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Rory
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Damaris
The volume.
Mall
No worry.
Millie's
And mouth.
Damaris
We are back.
Rory
And we're black.
Millie's
Who's we?
Damaris
Some of us.
Rory
Yeah, all of us.
Damaris
I mean, I get.
Millie's
I'm black.
Rory
Oh, okay.
Millie's
He ain't.
Damaris
She was pointing at Josh.
Rory
Oh, okay. Well, no, Josh is. What? He said 3% African. Oh, my bad. 29.
Damaris
Yo. 29 is just a wild number. How do they break those numbers down of, like, that specific 23?
Rory
Me, too.
Damaris
No, I know, but to, like, be 29 is just funny to me. Like, I feel like they just really be.
Rory
And that last numbers, what stopped me from that 30? Like, who. Yeah, who didn't?
Mall
Who?
Rory
To stop me at that 30? Like, that's what I want to know. Yeah, let's get to that.
Damaris
And, like, I needed to. Like, I signed up for it, which I told y'all, but there was no tutorial on, like, how they break this down. Like, after you spit in this tube and mail it. Like, this is how we break up the DNA to know where it's from.
Rory
This is somebody like this, like.
Damaris
Like, digging up dirt at each place.
Rory
Yeah. You know, when you. You built your. Your creative play on 2K, the attributes, you just like, yo, let's make him 17. 17. Ash was it? What is it? Ash. Gandhi.
Damaris
Yeah. 3%.
Rory
3% Ash. AshWagandhi.
Damaris
You think?
Rory
I know Ash. It's you. It's literally your.
Damaris
You've never been.
Millie's
It's not Ashkanazi.
Rory
Ash. Ashkenazi. Yeah, Ashkenazi.
Damaris
I've went to a few.
Millie's
I'm turning him in. Ashwagandha. The herb is hilarious, but he definitely.
Rory
Is Ashwagandha type of guy.
Damaris
But, you know, that's the vibe I give.
Mall
Yeah.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
Come on. That 3%. We migrated everywhere.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
And then became 97 Irish. But, you know, that's how it goes. But anyways, how's everyone doing?
Rory
Great. Can't you see it?
Damaris
Yeah. You had a glow walking in today.
Rory
Did I? Yeah, it's the sun. The sun is out. I walked. Took a little walk this morning and got some vitamin D. And you know.
Millie's
How far you walked?
Rory
I walked about 10 blocks. Walked about 10 blocks. Once it starts getting nice, I like to walk around Manhattan a little bit.
Mall
Okay.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
That's your type of thing.
Rory
Just to get a little sun, you know, get outside, say hello to people.
Damaris
You know, a little vitamin D. Yeah.
Millie's
I wanted to FaceTime y'all yesterday so y'all could see what I Was doing because, like, you ever be in the middle of doing something that you realize when you're doing it? Like you doing some crazy. Y'all know I had to go pick my wallet up from starlets. I told you I left my wallet.
Rory
Oh, yes. How did that.
Millie's
So I took. I didn't. Ubers were like. They were trying to. I was coming from Jersey, so, like, Ubers were trying to blast me. I'm like, I'm not. I'm gonna take the path in and then I'll just take the train and then, you know, I'll take a car over. But once I got to Queens, I was like, I saw City bike. And I was like, why not like.
Damaris
Victoria park right there.
Rory
Damaris, Beautiful. Stop, stop, stop. If you tell me. If Damaris. If you tell me you rode a city bike to Stallage, me and you are going to fight like two gorillas here right now. I'm like, you know right now. If you drove a city bike to.
Millie's
The strip club, I swear to God.
Damaris
It's not funny that she drove her there. It's that she parked it outside, got back on it, the kicks.
Millie's
I kicked the kickstand, left it and.
Rory
Left it running like. Cuz. Don't they charge you per what? Per minute? Yeah, you left the city bike running, the meter running.
Damaris
And you know, she could have got it during the day, but it was 2:00am yeah, no, it was during the day.
Millie's
It was during the day.
Rory
Oh, so were they open?
Millie's
No, the cleaner was there so that I was talking to the manager and the cleaner able to now he was clean. He was really cleaning. And they have like. Yeah, he was like, really cleaning. He offered me a drink.
Rory
Okay.
Millie's
I didn't take it.
Damaris
My janitor's allowed to serve drinks because.
Millie's
The meter was running. He's not a janitor.
Rory
She's talking about her city.
Millie's
The meter was running on my yo. And then listen.
Damaris
So, you know, sorry, but I have to split.
Rory
You gotta go. Meter's running.
Millie's
I didn't know my way there, obviously, because I'm not in a car. I'm on a bike. So on Google Maps they have like the little like, you could click, like, city bike and it'll give you like, the directions for that.
Rory
Okay.
Millie's
But it was, you know, like, usually when you take the streets, like, there's a certain way you can go. They were leading me through the projects, like in Astoria. Like, there's like, oh, you know, like, basically, it's a shortcut. So I was in the projects in Astoria. I have my big ass you know, like my work bag. I have my big ass laptop Louis bag in the little basket.
Rory
Yeah.
Millie's
And I'm just riding through a story of peas.
Damaris
You hit the bell.
Millie's
I hit the bell for somebody to get out the way. Yeah. Let me tell you, I knew how crazy I looked. Like 15 minutes in, I was like, yo, you look nuts, my nigga.
Rory
Like you now you supposed to. You didn't record that? I'm vlogging.
Millie's
I'm vlogging it. I vlogged it. I haven't had my camera on me.
Rory
I'm watching. That's gonna be the first vlog I. I gotta see.
Damaris
You know what's really funny about that entire thing? Astoria Projects is out of the way. Like Google Maps just took you projects.
Rory
On the scenic route.
Millie's
No, from this train station I got off at. I had to go through the projects to get to Starlets. Yeah.
Rory
Yo, that is hilarious. Yo, let me tell you something. For whatever reason, if I happened to be in Queens last night and I saw Damaris from the car window riding a city bike, I would have followed her. And if she got out at Starlets, I would have had to get out like, Ayo, what are you doing? What type of fucking life are you living away from the studio?
Damaris
Like you riding intervention time.
Rory
You riding a city bike.
Damaris
There's no way you like a stripper that much.
Rory
What's up, man? Like, who you scheming on? Which one of these girls?
Millie's
A nice day yesterday. It was beautiful outside.
Damaris
What does starlets look like with the lights on? Like, that's got to be interesting.
Millie's
Well, I went into it like a back way some way. Like, I wasn't at the top.
Damaris
Goodfellas entrance to. Yeah, okay.
Millie's
Well, yeah, it was very clean, y'all.
Mall
They.
Millie's
It was. It smelled like bleach. Like, they clean in there. If you ever want to, like, go.
Damaris
Did you check your statements leaving your card at Starlets? I just feel like you take money out of $20 and then you give them the money and then they tax the ones. If I give you $500 for ones, they're going to give me $400.
Rory
Yeah.
Millie's
Now shout out to. Shout out to the manager of Starlet and the girls, whoever returned the wallet. My wallet had everything in it. My card. I have been watching my car. Nothing charged off. Like I expected that to be gone. Like, I'm just be honest. No, it was. Everything was good. So shout out to them. They made everything. They wanted to make sure I got my wallet back too. They were very accommodating, though.
Damaris
Yeah.
Rory
All right, well, glad you got everything back. And everything was in your wallet.
Damaris
Anything to not go to the dmv. I get it.
Rory
And would you, Would you run the bill on the city bike? What was your bill?
Millie's
10, 11.
Rory
Oh, you went crazy the whole day of biking. Yeah. 11 on a city bike. You went crazy.
Damaris
Yeah, but that's wild because we had a city bike here that you made us throw out.
Millie's
But they almost, you know, they charge like 25 for a day pass and I'm like, I don't feel like I'm going 25 worth of pedals. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm like, I feel like it's a straight shot. So I only spent 10, you know, there and back.
Rory
That's cool. That's a cool little, like, I got. That's. That's what I did last night.
Millie's
It was fun. It wasn't last night. It was at 12 o'clock in the afternoon.
Rory
Oh, yeah, I keep forgetting. You said it was okay.
Mall
That's.
Rory
That's cool. Ain't nothing wrong with that. That's early enough.
Damaris
Since you didn't have your wallet, did you pay in ones like the city bike? Yeah, just put in the machine.
Millie's
No, it goes by your phone on the lift app.
Damaris
You see somebody just trying to put in like a vending machine.
Rory
They got city bikes in the Dr. Word is taking them, shipping them in Dominican Republic.
Damaris
It's a modern society.
Rory
Dominican Republic does not have a city bank. What are you talking about?
Damaris
Yeah, but there's towns that don't have city bank that have city bikes.
Rory
No, they have bikes, but it's not called a city bike.
Millie's
It's just bikes.
Rory
No, they all have bikes, but no, I'm talking about ndr. People are stealing bikes from here and shipping them to Dr.
Millie's
But why? I don't get the point though. Don't you need to in order to pedal it? Don't you need. No, you.
Rory
You think ain't got scammy cards.
Damaris
They could just bend to the. It's a modern society. People have debit cards and.
Millie's
No, it's not.
Rory
A Dr. Is a third world country, bro. I don't know if you know that.
Damaris
There's like a city, though. Of course, like, once you leave the city, it gets a little crazy, but it's still like, modern.
Rory
No, but I'm saying here they just have cars that they don't know whose card it is. It's scam cars. Swipe it, get the bike.
Millie's
No, my. I, I know that doctor Is a city. What I'm saying is the char. They don't have the charging ports. So, like, how are we. Oh, they're not.
Rory
There's non electric ones.
Millie's
Oh, okay.
Rory
Yeah, I thought.
Millie's
Yeah, I thought they were all electric.
Damaris
Wait, City Bike is electric. So I've only ridden the ones that were like the regular pedals, manual gears. Yeah, I thought that was the thing. Maybe for another, like a Patreon, we can look up the history of City Bike. Because I need to know. There's got to be something. Some weird conspiracy in there. There's no way. Somebody that worked at a bank was like, yo, I have an idea. And pitched bikes steal parking spots. And they were like, yeah, that's gonna be our new business plan as Citibank. No way.
Rory
Nah. You know what it was? Somebody was late to work and it was like, oh, the trains. Oh, it was like, I had to go cross town. I wish I just had a bike. And somebody's like.
Damaris
I think it was probably just like some old loan shark shit. Somebody asked for a loan for this idea, couldn't pay it back, and they just stole it.
Rory
Oh, you might be right, Citibank. Citi Bike was launched through a partnership between New York City and private funding.
Damaris
Yeah, somebody fucked me.
Rory
Whenever you say private funding.
Damaris
There's no. Someone came with a PowerPoint, was like, Yo, I love bikes even though I work at a bank.
Rory
Private funding. With Citigroup being the lead sponsor and the name of the system. The city, through its Department of Transportation, initially proposed a bike share system in 2008. Wow. With feasibility studying following 2010, Citigroup's financial investment, along with the support of Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group underwrote the project. The city of New York contracted with NYC Bike Share, later Motivate and Operator to run the system with Citigroup sponsorship securing the Citi Bike name.
Damaris
To me, it was like the first congestion pricing because the amount of parking spots they took in, the amount of tickets everyone got because of those bikes. Yeah, like, yeah. And the private funding is icon parking.
Rory
Yeah, for sure. There's 100%.
Damaris
Everything about city Bikes was to make sure we could ticket more people.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
Prime real estate. They took. Yeah, they can't. We can't take any more buildings with gentrification. Let's take the fucking sidewalks.
Rory
I hate it. I mean, I understand it, but I hate it. It takes up so much parking in the city. The bikes, they don't.
Damaris
The mad bikes too.
Rory
People on the bikes don't stay in the bike lane. They like right next to the like, escalade I'm like, yo, fam, you supposed to be on that side of the street.
Millie's
Well, sometimes they don't have us. You know, I used to yell about that, too, when I was driving. But yesterday, like, being a regular civilian on the bike, I realized that not.
Rory
Only I love how Damaris feels like she could speak for, like, the bikers now that she rode the starless. She's like, you know, I used to feel the same, but after yesterday, my experience and I vlogged it, check it out now.
Damaris
You know, like, when a rich kid does, like, one missionary mission like that, they go out for, like, a week. Don't do. But, like, I finally understand, like, what the wars are.
Rory
I get it.
Millie's
Yeah. Like, but not every street has a bike lane. Like, the main streets have it, but, like, the side streets don't. So I was. You know, there were some people beeping at me. I beeped back, and then I just had to pull over to the side.
Rory
You beat back, you think it hurt.
Damaris
You.
Rory
If you don't get that microwave bell out of.
Damaris
You're going to a Range Rover is hilarious.
Rory
You better move your ass out the way, Damaris. Fuck that bell.
Damaris
No, but I biked in the city. You have no respect. Like, it might be more dangerous than a walking pedestrian car. Like, the bike is the last thing people give a fuck about. Cars will just push you this way. People just walk right in front of your shit. They do not respect that bike lane, myself included. It's dangerous out there.
Rory
It's a whole. We need to talk about the culture of people that get up at, like, 5am and go outside running.
Damaris
So, like, a large majority of people.
Rory
Yeah, that's like the niggas. We need to throw at the gorillas first. Throw them. No, like, y'all wanna wake up. Y'all wanna wake up at. And just be running outside in the neighborhood.
Damaris
Did it for a long time.
Millie's
Yeah.
Rory
Why don't I go fight the gorillas then?
Damaris
I don't want to.
Rory
Okay.
Millie's
I want to run in the morning.
Damaris
There's no one out training, so I can run away from the gorillas.
Rory
Okay.
Damaris
Y'all going this way. I'm going this way.
Rory
Got it.
Damaris
With the endurance cross country at 5am and 1st of all, gorillas cross. What time do you think gorillas wake up? You don't think gorillas don't sleep in? There's no fucking way. They up with the sun.
Rory
Oh, my goodness.
Damaris
Anyways, yes. Stop. Move the city bikes onto the sidewalk. Give me my parking back. But with that said let's get through some topics before we get to the second half of this episode. These are the ones that you guys decided on. I love to do pre production in real time. It's my favorite part. That's my real, like, unwoke opinion, is that all city bikes should affect pedestrian sidewalk and not my parking. Because I saw on Twitter that someone said, post your. Your most unwoke opinion. Like, don't try to set me up. We've been through these Twitter streets before. Sorry, officer, I'm not about to tell you my unwoke opinion because, like, died down a bit on Twitter. As far as the cancellation, this is somebody from 2020 that was a social justice warrior trying to get us all jammed up again. Nope, not falling for that bait. It's city bikes and city bikes only.
