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Mi Gente Latino | Jessie Reyez Revisits Moment With Drake and Her Dad | Ep. 15

June 4, 2026
This episode, Colombian-Canadian artist Jessie Reyez joins us to talk about her collab with Elyanna, her journey in music, and we take a deep scroll through her Instagram to revisit the moments that shaped her career.
Show transcript
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But I'm also down bad for Richard Rios.
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He's taken. He's a.
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He's he's a papucho.
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Can somebody pull the picture?
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I got to see this guy.
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You guys over here losing our minds over him.
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You better be up.
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Welcome to Migente Latino Jessy reggae.
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Reina Colombiana, one of my favorite Canadians representing.
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I'm so excited to finally meet you and have you here.
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How are you? I'm good.
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I'm good. I'm very good,
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thank you. Good.
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Well, summer's approaching,
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and I wanted to ask,
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how are you defrosting for summer 2026?
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How am I defrosting?
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For summer 2026, how are you getting ready for the Vano
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shit, hot yoga,
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working out,,
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what else? Just blocking out days,
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planning camping trips. Oh,
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that sounds good. Are you excited for the World Cup?
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Yeah, I'm excited.
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I'm a little nervous because I'm performing at the opening ceremony in
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Toronto, so. Yeah,
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I'll be, I'll be able to have more excitement once that
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is done, right,
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right, I can feel that.
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Well, one of my favorite things about you is how prideful
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you always are about your Colombian upbringing and your parents,
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especially. Looking back,
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how has that upbringing in Canada shaped this moment in your career
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I've always said that I was really fortunate to have been
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born in Toronto because it was somewhere that encouraged me to wave
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both flags, like,
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not like intense nationalism,
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but like just being,
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being very. Open to honor my roots loudly,
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you know, and also because Toronto is such a melting pot
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I think it's also made me just very,
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very open, very open in general to other cultures,
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and what I'm about to say is very,
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I don't think it's,
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I know it's not exclusive to me because I've even seen like
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other interviews or other people that have had that experience where your
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parents immigrated and then you're first generation and then.
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People say this all the time.
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It feels like you're in one country when you're at home and
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then you leave and it's a completely different country,
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and I said this earlier where I'm like,
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you, you, that's difficult for an adult,
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but for a child it's even more difficult because there's no,
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there's no manuscript, there's no guide.
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When you're at school,
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you're on your own.
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There's no fucking adults like holding your hand trying to like lead
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you through how, how and why there's a discrepancy in culture
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and why you can't communicate to Brittany and or to like Ashley
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or in the ways that like you think would be cool,
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you know. So that.
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I wouldn't say hardship,
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but that, that degree of adversity,
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I think made me much more well versed to be a chameleon
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and then look at that as a strength to be like,
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all right, cool,
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you got to dance between two worlds,
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which again is not exclusive to me.
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Any kid that grew up.
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And that that felt like they were,
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they were assimilating has that that experience and has also if you
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were smart enough and you could alchemize it,
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that talent to be like,
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yo, I am malleable.
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I am malleable. So I think that it shaped me in
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that way. Beautifully said.
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And as a Colombiana in LA,
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you know, there are some of us here,
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but it, you go like places like Miami and you feel
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a little bit more of a presence.
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I'm curious, what is that Colombian presence in Toronto.
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Toronto, like, it's there,
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it's there, not as much as Florida,
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right, right? There's parties,
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parties, yeah, yeah,
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yeah. There's Latino markets.
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There's Latino areas. We got,
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we got Lame Fest.
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We got Salsa in Saint Clair,
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which is like a fucking 6,
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6th Street party that they have every year.
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It's dope and, and Columbus Bakery.
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We got like on Melvin and this,
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I'm listing all these things,
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but they're, they're Toronto-based.
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There's, there's a really dope Spanish market next to.
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Spanish church,
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like, it's a lot.
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I need the starter kit.
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I need the Columbia Toronto starter.
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Yeah, there's a sick pupusa spot at Melvin.
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Oh my God, yeah,
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and that's, I know it's not ours,
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but it's my, my,
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my best friend,,
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Mona. She's from El Salvador,
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and I grew up eating her mom's pupusas.
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So when I find a good When I appreciate it deeply.
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Yes, that's. All right,
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Jesse, can we do a quick crema playlist with you?
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So we're going to give you,
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some scenarios and you're going to drop a song on
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how that scenario makes you feel.
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All right,,
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all-time favorite song to dance to Fru song that reminds you of
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your familia. OK.
