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[Assistant] It ain't nothing that's probably going to impress him. You know, I'm happy with it, but...


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[Assistant] And I'm thinking like, he's probably going to nitpick it and tell me like, you need to do this and that. He, he looks up and he says, that's your star. And it's a room full of guys like, you know, all my friends that are in the hip hop organization, Charlie Smarts is there. And he says, this is your star. Wow. Yeah.


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[Assistant] And after that, you know, I don't, he gives me homework. That's what he does. He gives me homework to work on my flow. Cause again, like I'm lyrical, but the flow needs some work. Inflection needs some work. So he tells me, listen to Boop Boop Boop these albums and listen to how they're saying it, not necessarily what they're saying.


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[Assistant] I could get in the shower and rap the very first word to the very first song of the black album to the very last one.


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[Assistant] And, you know, he keeps in touch, you know, uh, just to check in on us. Let's just come to the studio, watch little brother record sometimes. And, you know, he just continues to take me under his wing, give me lessons, you know. Then he goes to Central, he gets his own studio, so we start hanging up there, hanging out there.


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[Assistant] I get a manager and he's like, what are your short-term long-term goals? And I'm like, well, I hear knife is starting to label. Like, you know, I love to be a part of it.


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[Assistant] I just never thought about it, you know? Like, I'm just, I think I'm so focused on working on the music and the homework and...


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[Assistant] You know, he just presented the question like, what are your goals? And I'm just like, what the heck? Let me think about it. I mean, I've been working with Knife. I heard he's starting a label. I'd love to be a part of it. So we have a meeting.


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[Assistant] And I was like, yeah, I'd love to have you. And this was 2009 and he officially announced the label sometime, sometime later that year.


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[Assistant] So for him just to give me homework, like that was enough for me to focus on to figure it out. Like I knew I wanted to do a project, you know, I wanted to put something out, but I wanted to do it right. So I didn't know how to start. So whatever he told me to do, I did it. It didn't matter what it is, what it was, you know, I'd come in and do songs. He'd be like, write it over. I write it over. Um, and I probably was,


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[Assistant] Developing in the beginning before I was allowed, not allowed, but able to even put out my first project for two years. You know, I probably did three or four hundred songs. None of them will see the light of day, but it was all just development.


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[Assistant] So I wasn't in no rush, like I didn't feel like it was even time for me yet.


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[Assistant] Uhm, there were so many people that were in and out of that studio and they were so dope and it was just like, man. So the frustrating part of me was with myself, like, dang, why can't I ever consistently learn about cadence and keep it? Like, why am I always just going off of the cadence?


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[Assistant] You know, why can't I learn to write good hooks? Why are my hooks sucking? You know, so it was more frustration with me of just wanting to be better.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I necessarily wasn't worried about like, oh, I need to get this project out. Why is this taking so long? I'm frustrated. Like, I gotta get these, these things. Knife told me to mark off the checklist, to master, to be a great MC. I gotta get this right. So that was the thing I was focusing on.


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[Assistant] Man, I don't know. I play sports too, so that might have had something to do with it. Like, you know, I think that.


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[Assistant] If Nike got there at four, I would get there at four, but if he stayed till five in the morning, I'm staying till eight in the morning. You know what I'm saying?


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[Assistant] Whatever he did, I had to do more of. Right. You know, how are you, Ninth Wonder, who's working, got a Grammy nomination, worked with Jay, Mary, all these people, and if you're working as much, and I know I need to work ten times harder than that, so that was like,


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[Assistant] My thing, uhm, and that I knew that in order to get better I had to practice. It's like shooting free throws.


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[Assistant] You gotta be honest with your music. You have to celebrate every win. Like, Nife always told me if you put out a song and today it gets five and tomorrow it might have ten plays and that's a win because people are listening to your music. If you put out


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[Assistant] And you get five songs one day, and three the next, and you gotta be like, something ain't right, I gotta get back, so. You celebrate the wins, you put in your 10,000 hours, you build relationships.


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[Assistant] Cause they matter sometimes more than the music, like the relationships you build.


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[Assistant] Uhm, those are gonna be the people that you call up or people that see you and are gonna support you with that.


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[Assistant] Artistry where it's like, yo, you could be on this joint. I know you'll watch your grind. I like you as a person, so I'mma look out for you. Like, all of those things are important. And too, like, I was, uh, I was with Reason last night.


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[Assistant] And we was talking about, you know, just albums and sequencing and, you know, we started on a conversation of people don't even, like a lot of artists today, they don't even work with producers to executive produce their projects. You get albums and they have good songs, but the sequencing is so out of whack. It's just like, it throws the album off. So it's just so much that goes into,


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[Assistant] Making music and a lot of times just humbling yourself and not having an ego and allowing people to help you and help yourself.


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[Assistant] Yeah, like, I remember being in it. We are the middle children. And just trying to figure out, like,


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[Assistant] Yo, how is anybody gonna eat? Cause it was a time where like nobody's buying CDs anymore. But everything is, you know, pretty much for free. SoundCloud is MP3, so unless you're like a crazy pop artist,


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[Assistant] Hi. That's when everybody was doing 360 deals to, you know, so.


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[Assistant] I just need my music to go crazy from somewhere. Like it was all about YouTube views at that time and getting signed. So it was, it was just hard to figure out. Like I don't really even know where this is going, let alone where I fit in it because the sound of music, like there was really no space


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[Assistant] Like, feeling through the dark, black time, like, man, I don't know what we gonna do. And, you know, even with streaming, you could stream stuff, but they really didn't know how to monetize it at that time, too. So, you know, just trying to figure it out. But, you know, you gotta have blind faith at this point that it's just going, you just gotta stick with it and keep going and just see how it grows. Like, I don't know.


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[Assistant] Uhm, it was inspiring, you know, and to know, like you say, like, he did it off the mixtape scenes. Right.


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[Assistant] He's probably the last one to really do it off mixtapes like that. Like, for real mixtapes where, you know, when I did mixtape, they were all like,


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[Assistant] him do that and to sign with Jay-Z and Rockefeller to be from North Carolina and do that, like, it was super inspiring.


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[Assistant] I tell people like, a lot of the foundation of my fan base are Mac Miller fans.


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[Assistant] Yeah, like my career, it would not have been the same without him.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean at the time he's like starting his bubble, like at this time his videos are getting millions of plays and he's probably doing shows at this time between 500 and 1,000 people.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but you know, the music business is hurting. They trying to figure out any way at this point to get money to figure it out. So uhm, but yeah, they drove down to North Carolina in a station wagon like Max, big fan of Knives. I think Crysis had reached out. So they came to work and that's how I met him because I was a studio rat, always in the studio.


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[Assistant] Uhm, if I wasn't recording, I was still in there. If we had a guest, I was watching, I was learning, I was asking questions. So he came and I was just in there. And you know, you know, you probably, you know Mac, you knew Mac, uhm, of course.


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[Assistant] I mean, what you saw was that you get like super lovable, love people, love good energy, it was all about having fun, so it was just easy to connect with him, and he was a big fan of the coaches, so I was working on...


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[Assistant] I was working on my first mixtape.


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[Assistant] Return of the B-Girl and he listened to it and he liked it, you know, uhm, he did a song with me and he left.


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[Assistant] And two weeks later he called Nife, he was like, yo, I like Rapsy, I wanna bring her on tour. Wow. Like, straight like that, like, if he liked you, he liked you, if he thought you was dope, he was gonna give you a chance. And I ain't, I'm not, I know I'm not the only one that has a story like that. He's taken so many artists.


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[Assistant] You know, that had a, were at the beginning of their career like me and just gave them a platform or shared his platform with them to put them on so, you know.


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[Assistant] Doing a, doing a song with me, taking me on tour, doing a video with me at the time, like his videos again, I get millions of views. You know, that's how I got a large portion of my fan base through him. Because anything he was on, people were gonna listen to. It didn't matter what it was.


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[Assistant] Yeah, uhm, we, it wasn't like we talked every, every day, but, you know, he would come back to North Carolina a lot, so I'd always see him then, or, you know.


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[Assistant] Either we would DM each other or, you know, I'd hit him every now and again like, what's up, how you doing, just checking in. It wasn't, like, we could go six months without talking sometimes and he could, he'd still come to North Carolina, you'd pick up where you left off, like.


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[Assistant] But it was crazy when he came to the studio, he was really about the music, like all the, all the guys would be with the girls, but he would always be in the studio working, like never a part of that. So, but he just liked to have.


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[Assistant] Good people and fun around him, uhm, energy around him. So before he, when he passed, uhm, I think the last time I remember talking to him, I had just missed him, it was the Smokers Club Festival.