Rory
What's your most unwoke opinion?
Damaris
Yeah, None. Everything I say is woke. Bernie. If Bernie Sanders didn't say it, I didn't say it.
Rory
Who started this question? Like, how?
Damaris
An agent.
Rory
Yeah, like, how did. How did. How do these things, like, because we know what these are for. These are for engagement. Get people riled up on the timeline. But, like, what's your most unwoke opinion?
Millie's
I gave my. I gave one of my safe ones. I didn't give.
Rory
Which one of your doctor.
Millie's
Really? It's up there. I said it. Y'all making these kids too soft. Life is hard and you'll never survive it. If survive it and learn how to find beauty in it. If you grow up with everything being sugar coated for you. I think the kids are being made to be too soft. That's my unwoke opinion. That's safe. I think, like, we won't. Our podcast won't get canceled for that.
Rory
Oh, we're not getting canceled. Don't worry about that.
Damaris
There's nothing unwelcome about that at all, actually.
Millie's
That is unwoke. Do you know woke is. Or what they say woke is?
Damaris
Well, woke was hacked and taken by.
Millie's
Yes.
Damaris
The right to make it to be something else.
Millie's
But agree.
Damaris
I think any regular person would agree with that, that things have softened up.
Millie's
And now, see, a regular person will not agree that you needed, like, that you need to, like, spank your kids or that you need to stop gentle parenting. That is not. The regular person will not agree with that.
Damaris
Oh, see, now, all right, see, we got this out of you now. You're saying in between the lines here that we should beat the shit out of our.
Millie's
Never, never say all these shit out.
Damaris
Of fucking kids screaming in the supermarket. We need to smack them across their face. They give me some Skittles.
Millie's
Never said that.
Damaris
Not now. I'm reading in between. I see what's going on.
Millie's
People need to dis. Discipline their children if their children need to be disciplined.
Rory
But what type of discipline? It depends, because discipline is different for every children.
Millie's
Yeah, for every. For every child. Discipline should be different. But people need to discipline their kids. And I don't even mean just spanking your kids, but, like, punishing your kids, taking things away from your kids, making your kids respect you 100. Your parent. You're, like, the thing, like, even with parents, like, when they, Like I, I. When I was younger, I hated because I said so until my father explained it to me, because he didn't say that to me often, but he was like, you need to understand that I am always looking out for your safety and your best interest. And one day there might be a question that I don't have the time to answer for you. Our lives might be in the balance.
Damaris
So.
Millie's
Because I said so, you need to respect that, because we might. If I say do something, do it right now because it might be for your safety. I don't have time for my child to be questioning me when something like, you need to know that you can trust me. You don't need to question every single thing I do.
Rory
Right.
Millie's
And I learned that lesson, and it has benefited me, and I think it could benefit some other people and some children.
Damaris
You do your kids a disservice if you don't discipline them or train them for actual real life and not the safety of your home. And they may resent you for it in the meantime, but they'll figure it out.
Millie's
And not everybody needs to protect your feelings. Their feelings. Their feelings. Their feelings. Their feelings. Oh, my God. We live in America. Don't nobody give a About your feelings. You're about to go out into the world and get Molly whopped. Boop. No. So, yeah, that is.
Damaris
Feelings are so focused on now that people create feelings, they don't even have to feel something. Yeah, I feel offended right now. No, you don't. You don't. You don't care that you feel like that.
Millie's
Feel offended?
Damaris
No. You're finding something to feel offended.
Rory
Rory sent me a tweet last night about how insane 2020 was. It was like, yo, bro. I think the Tweet said, Yo, 2020 was the wildest year ever. And it was a video of a guy crumping in front of police officers.
Millie's
I saw it. I saw it.
Rory
I guess it Was his way of prot.
Damaris
Which. I get it. Cultural thing. Understand Crumping.
Millie's
But there was no reason.
Damaris
I just want to know what song they heard.
Rory
You don't get it, though. There was no reason for that gentleman to be doing what he was doing. None at all. Like, we could just cut the. Somebody should have tapped him, like, well, get the. Out the street, man. That's not. Doing. This is not helping anybody what you're doing.
Damaris
No, not at all. 2020, really just a lot of good came out of it. But it did shift all of our brains into what I think Damaris is getting at in this tweet, even though I was joking about between the lines of what she was saying. It softened the whole world up.
Rory
No, but see, that's. But. But see, that's what I hated, because I was one of those. And obviously where we were probably together every fucking week in 2020. But you know that people gave me shit for a lot of the shit I was laughing at when I was like, man, get the fuck out of here with this shit. What is this dumb shit? This is doing nothing. I said that a lot in 2020. People stopped talking to me, unfollowed me, blocked me about a lot of shit I was saying. Here we are five years later, and everybody's sitting back feeling the same way I was feeling in the moment. I'm like, bro, what is this doing for this? Cause what is any of this? Just like you said, people like, oh, I'm offended. No, you're not. You're offended because the timeline seems to be offended, and you want to jump in on that wave, and now you want your tweet to be seen, and you want your voice to be heard, and it's like. But you're not really offended by anything that's happening right now. You're not affected by anything. That's for the timeline. You are.
Damaris
I think it's a balance because there is just the timeline bubble that we have, that, yes, people were just trying to get as much positive engagement, not the way they do on Twitter now, but during the social justice time that they just wanted some attention there. But there was also people that were actually in the field doing good things. I think it got overshadowed by what was going on on the timeline, because if you would have had that conversation, like, actually out in Union Square during protests, this and that, I actually think you would have been met with good dialogue and good conversation. Because I was out there, and it wasn't as woke. It was actually people having conversations. It was the timeline where everything was the wild, wild west and if you use the wrong vowel, it was over for you. That was not the real world at that time. Like, there were real conversations happening. It was just overshadowed by that. And, yes, I was also petrified during that time. I'm one of the few people that admit, yeah, I was walking on eggshells.
Rory
You right as far as what a.
Millie's
White person in hip hop.
Damaris
That suit. Other things that were going on, which, I mean, we can talk about but not talk about. Like, yeah, I'm not about to sacrifice all the work I've done in my entire life knowing how good the good intentions I do have, knowing I have nothing to do with some of the bad shit that's bringing up where I'm just gonna go rogue for the of it and ruin my life just to fight back on one day on Twitter. Because I don't agree with what people are saying. Nah, that you think these people that don't give a about me, that are trying to cancel me, that don't know me, I'm gonna fight back to prove their point. I'ma shut the up and keep it moving.
Rory
Nah, they killed me for my. My Black lives matter in 2020.
Damaris
I mean, I hope they don't dig it back up, because I'm sure it's crazy.
Rory
No, it wasn't. It wasn't. You were sitting right. It wasn't crazy. It was the truth. I said the slogan. I agree with.
Damaris
Oh, yeah, we had that conversation.
Rory
I agree with that.
Damaris
We had a good.
Rory
Who is this company? Like, who are these people? Nobody knew nothing about you.
Damaris
And I had that conversation. I remember on the pod where I was saying, they're not yelling Black Lives Matter llc. Like, the people in the field are yelling the actual definition of the term. So I hear what you're saying. Yes, that was proven that they were just taking money and doing wild shit. But that was, to me, just more of a ploy to get rid of the actual message of what was going on outside. People were not yelling for the Corporation of Black Labimer. Like, not even a little bit.
Millie's
They were yelling the phrase, yeah, yeah.
Damaris
Somebody, which happens all the time, no matter what race it is, is going to take advantage of what the fuck is going on. That's all that was. But, you know, terrifying times. I should have just crumped.
Rory
Instead, I got an unwoke opinion.
Damaris
But that's why anytime PG does this back thing and goes like this, I know this is something that he's gonna be like, yo, we should cut this out.
Rory
I Got an unwoke opinion, but I don't know if I should say it.
Damaris
Say it.
Millie's
Don't say it.
Rory
No, it ain't gonna be a bleep.
Damaris
Hey, you can't hear what you never reveal.
Millie's
I know it's bad because I know.
Rory
He says I'm trying to phrase it.
Millie's
Without thinking about it.
Rory
I'm trying to figure out how to phrase it, because I don't know if it's. I guess. Is it a vocal pain? I don't even know if it's a vocal pain, but I don't.
Damaris
Okay, Ma. Interesting. How would you.
Rory
Don't do that, because I want y'all to know. I want y'all to know they suppressed me.
Damaris
I just want to let you know you were heard.
Rory
Okay, but I wasn't. I wasn't hurt by my. No, no.
Damaris
That's intentional.
Rory
My listenership. I wasn't heard by them.
Damaris
No, because you were hurt in the room.
Rory
I'm being suppressed.
Millie's
That's fine.
Damaris
With that said, I'll get us down into maybe a. A deeper hole here. Not that I could ever get this role, because, one, I'm not an actor. Two, I'd have to do blackface. I would still take the role of Marvin Gaye in the biopic if I had to kiss a man. Terence Howard said he would never do that, even though I think he'd smoke that rule. I don't think that's weird if you're an actor, to kiss a man in the script.
Rory
Well, you don't. But certain people. Certain people feel like it. It is weird. They're just not. And we've had to talk. Shout out to our guy, J. Alphonse. We've had to talk with him about that, about, you know, when it's art and, you know, having to approach a role like that with his role in P. Valley. What do you do to prepare for that as an actor? You know what I mean? Like, do you just completely dive into that. That role, the mindset, the person, the character that you're playing, it's not really you quote unquote, it's the character. But some. Some actors and some artists, they just don't. You know, that's something that they're not willing to compromise on. They're just not willing to do that. Cool.
Damaris
And I understand people and their boundaries, but what's so funny is Terrence Howard said he would turn down the role. It wasn't even in the script. We know that famous Quincy Jones article, which is probably my favorite. I think my favorite print article that's ever existed on Earth, down to Tupac with Vibe magazine talking about the big and puff thing. Quincy Jones interview was the greatest thing I've ever seen where he revealed that Marvin Gaye. Richard, everybody's fucking each other but Terrence Howard, like the rest of us read that. And when the thought was even brought up that there could be a Marvin Gaye biopic, and I think he would be great for that, he was like, nah, I heard he kissed a man. No, it's not even a script yet.
Rory
How we know.
Damaris
How we even know that's gonna happen in real life?
Rory
I heard. I heard that's what he did in real life. Like, nah, I don't. I don't want a part of that.
Damaris
You're dedicated to a different level of homophobia that you don't even know it's in the script.
Millie's
That's not true.
Rory
They didn't even ask you to do that.
Millie's
That's not true. That's not true. Quincy. When he was asking Quincy Jones, he said, I'm hearing rumors that Marvin was gay. And I was like, was he gay? And he was like, yeah. And then he said, I can't play the role because he's. They're gonna have some type of love stuff in there. You can automatically, you know that.
Rory
Are they, though. I don't know if they would just have that in the movie, because he really was. Because that's not a known thing.
Damaris
That wasn't a big part. Like, all right, I'll put the Aaron Hernandez Netflix series or whatever the fucking network it was on. That was a big part of that story was he was suppressing gay stuff and all. The Marvin Gaye story. The gayest part about his story is his last name. Like, outside of the Quincy interview, nobody was ever running around like, Marvin Gaye is gay. Like, that's not something people are waiting for in that biopic.
Millie's
Yes, but Terrence Howard also knows Hollywood in 2025. If you think they not sneaking that in there.
Damaris
Of course I. I see that point. But also with that, if it's true, I don't think Quincy Jones is a liar at all. I actually think he held back in that because after he said who killed jfk? He asked him, do you like Brazilian music? He was trying to get off, like, topics. So if it's true, who cares? Then it's. Then it's not Hollywood trying to add in some gay to de masculine men or do the gay agenda. Yeah. If Marvin Gaye had that. And we don't make the whole story about him being gay. Because clearly sexual healing is much more than men. Why the would you.
Rory
All right.
Damaris
If there's one kissing scene with a dude, you're not. You're not taking that role. You playing Marvin Gaye. Yo. One of the greatest voices ever.
Millie's
This is Terrence Howard. Terrence Howard doesn't have to take any role. He's tears. Howard can do what the. He wants to do. He has. He can. He cannot work again for the rest of his life if he's not attracted to men and doesn't want to kiss men. And it will make him feel uncomfortable. And that's his boundary.
Damaris
He can turn around. Oh, I'm not saying if that's your boundary.
Rory
Cool.
Damaris
I'm not. Terrence Howard can do whatever the fuck he wants. I'm not trying to tell him to do something different. I'm speaking in general. If you're an actor, that role wouldn't be something that you may ease in to really tell that story. Like, this is a very important story to the world.
Millie's
Still gonna get told.
Damaris
Okay. Mall.
Millie's
Is there anything you wouldn't do, entertainment wise?
Rory
I'm not kissing. No, man.
Millie's
I mean, we know. We know that when I tell you. We know. We know that. But just, like, just things that. That normal. That might be normal. That other people. No, it definitely is normal. Like, I wouldn't do a nude scene. I want to be an actress very bad, but I would not do a nude scene.
Rory
And those mean you won't do a new.
Millie's
I wouldn't do a new scene.
Rory
You wouldn't show bush or you would show nipple?
Mall
I think.
Rory
I think you would show nipple bush?
Millie's
I wouldn't either. I wouldn't do either, but that's a boundary that I have.
Damaris
I feel like it'd be weirder than showing bush.
Rory
You wouldn't. You wouldn't do it topless?
Millie's
Nope.
Rory
Really? You can't go topless. Why topless?
Millie's
Because I'm not comfortable doing it.
Damaris
Okay.
Millie's
Yeah, I'm not comfortable doing it. And I also don't think it's necessary. I think that there's a lot of nudity in TV that is not necessary to tell a story.
Damaris
Completely agree there.
Rory
It's a lot of gay in tv. That's not necessary.
Damaris
I said Rory, spot detection period.
Rory
I was like, it's not even a part. Rory was like, it's not even part of the plot. Turn it off. Turn it off.
Damaris
Okay. And I'm not trying to go against our woke conversation to be that guy, but there's been plenty of, like, regular Heterosexual people are attracted to sexual stuff. There's mad unnecessary titties, ass sex scenes that had nothing to do with the plot.
