$9k Water Bill

I bet you got a

lot going for it

What

up y'all?

What up y'all?

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

This is the lunch break with Ray Nitty.

Maybe Shannon DJ, brother Z. Holding us down with the production and sound.

This is our two with the lunch break crew, man.

We got my brother, man.

My brother.

Hey, butter.

Larry Sanders in the building.

Brother Josh in the building, man.

We getting into some music and accomplishments, man, because, you know, sometimes they just put labels on people and they be like, man, you just a tall Negro.

Man, just dribble and don't do anything else.

But you created a space where creativity could thrive and breathe.

And it birthed a lot of amazing opportunities that I was able to witness.

And to see the fruits of that labor today is very, very satisfying.

And it lets me know that that $9,000 water bill was not in vain.

The song that you just heard, believe it, was produced by Business Boy.

Business Boy, one of the amazing artists.

You know, that's my brother.

We done slept on hella floors together, chasing this music from Atlanta to all over.

Super proud of him.

Biz was one of those artists in the house as well that kept his head down and just worked every day.

Everybody has something that they was working on and working through.

at the same time, everybody was working through something.

And I think that's what made this house special.

Um, brothers trying to help each other work through things as well, using art, using creativity, using fashion, using film, using photography to capture these authentic moments and document it.

And yeah, that's what I said, Grammy earlier, but business boy.

and prepping them is who got the Grammy out of the house.

That's who got the Grammy.

But Larry got a platinum plaque.

That's what I was supposed to say.

A platinum plaque.

And I remember when he was cooking and beat up, bro, he's like, man, I think I'll get partied on this one.

I'm like, man, let's get it, fam.

And like a week later, party was

on.

So yeah, tell them about that story, man.

How did that come about?

Yeah, that was a wild, wild moment.

I was working on this track.

Um, I was still in the.

Yeah, I was working on the track and, um, you know, me, Biz, um, another producer named seven Thomas seven put a lot of sauce on the beat.

He did seven seven definitely did his thing on there.

Um, and we, we had this, uh, this party.

It was, um, just like a writer's party.

I had the Airbnb had a bunch of producers, writers, set up laptops everywhere.

different rooms and everybody was just swapping laptops.

And, you know, that beat, man, it was a special beat.

And I remember playing it over and over and being like, yo, all I can hear on this is Future and Party.

I feel like Future and Party didn't make a track on it.

And man, a week later, Party didn't send it back.

Drake sent it back.

That is how that

went.

Yeah, it was a Drake.

We had a Drake record for a while.

Yeah.

Almost almost a year before you know, it's a 2016.

Yeah, we felt like he wasn't going that R&B direction because it's an R&B song And then he started beefing with me.

Yeah, you went to some 16 it was

a

revenge all that and then he

gave

back the part back the back and he gave the song to party and party dropped on this album P3

But

it was a Drake record, you know, I hadn't heard her party on that beat until two years later on so

That was amazing.

It was a confirmation from God, man, in the moment for real, bro.

Because I think I just left the NBA.

I just left something that everyone told me that this is the only thing I could do or should do.

And there's no reason why you shouldn't.

And you crazy.

And you know what I mean?

Don't follow your heart.

And I think it was God confirming right away that, look, follow me.

I move mountains.

What

y'all listening to right here is the song we talking about man What my friend you was in bro, you was

I was listening to a lot of party next door.

I was a lot of you know, I was in that that vibe be Canadian You know R&B, you know mixed vibe, you know what I mean?

I was

yeah

in between space.

I was just moved out the LA I was you know, Ryan do the do the heels.

You know how

they get up out

there Yeah, man palm trees are do something

to you man.

It do man

Yeah,

this was this was out of joint don't run on p3 man produced by the homies Larry Sanders You said seven was on there Thomas.

Yeah, seven Thomas biz man shots out to the gang man, so That's why I get so passionate when people try to label folks and disrespect They intelligence they creativity they magic

That's why I get passionate about it because I see the work other creatives are doing.

I see the sacrifices other creatives are making.

And very rare.

Is it sacrifices or work that they're doing just for their own self?

Usually is for.

The betterment and enrichment of others.

helping others, at least the folks that I rock with.

So, yeah, I get offended.

When people say things like, you a kunas be for stating the facts that David Crowley is the most credible and one prepared to do the job on day one, and he had gotten three times, four times the amount work as Francesca Hong in a Republican led assembly.

He had also a Republican-led assembly.

