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Moneybagg Yo
Another shot she'll love me again make it a double. Whiskey, whiskey, won't you go away? Come again some other day.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Cause a memory came out to play.
Moneybagg Yo (performing or rapping)
And I'm tired of it, dog Brown skin called eye contact while walking in perfect timing get beside me now we locking in. She like, tell me how you want it on the rocks again Little salt around the rim.
Moneybagg Yo
Okay. Feel to the.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
My name is Aaron. I'm the founder of the cannabis company Traditional. This is Traditional Talk. It's our first episode. I'm sitting here today with Moneybagg, yo, Grammy nominated artist. Since 2011, he's released five hit albums. Most recently a number one hit with Morgan Wallen, which we're going to get into in a little bit. Moneybag will be telling us what's up next in his career. But first, we're going to talk a little bit about cannabis and money back. Thank you so much for coming. You're actually my real friend and I appreciate it more than anything that you're here. And you're the first person that I feel comfortable enough talking to, so thank you, my brother. So first off, we're gonna talk about a bunch of music stuff and a bunch of cool things, but let's. Yeah, we're gonna talk about a bunch of cool music stuff and what you got going on. But first, I want to talk about cannabis. Yeah, I want to know when the first time you smoked weed was. I want to know where you smoked it, where you got it from. Was it good?
Moneybagg Yo
Tell me a little bit about first time I smoked. I stole it from my dad. I stole it from my dad. We smoked, like, what grade we was in. We probably like, what, in middle school? Like seven, probably about seventh grade. Seventh grade. We then we skilled school smoke. We got the tweaking out like some crazy shit.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
What kind of weed was it?
Moneybagg Yo
It was crazy. But this probably like just rigid. Then one, bro. She was like Reggie, Reggie, like sticks, stems. Not just regular weed. They were like, at this time, it wasn't no cush. It wasn't no. None of this, like, none of this was out then. Like, it was like just regular weed. Like $5 a joint. Like, you know what I'm saying?
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Yeah. And after you started, after you took the weed from your dad, then when did you start really smoking and become a stoner?
Moneybagg Yo
Probably, like really smoking. Cu. I'm a stoner. I had to say, like, 12th grade. Yep. Like 12th grade.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And where were you getting the weed from?
Moneybagg Yo
Just different places. Different places? Yep. From the hood, just different. You had Weed? Yep.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
What was the fire weed back then? What was the best strand? What was like, what was happening back when you first started smoking?
Moneybagg Yo
It was just kush.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Just kush.
Moneybagg Yo
It was cush. It wasn't like, how all this going on. That one, like, the names and one like that, like, getting bad, putting names on, like, doing all this, like, hey, this. This type of. Like this new. Yeah, there's some new. This one just going on like this with cush. This type of weed. This type, like, it went. You know what I'm saying? It was either all the names and, like putting their names and coming over just in. Put anything on the bag. This new now? Yeah, yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
What's your favorite strain right now? What do you like smoking?
Moneybagg Yo
Traditional, for sure. That's right, traditional.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So how often do you smoke?
Moneybagg Yo
She just smooth. She just smooth. Just get you right. Just keep you in the zone. Feel me?
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So how often do you smoke?
Moneybagg Yo
Well, I toned it down. I toned it down, like recently, probably in the last six months. I really just toned it down. But, you know, I used to smoke least, what, three, four times a day? Three, four times a day. Normally, I slow. I toned everything down, you know what I'm saying? Just like a. Like part of my lifestyle that I'm doing. That's some healthy, like, you know, just stand on the right.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Speaking of healthy, I see you've been on your workout lately.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, you witnessing, man?
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
That's right.
Moneybagg Yo
You witness this every day, man.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Oh, yeah, I've been there with you in the gym. We've been pushing heavy, been pushing hard. I see you putting the work in. So what made you really get into fitness? Like, what made you want to, you know, really change and get this kind of lifestyle still? How you're eating healthy, you're keeping your life healthy. We just did a. A whole B, 12 IV.
Moneybagg Yo
Gotta reset, gotta reset. Get your body back right, get your body back intact, you know what I'm saying? I first started working out just because I wanted. I wanted to shake the drink. And then I was like. I used to be on stage and I used to be slow. I couldn't get the fans out. My energy just. It didn't make sense to where I saw myself going, you know what I'm saying? So I was like, man, if I get myself right, I can get this opportunity, this endorsement, this can come in for me. I just want to look good in my clothes. Like, it wasn't even about just trying to be a big muscle man. Like, that ain't what I'm on. Like, I just want to look good in my clothes.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Let's talk about clothes for a second right now. I see you got the loaf.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, this is my brand. Loaf, Loaf brand shirt. You feel me? Like fire, you know what I'm saying? Simple.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Can we see?
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, real soon. Probably in the next couple months. Next couple months for sure. By the time I drop my second project, so. Yo, okay, okay.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So how do you like to smoke? Do you, like, smoke out of a blunt? You like joints?
Moneybagg Yo
See how smoke? I like, smoke out of paper.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Papers.
Moneybagg Yo
Like, it's more out of papers. For sure, for sure. Smooth, straight to the point, you know what I mean? Like, taste it way better taste, you know what I'm saying? The taste, everything just good, you know what I mean? Yep.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Who's the most famous person that you smoke weed with?
Moneybagg Yo
Snoop. You know, you gotta smoke. You smoke. You talking about we gotta. Gotta smoke with Snoop, man. You know, gotta go. Snoop. Yep. Snoop. I smoke with everybody, bro. Like, I smoke with everybody.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So who else you smoke with that you really?
Moneybagg Yo
Everybody. Just weird. Just anybody you probably can name right now. Okay.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Who's the one person that you haven't smoked weed with that it's a celebrity that you would really want to smoke with?