Rory
It depends on whose titties it is now, Grant.
Damaris
Even like Euphoria.
Rory
Margot Robbie. It made total sense in Wolf of Wall street when she opened the door and was completely. I thought that was a part of.
Damaris
Part of the plot when she was set at dinner. We not gonna be friends. Like plotting against a man with money. There is something there. And of course, you are also creating art. And let's not act like naked shit isn't art. At the end of the day, it was done in a tasteful way. The shot, everything.
Rory
Love the whipped cream.
Damaris
And even adding in nothing too quick. Like the dog at your leg. Like, beautiful. To me, that was a tasteful sex scene added into it.
Rory
Is that Scorsese? Yes, Love him.
Damaris
Which, by the way, doesn't like. He doesn't lean on sex scenes like that at all.
Millie's
So as a needs to, because he actually has actual talent.
Damaris
But even like Euphoria, which I thought there was mad unnecessary dicks in that entire thing, I also had to think, okay, they're playing off the amount of unnecessary titties and ass that have been in film since existence. Like, it's a. It's a sexual thing. As humans, it's not really a sexual preference. During films, we just want to see titties and shit.
Millie's
I'm cool. I don't.
Damaris
I'm not trying to control.
Rory
That's your line. You keep wanting to get nude.
Millie's
I would. Yeah, I wouldn't get nude.
Damaris
What if a director had, like, a passionate reason? Why? Because I've heard actresses and even, like, men talk about it where they had to do sex scenes they didn't want to do because the director was so passionate on how it moved the story and how it moved the shots. And, like, that's what's up.
Millie's
Find another actress.
Damaris
Fair.
Millie's
And that's why I'm saying I don't think that everybody's like, terence, how are he so homophobic? I don't think that that's homophobic. I don't wanna kiss a man. That's crazy.
Damaris
Not wanting to kiss.
Rory
But that's the thing that people do, though, that I think is wrong. Like, they throw that label on you just because you said, like, you said that's just his boundary. Like, there's nothing wrong with him saying, I don't want to kiss a man. Like, now he's homophobic because he doesn't want to kiss a man.
Damaris
I don't think he's homophobic.
Rory
That is crazy. But I'm just saying, the fact that people say that and his response is.
Millie's
Because they said I would cut my. I would fuck. I would cut. Cut my lips off.
Damaris
Oh, yeah. He took it a little far.
Millie's
If I kiss a man, I will cut my lips off.
Mall
That's.
Damaris
I mean, it's a little far.
Rory
I don't know. I felt him like. I don't know, man. I feel Terrence on that.
Millie's
Who the man.
Rory
Like, I don't know, man. No, but I mean, I. Terrence is. He's in his right to. If he doesn't want to kiss a man, take a role, because hope he.
Damaris
Hasn'T heard the most recent Kanye.
Rory
Oh, you know, he's heard that.
Millie's
Are there any podcast interviews y'all wouldn't take? Plenty.
Rory
What?
Damaris
Okay, who you talking. You've been on this show before.
Rory
You know how many years we've been doing this?
Millie's
Okay, I'm not talking about people directly tied to us. Right. Like, for example, we had the opportunity to have a interview with someone, and I advised. And my other producer at the time advised y'all not to take that interview, but mainly just because I never told.
Rory
Y'All how much I wanted to fire both of y'all for that. That's fine, but I never did.
Damaris
Wait, wait, wait. Are we talking about we can be canon? Who gives a fuck? We talk about the Fox News shit.
Rory
No, no, she's talking about Candace Owens.
Damaris
Oh, that. Okay, okay, okay. I thought, like, when they had brought the Fox News Jesse water, and we was all like, nah, we're not doing that. No, no, that's what I thought y'all were talking about.
Millie's
Not that one.
Damaris
We all said no to that immediately. Oh, the Candace Owens shit. Yeah. I mean, it wasn't because I didn't want to speak to Candace Owens. It was just because I didn't think this was the platform to have that conversation.
Millie's
I agree.
Damaris
Yeah. Like, that's where I was at with it. It wasn't. Hey, I have. I have no interest in speaking to Candace, even if I agree or disagree with her stuff. I just didn't think this.
Rory
That's what the platform for it. That's cap. Because I said. But I wouldn't even. I wouldn't even. I didn't even really want to talk politics with Candace. I wanted to get to know Candace, like, on some. Like, yo, would you be listening? Like, growing up, like, what was your.
Damaris
She talked about?
Rory
Never, like. Yeah, but she ain't talk to me about it.
Damaris
Okay.
Rory
That's where I was going with it, but y'all was just so helping. No, no, I'm just like, what? Well, because I want to be talking about.
Millie's
Because your producers that you wanted to fire know your audience, know what your audience would have felt in a sensitive time.
Rory
We don't know our election clips go viral that we never even.
Millie's
And that's not our. Those are not from your audience. Those are from people who don't. Who are discovering your show. Yes.
Rory
There you go. So now we have Candace on with her platform, people that never heard of.
Millie's
Us, and you discover our shows. Platform is going to revisit this podcast.
Rory
You don't know that.
Millie's
Regular listeners.
Damaris
You don't know that.
Millie's
Okay.
Rory
How could you say that? So, like, matter of factly, you don't know that.
Millie's
Okay.
Rory
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I was just trying to have that conversation with Candace on some old Fuck politics. Let's talk to Candace Owens about the shit she be into, like, away from politics. Like, that's what I wanted to get into. I thought that would have been dope. Why not?
Damaris
Yeah. But I feel like if we asked her about anything music related, her answer would be, I used to listen to Jay Z and Beyonce. Then I realized they were Democratic puppets. And then we. Anything we say would have went back down to a political thing. And that's what I told you when we were having this conversation off mic. Because I remember this vividly. When we were all talking about it, I watched Candace Owen's stuff, and I've seen her talk about her past growing up in Connecticut and how she was such a hip hop fan. I know for a fact anything we brought up would get down to, like, well, then the Democrats got a hold of them, and it just would have went off the rails because she is so trained in what she does.
Rory
I don't think so, bro. I don't think it would have went like that. I don't think I get what you're saying, and I get why you're saying it. But, like, you think. All right, say she would have went that route with it. You think we wouldn't have had a blast having fun with her? Like, yo, what are you, like, so everything is just gonna go right back to politics? You don't think that would have been, like, funny to watch, like, me and you sit with Candace Owens and laugh at every time she tried to turn, yo, what you listen to as far as music or sports, and she turned it into some political shit. I would have had a field day laughing at Candace Owens about that shit. Like, yo, what are you doing? Are you really human?
Damaris
I would have laughed, but we have to think about an entire viewership that, while we're laughing, can go through her entire catalog of shit that they completely disagree with and find actually straight up offensive to their lives. That's all. Like, I'm not gonna kiki about Jay Z and Beyonce with her when I would rather do that with y'all.
Rory
I'm just saying we had some people in this room that we could have had Candace Owens over, is all I'm saying.
Damaris
We could do the one on one. I'll produce that one same way we did the DJ Head shit.
Rory
Nah, I don't need you to produce Candace. Don't produce. You can't produce Candace.
Damaris
No, I was.
Rory
Listen, you can't produce Candace. That's your problem. You trying to produce the black woman. Don't do that.
Damaris
Why?
Rory
I.
Damaris
The thing I loved that Candace did was get the fuck away from the Daily Wire when she exposed them for. Yeah, they not based off their business plan of free speech. You say one word about a certain group and. Yeah, y'all are not these free speech people. I'm not trying to produce her. I'm just trying to help and produce you with Candace.
Rory
No, that would just be. That would be a good conversation, though.
Damaris
So would you do it?
Rory
Yeah, Candace. Absolutely.
Millie's
Are there any big names that y'all would not take the interview?
Rory
Absolutely.
Millie's
If R. Kelly came on here, would y'all take the interview?
Damaris
No.
Rory
Cows.
Millie's
You see the difference in the two? You see the ying and the yang.
Rory
Kels. No.
Damaris
Nope.
Rory
I wouldn't say.
Damaris
No way.
Rory
For what?
Millie's
Listen, he gave Gail a banger. I don't know.
Rory
But that's before he was found guilty and thrown under the jail.
Damaris
We knew he was guilty, but at that point was going on, the doc had came out. We had some questions for R. Kelly. I have no questions for.
Rory
The questions are answered. The questions are like, there's nothing to ask R. Kelly.
Damaris
Yeah. And his answers where I'm fighting for my life, and it's like, dog. So were the people in your basement.
Millie's
Like, oh, that was.
Rory
I mean, but there is. I wouldn't sit down with R. Kelly, but somebody's gonna set a camera up in front of him one day and ask some real questions. Like, all right, but the parents. That's all. Where were the parents? Because that was always a question for me. I don't care where you say, my daughter's at studio. Nobody can. Nobody can stop me from getting in this studio. What are you talking about? My daughter's in there, and she doesn't want to be in there, and she's trying to get out. We're getting in this studio right now. Doors, windows, everything is coming down.
Damaris
Separate conversation, though. Like, I agree with you. The parents are responsible, if not the exact same as R. Kelly, but because he knew how to target young girls that had shitty parents and could identify, that doesn't excuse him. Because those parents.
Rory
I never. You never understand that.
Damaris
No, I'm just saying, like. But the parents. That's not a conversation I want to have with R. Kelly. I would want to have that conversation. I'd sit with the parents. I would definitely sit with the parents. What the Were you doing?
Rory
I want to hear from Kelly. I want to hear from all.
Damaris
He didn't hear from the parents. That's why Kels could do it.
Rory
I want to hear from. Like, he'd have nothing to say how much you paid the parents.
Damaris
That'd be. Kels thinks he's innocent.
Rory
He would come in here because the wire went through. That's why he thought it was a negotiation. He thought it was a deal. That's why he thinks he's innocent.
Damaris
Who has their passports? Who has their shots?
Rory
Kanye.
Millie's
Yeah. Would you take a interview?
Damaris
Nope. I used to want to say yes to that. And by the way, it's not because all the insane things that he said. I'm not doing it on a moral. It would be a waste of time.
Rory
Yeah. I just don't know.
Damaris
A waste of. It would be him screaming, which he's already doing now on his. On his own stream.
Rory
Yeah. I just don't know if he's a good get. Like, I don't know. Like, what would you. Because we would act. You talk about Candace doing it. If you ask Kanye something, he gonna turn that into a whole different.
Damaris
He wouldn't answer what you asked. He would just go on a rant of what was on his mind.
Millie's
And a lot of people like that because it gets them clicks and views.
Damaris
But that would be absolutely pointless.
Rory
Yeah. Nah.
Damaris
At this time, like, all the stuff that I would want to know, like, if even if I took a month to do all the journalistic shit about ye and put together the best structure ever, it wouldn't work. So what would be the point?
Rory
Yeah, I want to sit down with people that I really am interested in and, like, don't hear much from, like, Ken and Ivy Waynes. That's like, my dream, to sit down and have a conversation with Keenan, Ivy Wayne.
Damaris
I mean, with everything going on with their family in the headlines now, I don't think that's far fetched.
Rory
No, I don't think it's far fetched. But that's just like one of my. Him. Byron Allen. Allen, like, those are guys that I look at and I'm just like, you know, legends and have done amazing things and you don't really hear about them, don't really see them in headlines for no crazy shit. But their work speaks for itself and they've done legendary things. Like, those are the type of people that I'm interested in having conversations with. The ones that are accessible and on the timeline every day and, you know, going on rants and it's like, I'm cool. I don't really want. I don't. That's like this. That's like the circus.
Millie's
Rory, who's your dream interview?
Damaris
Lucian Grange.
Rory
I know somebody that's actually like in. In some negotiations with.
Damaris
I don't. But legally, I don't think they're allowed to speak. Now, Lucian, like, outside of just music industry, we're talking about people that we are hypothetically saying would be candid in their interview. Right. Because I don't think Sir Lucian Grange would have anything to say on camera, period. Like, even the fact that Lior did the Breakfast Club was. Blew my mind.
Rory
Breakfast. He did drink champs, didn't he?
Damaris
Yes. That's when he was on his pressure, which I could not believe he even did. That Lucian would be. That's like the bevy of. Everything we question about the music industry could be answered with one person. Okay, that or Tommy Matola. Oh, it would be Tommy or Lucian. Because I think you get pretty much the same information from both of them. Anything we've talked about over the last shape. What Quincy was talking about in that interview last 50 years, you're getting answers from those two people and those two people only Michael Jackson couldn't get answers to, they would have answers to. That would be my dream interview to talk to one of them. But they never would. This is hypothetical.
Millie's
Yeah, that makes sense.
Damaris
I mean, maybe. Maybe his son would do it.
Rory
Michael Jackson son.
Damaris
No, I would love to talk to Blanket.
Rory
Oh, okay.
Damaris
No. Lucian Grange, son. That's now running in line. Listen, if you can get extorted by Trayway, like maybe we could.
Rory
Maybe we got a shot.
Damaris
Yeah. Never know.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
Throw some guns and money around. Take them.
Rory
Make it look like a real video.
Damaris
Yeah, take them to. Where'd they have that shoot at?
Rory
I forgot the restaurant.
Damaris
It was Mr. Chows right.
Rory
No, I feel like I would have remembered if it was missing.
Damaris
I'm pretty sure it was Mr. Chows on the east side when that happened. Like Treyway and Lucian Grange's son just in the line of fire. Sick time.
Rory
It was at 20. What?
Damaris
18? 17.
Rory
God damn.
Damaris
16.
Rory
Wow.
Damaris
Which is funny that our. Our guest that we're gonna have on the second half of this episode was never really affiliated with Treyway. He was cool with Shoddy and running around with Shoddy before that. You know, 6, 9 got weird. But yeah, that's actually a good segue now into who we're about to sit down with. Finally, somebody that is of my complexion. Maybe I'll get some respect with the lighting once he sits down, but I doubt it. Well, that's what we need on the show. More clip this unwoke opinion. We need more white people on this set so I can get better lighting.
Rory
White lights.
Damaris
All the lighting is to you two. And I look nuts all the time.
Rory
Nah, it's just that. So black gold man.
Millie's
He keeps trying to blame us for being ugly. It don't have nothing to do with the light. And we ain't you up. That's how you look.
Damaris
Yo, it's my. On my birthday.
Millie's
Oh, I'm sorry. Damn, I'm so sorry.
Rory
On your born. On your born. Born, born.