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Best song that gets you locked in before a show,
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like what are you throwing on is T minus 5 minutes before
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you get on stage.
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Is there anything you put on to relajalte?
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Or just get you in locked in.
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No, I'm not that kind of,
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not that kind of athlete,
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which is funny because,
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excuse me, it's funny.
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Some people, yeah,
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but no, I don't,
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I don't, my brain doesn't work like that to drop into
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lock-in. All right.
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Best song for a late night drive.
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Like you're going out for a drive.
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It's a nice summer day,
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Laventana tangabajo. You might blast this at the red light.
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All right. And what's the 6th anthem like?
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What's a Toronto song that is there any song from the 6th
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that represent you, or like what song comes to mind?
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I really like this one you said them immediately,
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and it's a throwback,
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but headlines. I love headlines.
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I. Starting not to give a fuck and stopping the consequence
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like that that song can light me up like if I was
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an athlete and I,
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because I like I mentioned like before shows I don't,
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but if I needed something to like that that that song feels
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like I could plug it in and,
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and I'll gain some weight.
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What is that before show process typically look like for you?
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I don't like having people backstage before the show.
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I don't like socializing.
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I don't like. None of that shit.
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I need to keep my energy like sacred.
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I chug water like a fish,
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warm-ups for like 20 minutes,
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stretching, and then I pray with my team,
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sage myself, and then I go.
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You're locked in. I love that,
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the conservation of energy.
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That's how I feel like before any interview or anything.
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I'm just like, I can't,
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I'm sorry, I have to do this so I can fully
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dedicate myself to the moment.
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Well, you talked a bit on picture day about your upbringing
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and I wanted to talk about.
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First job, how old were you when you started working?
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I was 13 years old when I first started working.
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Actually, I guess I was older because I was babysitting when
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I was like 12,
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but babysitting the neighbor's kids and helping my mom with babysitting isn't
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you know, but my first check that was like government
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issued or an institution issued was when I was 13.
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What was that first job?
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Wild Water Kingdom, water park in Toronto.
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What did you blow your first paycheck on?
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Like, you got paid.
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You immediately went and bought what groceries.
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I bought groceries for the crib.
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Wasn't a lot, but,
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maybe that's actually,
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no, I'm sorry,
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I didn't buy groceries.
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I bought. I must have bought snacks or some like unhealthy
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shit, some candy,
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some shit like that.
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My first check that I ever got from music,
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I bought groceries. That was a few years later.
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And when you look back now,
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what did those first jobs teach you that you still carry today
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that I fucking can't deal with.
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Authority. Yeah, I can't,
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I can't deal with that.
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Whatever I do, I need to make sure that I'm always
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driving. Yeah, and it's just in me and it's just
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I just, I've learned to embrace that side of me
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where I'm like, OK,
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this is. My natural vocation has that as one of my
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attributes and it's something that I honor.
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It's funny because I was reading this book,
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this book called Beyond Good and Evil.
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It poses this theory that like some people are just made for
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different things and that our concept of what is a good quality
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and what is a bad quality is just something that was imposed
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on us by our,
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our, our culture or our Our society and that for example
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like someone who was born to be a leader is gonna have
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qualities that to some might seem like pompous or like you know
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like tanreida is because they're like no no this they know that
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they want to do this but some people are just more connected
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to their intuition and you need a leader to build things.
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Everyone's not supposed to be a chef in the kitchen.
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You also need a supporting cast to be able to like build
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it. And it,
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the book is just really funny because it talks about how like
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it, it's a disservice sometimes when you put people in this
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context of like what is good and what is bad because then
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for some people humility is such a good thing and to be
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of servitude is such a good thing and to be considered is
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such a good thing and yes they are,
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but in those instances if someone is meant to be a leader
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then the majority of their energy supply should be going to
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that as opposed to being concerned of how they're gonna be received
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or perceived or making sure that everyone has a mic and making
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sure that everyone has an opportunity because it's.
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But, but it's a,
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it's a concept. I obviously don't think that that should be
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the be all end all because I also think there's something to
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be said for like respect and you know,
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just that, that also has to,
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has to be at the forefront of how you're leading your life
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But I found it really interesting that that's one of the
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that's what spoke to me because I'm like,
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yeah, I'm not meant to do that.
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I'm not meant to,
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if I, my intuition is loud and I know what I'm
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supposed to be doing,
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if I need help I'll ask,
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but I normally don't need it for like some decisions,
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certain decisions, so I gotta read that book.