Moneybagg Yo
Us? I don't think it's nobody. We just kicking it and we vibing. Then that's another story. But I ain't just looking to like, man, I want to smoke a blunt with this person. Yeah, like that. I ain't me.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Okay, let's switch the question. Who would you want to work with that's an artist that you haven't worked with?
Moneybagg Yo
Artists? I'm open to whoever want to work with me, man. I'm one of them type of people. I'm hustling right now, man. Like, I'm in a straight hustle mode, man. Like, I feel like right now I feel like an upcoming artist, man. Like, I feel like every so years you got to reinvent yourself. So I feel like I'm in that mode. I'm reinventing myself.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Like, speaking of reinventing yourself, you just did a song with Morgan Wallen.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
That has gone completely.
Moneybagg Yo
New vibes, new vibe, new energy, you know what I'm saying? But we still gonna. We still are gonna dedicate and cater to our core fan base and keep them happy. Like what I'm gonna do with these nine songs like this straight energy, straight energetic, street driven lane, you know what I'm saying? That strictly for them, you know what I'm saying? But the first John I dropped speak now, they Feel like, oh, he had a lot of commercial, like, the. You talking about with the Morgan wallet. Like, yo, my core fan base, that ain't how I came in. So they gonna look at this like, oh, he. Oh, this commercial. He went over there. He did that. He did this. You know what I'm saying? The whole time, they don't even see the big picture. Like, you gotta cater to everybody. We gotta get. I gotta gain new fans. I can't just be content and settle out with y'. All. I With y'. All. I love y', all, but we need some more y'. All. Like, you know, so we gotta span this. I like to take this past the globe.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So how did you connect with Morgan Wallen? How did that come about?
Moneybagg Yo
Oh, well, I think I met him at a show in Nashville one time, and we just click tight. Since then, we just locked in. Just locked all the way in. Heavy. He just all. We had the song for, like, two years. We got a friendship of like three years. And he just was on me, like. And it was no better timing than now than to put it out. Cause I think about thinking about it like this. Like, timing is everything. What if I would have put it out last year? I don't think it would have got the effect it got today last year.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Yes.
Moneybagg Yo
You feel me? So I feel like timing is everything. Everything we do is just timing.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So three year friendship with Morgan Wallen.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And you just decided three years later to come out with that song.
Moneybagg Yo
Not because he pushed me. He put me to. It's so crazy. Like, even the people that women, they can tell you, like, I really it one day, I ain't want to put it out. You're like, damn. Like, I'm trying to go in a certain direction where everybody like, man, hell no. Like, he need put this out. And then he was already on me too. He extra on me. Like, bro, when I song coming out, you just want to put it out by herself. How you want to. Boom. We shoot the video, blah, whatever, but. And then I just like, well, I'm going to go and put it on this tape.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So how did Turbo become the producer of the song? How did that come about? Was it you?
Moneybagg Yo
That.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
That.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, yeah. Me and Turbo, we were logging in shout out to Bella Intersco. She put the meeting together. When we were locked in. He was playing me a lot of vibes. He got another real certified banger hit that's gonna be on my next project, too. I just had to put that out there. But other than that, it's like, we Vibe. We called the Vibe. And I was just putting him down. We locked in. He gave me a pack. When he gave me the pack, we just was keeping the contact, texting, all that. And I was just like, hey, I got this junk. I had it sitting on the hard drive, bro. I wanted you to see. Can you create a vibe around it or whatever? Like, not that I ain't. Like, the first version of it. The sounds was good, but the beating, like, everything got to be, like, intact. So I just sent it to him and he couldn't. He cooked it up. It was. It was a movie.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So Turbo, I feel like Turbo, which is also one of my closest friends, is one of the most underrated producers of our time. And I feel that that song is something that is so different, something that is so unique. The fact that the three of you came together, who would have ever thought? Moneybagg, yo, Turbo. Morgan Wallen, creating one of the most, to me, iconic, iconic classics. Classic for the decade. Generation of our generation. So that's what's really cool here, is that all I, I. What I've seen from you is so much evolving and, you know, not only as an artist, but as a person, you know, I think, you know, every album is just.
Moneybagg Yo
It's like a movie. It's like. Like Denzel Washington from, for example, you got Malcolm X, you got Training Day. You got Gangster Pain. You got Speak Now. You got Speak now or. And you got for it forever hold your piece. Everything is a different move. I'm a different character in every last one of these movies. You don't want to bore the people out and get them the same thing. You don't want to get on the same things. That's why they know where you, how you come. And then you boxed in. Now you boxed in. You know what I'm saying? Because, wait, they don't see no growth. They don't see where you can go. You know what I'm saying? So I just look at it like acting. You gotta look at, like, you just. It's like a movie.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Can we talk about you singing a little bit? We know.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, you get the. I've been. See, this is what they've been. They really sleep really dead, man. You know what I'm saying? Really could, like.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
I don't feel like anyone has heard you sing yet. Really sing.
Moneybagg Yo
I know what I'm doing, man. You know what I'm saying? I'm versatile. They gonna. They finna learn, man. They finna learn. They finna learn for sure.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
You want to speak a little bit about what's about to drop.
Moneybagg Yo
What's. Yeah. So. Yes. Forever hold your peace it's coming like fall. It's coming like fall. And it's just like melodic vibes. It's just good feeling vibes. I got a little bit of pain on there, you know what I'm saying? I'm talking to the ladies, you know what I'm saying? It's just an overall vibe to me, you know what I'm saying? But I feel like every time I play it for somebody and they heard and they listening to it, they. They give me the same response every time. Just like the response you gave me today when I put you down on it and let you listen and tune in to it. It's the same thing I've been hearing, you know what I'm saying? Just so shocked. And that's how I feel about the Morgan record. Why it's so huge and so big, so large today. Because it was a shock. It was. It caught him off guard. But it was good at the same time, Conic, see, every time you don't want to give these people nothing they can they expecting. You want to give them the unexpected every time. Like, how you going to come this time? I wonder how you feel. I feel like I do a good job of keeping people on their toes. Like, how he going to come on this? I got to see how bad going to come on this. You going to at least tune in. You not going to like when Money bag yo drop, man. I'm talking about humbly speaking, respectfully, when I drop, you going to at least tune in.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
The world is going to tune in.
