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INTERVIEW: Trae tha Truth On New Album 'Angel,' Reuniting With His Daughter, 'Trae Day' 'Tha Dads Matter' +More
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Unknown Host
This is an iHeart podcast.
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DJ Envy
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Trey Songz
What's up, brother?
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Charlamagne Tha God
How you doing, man? You got your little one with you?
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Unknown Host
Yes.
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Charlamagne Tha God
She don't even care.
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Unknown Host
She don't give a damn about nothing.
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Trey Songz
She'll pop in when she want to, but right now she on game.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, what she Playing.
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Trey Songz
Oh well, she wants something. Go ahead. You can have your gum, baby.
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Unknown Host
Okay.
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Charlamagne Tha God
What you. How long she been asking you for that gum, Trey?
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Unknown Host
Right.
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Trey Songz
She cuz she chew it and then spit out gum there and want more. She just should do it all day.
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Unknown Host
But so how much softer has she made you?
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Trey Songz
I think that's self explanatory to the world.
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Charlamagne Tha God
You got Trey doing tik toks, Trey dancing.
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Unknown Host
I love it though. But this what you wanted, you know, this is exactly, exactly where you're getting exactly what you wanted, what you asked for and everything. So it's good to see you in dad mode.
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Trey Songz
Oh yeah, man. So a full time job, but people really treat her as management. So like I did. I was doing an interview in Atlanta a day ago and I couldn't do the interview unless they brought her her Bojangles.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Hilarious. Oh gosh.
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Trey Songz
So right now we fulfilling her riders.
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Unknown Host
I know that's right now the new.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Album is called Angel. Tell us why.
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Trey Songz
Of course. You know, it's inspired by my daughter. You know, my whole, the whole process of everything I went through. I think this album probably people say will be the most vulnerable I've been as far as most just open about everything I was going through. And it mean a lot to me. I mean it mean a lot to me. You know, I've always been able to do dope music. But this album was recorded in the process of what I was going through. So this one definitely gonna be something. And I think it's just the climate of the culture, man. Everybody going through rough and dark times right now. So everybody ain't always club wise or turnt up, you know.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, them day's over.
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Trey Songz
Yeah, I'm gonna say over. Cause Houston is the party city right now.
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Charlamagne Tha God
But I'm talking about for our era because you know, we grown like who making the music for us now, you know what I mean?
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Trey Songz
Yeah, yeah. What's. What's in your deck right now? Other than old school? I still love old school.
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Charlamagne Tha God
It depends like cuz I end up listening to songs. It's more than like projects.
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Trey Songz
Right.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Like I'm listening to that new Eric about doing alchemist. I've been riding the ray von this year as far as the youngin is concerned. The Good, the bad and the dollar menu.
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Unknown Host
He been listening to the flutes. Andre 3000. He been you definitely.
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Charlamagne Tha God
He put out a piano album. The piano album.
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Unknown Host
Flutes. Okay.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, so that's probably.
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Unknown Host
That's.
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Charlamagne Tha God
That's pretty much it. I listen to like singles. I don't listen to like Full projects that much.
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Trey Songz
Is it because nobody puts them together as a whole you like or.
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Charlamagne Tha God
I think that's what it is. That's what it is. Because if it's a full project that I like, like, I listen to gnx. You know what I mean? Or like I said, I listen to Ray Vaughn, but if it's not a full project that I like, I'm just gonna go to singles now.
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Unknown Host
Is your album in story mode? Because I know that was a long process that you had to go through right now. Is it in story mode and is it like what I mean by story mode from the beginning to now?
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Trey Songz
Oh, I think. I think each part touches just different moments within that was happening and different moments within my life. It's not like necessarily in the order of how things happen, but I think it's set up so from start to finish, you'll get the feel that you need, you know, every day, every moment in there definitely be a different highlight, you know, but for me, it's a. It's a lot of people said, you know, a lot of people had their favorite pics of my album, but for me personally, this would probably be one of my favorites right now.
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Unknown Host
Yeah.
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Trey Songz
I mean. Cause it's close to home, for sure.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Was it. Was it therapeutic to write this project?