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[Assistant] That verse is crazy. Like, it's ill that you on the album. Like, that's the last time I remember like, us having a conversation conversation.


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[Assistant] We definitely reached out to him, like, we knew he was struggling with some things, and it's tough, like, to be that young and be that successful that fast, where, you know, you get all this money and you have anything at your disposal.


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[Assistant] And you move to LA, you know, with your homies, like...


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[Assistant] You still so young and still trying to figure it out, you always don't know how to handle it all when it comes that fast to you. So, you know, I get it, like, he's human.


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[Assistant] I can remember Knife, you know, having a conversation, you know, he was open about his struggles too, so.


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[Assistant] It was just, it was just, it's crazy, but it was at a time where, you know, you thought he was doing better or, you know, you know, like, this is Mac, but it, I don't know, like, you see it,


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[Assistant] And talk to people and tell people, but at the end of the day...


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, definitely. What happened to him was, you know, he got a bad batch. And the person that did that, man, I'm not gonna say it. But they arrested somebody else today. Yeah, I saw that. That's wild.


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[Assistant] But, I mean, to say that it wasn't that bad though, when he openly spoke about his struggles. Right. I can't, I wasn't there, so who am I to say, but.


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[Assistant] You know, I have tried to in the past, but you know, it's just like... You freaked out?


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[Assistant] Like, yea, if other people do it, I be like, do your thing. It doesn't bother me, it's just, I just know, like, I don't, I don't necessarily need it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, because he earned respect. He did everything the right way. He respected the culture, like, you know, he came in and he would work with legends. He worked with DJ Premier, you know, he worked with, uh,


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[Assistant] But he definitely respected the history of it, those that came before, you know.


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[Assistant] He came in the game. It wasn't just like, oh, I'm just doing this because I can do it. I'm a white rapper or whatever, whatever. It's just like, nah, like you knew he really loved it. He studied it. Like he could tell you anything about hip hop and the history of it. And when you, when you, that kind of person, like people notice that and they see like,


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[Assistant] That you're authentic. Like, you can see how pure he was just being around him. Like, he had a very, very bright light. Like, people were drawn to him and you never ever hear anybody say anything bad about him because he was just so loving.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's, that's just, that's just the person he was, like.


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[Assistant] I've seen it. He was all about good energy. Like it could be something even on tour like about to go left and he's going to come in and make a joke of it and make it go the other way. Like, you know, hug it up. We ain't going to do this. Like he was just mad loving. And that's just.


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[Assistant] When I came up with the idea, it was easy after that. Like, you know, I would wake up some days and I would know what women I wanted to name songs after, like.


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[Assistant] I'll wake up and I'll be like, alright, today I'm gonna write a song about Felicia. And what I know I learned about Felicia was, or what I wanted her to represent for this particular project,


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[Assistant] With your song that made the album, but I wanted her to represent, uh, motherly love.


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[Assistant] Because of who she was as her character in Claire on the Cosby show and how impactful that show and she was to our culture and you know, she just represents the motherly part of black women for me outside of my own home. So that was one thing.


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[Assistant] Sometimes, you know, some songs started like that, you know, where I know what these women, you know, conceptually meant for me. Like, uh, Nikki Giovanni, you know, she represented, you know,


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[Assistant] My love for the power of words but also blackness and how she wrote about it, uhm, when it came to, uh, Oprah.


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[Assistant] She represented success as being a black woman and going to get the bag, you know? Like that's going to get the bag, like that's the term we use, but that she been doing that, so.


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[Assistant] But then there were some days where I would get up and I just, I'd get a beat and I'd just write to it. And based on what I wrote, I'd be like, based on this concept of where I'm going,


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[Assistant] What woman reminds me of what this song is? And I say it like, that's Ipda Hodge, you know, which that came from a whole concept where, okay, we gonna flip liquid swores and, you know, I'm a confident woman, like,


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[Assistant] Okay, let's use Ibtihaj, which 9th ended up naming her. He's like, she's got the liquid swords, but she's also the first, uh, Muslim American woman to perform in a hijab in the Olympics. So, you know, that, that mirrors the confidence. Or I wake up one day and I write a verse and, you know, within the verse, I'm like, yo,


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[Assistant] I'm real, you know, unapologetic in my talk and, you know.


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[Assistant] It, it sounds loud, I'ma name this after Jennifer Lewis. Or I wanna talk about some revolutionary stuff, I'm gonna name this Asada. You know, so it would just be...


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[Assistant] Those, those were the two ways I did it. So it was just real easy and pure and organic, like I didn't even have to think about it. I completed 90% of the project in the month of December. Like I was just waking up every day and just...


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[Assistant] Bam, uhm, I watched Belly today. I really dig Keisha's character, which is DMX girlfriend. Right. You know, she was loyal, she was down, he still betrayed her. We're gonna talk about loyalty in this song, we gonna call it Keisha. Like, that's kinda how I approached it.


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[Assistant] So if I'm writing a story and I'm naming it Keisha, then I'mma give you, you know, my words of wisdom of loyalty or stories about how I was loyal or somebody was disloyal to me. But you know, that's why I think this album turned out the way it did and it wasn't corny because I never worried about.


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[Assistant] You know, it's just all about an idea, and people can actually think in layers now, just cause like,


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[Assistant] Oh, I get why she named it that. Let me think about my own stuff, like, how am I, Keisha, or whoever. Uhm, so, I always thought about it, wrote it from the perspective of me, like, to be honest, like, I couldn't name any of these songs, like,


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[Assistant] I coulda named Oprah Dollar Circulate. I coulda went that route. I can go back to my old projects and probably take the titles off those and find black women that fit all those. So it was just more of a creative way to do it because the style of how I wrote didn't change. It was just...


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[Assistant] I told more of the story about me and being a black woman and I just connected that with


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[Assistant] I've always wrote about black women and black men since Layla's wisdom, like you can go back and-


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[Assistant] I got songs called Betty Shabazz or I have interludes where I'm talking about blackness and black women. Like that hasn't changed, but you know, to take, to take it and really make it a concept and to,


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[Assistant] Allow people to notice it and to tell our story in an organic way, like...


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[Assistant] You know, it was just more defined, if anything.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'd be like, man, I know about Ntozake, but I don't know enough. Like, you know, I'm going to read up because I really want to know who she is. If I'm going to name this song after her, I want it to be truthful. And how does she inspire me? Like, how do I relate to her and her story or things that she's written or movies that she's done?


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[Assistant] Yeah, and that was a fun way of me doing it without having people tap and tell people to do it. Like, you want to do it on your own. And it was something I thought of. I was like, man, like, I want people to see these names and ask themselves, who is this person if they don't know? And why does she name this song after them? And in order to answer that question, you gotta go.


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[Assistant] You gotta go learn about that person. So, you know, it was...


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[Assistant] I'm just happy that it worked out the way that I envisioned it.


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[Assistant] Right. No, yeaah, it's just like, I'm a big Lauryn Hill fan, and one thing I love about her is her honesty.


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[Assistant] You know, and to be able to honestly talk about how you feel or what you're insecure about, you know, that's something that comes with confidence and security. And the more confident I grew in being an MC and my music and who I was, you know, I was able to share anything that I thought. And, you know, I went to see, uh, Tip.


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[Assistant] Before the album came out and he was just like, man, I could say anything because at the end of the day it's just a snapshot, snapshot of where I was and where I was thinking.


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[Assistant] I might get out of the booth and I might not feel like that anymore, but when I was in there, that's what I was feeling. And that's what great art is, about being able to be naked and bare. And I've always told me like, there's nothing you can't talk about that somebody on this earth won't be able to relate to.


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[Assistant] So I had to tell myself, like, just be honest and tell you a story because somebody


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[Assistant] You're speaking or you're being a voice for somebody else who doesn't have a voice. And there ain't no shame in it. At the end of the day, like I had to understand like, yo, I'm just human. I'm not perfect, but I'm human and I'm going to go through things and I'm going to have growth and I'm okay about talking about it. And you can't judge me because you ain't perfect either. So.


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[Assistant] And now it's just about creating and doing the music and just really not giving a fuck no more.


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[Assistant] Too much man, like in the beginning it was my appearance. Today it's about, which is so crazy to me, but I gotta stay off Twitter. I do stay off Twitter because Twitter is a whole different world. Like, you know, it's, uh, Rapsody is a Pick Me artist and I'm just like,


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[Assistant] Uh, well, I had to ask myself the same thing. There was an article that was written and I read it, probably shouldn't have, but it's like,


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[Assistant] It seems like, you know, I like her music, but at the same time she makes herself out to be a pick-me artist, which means, uh, oh, I don't dress naked and I do this, so you should pick me because I'm not like Cardi and all these other- I'm just like, how in the-


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[Assistant] And that's why I be so confused and I'm just, but I had to step back and say, man, you writing from an insecure place. This isn't really about me. This is about you.