Moneybagg Yo
You going to at least tune in and, like, let me see what he talking about. Boom. All I saw. All I got to do is worry about how to, like, I got to craft this shit good. Like, it's got to be a good body of work every time. That's all I got to do. Because the listeners, they're like. And I got the team to back me up. So it's gonna touch people. Like, it's gonna get. It's gonna reach. So I ain't worried about that one.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So can you tell me a little bit about how cannabis inspires your music and how it's done through the years?
Moneybagg Yo
Smoking, I feel like help you think. You know what I'm saying? Help you think. Just like a lot of things, people have their own choice of drug or choices thing they do. You know what I'm saying? But I feel like we just. It keeps me Calm in a lot of situations. And it helped me just think, you know, And I smoke, and I know how to. Like, you got to know how to do it to where you don't overthink or panic, you know what I'm saying? Or be paranoid and. Cause some people can, you know. You know how it be.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So you be smoking in the studio. Cause, you know.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah. So, yeah, I utilize. I do it when it's necessary, when it's needed.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
When was the first time in your life you decided that you wanted to make music? How old were you? And what made you decide that? I'm gonna become an artist and this is the path and direction that I'm going.
Moneybagg Yo
What made me first want to start? Like, I had people around me that I was just in the streets with. Just people. I looked up to it at that time. I looked it up to. They was like, making money off rap. I was like, damn. I thought it was cool. I thought it was hard. Like, I was like, damn, these folk getting 2500 a show like this and that my. I want to do that, like. Cause we. We selling dope, we doing this. We taking the chances in the streets. It's like, so risky. But then this is a clean way of them people getting money. And all I got to do is sound good, like, rhyme and put this together. Like, I'm gonna try this. I tried it. Did our first song. Did our first song in the living room. Boom. We did the first song. Got the. Took the constructive criticism off of that. It was like three, four of us on this song. But people was like, we like how. How your voice sound, bro. You just. You just. Your rhymes. Abc, though, like, you're right. Yeah. They're like, you rhyme at abc. You got to get the rhyming together, your word play together. But you sound good, and that's all that matters. Okay? I got to deliver it now. I can just perfect my craft now. Some people ain't got the voice to start, bro. Like this. Like, it's like a domino. It's like a. You know what I'm saying? Steps to this situation. First you gotta have this. First you got to do this, then you got to do this, then you know what I'm saying? So I just feel like just me having delivery, the voice, the unique voice and sound was just the most important part about the craft. And boom. I just started getting the word place. Then music became my passion. Once it just started coming natural to me, like, I knew God had it out like this. What you supposed to be doing? Because Everything I'm living, I'm rapping about it. Like, everything I'm seeing, I'm rapping about it. Everything. I'm witnessing them. You know what I'm saying? I'm putting it down. Like, not no, just I'm clos my eyes. And just think about this situation, man. You get like, the we talking about, you got to be living this, or you got to been right there up, up on it.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
That's real rapping your real life.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, like that.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Can you tell me about the struggles that it took you? What are the hard times like? You didn't just become money bag, yo, overnight, you know, that was a struggle.
Moneybagg Yo
I had to sleep on the floor. I was sleeping on the floor. Like, I had the hottest tape in the city. Sleeping on the floor. I was sleeping on the floor in the Mill Creek Apartments. Like, me and Big Homie G. You feel me? Like, he put his rap careers to the side just for me. Like, I'm finna push you. Like the seat on you. They locked in with you right now. I'm gonna do this. Like, I'm gonna get behind you.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
This is the real life American dream.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, for sure.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
You went from sleeping on the floor, floor.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
To becoming one of the biggest artists in the world.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, I go. It'd be like that. Everybody got. You gotta crawl before you walk. Gotta start from somewhere, right? Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Chapel, did you ever think you become this big? You think it was gonna be this big? Did you ever?
Moneybagg Yo
I didn't think it was gonna. I think. I ain't think I was gonna be this big, but, I mean, hey, shout out to God. Shout out to Allah. He really blessed me. He really put it in my life. It took me a minute to understand, like, who I was, too. Like, even my guys and my. And my brothers and my peers that's around me, entourage, they. They always used to have to tell me, like, bro, what you doing standing out over there? Why you. Why you in this car? Why did you. Ain't got no team. Get out of there. Do this, do this. Quit posing up over there. Don't do this. I was just moving how. I was just used to moving. Like, it ain't hit me until it hit me. You feel what I mean? You know what I mean? Ain't hit me until it hit me. You know what I'm saying? So. And then I woke up, and then. That's the. That's the greatest gift and the greatest thing you can appreciate, like, is knowing, like, who you is. Like, confidence is the whole key of this like, you gotta feel like you gotta be confident when you speaking. Like, when you saying something, you gotta mean, like, you gotta at least sound like you mean it. You know what I'm saying?
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
What are the biggest challenges you had to overcome to get where you are today? What was the hardest part? What was the biggest challenge to get. To get here?
