February 16, 2023 • 29 mins
Episode 218 - "The Culture Deserves It" Feat. Ferrari Simmons, You Know BT & Su Solo Produced by: @iHandlebars
special guest: Music executive Ray Daniels
Topics include: ICYM: Rihanna, Michael Jordan, Baller Mail, our exclusive interview with music executive Ray Daniels & more.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Um, worry with me here, you know, BT, it's just
so low. Shout out, O c T no color? What
we see? How game about the beth You can't stand
on the suci. I already know he came by with
me because you have up with the squad of me.
They get they called mel allttle wasn't to the Bottler
(00:25):
Show podcast. I go by the name of Ferrari Simmons.
I go. You know, bet that the best special special
special guests in the building, right, Dames, we snap, we
snap whatever whatever what? She just came alive. But I
love it. Let's go. Let's go. Happy to be here, man,
let's have some fun to speak. We're gonna we don't
get into your personal stuff in a second, but we
(00:47):
need you to host the show with us. Does that
come here? Man, Let's talk about a plethora of things.
Anytime he called me, I'm coming. Okay. Shout out to
Ferrari on his birthday, My brother, happy birthday? About you again,
I'll talk to her. Look, I like that tennis necklace
you get on. That's cool. Okay. TV for the weekend,
(01:10):
The Upshaw starting starring Mike Epps, Kim Fields and one
of the sexist back on Netflix. Are you guys going
to watch that? Yes, I don't have time to watch
TV like that, but I will. You know, my kids
do watch it, and I pay for the Netflix, so
I feel like i'm supporting. Do you share your passwords?
Oh no, no, no, I've like twenty five TVs in
my house, all of my TV TV get into that second.
(01:32):
He has a very big house. It's not I'm not
even saying it like that. I'm just saying I have,
Like I think I grew up on TV. Everything I
learned was from TV or music, So you know, I
want my kids have access. So yeah, my kids watch
it all day, so I pay for the Netflix, So
I'm supporting. Okay, salute salute Bernard Boyd, Thams and Rema
bringing Afrobeats to the two thousand three NBA All Star
Game half show. Can we get some snatch for that.
(01:53):
I don't think I've ever seen an Afro beat halftime show.
I've never seen that Afro halftime show that's coming to
the NBA All Star But I don't love how popular
their music is. Becoming black is in style, Brothers, you
gotta pay attention. Not only is it black, is African Africa.
This is super fire, especially Burnt Let's get it. I
love his new stuff. Are you guys gonna watch the
NBA All Star Game? They always watching NBA All Star
(02:14):
I like how the afros a little bit more Afro
centric the NBA is than the NFL. Well, the NBA
they understand their fan base. NFL they understand their fan base.
So you know what I mean. Well, you know, the
NF the NBA has been dominated by black people, so
they understand their fan base. And not only that, if
(02:35):
you look at it, the NBA players, you know, you
can see their face on the court, right, you can
see them. NFL players everybody got on helmets, so they're
cheering for the helmet. They're not cheering for the faces.
You know. In the most important position in the NFL
is quarterback, and you know most of them are. And
for the first time ever, we finally had to black
African American players playing. Well, you know, I think I
(02:58):
think we should get Michael Vick Moore pro. You know
a lot of these guys are old enough, these guys
at the age where they was like kids seeing Michael
Vick run the ball. And now, if you pay attention
to the to the way it works. They're old now,
so now they're like man, they was seven, eight, nine,
ten years old and Vic was running. So now these
guys figured out I could be a quarterback. So we
have that, we have that thing happening now. So I'm excited. Alright,
(03:19):
if you gotta see Rihanna and right, y'all see how
Asap was like holding them. It was hard. That was artistic. Man,
that was dope. Stop. No, you didn't like it, right,
I think that. I think that now. Wait, so you
did not like it and said I didn't like it.
Anytime I see black people being celebrated, I love it.
But you can tell when there's an agenda being pushed
(03:42):
on us, you know, and the guy is being he's
following the woman, and the woman is leading the family
and the guys holding the baby in his hand. The
man should always be the leader of the family because
he's the person that protects people, so he should be
in the front because that's what his job is, to
protect his family. But you know, that's a whole nother story.
So you didn't you didn't like where he security. You
(04:08):
were not an agreeiance with the positioning of the I'm
not gonna say I'm not in agreeance. I'm gonna say
that I think that there's a slight agenda being pushed
and I think that that fits the narrative. And you know,
if that was my family, I would have been in
the front. I don't mind holding the baby, but I
feel like the man should always be in the front
leading because that's the man's job is to protect and
(04:29):
lead his family. Don't you feel that way. I do
feel that way. However, in that specific look, if it's
a Rihanna, it's a Rihanna thing, and maybe she included me,
then I'm gonna fall and I'm gonna guarantee her thing.
Guarantee you if they said, if astap said this, how
it goes, they were sure whatever they had to go.
They is it a vote covert? When the last time
(04:52):
every featured on that, When the last time anybody had
cared m who's on the last one's vote? Do you
know that anybody? Okay, we a little MoU before that.
It's just it's just heightened right now because she just
did Super Bowl, so all these promotions are coming out.
You know what I'm saying. I love it like I
love Rihanna, like dog, I've made a lot of money
with rock Nation. I'm not it's not that, but I'm
saying I just you know, it's like when you see
commercials and you're like, damn that see agenda? Now you
(05:14):
could just tell and you see commercial and you see
the kind of couples they pushing in front of us, like, Okay,
I see agenda. I can acknowledge the agenda. I might
not like it, but I gotta respect it, especially one
as my people. So are you a big sports causer?
Big sports? They got know just so much about sports music.
It is time for players ball. I'm a foul up.
(05:34):
Kevin Love to get bought out? Kevin Love from the
Cleveland Capitalers get bought out, Yes, even though he was
still playing. I didn't either. You dumped on them last season.
This season that bro, you're coming off the bench after
you don't want he won his chip in sixteen coming
off no bench. Damn. That's the first Kevin Love headline
(05:56):
I've seen all year, Isn't it? Isn't that the different
like they're not they're not relevant. Cleveland is really good
this year. Yes, but they got some young guys on that.
That's my point. But it's like, Bro, you you're the
old g and you played with Lebron. Bro, you're supposed
to be be coming off the bench. No, he's getting old.
Everyone does not have Lebron James longevity. All Right, We
then retire because, like Ray said, we ain't heard about
(06:17):
Kevin Love since he got dunked on and we ain't
inside that. But he said that, But I would just
say I've heard about Kevin Love this season. Alright. I
didn't say that, but I want you let's get you
guys here about Michael Jordan makes making a massive donation
on the sixtie birthday, which is February seventeenth day after
my uh thoting ten million dollars to make a Wish Foundation,
(06:37):
the largest from an individual in their forty three year history.
I think it should be Louder Way louder. I think
they all. I think they try to allow Jordan as
a villain out here, like he doesn't gave. You make
Jordan's seem like he's a villain. And I've heard a
lot of villain stories about Jordan's soul. I think Jordan
made itself to be the villain. No, Jordan's said, I
don't want to be a role model at that. He don't.