But you know what?

When you really fighting, it don't matter what's in your way.

You gonna get something done.

You gonna push through.

You gonna keep fighting.

Hell, if you average... Let me ask you this question.

If you only had one rebound again, you'd...

How long you think your career would have been?

Very short.

Very short.

Do you think they would have kept you around six years if you just had one rebound, one block, one point?

No, sir.

But I'm supposed to send a governor to Madison.

who's only gotten one bill passed in six years.

Cool.

But I'm a cool though.

I'm a cool though.

We talking with my brother Larry Sanders, man.

You went to LA.

And I know you had a conversation with me before you committed to the house.

And the conversation...

He looking like, what's Bro about to say?

I just had some conversations with Bro.

Bro could be going anywhere with this.

But no, you share something with me, Bro.

And once again, I always appreciate you for being vulnerable.

You feel me?

This was the day before you had to meet with everybody.

House was still empty.

It was like when Will Smith came home and nothing was in the house.

And everybody was sitting on the atrium stairs, just chopping it up.

But before that meeting, he was like, man, bro, I'm dealing with a lot, bro.

And I feel like these brothers need me, but I got to be honest with myself, too.

He's like, I'm out here to get my mind together.

And he says something, too.

He was like, bro, this is the first time.

That I would have ever been able to just live on my own From college even through the NBA because a lot of people don't know he was bro was working on keeping his family together You know what I'm saying and he asking me questions like man, bro, how do you how do you how do you make it work?

How do you make it work, bro?

When it seemed like it ain't working.

How do you make it work?

This is questions bro is asking me right somebody who could afford hella professionals That would charge him numerous amounts of dollars to tell him some as but he asking me how do you make it work, bro?

I've never been able to this is my first time that I'm going to be out in the world by myself Nobody

with me.

And the first time is essentially.

Is moving in a bunch of strangers.

We knew biz, we knew prep.

And then taking none away from none of the creators.

But I want people to be in the mind frame of what somebody who just walked away from.

What some would say is everything, your dream.

to get your mind right and keep your family together, take care of your moms, take care of Pops.

It's my first time out in the world on my own and I've never been able to experience that.

And he was like, bro, it's a little scary.

But that's what he said, bro.

He said, bro,

I trust the vision and I want to do something as bigger than myself.

But I need your help.

I'm gonna need your help.

Because I'm trying to figure myself out.

I'm not gonna be able to be here every day to make sure.

I got, you feel what I'm saying?

So this is, I want people, when I see people talking crazy, like yeah, I take offense because

I had this conversation with brother Z probably when we first started on the stage.

A lot of people be talking crazy like they know stuff, but they don't be having no access to real information.

So they formulate these crazy opinions.

Oh, he just wanted to smoke weed.

I wish it was that simple.

I wish it was that simple.

And this is somebody y'all looking at and just think, oh, they got it made because a bank role is involved.

But we love to lean on, oh, money don't buy you happiness.

Which one is it?

Come on, fam.

Which one is it?

But we get so much in our feelings because, what?

We fall in love with the product and not the person.

We don't take time to understand that this is a human being You feel me and This human being is operating within a structure that you you don't have really that much freedom to really express yourself the way that you truly want to

I'm telling y'all, I watched somebody walk away from millions of dollars for their mental health and then a year or two after Kevin Love became the poster boy for mental health.

That's disrespectful.

Now mental health is top

priority.

Well, I feel like this is like that when you do the first note of the usually the pioneers don't really get to reap the same rewards as everyone else who

who kind of decides to follow, you know

what

I'm saying?

And, you know, you gotta be the one to take the shots.

I think when I did it, it was so, it was scary for me because, you know, the last person who had stepped out about their mental health was Delante West.

Prior to me almost, you know what I mean?

I mean, Keon had said something when he retired about the things he had been going through.

But like the biggest name at the time for mental health was Delante West.

So nobody wanted to be associated with being an athlete and having mental health because there's such a negative connotation.

You know what I'm saying?

It was a lot of negativity surrounding around that the stigma is, right?

But I feel like the time that I came out and was vulnerable, it was almost like a sweet moment because the public was at a place where they were ready to accept it.

I think everyone had someone maybe close to them even them themselves had came to a point where they'd like Oh, I'm dealing with something mentally or my mom is on my dad or my son, right?

Which is way different from we were kids So that energy changed and then on my side of things It was just time for an athlete to stand out and talk about it and talk about a mental health.