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[Assistant] And so, I'ma let you breathe. Wow. Like, I'ma just let you breathe. That's how you feel. That's how you feel. But, and, and, and those are the things, like, that, you know, I used to struggle with, but now it's just like, at the end of the day, people always gonna have an opinion. They always gonna have something to say. These social media has given everybody a voice, so it's just like,


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[Assistant] You have to tell yourself, like, yo, I just gotta unplug and turn off, because at the end of the day, what you think really don't, it don't, it can't knock me, it don't phase me at the end of the day.


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[Assistant] I, I can't because I've tried to have those conversations, but it's hard when you


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[Assistant] It's hard when people just want to talk about things that support their narrative, and they don't really want to have a real conversation. Where at the end of the day, we might agree to disagree, but at the same time, I was able to look and I understand your point of view and you understand mine. Whether I agree with it or not, I grew in a way, because at least I'm trying to see where you think.


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[Assistant] And we're having an honest conversation, but if I can't have that with you and it's just gonna be about...


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[Assistant] You know, this is what you are and people, I don't have time, I don't deal with that. So it's...


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[Assistant] People's worlds are small and they haven't learned enough about anything to sometimes have that conversation. That's real, like you say, like I've met a lot of people, young, old, all across the world, all across the state, and you know, and you allow yourself to be open-minded to have those conversations, like you gotta go into things with an open mind.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I've talked about people with religion and you know.


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[Assistant] Just everything that you could think of and, you know, that's how you grow, like, but you gotta have different perspectives. Most people live in a fishbowl.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, like the desperation, the hopelessness and knowing that man, all you gotta do is step out of your comfort zone.


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[Assistant] Because, you know, this small place that we live in is just comfortable for you. And going out of that and experiencing something else and talking to different people is uncomfortable, but that's where growth happens. Like, I was talking to my brother, uhm, who went to the military, so he got to travel the world, lived in Germany for two years, you know, lived in different states, Maryland.


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[Assistant] And you know, hang with my homies like those my best friends, like I got memories with them, like not even.


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[Assistant] Necessarily learning to meet new people, but just how frustrating. He's like, yeah, like I tell him like, yo, come see me in California. Like let me take you around. And he's just like, it's just so hard like to listen to the conversation. It's just like, man, like.


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[Assistant] And that's dope that they can expose their homies to that. Like, that's what it's all about. So.


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[Assistant] Take the homies with you, expose them, give them a job, like, give them something to do.


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[Assistant] Exactly, wasn't it the two dudes that became brothers and they got mad at each other and one killed each other? Kane and Abel, right? Kane and Abel.


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[Assistant] Straight up, cause we are not comfortable with showing our bodies as a society.


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[Assistant] Boom shaka laka shaka laka shaka boom. That's something we used to do in the playground though.


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[Assistant] Yes, somewhere in some record store in November.


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[Assistant] Because it takes three months to press up the record.


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[Assistant] People get upset when you're a public figure, you get upset because of the scrutiny.


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[Assistant] I don't really think it matters whether you're on Instagram or not, because no matter what, as long as you're in the public eye, people are gonna put you on a higher pedestal, which means the scrutiny is even higher.


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[Assistant] So, at the end of the day, the old saying goes, if you don't have haters, you're not doing anything, right? And if you're not doing anything, you don't have haters, and then you get upset because you don't have haters, because suddenly you feel like you're not doing anything. So,


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[Assistant] I think my long form answer is, why the fuck does it even matter?


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[Assistant] Ay yo, Adam. Fuck you, Adam. But I love no jumper. Shout out to Adam.


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[Assistant] Thank you, thank you, thank you. That song is it. I love it. It was something different for me to video-wise, you know what I mean? Shout out to my videographer. I kind of, of course, came up with the theme.


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[Assistant] Cartoonish, animated. Yeah, it was like, yeah, fun, you know what I mean? It was something different, even with the girls in the pool, shaking their behinds, like, people know, they always think Young M.A. is so serious, and, you know what I mean? I just wanted to show them, like, yeah, like, we have fun.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, you know, uh, I get so much different, like,


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[Assistant] But I didn't, I didn't stick to it, you know what I mean? Like eventually I got to a point where it was just like...


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[Assistant] Because it was all new for me man, you know what I mean? Like this is like fame just really hitting me now. I was always known from just starting from the street, hustling from the streets and just trying to get my name out there and get heard and then boom when everything happens.


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[Assistant] So uuuh just happened to move me commercially, you know what I mean? Crossed me over, type vibe. And so now I'm experiencing the...


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[Assistant] Bandwagon, you know what I mean? Everybody pulling me here, pulling me there and like, oh we need her, we need her there. So it wasn't more so about hustling and working hard to be heard. Now it's like, it's coming to me now. It was like the easy way.


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[Assistant] Yeah, exactly. I don't know. You know what I mean? Exactly. I don't know. You know, I'm fresh in it. I didn't sign to no label. I stayed independent. So anything I experienced was more so just off of my personal, uh, way of going about it. And same, I just, I'd rather handle it how I want to handle it. You know what I mean?


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[Assistant] Yo, man, it's cause I was, you know, promoting that.


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[Assistant] Just spontaneously for so long not understanding the branding thing and never got paid for it. You know what I mean? So it was like, oh that's a dub now.


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[Assistant] I know they see, you know, I know they like, yo, like, I'm, like, I'm really doing numbers, this ain't no, this ain't no pretence of, like, we need, this is natural numbers, this is like my supporters going to see, this is people really watching, like, my video big is at like almost 20 million right now, you know what I mean?


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[Assistant] It's just weak moving, you know what I mean? That's just streams on YouTube.


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[Assistant] We're not even talking about all the other media outlets, you know what I mean?


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? And people really see that, like, because they look at celebrities to be, like, something they fantasize about, they dream about, like, it's like, oh my god, like, I love you. You know what I mean? I get that everywhere I go. You know, it's like, love is like, I love you.


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[Assistant] To the T, I'm talking about buying your merch and posters in a crib and stuff like that and the fact that


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[Assistant] You make them feel like they're family, like they're just gonna stick with you. You know what I mean? And that's something I built from day one. Like that wasn't, this didn't just come about cause I got ooh and everything crossed over. No, I've been doing this from the very beginning. Like I stamped that. Like I was already, I had a good following on my Instagram before I even popped off. You know what I mean?


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[Assistant] When everything started to come, you know, so fast and this whole little wave is going.


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[Assistant] And of course when things start to slow down, you're like, ah man, like.


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[Assistant] That was the rush. That was like the rush hour of it. And no, you probably didn't take advantage of it.


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[Assistant] But I don't regret it because at the same time, when the smoke cleared, I still had the ones that support me.


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[Assistant] That I've already had prior to that and then I gained even more once that rush came. So I basically quadripled what I already had.


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? I believe in like real life family, real life friends and, and all the extra like outside stuff. Like I'm just, that's just not in my soul. You know what I mean? Like I have an old soul. I grew up, my mom, uh, raised me a different way.


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[Assistant] Gotten better at it, you know what I mean? Like where I had to put myself at a point like, you know, sometimes you need this little...


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[Assistant] Controversy, this little, you know what I mean? This little funny business type stuff you need because this is like what's, uh, this is what's in there. It's like the thing now, you know what I mean? So sometimes you gotta play they game, you know what I mean? It's like don't let it play you, you gotta play it, you know what I mean? So that's what I learned to do.


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[Assistant] Have that wave and that's all you see for a little bit. But then it goes, it dies down. And I know that. Like that's a good thing. I have an understanding on that. So when certain things happen...


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[Assistant] I'll just tell myself like, yeaah, you know what I mean, I need this controversy. This, all this does is bring impressions to me. It brings engagement to my, to my, to my, uh, profile. This'll give people a reason to click videos, you know what I mean? Like, it don't bother me to the point where it's like, ah, damn, like.


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[Assistant] I can't do this hard. This is, it don't affect me. You know what I mean? Like I use it to my advantage. And I know eventually the way social media is now is so much stuff that happens that they can't wait to post like your situation will literally die down in the next two, three days. Tops. You know what I mean?


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[Assistant] From either your personal feelings or what people see you as, you know what I mean? You can say you a king, but if nobody's acknowledging that...


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[Assistant] Or if you can say you're a queen, but if nobody's acknowledging that, then you're not a king or queen within...