(07:00):
I don't think he said that. He said, Barkley said
it that I'm not kind of any kind of agreed
join Jordan's kind of you know Jordan, he don't, he don't.
He don't get into politics or anything politics. And the
funniest stories when when Chamillionaire of talking about that story
where he bought Michael Jordan's and he seen him and
(07:23):
he said, oh man, you know, you know get uh.
I think he asked for a picture Michael Jordan, I
will take pictures with niggas and he turned around, Hey,
I don't think Lebron would ever do that. Shut up man.
Tom Brady reportedly has a plan to win back his
wife just said he was supposed to start a Fox
(07:44):
Sports job this year. However, he would rather begin in
two thousand twenty four as he hopes to get some downtime.
What do you guys think about that? I said, Tom,
get you go get your family back, or maybe maybe
Tom want to be a thought for the rest of
the year. What are you talking about. I think any
time a man wants his family back, I'm all about
family and family structures. So go get your family back.
I support that completely. I don't have no I mean,
(08:07):
you know, you could kind of tell what happened. He
probably didn't want She probably was, you know, unretired. Lad,
that's when the divorce happened. Yeah, so obviously they definitely
probably had that conversation like you go do this then
and she got probably and then I hear that she's
worth more than him, so she has you know, she's
a big deal. We have. When we had an episode
about that, Chapelle say he said jay Z got fuck
(08:29):
you money, but Beyonce got fuck you two money, so
to money. So yeah, let's take a quick commercial break.
We got Ray Daniels in the bid and we're gonna
pick his brain talk to him when we get back
right here with the Ball Show. We'll be right back
with more of the Baller Alert Show. You're listening to
(08:50):
a special edition of The Pallor Alert Show. What if Everybody?
This is Ray Daniels and I'm kicking it with my
good friends at the ball Alert Show. And we were
back with the ball Alert Show podcast available everywhere you
get your podcast. Ray Dames is in the building. Can
we get some snaps from my guys, Big, big, big,
big deal that you're here, sir, I don't know about that.
I love I love when you Bradley Stike. You please now,
(09:11):
I got a quick story those me. Maybe I don't
even know if you remember this. I met you. I
was I had just graduating college maybe a year, and
I was throwing parties. I didn't want to get a
day job, like, man, I'm just throw some parties. Charge
people at the door to the dug me Dave Mato,
my Hatto and um My Dog cooked, and you brought
rock City. You Bitty Barnes brought Rock City to Tampa,
(09:36):
and um I was hosting d J was djan And
that's the first time I met you. And then when
I saw you guys, I was like, man, I gotta
move to Atlanta. I moved to Atlanta and I will
slip your intern for what maybe ten months, I didn't
even know that. I didn't know either. Yeah, yeah, I
was doing Street Team and all types of ship and
(09:57):
then um we started linking. And then I've known you.
I always liked you. You and Dave like to my
favorite people that I've met period, Like in the game,
you've actually saw me come from zero. Yeah, and I's
and I'm and I'm and when you hit me, I
was like, you were working in Scope at the time. Correct,
he was signed the inter Scope. I think I was
(10:17):
working for Motown at that time. Town. Yeah. Please bragging
yourself a little bit. I don't know, to be honest
with you, I don't know how to brag on myself. Okay, well, okay,
how to raise days? Get a start? Um? Somebody asked
me to help them that I went to high school with, uh,
a young musician. Yeah, he was an artist, artist, producer, writer.
He wanted me to help him. So, uh, he said
to me, since we were in seventh grade, I always
(10:39):
talked and people listening. So I was working a regular
nine of five. I was trying to figure my life out.
So when he asked me to help him, I was like,
maybe this is a guy want me to do. And
I jumped in head first. Um, and that guy didn't
make it and I'm here, So that was what God
wanted me to do. You just you, just you, you
just not even give me some more. So well you know,
because okay, so let me tell what it is. Let's
sell what is so let me get an example. I
(11:01):
feel like we all at this table of dreamers right,
And I think we all are like, I don't think
our parents understand what we're doing. You know what I'm saying,
streamers right, Okay? So you know, for me, we all
we all are here because we had a dream. And
I'm pretty sure all of us have met someone that
we looked up to and got in the room with
him and was like, how the fund did they get? Right?
(11:23):
So my thing is, I think a lot of us
brag on what we do when we should open our
mouth and when you're hear us talk, you can know
what we do. So I don't really know how to
brag on what I do. I just talk about what
I do. And I think people tend to figure out
like rock City, this nigga know his ship rock City? Yeah,
and then who's next? Uh, Well, I built city. I
built rock City. I worked at in Epic and I
(11:44):
worked with Sierra. What was your job? And UM shout
out to l A read love that guy. UM left
Epic to go to in the Scope? Was that in
the Scope? And then when was your job at in
the Scope? Vice Presidency? And UM left in the Scope
because I quit in the Scope because I felt like
they were I just didn't like the way. It felt
like collecting the check and not being able to do anything,
and I feel like being you know us all being here.
(12:07):
I didn't. My dream wasn't to make money. You know,
money is a by product of being successful. My dream
was to be someone, and I just felt like they
were paying me to be someone that I didn't want
to be. So I quit. Uh. Then I went in
to work at Warner Uh. And you know, I did
pretty good there. I made him a lot of money.
I did you know? I did Sweeties best Friend record?
Did Sweeties tap in? Sign Eneli Choppola signed rmble Uh? Yeah,
(12:31):
I put. I put all of you married him a
lot of money on the board. But then, you know,
you start realizing as you work at these companies that
they want your influence, they just don't want your voice.
So I decided to just I started a new company
called l y I, which stands for Leverage your Influence.
And I decided to bet on myself. And here I
am simple as that. You still manage one of the
(12:52):
biggest songwriters in the country. One Record of the Year
at the Grammys with Lizzo's About Damn Time and you
can't wait to put the plaque up for that one.
Uh a lot man, we got, I mean connotes a
lot of those biggest record, big energy. Um Man, it's
so crazy because I don't really know how to watch
my work. I just do the work. And for me,
it's like when you. I feel like most of us
lose because we're so busy watching I work, waiting for
(13:14):
a celebration that happened, and I don't live by that creed.
I live by this. I'm the same You know this.
You've been my friend for over fifteen years. I'm the
same person I was from the minute I came in.
The minute that I changed that thought process is the
minute that I lose it all the minute that I
walked like I mean no, every day I wake up
willing to earn my keep. Every day I wake up
willing to do the work. And good ship happened for me.
(13:36):
Live ba. My mom ain't worked in ten years, and
I ain't won't never work, damn never mansion. Yeah, my
mom living the mansion, driving a nice range of but
everything paid off. My mom ain't gonna never work a
day in the life. And that's because of what we've
done in the music business. So I honor that process.
How do you feel about when artists have of shoes
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when they're talking about their contracts being signed to a label.