It was two two things that happened They were ready to happen.

You know what I mean?

But before you know

Me being vulnerable is just very very scary.

I didn't know how I was gonna be perceived by the public, you know, I didn't know What direction it was gonna go honestly?

Cuz it was taboo it was taboo at the time right to speak out or You know Be vulnerable for those things don't go anywhere y'all we'd be back more with Larry Sanders on the lunch break with Ray needy and maybe

Shannon

What up, y'all?

What up?

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

This is the Lunch Break with Ray Nitty and maybe Shannon.

Sour 2 with the Lunch Break crew.

DJ Brother Z holding us down on the production and sound.

We got Larry Sanders in the building, my brother.

We got the homie Josh in the building, my brother.

What's happening y'all?

833-212-1017.

That's the number to dial.

833-212-1017 is the number to dial.

I'm making y'all stand on results today, man.

Because y'all talked all that mess.

And Francesca Hong has gotten one bill passed in six years.

I'm just saying, man.

I I respect everybody views.

I respect everybody.

But when you don't come to me with facts and stats, that's why I just I just it's hard for me to listen.

So all this Fran talk, miss me with it.

Because she ain't got nothing done.

I'm talking about getting assignments completed.

That's it.

That's it.

I want the fairy tale policies.

I don't want what you gonna do.

I want somebody that has done the work and successfully gotten bipartisan policies put together because in a Republican controlled Senate House Assembly, whatever you want to call it, you're going to need somebody that has the relationships to get things done on behalf of the communities that they represent.

And in six years, she has not been able to do that.

But one time out of two hundred and forty eight tries.

How is that?

District.

Feeling about nothing getting done on your behalf.

But that's just something to think about, y'all.

Ain't nobody called up here stood on it yet, which lets me know that she ain't been doing nothing and ain't going to get nothing done.

That's just how I feel.

I got called a coon as be today.

Like, damn.

Hope y'all having a good time.

We got Larry Sanders, Josh Jones in the building, man.

We talking about.

His journey.

To Milwaukee, from Milwaukee and back to Milwaukee again.

Now, I want to talk about your birthday party.

Can we get into that?

Yeah, I'm gonna get it to it.

It's my show.

It's me and Shannon show.

So we keep it.

We'll keep it.

But bro hat, this was your 25th, 27th.

It

was one of them birthdays, right?

We had 48 hours, maybe less to put this together.

37 now to get

reference.

Oh, okay.

So about

10 is every year.

I'm that older than you, huh?

Damn.

Uncle real.

Little big.

But, uh, yeah, bro, bro had this passion, this mansion party.

Huge mansion.

And this was in Beverly Hills.

And this is why I be like, yo, I'm I'm grateful to be able to be in these random positions that you cannot pay for these experiences.

You could pay for an experience, but it won't be as random and just Coincidental as this was because it was natural organic.

You can't pay for that But I'm gonna tell you all about this party right Hundreds of people in less than 24 hours and we had to bust people in

he telling me this party was bro

24 hours, bro, put the invite out.

And first of all, you got to remember, shout out to Chibu, shout out to Homie Chibu, out in LA was making stuff happen.

But he just got here.

He ain't like, OK, my bad.

He's playing in the NBA.

He got a little resources.

He got

a little

resources.

But 24 hours, bro, and to organize, people couldn't drive to the party.

So you bust people.

down from the bottom of the hill and they have to get bused up and bust them back down, by the way.

We ain't just leave people up the hill and didn't take care of folks.

I laid security, chef, holding on, food trucks.

Man, food trucks, chefs.

Like he was at an event.

That's how my parties was.

And

then I did this like whenever somebody came in, every guest, I'm gonna greet them.

What you doing?

What you need?

I'm Larry.

This is my party.

We need some.

Come see me.

So now they feel like they ain't got to know nobody else.

They know the host.

You know, so by the time, you know, everybody starts feeling good.

It's everybody dancing.

It was it was a different type of vibe back then.

And then LA house parties was that was it back then.

You know what I mean?

Like it was different.

It wasn't it wasn't a lot of I mean, social media was kind of just taken off.

It wasn't a lot of cell phone recording.

People, you know, it was really a lot of vibes.

Yeah.

And everybody was just catching them and it was awesome.

And it was just a lot of, you know, a lot of great stuff going on, man.

Great energy being exchanged and great people.

You feel me?

You could, you could, you know, like some of the people you tell them, maybe some of the people that have been to my party and it's.

