust him?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I had met him about five or six times and saw him at different places. And so I was like, man, why did I just buy. Why did I just buy 10? I mean, I wouldn't have been. I wouldn't have been.

[Lil Yachty]

We do that, though. I've done that so many times. And you beat yourself up about it. But I think that's the thing in life. Sometimes you just gotta take those chances you do, you know? But who would have knew? I'm telling you, I was buying bitcoin, and I'm talking about I was buying it with no money. Like, had I knew to just keep an account and hold some of that stuff instead of buying credit information, yeah, I would have been. I would have been a millionaire, you know, but way more. But I would have never.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because what is the coin now? A hundred thousand? I was thinking.

[Lil Yachty]

I think it went down a little bit, but, yeah, it's way more.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let's just say it's 80,000. And you know, you could buy. I could bought 10 initially and then 10 every six months. Let's just say I buy 50.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, you would have been. Probably been doing something different right now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, no, I still have been doing it.

[Lil Yachty]

But that's beautiful then.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Look, look. They would have never known I had bitcoin, but there'd have been signs. You know what I'm saying? You know, I come to work on an elephant, there's a signage. I'm not saying. I'm just saying I want an elephant.

[Lil Yachty]

Absolutely, Absolutely. I get it. For sure.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Lil Yachty]

I get it. They would know why I'm lil. Yachting. I ride a yacht everywhere.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let me ask you a question, because I think we both get. This is what happens a lot with us is that friends asking to invest in something of theirs, trying to help friends out. You shaking your head, Yachty, you shaking your head.

[Lil Yachty]

Oh, goodness. Oh, my goodness. This is a part of being black and successful. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How do you say no me? It's easy.

[Lil Yachty]

No, really?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Lil Yachty]

Not like that. I think that's an older mentality like y'all just. Y'all comfortable with. No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. You gotta be. If you don't put limit.

[Lil Yachty]

What about when you was in the league? Was it easy to then?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Yeah. Cause I've never really had a whole bunch of friends. I've had my friends, and we cool. We were cool when I was in the league and when I was in college, and we're cool now. And so for me, because you have to put limits. You have to put limits on what you give, because takers will never put limits on what they take. So if you just give, give, give, they'll take, take, take. And then the moment you tell them.

[Lil Yachty]

No, you ain't ish, then you fake.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, man, you got all that money.

[Lil Yachty]

Did all your friends do something? Were they all.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, no. My friend, one of my college friends, he's still one of my best friends. I really. I'd say I got two best friends, okay. Keith burns and Darryl McCormick. And we're like brothers. I ain't gonna say we're like brothers. We are brothers. The only thing the difference is we don't have the same blood, we don't have the same parents, anything like that, but. Cause I look at this, how I measure my friend Yachty. If the roles were reversed, I was in their shoes, they were in my shoes, they would help me just like I helped them.

[Lil Yachty]

Absolutely. That's like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's the only way I can measure a friend. If the roles were reversed, how would he treat me?

[Lil Yachty]

And if things. And if shit gets sticky, who gonna.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Be there, they gonna ride?

[Lil Yachty]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But what I like. I think what I like most about them, Yachty, is that they tell me what I need to know, not what I want to hear. Cause even though we've been friends for 30 plus years, that's important. My homeboy say, homeboy, you know, you my homeboy and I love you, but you were wrong in this situation. You shouldn't said that.

[Lil Yachty]

That's important.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You shouldn't have done that.

[Lil Yachty]

That's important.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause a lot of times people will tell you what you want to hear because they don't want that bus to stop. And you open the door and ask them to get off. So they go, yeah, man, you right, man. You got a way to tell them.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, yeah. And it's so crazy. That's the thing about when you get into this industry, man, you. It's so hard to tell.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It is.

[Lil Yachty]

You know, so many people want to just ride pause. Jesus. So. So like. But you. But. But they just. They just disguise themselves, you know, and. And sometimes it take a real nasty incident for you to find out. You know, I'm so like. I'm so used to just like people turning they backs. They're like, I'm so numb. I'm so used to like doing for people and like being there for people and like them just like slime and a snake in there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Like, you do something for people a hundred times, but it's that 101 that you don't do. Then all of a sudden, and now.

[Lil Yachty]

You'Re a bad guy. I did 100 things for 100 people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, but that's the devil, you know. You know those saying the devil will never show up as the devil because if he did, he wouldn't let you. You wouldn't let him in your circle, Yachty, damn. He said I got to show up as a friend because I got to get close to you. If I showed up as the devil, you actually going to do the deal?

[Lil Yachty]

Some people will.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y'all depend on what it's at the end of it, huh?

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What that deal entails.

[Lil Yachty]

Yeah, well, I think a lot of people do a lot of things for small rewards.

[Shannon Sharpe]

This concludes the first half of my conversation. Part two is also posted and you can access it to whichever podcast platform you just listen to part one on. Just simply go back to Club Shay Shay profile and I'll see you there.

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