Moneybagg Yo
I don't think it was nothing too hard for me, man. I just. I kept going, man. Hardest thing sometimes to keep going. I'm gonna keep this real. That's the hardest thing to do, is to keep going. Cause you're gonna get. Life ain't perfect gonna be. They gonna throw at you. It's gonna gonna be stuff in the middle, like, obstacles you're gonna have to jump over, like, and get past. But can you keep going? I ain't a lot of people that can keep going. You know what I mean? So I'm one of them people that you saw keep going. It's like my career got longevity on. I'm talking about you can go all the way back. 2016, it start. That's when it started. 2016, 17, 18, 19, 21, 2, 3. We here, 24. We still going. We still strong. Now we rebranding. And now we Loaf Boys University. Now we Loaf Boys organization. We started off Bread Gang. It was, now is the time we have to reinvent. It's time to reinvent. You can't be constantly talking about Bread Gang. We doing this. We got to reinvent. We Loaf Boys. Now it's just a branch off. It's still the bread instead of Breathe. You know what I'm saying? Just a low from there. Like you feel just a low style right now.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Innovation.
Moneybagg Yo
Yep.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
That's what it is. So if there were a couple people that you would want to shout out and say that that helped you as an artist to really develop your career and to help you out there, I.
Moneybagg Yo
Got to give a number one shout out to my brother, Joe Motion. Boss man Joe, he be with fat right now. Like, he locked in. You know, I said, that's another thing. We created opportunities with artists and just different stuff we made around this whole organization for our brothers and the founding fathers of this situation to, you know, income to get the income. That's the only outcome is the income. So you know what I'm saying? So shout out to Joe. He. He believed in me before anybody believed in me. People used to laugh. And then, you know, I'm saying, take my craft serious. And he sponsored it still. And he went still praising and hollering out like this. I'm telling you. I'm telling you what's gonna go on. Telling you. Listen to him. And paying for my video when I couldn't pay for videos and studio time and etc, you know, so, you know, I feel like I owe them for life.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
I feel like that's a huge part of your story is, you know, know the struggles that it took you to get here. There's so many people that, you know, struggle their whole life.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
You know, and. And, you know, it's the people around you that you surround yourself with and you've done such a good job of, you know, becoming, you know, innovating every time when you release a new album that, you know, it's. It's just absolutely amazing. I think a lot of people out there want to hear a little bit about you and Ari and, you know, shout out to Ari. We had a great dinner the other night.
Moneybagg Yo
We cooked.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Cooked for all of us.
Moneybagg Yo
We like with that. Like, I didn't get to the point, you know, I didn't got to the point where I'd rather just keep that. Where is it? Like, let's. We want to keep everything about the music right now. We want to keep everything. Everybody know. Like, that's my. You know what I'm saying? That's my shot. Like this. Who I'm locked in with. This is what I'm doing. But we. We want, like, the focus right now. We want to do. We want to keep this, like, strictly, like, music related. Like, because it's like people get involved in my real life and they make opinions and assumptions and. And do all this other stuff, and it caused real problems inside the household. In reality, though, like, not this cap Internet, like the stuff they be playing with, these comments and likes and blogs and all that, like, that right there caused real problems in your household. So the most we can just. We. We learning it together, though. We learning it together as a whole. So us learning this together is like, all right, we're going to tone it down a little bit. We're gonna do this. We're gonna let them see this. We want. We're gonna move like this. You know what I'm saying? You don't even see anything that go on with Beyonce and Jay Z. Why? Because of these things. Because of these things. That's why. You don't see that. So I just look at it like that. You got to use this same. Especially if there's somebody you really locked in where you like you with this look, it's your love of your life or whatever you call it, whatever you. Whatever you label it, you. If that's how serious you taking it, then you gotta, like, move how I'm telling you to move, because you. This ain't. You automatically target. Boom. You know what I'm saying?
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So the Internet.
Moneybagg Yo
The Internet, bro. Basically, it sums it up. The Internet. At the end of the day, like, there's not a good place to be.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Well, I think. I think you guys have an amazing, you know, relationship, and we've had such a cool time the other night together, all of us. And, yeah, I think that, you know, you guys have just been such the ideal couple that people look up to.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And that, you know, you have so many fans between both of you guys out there that are constantly wanting to know, what do you guys got going on? What are you guys doing? And, you know, you guys, I like that analogy as you keep it like Jay Z and Beyonce.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, we want to keep this. Like, we want to just keep it just tight. Just want to keep it tight. Because we'd have made a lot of mistakes on both ends, both sides of the ball. We didn't made mistakes. And like, oh, damn, we should never did that. Oh, I should have never tweeted this. And while I was over there, boom. And you can't. You got to be careful. You got to watch all your surroundings and move just accordingly. Just because you might not even be doing that. You might not have nothing going on in the room, but you got to be extra on point about who you're around or who these folk got around you because of your situation. So it's like, bro, like, know what I mean?
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
That's real talk. Have you and Ari ever smoked weed together?
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, drum guard rolled up blunt the other day.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Nice, nice.
Moneybagg Yo
Roll up blunt.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
What kind of weed does she like to smoke?
Moneybagg Yo
Man, whatever I got. I like that. Whatever I got, she. Whatever I want. Whatever I do, she. Boom. You know what I'm saying? She with that. So.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Did you know that cannabis and heroin are both the same Schedule 1 drug? They're in the same category.
Moneybagg Yo
I know that. You just put me now.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So cannabis is still a Schedule 1 substance, and it's still in the same category as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and, you know, my. My whole life, I did learn some. Yeah. So it's actually still. Cannabis is still federally illegal. It's still not legal.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Right now the government is trying to deschedulize it to a Schedule 3. It's still not going to be completely federally legal. So my whole life Growing up, you know, all I've seen is, you know, basically the war on drugs has affected so many people. How many friends do you have that have been locked up for a pound of weed? Or, you know, how strict are the drug, drug laws in Memphis? You know, cannabis is, is more and more becoming legal every month. I would say they're trying to push it forward, forward with, with legalization. I wanted to know, like you growing up, did the war on drugs affect you? Did you have any family members arrested for cannabis? Did you know anybody that got in trouble for weed?