Man, so

once again, he describing it because he's accustomed to, you know,

Just seeing that on a random day, but bro Hundreds of people big fat mansion some stupid, right?

Random people bro people that would never met in my life.

I'm outside Super super just loaded lit.

You know, I'm saying feeling good and See this little dude walk up to me, bro by himself ball dude ball head dude

And he's like, brother, do you think it'd be okay if I just joined your party?

And I'm looking, I'm like, man, you take digs.

If you don't just come inside, bro, like, yeah, you can come to

this.

Tell you funny, bro, take digs,

bro.

He had the, the, the, the, the Gotchell pants, the big wide joints where the air just flowed through.

He had the, the linen.

and open toe sandals and he just, I'm just trying to just have a good time man.

Can I drink the party?

Open toe sandals 1,000%.

By himself, bro.

He in a party.

I'm like, bro, you tripping going side, bro.

You acting like we just bust you up the hill or something.

You trying to get it.

He literally walked over.

He was probably his neighbor's house.

Bro.

Yeah.

Then.

I'm like, all right, this is too much.

I'm overstimulated out here in the front doors because everybody's coming in at this time, right?

So I'm like, I'm just going inside, chill.

And I sit down, OT Genesis next to me just doing hella Seawalks

and

dancing.

I think that was around when that song was out, too, if I'm not mistaken.

He was doing a lot of dances back then.

All the

knowledge.

Every time you catch him, he was doing a Seawalk.

Party

next door,

slide

through.

Competitively.

Competitively.

He wants to challenge

you.

Exactly.

But I'm just saying, man, it was so many just random moments like that that turned into like great opportunities.

And what they say success is when preparation meets.

Opportunity.

Yeah, something like that.

A time in or something like that.

No, opportunity.

Yeah, preparation means opportunity.

There you go.

And that's what I felt like I saw going on.

The house was the gym where everybody was preparing.

And LA was the world where your opportunity could it could walk right in this door.

Just being at the crib.

Really didn't have to leave the crib if you didn't want to, bro.

We really didn't at all.

We left the crib for, you know, we put a revolt, certain meetings, but everybody brought everything to the crib and that was the problem.

That's how that feels.

When I

wasn't there, you know, be, you know, artists piled up in there, which, you know, I wanted, I want to help them, you know, but at the same time, there's a lot of space.

We overcrowding space.

I got artists coming to me saying, hey, my bathroom messed up.

Somebody to mess with my toothbrush.

They got somebody else staying on the floor.

Somebody is sleeping in here.

They shouldn't be sleeping here.

You know what I mean?

And it was it was it was a lot of management.

You got things.

You dealing with people.

And it was it was, you know,

it

was probably like six, five people that were supposed to be there.

Yeah.

But it was at least by eight to 10 people there at night.

Then at night, you know what I'm saying?

And it was what five bedroom.

So I'm going

to

say

a room that

turned a den into a bedroom.

Bro.

I was there, bro.

It was like 12 to 15,

bro.

When I wasn't there, it was 12 to 15 people there at night.

But if I was there, they'd limit it.

You know, everybody might have somebody there with them or something like that, or they might bring them in when I'm asleep or in the room or whatever.

But at the end of the day, it was, yeah, it was a space like that.

I made it like that, though, because it was free.

It was open to pretty much, but that's where the experiment comes in at.

because it was my first time doing something like that.

And I discontinued it when I went and played for Cleveland.

So when I went and played for Cleveland, that's when I pretty much discontinued it and transformed it into more boutique style development.

I don't know if you heard DJ Brothers Z, he said it was a content house before this time.

That's exactly what I was asking.

That's exactly

what it was.

But it was more than that though, it was an incubator.

Yeah, because it wasn't to produce content.

It was to produce artists.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I say, I know it.

So when he say people was just bringing people, I want y'all to know too, it wasn't like people was just bringing people and it was bringing people that was working.

Yeah.

Other artists,

they would just not have a place to stay.

Right.

Which I was, you know, cool, but just, you know,

it came at a cost.

And that's the reality of it.

You feel what I'm saying?

It came at a cost.

Was every water bill 9G's?

No.

But the one that she showed me, that she sat me down was like, Ray, we need to get this under control.

We can't financially sustain this month over month.

Because you was pretty much the manager at the crib.

And trying to make sure, like, this is my friend too.