I talked about this a lot. I think that I
think you gotta take the good with the good, the
battle with the battle with anything in life. I think
that Lebron James we just talked about, I think Lebron
James is underpaid and he makes more money than probably
everybody on his team right. So for me, it's just
the way of the world. You gotta if you're an artist,
(14:20):
you knew what you were signed, and you took the check.
You knew that you knew how much was in it
for you. I see a lot of artists. It's so
crazy because when I try to do deals an artists,
I'm always the first question every artist asking for saying
how much money? I'm like, why does that matter? Let
me tell you why. Because my first year in the
music business, I mean my first year, oh five, I
made like seventy eighty tho dollars That money was going
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by the end of the year. So that means I
gotta make more money oh six, oh seven, oh eight,
And here we are in two thousand twenty three. I'm
still making more money. And the reason why it's because
I honored my word and honor the process, rather than saying, damn,
I should be making more. Damn, I should be this.
When I did what I did for Warner, I made
him a whole lot of money. I could have stayed
there and been like yo, but no. If the way
guy worked it out, it was different. I could have
(15:02):
went and begged for a job. But I know me
enough to know my damn like. It's like Sean, like
for Ferrari, no Ferrari. Since he was, you know, since
I was, I have named my phone Sean. There is
a thing. Whether he worked at Streets, whether he worked
at V, whether he works at ball Alert, wherever he is,
I still see Sean. And he called me I'm coming.
(15:24):
I don't get so you've never told me no come,
and my thing is bt same thing ever y'all ever
called me I'm coming. So the reason why is because
it doesn't matter what brand you work for. It don't
matter you are the brand. And once I figured that out,
I was like, Damn, I could I could be the
guy that represents Warner. I could be the guy that
represents in the scope. I could be the guy that
represents epic. I could be the guy that represents my
(15:45):
fucking self and I'll take the good, the good, the
bad with the bad that come with that. And that's
just where I'm at with it. So my companies called
y because I wanted people to see their influence. I
want people to see themselves, like with all of us
out here chasing money when we should be building value
and leveraging that value for ourselves. So that's so, you know,
that's why I'm at with it. Man. So when you're
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building value, you can't focus on what you did because
you gotta wake up and build with value tomorrow. Got
to build value the next day. I take the weekends
off when i'm with my kids because I gotta be
normal at some time. But yeah, my only goal is
waking up building value, and that's it. That's what I've
been doing. Speaking of value, what do you think about
everybody selling their publisher? Now, um, that's a good question.
(16:25):
I think it's a so I think it's a good idea.
Uh became a multimillionaire off those deals, so I'm never
gonna say it's a bad deal. But here's a good part.
We sold a piece of we sold part of our
catalog that was from oh seven of two thousand fifteen, right, okay,
we sold that, But Nigga two thousand fifteen to two
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thousand twenty, we did more records, more hits, Lizzo, Sierra,
every DOJ cat got out of that deal. Now we're
in a new deal and we got hits with Lizzo,
Cardi everybody. I'm a worker. I don't you know how
to look at it? And I look at it. I
have a theory and it's gonna sound disgusting to you,
but this is how I just want to be honest.
I'll tell me. I wanted to tell me your name, Octavia.
(17:10):
Nice thing. If somebody came to Octavia said I want
to buy a couple of your piss, you would sell
it right get like, where is this going? No, you wouldn't.
I don't know, Tavia. Somebody came here and said me
get a thousand US for your piss, You're not gonna
say what are you gonna do with it? Like what
I'm gonna use the restroom right now? I'm actually gonna
(17:30):
do that. Okay, So I'm not gonna just sell my
whatever like that's DNA you flush it down the toilet,
but you flush it every day. So my thing is this,
So I couldn't work with you then because you don't
see the world why I do it. What I see
it is is you're gonna piss them all. I'm gonna
piss four or five times a day. So somebody wanna
buy a couple of piss. I'm a pist today. I'm
a piston. Momna keepiss. I'm never gonna stop as long
as I'm alive, I'm gonna use the restroom. So if
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you want to buy it, I'm gonna sell it. So
as long as you're going, you're fine. Now. If you're
gonna stop, then that's different. Now it's like, man, I
don't know again, I'm gonna sell it. Okay, cool, that's
what it's worth something. But as long as you're gonna
pis tomorrow, then who cares. So for me, it's like
sell your catalog for two reasons, either because you continue
to go or you decided you want to stop. And
(18:14):
it's that simple, you know it's But if you're doing
it to make a check, that shouldn't be gone tomorrow
because money goes fast. Um, can you talk about your podcast?
You started the podcast. Yeah, I don't like your podcast.
You be talking that I didn't even know I started.
I didn't even know I started the podcast. Just start first,
you you first star, just started talking on Instagram. Yeah, yeah,
that's what I really did. Then then it came came
(18:35):
into it because first it was tweets. It twee tweets,
and it was tweets because the video. It was tweets
because I worked that Warner and when you worked for
major label, your voice has to be silenced. So like say,
if I worked at a major company, how I have
to ask the permission to do this show? If I
was an A and R marketing guy, whatever, I gotta
ask the permission. Yeah, yeah, asked the permission. You gotta,
(18:58):
and now only guys permission. They want to know what
are you gonna be talking about? What's going on? Because
what happens if I say something dumb up here, They're
not gonna say Ray Daniel said it. They're gonna say
Ray Daniels of and it's got records said something that
I respect it. But so I was tweeting because I
couldn't use my voice. And then as soon as I
left Warner, I started putting out videos, and I didn't
(19:20):
want to go ask for another job. I didn't want
to go ask for another job. I just felt like
I was bigger than that, and maybe that's me being arrogant.
And I was like, man, put the camera in front
of my face and asked me a question once a day.
So I would do that, and then all of a sudden,
people everywhere I would go, people be like, no, could
gradual on the podcast always? But then you made it
and it's called people calling me to do I thought
(19:43):
that was a podcast. I didn't start a podcast. I
just started podcast. What I was like, I was like, oh,
he's in clue. And then even then this is and
this is I always this. This podcast is an experiment,
by the way, for artists. What's the name of it,
god show It stands for goats and underdogs. But this
podcast was it was an experiment. The Jamain the Jermaine
(20:04):
Dupre clip was the one that took it over the
top too, because you you had started, you had started
some some like you know that's what that's what actually
puffed is the first person that put it on. But
there's the person that really set the podcast off because
he posted one of my videos setting me out, and
then he deleted everything off his page and it was
just my video time for like four days. And that
(20:27):
was when everything changed for me. Um, you know, because
even though I know my peers were probably frowning upon it,
saying what you're gonna do anytime you're doing some different
people that know you're gonna be like, what the hell
are you doing? But I just had I was just like, man,
like I said, it was a really it was really
a social experiment and I didn't have And the reason
why I didn't have guests was because I have so
many theories in business, but I feel like most people
(20:48):
want to tell people what they're doing, and I want
to tell people what I did. So for me, it
was like, how can I come to somebody say hey,
I'm starting a podcast. I already know what your response
is gonna be in your head? Is you Everybody's doing that?