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[Assistant] Definitely. The, uh, the New York Sound is, it's original. It's like where we all was birth from. Like this is where hip hop was birthed, you know what I mean? And, and I'm, I am a fan. Like I am, I am in love with hip hop. Like this is something I fell in love with since a little kid. So I can't help but


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[Assistant] Definitely a big influence upon me and how I make music and stuff like that. But uhm.


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[Assistant] But even with the new sound, you know what I mean? Like a lot of these, a lot of these, like I'm not against nothing that's out right now, you know what I mean? Because some of these kids, it's like so many artists now. It's like so many artists. Like it's crazy how the hip hop, uh, the rap game is now. It's like everybody's a rapper.


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[Assistant] Clustered with a bunch of like people to the point where...


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[Assistant] The OGs kinda get forgotten about because these kids are getting so much content and stuff like that. But I grew up in a generation where...


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[Assistant] It was like, it was hip hop, you know what I mean? It was like, New York had it. You know, we had, I grew up on Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Ja Rule, you know what I mean? Uh, DMX, like.


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[Assistant] And if we talking female rappers, Eve, you know what I mean, even Lil Kemp still was moving. Foxy Brown.


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[Assistant] This is, this is the music that I grew up on. You know what I'm saying? So I'ma always have that respect and it's in my blood.


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[Assistant] I think that's what it is. Yea, I do think I'm not controversial enough. I'm unproblematic. Like I see people say it all the time, like it made us so unproblematic. And with social media, because honestly, if we really speak in fact, social media really took over hip hop.


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[Assistant] Right, so now that you have access to this visual of things, it become entertainment. You know what I mean? Now, uh, things is so much accessible now. Back then it was like you couldn't see this person or you couldn't see this person unless he was on a music video or on TV or, or if you just happen to go to a concert or.


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? Like, now is like, you can see any artist on social media all day, every day, so it just became, now is like...


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[Assistant] It's like now you have to entertain people in order for them to keep staying involved. You know what I mean? It's not about the mystery really no more. You know what I mean? It's like, so, but I still, I still be on my mystery vibes.


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[Assistant] That respect my craft too, because they look at me like to have an old soul. So they can relate in a way, but then I have the kids too that just be like, oh that's young and made. So I try to balance the two because I know the kids is something, they want to see more of me and the adults is more so they have an understanding on the mysterious way about the business because it's something they grew up on.


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[Assistant] Like, I like my privacy, you know what I mean? This is one of the reasons why I don't really, really collab with fame too much because I just hate that.


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[Assistant] The, the, the, the fact of people just being able to, you know what I mean? Like just know you or know everything. Like I want to keep my privacy. You know what I mean? And then when it's time to work or do a show.


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[Assistant] It's about me. Like this is, this is who I am. Like I make music. I'm not somebody to be, I'm not your controversy person for you to see me on, on camera bugging out and wiling out.


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[Assistant] I'll be acting on the screen. You want to see me doing something, you know what I mean? Like you want some entertainment, I'll act.


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[Assistant] But like, uh, music is music and I feel like it should always be about the music. Cause you are entertainer, you know what I mean? You make music when you go to these shows. You're not at the show trying to entertain people on like the stuff you're doing at home or whatever. You're rapping. You're giving them music.


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[Assistant] Yo, that's what I'm saying. That's another thing that was not even about. Nobody's making even diss tracks no more. Now it's like, it's videos talking about something or tweeting.


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[Assistant] I mean, it happens. You know, he's not the first. You know, it's just publicly seen. You know what I mean? He's very public. So now everybody in the world is able to see it, but this doesn't happen in a lot of places.


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[Assistant] You guys were coming out some other time. I really hope when, uh, when the Freedom guys, man, for real, man, I really hope when they get back, man, that...


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[Assistant] You just gotta be careful, you know. You gotta be careful. Uh, and they, you know, they was young guys too, man. And, you know, they just having fun, you know.


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[Assistant] You get caught off guard and it's unfortunate, but uhm, I know they probably, they probably got their head right now and I think they gonna come back and have some fire.


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[Assistant] That, that person rocking from the same city as you and they really, you know what I mean, rocking is not like...


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[Assistant] They ain't making no noise, you know? And it's cool to see that they coming home. I feel like it went by so fast, too. Probably not to them, but...


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? Like it was more boom pat. And you notice in the early 2000's we had more of the melodic and the samples in music. You know what I mean?


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[Assistant] People gotta understand things is gonna change definitely from just your experiences and just how the music industry is now. You know what I mean? So I feel like New York is still in a good place.


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[Assistant] Then it kind of discourages people, you know what I mean? Say yo, New York got it. We got this person, we got that person, we got, we doing well. Like don't, don't sit there and try to like downplay, uh, this person, that person or a certain sound and make it seem like we ain't got it. Probably because then you don't see nobody in Atlanta saying that.


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[Assistant] I'm versatile. I don't, I don't, that's why I say I don't put myself in the box, man. I, I listen to everything. That's just me. Like, I don't be like, oh I just need, I need this specific sound. No. Send me your dopest shit.


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[Assistant] And let me, let me take a listen and I'll determine what I get from this and where I want to go with this type of beat. You know what I mean? Like, there's never no specific sound with me. I can hear, uh, uh, a trap beat, but I'm gonna still sound like me.


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[Assistant] Me like picking a certain sound, no. The production doesn't matter. Like I can use a trap beat. I can use a up top boom pat beat. Like you done heard, like I done spit on everything. I done spit on the I get the bag beat. I done spit on the Clips beat. You know what I mean? Like two different type of beats, but I'ma do it.


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[Assistant] Because I'm staying, I'm keeping my foot on they necks. Like I'm not letting up. So yeaah, I'm dropping this album September 27, 2019. Yes. But we coming with more after that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah. Like the pre-order vibe, everything else isn't accessible.


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[Assistant] You have to do this, you have to do that because that's never how it works.


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? I never worked with pressure of somebody telling me what I need, then when it came to my music and my craft. So, I had to like, that's what kinda held me up is like, like, you'd be surprised, that'll give you some writer's block.


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[Assistant] It's cause people is expecting something from you. So then your creative zone become...


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[Assistant] Uh, become smaller and then you're not, you don't feel as creative as you usually do.


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[Assistant] This is going to be your ilmatic. Right, right. Where's the album? Crazy pressure. And I can't, I don't, like mentally that's not cool for a person that really


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? It's not, I don't have nobody's writing free music for me. Like this is literally coming from my mind, from my pen, and I gotta make it right. You know what I mean? And they gotta be something that I can relate to. Like, cause it's really about me. Like the album is about me.


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[Assistant] I'm not writing it for nobody else, like it's about me, you know what I mean? Whatever I'm going through, whatever my experiences is. So, uh.


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[Assistant] I didn't want it to be about, oh, cause this person is saying you need to put this out of that person. No, remember this album is about me, it's not about what you want from me.


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[Assistant] And that's what I had to kinda like separate myself from and kinda put myself back in that position where I was like, okay, let me just get back into a creative zone. You know what I mean? Let me lock in. Let me block everything else out.


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[Assistant] On this album, it's more so letting you know who I am.


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? And have an understanding of, of, of.


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[Assistant] Where I come from and just having an understanding about me because a lot of people misunderstand me, you know what I mean? And I'm real private so a lot of people don't see, you know,


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[Assistant] And I feel like this is the album to just let everything out on the table.


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[Assistant] And then on the next album is like, oh let's have fun now. Let me show you where we can really just...


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[Assistant] I'm actually wearing Fashion Nova, so Fashion Nova, I just threw this on today for you guys.


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[Assistant] The dope thing about that is that when I did mention it on Petty Wop,


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[Assistant] Uh, this is before I even had any type of deal with them. Oh really? Yeah, so.


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[Assistant] What the hell am I gonna do? I'll be trying to not say, cause everybody feel like you gotta wear this, you gotta wear that and do that, to be cool and it's like, the coolness in you is just your demeanor, who you are.


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[Assistant] Nah, nah, you'd be surprised, I don't. You know what I mean? Like, people would probably assume that, but...


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[Assistant] Like that one right there, the one you talking about now, I actually just wrote that right before I got there, not too long. You know what I mean? So, it was like, literally fresh. So I had to like, yea, you know what I mean? Like, I had to like, just have that ready.


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[Assistant] Like he didn't even give a fuck. And that's what made it funny because I know Flex and Flex is the type of dude like, like what the hell.


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[Assistant] Right. It's not really his world. But then you gotta understand, Tyler the Creator is him. Like he's just, he's like overall just Tyler the Creator.


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[Assistant] Right, he's like, you know, he's like hip hop to the T, so he's in there like, yeah, I know he's about to spit some bars for me. And then, boom.