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, I know. Yeah. That's how we was around those. Our role models almost. That was our role model. That's who we want to be like them. You know what I'm saying? Like, so of course we witnessed that. We saw that.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And can you imagine all these people that have spent so many years in.
Moneybagg Yo
Prison for a plant that they making legal now? That's crazy. They should free everybody.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Free everybody.
Moneybagg Yo
They should free everybody who got caught with it. Whoever got caught with pounds and weed, free them right now. I ain't done nothing but try to get their people some money and take care of their family, man.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
I like that. I like that. So I gotta ask you, you gotta be really important question here for the.
Moneybagg Yo
World.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
For the 2024 election, will you be voting?
Moneybagg Yo
I don't like to get into politics.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.
Moneybagg Yo
Who would be the With Trump, though? But I ain't trying to get into politics. I love Trump, though. I. With Trump, all right, but I ain't trying to get into politics.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
We don't have to. So we took a bullet for the country. What did you think about that? What did you think about the assassination?
Moneybagg Yo
Stand up, man. Trump against him, man. Trump against me. I feel like Trump against. So he go trust them, go try something. For sure.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So Trump 2024, his eyes looking as.
Moneybagg Yo
I was looking up.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Alright, I like that. I like that. So if you had a message to everybody out there that's trying to be who you are, you have so many millions and millions of fans out in the world that are, you know, they look up to you, you're their role model. They, you know, they look up to you. They look up to everything you have going on. You're a walking role model, right? You just, you know, did a song with. You're a superstar, you know, I feel like this is the beginning of your career. I feel as if there's so much more to come for you as an artist, as a, as a, as a person. I Feel there's so many big opportunities in your life, and there's so many people out there that, you know this is their dream. Right? You're living, you know, the dream of millions of people that are trying to get to the. That spot that want to be an artist like you. What would be your message to everyone out there that's. That's trying to. To come up in the world and. And become an artist?
Moneybagg Yo
I tell them, just stay focused, man. Keep forcing it on them. Keep mashing, keep mashing. The gas don't never let up, you know what I'm saying? Like I said, one of the key things, you see something, you try something, and you really believe in it, and it ain't working. Like how you want it to go. Just keep going, keep forcing it on them. They ain't like me at first. Like you just said, one of the biggest artists in the world, that everybody didn't like me, and everybody don't like me today, but it don't matter, you know what I'm saying? They hate. Ain't stopping my bankroll or my hustle. I'm still pushing, I'm still mashing. I'm still go to where I'm trying to go. I'm still gonna get to where I'm trying to go, you know what I'm saying? So shout out to everybody who doing what I'm doing, looking at me. You know what I'm saying? Looking at me as a role model. Just keep pushing this. Stay focused, Keep hustling. Reinvent yourself if you see something ain't working. And just, you know, do be you. Be true to you at the end of the day and don't take a lot of opinions, you know what I'm saying? It's cool, you know what I'm saying, to take a certain, you know, advice from certain people, but don't just let that over make you overthink. Yeah, okay. Okay. Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So can we expect a music video for the Whiskey Whiskey?
Moneybagg Yo
We.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
With Morgan Wallen and Turbo.
Moneybagg Yo
Never know what the future hold, man. Never know what the future hold. So real soon you could be seeing it. Okay. Yeah. Okay.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Possible another song with Morgan Wallen in the mix.
Moneybagg Yo
Yep. You know, my guy we locked in. That's easy.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So we saw Tom Brady, Mike Tyson, and Morgan Wallen walking out to Whiskey, Whiskey. How did that make you feel, seeing that you're now one of the most. You know, it's a whole nother fan basis having Morgan Wallen on a song. It's, you know, it's. It's what a feeling to. To have seen that.
Moneybagg Yo
No, I'm like, I'm overly thankful, overly appreciated for the fact that he even taking liking into a person. Like, you know what I'm saying? Me and giving me the opportunity to like, expand and looking at it, how he looking at it, like, oh, we just. Cool. We just got this cameras, we locked in the whole time. This a big picture. This is a big deal. This. This large. You know what I'm saying? So I'm just grateful to be a part of it, bro, to be honest. Humbly speaking.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And you're an absolute, genuine person. Person. And I think that the other way around as well is that he is very lucky to have you.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, I feel like it was both sides. It was exchange. We exchanged. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, same thing. Because, like, I had people and I be seeing like, little Twitter just mentions and comments and like, oh, I'm downloading Morgan Wallen hole essentials right now. All this music right now. You know what I'm saying? I put them down too. I put my eye people down too, you know what I'm saying? So, yeah, both ends.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
How is it recording with Morgan Wallen? What kind of.
Moneybagg Yo
We did it. We did it through the water. We did it through the world. Okay, that song. Okay, that song. Through the Wire. Yep.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So can we speak a little more on cannabis when I. The first time? Well, actually, we met a couple years ago through a neutral friend of ours.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And the first time you came to the cultivation here in downtown, what did you think? Have you ever seen anything like that? Did you ever think that you would, you know, coming from seeing packs on the streets and people selling pounds, you know, you know, hidden in a. In an alley, as opposed to coming to a legal facility that's got, you know, plants everywhere and retail manufacturing corporations. Cultivation, distribution.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah. What's the difference? What you asked me what.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
What did you think?
Moneybagg Yo
I mean, I think it's amazing. I love what you're doing. I feel like you really got something going on. You know what I'm saying? You focused, smart, dude. You know what I'm saying? I just. And I represent that. You good, great vibe. Like, you see how we kick. You see how we throw. You see our chemistry, bro, like, this ain't on and off the camera. You know what I'm saying? It's just. We locked in. This is how it's going. But that's another note. But on another note, I love what you're doing with just with this whole, like, in a perfect World, this what I want to be doing in a perfect world, this is something I want to have.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Well, my whole team appreciates you very much. Actually, my attorney, Alex Friedman.