Every doing everyone's doing it. So I remember calling a
friend of mine, like real close friend of mine. I
was like, yeah, I think I started a podcast. It's
like two years ago. He was like, I do the
(21:08):
interview later, and I mean it's one of my close friends.
I was like, damn, I couldn't get mad at him
because I'm like, I'm just like everybody else. So I'm like,
just put a camera in front of me and let's
talk about all the equipment. And then all of a
sudden it turned into something and now it's I don't
even call it a podcast. I don't believe in the
word pot it's a show. That's why it's called the show.
Famous here, Like when you call it a podcast, I
(21:30):
think you put yourself in the box. For me, I
feel like this ship is TV. This is premium content
with premium My kids don't know the difference between HBO
and YouTube. That's the fact. That's difference. My thing is
that the only difference is is that you know, they
want to established yourself as premium content and one establish
yourself as pre content with ads. But the fans don't care.
(21:52):
So for me, it was like I'm just gonna call
it the show and whatever comes when it comes with it.
I still haven't made a dollar from it, by the way,
and because I didn't enjoying it, didn't know what I
was doing. And that's another thing, like something for money,
you're gonna always look for the money after everything you
do and if you do something because you love it,
then you just love the process of it. So for me,
the fun part has been I remember one of you know.
(22:15):
Another thing that I think we all under estimate is
the power of our phones. I think, like, it's so
weird to me how many people are chasing things when
you have a phone in your hand. And if you
have a thousand people, a thousand people can fill up
center stage. You know. I looked at so I looked
at social media differently. That's why I said this was
a social experiment. My first time going outside after I
(22:37):
put the show out was that revoked. I couldn't take
three fucking steps. Everywhere I went, it was how about this?
I didn't even have a ticket. I was trying to
go get my ticket, and when I came up to
the front door, they was like Ray, Ray, and everybody
put him in. Where's your panel? And I'm like, I don't.
(22:57):
I had so I had a pass, but I had
to go pick it up. So I'm walking to the
front of this long line to ask where's will call?
So as I walked to the front, I didn't even
know what The girl watched. She said, Ray, let him in,
who's with you let him and I got walked in
and I couldn't take three steps every like puff, people
will talcome to me like I love you, and I
was like, damn, this ship is kind of working, like
(23:18):
I gotta So for me, it's the exciting part has
been the social experiment because I feel like so many
people are victims and I'll never allow myself to be
a victim. I'm a victory. So the only way to
be a victory is to get off your ass and try.
And you can laugh at me behind my back. I
don't give a funk, But when it works, you're gonna
be like, I do it because that's what people do.
But I mean always, that's what people do, so you
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gotta want you just understand people. It's like, bro, just
that's what when you call me him like nigga, what
you need, I'm there. What you're doing, keep doing it,
because as long as you don't stop doing it, you're fine.
When you stop and wait for the applause, when you
hold your hand up and be like, look around, oh
you lost. I don't give a funk who's watching. I
don't give a funk who's not watching. I'm gonna get
up every day, and I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do,
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and I'm gonna either benefit from it or I'm gonna
learn from it, but I'm always gonna win. Alright, Cool,
appreciate you. Ray. Let's go to commercial. When we come back,
it's time for Baller Man. Oh my god, Chris Parks
got something to say. We'll be right back with more
of the Baller Alert show message Dear ball Alert, My
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man took a bribe and I do not know what
to do. So last week I overheard my man talking
to somebody about taking a bribe for him making sure
their sons started in the high school basketball game. Now
high school high school basketball season is is well over,
and I approached my man about the conversation I overheard
because I did not like that. He assured me that
it wasn't a big deal and not to ever ever
(24:49):
worry about it. But being the guy, fearing person that
I am, I can't stop thinking about how bad this
is and I want to say something, but I do
not know what to do. Should I leave this alone
or that I do something, Do some more digging and
find out exactly what happened and deal and handle with
this situation need you all opinions on this. Thank you.
By the way, I love the show. Is her husband
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the coach? All I know is she said, my man
took a bride, so he took some money. I overheard
my man talking about somebody taking money for him making
sure their sons started in a high school basketball game.
So he is the coach. Sounds like it. And if
he's taking money to start kids at a basketball game,
you should be concerned because I'm gonna tell you what happened.
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He take that money and them kids don't start. She
needs to grow up sometimes and listen. Let me tell
you something. If Sean is running a radio station and
I call him and say, give my son an opportunity,
it feels like a bride, but he's gonna probably do
it because I have favor with him. Use to use it. You.
Nepotism is good. If a father or mother could help
their kids get on, then get the funk on, Like,
(25:54):
why are you worried about that? Grow up? Don't worry
about that to me? It's like to me, it's like
worry about if so many the things you need to
be worried about, why you worn't about a damn game?
It's a game that father just leading with ego, trying
to get his kid on the game. Who cares? Who?
Why do you care? If defend? Now, what you should
care about is if he took the money and spent
it on another broad Now that's when he's doing. But
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if he took the money and spenting on you, then
you won. And to me, I feel like like the
one thing I learned is that, you know, one of
the biggest lesson to learn in life was cheat to win,
cheat the wind, cheat the wind. Yeah, I'm only concerned
about you found out and now your conscious is fucked up. Uh,
I am a little concerned. I am concerned. I don't
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know what to tell you that too. You're in the
conundrum in my tip voice, Um, I don't know what
tell you do, sweetheart, it looks like you want to leave.
Look like you want to snitch and leave your man.
So if that's what you want to do, go ahead.
But you look like you what you need to do?
You got damn Yeah, you got money your business man.
When that when I'm scared for you, I'll tell you
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that you're you know, I just hope the kids to start. Man.
Whoever he took the money for you didn't hear it?
And you know that's what I'm saying. Roll up what
you think? I think it's time to get out of here.
What's up with my dog? Core? Sparse? Come over here, sir?
Uh you you come on over here by me, sir.
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So you know, Ferrari's a good friend of min. I'm
knowing him since he got to Atlanta. I've been here
for about almost eleven years, um vice president promotion. That
Warner Record has been there for roughly five months. Came
up from Epic. I was there for eleven years. I
was a vice president. We worked together over there. We
sure did me. I met Ray when he was managing
Noah when I was hanging postal boards back in early
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two thousand. Yeah, exactly. So I just want to say that, um,
Ferrad got a job. I just have far our national
director of Lifestyle, and Mike Show want the records to
charge next week. Yo. I put him through some tests.
He didn't even know he was in for a past
couple of months. So when the position opened, I interviewed
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some cats, but I really only had one person really
that was really interesting and he should be Oh Tom
and Tom again. We had those conversations. He's ready. He
wanted to come over to the record side open to
warning my boy, you're you're in the records and I
feel good. Time to you know, keep leveling up, making
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my folks proud. You know, Like I said, I wanted
to do it with Ray because Ray saw me like
I had a day job when I met Ray, ye
and and um les apartments at least his apartment, at
least a lot of people in apartments. So like Ray
saw me like, you know what I'm saying, like at
the very beginning of you know what I'm saying my
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care Yeah, So you know, I just wanted, you know,
continue making Yeah. Yeah. I love to see when you
guys win. Yeah yeah, yeah, that's why I love to
see Corey winning. Like very birthday, alright, time for me,
get up out of here. Think that was the pep talk.