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[Assistant] About to say, it's like, you get to a point where it's not even about what happened, it's just like, how you gonna benefit from this? You know what I mean? It's like, yes, I know it's gonna go viral, and instead of allowing it to affect me, how can I benefit from it?


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[Assistant] Right, this is social media. This is one thing I do have an understanding on. This is why I don't really comment on a lot of stuff or I don't engage in nothing that's negative or anything because social media is social media. They're gonna be how they are. You can't look for sympathy.


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[Assistant] In a way where nobody can see them or judge them. So when you're trying to express your feelings or your emotions and stuff and you get this feedback from people that's like negative and harsh, you can't blame that because this is not the outlet for that. You know what I mean? It's a social media. If you want that type of, you know, uh, sensitivity or, uh, you know what I mean? Like go to therapy.


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[Assistant] At all. You know what I mean? It ain't nothing for me to fit into because I'm not trying to fit in. I'm trying to stand out.


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[Assistant] Things be in a specific way because it's been that way for so many years. But I don't apply to rules and regulations and...


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[Assistant] I don't imply by the rule books, you know what I mean? I don't care what's been going on prior to me or for, for how long. If I want to be this way and this is what I decide to do or decide to be, then so be it. Like, I'm not judging nobody else. I'm not against what anybody else had beliefs in. I respect everybody and their decisions. That's y'all.


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[Assistant] You know what I mean? And this is just me, like I'm not the, I'm not doing the whole label thing like when it come to the industry just because everybody else feel like it's just what's always been the case or always been stamped in the game. That don't mean I have to apply about it.


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[Assistant] We're watching movies, we chillin', or if my mom and my family is around, we mackin', we chillin'. And...


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[Assistant] I just like to be normal, like, you know what I mean? Like, I feel like when it comes to music and everything like that, when that time is that time, then I'll deal with it. But like, other than that, like, I like to hang out. I like to swim in my pool.


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[Assistant] I like to be normal, like I can go to the gun range. Like I like to do things, you know what I mean, besides the whole social media and stuff. Like I love taking a break from that.


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[Assistant] I barely like went on Instagram and I just really enjoyed the moment. Like I'm really here and you have to take those moments, uh, you know, to consideration.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I still, I got a little way to go, you know what I mean? But the good thing is I will be always dropping content. So, that whole, MMA going undercover and hiding out is no longer, you know what I mean?


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[Assistant] Exactly, and that's what we're trying to do. We're just trying to keep them, uh, entertained, keep them, uh,


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[Assistant] And you know, it was just, it wasn't on purpose. It was just trying to figure things out, man. It was like, which, how am I going to handle...


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[Assistant] Some people from the government that apparently, uhm, didn't go pleasantly.


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[Assistant] I have in my head, I think, the first line of your book, which I won't get it precisely word for word.


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[Assistant] I imagine probably, you know, whoever has the cameras is going to probably come by at some point.


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[Assistant] There's some construction going on here. Is that an indication that this facility will be around for a while?


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[Assistant] If the new commander in chief, who said that he wants to keep the facility open and start sending new detainees here, how would you be able to, to adjust?


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[Assistant] I texted him that, uh, that a detainee tried to talk with me. Prisoner number 242. Monster says, this is my best friend.


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[Assistant] He said, I think he has hunger strike. His name is Khaled. Yemeni. Hasn't been clear yet. Monzer said they want him to admit he was wrong. They are crazy.


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[Assistant] What is DeFi? Can I use it to earn interest on my cryptocurrency holdings? Is it risky? And will it really change the future of finance as we know it? Well, stick around. Here on Crypto Whiteboard Tuesday, we'll tackle these questions and more.


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[Assistant] Hi, I'm Nate Martin from 99Bitcoins.com and welcome to Crypto Whiteboard Tuesday where we take complex cryptocurrency topics, break them down, and translate them into plain English. Before we begin, don't forget to subscribe to the channel and click the bell so you'll immediately get notified when a new video comes out.


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[Assistant] Today's topic is Decentralized Finance, or DeFi for short. If you've watched our previous videos, you already know that Bitcoin is a form of money that isn't controlled by any central bank or government. It can be transferred to anyone, from anyone, around the world without the need of a bank or a financial institution.


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[Assistant] Bitcoin is decentralized money, and if you're just starting out, you may want to catch our What is Bitcoin video before moving forward. However, transferring money is only the first of many building blocks in the financial system.


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[Assistant] Aside from sending money to one another, there are a variety of services we use today.


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[Assistant] For example, loans, savings plans, insurance, and stock markets are all services that are built around money and together create our financial system. Today, our financial system and all of its services are completely centralized.


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[Assistant] Banks, stock markets, insurance companies, and other financial institutions all have someone in charge, whether it be a company or a person that controls and offers these services.


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[Assistant] This centralized financial system, or CFI for short, has its risks. Mismanagement, fraud, and corruption to name a few.


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[Assistant] But what if we could decentralize the financial system as a whole in the same way that Bitcoin decentralized money? Well, that's exactly what DeFi is all about. DeFi is a term given to financial services that have no central authority or someone in charge.


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[Assistant] Using decentralized money like certain cryptocurrencies that can be programmed for automated activities, we can build exchanges, lending services, insurance companies, and other organizations that don't have any owner and aren't controlled by anyone.


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[Assistant] Confused? Don't worry, we'll break it down for you. In order to create a decentralized financial system, the first thing we need is an infrastructure for programming and running decentralized services. Luckily for us, Ethereum does just that.


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[Assistant] Ethereum is a do-it-yourself platform for writing decentralized programs, also known as decentralized apps or DApps.


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[Assistant] Our What is Ethereum video explains Ethereum in great detail, but for now, we'll just say that through the use of Ethereum, we can write automated code, also known as smart contracts, that manage any financial service we'd like to create in a decentralized manner.


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[Assistant] This means that we can determine the rules as to how a certain service will work, and once we deploy those rules on the Ethereum network, we no longer have control over them. They are


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[Assistant] Immutable. Once we have a system in place like Ethereum for creating decentralized apps, we can start building our decentralized financial system. Now, let's take a look at some of the building blocks that comprise it. The first thing any financial system needs is, of course, money.


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[Assistant] You may be thinking, why not use Bitcoin or Ether, which is Ethereum's currency? Well, as for Bitcoin, while it is indeed decentralized, it has only very basic programmable functionality and is not compatible with the Ethereum platform.


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[Assistant] Ether, on the other hand, is compatible and programmable, however it's also highly volatile.


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[Assistant] If we're looking to build reliable financial services that people will want to use, we'll need a more stable currency to operate within this system. This is where stablecoins come in. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that are pegged to the value of a real-world asset, usually some major currency like the US dollar.


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[Assistant] Our video, What Are Stablecoins, explains in more detail how stablecoins are created and what the different types of stablecoin pegs are. Make sure to check it out if you want some additional information. For the purpose of DeFi, we'll want to use a stablecoin that doesn't use fiat money reserves for maintaining a peg, since this will require some sort of central authority. This is where DAI comes into play.


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[Assistant] DAI is a decentralized cryptocurrency pegged against the value of the US dollar, meaning 1 DAI equals 1 US dollar.


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[Assistant] Unlike other popular stablecoins whose value is backed directly by US dollar reserves, DAI is backed by crypto-collaterals that can be viewed publicly on the Ethereum blockchain.


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[Assistant] DAI is overcollateralized, meaning if you lock up in a deposit $1 worth of Ether, you can borrow 66 cents worth of DAI. As soon as you want your Ether back, just pay back the DAI you borrowed and the Ether will be released. If you don't have any Ether to lock up as collateral, you can just buy DAI on an exchange.


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[Assistant] Because DAI is overcollateralized, even if Ether's price becomes extremely volatile, the value of the locked Ether backing the DAI in circulation will most likely still remain at 100% or more.


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[Assistant] In essence, the DAI stablecoin is actually also a smart contract that resides on the Ethereum platform.


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[Assistant] This makes DAI a truly trustless and decentralized stablecoin, which cannot be shut down nor censored. Hence, it's a perfect form of money for other DeFi services. Now that our decentralized financial system has stable decentralized money, it's time to create some additional services.


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[Assistant] The first use case that we'll discuss is the Decentralized Exchange, or DEX for short. DEXs operate according to a set of rules or smart contracts that allow users to buy, sell, or trade cryptocurrencies.


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[Assistant] Just like DAI, they also reside on the Ethereum platform, which means they operate without a central authority. When you trade on a DEX, there is no exchange operator, no signups, no identity verification, and no withdrawal fees.


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[Assistant] Instead, the smart contracts enforce the rules, execute trades, and securely handle funds when necessary.