Moneybagg Yo
That's my dog we locked in. Alex, what's up?
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Yeah, I, I wanted to actually touch on that. It was, it was actually. I have met so many artists over the years, you wouldn't believe. Like I was selling weed to Suge Knight when I was really young and you know, he actually called me from jail a couple months ago and you know, we just chopped it up about how I used to bring weed by the studio and you know, he used to take me to Vegas and I used to sell all of them cannabis and you know, OG Kush, because I've been growing the same OG Kush strain for 22 years. And you know, one thing that really, really stood out to me and my team about you in particularly, you know, have of course me meeting so many people is we were sitting here one night for like an hour and it was me, you and Alex and you had your camera guy over there. I hope we still got that footage. That's some good footage over there.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And we were just explaining to you the legal side of cannabis and how, you know, the branding and how, you know, you know, he wrote all the cannabis laws in LA and how these licenses are acquired and how it's a very, you know, it's a merit based applications to get licenses and it's very complicated and very highly taxed industry. And you said something that really caught both of our eye. You said, you know, not only did you pay attention the whole time and you listened to everything that Alex had to say and that, you know, we were explaining, you were actually interested and really wanted to learn about the legal side of this industry because where cannabis is going, you know, it's really in the, to me at least it's, it's in the brand which is the value, right? Like, yeah, you are your own brand. Like Loaf, that's the, that's the brand, right? That's the, that's the billion dollar brand for you. That's the future Loaf going to be forever and after. And you know, your kids will be having, and their kids will be having Loaf, right? Because that's the brand. So, you know, it really was intriguing to see that you were so interested to see, oh, this is how you guys are running the business, this is how you guys are doing the cultivation, this is the metric. These are the legalities of what comes into branding. And, and I want to touch on that, because a lot of artists out there, you know, they've had, they've, they've tried to have a brand. I think that there's, there's a lot of people as well on the other side, fans that would say, oh, artists, you know, oh, it's a celebrity run brand and the artists are, you know, not what the cannabis culture is about, which for me it's the opposite because for the legal industry, like the trap, the street, everything, the. That's, that's, that's, you know, a whole nother business, the legal cannabis industry. I feel like, you know, it's an honor to have people like you put eyes and attention on our industry, because our industry is taxed so high that it's almost impossible to make good money in legal cannabis. You know, you talked to Burner the other day. We were at the grand, the grand opening at lax, and he says this openly. What did he tell you about how much money he makes with weed? With weed? No money, zero money.
Moneybagg Yo
Told me all the money and merch.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
All the money and merch. And that's coming from Burner and, you know, he's been a cannabis icon for so long.
Moneybagg Yo
And it really, they really shocked me too. I ain't going to lie. It shocked the out me. I was like, damn, you can make. They really, it's the really, the clothing, like extra weed straight from Burners, legally anyway.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
And, and it's hard to actually believe that. So it's really important. Like a message that I have for a lot of artists out there that are coming into cannabis is you got to stand on your brand, right? Because your brand is your value. Your brand is what defy defines you. So traditional. The reason I called the company traditional is because my industry, the way it was created, it came from the trap, right? And, and it really was, you know, they call it the, the gray market, the black market. The industry was really started. California passed Proposition 215, SB420 in 1996. It allowed you to grow cannabis as a co op, meaning you could, if you weren't able to grow your six plants. I can get, you know, hundreds of people to sign me over the rights to grow their six plants. And then it was all as a nonprofit. And the laws were not really, you know, written clearly. It was not black and white in my industry.
Moneybagg Yo
Exactly.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So now in 2017, California passed Proposition 64, which allows completely cannabis to be sold for recreational use, meaning if you have an ID, you don't need a medical card. From 1996 to 2017, you needed a medical card in order to buy cannabis from a retail store in California. So you couldn't go in a store, but any doctor would write a prescription. And, you know, it was all a big, you know, scam and everyone was getting their cannabis from 150 different places. So anyway, a little, little more. In 2017, they passed cannabis to be recreational legal, and they taxed it so high that it's hard, like Berner said, for people to make money in cannabis or big money because of how highly regulated and taxed that it is. Actually, cannabis is. I would say, correct me if I'm long more regulated than plutonium. Like, it's insane. Cannabis is one of the most regulated. We go through so much in my industry to stay afloat and stay alive. So a little getting off off subject is speaking on the brand. The real play to me is the brand and traditional came from, you know, I wanted to keep the culture alive on how this industry got here and be able to conform and have lawyers and attorneys and do it the right way. So traditional is keeping the culture alive, you know, being able to conform with the legal market and, you know, elevate as you've elevated in your life and just, you know, moved up and moved up. So, so I always wanted to keep the culture and you know, the traditional market, people would say, oh, are the, are they traditional? Like, is it the old school way we did it. So is it the traditional way? That's how they say, the traditional way. So I'm sure you, I know that you have plans to make a loaf cannabis brand. Yeah, of course. And that's in your future and you've picked a strain. Do you want to talk a little bit about a strain that you've, you've picked out and how you got it and how, how picky you want to keep it?
Moneybagg Yo
We want to keep it locked in right now. But at the end of the day, it's coming. We got some big coming, you know what I'm saying? We just want to be able to. Like, my thing is I want to market it better than I ever marketed it anything I ever marketed. Like, if this what I'm gonna be doing, I gotta do it match. I gotta, this gotta match the music, you know what I'm saying? How I market the music. I need to market, I need to market my strand like that, you know what I'm saying? I need to go in that whole direction and then the market is what's gonna bring, bring them to the weed. We can say we got good weed all Day. A lot of artists say they got good weed, but do they really mean it's good? Like, how do we know this good weed? Like, because it's, it's coming from you because you said it. Like, they don't mean it's good weed. You know what I'm saying? So I just want to market it, get it out there, do pop ups, get it out there in the people's face and let them tell me what it is they going to demand. You're going to know the demand after that.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
I like that. So that means, you know, you do have a plan in the future.