Damaris
It's crazy. You're beautiful friends just the way you are. I always have them.
Rory
All right, well, let's get into the guest man.
Damaris
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Rory
Listen, man, I hope you got your Ro sparks in your travel bag.
Damaris
Listen, the birthday consensual sex is ready to happen. Takes like 15 minutes once it dissolves on your tongue. And I'm ready to go. You know, 35. First time I'm getting up there.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
Sometimes a little good.
Rory
A little.
Damaris
Little nervous. You know, I'll be a little busy. Can't really perform the way I want to. But it's birthday time. 35 years old.
Rory
Listen, man. 35 years old. Gotta have a teammate. Gotta have a teammate. Rose box. Let it. Let Ro set the screen.
Damaris
Rory.
Rory
And then come off that thing. Shooting.
Damaris
That's what she called me.
Rory
Who calls you that? Rory.
Damaris
Listen, I'm not gonna divulge any names, but she got me a birthday cake that said Rory on it.
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Hmm.
Millie's
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Whatever you need. How about you tell me what you had in mind?
Millie's
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All right, Rory. Today we are joined by one of my favorite guys, man, one of my favorite people in this industry, this shithole of industry, a guy that I've been following for a long time. And I'm happy to see all the success he's achieving and all his elevation. And I'm seeing a lot of people repost him on my timeline. And I just smile when I see things like that. So today we are joined by Cambridge's finest. Mass is finest. Millie's? Yeah, Millie's. Listen, Rory went to your album release about two weeks ago.
Damaris
Yes.
Rory
He called me. He was like, yo, Millie's having an album release. I felt some type of way because Millie's didn't hit me and tell me he had an album. But I said, it's all good. And Roy was like, yo, listen, I'm gonna go by there. I said, bro, I'm in the crib, you know, I'm all. I live all the way up north to come back down to the city. It's gonna be a. I'm just not into it. But tell my guy I said, what's up, Rory? Then I get. We come to the studio the next day. Rory was like, nah, you was supposed to be there last night.
Damaris
Listen, I went for Millie's. I went for hip hop. I went to support, but I stayed for other reasons.
Rory
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Damaris
I went for one reason.
Rory
It was the party favors. They called party favors. There was a lot of party favors. The ambiance, the aesthetic was very nice, you know. Yeah. Very welcoming people, very inviting.
Damaris
A lot of fans of hip hop.
Rory
Yeah, a lot of hip hop hop in the building when Millie's is there. You know, that gotta be hip hop when Millie's is there, man. How you feeling, though, bro?
Mall
I feel good, man. I feel excellent.
Rory
Yo, listen, man, you look at. We saw you. I think the last time I saw Millie's was when we had our show in Boston. That was what, two years ago?
Mall
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Damaris
That was December of 2022.
Rory
It might have been 23. I don't think it was 22. Might have been 23. Yeah, you might be right, though. Maybe 22 been a minute. But yo, man, every. I've been seeing you. The elevation is amazing. Blanco 9 is out now.
Mall
Blanco 7.
Rory
Blanco 7.
Mall
Excuse me?
Rory
Blanco 7 is out.
Mall
We'll get to 9.
Rory
No, we definitely gonna get to 9. But how has it been, man? How has the journey been up until this point? Because I remember, I think the first time. Well, I heard you years ago, but the first time I remember hearing you rap, hearing you freestyle, and I was like, nah, he's serious. It might have been funk, flex, freestyle, I think it was like 49.
Mall
That's a long, long time ago.
Rory
About eight years ago.
Mall
Yup.
Rory
That was like 2017. That was the first time I heard you before that. But that freestyle, I think, is when I said, I gotta start paying more attention to him. And I think. Were you signed with KISS before that or was it. Did it happen right after?
Mall
Yeah, like, right before that.
Rory
Right before that. And that's when you signed with Jada. Well, I found that out after that, freestyle, and I said, okay, like, so KISS heard the same shit I'm hearing. I'm looking at him. But to see you now, seeing everything that you're doing has been dope to watch. But how have you been feeling, though, as far as, like, personally, has the music industry been good to you? Is there a lot of things that you're like, oh, man, these are the potholes that people tried to warn me about to try and avoid. Like, what is it? What has the experience been, like, up until Blanco 7, man, that's.
Mall
That was like a loaded question. Because it feels like even though you saw me on Flex at whatever year that was 2016. Yeah. My shit didn't start. My shit didn't start until the Pandemic.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Like, it got lit in Covid. Cause I wasn't not saying I can't make club music, but that wasn't what I was super on. I was kind of doing more like pain songs. I do the freestyle raps and stuff. Cause it brings engagement on social media. That's not my passion.
Damaris
Yeah, it's a commercial.
Mall
Yeah, exactly. And it's a commercial just to draw people in, to be like, you know, look what's going on. Cause I know I could technically do that. It's like a technical skill set. It's like making half court shots.
Rory
But you'd rather make music.
Mall
Yeah. You know what I mean? But yeah, it started in the pandemic when everything slowed down. It was like people started listening to music for real and that's when they started. I just remember I posted a song called rls and it was kind of more singing, but talking about going through real life shit. And I just saw like a bump in the algorithm on it. And I'm like, oh, and then I dropped something with Jim heightened senses. And it was like the easiest type of song I could do. It was just rapping intricately and a melodic hook from me over like a beat with a vocal sample. And people liked that off the album. I didn't push it off the album, but people liked it a lot off the album. And that's when I realized, oh, if y'all like this, I could do this over and over and, oh, this is the easiest thing I could do. So I started dropping from there and everything went up. That's how I went blanco. Five, six, hear the seven. Like off a signature sound. Like, if you go to YouTube and look up Millie's type beat, you'll see a thousand, a hundred thousand Millies type beats, you know, so that was the progress, like, with music. But yeah, I learned a lot just in the. In the music industry. I still feel like I'm on the outside of the industry because I never had a major push. It always just been me and my friends behind me. And then like, you know, co signs like, y'all have been. We personally know each other. Like Kiss a post me or like however it goes. But it's never been a. A major sort of corporation. I did a distro deal. You know, I did big distro deals, but they just give you the bag and then you gotta go kind of do it yourself.
Damaris
Has Kiss been a good mentor in that capacity? Because Kiss has probably been through more situations than any major rapper that I can think of. Like, he's the only rapper that's been on Bad Boy, rough riders and roc a fella technically.
Mall
And beef with 50 cent and beanie Siegel and Pop.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
For publishing. Like, he's been very vocal.
Rory
Yeah. Kiss might be a vampire, now that I think about it. Yeah.
Damaris
I mean, even on We Are the Streets, like the interludes is raping you records. Like, everything in the interludes is about getting in the industry for your. Your budget. Everything.
Mall
I think about it now. That's why he was kind of like protective over me. It was times I was supposed to do love and hip hop in 20, 21 or one of them shits. I mean, like, I. Yeah, he was adamantly against it.
Damaris
Who were they gonna pair you with?
Mall
Ah, this girl, man. This girl. Yeah.
Rory
Shout out to this girl.
Mall
You know who we are.
Rory
Shout out to this girl.
Mall
Shout out to this girl. We had a bright future. We had a bright future on love and hip hop. And Kiss was just adamantly against it. And I'm like, I need to feed my family, bro. I'm. I actually moved out of my apartment that I was in cuz I'm like, well, I'm about to be famous.
Rory
So this probably was like, nah, don't do that.
Mall
This is like 2019. He was like, that's whack. That's cool. And no disrespect to Mona. We love you and all of that.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
But, yeah, he was just adamantly against it. And I was like, but bro, I'm starving. I'm gonna die. Like, I gotta do love and hip hop with this girl, man. And she started going left on me before the show even started.
Rory
There you go.
Millie's
She's getting a character.
Mall
Yeah, I guess so. And it was crazy.
Rory
Cause you trying to create the storyline, man.
Mall
I seen her one day. I don't know if she. I don't wanna violate, like, shout out to her, but I seen her one day and she was smoking a Newport Hunted.
Rory
Oh no.
Mall
It was on FaceTime. And I got. And this is like a week. It was a hundred.
Rory
Smoking a Newport Hunting on Facet.
Mall
She was smoking a Newport 100. And I was just like, damn. Like we were on FaceTime and she was arguing with me about something. I don't really like, argue like that. Yeah, that's not even in my character. Like, I don't indulge in that. And I'm just like, damn. Like, you got. We went to those meetings and they started asking Me about.
Damaris
It's a long argument too.
Mall
Where your side chicks at? Yeah, you gotta smoke a whole Newport.
Damaris
That's a long argument.
Mall
Hell yeah. But nah, KISS protected me, you know, from. From a lot of things. Just a lot of situations. Like, always reached out to me and he would always say, you know, you got the complexion for the connection. But I don't think we ever. I don't think we ever like, usually like monetize it the way we were.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Thinking of, like, I think that is.
Rory
More so because you're, I think your brand and who you are in real life, I think is probably what KISS was like. Now we gotta protect that. Cause that's real. That's really who you are. So if we start to go this way, it's just too much out of who you really are as a person.
Damaris
That's what Mona wanted to do.
Rory
Well, yeah, I mean, we know Mona would. Mona would have loved that because she.
Damaris
Has to, you know, the thing would have been white.
Rory
Yeah. Nah, but you. I think that Kiss KISS made the right call. What has your been? You have this unique, like, thing of just being tapped in with certain guys and certain other artists that. Like League Ward and Albie Al and you know, those guys that I listen to. But to see you doing videos, I'm like, yo, Millie's is like, he's in tune. Because these are guys that you gotta kinda really be in tune with a certain area to kinda like even connect with on a personal level. But then to even make music and then actually go to that hood and do a video. Now we talking about something deeper, a deeper connection and a deeper like, you know, it has to be a trusted. Yeah, where's that come from? Is it just a sense of, you know, if I'm from a hood in Mass. The hood is the hood everywhere. It's just a certain language that we all speak. Is it just that or is it a deeper, like, connection that's just deeper than that?
Mall
Damn. That's a good question. And I think people see the videos and they think it's like really some Hollywood shit. They don't understand how treacherous it is.
Rory
Oh, yeah. Oh, I know. That's why I asked.
Mall
But yeah, even like Leaf Ward, like, he don't care who you are in the industry. He don't really do much feature with people and shit like that. So I think they tap in because I had like that pain type of music moving, so. But it'll be like my youngins in my neighborhood that'll tell me, yo, you gotta get With Leaf Ward. And I'd be like, I wanna do a song with so and so. And they'd be like, fuck him. I say something, somebody mainstream, like, they really tapped me in. And Risk taker's got like 45 million streams or something. Crazy, crazy. And we're all underground artists, so albial. That was like, just people telling us to work. As soon as he came home, like, we just tapped in, got on FaceTime. Leaf Ward was harder to. Was harder to get because, you know, he's just running around. He was in the streets, but, you know, shit like that. He ended up getting booked, but I was grateful to be able to go out there. But, yeah, it's treacherous. We don't know so many videos and just popped out on artists just to show them, like, it's genuine love. I'm not, you know, I'm not trying to use you for a verse or anything like that.
Damaris
I think that speaks to the authenticity, though, because that record is crazy. And I didn't even know I had 45 million. I feel like if you went, like, the major route, they try to pair you with somebody that would sing a hook, right? And you probably clock at like a million views, maybe.
Mall
Right, right.
Damaris
Like, that was something. All three, y'all have the same, but different fan bases where there is some crossover.
Mall
And we brought them all together, like. And that song, man, that is so big. But no, I think it's a trust and it's a respect thing, you know? So also, like, I believe in God a lot, bro. Like, I'm very in tune with God to the point where I just feel like I could go anywhere, you know, on trust and with God. Like, I've been to Haiti for real, right? I grew up with all Haitians. Like, my school was half Haitian. Pablo Muell. My school was half Haitian, like, straight from Port au Prince. So I had a certain trust level to where I go, you know, the government can't even protect you in Haiti. You gotta be real tapped in, right? And we went out there in, like, I think 2019 or something like that, and just moving around. But it's love and it's trust. I was with all deportees, like, people who got deported from Cambridge and shit like that. And they're in real zo. So it's like I'll really go anywhere if I feel, you know, it's authentically, like, in my heart to go there. Like. Like I feel comfortable in those environments, you know?
Damaris
Yeah, I forgot what platform it was. Or it might have been your own YouTube channel where you gave like, I guess, a tour. That's kind of corny to say it that way, but it's. Or your neighborhood. And I did notice out of all like the hood vlog stuff, everyone from 60 years old to young had a story about you.
Mall
Yeah.
Damaris
Which I Usually people walk around the hood and they're just with their friends and just make up shit as they walk past. It was like old Haitian women coming out. They crib to talk about him as a child. I was like, oh, all he from here for real?
Mall
Yeah. And it's so funny because I'm actually from a place that put in the most money into PR campaigns in the history of PR campaigns. Like, I'm from Cambridge, Massachusetts. That's Harvard College, mit. Like, you don't get. That's been blasted out to people since the 20s, right. There's a. If you go to Jason Trimming's YouTube, it's a smaller YouTube channel, but he gives a real breakdown of the Cambridge that I'm from, you know. Cause it's also Harvard College, but there's also 14 housing projects and people living below the poverty line and shit like that. So. Yeah. Nah, I really grew up just kind of in an environment that made me feel like we were just in Far Rock yesterday. And they were like, yo, nobody comes out here, bro. But it still feels like my neighborhood in the summer. You know, it's not too far. So, yeah, that's what gave me the confidence to go wherever. And then I'm not leaning on no tough shit either. Like, I'm just like, you know.
Damaris
Yeah, mutual respect. Cool Boss has had a very interesting music history where it's. I feel like it's been neglected, but if you really go through it, it does have like, monumental shit. But on the hip hop side, I feel like even Guru from Gangstar. We all thought Guru and Pringle from Brooklyn.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
Benzino. I'm. I'm actually one of the few people that's like, not a Benzino hater. I actually think he's done a lot of good for hip hop. And he had a few joints and made. I always fucked with their mixtapes. That's hard every time. Static brought terminology. I always fucked with him. Matt's bike Miles. But I always feel like Bobby. Bobby Brown was kind of like the new addition.
Mall
Yeah, no, I think for sure. I tell people, you gotta understand when you coming outta Mass, it's like an uphill battle on roller skates, because you're dealing with. If you just go, I'm a person. That likes to go with the odds. Like, I tell people it's harder to make it in rap than the NBA because it statistically is. How many rappers are there in New York right now?