So it's like,

I still want to be a homie that's like, all right, I know you got it, but I still want to be the homie that's a voice of reason, like, let's, let's, let's, let's think of this again.

Like, bro, it was, it was times, I'd be like, man, it's a whole lemon tree in the back.

I'm like, we're just gonna make lemonade this week.

Straight up, fresh squeezed lemonade, boss.

Why not?

But I say I know it was 15 people.

Because, bro.

And it was 15 people that was working.

I ain't just saying people was just there not working.

But when I saw somebody in the hallway closet sleeping, I was like, oh,

OK.

This is getting real.

It's real.

Because you got to think, too, we're going to get ready to go to break.

How many people in LA chasing their dreams, putting it all on the line?

A lot of people, bro.

Then you got a lot of people that's just really trying to take advantage of the situation.

Because you got people that was close to it that he had to move around.

You feel what I'm saying?

And he still invested, had somebody's sister writing a book on him.

You know?

But time always reveals character.

It's the

things that we don't know.

Yeah.

Don't go anywhere, y'all.

We live on the lunch break with Ray Nitty and maybe Shannon.

We just sharing the story of Larry Sanders, man, and what that journey was like when he left Milwaukee, the things he was involved with, and what's happening now.

So don't go anywhere, y'all.

This is a lunch break with Ray Nitty and maybe

Shannon.

Oh, bumpin' two chain, bumpin' two chain In a ring drone, in a damn thing In a flute, baby, in a flute, baby Cause a hook game got me off a loop, baby And I'm outta here, racks on racks, I'm a lot to serve But she gots to stare, but she don't hear what she don't want to hear Leanin' Outside of me leanin', hips beside of me dreamin' Other side of me schemein' Fibin' me, slibin' me, get high with me

What up, y'all?

What up?

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Welcome back.

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It's your boy Ray Nitty.

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This is a lunch break with Ray Nitty and maybe Shannon.

I got my brother Larry Sanders in the building, Josh Jones in the building.

That's why I ain't want no damn trail mix, Josh.

Look at you on camera chewing like a mug.

You going crazy.

You

see

yourself the whole time Brother Z come on.

I think I put it up.

See if you can get us together if you don't mind You know, so I could see it I could see everything here on my screen, you know Bro, Josh was going to town

He had that party mix, peanuts, everything in it.

Politically homeless says, what up, broke life?

What it do?

What it do, man.

That's our homie Michael, man.

We had a great conversation this morning.

But yeah, man, we talking about the story of Larry.

Bro, you working on a documentary, right?

Yeah.

How's that coming along?

It's good.

I've been putting together for a while.

You

know what I mean?

I feel like I've been working on it for years and I don't know if it's gonna be like a lifelong project or something that, you know, but it's just, it keeps developing, you know what I mean?

The story keeps changing.

And, you know, I don't feel like it's finished, you know, not at all, you know.

So, you know, it's just an amazing journey.

You know, I just, I feel like I'm blessed, man.

I've been blessed to.

to have this journey, have this story, have these certain things that God has instilled in me to kind of want to do and put out into the world as a creative.

So I'm excited.

I'm excited, man.

We got short films coming up, more children books, working on my second children book right now, The Clothing Line.

You know, a lot of things within the product space, but it's all on the umbrella of helping people.

Um, transition transition is big for me.

You know, I feel like as an athlete, you know, we transition, we have to write.

That's inevitable.

Um, but even in business, you know, needy, I've watched you transition from artists to, you know, gants of politics, doing hosting, doing to show you've done DJ, you done

you've transitioned in a lot of

spaces.

And even, you know, you speaking to that you were you were.

very focused on being an artist.

And when you transition from that space, how much of it was pulling you back?

How much doubt you had?

How much were you at war with yourself as an artist?

I think that that's something that we all go through.

No, for sure.

Man, this would be the first time I said this throughout the whole time we was doing stuff at LA.

Right this me this me being a hundred percent transparent, bro.

I Think I'm gotta be like I'm in my 30s for sure.

So it's like I these homies in their 20s, you know what I'm saying?

It was like I felt like I needed to show Responsible leadership or just like somebody had to be on point and I felt like I took that on right

and not saying that anybody else wasn't on point, but feeling like, bro, took my word that like, yo, this is gonna be a good thing and believing in it is like, all right, I need to make sure I'm on top of things.

So I sacrificed a lot of me being an artist in that transition.

And it was tough for me, bro.

You feel what I'm saying?