Moneybagg Yo
No, for sure it's a real plan. It's just you can't keep doing the same stuff. We already, we like, we already done.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Talk about P. Run a little bit about how you turn so many brands and strands up.
Moneybagg Yo
I've been turning brands and strands up. They know that, like the streets know that. The people see that. You know what I'm saying? So I ain't gotta do all that.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Just a lot, a lot of people in this industry. Yeah, they're in, you know, you, you did a lot for a lot of brands and you know, it's time for your brand.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, it's time to. Let's go global. Let's go past the moon.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Can we expect a new album coming soon?
Moneybagg Yo
For sure. We got, I got two, three new projects coming. All gas, no breaks.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
All gas, no breaks. Two, three projects for sure.
Moneybagg Yo
For surely.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Now we're gonna do a ten pound challenge right now. I know we talked a little about it in the car. I think this is gonna be the highlight of our, our tour today. So we're gonna get. We got a basketball court outside. I'm gonna put £10 on the table and every shot you make, give you a pound of your, of your favorite weed. You about to knock him down.
Moneybagg Yo
Let me shoot for you, bro. Like you ain't liked it. He go like he liked it.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Well, nice thing. You want to shout out any of your artists out there that you got going shot off. I got a shout out. Shout out.
Moneybagg Yo
Shout out to YTB Fat. Shout out to drum God in the room with me. Splat in the room with me. You know what I'm saying? Loaf man, shout out to them lo man. Big homie G man. Shout out to all them lo man locked in.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
Give a shout out traditional breezes, Cog.
Moneybagg Yo
Breezes, newest Loaf member.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
I like that saying.
Moneybagg Yo
Migo Lo Chico, Loaf good.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
So I want to thank you very much for coming today.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, there's nothing, bro. I don't even look at it like this. Like there's no show or nothing with you. Like we locked in for real. We do these type of chop ups and talks in the truck, in the car, in the condo, in the spot. Like we don't. We ain't like there's nothing. It is what it is.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
I also want to thank you very much for supporting the brand.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
For supporting traditional.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah, for sure. Good gray smoke, you know, the best smoke. For sure.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
You know, I got you always. Of course. My team, they're so appreciative, you know, they're all fans and they love your music. They love what you got going on.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
I want to, you know, continue to watch you grow in your career. It's an honor for me. And again, thank you so much for everything, my brother, Traditional talk. We're doing the ten pound challenge. Every shot he makes, he gets a pound, a fire of his favorite weed of choice. He gets to pick the pound.
Moneybagg Yo
Deal.
Aaron (Founder of Traditional Cannabis Company)
We're gonna start right now. Done.
Moneybagg Yo (performing or rapping)
I ain't never ran from a no I ain't no if I did cut my legs off right now.
Moneybagg Yo
Yeah I'm.
Moneybagg Yo (performing or rapping)
A stand up, got my pants up, you don't wanna see me pissed off when it comes to them you gotta play around and I never ever let the get to me why not? Ain't worth my energy what you had to do cut them off, make them.
Moneybagg Yo
Feel it I ain't dealing with nothing.
Moneybagg Yo (performing or rapping)
If it don't make sense to me I never ever ever go against my kind for some on the other side I never ever ever put a for the money got to get it when it come to mind Lately I feel like it's me versus me don't see competition while would you compete? Don't even got to be woke still going to be up I make a bag in my shoes can't get the hood out of me you know where I be still post it up like I lease trust me them choppers going to buy can't be the teeth you been I think it's just weak if.
Moneybagg Yo
The bitch bad put a stacking hole.
Moneybagg Yo (performing or rapping)
I'm Dr. Seuss Give me cat in the hat booty poke out of her.
Moneybagg Yo
Stomach on snatch way too 1 I would have been satisfied with 1 Be honest 3 Three's the charm, baby.
Podcast: Traditional Talk
Host: Aaron (Founder, Traditional Cannabis Company)
Guest: Moneybagg Yo (Grammy-nominated artist, entrepreneur)
Episode: Rolling Up Success: How Moneybagg Yo Balances Music, Business, and Personal Growth
Date: August 20, 2025
This debut episode of Traditional Talk spotlights Grammy-nominated rapper and entrepreneur Moneybagg Yo. The conversation dives deep into cannabis and culture, charting Moneybagg Yo’s journey from his first experiences with weed to his current health focus, creative process, business moves, upcoming projects, and his perspective on federal legalization. Moneybagg Yo shares personal stories, industry insights, and candid reflections on growth, collaboration, and authenticity.