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[Assistant] Also, unlike a centralized exchange, there's often no need to deposit funds into an exchange account before conducting a trade. This eliminates the major risk of exchange hacking, which exists for all centralized exchanges. But the range of decentralized financial services doesn't stop there.


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[Assistant] Let's move on to decentralized money markets, services that connect borrowers with lenders.


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[Assistant] Compound is an Ethereum-based borrowing and lending debt, meaning you can lend your crypto out and earn interest on it. Alternatively, maybe you need some money to pay the rent or buy groceries, but the only funds you have are cryptocurrencies. If that's the case, you can deposit your crypto as collateral and borrow against it.


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[Assistant] The compound platform automatically connects the lenders with the borrowers, enforces the terms of the loans, and distributes the interest.


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[Assistant] The process of earning interest on cryptocurrencies has become extremely popular lately, giving rise to yield farming, a term given to the effort of putting crypto assets to work while seeking to generate the most returns possible.


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[Assistant] You can take a look at the description below this video for some of the more exciting DeFi projects that you can start using today. So now we have decentralized stablecoins, decentralized exchanges, and decentralized money markets. How about decentralized insurance?


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[Assistant] All of these new financial products definitely entail some risks, which we will cover shortly. So why not create a service that ensures my funds in case something goes wrong?


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[Assistant] While everything happens autonomously without any insurance company or agent in the middle. DeFi services work in conjunction with one another, making it possible to mix and match different services to create new and exciting opportunities.


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[Assistant] This kind of resembles how you can use different LEGO blocks and get creative with whatever it is you want to build.


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[Assistant] Hence the term money legos has been coined to refer to DeFi services. For example, you can build the following service from different money legos. You start out by using a decentralized exchange aggregator to find the exchange with the best rate for swapping Ether for DAI. You then select the decks you want and conduct the trade.


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[Assistant] Then you lend the die you received to borrowers to earn interest. Finally, you can add insurance to this process to make sure you're covered in case anything goes wrong.


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[Assistant] That's just one example out of the many opportunities DeFi offers. By now, you can probably imagine what advantages DeFi presents. Transparency, interoperability, decentralization, free-for-all services, and flexible user experience, to name just a few.


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[Assistant] However, there are also some risks you should be aware of. The most important risk is that DeFi is still in its infancy, and this means that things can go wrong.


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[Assistant] If you decide to test out any of the existing DeFi services, make sure to do it with an amount of money you can afford to lose in case anything goes wrong.


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[Assistant] Additionally, you should remember that a system is decentralized only as its most central component. This means that some services may be only partially decentralized, while still keeping some centralized aspects that can act as an Achilles heel.


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[Assistant] It's important to understand exactly how a product or service works before investing in it so you can be aware of any issues that may come up. To sum it up, it seems that the DeFi revolution has reached its early adopter stage and the coming years will tell if it manages to cross the chasm into mainstream adoption.


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[Assistant] There's no doubt that a decentralized financial system can benefit a huge portion of the population that currently suffers from financial discrimination, high fees, and inefficiencies in managing their funds. That's it for today's episode of Crypto Whiteboard Tuesday.


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[Assistant] Hopefully by now you understand what DeFi is, a term given for a variety of decentralized financial services that aim to replace our current centralized financial system. You may still have some questions. If so, just leave them in the comment section below.


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[Assistant] And if you want to take a look at some of the more popular DeFi services in the works today, just check out the list in the description below. Finally, if you're watching this video on YouTube and enjoy what you've seen, don't forget to hit the like button, subscribe to the channel, and click that bell so you'll be notified as soon as we post new episodes. It really helps us out a lot.


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[Assistant] Can I use it to earn interest on my cryptocurrency holdings? Did I actually start the teleprompter because it's not moving at all? Yeaah. In the same way. Bit in the same way. Suddenly I'm from Australia.


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[Assistant] Something's going down in Washington. Did you hear anything?


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah. Emotional minefield.


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[Assistant] Hey, I gotta look out for Terra Save. We have our enemies. Anyway, good luck breaking her in.


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[Assistant] Definitely. I think people should be punished for leaking songs. I mean, there's a reason why they choose to put them out, you know? And if they're not out, then it's for a reason, they didn't want it to be out, and people should respect that. I mean, it's an art, you know? And people should respect it.


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[Assistant] I mean, actually nah, I like to make music myself. I rap myself and shit, but nah, they shouldn't leak it. It's kind of fucked up. In my opinion. I mean like, yeah, it might benefit them for letting it out and stuff, but still like if they want to keep it on the low then just keep it to themselves, you know?


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[Assistant] You can't come with me because you're after the Shadow Broker? What if I help you find him?


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[Assistant] So you rescued me. Then how did I end up with Cerberus?


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[Assistant] You kept me out of the collector's hands. Without you I couldn't have come back. Thank you.


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[Assistant] Sentra, we got an open carrier on this end, switching to a coded relay. What's going on?


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[Assistant] Liara was expecting me. She would have left a message here. Her office wasn't safe.


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[Assistant] It's a Prothean dig site. Leara did leave a message.


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[Assistant] This must be important. The Shadowbroker's people already tried to kill her once.


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[Assistant] No sign of that data Liara talked about. Looks like a dead end.


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[Assistant] You didn't know where Leara went, because she hid the message. You needed me to find it for you.


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[Assistant] It's okay, Liara. We'll handle it. The usual way.


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[Assistant] I hope your escape plan doesn't hinge on me hesitating to shoot a damn hostage.


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[Assistant] I know who they are and what they've done. It doesn't matter


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[Assistant] Will you just stop for a second? We'll be jumping several light years. There's time to talk.


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[Assistant] Not even a guardrail. I bet the broker's agents love patrolling the hull.


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[Assistant] Not reckless, just determined. Ask your Asari Spectre about that.


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[Assistant] Is taking over as the Shadow Broker really a good idea?


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[Assistant] Liara never gave up on you, Aaron. I just helped.


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[Assistant] For two years Liara didn't stop looking for you. You two must have been close. She's a good friend. Better than I deserve.


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[Assistant] They gave us the warning and the conduit at ILO's, but we've used those.


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[Assistant] Between you and me, I have no idea how we're gonna do this. I'm doing everything I can, but...


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[Assistant] We fought them in their own base, and we won. They can't call us young or primitive anymore.


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[Assistant] People are messy, awkward, sometimes selfish or cruel. But they're trying. And I'm gonna make sure they have a chance.


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[Assistant] Hit Eli's DMs, he'll give you a big ass deal. So stop DMing me and Chris. Hit Eli. Actually, if your shit's good, keep DMing me, cause I'll get you signed. Then I'll make some money. But if it sucks, you can keep it.


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[Assistant] Quavo, Offset, somebody get Garrett a chain. Hashtag get Garrett a chain.


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[Assistant] Poverty is a problem. Apartheid is a problem. This, this is just a couple of-


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[Assistant] Get off my lawn, you son of a bitch! Didja!


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[Assistant] Yeah, I can hear you, and how the hell am I hearing you? I don't have a phone on me.


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[Assistant] Because that's not a little creepy. Kinsey, I'm unarmed here. How about getting me out?


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[Assistant] I think you, Miss Press Secretary, that sounds like a perfect idea.


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[Assistant] Kinsey, why are you sending me after these things, and where exactly are they?


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[Assistant] So, if these data thingies...


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[Assistant] Clusters. Fine, clusters. If they can be so useful, then why isn't Zeniak sending his people out to collect them?


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[Assistant] To give his people a boost or something. I don't know, you're the one who says they're amazing.


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[Assistant] Where am I in the real world? Like, what are they doing to my body?


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[Assistant] You saved Keith David before me.


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[Assistant] Well, how did you get out? Let's just focus on flying, shall we? You're right. Kenzie, this thing have a radio?


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[Assistant] You saved Keith Damon before me.


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[Assistant] Well, how did you get out? Let's just focus on flying, shall we? You're right. Kenzie, this thing have a radio?


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[Assistant] He's not getting away with this. You're goddamn right he's not. Kenzie, can you use this thing to place me back in the simulation?


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[Assistant] Planet Zen. If I'm gonna work to take a store back from Zenyak, that's where I'm going first.


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[Assistant] Planet Zen? Hey, who knows a store after themselves?


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[Assistant] Whoa. Did you see that, Kenzie? What? The cock just transformed into zit!


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[Assistant] Well, if he can help, it'd be worth it, right? Besides, what's the worst that can happen?


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[Assistant] Hey, Matt turned himself around at the Steelport. He joined at my six, helped us with Cyrus Temple, and, you know, he's... useful.