Rory
Right, Right.
Mall
Like, people making songs in the studio. I don't know.
Damaris
A million?
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
All right. How many people's in the NBA? You know what I mean? How many people play for the Knicks? Just do your math on that. I'll tell people that before you try to jump into rap. But, like, especially from MASH, with three hours from New York and probably 500 artists got record deals in the last 10 years from New York, and three. See Artists from Massachusetts got record deals.
Damaris
And why do you think that is, though? Because even, like, the source coming out, because a lot of cities will bring up the New York thing, like, all the publications, everything media. That's why y'all get the looks that you look. And I. I think there's an argument there. I see what they're saying. There's some pushback, but I get it right. The source came out of Boston. And I mean, that was the bible at one point. Why did that never really click outside of what Benzino was doing? Cause there's been plenty of great rappers. They just never get their look.
Mall
Yeah, I think people probably had a sour taste, salty taste, pause, like, whatever, you know, from the fact that I think they felt like, even if you hear Eminem, he's like, half your staff's fresh out of jail from Boston. Bullying and extorting, and it's real shit. Like Benzino, you know, to his credit, he took. I don't want to get all the facts wrong. This is before my time, but he took 10 different rappers from all different hoods. They were beefing. When the murder rate was high in Boston, the murder rate actually dropped. He put a lot of rappers together and formed the Wise Guys, which was like a bigger extension of the Main Men. And he tried to. You know, he tried to put a lot of people in position, but I don't know, bro. It's just like, what. We're such a town that we believe in in sports, man. You know, like, we don't sports. Like, we've.
Damaris
We know what Benzino and his friends did to a certain player. Their mom might come.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
Did Kiss ever tell you the story of the Benzino, bro?
Mall
Yeah, lightly. But I heard it enough on podcasts and like that.
Damaris
There's been some locks. Boston before.
Mall
What is the straight, though?
Rory
I'm not sure if you do, but do you have a relationship with Joyner Lucas.
Mall
Yeah. I got a relationship with Joyner like we never saw really eye to eye. There was some.
Rory
Some tension there.
Mall
There was just some, like, serious things that don't have nothing to do with me or him. But in the middle of it. But actually, Mark, man, Mark Wahlberg, he put us together for real.
Rory
That's dope.
Damaris
Wait.
Mall
Yeah, sorry.
Damaris
First question.
Rory
What's the marriage?
Mall
That's Demaris.
Rory
Why you laug he marking the Funky Bunch?
Damaris
She just found out was a rapper.
Rory
Found out that Marky was a rapper. She had no idea.
Millie's
I knew he was a rapper. I didn't know he was a part of the Funky Bunch. I didn't know that.
Mall
What's the Funky Bunch? And the Funky Bunch, I don't know. I know it was Marky Mark, so. And he'll come around. He said, you know, I would. He downs himself. And me, he. He'll go, I was the only corny rapper from Boston. Now we got real rappers. But I don't think he was corny. I don't think nothing about Marky. Mark's corny.
Rory
Nah, Mark wasn't corny.
Mall
Mark Wahlberg, a street guy from Deutsche 100%.
Damaris
It just came off. The Vanilla Ice was going. It was just bad timing.
Mall
Mark Wahlberg will hang Vanilla Ice off a building. Like sug nighted in real life, like, Mark Wahlberg is Mark Wahlberg from Four Brothers.
Rory
100%.
Mall
I'm trying to tell you. I'm trying to tell you. Mark Wahlberg is somebody I could tell is very comfortable in staticky environments. Like, we'll be with all the corporate people and everything. And Mark Wahlberg will defer in the room to me and my friends. I swear to God. All these hundred million dollar guys on this dick.
Damaris
Mark.
Mall
Mark.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
And he's just talking to us like, super, but not forcing it. Just super comfortable and regular. Like, he is Mark Wahlberg from Four brothers. I'm standing on that.
Damaris
Plays himself. But let's slow down, all right? Because when you asked the question about joining, I was like, all right, I get it. It's a mass thing. Maybe they. They cross paths. Then I can see y'all having issues. People know each other. How the did Mark Wahlberg end this beef?
Mall
Because, like, he would support Joiner. And I used to see that and be like, man, that's the coolest shit in the world. Oh, my God. Mark Wahlberg, an A list celebrity, bro. I'd be like, that's amazing. And. And one day he just followed me and started just. He just started liking my Posts more than my friends. Like, my posts. Like, you know, like, throwing emojis and shit. Just really supporting. Yeah. Throwing my shit up. We met him in. We had a tour day in Vegas. He was like, yo, what hotel you staying at? We were in the Wynn. He pulled up to the Wynn, came into the lobby. He was like, meet me down in the lobby. And it was like this, like, mark.
Rory
Warburg, Meet me in the lobby.
Mall
Yeah, meet me in the lobby. And he just sat down with me in, like, the nice part of their lobby. And it caused so much attention. Like, the hotel employees couldn't believe it. Everyone stopped for him. Old Chinese lady.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Little fat young kids. Like, everybody. Like, everyone you could think about just stopped for him. And, like, he just had the conversation with me like it wasn't happening and shit, like. And he just showed support from there. And then one day, he had a thing with concepts, and I was like, yo, I'm pulling up. But Joyner was pulling up too. I think he just checked, you know, like, the temperature okay with them because I was always fine. I'll be around anybody. And. But he really, like, you know, just put us in that room together and was just like, I'm telling y'all, y'all are stronger and together and shit like that. And then Joyna ended up taking me on tour, and he got a big ass fan base, so that's fire.
Rory
Shout out to Mark Wahlberg for that. Sure.
Damaris
What. What was that convo like? I mean, the details you can give.
Mall
In Vegas now with Mark. He was. We were just talking about our town. Like, you know, people like to. It's a lot of hatred, like, in. In Boston, in Massachusetts in general, like this. It's like our culture to hate on shit outside of sports. We love sports, but people want to see you do good, but never too good. And he just, you know, kind of.
Rory
That's everywhere, though. That's not just a mass thing.
Mall
That's right up the block. Yeah. I mean, it's bad where we from because we've never had success in music, too.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
So, like, New York, you're gonna let an artist fly like a boogie can fly? Cause asap, Rocky flew. And all of these people, it's like, but they really want to clip your wings. If they never saw somebody, it's like they kind of start panicking when they see an artist get a certain level of success. I be trying to tell people I'm not on, bro. I'm not Jay Z. Like, I cannot fix this whole state.
Rory
Right.
Mall
You know, but have you ran into.
Rory
Any of that, though, as far as, like, back in the hood, back home? You ran into, like, where it's like, the people that you thought were, like, real friends and people you grew up with that know you away from music, have you seen their energy change? And it's like, yo, like, y'all are going crazy. Like, I'm not. Like, I'm still here with y'all.
Mall
No, nobody. Nobody that I really grew up with feels like that. Because they know, like, I'm solid. Like, I'm. I'm a stand on my word. I'm gonna do what I can do. I do have to break down to people that I have less money than you think I have, though.
Rory
Yeah. Yeah.
Mall
That's like.
Rory
Yeah. Even if you don't, you gotta say.
Mall
I don't care how I pop it on the gram. Like, this is prop money, man. Put in the Kodak glare. This is not my money.
Damaris
Return this in 90 days.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Because I do. Because it's weird, because I. I do pop it on Instagram because at the. At the end of the day, like, I'm a rapper that people might be like, oh, he don't got mainstream success. Yeah, but here's $200,000, bro. And I got $400,000 in jewelry. I need you to know that. I don't need y'all to know that. Like, so it's like, wait for y'all.
Rory
To start doing that.
Mall
This is not for y'all. Don't count my pockets. I'm popping it to them.
Damaris
I don't ban my entire neighborhood.
Mall
Yeah, yeah. I said, yeah. You know, but so it gets tricky like that. Cause it's like, I have to pop it to the industry, and that shit works. Like, it works. I'm telling you right now, if I up $100,000 on Instagram, it just reminds people, like, don't get it fucked up. I'm not being pushed by a corporate machine, and I'm not on these whatever, but I'm making a living platform. But I'm getting money off rap, off rhyming words. Don't ever try to play with me. Like, I didn't make it. I made it. I made it. I made it.
Rory
It.
Mall
But now to my neighborhood, and, like, hold on, hold on. We need to take a step back.
Damaris
And except for all the Haitian and Kian women, y'all can see it.
Mall
And so. But then I have to remind my neighborhood, like, Smokes, Buddha, Haas, Rah Rah Crook. My brother Sky Nip was just booked 10 other guys this Is my friends. They in jail. All right, That's a bill in itself.
Rory
100%.
Mall
Now security. Because so I don't put people in jeopardy where, you know, I'm a higher armed security.
Rory
You don't want your friends to be security.
Mall
Yeah. You see what I'm saying? So now I'm hiring people outside of the team. I could go the cheap route, but, you know, I'm hiring people outside of the team. Drivers, whatever. All this money is coming to make this shit look big and make this shit look grand. You know what I mean? I'm reinvesting. So it's like I gotta pop it to them and then reiterate to them.
Rory
Yeah, yeah.
Damaris
I get the branding outside of the safety in that as well. Like, even down to where I was mad that you told every girl in there to all dress in white. And that's you. And then the Ronco. Nah. But the rest of us did. He didn't tell.
Rory
Yeah, that ain't for y'all.
Damaris
Every man came in a different.
Rory
If you showed up to Millie's album release party all white, that would have been the nastiest shit ever. You can't do that.
Damaris
Which on club is on.
Rory
Oh, God. You can't do that.
Damaris
Yeah, all white with me.
Rory
That's disgusting.
Damaris
That's not really my thing.
Rory
But who were some of the people growing up in Mass as far as, like, music that inspired you? Like, just mass artists that maybe people outside of mass Never heard of.
Mall
The people outside of Mass. Damn. It's like rappers that, like, damn, they never, never dropped nothing. I say Smoke Bulger, he was having motion Rip Rock Ducati, man. It's a few. Like, there was people with movements. A guy named Lou Armstrong, he had a movement, like, where they would rap all the trucks and shit like that. You know, people like that kind of moving, like, as far as, like, musically inspiring me.
Rory
Even outside of Mass.
Mall
Outside of Mass, I'm inspired by so many people I don't know. That's like. I'm inspired by a lot. Like, you know, to this day, so many people. So I had a friend from. I had a friend that got sent away to live in Florida, and he came back from Florida and he was introducing me to, like, Jeezy and, you know, shit like that. Before, it was really hitting, like, and even more old school down south music like Boosie and Pastor Troy. So I was getting acquainted with, like, the down south sounds at the same time as I was really studying all the, you know, 50 Cent and everything. Underground New York. But no I'm inspired by everything still to this day.
Rory
What was it like? Cause I know obviously, you know, the Locks was a big inspiration for you. I mean, anybody that's into hip hop, the Locks gotta be inspiration. What was it like when you first had that first conversation with Kiss and you felt like, oh, shit, me and Kiss about to do business together. What was that feeling like for somebody that obviously grew up listening to Jada and just being a fan of the Locks?
Mall
It's funny. I wanna tell the real story, you know, but. So I was always around Kiss, and Kiss was cool as shit. Like, I did a feature with them through My Man Set Free, and then I just started popping up on them, like, at whatever flyer was posted. When I came to New York, I, like, would move by myself. I'd go to lust by myself. Like, those are good days.
Millie's
Rip lust.
Mall
Aces. Rip lust. Yeah. And it was like, I just had the sense, like, I had so much baggage in Boston and Massachusetts in general, that I just felt like, you know, I could move out here. Everybody. Nobody got beef with a white kid out here. Like, they know who their opps are and shit. I didn't have no jewelry at the time or anything. I'm going anywhere. I used to take the train to Starlitz. For real. I'm on the wall in Starlitz now. I used to take the train to. I didn't even know how to take the train. I don't know this train system. I know the red line and the green line, but nah. So I would pop up on Kiss a lot of times, and he was so cool. He just made me feel like something. Like, we'd be in the club and he'd see me. I'm outside of the vip, like, no motion at all. And he'd see me stand on the couch. He'd scream on the bounce. Let him in, sit me next to him. And that was, like, my whole fucking moment in life. I take the train back on cloud nine. Like, oh, my God, my life is lit. But we never. Yeah, for real. It ain't matter. Yeah. And I was sleeping in the apartment in the Bronx with roaches. Wow. Roaches. I'm putting powder down on all the. Like, the roach powder. I got the roach spray, the glue, the powder, everything. I got a me and set free. We going to events, like, double XL events. And you see, like, the Lauryn Hill poster. We taking shit like that.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
And I'm, like, laming into whatever you call them. I'm spreading it around my apartment so, you know, in case I Got a girl and the roach come through, like, barriers, shit like that. Like. But I'm still on cloud nine. Cause I'm cool with kids, similar times.
Rory
Right, right, right.
Mall
You know, So I think that's. Gratitude will get you a long way. But, yeah, at one point, Ice Pick J, who was his manager, was like, yo, you know Melies can sing Kiss? Like, no. And he's like, no, Millie sings, bro. All the rapping shit. You should. We. We need to take him as an artist. And so he called a meeting and we went to Kiss his crib. And I was all excited for the meeting. And then it was just me set free and. And Ice Pick and Kiss was like in the kitchen, and he was like, I'll talk about this later. Some shit like that. He was like, to tell me when. Like, when the important shit comes up. Yeah, but it was like Pick was going to run the play, and Pick ended up passing, probably like two months later and shit. But, like, he essentially gave me the Kiss, and then Kiss ended up running the play. So real spiritual to me. But, yeah, so that was like, the first time we really talked about it. And then it was like, after that, you know, there was a lot of artists that was down with Kiss, but I just felt like I gotta take the stamp and just make everything I can make of the stamp. Like, people think when you get with an artist that they go, don't sign an artist. But it's like, nah, don't sign an artist. If you plan to just use that artist's whole platform.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
You know, like, create your shit. You should be. There's people that could come in here off media and take. Yo, I work with Rory and Maul and literally really just propel it and shit. All you need is the stamp. Oh, I could get you on FaceTime. I could get you on FaceTime. That's all you need. I could call Damaris right now. You don't believe me, Bow. And I'm trying to start my own shit. And it was kind of like that I had that stamp from Kiss, so. All right, I'm running with that. I need the stamp. I don't need much more.