Origin Story (01:32):
“I stole it from my dad. We probably like, what, in middle school? Like seventh grade...We got to tweaking out like some crazy shit.” (01:32)
“It was just Reggie, like sticks, stems…not just regular weed. Wasn’t no cush...back then.” (01:54)
Becoming a Stoner (02:26):
Transition to Better Strains (02:52):
Favorite Strain Now (03:25):
“Traditional, for sure. That’s right, traditional.” (03:25)
Consumption Habits (03:42):
“I toned it down…just like a part of my lifestyle that I’m doing. That’s some healthy...just stand on the right.” (03:42)
Preferred Smoking Method (05:34):
“It’s more out of papers. For sure, for sure. Smooth, straight to the point…taste it way better…” (05:38)
Most Famous Smoking Partner (05:56):
“Snoop. You smoke, you gotta smoke with Snoop, man.” (05:56)
Fitness Motivation (04:34):
“I used to be on stage and I used to be slow…didn’t make sense to where I saw myself going…if I get myself right, I can get this opportunity, this endorsement…” (04:34)
Nutrition and Reset (04:34):
On Reinvention (06:40):
“I feel like every so years you gotta reinvent yourself...I’m in that mode.” (06:40)
Expanding His Audience (07:05):
“You gotta cater to everybody…I love y’all, but we need some more y’all.” (07:05)
Morgan Wallen Collaboration (08:08):
“Timing is everything. What if I would have put it out last year? I don’t think it would have got the effect it got today.” (08:41)
Versatility & Singing (11:49):
Beginning as an Artist (14:46):
“We selling dope…taking the chances in the streets…so risky. But this is a clean way of them people getting money…and all I gotta do is sound good…” (14:46)
Authenticity (16:45):
“Everything I’m living, I’m rapping about it…everything I’m witnessing, I’m putting it down…” (14:46)
Struggles & Resilience (16:57):
“I had to sleep on the floor. I was sleeping on the floor. Like, I had the hottest tape in the city, sleeping on the floor in the Mill Creek Apartments.” (16:57)
Cannabis Business Learning (33:14):
“Not only did you pay attention the whole time and you listened…you were actually interested and really wanted to learn about the legal side of this industry…” (34:49, paraphrased)
On Brand Power (41:05):
“If this what I’m gonna be doing, I gotta do it match. I gotta, this gotta match the music…how I market the music. I need to market my strand like that.” (41:05)
Challenging Cannabis Economics (37:21):
Cannabis and Incarceration (26:57):
“They should free everybody who got caught with [weed]...ain’t done nothing but try to get their people some money and take care of their family, man.” (27:24)
War on Drugs Impact (26:57):
On Public Relationships (22:05):
“We want…to keep everything about the music right now…People get involved in my real life and they make opinions and assumptions…and it caused real problems inside the household.” (22:07)
Comparisons:
Handling Success (17:49):
“I didn’t think I was gonna be this big, but, I mean, hey, shout out to God. Shout out to Allah…confidence is the whole key of this…” (17:49)
Election & Politics (27:47):
“Who would be the With Trump, though? But I ain’t trying to get into politics. I love Trump, though. I...With Trump, all right, but I ain’t trying to get into politics.” (27:54)
“Just stay focused, man. Keep forcing it on them. Keep mashing, keep mashing. The gas don’t never let up…They ain’t like me at first…But it don’t matter…Just keep pushing, stay focused, keep hustling, reinvent yourself...” (29:27)
Upcoming Projects (42:43):
“All gas, no breaks. Two, three projects for sure.” (42:48)
Potential Music Videos/Collaborations (30:32):
Business Aspirations:
Cannabis & Inspiration:
“Smoking, I feel like help you think…keeps me calm in a lot of situations…But you gotta know how to do it to where you don’t overthink or panic...” — Moneybagg Yo (13:55)
On Reinvention:
“I feel like every so years you gotta reinvent yourself. So I feel like I’m in that mode. I’m reinventing myself.” — Moneybagg Yo (06:40)
On Success & Resilience:
“The hardest thing to do is to keep going. Cause you’re gonna get…obstacles…but can you keep going?” — Moneybagg Yo (19:00)
On Social Justice:
“They should free everybody who got caught with [weed]…ain’t done nothing but try to get their people some money and take care of their family.” — Moneybagg Yo (27:24)
On Role Models & Inspiration:
“Shout out to Joe. He believed in me before anybody believed in me…paying for my video when I couldn’t pay for videos and studio time…” — Moneybagg Yo (20:32)
On Brand Strategy:
“If this what I’m gonna be doing, I gotta do it match. I gotta, this gotta match the music...I need to market my strand like that...” — Moneybagg Yo (41:05)
| Segment | Timestamp | Summary | |-----------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | First time smoking weed | 01:32 | Stole Reggie from dad; wild early experience | | Becoming a regular smoker | 02:26 | 12th grade; sourced from hood | | Preferred weed & methods now | 03:25–05:38 | “Traditional” strain; prefers papers for smooth, clean taste | | Famous people smoked with | 05:56 | Snoop Dogg | | Music reinvention & Morgan Wallen | 06:40–11:09 | Collaboration origins; broadening audience; creative growth | | Personal health/fitness journey | 04:34 | Motivation to up performance through fitness, health | | Early days/struggle stories | 16:57 | Slept on floor; belief in self; staying focused | | Impact of war on drugs | 26:57–27:24 | Lost friends/family to harsh cannabis laws; strong views | | Relationships & privacy | 22:05 | Keeping things private with Ari, learning as a couple | | Advice to aspiring artists | 29:27 | “Stay focused…keep hustling…reinvent yourself…” | | Brand/business aspirations | 33:14–41:05 | Learning legal industry, launching “Loaf” as a brand | | Upcoming music/cannabis plans | 42:43 | Teases new projects, own strain, marketing focus |
The episode is friendly, conversational, and unscripted, characterized by genuine camaraderie between Aaron and Moneybagg Yo. The vibe stays positive yet real: honest talk about struggle, hustle, ambition, and the pressures and stigma around cannabis. Moneybagg Yo comes across as humble, driven, and business-minded, eager to keep learning and growing as both an artist and entrepreneur.
Moneybagg Yo lays bare his journey—from Memphis streets to global stages, from smoking Reggie to launching his own cannabis brand, from sleeping on floors to charting new paths in both music and business. He emphasizes self-reinvention, staying true, and lifting others up, all while pushing to normalize and legitimize cannabis. The episode sets the tone for Traditional Talk: unfiltered, personal, culture-shifting, and forward-looking.
“Just keep pushing, stay focused, keep hustling, reinvent yourself…and be true to you at the end of the day.”
— Moneybagg Yo (29:27)