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That was the pep talk. Keep going, kids, Appreciate you all.
I can't get enough of baller Alerts. Follow us on
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Um, worry with me here, you know, BT, it's just
so low. Shout out, O c T no color? What
we see? How game about the beth You can't stand
on the suci. I already know he came by with
me because you have up with the squad of me.
They get they called mel allttle wasn't to the Bottler
(00:25):
Show podcast. I go by the name of Ferrari Simmons.
I go. You know, bet that the best special special
special guests in the building, right, Dames, we snap, we
snap whatever whatever what? She just came alive. But I
love it. Let's go. Let's go. Happy to be here, man,
let's have some fun to speak. We're gonna we don't
get into your personal stuff in a second, but we
(00:47):
need you to host the show with us. Does that
come here? Man, Let's talk about a plethora of things.
Anytime he called me, I'm coming. Okay. Shout out to
Ferrari on his birthday, My brother, happy birthday? About you again,
I'll talk to her. Look, I like that tennis necklace
you get on. That's cool. Okay. TV for the weekend,
(01:10):
The Upshaw starting starring Mike Epps, Kim Fields and one
of the sexist back on Netflix. Are you guys going
to watch that? Yes, I don't have time to watch
TV like that, but I will. You know, my kids
do watch it, and I pay for the Netflix, so
I feel like i'm supporting. Do you share your passwords?
Oh no, no, no, I've like twenty five TVs in
my house, all of my TV TV get into that second.
(01:32):
He has a very big house. It's not I'm not
even saying it like that. I'm just saying I have,
Like I think I grew up on TV. Everything I
learned was from TV or music, So you know, I
want my kids have access. So yeah, my kids watch
it all day, so I pay for the Netflix, So
I'm supporting. Okay, salute salute Bernard Boyd, Thams and Rema
bringing Afrobeats to the two thousand three NBA All Star
Game half show. Can we get some snatch for that.
(01:53):
I don't think I've ever seen an Afro beat halftime show.
I've never seen that Afro halftime show that's coming to
the NBA All Star But I don't love how popular
their music is. Becoming black is in style, Brothers, you
gotta pay attention. Not only is it black, is African Africa.
This is super fire, especially Burnt Let's get it. I
love his new stuff. Are you guys gonna watch the
NBA All Star Game? They always watching NBA All Star
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I like how the afros a little bit more Afro
centric the NBA is than the NFL. Well, the NBA
they understand their fan base. NFL they understand their fan base.
So you know what I mean. Well, you know, the
NF the NBA has been dominated by black people, so
they understand their fan base. And not only that, if
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you look at it, the NBA players, you know, you
can see their face on the court, right, you can
see them. NFL players everybody got on helmets, so they're
cheering for the helmet. They're not cheering for the faces.
You know. In the most important position in the NFL
is quarterback, and you know most of them are. And
for the first time ever, we finally had to black
African American players playing. Well, you know, I think I
(02:58):
think we should get Michael Vick Moore pro. You know
a lot of these guys are old enough, these guys
at the age where they was like kids seeing Michael
Vick run the ball. And now, if you pay attention
to the to the way it works. They're old now,
so now they're like man, they was seven, eight, nine,
ten years old and Vic was running. So now these
guys figured out I could be a quarterback. So we
have that, we have that thing happening now. So I'm excited. Alright,
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if you gotta see Rihanna and right, y'all see how
Asap was like holding them. It was hard. That was artistic. Man,
that was dope. Stop. No, you didn't like it, right,
I think that. I think that now. Wait, so you
did not like it and said I didn't like it.
Anytime I see black people being celebrated, I love it.
But you can tell when there's an agenda being pushed
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on us, you know, and the guy is being he's
following the woman, and the woman is leading the family
and the guys holding the baby in his hand. The
man should always be the leader of the family because
he's the person that protects people, so he should be
in the front because that's what his job is, to
protect his family. But you know, that's a whole nother story.
So you didn't you didn't like where he security. You
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were not an agreeiance with the positioning of the I'm
not gonna say I'm not in agreeance. I'm gonna say
that I think that there's a slight agenda being pushed
and I think that that fits the narrative. And you know,
if that was my family, I would have been in
the front. I don't mind holding the baby, but I
feel like the man should always be in the front
leading because that's the man's job is to protect and
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lead his family. Don't you feel that way. I do
feel that way. However, in that specific look, if it's
a Rihanna, it's a Rihanna thing, and maybe she included me,
then I'm gonna fall and I'm gonna guarantee her thing.
Guarantee you if they said, if astap said this, how
it goes, they were sure whatever they had to go.
They is it a vote covert? When the last time
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every featured on that, When the last time anybody had
cared m who's on the last one's vote? Do you
know that anybody? Okay, we a little MoU before that.
It's just it's just heightened right now because she just
did Super Bowl, so all these promotions are coming out.
You know what I'm saying. I love it like I
love Rihanna, like dog, I've made a lot of money
with rock Nation. I'm not it's not that, but I'm
saying I just you know, it's like when you see
commercials and you're like, damn that see agenda? Now you
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could just tell and you see commercial and you see
the kind of couples they pushing in front of us, like, Okay,
I see agenda. I can acknowledge the agenda. I might
not like it, but I gotta respect it, especially one
as my people. So are you a big sports causer?
Big sports? They got know just so much about sports music.
It is time for players ball. I'm a foul up.
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Kevin Love to get bought out? Kevin Love from the
Cleveland Capitalers get bought out, Yes, even though he was
still playing. I didn't either. You dumped on them last season.
This season that bro, you're coming off the bench after
you don't want he won his chip in sixteen coming
off no bench. Damn. That's the first Kevin Love headline
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I've seen all year, Isn't it? Isn't that the different
like they're not they're not relevant. Cleveland is really good
this year. Yes, but they got some young guys on that.
That's my point. But it's like, Bro, you you're the
old g and you played with Lebron. Bro, you're supposed
to be be coming off the bench. No, he's getting old.
Everyone does not have Lebron James longevity. All Right, We
then retire because, like Ray said, we ain't heard about
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Kevin Love since he got dunked on and we ain't
inside that. But he said that, But I would just
say I've heard about Kevin Love this season. Alright. I
didn't say that, but I want you let's get you
guys here about Michael Jordan makes making a massive donation
on the sixtie birthday, which is February seventeenth day after
my uh thoting ten million dollars to make a Wish Foundation,
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the largest from an individual in their forty three year history.
I think it should be Louder Way louder. I think
they all. I think they try to allow Jordan as
a villain out here, like he doesn't gave. You make
Jordan's seem like he's a villain. And I've heard a
lot of villain stories about Jordan's soul. I think Jordan
made itself to be the villain. No, Jordan's said, I
don't want to be a role model at that. He don't.
(07:00):
I don't think he said that. He said, Barkley said
it that I'm not kind of any kind of agreed
join Jordan's kind of you know Jordan, he don't, he don't.