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Trey Songz
Yes. It wasn't even writing. What happened was when I. When they finally got me to leave LA to take a break, you know. Cause the main thing that was being pressed to me was sometimes I could be in God's way if I'm trying to do it my way. So I finally got to understand and if I leave, go do something like work, get in the process of things I love. So I went for probably three days and I just recorded it back to back. Wasn't even necessarily right. And I ain't wrote music in so long, I just go in there and just get it off. So the two things I did when I left LA for that short amount of time, I did the album and then I went to help with the Hurricane and the Carolinas, Those two things that give me my energy.
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Unknown Host
Was there any song on the project that you felt like where you broke down? Like, it was very challenging.
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Trey Songz
I think through the project, you'll hear different stuff, and I think it was displayed a certain way to where it almost make other people break down when they hear it. You know what I'm saying? So it's a lot of moments in there like that, but it's a lot of proud moments too. Like, I got the record all right. On there with Lecrae and True featured on there. Like, you know, it's different moments that it's just a whole roller coaster, but it's set up the right way, you know?
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Unknown Host
So baby girl is on the album.
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Trey Songz
Oh, yeah?
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Unknown Host
Yes.
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Trey Songz
She on there a couple times.
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Unknown Host
Okay. She rapping or she just talking or she popping her gum.
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Trey Songz
She was singing, but she sung on this album. But, you know, she raps, she do her thing, whatever she feel like doing.
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Charlamagne Tha God
That's why she got a writer.
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Unknown Host
That's right.
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Charlamagne Tha God
What was that feeling like, man, when you. Because, you know, shoot. Truth was reported missing back in August of 2024. What was that moment like, when you first found her? Like, when you realized she was good and you was about to go see her?
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Trey Songz
Man, it was excitement, nervous. Your brain moving a thousand miles per hour because you're wondering, how is this first interaction going to be? Is it going to be, man, I missed you, Pops? Is it going to be, I've been away from you for a minute. I'm cautious. So it was just. Man, it was a lot. Funny part is when I got the car jumped up because I got it on New Year's. I had just went to church that night for New Year's, and I got up, I got the call, like, five from the U.S. marshals, and they, like, we found her, and they're close to the border of Mexico, so I jumped out the bed. I'm running from the bed to the bathroom when all the while I'm supposed to be trying to get dressed. But after 20 minutes of going back and forth and absolutely doing nothing, that let me know I was in a whole other world. Nervous. Yeah. But Kyle, my youngest son, Houston, he was upstairs. I'm like, man, bro, we gotta go. He. That's 30 minutes. We went, we booked a flight, we flew to San Diego. My bro Rob picked us up in San Diego and we drove down to the border. So when I get there, man, you know, I'm nervous the whole time. So finally, when I first seen her, if y' all have seen the video, she was a little hesitant, you know, because, you know, at this point, I don't know what's going through her head. So. But at the end of the day, she do know I'm Pops, and she know I'm always gonna protect her. So she come to me, and I could tell she was with mixed emotion. But when I tell her, turn around and she's seeing her brother, it's like I was forgotten at that moment. It was like she was like, yeah, I'm back with my guys at that moment. And from that moment to as we sit here now, we've been nonstop together, you know what I'm saying? It's a lot because it makes me like to think all of this, you know, from being in the streets to the music to everything else. Now most of my days, if I'm not sitting up watching cartoons of her, taking her to a trampoline, making sure she get through school. Now that was another hard moment though. Like when she first came back, she didn't want to be around no other kids. She was like, well, I want to do homeschool. And I kept, you know, we were working, but I kept pressing her, like, man, just try and be around. So when I finally got her to go, she agreed to go for like maybe an hour or two a day. So I would sit outside the door. So anytime she come look through that crack, I'd be just sitting on the chair till she was ready to go. We worked and she very sharp. So even missing all them months of school, like four or five months, she came through, ended up graduating her class, top of her class, and she don't go now.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Was there any conversations with her mother?
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Trey Songz
No, that's it. Damn.
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Charlamagne Tha God
You don't even know why she did what she did.
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Trey Songz
I'm gonna be honest, man. I do my best not to even go there to too much speak about it, you know what I'm saying? As far as I just really focus on making sure her day is happy, making sure we focus. And I'm doing everything I can to be the best father I can, because I feel like when that time come, it'll come. But you know, at the end of the day, it's all in God's hands. And then I'll be real big on, on what I say because we never had a conversation about that. Like, you know, I don't speak on, on that with her. It's strictly what we got going on. And you know, with us it's a full time job, you know, truth from singing to acting to, to energy to now she want her YouTube to her Instagram to. It's just, it'd be a, it'd be a lot, lot with her. But you know, it's a good thing because we blessed to be able to bring our kids into our world, but then to watch them do their own thing too. So. And I'm not forcing her with nothing, you know?