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Yeah, it's interesting.
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What was your worst job or boss that you can remember that
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was like, you know what,
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this is not for me.
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This shit is chopped.
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Get me out of here.
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This shit is chopped.
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Get me out of here.
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I hated a lot of my job.
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I got fired a lot.
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I got fired sometimes.
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Same, yo, bro.
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Yo, I, I can't tell you how many times I've
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gone like this with my name tag,
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really? Yeah, that like that's it.
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Like, yo, Novemo,
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send my number and check in the mail because I can't because
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I'm gonna do, I'm gonna do something crazy here.
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And then I don't want to be known as that,
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so I'd rather just walk away,
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and it's all love,
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you know, like I,
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I still got to come to this mall.
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I got to see you.
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So let me not,
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let me not do nothing crazy.
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But,, you have any job like that?
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Yeah, I got a few.
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I got a few.
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The first one that comes to mind was my boss when I
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was like 13.,
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I was at Soby's,
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which is kind of like Publix.
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What is the equivalent of Publix here?
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Ralph's, Ralph's, yeah,
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like a Ralph's. It's like a Ralph's,
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yeah, and,,
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I just didn't like it.
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But it was just bread.
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So I was like,
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fuck it, I'm doing this.
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But they were just,
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in retrospect,
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I understand because they were fully grown adults.
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You know, so I get why that could be a weird
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dynamic for them to be like this fucking 13 year old Picagaya
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and she doesn't even know what the fuck she's doing and she's
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showing up late and like I get it,
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and there was a lack of respect because I didn't respect it
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so like that's what it was,
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but I, they just wanted me to work certain days and
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I had them blocked off for.
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Dance because I had to go at that time I was living
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in Brampton and then my dance practice was in Toronto and it
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was like a 3 hour commute,
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which was wild, but I,
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I had certain days blocked off.
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They allowed it and then I had,
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they, they gave me shit,
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but they allowed it.
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And then anyways, dance dance got canceled and so I had
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a free day and then I got hungry.
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And I was like,
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This is the store closest to my house.
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Fuck it. And then my dumb ass,
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yo, when they say that your fucking frontal lobe isn't fully
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developed, people really mean that because it must have been Plato
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for me to think that I could.
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I thought if I went in rollerblades,
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I could get in and get out faster.
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No, you did.
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I did. Isn't that ridiculous rollerblades?
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Yeah, that's why like,
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yeah, you know what,
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I'm going to put rollerblades on.
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I'm going to be so fast they're not going to catch me
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Fucking deduction is that?
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I swear I'm, I think.
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Plato, the frontal lobe was just Plato.
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It was just mush.
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And so I, yeah,
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I thought that that would be a good idea.
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And so then I went in and went out,
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went in the turbo lane.
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Anyway, I got a call the next day from fucking Karen
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or Martha, whatever the fuck her name was.
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She was like, It doesn't really seem like you want to
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work here. And I was like,
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You're right. That's why I was rollerblades was the end of
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the conversation. I never worked there again.
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Well, I love how you mentioned frontal lobes developing because we
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want to know what advice would you give to someone in their
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early twenties who might be feeling lost.
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Early twenties, try different things because if,
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if, if you're lost,
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because they don't, if,
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if you're lost and you don't know what you're supposed to be
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doing or what your vocation is or what you really like,
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the only way you're going to find out is if you try
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it. And there's a fallacy that like the more time you
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take, the more you'll be able to theorize,
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but it's not the fact because time's going to pass you by
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anyway. The best thing you can do is to fail because
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that's the only way you're going to know.
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So fail faster. Try this.
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If it didn't work,
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get the fuck back up.
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Learn to sharpen your resiliency and make that a muscle that you
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can lean on so that you could try again.
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And if you fail at that,
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just try again. And I know it sounds so cliche,
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but you legitimately only You really only fail the day you quit
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You know what I mean?
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So if you are,
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if you are, if you are looking and longing for something
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that fits you, like a jacket that fits in a,
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in a space that feels like home,
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just keep trying until you fucking find it.
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But you're not going to know if you just theorize and you
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don't actually jump, so you got to jump.
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and also,
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don't be scared of asking.
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people who are older than you,
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who have been through it about like what their,
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what their worst snake was and what kind of advice they'd give
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you because there's so much,
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there's such a life hack to be able to learn from.
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It's such a life hack to be able to learn from other
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people's mistakes if you're able to do that as well and and
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live with those both because then you're working in theory off their
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mistakes, but then you're also working off the practical off of
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you actually jumping in and trying.