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[Assistant] Ish. You have a lot on your plate, Kinzie, with all this cyber what's-it. Figured you could use the help.


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[Assistant] Good. So give me just enough time to find up a few waves of Zen.


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[Assistant] Alright, we got Sid, so how do we use him to get Matt?


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[Assistant] Matt Miller, self-proclaimed hacker god, ran all the cyber-terrorism for the syndicate back in Steelport.


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[Assistant] Now he's Asha's right hand man in MI6. So we can trust him like she does.


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[Assistant] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, why the fuck are there giant words in my face?


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[Assistant] At least this ain't my first time at the Top Down Tank Rodeo. Hezzy, you gonna fix this or what?


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[Assistant] Hensy, this is not the time for a teachable moment. If we don't help Matt, he will die.


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[Assistant] I'll find another door. And there are the alien goods.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Kinsey said the guns are missing... stuff.


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[Assistant] Why would Zinyak want to build one of those when we're in deep space?


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[Assistant] Me, Shondi, and- Oh my god. Johnny's alive!


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[Assistant] Johnny Gatt helped found the Saints originally and Shondi looked out to him ever since she joined. He sacrificed himself to save us. Now I want our friend back.


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[Assistant] This is Shani's nightmare, Kenzie, trust me. This is where I'm supposed to be.


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[Assistant] Who the hell is Pierce with that helicopter? Get in! Paul's not gonna stay down. Figured.


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[Assistant] Look at this place. It's just how I remember it.


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[Assistant] Of course I do. I was just a kid when I came back here. I was too scared to talk back then.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm kinda shocked a freckle bitch has never opened in Steelport. Then again, Councilman Phillips never did have a sense of humor.


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[Assistant] That's far enough. King, woah woah, it's me. Remember, I'm the president and you're my chief of staff?


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[Assistant] No, no, no, believe me, it's for the best. Let's get you out of here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but that ain't what happened here!


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[Assistant] Van, you alright? Fine. Thanks.


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[Assistant] As long as she ain't killin' my ass over and over again. Good point. Let's clean up the rest and then get outta here.


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[Assistant] Hey, King. You really hate that you end up in second place, don't you? Yeah.


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[Assistant] I didn't know much about Asha Odekar before she helped to save the entire little country. But in the years since, I've come to know her as one of the best soldiers I've ever met. I'm gonna take down Zenyak. I want her in my crew.


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[Assistant] Superspy? Jesus, man, I get that you wanna fuck her, but you don't have to build her a pedestal.


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[Assistant] I get it. This is beginning to be my personal hell too.


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[Assistant] Shit, we're not vampires in this world, are we? How in the hell are we gonna get past that?


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[Assistant] Do evil geniuses usually leave their air duct covers unscrewed?


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[Assistant] Don't see the point. Who cares what I did before I joined the Saints?


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[Assistant] Look, if you're worried about me going brain dead, I figure it's part of the di- You have to say something. Why aren't you telling me?


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[Assistant] I mourned him once, when I thought Felif Loran had taken him out. Now that I know he's alive, I'd walk from hell to bring him back.


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[Assistant] Why does everyone keep taking away my superpowers? Where the hell did they find us?


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[Assistant] Fuck, of all the buildings in Steelport we crashed on Genki's!


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[Assistant] They kidnapped Keith David. And left us sleeping so we'd get picked up by Zinnia. Too bad for them we're awake.


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[Assistant] I get the chance? I'm gonna rip Zenyak's goddamn head off.


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[Assistant] Where do you think it's in that Kinsey? I don't know, but when I find Mad Nasha, I'm gonna beat that information out of him.


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[Assistant] That wasn't a bad fuck you to Zenyak. Let's get out of here and find Kenzie.


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[Assistant] Don't believe Miller had me fooled. To think I actually apologized.


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[Assistant] Giving up your free will to be ruler of some bullshit daydream?


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[Assistant] Hey, you got it. Just sayin', it was a cute poodle skirt.


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[Assistant] You know what this thing we're going after looks like? Some computery tech thing, how should I know?


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[Assistant] I know over the years you've heard this speech a bunch of times. Heard it. Bitch, I wrote it.


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[Assistant] Alright, I understand. Don't worry, this is gonna work kids.


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[Assistant] Right, just keep yourself alive. See you when we're all out of here.


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[Assistant] Kinsey, ha ha ha, you'll never believe this.


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[Assistant] No, Kinzie. It's power armor.


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[Assistant] I figured you had a flair for the dramatic. Oh, you know me so well.


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[Assistant] I'm really gonna miss these bonding sessions when I kill you. Look at you. Mercutio to my Tybalt. Don't be too excited. Tybalt dies at the end.


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[Assistant] That way you know I'm not lying when I say I'm gonna rip your goddamn head off. Sure.


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[Assistant] Well, great. Thanks for the tip, but nothing I do can get past that shield. I'm open to ideas here!


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[Assistant] Excellency, I'm Xinjai, your personal steward.


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[Assistant] Alright, ZJ, I need you to level with me. How technologically advanced are the Zen?


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[Assistant] Hey, aren't you guys forgetting about me? So, I guess I'm the only one working on the raft.


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[Assistant] Hmm. Well, I haven't really thought about it. It's just...


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[Assistant] I've always wondered why we're here on this island. If there are any other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one? And suppose there are other worlds.


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[Assistant] So, we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right? I don't know. Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out.


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[Assistant] Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go.


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[Assistant] Nice to you. If you hadn't come here, I probably would have never thought of any of this. Kari, thanks.


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[Assistant] You wanted one, didn't you? If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives, no matter what. Come on, I know you want to try it.


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[Assistant] But this may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us. I'm not afraid of the darkness.


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[Assistant] What does it take? Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yourselves. Just the way that I did.


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[Assistant] Just between us? I'd already worn Cerberus down by the time the little guy jumped in.


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[Assistant] There you are. What's going on? Riku!


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[Assistant] Really? Well what do you know? I never would have guessed.


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[Assistant] Why are you doing all this for me? What's the catch?


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[Assistant] But Sora, I thought you liked games. Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade? Riku? What are you doing here?


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[Assistant] Catch us, and maybe I'll tell you what I know.


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[Assistant] I don't care about him. I was just messing with him a little.


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[Assistant] Do you even want to save Kairi? I do.


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[Assistant] He is unusual. Not many puppets have hearts. I'm not sure, but maybe he can help someone who's lost theirs.


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[Assistant] A puppet that's lost its heart to the heartless. Maybe it holds the key to helping Kairi. How about it Sora? Let's join forces to save her. We can do it together.


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[Assistant] So, Kairi's like a lifeless puppet now? Precisely. And her heart was...


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[Assistant] I didn't think you'd come, Sora. Good to see you again.


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[Assistant] Are they that important to you? More important than old friends?


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[Assistant] Instead of worrying about them, you should be asking about her.


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[Assistant] That's right. While you were off goofing around, I finally found her.


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[Assistant] The heartless obey me now, Sora. Now I have nothing to fear.


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[Assistant] I've picked up a few other tricks as well. Like this, for instance.


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[Assistant] And keep Sora away from Kairi until we're ready to land.


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[Assistant] There are seven, supposedly. And Maleficent says she's not one of them. Hoist anchor as soon as possible. Leave all the dead weight behind, including her.


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[Assistant] As long as it means getting Kairi's heart back, I couldn't care less.


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[Assistant] So, you finally made it. About time. I've been waiting for you. We've always been rivals, haven't we? You've always pushed me, as I've always pushed you.


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[Assistant] But it all ends here. There can't be two Keyblade Masters.


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[Assistant] You were just a delivery boy. Sorry, your part's over now.


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[Assistant] What? You're saying my heart's weaker than his?


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[Assistant] Oh, Sid. We are gonna get along famously.


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[Assistant] I said I was sorry. Something that kind of sticks with you in your nightmares.


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[Assistant] You don't have to convince me. Just yourself. Drink up.


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[Assistant] A zin transport has attached itself and is dragging us toward what I assume is certain doom. So what can we do about it? If I were you.


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[Assistant] I would deal with the strange heat signature by the cargo bay first. Cargo bay? Fuck! Let's go!


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[Assistant] Absolutely. The fuck is all this? A map of the simulation. Where are all the broken chileles?


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[Assistant] I will harness the system's energy to fuel the power cells on the key. Yea you do that.


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[Assistant] Any day now, Sid! Get that thing moving! The energy flow is being regulated. Opening breakers should increase the power. Always a fucking catch.


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[Assistant] I am coming for you, Zenyatta. Today, your simulations come to an end.


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[Assistant] The nominees are Scott Bryce, who plays Craig Montgomery in As the World Turns, Tom Epplin as Jack McKenna in Another World, and Peter Reckle as Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives.