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Unknown Host
Yeah. Are you, are you giving the dad okay or the dad yes to the YouTube.
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Trey Songz
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. One thing they know I ain't playing about my baby, so. But the thing is, she's always. All my kids always had their own fan base based off them being my kids. So a lot of the world in Houston and a lot of the world in the industry, they watch them grow up as a whole. Yeah. Because you gotta. We did the bet. You would think, of course, everybody excited to see me, but they were probably just more excited to see her. So you see her on pictures with everybody, so. Yeah. So it's a good thing, you know.
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Charlamagne Tha God
You'Ve been through so many losses, man. Battles with, you know, radio stations and lawsuits, but you always stand tall. Like. Like, what kept you grounded during the moments when people, like, really tried to silence you or, like, just. Just hold Trey back?
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Trey Songz
Oh, God. Definitely God. God is the key to all, man. Because what I've learned, and even now, I'm going through the learning process of having faith more because, you know, I feel I have faith, but I guess he may expect a little more from me. So I'm working on having a lot more. And I was telling someone the other day that my spiritual advisor, we call her Gigi, she was on me hard about praying for my enemies, everybody who did me wrong, just being a lot more forgiving and, you know, for people like us. Like, man, you did so much to me. Like, I don't. Like, I don't. I don't hate you, but I don't want to be in that aspect. But I definitely humble myself, and daily, that's. That's what I pray for. I pray for. For enemies and just a lot of other things, man. And I think the more that I do that, the more at peace I be with my kids and other things, you know? Because I think the last thing I'm trying to master is being unbothered. I ain't. Like, I ain't mastered that part yet, but trying to get there, you know?
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Unknown Host
Yeah.
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Trey Songz
There'll be certain stuff you say is gonna trigger me, and it just is what it is. Yeah.
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Unknown Host
Do you feel like you get enough flowers or recognition for the things that you do in the community?
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Trey Songz
I think when you don't look for it, I don't really have a gauge of if I feel I get too much, too little, if I feel I need more, I think I just do the work. But I can tell you moments that I be the most down, it'd be moments like that that lift me up. And you wouldn't believe how many in the industry, you wouldn't believe how many just men and women across the world, no matter where me and Truth go, the first thing they'll be like, man, I was praying for you. I watched everything you went through. So to watch people do that and, and be happy and motivated to, to see how strong and how dedicated I was to get to my child. Moments like that bring you through. And then moments of coming across people and they'd be like, man, you don't know that you. I mean, you don't know. You helped my auntie down here. You did this there. That lady that you did this for, that was my relative. So stuff like that would kind of keep me going, you know, because it's like the work is really getting noticed, you know.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Do you think more rappers would be involved in activism if they felt like. If they felt like it wouldn't hurt, I guess hurt their brand, so to speak.
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Trey Songz
See, the difference with me is I didn't care if it. Cause I always been me, you know, you gotta think I'm one of the few rappers that never, never smoke or drink. Like, I've always stood on my own and been my own leader. So when I did it, when I got out there, whether it's fighting on the front lines or people who passed or the disasters, I'm not thinking about what nobody else gonna feel. I'm just doing me. And I think that's what people respect. But believe it or not, majority of the industry and others, man, they hit my phone on the regular, man, next time you go out, let me come out. I don't know, it was a saying. Somebody told me, they were like, man, Trey, you made it cool to give back. Because if you go back to just looking, when it really got heavy, you start watching people from all over, like, man, this holiday, this, this. I need to make sure I'm. I'm doing that. So to be able to be part of planting that seed for a lot of people to follow that blueprint was definitely major. Because the thing for me is it's a lot of people who need it. You know what I'm saying? A lot.
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Unknown Host
Hey, Trey. Truth. Hey, y' all. Question of when you are going through different things, right? And people expect this like, perfect symbol of what trader Truth is. Like, what are, what do you lean on when you know, you're trying to let people know, like, hey, I'm not perfect.