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And And, and thirdly.
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Make sure your soul's intact because you can also get lost in
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that because it's really easy to get into the momentum and like
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wide-eyed of ambition. And when you're younger too,
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you have more drive,
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you have more gasoline,
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your body can like,
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I used to be up for 48 hours and be fine and
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I would just keep going.
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That shit is not sustainable.
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That shit is not healthy and your body will charge you later
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Given the earlier years,
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yes, they're meant for you to like,
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yo. Go, go get it,
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but just be aware of the fact that even if you succeed
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even if you do jump off the cliff and find your
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thing, even if you get mentors and you're doing all this
13:43
shit, if your soul and your,
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and your spirit and your mind is not sound,
13:47
all of that will have been a fucking waste.
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So you need to make sure that those three things are,
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are, are, are paramount.
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Beautifully sad, beautifully sad.
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Alright, so I hate to do this to you,
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but I did some digging on your IG,
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and I'd love, I'd love to get,
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your take on some of these pictures that I pulled
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Let's do it.
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So boom, this was August 30th,
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2018, 2018, 2018.
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that day,
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excuse me, that day we got calls saying and wanted me
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in the studio and I was like,
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holy shit, and I remember being in the car super nervous
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and I remember praying,
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excuse me, I remember praying because I had two operating modes
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at that time either.
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Most often I'd get blessed and it was like inspiration would work
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like a faucet and it would be open and it would just
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pour out and I wouldn't have to think like it would just
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come out fast and then every now and then the faucet closes
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a little and it's not like it stops but it comes out
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and drips so I have to build the song a little slower
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This is, this is a long time ago so I
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remember being in the car being like,
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Lord, if I'm gonna be in the studio and I'm gonna
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be working in front of him,
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please let it come.
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Fluid, please let it,
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like, you know,
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let me flex. Let it come.
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And then I got in there and then they started playing beats
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and I was like,
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OK. And then played the beat to Good Guy and I
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shut my eyes and the shit fucking opened up and out.
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Oh yeah, it was so dope.
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I was really happy.
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I was really happy that that session went the way it did
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Alright, and we got one more page.
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We got 2 more.
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Let's see. All right,
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I like this one.
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This one was like,
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I got to ask about this one.
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What's going on here?
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That's my grade 8 graduation picture,
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in grade 8.
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It's, it's, it's a,
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it's a photo of my grade 8,
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what's it called? yearbook,
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yearbook. Sort of like that picture day,
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sort of like that picture day,
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yeah,, yeah,
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crazy, a little badass.
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I love the hero.
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The hobbies, Mira Mira,
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the favorite celebrity. Me,
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Toma, go platinum,
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get rich. I was a tyrant,
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man. 14. I know I was different.
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Isn't that crazy? Question Were your parents supportive of your ambitious
15:59
career? Months early on they would like if I had random
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auditions that I want to go to for like a girl group
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like my my folks would take me and you know they were
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supportive and my mom saw me have like an inclination to music
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early on and like took me to took me to get piano
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lessons when I was like 3 like they supported it.
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however, they're also concerned because everyone and their mother knows how
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dark this industry can be.
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And also my, my,
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my brother took a completely different route.
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Like he's very studious.
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He's a scientist. He's very like,
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so I feel like they were also anticipating perhaps maybe me.
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That hemplo is crazy.
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My brother's a scientist.
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I know,,
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me being as, as studious,
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and when it turned out that I wasn't,
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and I was a bit more on the other side of the
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spectrum,, I know they were concerned and They were
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scared. I think that's why the first time I got a
16:47
check for bread, I,
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I spent it at home and I was like,
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Look, and they were like,
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Huh, it was the first time I saw.
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Yeah, that's why I took my parents to Coachella.
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You did, yeah.
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Cute. I took them this year to see Carol because it
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meant something extra for us,
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I think, you know,
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Colombiana, Latina, but they always see me gone and outside
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and I just had to prove like,
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look, I want to do stuff like,
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and at the same time,
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I want you to live life too.
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This is fun, and they loved it.
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I was telling Lore and I had to make bank now because
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they really liked Coachella.
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So cute. Oh,
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I'd love that for you.
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That's great. I wish I could take my parents to go
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to. 01 day,
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yeah, man, in the air.
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Just put it. Write it down.
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Make a plan. I'll be telling them sometimes,
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playing like, Hey,
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you was in. I want you.
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You just got to asking 21 questions.