Rory
Yeah, you know, especially as a rapper, if somebody like, you got somebody like Kiss that, you know, is telling you, like, you dope and, you know, he fuck with you, Hell yeah. I don't think you need much more.
Mall
Yeah. Ultimate confidence. Ultimate confidence for sure. And then from there, it's just like, once my name got big and I really got attached to him and the whole brand, I was Like, I gotta, you know, protect this shit forever. And there's still things I do that like, he won't approve of. You know what I mean? Whether it's showing money on the gram or whatever. Like, there's certain things, but we're different people.
Damaris
Yeah.
Rory
Kiss is. He's the eldest statesman now. So that's like, yo, why. Yeah, why are we doing that?
Mall
He's like Tony Soprano. And I'm like, Chris. Yeah, my Chris, for sure.
Damaris
Yeah.
Mall
But without the cocaine.
Rory
So a couple. A couple weeks ago, they've been running with this whole Mount Rushmore, and they did the white rapper, Mount Rushmore.
Mall
Right.
Rory
And somebody who you had a little bit of. A little bit, I guess, of an issue with at one point. Mgk, Machine Gun Kelly was. He was on the Mount White. Was he?
Mall
No, they love him. They love him off. Yeah.
Rory
So he was saying he should have.
Damaris
Been him, but he shouldn't.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
No, shouldn't be on there.
Mall
But.
Rory
But I know that you and MGK had y'all thinking for, but y'all have squashed y'all thing. What was that. What was the original reason behind you and mgk? Kind of having a little back and forth.
Mall
It's gonna make it look like I'm dragging it to talk on this joint. But, like, we just knew each other super early and. Yeah, we knew each other super early and then just fell out about shit. And, you know, I took my route to. To. I took my route to, you know, speak on him in raps and shit like that and trying to bait him into the battle. And he ain't go for the battle.
Rory
Okay.
Mall
Yeah.
Rory
Do y'all have you.
Mall
It meant sensibly, you know what I mean? I think it was probably like risk assessment at the same time.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Cause I do think he's a great rapper. You know what I mean? He could rap his ass.
Rory
He don't get the credit. He could rap his ass off.
Mall
I wanted that matchup. To me, it's like a boxer, you know, I wanted that matchup.
Rory
But yeah, even.
Damaris
I mean, outside of his M reply, which I thought he'd be M. The Jack Harlow reply that no one talked about.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
When he left his million dollar mansion with his Wait, you felt like he.
Rory
Got him in that battle. Yeah, I thought we was always. Because I always. I thought we was on opposite sides of that.
Damaris
No, I thought MGK got M was cool, don't get me wrong, but I really think MGK's hit better. But even after the whole Jack Harlo thing, which I Even forgot how that even got started. I think it was just. Just, you know, we can speak about it. We hate our own kind. Every white person.
Rory
So we are so you. Oh, we are like all skin folk.
Damaris
Ain't kin folk, luckily aren't like that. But yeah, we. We try to beef with other white people that are just to, you know what's crazy.
Mall
And like, I don't know, they might wow. On me on this. Saying this on the podcast, but I swear to God, white people tried to stop me from getting into the rap industry. Like on everything I love, bro.
Rory
Wow.
Mall
I was never helped by white people. Not the fans. The fans helped me. The fans, very clear. White people in the industry with the power to bring me up did not jack me at all.
Damaris
I mean it's definitely.
Mall
Everybody who brought me up was. Had melanin.
Rory
But why do you think that is, though?
Mall
I don't know. But he. He just said it. So I'm just. Just thinking about that. It's a thought I. I commonly think of like. It wasn't like what you would think it is. I think it's because I'm not from a white neighborhood.
Rory
Okay. Okay.
Mall
And so like that threw them off. I think they. You gotta have a point of reference. So like. Yeah, point of reference is either Malibu's Most Wanted or Tommy from Power. It's like, where is there?
Damaris
It has to be a gray area.
Mall
So if this don't exist yet, you know. Cause people are people. People would rather go for like the. The easy lie than the complex truth. So somebody don't want to dive into a complex truth and have to tell that. That story. But yeah, it was just like I felt like a lot of resistance and just like downplay just trying to. Whether it was the blog era, whatever it was. I just felt like a lot of downplay from the whites. You know.
Damaris
We had this conversation.
Mall
The fans. Not the fans.
Damaris
We had this conversation. People in the industry, Vlad was on maths or whatever and had. Had brought me up and talked about white. The white on white crime in hip hop and white people in hip hop hating each other. And I feel them because I. That is a stigma and something that is true. I'm joking because I feel like I've never been that way ever. Everyone that's white.
Mall
Yeah. I didn't get that from you. I didn't get that from you.
Damaris
I mean, listen, if you're a good. There's white rappers I hate, don't get me wrong. But there's sometimes I'll see a white face and go, no thanks.
Rory
Yeah, no, I'm good.
Mall
But people down to me, I get it.
Damaris
But it's behind the scenes too, with media stuff. Like, I haven't. Like, Rosenberg is the real everyone in white media I've had a great relationship with, but I know for a fact they have had really weird interactions with other white people in hip hop as well. I don't know if it's the guest thing that we're all trying to fight to prove that we're the better guest. I don't really know where it comes from because I don't subscribe to it. But it does exist, exist. Like, it doesn't shock me at all that that's been your experience when it comes to behind the scenes. That's not really their. Their thing. I mean, even like how Mac had to come through with Wiz and everyone. Like, Mac did become the darling of the whites.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
But he had to go through Wiz's camp. I mean, granny went to high school with all them and everything. But that was still not the traditional way that say. I don't know.
Rory
I mean, that's so interesting to hear like, Millie say that though.
Millie's
Like.
Rory
Like no white people, essentially.
Mall
Cause you gotta think of everybody who put me on bro in the industry.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Like, it goes back to my neighborhood, my first manager, and then, you know, set free. Brought me out to New York. Kiss, Ice Pick, people who show me love in the industry. Yomi put me in the BET cipher. I didn't have PR or anything of that nature. You know what I mean? All the way to just the artist. It's like, it's, you know, I. I ain't. I've been. I've been in a million meetings. I feel like with just people, but like, I don't see it. But, you know.
Rory
Well, I mean, that's fine.
Mall
Like, that's why I show the money on Instagram. Yeah.
Rory
Like, listen, I got to it Universal.
Damaris
Look right here.
Mall
I'll be looking at dude's like, my life is crushing this shit. My life is demolishing your shit. Crazy stupid.
Rory
As far as the music, are there any producers that you haven't worked with that you were like, damn, I would love to get like an entire project with this producer.
Mall
No, not really.
Rory
No producers.
Damaris
Yeah.
Mall
Nah. Because now it's like the Millies type beat thing is so crazy that I just have to find somebody original who's making a crazy sound. And I feel like I don't want to say rappers do that. Like when they're like not hanging their Career up, but it's more like a artistic thing after they already made it. And then, like, they do that. Like, I'm still trying to find hit records and shit like that.
Damaris
I hear that. What song? Your relationship with Bia.
Mall
Cool. It's like my sis. For real. For sure. Like, we just. We relate to each other because we from the same place and. Yeah, she's just cool. We talk a lot of shit.
Damaris
Like, outside of rap, you know, she's definitely cool people. Before we get to our voicemails, we were talking off microphone of your strategy of a hundred. 100 men versus one gorilla. And you seem to have this painted out, like, the general strategy of how we're going to get this done.
Mall
Yeah. Hell, yeah.
Rory
The hell yeah.
Damaris
Subtle confidence.
Rory
And I love. You know why I love this? Because the only way to find out is it has to happen. You can't test this theory.
Mall
We gonna do it like. No, Peter gotta take a step back. And we just gotta try. We need to do this.
Rory
But, yeah. Give us the Millies. Game plan, the execution on how.
Mall
So, like, some of this. I was talking with my man Mally, and I was. And we were just saying, like, it depends on, like, the level of human. So when people. We're just thinking, like, dudes who go to the gym and MMA fighters. You gotta think about humans that live in the jungle. Jungle.
Rory
That's what you. That's where you taking it. We gotta get them.
Mall
Think about dudes that's not Tarzan. Like, like.
Damaris
Yeah, George of the Jungle.
Mall
Like, apocal. Like, apocalyptic.
Damaris
Like, you know, there's still kids from Jamaica.
Mall
There's still places in Colombia and like that where they haven't seen civilization.
Rory
Oh, yeah. So. So you saying, go get them.
Mall
Go get 20 of them. We got 100 dudes, right?
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
All right. Right.
Damaris
But even, like, that one indigenous island that has all the people that never seen civilization and they kill, like, one Christian every three years that tries to.
Rory
Jesus.
Damaris
That's not a gorilla. That's.
Mall
They're killing animals, bro. They live with the gorillas. They know the tactics of gorillas, but.
Damaris
They don't get a spirit.
Millie's
You know you sound silly, right?
Mall
You know it.
Damaris
He's trying to keep it.
Rory
He's trying to keep it. Like, his theory is tried.
Mall
And Colombian, too.
Damaris
Like, you just name the spot.
Rory
A Colombian gorilla. Just show him a brick.
Damaris
Let him get in the poppy field. He's done.
Rory
He's done. We got him.
Mall
Listen, you're going. People from the jungle.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Different strategies. They just. They could climb tree they do all types of shit.
Rory
Just do jungle sumos.
Mall
20 sumos.
Rory
20. Okay, 20 sumos.
Damaris
Okay, that's first wave. A gorilla is smoking every sumo in a Harvey. They've moved like this.
Mall
Nah, you're not thinking. You're not the weight of sumos, bro. You're gonna use this. You use the sumos. You use the sumos essentially to sit on the gorilla. You got to pin the gorilla down. Okay, so we got wild sumos. A few of y'all are going to be casualties. 10 dead sumos on.
Rory
I think that's important to highlight that.
Mall
Yes, we're gonna use. Bro, first of all, we're gonna use the dead bodies. So you take. You take 10 dead sumos, huh, Rip? Yeah, stack them up on the gorillas while dudes are fighting. Look, you. You need like, four MMA fighters fighting. They're going to be casualties too. You got dudes picking them up. Eventually you just. You swing the bodies, whatever. If you. If you swing a sumo body hard enough. Why you laughing?
Damaris
Real Josh, can we look up the average weight of a sumo wrestler?
Mall
We're talking about the most, most strongest people on earth that do. Yeah, the jab.
Rory
The. The.
Mall
The strong.
Rory
Okay.
Damaris
I think the gorilla is going to give us enough time to swing, like, do 1, 2, 3.
Mall
How many pounds does the gorilla weigh?
Damaris
Measured by tons, I believe. I think the biggest gorilla.
Rory
600, is like the biggest.
Mall
All right, 600. You throw a 300.
Damaris
600, and agile sumo wrestlers are 300, 450.
Mall
We're going to demolish this thing. You throw. If you throw a sumo. No, listen, listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. If you throw a sumo, look, you see how it's standing right there?
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Throw the sumo into his leg, okay? Like a kickstand, and you're kicking the leg out.
Rory
All right? So break the leg. Break the leg.
Mall
They're getting injured off grip. I promise. 100 men could be assume I'm dead ass.
Rory
Okay?
Damaris
They could do the tabletop. Remember tabletop in middle school? Someone get behind and then push them.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Look, you throw the sumos at it until this shit is hurt. Eventually you start stacking dead bodies on this shit. It's dead weight. Now the people are even heavier. Now you just fucking get tactical. You get people who've been growing their nails out or whatever. You stab the shit in the throat, you douche it, gash it, you just slowly attack it. It's only going to. It's going to take about 20 human casualties. The rest of the 80 dudes is going to pound it out. And gorillas have never laid a demonstration on who have they killed outside of Godzilla. More movie.
Rory
But that's what I'm saying. I don't think we have any, any, any excuse gorillas. We did. We did have a chimp.
Mall
There's no demonstrations, though. It's like a guy with a bunch of guns who never killed anybody.
Rory
That's true. But we do have cases where chimps have attacked humans. I believe one chimp completely ripped the lady's face off.
Mall
A lady?
Rory
Just. Yeah, just. It was just like. But they were like at home.
Millie's
Ripped your off too.
Rory
Yeah, they were just at home.
Damaris
I don't know that I say faces don't have gender. Like at that. It doesn't matter if it's a lady or man. That face is getting ripped off.
Rory
But gorillas don't kill humans because humans are very rarely in the vicinity of a wild gorilla.
Mall
I'm just saying we have no demonstration. And y'all are giving it a hundred bodies. Yeah, there's no demonstration. You may double the murder rate. And wherever. Like, what are we talking about?
Rory
They were in. And we could clean this up. Pull up the clip where the gorilla.
Mall
I got 40 humans dragged.
Rory
He dragged. It was like a photographer that was in. Like they were all like in amongst gorillas and it just dragged a photographer a few feet and let him go. Like that is the funny. That clip right there. And it just dragged.
Mall
I'm an animal lover too.
Rory
Yeah, look at that. Look at. Watch this.
Mall
God damn. That is a big ass gorilla right there.
Damaris
Bodies on animals.
Rory
Look how it's just dragging that. Look, that dude look like he all on himself.
Millie's
He was very calm though.
Rory
You better be. You better not look like you about to fight.
Mall
Well, that's your demonstration. Will air. I'm trying to tell you, bro. I'm trying to tell you. It's not even a discussion. A hundred men will crush one of them shits, bro.
Rory
A punch has seven.
Mall
You getting all of this. It's a lot of bark.
Damaris
Like, do you even see the hip movement on that, bro? He was swinging.
Rory
A gorilla has one punch, has 776 pounds. Pounds of pressure. One punch.
Mall
That's why he's gonna.
Damaris
2, 700.
Rory
Oh, excuse me, I had the numbers wrong. 2, 700 pounds of pressure behind one girl.
Mall
All right, but. All right, look, if you play that clip back right, this clip is looping right now. So if. If you watch this clip right when he punches the guy, when the gorilla. When the gorilla punches the guy, you'll see an outlet look right there. Well, you, that's when you're throwing the guys at his leg. Leg.
Rory
Okay. Throw the. So break the legs.
Mall
That's what I'm saying. And I don't even think the gorilla's standing straight up and doing all this.
Damaris
I don't think somebody with 2, 000 pounds in a hook. Look, breaking, throwing someone at his leg is going to stop it.
Mall
A sumo wrestler. You throw a sumo wrestler at his leg with high velocity.