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Trey Songz
I think the hardest thing. And it's about to. What Charlemagne? I don't know if y' all seen it. It's a, a one on one. Sit down. That's going to come out with Tip. And I think being at a point where you can take accountability and growth, I think people can appreciate that more to understand that I'm human and I make mistakes like anybody else do. And mistakes don't necessarily stop you or define you as a whole, because you still can keep doing the work and become better than what you were in that moment. You know what I'm saying? So I'm just trying to be me.
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Charlamagne Tha God
How do you think that interview's gonna be received?
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Trey Songz
I don't know. I think it was just. It's honesty, honest. And it's honestly to the point where I felt like you could see me and him don't necessarily agree on everything, but you get the real. You know what I'm saying? And I think that'll always outweigh in the end. Of course, in this day and time with social media, it's different, you know, People, man, people be so weird on the Internet. But as a whole, I think you never can override just being authentic and real. You know, sometimes it may be blunt, it may be brutal, but at some point you have to be like, yeah, all right, I get it.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Are there any relationships you hope to heal with that interview?
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Trey Songz
I think. I think I hope to get to a point where I have no issues, which, in my mind right now, I ain't got no issues with nobody. I'm past that, you know? Cause the thing is, man, a lot came with those. With those prayers, with those fight moments to even get to the point where I am with Lil. And you gotta ask yourself, man, in these situations, what's worth more? And for me, my kids and my family is worth more than anything. So at this point, it's like, hey, do I wanna run around with. With pride and ego and stay focused on this way or get to a point where, man, if it ain't affecting me and mine and I'm not gonna let nothing jeopardize me and mine, then I'm cool. So I think I'm at a point. I ain't got no issues with nobody, actually. Like, I don't. I rarely even think about anything with anybody else. Like, my days is strictly trying to keep up with my kids, you know?
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Unknown Host
What are you taking accountability for? You talking about accountability in that?
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Trey Songz
Anything, man. Regardless. So that's why I say it's crazy when you finally get to see the thing with me and Tip. I think they may start releasing it this week, pieces of it. But even with accountability, right? No matter. Even if in that situation you were wrong or you felt you was wrong or regardless of the situation, you can't worry about what nobody else do. You just got to take accountability for your part. You know what I'm saying? So I'm a stand on my team for whatever I did in any situation. You know, from being young to now and just keeping moving. You know, I think that's just where I'm at.
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Trey Songz
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Charlamagne Tha God
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DJ Envy
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Charlamagne Tha God
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DJ Envy
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Unknown Host
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Trey Songz
You happy man? I think that's probably the well happy and stressed. Cause you know, the thing is you, for my kids, I'm their biggest idol so I gotta make sure I don't fail them. You know what I'm saying? And then you said something earlier that also, well, to the aspect of what you said, it's like it becomes to a point like you get kind of. You can get frustrating at times, right? Because it's like no matter what I do, you still do have people that just want to tear you down. And then to when you doing stuff in a righteous way just to watch, you still get some of the bad end of the sticks to that. That can get overly frustrating. But you know, I'm working through it.
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Charlamagne Tha God
What's the symbolism of dropping angel on your birthday?
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Trey Songz
It was supposed to be promoted way before and I didn't do what I'm supposed to do. But man, so you know they say man delayed ain't denied. So from God So the thing is, I feel like maybe it didn't align at the right time. So maybe it will. Maybe it will align now, whether it be, you know, my birthday and, you know, Trey Day coming right around the corner, too.
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Charlamagne Tha God
July 17th through the 20th.
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Unknown Host
Yep.
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Trey Songz
Yeah. July 7th. And this is gonna be a big one, as always. It's gonna be your number 16, man. And that's to even take that in, to be 16 years of taking care of the people.
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Unknown Host
Crazy.
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Trey Songz
Yeah. But honestly, when you get in these moments, in the situation that I've been in, sometimes just being transparent with y' all, you can get to doubting yourself a lot. You know what I'm saying? So you gotta get through them moments to know it's gonna be all right. Cause if I would have dropped the album right when this was happening, it might have been the perfect time to drop it. But, of course, me, I was very hesitant on it, and I wouldn't even really think about music at the time. And I was getting ready to drop it, and then I realized I ain't doing nothing I'm supposed to do. So I'm just like, man, at this point, I'm gonna drop it on my birthday, and I'm gonna get in where I fit in, man. You know, this is the new day in the air anyway. You don't have to promote months in advance when you drop stuff. Sometimes you can drop and then come back and promote. So I'm gonna make the best out of it.