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[Assistant] This is a special award for someone under the age of 18 who made a strong contribution to his series. And the finalists are, Martha Byrne as Lily in As the World Turned, Tonya Crow, Olivia Knopf-Landing, and Kimberly McCalla, Robin on General Hospital.


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[Assistant] And the outstanding young actor or actress on daytime or primetime is Kimberly McCullough.


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[Assistant] What's Cortana up to, chief? Why'd she bring us here?


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[Assistant] We're brought to this location for a reason. Search ahead.


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[Assistant] But thanks to the four million readers of Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Digest, I know I'm doing alright and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.


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[Assistant] Dumb luck, I assure you, dumb luck.


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[Assistant] Larry Hagman for Dallas and Ted Shackleford for not Slanding. Mom?


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[Assistant] You know what? I'm not denying it. I'm just, uh, I'm just keeping it real. You know? I'm just keeping it real. I'm out here making my money. I'm one of the, like, the only teen, like,


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[Assistant] I was a kid that lost everything and lost all respect from the music industry and labels and then I was able to work on music and produce for like 13 years and mentor under people like Deadmau5 and uh, you know, get their kind of advice. Like, Joel's a fucking prick but like,


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[Assistant] Uh, but I still like Danny, and so I still like Daniel. Oh, you're still supporting him? Yeah, I still support Daniel. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If I had Trey Way, fucking, uh, you know, get me involved in all this shit, and then be like, yo, what the fuck, man? Like, you put me in all this shit, just this shit to make me look like, you know, uhm, I'm something that I'm not, of course I'm gonna rat.


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[Assistant] Is your Wikipedia pitch? No, no, no, no. I'm gonna look up troll mythology, right? Troll mythology. Troll mythology. Goes back, you know, watch. This is what happens, right? Yeah.


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[Assistant] And old north sources being described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, living together in small family units and are rarely helpful to human beings.


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[Assistant] Right? Trolls. Trolls. Right, we're talking about internet trolls. Later, but this is stemming from 1915, this troll mythology.


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[Assistant] But listen how it works. Later in Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly. Trolls may be ugly and slow witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings with no particularly grotesque characteristics about them.


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[Assistant] Trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks, which at times may be explained as formed from a troll exposed to sunlight. Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture.


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[Assistant] I'm saying ignore it, ignore it, ignore it. You don't ignore bullies. You should love them and you should try to see what's going on with them because you, because you don't know why they're bullying you. It's like think about, think about an old man, right? That has, alright, so an old man, 70 years old, he has dementia or something going on with him, right?


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[Assistant] And he just freaks out and he pushes you on the sidewalk. Right. Are you gonna sit there and you're gonna laugh at that man that bullied you and pushed you over because he has disease? Or are you gonna help him?


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[Assistant] Nick is a serial rapist. He abused me my whole life. The reason why I have a hiatal hernia and a stomach condition today is because he used to make me drink, force me to drink alcohol from the age of like 11 to 15. He would pay me money and make me drink like, uhm, like a big ass cup of like vodka, tequila, uhm, uh, uh, like wild turkey. So this is once a year.


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[Assistant] Two hours away instead, that was more important because Leslie banged on his door, got a Greyhound bus from Canada to Tennessee where he lived.


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[Assistant] That he's come at me before, Adam. Why would he say that's the first time you came at me? Because he got mad because I whooped his ass in the bathroom at 19 years old. No, I whooped his ass. I put him in a chokehold and almost made him pass out.


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[Assistant] And then he passed out in the bathroom, I walked out of the bathroom, they didn't fucking film that.


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[Assistant] They're about to send me the wireless pods that they got, so I'm actually really excited for that. I have like, I have like every, I have like 12 different pairs of headphones in my studio.


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[Assistant] Let me explain something to you. I made 4.9 million dollars off of real estate this year. I made 200,000 off of music and I have to sue Sony Records and Steve Zach. Cause you're still under contract with them? No, because they owe me about 3-400,000 dollars.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I, I, I file my own taxes, my credit score is 720. I own a house.


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[Assistant] And the father hired us, me and my drummer, to come perform for her. And during soundcheck, I'm sitting in the car and they said, oh, and Petey told me the number was 27-5. And I was like, that's a weird number, it don't make sense.


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[Assistant] You stole three grand, right? He's like, yeah, you know, what the fuck you gonna do about it? Like, and I'm like, what do you, what do you mean PD? Like I've known you since I was 11 years old. You taught me how to drum. Like you've been my drummer doing my arena tours and my stadium tours since I was 11 years old. And we've been drumming together. Why would you do that to me? I said, all you had to do is ask if you want, if you needed money or something, I would give you double the amount.


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[Assistant] So, and then, and then my jaw's broken in four places, and then he flees Washington DC, and then goes back to Chicago, and then it gets away, because the cops are looking for him, and then I, they gave me the opiates, the oxycodone then, because my jaw was broken,


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[Assistant] Basically, you know, there's a lot of drama, but what, see, that's not what the narrative needs to be, Adam. The narrative needs to be is that, like, I'm one of the dopest fucking producers in the game. I was not credited for selling almost 2 million records on an album that I produced that has, like, literally 350 million streams total.


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[Assistant] And I have 17 plaques coming.


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[Assistant] Uhm, him divorcing my stepmom. So, and he was getting away from her because he was 60 years old and she was going to all these crack houses in upstate New York and smoking crack and he was having to go fight like six, seven people and beat their asses.


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[Assistant] No, I wasn't there for this. This was like, in like the last like 10 years. I've been estranged from my whole family since I was about 15. Right. So that's why it's like, it's like, it's kind of like, contradictory that, and like a little bit, not contradictory wouldn't be the word, it's more so ironic that, that uhm,


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[Assistant] I'm stuck in this place, so hot the glass breaks. How much can we take before we watch it all burn down? You feel me? So I'm saying, I've got my mind right. Nick, you walk a fine line. I say I'm just fine, but you all say I need more time.


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[Assistant] I'm not dating anybody right now. I'm staying single and I'm focusing on myself. I have music to do. I have my love collection to do. My love apparel. Uhm, I have my real estate that I gotta focus on. I got 30 more shows for the rest of this year and then I got 200 books for next year.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's real silver. Uhm, and it's got five different paint palettes in it. And it was bleached and bleached and transformed in the sun.


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[Assistant] Three, two million dollars just here? Actually, no, no, I'm lying.


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[Assistant] That's perfect. You want it to be like this. Cause trust me, I already know. Fire. And uh, are the diamonds real?


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[Assistant] Cuz I love jewelry. I've been rockin' fuckin' 10,000, 20,000 dollar pieces since I was a little kid, man.


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[Assistant] There's no labels anymore. They're done. They're done. I've already did. It's Rackus Records. R-I-K-K-A-A-U-S. You see what I got behind me? You think something's gonna happen to me? You know what's been happening? Yo, tell them what's been happening, dawg.


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[Assistant] Because they're gonna use everything they can against me to try to make me look like I'm fucking crazy, bro. So they can get me locked up. I already had to surrender my firearms. Hmm. I had five of them. Was that rough? No, I don't give a fuck. I got my fucking hands, bro. Don't come take my guns away, man. We need them, thanks.


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[Assistant] Riding my four wheelers. Cleaning my car. Fucking skinny dipping with bitches in the pool.


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[Assistant] It's like- Justice needs to be served. Justice needs to be served on a cold platter. Allegedly. On a cold platter. Hmm. Allegedly. Yea, allegedly. So I- I don't- No, not fucking allegedly. I was there, man.


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[Assistant] Wow. And then she was bullied by all the fucking fans too. Right. And didn't want to have that being a part of her legacy because she's a fucking- Princess. No, she's a queen. She's a national-


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[Assistant] I got millions of dollars and I didn't even make it from fucking music, so fuck you bitches. Right. Like you think, all this jewelry, I make all this shit.


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[Assistant] Did you guys forget that my first three albums were all rap albums? Right. Every song I was rapping. I always tried to be the flyest kid on the block. The popular one. Now I'm buying stocks. And that's when I had this crazy thought. Pause.


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[Assistant] No matter what you have to do, you've got somebody really good to work with. And it just, it's a joy. I want to thank the Soap Opera Digest editors. And I want to thank the readers. Thank you for liking Abby. I like her too.


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[Assistant] The lady and the gentleman meet. Sparks fly. Passion rains and romance is in the air.


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[Assistant] And the favorite super couple in primetime is Michelle Lee and Kevin Dobson.


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[Assistant] Now now, cheer up sweetie. You have something special too. Huh? Now listen carefully.