He don't get into politics or anything politics. And the
funniest stories when when Chamillionaire of talking about that story
where he bought Michael Jordan's and he seen him and
(07:23):
he said, oh man, you know, you know get uh.
I think he asked for a picture Michael Jordan, I
will take pictures with niggas and he turned around, Hey,
I don't think Lebron would ever do that. Shut up man.
Tom Brady reportedly has a plan to win back his
wife just said he was supposed to start a Fox
(07:44):
Sports job this year. However, he would rather begin in
two thousand twenty four as he hopes to get some downtime.
What do you guys think about that? I said, Tom,
get you go get your family back, or maybe maybe
Tom want to be a thought for the rest of
the year. What are you talking about. I think any
time a man wants his family back, I'm all about
family and family structures. So go get your family back.
I support that completely. I don't have no I mean,
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you know, you could kind of tell what happened. He
probably didn't want She probably was, you know, unretired. Lad,
that's when the divorce happened. Yeah, so obviously they definitely
probably had that conversation like you go do this then
and she got probably and then I hear that she's
worth more than him, so she has you know, she's
a big deal. We have. When we had an episode
about that, Chapelle say he said jay Z got fuck
(08:29):
you money, but Beyonce got fuck you two money, so
to money. So yeah, let's take a quick commercial break.
We got Ray Daniels in the bid and we're gonna
pick his brain talk to him when we get back
right here with the Ball Show. We'll be right back
with more of the Baller Alert Show. You're listening to
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a special edition of The Pallor Alert Show. What if Everybody?
This is Ray Daniels and I'm kicking it with my
good friends at the ball Alert Show. And we were
back with the ball Alert Show podcast available everywhere you
get your podcast. Ray Dames is in the building. Can
we get some snaps from my guys, Big, big, big,
big deal that you're here, sir, I don't know about that.
I love I love when you Bradley Stike. You please now,
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I got a quick story those me. Maybe I don't
even know if you remember this. I met you. I
was I had just graduating college maybe a year, and
I was throwing parties. I didn't want to get a
day job, like, man, I'm just throw some parties. Charge
people at the door to the dug me Dave Mato,
my Hatto and um My Dog cooked, and you brought
rock City. You Bitty Barnes brought Rock City to Tampa,
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and um I was hosting d J was djan And
that's the first time I met you. And then when
I saw you guys, I was like, man, I gotta
move to Atlanta. I moved to Atlanta and I will
slip your intern for what maybe ten months, I didn't
even know that. I didn't know either. Yeah, yeah, I
was doing Street Team and all types of ship and
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then um we started linking. And then I've known you.
I always liked you. You and Dave like to my
favorite people that I've met period, Like in the game,
you've actually saw me come from zero. Yeah, and I's
and I'm and I'm and when you hit me, I
was like, you were working in Scope at the time. Correct,
he was signed the inter Scope. I think I was
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working for Motown at that time. Town. Yeah. Please bragging
yourself a little bit. I don't know, to be honest
with you, I don't know how to brag on myself. Okay, well, okay,
how to raise days? Get a start? Um? Somebody asked
me to help them that I went to high school with, uh,
a young musician. Yeah, he was an artist, artist, producer, writer.
He wanted me to help him. So, uh, he said
to me, since we were in seventh grade, I always
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talked and people listening. So I was working a regular
nine of five. I was trying to figure my life out.
So when he asked me to help him, I was like,
maybe this is a guy want me to do. And
I jumped in head first. Um, and that guy didn't
make it and I'm here, So that was what God
wanted me to do. You just you, just you, you
just not even give me some more. So well you know,
because okay, so let me tell what it is. Let's
sell what is so let me get an example. I
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feel like we all at this table of dreamers right,
And I think we all are like, I don't think
our parents understand what we're doing. You know what I'm saying,
streamers right, Okay? So you know, for me, we all
we all are here because we had a dream. And
I'm pretty sure all of us have met someone that
we looked up to and got in the room with
him and was like, how the fund did they get? Right?
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So my thing is, I think a lot of us
brag on what we do when we should open our
mouth and when you're hear us talk, you can know
what we do. So I don't really know how to
brag on what I do. I just talk about what
I do. And I think people tend to figure out
like rock City, this nigga know his ship rock City? Yeah,
and then who's next? Uh, Well, I built city. I
built rock City. I worked at in Epic and I
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worked with Sierra. What was your job? And UM shout
out to l A read love that guy. UM left
Epic to go to in the Scope? Was that in
the Scope? And then when was your job at in
the Scope? Vice Presidency? And UM left in the Scope
because I quit in the Scope because I felt like
they were I just didn't like the way. It felt
like collecting the check and not being able to do anything,
and I feel like being you know us all being here.
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I didn't. My dream wasn't to make money. You know,
money is a by product of being successful. My dream
was to be someone, and I just felt like they
were paying me to be someone that I didn't want
to be. So I quit. Uh. Then I went in
to work at Warner Uh. And you know, I did
pretty good there. I made him a lot of money.
I did you know? I did Sweeties best Friend record?
Did Sweeties tap in? Sign Eneli Choppola signed rmble Uh? Yeah,
(12:31):
I put. I put all of you married him a
lot of money on the board. But then, you know,
you start realizing as you work at these companies that
they want your influence, they just don't want your voice.
So I decided to just I started a new company
called l y I, which stands for Leverage your Influence.
And I decided to bet on myself. And here I
am simple as that. You still manage one of the
(12:52):
biggest songwriters in the country. One Record of the Year
at the Grammys with Lizzo's About Damn Time and you
can't wait to put the plaque up for that one.
Uh a lot man, we got, I mean connotes a
lot of those biggest record, big energy. Um Man, it's
so crazy because I don't really know how to watch
my work. I just do the work. And for me,
it's like when you. I feel like most of us
lose because we're so busy watching I work, waiting for
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a celebration that happened, and I don't live by that creed.
I live by this. I'm the same You know this.
You've been my friend for over fifteen years. I'm the
same person I was from the minute I came in.
The minute that I changed that thought process is the
minute that I lose it all the minute that I
walked like I mean no, every day I wake up
willing to earn my keep. Every day I wake up
willing to do the work. And good ship happened for me.
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Live ba. My mom ain't worked in ten years, and
I ain't won't never work, damn never mansion. Yeah, my
mom living the mansion, driving a nice range of but
everything paid off. My mom ain't gonna never work a
day in the life. And that's because of what we've
done in the music business. So I honor that process.
How do you feel about when artists have of shoes
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when they're talking about their contracts being signed to a label.
I talked about this a lot. I think that I
think you gotta take the good with the good, the
battle with the battle with anything in life. I think
that Lebron James we just talked about, I think Lebron
James is underpaid and he makes more money than probably
everybody on his team right. So for me, it's just
the way of the world. You gotta if you're an artist,
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you knew what you were signed, and you took the check.