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Unknown Host
Yeah. And for Trade Aid, the dad's mad. Y' all talked about the.
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Trey Songz
We ain't got to straight A yet.
- [25:56]
Unknown Host
Okay. I was gonna say, we know you.
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Trey Songz
Gonna be on top of it. I'm proud of you. Cause I'm watching you or you doing your thing, but, yeah, I know you're gonna be on top of it.
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Unknown Host
I've been out of the interview, so I didn't want to re. Ask any questions, but I was. The dads matter. The conversation that you're gonna focus Trey Day around this year.
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Trey Songz
Yeah.
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Unknown Host
What other dads are involved that we might know?
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Trey Songz
Corey Hardick.
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Unknown Host
Nice.
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Trey Songz
Ricky Smiley Compton from Black Ink, man. Reggie Brass. He's out of la. He. He's an advocate for fathers and children. That's who actually helped me to get a lot of knowledge when I was. Even before I got to the process of the situation I was in. He helped me for years. It's gonna. It's gonna be. It's gonna be quite a few. And the reason I'm doing that is because throughout my journey, man, There was so many fathers that was like, man, I wish I had the strength of you. Cause I got so frustrated. I just backed away. They want me out the picture. I'm gonna just get out the picture. And it's like, for me, it wasn't go that way. Yeah, I couldn't do that. But I understand because they feel like they don't have the money, they don't have the means, they don't have the knowledge. They don't even have the motivation to do it, you know, because, you know, different people built to handle situations in different ways. But I think this conversation is never to bash a woman at all. But it's about to show fathers. It's gonna be a bunch of legal people there too. It's showing fathers, hey, these are some of the processes you can go to. These are some of the things you need to know. Cause the thing is, sometimes you can get in there and represent yourself if you just take the time instead of getting frustrated. You know, know their rights, you know, you gotta think. So many people pay child support. Don't even get to see their kids. You know, it's just. And they don't know the rights that they have. So I think that. And I'm working Shout out my lawyer, Stephanie Profit. I told her. And I was dealing with Black and missing.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, the Black and Missing Foundation.
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Trey Songz
Yeah, Natalie, I was saying I want to work to go to legislators so we can try and find some. Some of these laws that give dads a fair shot, you know what I'm saying? To where. Because believe it or not, legally, when it comes to custody situation, man, officers, they ain't gonna eat. You can be all the way in the right and have your baby, and they'll be like, yeah, this ain't a. This ain't that criminal type of matter. Y' all on your own. Y' all figure it out, you know, and sometimes they may place a child in the wrong hands by just simply not caring. And, you know, I feel like that's. That's a serious situation. Because if it was they child, they gonna want people to take stuff a lot more seriously. So it's just trying to get the knowledge and just starting the pre steps to get things together for dads. Because I feel like a lot of parents. A lot of parents need. They. A lot of kids need their parents in their life, you know, because if we ain't got role models or we ain't got our pops, our family like that, that's what make us roam and do the things that we do you know? And that's what make a lot of. A lot of the young homies lash out. Cause they feel like they ain't got nobody. And then a lot of times they feel like they ain't got nobody because they've been taught and told things so long. So when they finally do have that conversation, they like, I had this all wrong. You know, I was made to believe you ain't care about me at all. And that don't necessarily be the case.
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Charlamagne Tha God
I got a couple more questions.
- [29:34]
Unknown Host
Now that you have a new manager.
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Trey Songz
Yes.
- [29:36]
Unknown Host
Right. How was the dating life?
- [29:40]
Trey Songz
Man, I've been single for so long and you know what she told me?
- [29:42]
Unknown Host
What?
- [29:43]
Trey Songz
I don't need nobody else. I'm out. She's all I need.
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Charlamagne Tha God
That's the only time she's responding to the whole interview. She been stoic and cool the whole interview until you brought that up.
- [29:52]
Unknown Host
Oh my God, that's right.
- [29:56]
Trey Songz
Yeah. Seeing that she ain't going for it. But it is what it is. I mean, as a parent, you're gonna sacrifice everything for your kids. Meaning even if that mean put my career on the back burner to raise my kids. But yeah, as of now, man, I've been single so long, it's the new norm. Cause I feel like everything I'm doing now gotta be purpose. So if it ever get to that point, first and foremost, it gotta be somebody that my. My kids really. That's genuine. With my kids.