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No, over there.
17:39
You got this. You just have to haggle the shit that
17:42
there's something that your mom's been asking you for for 5 years
17:45
There's something, or for 6 years.
17:47
There's something that you're like,
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no. That my friend is your haggling chip,
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and you'd be like,
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listen, I know you did it.
17:53
I did it I did it.
17:57
My hair was like in my butt rack and I cut it
18:00
for her, because she,
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no, no, no,
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no, no, no,
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no, I cut it for her because I was like,
18:06
but you did it for free.
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I know I should have,
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yeah, so, OK,
18:10
so maybe you just,
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you tell her, be like,
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Listen, I'll get a fade.
18:12
I'll get a nice fade.
18:14
I'm gonna, yeah,
18:15
I'm gonna tuck my shirt in,
18:16
please. You need something.
18:17
You just need to,
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yeah, that's good.
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I'm gonna, I'm gonna,
18:19
I'm gonna use that.
18:20
I'm gonna see what,
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what, what I could build up a case on her and
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just be like, Yo,
18:24
you got to come out here because I was going to say
18:25
I was going to get sick,
18:26
but,, you got to come out here.
18:29
All right, we got one more.
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Hey, I love this picture because there's a lot going on
18:34
There's There's a lot going on.
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That picture is great.
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So I click on in.
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what happened?
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I think we had just played a show.
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We had just played a show December 1st,
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2018. Yeah, we had played a private show I had
18:49
opened for him. And that's Dominican.
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That's the Dominican Drake era,
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like 2018, yeah,
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when he was,,
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you remember those memes.
19:00
He was like a Dominican bouncer.
19:01
He had that, that vibe.
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He got the fade.
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Is that your dad?
19:04
He got the fade.
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That is my father.
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I snuck it in.
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He's great. That's how you do it,
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honestly, yeah. Well,
19:11
there was an after party after the show,
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and I brought my parents,
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and yeah, I brought my folks.
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And it was at Casa Loma,
19:17
I think that was the after party,
19:19
and we, yeah,
19:20
we did that do rounds on WhatsApp because I know my mom
19:22
would flex that did rounds and some of her will make that
19:25
her profile picture for everything.
19:27
That's such a good picture.
19:28
I love that picture so much.
19:30
So you opened for him here.
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I opened for him and it was in Canada.
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Yeah, it was for,
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for a private show.
19:36
It was really fun.
19:37
I had a great time.
19:38
You know what this funny story of that,
19:40
actually, no, I can't tell it.
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Are you a big Drake fan?
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Yeah, what? I know that's a silly question.
19:47
It's a silly question.
19:49
Yeah, man. Drake's,
19:50
what? Yeah, hell yeah.
19:51
I love that, and I love that he was supportive of
19:53
Yeah, supportive early on,
19:55
has always showed love and not just him.
19:57
Like the whole, his whole team like shows me like shout
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out tubs, and yeah,
20:01
it's just, it's love,
20:02
it's city love. That's very special to hear.
20:05
And your dad, do you often?
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Well, actually, one of my favorite videos to see was
20:10
when you were on tour and when you would bring your dad
20:14
on stage to dance with you,
20:16
Aunt Kaleos or guyosamente.
20:19
What was that moment like for you to,
20:20
to keep bringing him out?
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Fun but scary but fun.
20:25
I really loved it.
20:26
Oh man, I'm so grateful that I've been able to like
20:30
I just, I know how many people say that
20:34
they're like. Achieving success is one thing.
20:38
But achieving it and being able to share it with the people
20:41
you care about, like,
20:43
because I know a lot of people didn't get that.
20:44
A lot of people have like chased whatever their pinnacle is,
20:47
and then the people who they love have moved on or passed
20:49
or whatever. So that's one thing that I'm like really happy
20:53
really happy that I've been able to share,
20:55
you know, yeah,
20:56
so beautiful. Every time I would see those videos,
20:59
I literally would see like my dad or like like that is
21:02
that is so special to see like you bring them to
21:04
Coachella. Yeah, that's why I got girl,
21:07
when I was there,
21:08
I'm like, why am I so emotional at Coachella right now
21:11
But they would be walking ahead and I'd be like drying
21:13
my tears. I'm like,
21:14
what's going on with me?
21:15
But it is that joy of sharing the success with,
21:18
with family which, as who sacrificed for you and are the
21:21
reason that we're here today.
21:23
So it's like sharing.
21:24
It's like getting, it's like you,
21:25
the farmer doesn't always get to see the fruit that they planted
21:28
and then sometimes they do.