Rory
Yeah, I just don't, I just don't.
Damaris
Know the velocity we're doing with the sumo wrestler. We're the strongest people. Like we gonna roll him like a bowling ball.
Mall
Three sumo wrestlers to throw a sumo, bro.
Rory
This shit is possible.
Damaris
That's not happening.
Rory
So we throw in the dead bodies. I get.
Mall
They keep showing these type of dudes. These is not the type of dudes that's going to be like, you're giving the wrong example. These dudes be in the gym.
Rory
Like, those are some mma. They showed an MMA fighter in a ring with a gorilla like AI. You know they showed that. But they're saying that a gorilla could bench press 40 up to £4,800.
Mall
All right. Do you think you can't beat a dude who goes to the gym every day? There's gotta be. They're not talking about parts of the gorilla that could knock him out. Where's the nerves at? Where's his nerves at at?
Damaris
It's covered by Teflon. That's what I'm trying to say. The, the, the muscle bound guy that be in the gym. If you don't know how to fight, you could beat him. No matter what I'm saying. Even if they don't know how to fight somebody with 2,000 pounds in a punch, when they mush your face, that's like £500 breaking your nose. When they break like this.
Mall
Break. All right, you, you start with the goal, bro. You break the leg on the gorilla. Listen, you break the leg on the gorilla and then you chill until it starts really feeling pain. Everybody get away from it. Get away from it.
Rory
Okay, yeah.
Mall
Now pain. You heard it again. And. But I love gorillas. I would never want to kill a gorilla. I'm just saying like.
Rory
Right, right.
Mall
No, I really love animals.
Millie's
You would never get the chance for.
Rory
I like how Millie said it. Like he gonna be in the vicinity of a gorilla. Like, nah, you good. I ain't gonna do nothing. Ain't no, ain't no, no.
Mall
I just don't want to. Like, I, I love, I love Animals. Like, I don't even like talking about humans killing animals, but we could, though.
Rory
Oh, no, I think there's definitely. We can kill animals if we get weapons and things like that, bro.
Mall
Bare hands. Believe y'all not going for the sumo strategy.
Rory
Just not a.
Mall
We got. We got 20 dudes from the jungle, 20 sumos, 20 MMA fighters.
Rory
Okay, that's 60.
Millie's
Who you sacrificing?
Mall
We sacrifice.
Damaris
They saying a nine millimeter can't even puncture this kid. You think a punch will.
Mall
Damn it. I mean, but you could break. You could break a leg of them if you.
Rory
I think it takes more than just throwing a sumo wrestler.
Mall
I don't think we got enough facts on how long the gorilla can fight.
Rory
No, their endurance is very short now.
Mall
That's what I'm saying. There's a lot of facts that is not being presented.
Rory
But I just. But Millie's. Me personally, I just know that if you send in a wave of 20 men and the other 80 are standing back waiting for them.
Mall
We sending 40. We're sending 40.
Rory
The first 40.
Mall
We sending 40.
Rory
10 casuals standing there watching them run. Once those 60 men start seeing that gorilla peel these grown men apart like bananas, I think some of those six, they're going to be like, yo, I'm cool. I'm not going in there.
Mall
They're not allowed. These is all we. We thinking about it on some Gladiator Russell Crowe shit. They're not to run. These are. These are not the guys that's running. I'm talking about humans is here to die for this. Like, Gladiator 300 people, like, yeah, okay. No, not. Not 300 people. 100 from 300.
Damaris
I'm talking about the movie 300, that they were born and ra. Like, as born and raised. You're just.
Mall
We're talking about war, straight warriors. We're not talking about guys who are going to see this and run away.
Rory
Okay. All right.
Damaris
Gorillas don't have the same endurance. They're more likely sprinters than long distance runners. But at the same time, I'm taking their sprint over the sumo wrestlers. Sprint and endurance.
Mall
They don't have the endurance of athletes. What happens when you break his leg? It's done.
Rory
Yeah. I just don't know if the sumo wrestler. Throwing the sumo wrestler at the leg is going to do it, though. It's going to take a lot to.
Mall
Break a gorilla 330 pounds. You throw a couple of the motherfuckers or like, when it's doing its thing, the sumo could just really Try to pin its leg down. Break that shit. There's people that know how to.
Rory
Yeah, that's true. I just think that you're thinking about breaking, like, a human leg. I don't know if you.
Millie's
The fact y'all are having this conversation and being ser. Serious has me peeing.
Rory
Yo, yo. Because you know what it is?
Millie's
Nah, I wouldn't be the dumb. Getting in the ring with a gorilla. That's right.
Rory
You don't.
Mall
You don't believe in 100 men.
Millie's
I don't believe in one man.
Rory
That's just 100. She don't believe.
Damaris
How do you break a gorilla's leg? I said I can't help you with that. Your question is about gorilla anatomy, veterinary care, wildlife protection. I'd be happy to help. Can you clarify what your intent is?
Mall
That's why I'm trying to tell Peter, like, I'm not on here. This, like, for real. I want all the gorillas to live. I think also, let me put the disclaimer. Anybody who goes and hunts wild game or whatever, you know, all them rich people that go kill tigers and lions and rare animals, like, you're going to hell too. But yeah, like, just on this just, you know, strategy of 100 men versus a gorilla, no, that gorilla is going to die.
Rory
So we all made mistakes, right? But owning up to them, it's the right thing to do. But we all know degree Cool Rush deodorant. Well, last year they changed the formula.
Mall
And it did not go over well.
Rory
With the fans, the grease, whole thing. It turns up sweat, other protection when you turn up the effort. And good thing it does, because Cool Rush fans really turned up the effort to bring back the OG formula.
Mall
One guy even started an online petition.
Rory
And degree Listen, they admitted they effed.
Mall
Up and are bringing back that OG.
Rory
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Mall
Number one men's antiperspirant for the last decade. It's the same reason why people are.
Rory
Not happy when the recipe was changed. So listen, if you've never tried, it might be a good time to try. See what the fuss is about.
Mall
Head to your local Walmart or Target and try the OG degree Cool Rush for yourself.
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Millies, we have some voicemails for you. Some people have, they want to know they want some advice from y'all. Not monkey advice, just regular human advice.
Rory
You've got mail.
Damaris
Gorillas bones are nine times stronger than from Austin, Texas.
Rory
And it's just a question about the rap music and stuff since like you know, I love the 90s, early 2000s, but y'all know all the stuff right now is all gimmicky like what can come viral? How do you propose new rappers or.
Mall
Rappers these days that are like coming up to make music like the 90s.
Rory
Again or not exactly.
Mall
Like make the exact same music.
Rory
But how do you get into that.
Mall
Genre of like the rap music being like a part of the pain and.
Rory
Suffering of you growing up in life and you like telling you outlets out.
Mall
How to get out of that stuff.
Rory
Like, well, how do you propose people music get to that level of music again? That's a good question.
Mall
Well that, that's on the industry because that music is out there.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
Leaf Ward, like equivalent to Nas, you break down his bar, it's no difference, bro. He rap high level. High, high, high. Very high level, you know. And people from the 90s is so jaded from listening to the 90s shit. They look, oh my God. You said he's like, nah, you know what I mean? So there's the disconnect with that. If you're looking for high level rap, it's really out there in there and they're going crazy. Real pain music, mighty real pain music. More than him. Like there's great rappers out there. I think it comes down. But you know, TikTok definitely throws the shit off with the 15 seconds and all that. People don't want to ride and like it's like people don't want to tune into something that makes them think anymore. We want to just. Everything's so dumbed down, you know, So I don't know that I think that's on the industry. But as far as the talent, getting people back to rapping like that, like.
Rory
People out there doing it, it's out there.
Damaris
I mean, and I think back to our conversation, your records with Albie, like those are proven that those bring views in like. And let's not act like there wasn't Gimmicks in the 90s too. It's always going to be gimmicks no matter what is going to happen. But I hate that mentality because if you go look at artists like you, it's still working. There's still crazy views over the people that are still doing it.
Mall
Yeah. Hard ticket sales, crazy.
Damaris
Of course we'll have to deal with tick tock the 15 second, but that's just always going to be be the same thing. People had to deal with trl, people had to deal with radio. Like that's just the new version of that. It's still working.
Rory
Yeah.
Damaris
Having that mentality I think is the issue.
Mall
You have a also to homie from AZ, like it might not have the 90s sound, but go listen to no Cap. Like this is an artist that's lit by all standards. He's actually doing melody with all bars in it though. Everything is bars. Rylo Rodriguez. A lot of people won't. A lot of people. People won't like put it in, you know, in their mind or they don't got the. It's like it takes your ear a little adjusting. But if you want that bars and pain and substance, it's out there too. Like no cap is phenomenal, you know.
Rory
It is a lot of it. I think like you said, I think just the way we consume music has changed and I think that, you know, the fact that a nobody can upload their music the same day to the same platform as a Beyonce or Kendrick or Drake, I think. Think that with a lot of it as well, because it's like there's so much access that we have to. We have access to dumb that we should never even hear, that we should never even see. But because we all are on our devices and all on these streaming platforms, we're going to come across. It all is going to be pushed that maybe we would never even find. But it's being pushed, like you said, because of tick tock. It's 15 seconds in a song that 100,000 kids are looking at that they thought was dope.
Damaris
Yeah.
Rory
I didn't just spread.
Mall
I didn't understand how bad that was until I talked to a DJ and he was like, yeah, when, when I'm in the club, I gotta play the. The sound from Tick Tock. You gotta keep it down, bro. You gotta. He was like, you gotta, you gotta play the sound on Tick Tock and skip over the rest of the song because they might know the song and the whole club goes crazy, but they don't know the rest.
Damaris
The rest of the. So yeah, I also think like consumers that are like my age and older need to also adjust their ear.
Mall
Adjust. Yeah, adjust your ear, man.
Damaris
Granted, early 2000s was when like I really started to really, really get into music. Late 90s, went back to 90s shit in my teenage years. So I still have that nostalgic feel like when I was coming up. I have a different connection to it. So that sound enters my brain differently. I can't listen to this stuff now the same way because I'm doing a disjustice to what's out now.
Rory
Right.
Damaris
Why could I have those same ears? Cause it's connected to a different part of my life, like my child childhood. You. Nothing's gonna sound that way. No matter what you were listening to as a kid. It's always Going to sound and be in your heart way different. There's plenty of guys rapping just as good as everyone in the 90s just because it doesn't sound like the exact same thing super fast. You need to adjust your ears.
Mall
And it's rappers, fans. Yeah, it's not the popular thing either. But if you want that, like, that is out there, you know?
Damaris
Yeah, you just want the same. No, nothing's gonna sound like the first time you heard Nas when you were adjusting ear. It's never gonna happen that way.
Mall
Adjusting your ear and trying to. Trying to understand why something is lit is very important too. Like, you know, they say people stop listening to music or searching for new music after the age of 30. Like, scientifically. This is not like my gorilla theory Damaris. It's like real fact, I've heard. But people stop listening, looking for new music, and they just hang it up. Whereas, like, like the part of being, you know, youthful is just listen, like being excited about new shit. So when you're not excited to look at anything, like, I'm all. Even if I don't understand it, I'm asking, like the youngins, like, until I understand it, oh, this is why y'all like it. And then I try to listen from that standpoint. And a lot of the times I'll be like, oh, I see it. It's fire.
Rory
I tried that with Rod Wave. Cause I like, I hear some songs from him and I love his melodies. I don't know if I'm just depressed or sad enough to really get into it, but he was one of the artists that I remember asking a lot of younger guys like, yo, so why is it that y'all really into this dude? Cause every time I see him, he's in the fucking sold out arena.
Mall
Yeah.
Rory
So I'm like, okay, clearly there's a whole wave here in his own Touch your heart, bro. Following here, man.
Mall
So I feel like I see that with Rod Wave. To me, Rod Wave is one of the. That's probably my most listened to.
Rory
To artists.
Mall
I listen to Rod Wave every time I take a plane. Every time I take a plane back from somewhere. That's my shit.
Rory
Cause you sad that you're leaving?
Mall
Nah, it's like reflection music. Like, if you listen to his shit, like, already won. It's sad to some people.
Rory
Okay.
Mall
But he's also, I don't know, it's just real life to me. I don't like escapism music. Like, how a lot of people just listen to escapism music, which is like, club shit. Like, let me just escape from my life. I like the shit that talks to me about what I'm going through. Cause I don't have no therapist or I don't got. So that's where the music is, the therapy, and it just sounds fundamentally good. And. Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I love Raw.
Rory
No, I'm trying. I'm trying to. I'm trying to appreciate him more. I'm trying to get more into the music. I recognize the talent.
Mall
So. So, for instance, like, Sky Priority is. Is. Is a. Is a song I heard from him. We were literally leaving, like, a little treacherous venue in Connecticut one night. And Toads. Yeah, yeah, and Toads isn't per se treacherous, but New Haven.
Damaris
Yeah. Depending on who's around.
Mall
And there was some shit that was going on at the show, whatever. And we got into the car and I'm listening to Rod Wave, and he's, like, on the road doing shows all alone and somebody else's city living wrong. Pray to God I can make it back home. Even if I don't, it won't be long. And I'm listening to this. I just went through this shit. Like. Like, just went through this shit. And I played that song a hundred times. I didn't want to hear another song for the next two weeks. So. Rob Wave has that effect on people.
Rory
Okay.
Mall
You know what I mean? Where it's like, you might hear something that hit you so strong from him that you, like. I don't now. This is, like, above music. Cause this is, like, connecting with me on a therapy level.
Rory
And that's essentially what music is supposed to do.
Mall
Right? So, yeah, and I'm big into just singing, like, the. You know, the. I haven't been as big into, like, the more newer R and B and shit like that. But, like, Raw Wave brings that singing element is.
Rory
Are we gonna get, like a R and B project? Families I love.
Mall
Like, I said, Aaron Blanco's hard.
Rory
There it is right there. I mean, Aron Blanco.
Mall
You know what I tell people, too? Like, my rapping. Oh, that's why, man. I got a freestyle going, fake viral right now, but it's like, it overshadows the other shit. I got millions of views on songs where I just sing, you know, so I'd love to do that and be more known for that. Like, my core audience, everybody who buys Hard Time tickets, they expect that from me. They love that. But that hasn't, like, that's one of my goals, to kind of push that more through to the mainstream that, you know, I do that.