Seeing everybody create music, everybody vibing out, and I'm working on spreadsheets.

You know what I'm saying?

Trying to set things up.

I'm an artist.

I want to create.

And I battled with that, bro.

This is me being 100%.

In a way, feeling like, damn, I wish I could.

But it was like, I had to give 100% to the side that I was on.

Because.

it was vital knowing bro ain't gonna be in the crib all the time.

You feel what I'm saying?

And the goal was I was supposed to be like permanently out there consistently for a few months, but I just, I couldn't commit to that.

And I, you know, it was like, damn, I had the development in Milwaukee going on at the time.

So I was just trying to figure things out, bro.

So I felt like, man, that was like the beginning of me transitioning, like almost as if I was giving up music.

That's what it felt like, right?

And it's like, you finally get to LA, the city of dreams and anything.

You know, you focus on the business side now.

And it's like, yeah, I'd write in my spirit time, but it was like, I didn't feel like I had to...

the time to actually create or even collaborate with the artist that was in there creating.

And some artists was in there feeling like they had to collaborate with other folks in the crib.

I physically heard some folks say that.

Which was not the case.

That's not what we had going

on.

You feel what I'm saying?

So that's what I'm like.

I'm going to just focus on the business because everybody ain't even, you know.

It's the vision.

You know, there were artists that were taking from it and not trying to put anything back into

the hundred percent.

You know what I mean?

And so, yeah, it was like a it was it was a hard pill to swallow, bro.

Feeling like, man, I definitely I still got hits.

And, you know, you just got to watch everybody else hoop, because.

You took on the you took on the role of of coach and it wasn't like anybody forced me.

into that it wasn't like You know catch was like nitty don't come over here trying to make no music That was in the case I don't want to make it seem like that was a story But just the responsibility that I had like when we It wasn't often that we went out, but when we did go out like I was like I'm not gonna be the one drinking Because I want to make sure everybody get back to where we need to get back to and

in one piece.

No issues.

That was the responsibility I took on.

So yeah, it was a challenge for me to be honest.

It was like, damn, I feel like I could have contributed to this hook.

I feel like I could have contributed to this whatever.

But that was my hard pill to swallow.

But even in that sacrifice, it

built me and prepared me for so many other things, right?

Because I was able to see a different side of the industry, the game, being in the means with Dom, Dom Gallery, being in the means with the homeless shelter that we did to give back

the

ice cream,

come in the

house.

You feel what I'm saying?

The relationships that I was, the meetings.

So that's the, it's the gift and the curse, right?

Everybody wasn't able to go to the means that I went to.

So while I'm feeling, you know, dark on the creative side, like I really want to be creating, but it's like I'm blossoming in this business side because my preparation and opportunity is now meeting.

And so much came about from it, bro.

The homie Alex, who working on film now, still locked in with bro.

He doing movies right

now.

You feel me?

So it was a pill to swallow, but I had to grow through that and realize it's a temporary sacrifice for a greater game.

Don't go anywhere, y'all.

We'll be right back with more Larry Sanders and Josh.

on The Lunch Break with Ray Nitty and maybe Shannon.

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Madison, Wisconsin.

Madison, what'd it do?

Your girl only got one bill through in six years, Madison.

It's not enough.

It's not enough.

It's not enough.

One bill in six years, baby, not enough.

248 tries.

Just get them up.

I should freestyle.

I should freestyle on it.

But I ain't gonna do it.

It ain't Friday.

It's not enough.

One bill in six years, man, it's not enough.

That's all I'm saying.

But time, man, Larry Sanders is actually leaving today, man.

So if you see us in the third street market hall, say, what's up, man?

Say hi, get you a picture.

You know what I'm saying?

Have a good time, man.

Man, what you want to leave with the people?

We got a few more minutes here.

Anything y'all want to share, man?

What you got coming up next?

I know it's our first weekend back in a while.

Kind of just re-getting your feet back wet.

So I know y'all got something cooking.

So what y'all got cooking?

Yeah, man.

A lot.

A lot, man.

It's been a great start, too.

It's just the beginning.

I've been planning to come back to Milwaukee, not really know when, but it seemed like it's been, you know, the perfect timing, you know, with what Josh got going on.

We're gonna, you know, talks about really building up the space and doing more events, bringing more awareness.

We'd love to do something before school starts back, some kind of back to school situation, get involved in something that's already going, right?

If we can't do our own.

And,

Yeah, you know, simultaneously develop these products, but and, you know, give it back and be in the community.