- [30:23]
Unknown Host
That's right.
- [30:24]
Trey Songz
And the rest will fall in play. But when I tell you a full time job with this one here, I think a female, she's like, hush, daddy.
- [30:34]
Charlamagne Tha God
Hush in the fuck.
- [30:36]
Trey Songz
I think a female will be irritated because they like, man, like. Cause the options we have is slim. Cause you ain't gonna be able to give us no phone time in lifetime. And it's just I'm always with her, her daddy.
- [30:51]
Charlamagne Tha God
I want you to have somebody one day. It's not right now.
- [30:53]
Unknown Host
How old is true? You're six. Okay. I love it.
- [30:57]
Charlamagne Tha God
She was like, I'm sitting right here.
- [30:59]
Unknown Host
Okay, well, let me ask you truth. How old are you?
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Trey Songz
I'm six.
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Unknown Host
Okay. And. And dad is the only one who's.
- [31:06]
Trey Songz
44, about to be 50.
- [31:08]
Unknown Host
Oh, I know. That's right. Now we know how old Trey is. Good. Big Trey and little Trey.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Has she heard letter the truth yet? Did you play it for her?
- [31:19]
Trey Songz
Yeah.
- [31:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes. Okay. Get the mic, get the mic.
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Trey Songz
Yeah, yeah, yeah. She believe it or not. You know, she probably one of my biggest critics of music. So like when you Go on the phone, all my music in there. But, yeah, I definitely. I definitely be transparent with my kids so they. They can listen to it. They, you know, so they get their own understanding. I've never really had a conversation about that song in particular.
- [31:43]
Unknown Host
Yeah.
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Trey Songz
But I think in moments, you know, she know for sure my pops is there. You know what I'm saying? Because a lot of times when people ask, matter of fact, what is your dad. When it comes to your dad, what is he supposed to do for you? Or what does he do for you? Do Statue of Liberty.
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Charlamagne Tha God
And then push.
- [32:09]
Unknown Host
The mic back into the Statue of Liberty over here.
- [32:13]
Trey Songz
People ask her, like, my job and stuff. She'd be like, man, when it come to my dad, he protects me. You know what I'm saying? And that's the main thing that I always want her to know. So other than her running me crazy, that's definitely it.
- [32:23]
Unknown Host
Yeah. He always snores in person.
- [32:37]
Charlamagne Tha God
What does daddy do, man? So funny. You think she about to say something. What. What does daddy do? He snores and he farts in his sleep.
- [32:48]
Trey Songz
The funny thing is, you never know what she gonna say. But the good thing is, I always let them be them, you know what I'm saying? Cause this. I. Can I be doing interviews sometimes. You may see interviews. I got stacks of napkins on my head. Sometimes I'm doing interviews, she taking apart my beard. So it's like I just let her be her, you know? I think kids deserve to be unbothered.
- [33:12]
Unknown Host
Unstressed, and express themselves.
- [33:14]
Trey Songz
Yeah. However that may be. But, yeah, that's the main thing. As long as she know. And was she joking out? As long as she know, at the end of the day, Pop's gonna protect her. She good, you know. Cause if I was to leave out the room, you know, she for sure ain't gonna want to stay in here. But if I told her, it's good she knows. Pops ain't gonna ever tell me I'm a ite if I'm not alight. You know what I'm saying? So that. That's. That's real important.
- [33:40]
Charlamagne Tha God
She joking. She ain't joking. You be snoring and farting in your feet.
- [33:52]
Unknown Host
But this is really dope to see. I'm. I'm very, very happy that you stuck to your guns. You ain't got your baby girl. I'm very happy because last time you were here, you did not have her in your. You were just stressed and you just. To see you from afar, go through things, and it was Such a long process. So I love it. I love it.
- [34:10]
Charlamagne Tha God
Who were you talking to in Let It Be True part two, though?
- [34:13]
Trey Songz
I was still talking to my baby.
- [34:15]
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay, okay, okay. Gotcha.