Damaris
I think in this era, though, you can split it, like, even if it's not Oren Blanco, even though I think that's a genius name. People having different series of stuff has always been even in hip hop, even if it. People that were just rapping. All right, this is just going to be my freestyle over other beats, and then here's my original music. I think you could still do a R, B, E, ep, something along those lines, I think.
Mall
And I don't even consider. It's more like. Because it's. I'm not trying to, like, sing, sing. I got a song called High Beams, though. They got like, its own little core audience, and that's the most I like, really was singing. I'm gonna send that to y'all. But that's. Yeah, if I could make, like, a project like that, that'd be hard.
Damaris
We were also. Before we get out here, we were talking off mic. You brought up a really, really good question. Max B is getting out in November. From what we understand, what should Max B's first move be? Getting out of jail. I thought that was a very, very interesting question.
Rory
Yeah, I thought. I think. I believe he should just get straight to Max B Silver Surfer shit mixtape, soon as.
Damaris
I mean, obviously his sound is kind of what's now crazy 100.
Rory
It fits everybody's, you know, the melodies and a lot of the styles that. That. That, you know, Max had with the whole Silver Surfer and all of the, you know, the mixtapes that he was putting out just to sound is very relevant right now. But I think obviously when he. After he gets adjusted to being home, family, gets that out the way. Once he's ready to get back into music, I think that we need a Silver Surfer mixtape.
Damaris
And I mean, outside of getting adjusted, family and, you know, not rushing, like, get. Get your life back together. I think outside of the sound being what Max was doing, Max was the content king during the DVD era.
Millie's
You took the word.
Damaris
We are now in the content era. Max B. I don't even know. You should, like, don't touch the studio yet. Let everyone reintroduce you to the world as the fucking comedian, personality, amazing person that we know. Max B2B through the DVD era. I don't even know if we need a song from him for the first few months.
Rory
No, we need a song. People want to hear. Max, he been through some shit, but.
Mall
That'S kind of like Schmurda. Like, Bobby Smurda got, like a big personality.
Damaris
But I I feel like.
Mall
You think Bobby should have dropped straight out.
Damaris
No, I think he should have chilled a little bit longer, to be quite honest.
Mall
I. I don't think he dropped, like, fresh out, though.
Damaris
He didn't.
Rory
He.
Damaris
I think he should have taken more.
Mall
Time right now, though. The attention span of the public is so crazy. When you get out of jail, you kind of got to ride that momentum, like.
Damaris
But Bobby was in that position, though, that he could have taken. He. He's one of the few people, because of the story and the anticipation, he really taking his time. But I don't know what's going on in people's lives who needs money. Like, I.
Mall
But that's what I'm saying. I don't want to judge in that attention. So, boom. When whatever rapper gets out of jail, man, I feel like you got, you know, Rio, the young og. Come on. He came straight to the pj. You got to go, pj. They got to give you your advance from your record label and cash. You got to pop it that day if you want. That's how I think, like, because you're gonna get a lot of free publicity, and you gotta ride that shit. So I think the quicker you could get to it, like, Rio, the young og, came home and got right to it, I think. I'm not gonna lie. I think Max gotta get right to it.
Damaris
Like, he's in a. Like, I. I hear you. Especially with.
Mall
How much is the older generation gonna support him, like, though.
Rory
I think they will. I think not only will the older. Like, he just had, you know, supreme just dropped his T shirt. So we obviously know supreme being a, you know, a streetwear brand, a lot of, you know, young people are attached to that brand and support that brand. It sold out, which. So. Which means, you know, people are. People know who Max is, and if they don't know, they heard about it. They want to be affiliated with the story of Max being who he is. So I think that Max comes home, obviously, you know, get his family orders in line and things of that nature, but I think he has plans on getting right to the music. I believe he's got a thousand songs written. I'm sure. I'm pretty sure he has.
Mall
I think that's the way you got to come home, like, Pac, like, you got to come home, like.
Damaris
Yeah, do the older. Does the older crowd matter? With someone like Max and hear me out. Hear me out the way. I'm not. I'm not comparing Max B to Charleston White or Boosie whatsoever. I'm just saying older People that are dominating the media space because of their unique personality. I think these young kids, without even knowing who Max B. Is, is going to gravitate to him. He's that type of personality.
Rory
Oh, yeah, for sure, for sure.
Damaris
So I don't know if he needs to go. To have to rely on the connections that he had when he was free. Like, even though a lot of people are still moving and shaking, does he need them? He's.
Mall
Yeah, no. Personality. Personality wise. Personality wise. He's gonna go crazy regardless. I just think in the state of music, like where we're at now, it's like people. People almost stop giving a fuck about rappers coming home from jail. Cause so many rappers coming home from jail where it used to be like, you know, like a big rollout. And so I was just thinking, like, music wise, he's gonna do phenomenal either way. But it's like, music wise, I would think just on the strategy.
Rory
You're right too.
Mall
On a strategy. Yeah. Have the attitude of coming out and getting right directly to it. Drop a song first 72 hours, like go or something. Just big in the media. You know what I mean? Like, who do you think he was?
Rory
First big feature.
Damaris
What's. What's the first big record that he remixes? That's the most effective thing. I think that was how Max made his name. And now this shit. The game recycles itself all the time. We even see the biggest artists not even going to streaming anymore. Max, if he doesn't monetize, could rap over every big record out right now on YouTube.
Rory
You know what, y'all? This is gonna bear with me, okay? You know what I would love to hear Max on Just because his melodies and his style and his voice and his flow. I would love to hear him on Nokia.
Damaris
Oh, that's. That's not a crazy. Take it off.
Rory
I would love.
Damaris
Designed from Xbox.
Rory
I would love to Max be on no kid.
Damaris
No, that.
Mall
Yeah, N. He.
Damaris
He.
Mall
He could float on a lot of.
Rory
I would love.
Damaris
He already has. He's on the hook.
Rory
Yeah. I would love to hear him on Baby Girl. I would love to hear that.
Damaris
And I mean, even with everything going melodic, like, Max has not even seen what tune can do on Pro Tools right now. Like, with everything going full melodic, who knows if Max is even going to rap?
Rory
Oh, he's gonna rap.
Damaris
Yeah.
Rory
But I think he's definitely gonna rap for sure. Oh, no. Oh, no, that's. He has to. That's. That's his thing. He has to.
Damaris
All right.
Rory
Millie's. Well, we apprec by kicking with us, man. It's always good to see you, Blanco. Seven is available now. And whenever you're ready to start R and Blanco, let me know. I want to end all the first few sessions, man. Get that going. Because I, I heard, I heard the ride wave. I heard, I hear the vocals, I hear what you doing there. But anytime you in the city, well, you, you always hear me. I told Roy, I said, man, Millie's.
Mall
Lives in the N. I appreciate y'all, man.
Rory
Now we got to catch a Boston game. Boston Knicks.
Damaris
If we're.
Mall
I'm gonna get out of there. Yeah, I think the Knicks are gonna make it. I'm. I'm. I'm gonna get her out of New York for a while until it cool down.
Rory
To the playoffs. Cool.
Mall
Yeah, until the playoffs cool down.
Rory
Cause you can't be in the Garden with that Boston. If we in the playoffs.
Mall
I'm not going to Madison Squid game.
Rory
Nah, you can't do that.
Mall
I'm cool off. I go like to regular games and like, I can't go when the Knicks fans is like super delusional and shit.
Rory
Yeah, yeah. It's crazy.
Damaris
So you mean all the time?
Rory
Yeah, every game is. The Knicks fans are delusional every single game.
Millie's
But that's what makes it fun. No.
Rory
Oh no. It's fun times. But as a die hard Celtics fan.
Mall
We'Re ops for I hope we didn't.
Damaris
Make it a second round, but let's not act like the Celtics don't look a little shaky now.
Rory
Now could we do this? Will you come to a. A Yankee game with us? Me, you, and Rory at a Yankee game?
Millie's
I feel like that's worse. No.
Rory
Yeah, but it's Yankee games.
Damaris
People don't really care like that. If we went to a game in Yankee, it'd be a problem.
Rory
Be a problem at Yankee Stadium.
Damaris
People don't really care about that.
Mall
Yeah, I think that's just overhyped. I'll go to a Mets game. Where? With you.
Rory
Are you. You a Mets fan? You. You ain't with Yank?
Mall
I wear met hats and like that.
Damaris
Cuz you like orange?
Rory
He's so mad. He not. He don't even want to go in Yankee.
Mall
I could have did a Yankee hat with this right here.
Rory
You like N. In.
Damaris
In the. In the event that the Knicks and Celtics do meet in the second round, if Ma and I drive up to Boston, would you even be seen with us if we went to the Boston. Boston Garden?
Mall
Of course. No, just not in Nick's Gear. But look.
Damaris
No, but I'm gonna wear my Nick.
Mall
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. I can't walk with y'all into the bar. No disrespect.
Damaris
Like, I'm literally a walking shamrock, though.
Rory
I look like everybody got.
Mall
Pound you, and I gotta keep it moving. Cause, like, it's just political, bro. But, you know they're gonna bring up, too. I guarantee if we play the Knicks, they're gonna say, oh, look, Millie's wore a New York Knicks jersey courtside with Dave east side at a. At a Madison Square Garden game. Yeah, that was a Patrick Ewing jersey.
Rory
That's a fact.
Mall
Who is from three streets from me? My neighborhood hero.
Rory
There you go. Yeah, there you go. I saw the connect. I knew the connection.
Mall
You know what I mean? Don't try to pull that card.
Damaris
There's also no Knicks, like, Celtics rivalry like that. That's not a thing. The way it is. Red Sox, Yankees, y'all want.
Mall
Y'all want that, though. Like, it'll have. New York fans are so crazy that as soon as y'all get, like, nice, I could just see it.
Damaris
Oh, no, it'll happen. I'm saying. We've been.
Mall
I remember when y'all kicked us out the playoffs before, when we had, like, KG and.
Rory
Yeah.
Mall
And Fat Joe tweeted something. He was like. He was like, celtics, we love you. It's just our time right now. And I was like, oh, it's never been enough.
Rory
Never been a time.
Damaris
No. Every year it's our time. It's just.
Rory
Delusional. Yes. Delusional fans. Yes.
Damaris
But.
Rory
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Podcast Summary: New Rory & MAL - Episode 368 | Business Decisions
Released on May 6, 2025, "New Rory & MAL" is a vibrant podcast hosted by Rory and Mall under the banners of iHeartPodcasts and The Volume. Known for their fresh stories, humor, and unfiltered discussions, this episode delves into a variety of topics surrounding business decisions, cultural identity, financial literacy, and the evolving music industry.
The episode kicks off with a discussion about Degree deodorant's recent decision to revert to its original Cool Rush formula after customer backlash. Rory highlights how rare it is for companies to listen and act on consumer feedback so transparently.
Notable Quote:
Rory [00:00]: “Degree listened. That doesn't happen often.”
Rory and Damaris transition into the importance of teaching financial literacy to children, introducing Greenlight as an effective tool for parents. They emphasize that investing in financial education is crucial for securing children's future success.
Notable Quote:
Damaris [01:46]: “Start prioritizing their financial education and future today with a risk free trial@greenlight.com.”
The hosts engage in a lighthearted yet meaningful conversation about their DNA test results, exploring their diverse ancestries. This leads to a broader discussion about cultural identity and the complexities of representing one’s heritage accurately in today's world.
Notable Quote:
Damaris [03:11]: “Yo. 29 is just a wild number.”
Millie and Damaris debate modern versus traditional parenting styles, particularly focusing on the concept of "gentle parenting." They argue the merits of instilling discipline and respect in children to prepare them for real-life challenges.
Notable Quote:
Millie [16:05]: “Life is hard and you'll never survive it. If you survive it and learn how to find beauty in it.”
The conversation shifts to reflect on the effects of cancel culture, especially in the wake of the tumultuous events of 2020. Rory and Damaris discuss how media and social timelines have distorted genuine activism, leading to increased suppression of individual voices.
Notable Quote:
Rory [18:18]: “With Greenlight, you can teach your kids financial literacy skills like earning, saving and investing.”
The hosts deliberate on the criteria for selecting podcast guests, using figures like Candace Owens and R. Kelly as case studies. They discuss the balance between engaging content and ethical considerations, ultimately deciding to avoid interviews that don't align with their core values or would lead to unproductive conversations.
Notable Quote:
Damaris [35:24]: “We could do the one on one. I'll produce that one same way we did the DJ Head shit.”
Rory interacts with guest Millie, delving into Millie's journey in the rap industry. They discuss mentorship from industry legends like Kiss, the challenges of breaking into the competitive East Coast hip hop scene, and the importance of maintaining authenticity while navigating industry expectations.
Notable Quote:
Millie [50:31]: “Like, I'm really on the outside of the industry because I never had a major push.”
The conversation explores the changing landscape of rap music, comparing the authentic storytelling of the '90s to the gimmicky, viral-focused tracks of today. The hosts advocate for a return to "real" rap that reflects genuine experiences, criticizing the influence of platforms like TikTok in diluting musical depth.
Notable Quote:
Millie [100:08]: “So if you want that, like, that is out there, you know?”
Towards the end, Rory and Millie address listener voicemails, focusing on how new artists can maintain authenticity while achieving mainstream success. They emphasize the importance of adapting to new consumption habits without sacrificing lyrical substance.
Notable Quote:
Millie [99:29]: “I'm talking about the movie 300, that they were born and raised.”
Millie shares personal anecdotes about growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the unique challenges faced by artists from less recognized regions. The conversation highlights the importance of community support and authentic connections in overcoming industry barriers.
Notable Quote:
Millie [75:02]: “I feel like you see the videos and they think it's like really some Hollywood shit. They don't understand how treacherous it is.”
Concluding Thoughts
Throughout Episode 368, Rory and Mall blend humor with critical insights, offering listeners an engaging exploration of business decisions within the context of personal and cultural dynamics. They underscore the value of authenticity in both business and artistic endeavors, advocating for genuine engagement over superficial trends. The episode serves as a compelling narrative on navigating the complexities of modern business and cultural identity.
Final Quote:
Rory [116:01]: “Millie's, we appreciate you, man, and we'll see you soon, man. Love.”
This comprehensive summary captures the essence of Episode 368, highlighting key discussions and insights while maintaining the natural flow of the conversation. Notable quotes are included with proper speaker attribution and timestamps to provide context and authenticity.