You knew that you knew how much was in it
for you. I see a lot of artists. It's so
crazy because when I try to do deals an artists,
I'm always the first question every artist asking for saying
how much money? I'm like, why does that matter? Let
me tell you why. Because my first year in the
music business, I mean my first year, oh five, I
made like seventy eighty tho dollars That money was going
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by the end of the year. So that means I
gotta make more money oh six, oh seven, oh eight,
And here we are in two thousand twenty three. I'm
still making more money. And the reason why it's because
I honored my word and honor the process, rather than saying, damn,
I should be making more. Damn, I should be this.
When I did what I did for Warner, I made
him a whole lot of money. I could have stayed
there and been like yo, but no. If the way
guy worked it out, it was different. I could have
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went and begged for a job. But I know me
enough to know my damn like. It's like Sean, like
for Ferrari, no Ferrari. Since he was, you know, since
I was, I have named my phone Sean. There is
a thing. Whether he worked at Streets, whether he worked
at V, whether he works at ball Alert, wherever he is,
I still see Sean. And he called me I'm coming.
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I don't get so you've never told me no come,
and my thing is bt same thing ever y'all ever
called me I'm coming. So the reason why is because
it doesn't matter what brand you work for. It don't
matter you are the brand. And once I figured that out,
I was like, Damn, I could I could be the
guy that represents Warner. I could be the guy that
represents in the scope. I could be the guy that
represents epic. I could be the guy that represents my
(15:45):
fucking self and I'll take the good, the good, the
bad with the bad that come with that. And that's
just where I'm at with it. So my companies called
y because I wanted people to see their influence. I
want people to see themselves, like with all of us
out here chasing money when we should be building value
and leveraging that value for ourselves. So that's so, you know,
that's why I'm at with it. Man. So when you're
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building value, you can't focus on what you did because
you gotta wake up and build with value tomorrow. Got
to build value the next day. I take the weekends
off when i'm with my kids because I gotta be
normal at some time. But yeah, my only goal is
waking up building value, and that's it. That's what I've
been doing. Speaking of value, what do you think about
everybody selling their publisher? Now, um, that's a good question.
(16:25):
I think it's a so I think it's a good idea.
Uh became a multimillionaire off those deals, so I'm never
gonna say it's a bad deal. But here's a good part.
We sold a piece of we sold part of our
catalog that was from oh seven of two thousand fifteen, right, okay,
we sold that, But Nigga two thousand fifteen to two
(16:47):
thousand twenty, we did more records, more hits, Lizzo, Sierra,
every DOJ cat got out of that deal. Now we're
in a new deal and we got hits with Lizzo,
Cardi everybody. I'm a worker. I don't you know how
to look at it? And I look at it. I
have a theory and it's gonna sound disgusting to you,
but this is how I just want to be honest.
I'll tell me. I wanted to tell me your name, Octavia.
(17:10):
Nice thing. If somebody came to Octavia said I want
to buy a couple of your piss, you would sell
it right get like, where is this going? No, you wouldn't.
I don't know, Tavia. Somebody came here and said me
get a thousand US for your piss, You're not gonna
say what are you gonna do with it? Like what
I'm gonna use the restroom right now? I'm actually gonna
(17:30):
do that. Okay, So I'm not gonna just sell my
whatever like that's DNA you flush it down the toilet,
but you flush it every day. So my thing is this,
So I couldn't work with you then because you don't
see the world why I do it. What I see
it is is you're gonna piss them all. I'm gonna
piss four or five times a day. So somebody wanna
buy a couple of piss. I'm a pist today. I'm
a piston. Momna keepiss. I'm never gonna stop as long
as I'm alive, I'm gonna use the restroom. So if
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you want to buy it, I'm gonna sell it. So
as long as you're going, you're fine. Now. If you're
gonna stop, then that's different. Now it's like, man, I
don't know again, I'm gonna sell it. Okay, cool, that's
what it's worth something. But as long as you're gonna
pis tomorrow, then who cares. So for me, it's like
sell your catalog for two reasons, either because you continue
to go or you decided you want to stop. And
(18:14):
it's that simple, you know it's But if you're doing
it to make a check, that shouldn't be gone tomorrow
because money goes fast. Um, can you talk about your podcast?
You started the podcast. Yeah, I don't like your podcast.
You be talking that I didn't even know I started.
I didn't even know I started the podcast. Just start first,
you you first star, just started talking on Instagram. Yeah, yeah,
that's what I really did. Then then it came came
(18:35):
into it because first it was tweets. It twee tweets,
and it was tweets because the video. It was tweets
because I worked that Warner and when you worked for
major label, your voice has to be silenced. So like say,
if I worked at a major company, how I have
to ask the permission to do this show? If I
was an A and R marketing guy, whatever, I gotta
ask the permission. Yeah, yeah, asked the permission. You gotta,
(18:58):
and now only guys permission. They want to know what
are you gonna be talking about? What's going on? Because
what happens if I say something dumb up here, They're
not gonna say Ray Daniel said it. They're gonna say
Ray Daniels of and it's got records said something that
I respect it. But so I was tweeting because I
couldn't use my voice. And then as soon as I
left Warner, I started putting out videos, and I didn't
(19:20):
want to go ask for another job. I didn't want
to go ask for another job. I just felt like
I was bigger than that, and maybe that's me being arrogant.
And I was like, man, put the camera in front
of my face and asked me a question once a day.
So I would do that, and then all of a sudden,
people everywhere I would go, people be like, no, could
gradual on the podcast always? But then you made it
and it's called people calling me to do I thought
(19:43):
that was a podcast. I didn't start a podcast. I
just started podcast. What I was like, I was like, oh,
he's in clue. And then even then this is and
this is I always this. This podcast is an experiment,
by the way, for artists. What's the name of it,
god show It stands for goats and underdogs. But this
podcast was it was an experiment. The Jamain the Jermaine
(20:04):
Dupre clip was the one that took it over the
top too, because you you had started, you had started
some some like you know that's what that's what actually
puffed is the first person that put it on. But
there's the person that really set the podcast off because
he posted one of my videos setting me out, and
then he deleted everything off his page and it was
just my video time for like four days. And that
(20:27):
was when everything changed for me. Um, you know, because
even though I know my peers were probably frowning upon it,
saying what you're gonna do anytime you're doing some different
people that know you're gonna be like, what the hell
are you doing? But I just had I was just like, man,
like I said, it was a really it was really
a social experiment and I didn't have And the reason
why I didn't have guests was because I have so
many theories in business, but I feel like most people
(20:48):
want to tell people what they're doing, and I want
to tell people what I did. So for me, it
was like, how can I come to somebody say hey,
I'm starting a podcast. I already know what your response
is gonna be in your head? Is you Everybody's doing that?
Every doing everyone's doing it. So I remember calling a
friend of mine, like real close friend of mine. I
was like, yeah, I think I started a podcast. It's
like two years ago. He was like, I do the
(21:08):
interview later, and I mean it's one of my close friends.
I was like, damn, I couldn't get mad at him
because I'm like, I'm just like everybody else. So I'm like,
just put a camera in front of me and let's
talk about all the equipment. And then all of a
sudden it turned into something and now it's I don't
even call it a podcast. I don't believe in the
word pot it's a show. That's why it's called the show.