You know, that's that's the plan.

And it's not it's not over complicated.

But it, you know, it's going to take, you know, some different hands and arms within the community.

It's going to take some consistent effort and creativity.

And we got some great.

foundational pieces to get the ball rolling, so I'm excited.

Man, I don't know what you got going on.

August 22nd, but the radio station is having Truth Family Fest at Riverside University.

That's my school, the high school I went to, the best school.

I know it's short notice, but if it's something that you all could be a part of, would like to participate in.

You know what I'm saying?

Like, that offer is out there.

It's gonna be a lot of kids, a lot of families.

It's gonna be a good time.

Back to school event.

You was just saying you wanted to do a back to school event.

Anyway, so maybe... How many kids?

How many people typically... I haven't been to one yet.

This is my first year that I'll be attending.

Anywhere from 100 to 200 kids can show up throughout the day and that's kids with they parents So it's gonna be a lot.

It's gonna be a lot of families.

I gotta get a feeling that this one's gonna probably

be the largest one If he can't be here for that, we'll still do it

We'll still do something

I

think we'll find some kind of way to contribute to the event But yeah, if we could you know, we can do something we custom stuff,

you

know, we can get something on there and get some to them

you know, get them some for the school year or even find some way to, you

know, get some book bags and supplies.

Raffle off a outfit or something.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Raffle off a outfit.

We'll create it.

Yeah, we'll put some together and

get creative with it.

Get them

fresh.

No, definitely,

definitely.

That'll be dope.

And for those who don't know where the store is at, it's located 719 North Milwaukee Street, downtown, the heart of downtown.

Milwaukee Street in Wisconsin, 719 North Milwaukee Street, and we still have a few.

Love lost, still in the building.

Her lost in the building, please come through and

check it out.

We got a few other custom drop left.

I got it on right now.

I

had my eyes on at the show on Saturday, man.

I felt like an artist.

I was like, yeah.

Drip set, fam.

I was like, I had a couple of compliments.

My wife was like, don't get too ahead of yourself.

She's going home with you now.

You know she's going home with you now.

She's going to pull that leash, boy.

Love you, baby.

Ah, man, what you got, Josh, man, before we get

about it here?

I definitely got a show love to all the guys, the business guys, the business partners that's in the store.

Principal, literally, EOD, different clothing.

Versatile, my boy G, the jeweler.

If you need some custom jewelry, you custom grills.

If you see Larry Grill, custom made one-on-one.

I know somebody's getting my wink on, throw it out there yet.

I got my mode.

I

got my mode, man.

Listen, everything's custom.

If it ain't custom, don't trust them.

I got my mode.

I'm going through a crisis.

But I'm going to give my first grill, man.

I'm going to do something different, though.

I'm going to do something for...

The Virgin Islands were on film, so

I'm trying to do something I ain't never seen before.

If you see Larry's, man, this is one of a kind.

Yeah, I

designed this one.

So you

put it there.

So that just came in today, because I feel like Saturday just showed me the image of it.

Yeah, it just came in.

Yeah, we custom grills, custom jewelry, custom clothes.

Don't give me one,

man.

My daughter coming to get molded, too.

She gonna get the same grill I got.

So it's

up.

It may be a little different though.

Yeah, she's probably going to swag her as

well.

She's going to swag her as well.

Man, y'all, we are live with my brother Larry Sanders, my brother Josh, man.

Before anything, I want to tell y'all, man, I'm extremely proud of y'all.

I'm extremely proud of you, bro.

Watch your growth from your rookie year to right now.

I've seen the lives you impact.

You've impacted my life.

So many others, bro.

And I get emotional because I know it's authentic and I know what we did it for.

So it's beautiful to see it continue.

And I love you, bro.

And that's our time, y'all, before I get to waiting up the whole place, y'all, man.

I love y'all.

This is my brother.

Yeah,

wait, what?

Larry Sanders.

Josh.

Don't go anywhere.

Manan is up next from the grapevine.

We out.

Make sure you follow us.

I bet.

Good

luck.

Maybe Shannon DJ, brother Z. Holding us down with the production and sound.

This is our two with the lunch break crew, man.

We got my brother, man, my brother.

Hey, butter.

Larry Sanders in the building, brother Josh in the building, man.

We getting into some music and accomplishments, man, because, you know, sometimes they just put labels on people and be like, man, you just a tall Negro, man.

dribble and don't do anything else.