- [34:16]
Trey Songz
And it's another one on there actually on the album called Daddy Miss yous. I wrote that actually right before. Well, not even wrote. I recorded it right before she came back. So it's actually just a conversation as if she was there, you know what I'm saying? Of me talking to her, man. I think that's a dope one you should check out. The album is dope itself. I released the record. Thank you. With me, Yolanda Adams, Chance the Rapper. The record with Jeremiah Honcho, Lil Papa and Cocky Kai. You know, he from here, so he doing his thing. Another exciting record on there is with Dave Chappelle on Amen, which we was with me and Troop was with him last night. So. No, I'm just blessed to be working, man.
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Charlamagne Tha God
What you want to play right now?
- [35:02]
Unknown Host
No, this. Asked you who he was talking to on a Letter to Truth.
- [35:06]
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, I should have said talking about.
- [35:07]
Unknown Host
Oh, okay.
- [35:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [35:10]
Trey Songz
I was talking. You know, it's just. Just a situation that whole. But I always talk to my babies, man. But sure. Matter of fact. Cause even though Truth with me, you know, all my kids, they. They my aces. So. Shout out, Nico. Shout out, Houston Jared. So, you know, we doing our thing, man. But this one here. But, you know, and it's crazy, Ryan. I never whooped a kid in my life. I don't believe in that. Me neither. But I tell people, on a funny note, if anybody deserve one that's gonna test me, it's this one right here. Cause if I was to tell her, hey, don't knock that over. She'll look at me and she'll.
- [35:46]
Unknown Host
Knock it over.
- [35:47]
Charlamagne Tha God
You see what I'm saying?
- [35:47]
Trey Songz
They'd be like, all right, bro, you just gonna keep trying. If anybody. This one is definitely the one that stressed me.
- [35:53]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's what I tell my 9 year old all the time. I was like, girl, you lucky you wasn't raised in the 90s. Or if you was raised in the 80s and 90s. Crazy. Yeah.
- [36:01]
Trey Songz
And it's crazy these days. Cause they believe any whooping is torture. They don't know we used to go through it back then, man.
- [36:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, yelling. If you yell, they think you doing something that you ain't got no business doing.
- [36:12]
Trey Songz
I remember one time me having the discipline. Huh? You know what the discipline was?
- [36:17]
Unknown Host
What?
- [36:18]
Trey Songz
You put this iPad down and you go outside and play oh, wow. You know, they do not believe in none of.
- [36:25]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [36:25]
Trey Songz
You know, this is what she's with 24. Seven a day. That phone. That's what she loved doing. But yeah, so this. This what I'm. I'm dealing with every day. And yesterday she was excited because I, I went and paid for a billboard yesterday. So for her to. To. To see her face through times.
- [36:50]
Unknown Host
Oh, please. That's right.
- [36:52]
Trey Songz
True.
- [36:52]
Unknown Host
Come on, you need to see. Got the billboard.
- [36:56]
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you approve of it? Truth.
- [36:58]
Unknown Host
I proved that it was the best. Okay, let me see. And that's her on it. Oh, wow. Baby girl, that's your face. That is so cool.
- [37:14]
Trey Songz
I'm glad you approved, Truth. But you know the good thing too, because if have music and she don't like it, she gonna be like, like.
- [37:23]
Unknown Host
Don'T put her on it.
- [37:24]
Trey Songz
No, she'll be like, I don't like the song. She either gonna like it. Like, they be brutally honest.
- [37:28]
Unknown Host
See, you need to see, you need to get in touch with the yns so you can let them know that same stuff too. You need to be.
- [37:35]
Charlamagne Tha God
Let her do some.
- [37:40]
Unknown Host
Oh, so do you. Have you got any comedy happening for trade weekend?
- [37:44]
Trey Songz
Yeah, yeah. So I got the Dazzling Matter event. I got a. Of course trade day itself, which is the big event on July 20th at Save a Cat Stadium. I have the comedy show that Sunday, man. I got like 20 something events. Yeah.
- [38:02]
Unknown Host
Big itinerary. Okay, who you got as far as comedians up on there? Let me see.
- [38:07]
Trey Songz
Let me. So I don't forget nobody. Let me see.
- [38:10]
Charlamagne Tha God
Trying to. She trying to.
- [38:11]
Trey Songz
She trying to tell.
- [38:11]
Unknown Host
Ain't nobody trying to do.
- [38:12]
Charlamagne Tha God
Trying to tell you something. Stop doing that.
- [38:14]
Trey Songz
Look, you know, you know, you learn a lot more patience. So. Yes, even when I'm doing interviews, you know, somebody may be doing something and it may throw you off and people like. Hold on, stop. Like it only it's just like.