Famous here, Like when you call it a podcast, I
(21:30):
think you put yourself in the box. For me, I
feel like this ship is TV. This is premium content
with premium My kids don't know the difference between HBO
and YouTube. That's the fact. That's difference. My thing is
that the only difference is is that you know, they
want to established yourself as premium content and one establish
yourself as pre content with ads. But the fans don't care.
(21:52):
So for me, it was like I'm just gonna call
it the show and whatever comes when it comes with it.
I still haven't made a dollar from it, by the way,
and because I didn't enjoying it, didn't know what I
was doing. And that's another thing, like something for money,
you're gonna always look for the money after everything you
do and if you do something because you love it,
then you just love the process of it. So for me,
the fun part has been I remember one of you know.
(22:15):
Another thing that I think we all under estimate is
the power of our phones. I think, like, it's so
weird to me how many people are chasing things when
you have a phone in your hand. And if you
have a thousand people, a thousand people can fill up
center stage. You know. I looked at so I looked
at social media differently. That's why I said this was
a social experiment. My first time going outside after I
(22:37):
put the show out was that revoked. I couldn't take
three fucking steps. Everywhere I went, it was how about this?
I didn't even have a ticket. I was trying to
go get my ticket, and when I came up to
the front door, they was like Ray, Ray, and everybody
put him in. Where's your panel? And I'm like, I don't.
(22:57):
I had so I had a pass, but I had
to go pick it up. So I'm walking to the
front of this long line to ask where's will call?
So as I walked to the front, I didn't even
know what The girl watched. She said, Ray, let him in,
who's with you let him and I got walked in
and I couldn't take three steps every like puff, people
will talcome to me like I love you, and I
was like, damn, this ship is kind of working, like
(23:18):
I gotta So for me, it's the exciting part has
been the social experiment because I feel like so many
people are victims and I'll never allow myself to be
a victim. I'm a victory. So the only way to
be a victory is to get off your ass and try.
And you can laugh at me behind my back. I
don't give a funk, But when it works, you're gonna
be like, I do it because that's what people do.
But I mean always, that's what people do, so you
(23:39):
gotta want you just understand people. It's like, bro, just
that's what when you call me him like nigga, what
you need, I'm there. What you're doing, keep doing it,
because as long as you don't stop doing it, you're fine.
When you stop and wait for the applause, when you
hold your hand up and be like, look around, oh
you lost. I don't give a funk who's watching. I
don't give a funk who's not watching. I'm gonna get
up every day, and I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do,
(24:00):
and I'm gonna either benefit from it or I'm gonna
learn from it, but I'm always gonna win. Alright, Cool,
appreciate you. Ray. Let's go to commercial. When we come back,
it's time for Baller Man. Oh my god, Chris Parks
got something to say. We'll be right back with more
of the Baller Alert show message Dear ball Alert, My
(24:27):
man took a bribe and I do not know what
to do. So last week I overheard my man talking
to somebody about taking a bribe for him making sure
their sons started in the high school basketball game. Now
high school high school basketball season is is well over,
and I approached my man about the conversation I overheard
because I did not like that. He assured me that
it wasn't a big deal and not to ever ever
(24:49):
worry about it. But being the guy, fearing person that
I am, I can't stop thinking about how bad this
is and I want to say something, but I do
not know what to do. Should I leave this alone
or that I do something, Do some more digging and
find out exactly what happened and deal and handle with
this situation need you all opinions on this. Thank you.
By the way, I love the show. Is her husband
(25:11):
the coach? All I know is she said, my man
took a bride, so he took some money. I overheard
my man talking about somebody taking money for him making
sure their sons started in a high school basketball game.
So he is the coach. Sounds like it. And if
he's taking money to start kids at a basketball game,
you should be concerned because I'm gonna tell you what happened.
(25:32):
He take that money and them kids don't start. She
needs to grow up sometimes and listen. Let me tell
you something. If Sean is running a radio station and
I call him and say, give my son an opportunity,
it feels like a bride, but he's gonna probably do
it because I have favor with him. Use to use it. You.
Nepotism is good. If a father or mother could help
their kids get on, then get the funk on, Like,
(25:54):
why are you worried about that? Grow up? Don't worry
about that to me? It's like to me, it's like
worry about if so many the things you need to
be worried about, why you worn't about a damn game?
It's a game that father just leading with ego, trying
to get his kid on the game. Who cares? Who?
Why do you care? If defend? Now, what you should
care about is if he took the money and spent
it on another broad Now that's when he's doing. But
(26:16):
if he took the money and spenting on you, then
you won. And to me, I feel like like the
one thing I learned is that, you know, one of
the biggest lesson to learn in life was cheat to win,
cheat the wind, cheat the wind. Yeah, I'm only concerned
about you found out and now your conscious is fucked up. Uh,
I am a little concerned. I am concerned. I don't
(26:36):
know what to tell you that too. You're in the
conundrum in my tip voice, Um, I don't know what
tell you do, sweetheart, it looks like you want to leave.
Look like you want to snitch and leave your man.
So if that's what you want to do, go ahead.
But you look like you what you need to do?
You got damn Yeah, you got money your business man.
When that when I'm scared for you, I'll tell you
(26:57):
that you're you know, I just hope the kids to start. Man.
Whoever he took the money for you didn't hear it?
And you know that's what I'm saying. Roll up what
you think? I think it's time to get out of here.
What's up with my dog? Core? Sparse? Come over here, sir?
Uh you you come on over here by me, sir.
(27:17):
So you know, Ferrari's a good friend of min. I'm
knowing him since he got to Atlanta. I've been here
for about almost eleven years, um vice president promotion. That
Warner Record has been there for roughly five months. Came
up from Epic. I was there for eleven years. I
was a vice president. We worked together over there. We
sure did me. I met Ray when he was managing
Noah when I was hanging postal boards back in early
(27:41):
two thousand. Yeah, exactly. So I just want to say that, um,
Ferrad got a job. I just have far our national
director of Lifestyle, and Mike Show want the records to
charge next week. Yo. I put him through some tests.
He didn't even know he was in for a past
couple of months. So when the position opened, I interviewed
(28:04):
some cats, but I really only had one person really
that was really interesting and he should be Oh Tom
and Tom again. We had those conversations. He's ready. He
wanted to come over to the record side open to
warning my boy, you're you're in the records and I
feel good. Time to you know, keep leveling up, making
(28:26):
my folks proud. You know, Like I said, I wanted
to do it with Ray because Ray saw me like
I had a day job when I met Ray, ye
and and um les apartments at least his apartment, at
least a lot of people in apartments. So like Ray
saw me like, you know what I'm saying, like at
the very beginning of you know what I'm saying my
(28:46):
care Yeah, So you know, I just wanted, you know,
continue making Yeah. Yeah. I love to see when you
guys win. Yeah yeah, yeah, that's why I love to
see Corey winning. Like very birthday, alright, time for me,
get up out of here. Think that was the pep talk.
(29:07):
That was the pep talk. Keep going, kids, Appreciate you all.
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