But you created a space where creativity could thrive and breathe.

And it birthed a lot of amazing opportunities that I was able to witness.

And to see the fruits of that labor today is very, very satisfying.

And it lets me know that that $9,000 water bill was not in vain.

The song that you just heard, Believe It, was produced by Business Boy.

Business Boy, one of the amazing artists.

You know, that's my brother.

We done slept on hella floors together, chasing this music from Atlanta to all over.

Super proud of him.

Biz was one of those artists in the house as well that kept his head down and just worked every day.

Everybody has something that they was working on and working through.

at the same time, everybody was working through something.

And I think that's what made this house special.

Um, brothers trying to help each other work through things as well, using art, using creativity, using fashion, using film, using photography to capture these authentic moments and document it.

And yeah, that's what I said, Grammy earlier, but business boy.

and prepping them is who got the Grammy out of the house.

That's who got the Grammy.

But Larry got a platinum plaque.

That's what I was supposed to say.

A platinum plaque.

And I remember when he was cooking and beat up, bro, he's like, man, I think I'll get partied on this one.

I'm like, man, let's get it, fam.

And like a week later, party was

on.

So yeah, tell them about that story, man.

How did that come about?

Yeah, that was a wild, wild moment.

I was working on this track.

Um, I was still in the.

Yeah, I was working on the track and, um, you know, me, Biz, um, another producer named seven Thomas seven put a lot of sauce on the beat.

He did seven seven definitely did his thing on there.

Um, and we, we had this, uh, this party.

It was, um, just like a writer's party.

I had the Airbnb had a bunch of producers, writers, set up laptops everywhere.

different rooms and everybody was just swapping laptops.

And, you know, that beat, man, it was a special beat.

And I remember playing it over and over and being like, yo,

all

I can hear on this is Future and Party.

I feel like Future and Party didn't make a track on it.

And, man, a week later, Party didn't send it back.

Drake sent it back.

That is how that

went.

Yeah, it was a Drake.

We had a Drake record for a while.

Yeah.

Almost almost a year before you know, it's a 2016.

Yeah, we felt like he was in going that R&B direction because it's an R&B song And then he started beefing with me.

Yeah, you went to some 16 it was

a

revenge all that and then he

gave us back

the part back the back and he gave the song to party and party dropped on this album P3

But

it was a Drake record, you know, I hadn't heard party on that beat until two years later on so

That was amazing.

It was a confirmation from God, man, in a moment for real, bro.

Because I think I just left the NBA.

I just left something that everyone told me that this is the only thing I could do or should do.

And there's no reason why you shouldn't.

And you crazy.

And you know what I mean?

Don't follow your heart.

And I think it was God confirming right away that, look, follow me.

I move mountains.

What

y'all listening to right here is the song we talking about man What my friend you was in bro, you was

I was listening to a lot of party next door.

I was a lot of you know, I was in that that vibe be Canadian You know R&B, you know mixed vibe, you know what I mean?

I was

yeah

in between space.

I was just moved out the LA I was you know, Ryan do the do the heels.

You know how

it is Get up out

there.

Yeah, man palm tree to do something

to you man.

It

do man.

Yeah

This was out of the joint.

Don't run on P3, man, produced by the homies, Larry Sanders.

You said Seven was on there.

Seven Thomas.

Seven Thomas.

Bizz, man.

Shouts out to the gang, man.

So that's why I get so passionate when people try to label folks and disrespect their intelligence, their creativity, their magic.

That's why I get passionate about it.

Because I see the work other creatives are doing.

I see the sacrifices other creatives are making.

And very rare is it sacrifices or work that they're doing just for their own self.

Usually it's for the betterment and enrichment of others.

helping others, at least the folks that I rock with.

So, yeah, I get offended.

When people say things like you a cool nice be for stating the facts that David Crowley is the most credible and one prepared to do the job on day one, and he had gotten three times, four times the amount work as Francesca Hong in a Republican led assembly.

He had also a Republican-led assembly.

But you know what?

When you really fighting, it don't matter what's in your way.

You're gonna get something done.

You're gonna push through.

You're gonna keep fighting.

Hell, if you average... Let me ask you this question.

If you only had one rebound again, you'd...

How long you think your career would have been?

Very short.

Very short.

Do you think they would have kept you around six years if you just had one rebound, one block, one point?

No, sir.

But

I'm supposed to send a governor to Madison.

who's only gotten one bill passed in six years.