- [38:31]
Unknown Host
I love it.
- [38:32]
Trey Songz
Tuned out. You know, I got to do a thing. But let me. Let me find these comedians real fast.
- [38:37]
Unknown Host
Yeah, I need to. I need to see who up on there. You got any women up on there? I know they not dads or nothing.
- [38:42]
Charlamagne Tha God
But I just want.
- [38:44]
Unknown Host
Women up there.
- [38:45]
Trey Songz
Familiar with Kelly Kels. Well, yeah, you the star.
- [38:49]
Unknown Host
Whole Keller Kels.
- [38:50]
Trey Songz
Kelly kills. I got pudgy. He from here. Burn Poe. Rito Brown. Black Ron. Kelly kills Black Ron.
- [38:58]
Unknown Host
Okay, that's my guy.
- [38:59]
Trey Songz
Erica Dutchess.
- [39:01]
Unknown Host
Okay, Erica.
- [39:02]
Trey Songz
Money Bag Mafia. Rob Kazi. I love Money Bag Monty Nav Fatster Ball.
- [39:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
Nav Green.
- [39:10]
Unknown Host
Green Rob Kazi. Okay.
- [39:11]
Trey Songz
And Then you know I always.
- [39:12]
Charlamagne Tha God
So you got the whole Haha Mafia. Damn it.
- [39:15]
Trey Songz
Yeah, and I always bring a big. A big one that I don't announce, so. Okay, baby, we know you. I don't know if you're ready for comedy, but I got you.
- [39:26]
Unknown Host
I got you. All right, cool. Well, if anything opened up, just let us know up here. But good, that's good. You should get Truth number. It seems like she figures it out.
- [39:37]
Trey Songz
I know you playing like she literally talked. If she gets your number, you gonna be talking on. You might randomly. I wouldn't even knew Dave Chappelle was just there. She wouldn't have sent them the picture of the Statue of Liberty. They like, oh, you in New York. We in New York too.
- [39:51]
Charlamagne Tha God
So.
- [39:51]
Trey Songz
Yeah, she do our own.
- [39:52]
Unknown Host
Let me test it out right now.
- [39:53]
Trey Songz
And she crazy about Busta. I don't that Busta Rhyme.
- [39:56]
Unknown Host
Busta Rhymes. That's my favorite rapper too. Hey, Truth, let me ask you something, Lil Truth. All right. I'm a comedian, right?
- [40:02]
Trey Songz
Yes.
- [40:03]
Unknown Host
Now? Yes. Do you think I don't know, I could be. Listen, do you think I should be at trade a weekend on the stage with the comedians?
- [40:13]
Trey Songz
You want to invite her out to trade a everybody. Even you, even you. Even you.
- [40:19]
Unknown Host
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. She's trying to let me down nicely. I'm saying I want to perform. Can I do like some stand up comedy at one of the shows that your dad got going on that I would too.
- [40:28]
Trey Songz
We bring up to be an extra comedian. The headline. Yes.
- [40:32]
Unknown Host
Okay. All right. Thank you. All right.
- [40:35]
Charlamagne Tha God
So you charge a lot. Truth, you got. What's the budget?
- [40:45]
Trey Songz
She gonna be running around with everybody.
- [40:48]
Unknown Host
How about Daddy got it? That's right. But it ain't true. Little Truth money. She don't care. She said I'm inviting everybody.
- [40:53]
Trey Songz
Look, you talk about me all the time. Look, he bald headed too, cuz. She always talk about my daddy don't have no hair.
- [41:03]
Charlamagne Tha God
Angel will be out July 3rd. Man. Trey, always a pleasure. Truth, good to see you.
- [41:07]
Unknown Host
I love it.
- [41:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm glad to see you in this space.
- [41:09]
Trey Songz
Trey drinking apple too? I do.
- [41:11]
Unknown Host
Yes, yes. Lauren, this will be who you had to reach out to. You had to reach out to her for the fact Truth is the sauce.
- [41:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
It's the Breakfast Club.
- [41:20]
Trey Songz
Wake that ass up early in the morning. The Breakfast Club.
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Trey Songz
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Unknown Host
But then I see my son's not moving.
- [42:47]
Trey Songz
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Trey Songz
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Unknown Host
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