21:29
So like it's nice.
21:30
It's nice to like give them some fruit that's,
21:33
that's theirs. Well,
21:35
we got emotional here.
21:37
let me dry it up.
21:40
I like this one.
21:40
I like, I'm gonna start doing that.
21:42
It works, gravity.
21:45
OK, pivoting to the next couple of weeks,
21:48
you touched on World Cup a little bit.
21:50
Let's talk about your song because the way I screamed when I
21:54
heard it, when I saw it,
21:56
how did this collaboration with Eliana come to be?
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last year we got sent the record.
22:05
In December, who sent it?
22:06
Was it circuit that sent the record?
22:09
It's a shout out circuit,
22:12
The producer,
22:13
he, he, yeah,
22:14
he sent the record and they're like,
22:16
Yo, we'd love to have you on this,
22:17
and I, and I did it up with my boy Moose
22:20
who's my engineer back home.
22:21
We did it long distance,
22:23
yeah, yeah, yeah,
22:24
which is like it's not that far.
22:26
I've done a lot of stuff long distance,
22:28
to be honest,.
22:30
Yeah, and then we shot the video not too long ago
22:32
Everything was very quick from like video to it being out
22:34
It was super fucking fast.
22:35
Eliana is great. I love when I work with people and
22:37
I feel like I've actually made like a friend because that doesn't
22:40
always happen either, you know.
22:41
Sometimes it's just like a professional thing.
22:42
You get it done,
22:43
but like she's, yeah,
22:45
sometimes it's just what it is and life moves really fast,
22:48
but I guess. Because this is,
22:50
this is something that we're performing together and where it's,
22:52
it's more of a,
22:53
it gives more opportunity for,
22:54
for the actual art to blossom and then by default like made
22:58
a friend. She's dope and yeah you could tell in the
23:00
video your energy together is just like,
23:03
oh I wanna be their friend.
23:05
She's great, yeah,
23:07
yeah, yeah. Yeah,
23:10
she's great. I also same thing with her,
23:12
like her team is just lit too.
23:14
It's, it's cool.
23:14
Oh, you're a soccer fan,
23:17
I'm assuming. I have to be.
23:18
I feel like I mean,
23:19
like I should again,
23:20
silly question, who's your favorite player on the team right now
23:23
though? I mean,
23:27
Well, fuck, Colombianas man,
23:29
I'm dying to see the documentary.
23:32
Did you see they made one?
23:34
I think it's only available in Colombia,
23:35
but they just released the doc.
23:38
but I'm also down bad for Richard Rios.
23:40
He's taken. He's a papucho.
23:44
He's a, he's a papucho.
23:45
Can somebody pull the picture?
23:46
I gotta see this guy.
23:48
You guys over here losing our minds over him.
23:50
He better be up.
23:51
He better be a 10 out of 10 papucho right here.
23:54
All right, he got it.
23:55
All right, I don't need to see it no more.
23:57
Take it off. I listen.
23:59
He will steal my girl.
24:03
Let me see the little highlights.
24:10
OK, I mean because the game's interesting regardless if I get
24:14
the little penaito like that and I put a jersey on.
24:17
You can't get it yet.
24:18
You got to argue with your mom.
24:19
That's your chip. Remember?
24:20
Be like, Listen,
24:20
I'm going to come out here like Rios,
24:21
but you got to come out.
24:23
Richard Rios. It's so funny.
24:25
They lost La Copa.
24:26
Well, this was not funny.
24:27
It still hurts, but they,
24:29
they, I was fortunate enough to go to the game.
24:32
And then Richard walked by and I go,
24:34
Richard, the kid of consolar,
24:37
and he did blow a kiss.
24:40
No way. Oh,
24:41
I love that for you.
24:42
That's cute. Yeah,
24:43
that was the last time we saw each other.
24:46
I don't know Richard Rios.
24:48
She's like Richard, I wanna cook so.
24:52
Yeah, he was single at the time.
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That's it. I love that for you.
24:56
So I know you have new music on the way.
24:58
What can we be looking forward to?
25:01
some sad songs,
25:03
some toxic songs, some aggressive songs,
25:07
and like maybe one or two happy songs.
25:09
Album comes out. Next week,
25:11
right? Album comes out June 12th.
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Yeah, very, very soon on rotation.
25:16
Jessie Reyes. Before we leave though,
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we do have to end by paying tribute to our migente Latino
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mother on 3123, mi gente Latino.