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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You are not.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What I call ye?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
All right?
Speaker 4 (00:13):
It is way up with angela ye, and what a
nice surprise we have today, all right, as we are
broadcasting around the nation. Of course, my guy Mana was here,
no man, but what I'm so excited about today, and
we both are.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Ghost Face Killer is here.
Speaker 5 (00:30):
Too, yeah, legendary yes, So he's going to be joining
us for at least part of this morning, right, all right.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
He don't know what's about to happen, but we got
some killer coffee that we're making up here, so it's
about to get really really hyped.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Also today, Billy McFarlane is going to be joining us.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
You know, he started the Fire Festival and he's actually
going to be doing another one, so we'll be talking.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
To him about, you know, his time in jail.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
Oh that's the one I want to be flamed, right, yeah,
it wasn't.
Speaker 7 (01:05):
Literally flirts but here here here, yeah, jabo here yeah.
Speaker 8 (01:09):
Just after.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
He's gonna be joining us today.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
I mean, he got a lot of money out of people,
about what twenty seven million dollars? All right, But in
the meantime, let's start show up with some love, with
some positivity. Let's shine a light. Eight hundred and two
nine two fifty one fifty. Call us up, let us
know who you want express and love to.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
It's way up.
Speaker 9 (01:31):
Turn your lights on, y'all spreading love to those who
are doing greatness.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
The light on, Shine the light on. It's time to
shine a light on them all right.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
His way up.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I'm Angela Yeminos in the building and we're shining a
light today, young ghost Face Killer.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
He's sitting right here right, you know, being.
Speaker 7 (01:51):
In a game this long, being this influence you.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Right, And I saw you did the Roots picnic. I
saw Naves, was like, this is my favorite rapper. I'm
surprised you and I have done more together because it's
been a while.
Speaker 10 (02:04):
Yeah, I mean he my favorite rapper. I've always tell him.
Iuse to him and a genius was, you know, my favorite,
Like even before Nights came out. These these chicks, I
tell him all the time. They had they had like
a take like four songs on you and it's like
me and Ray were just in the car when they
just listening and it was like, yo, these because these
two French chicks they had I don't know how they
(02:24):
got it, you know what I mean. But he was
listening to it, and he just was going then as
a child like he was just I always call him
a golden child, you know what I mean.
Speaker 6 (02:33):
But he was just he was just his lines was
like for his age.
Speaker 10 (02:37):
He was just saying stuff like like I wasn't saying
I wasn't hearing of the rappers say it, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
Stayed like that and he got better.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And so have you. Don't you feel like that as
we as we get older.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
But I want to say one more thing about ghost Faces,
because we're shining a light on you right now. But
I also want to say what he always has been
known for ever since.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
You know, Wutang was.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
My first job in college out of college, But what
people always said about him was that he'll give you
his last no matter what. Like there were times that
he'll see somebody on the street, you know, on house
and give him his coat and do things like that,
just nobody around.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Just always looking out for other people.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
So I think that's why God blesses you when you
look out for other people like that and you don't
have to. Now, who do you guys want to shine
a light on While we shine a light on ghost Face?
Silandra who you want to shine a light on.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Pink Queen.
Speaker 11 (03:25):
She's starting a book club here in my restaurant. We're
going to start in July. And I'm also doing a
woman's empowerment start grind.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
And where is this?
Speaker 7 (03:34):
Tell us?
Speaker 11 (03:34):
Where at my restaurant in Cordeo, Georgia. And the name
of my restaurant is getting my Belly?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Oh, getting my Belly? Okay, we remember you now what
she said, and I.
Speaker 11 (03:44):
Just want to say him here, you are a role
model for me. I appreciate what you do and what
you do for small businesses getting us out there. This
is a great platform. We're very appreciated.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
You know my heart is always with the small businesses
because I'd be having them small business struggles every day.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
All right, Well, good luck with that and keep me updated.
Speaker 11 (04:05):
Yes, ma'am, all right, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
All right, Well we have yet when we come back,
and Billboard has the Hottest Women Rappers list Hottest right now,
and we're going to discuss who made the top ten.
I want to see what you guys think, mano, ghost face,
and I tell you what I think to Yet is next.
Speaker 9 (04:22):
They says in the rooms from industry shade to all
of gossip out angels, speeling that et.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
All right, it's way up. I'm here, Mano's here, no
man and ghost Face Killer is here with us.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
What's going on?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
And we're doing yet And Billboard just put out there
Hottest Women Rappers list. All right, so we're going to
talk about the top ten. Now, who would you say
should be in this top ten women rappers right now?
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Now?
Speaker 6 (04:51):
Now rappers?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Right yeah, right now, this is right now. Lottos number eight?
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Okay? Uh?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Who you think is number one?
Speaker 6 (05:00):
Cardi Nikki?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Ni was one person, Cardi Nikki, Yeah, you.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
Know, but I but I think I think I see
something about sexy Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Sexy Red is number two. Nicki Minaj is number one.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
Okay, cool?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
All right?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
And and you know what I'll say for Nicki Mina.
She has broken records with her tour this year, added
more days on to her tour, put out her album,
and she also has a long track record, you know,
just as far as having been in the game, I
think kind of laying down the groundwork for everybody too.
So she's number one on the list, followed by Sexy Red.
Do you like Sexy Red?
Speaker 6 (05:36):
That that other record what's the first one she I
mean I think it was that.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I mean, you know, so I feel like, but.
Speaker 10 (05:48):
Read is your favorite my favorite colors.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
But yeah, yes, Nicky number nikkis number one Sexy.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
That Megan is Stallion, who's on her tour right now.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Outdate we got is the home Team Lolo brook on there.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
You know, people were upset that she didn't make the
top ten list, and this is top ten right now.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Doja Cat is.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Number four, all right, Number five is Ice Spice, Number
six is Glorilla, Number seven is Cardy, number eight is Little,
number nine is JT, and number ten is Flow Milly.
So that's the list right now for according to Billboard, Yes, Tennis,
Flow Milly and and you know what, and I will.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Say, right yeah, Cardi's number seven.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I think Cardi got to put out an album, and
I know she keeps on saying it's coming out, but
then she's like, I'm not going to put it out
this year. But that's going to definitely elevate her, you know, high, because.
Speaker 12 (06:35):
She got to put something out and album though she's
only twenty seventeen.
Speaker 6 (06:42):
What was it seventeen? I was it?
Speaker 9 (06:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:44):
The first lot of she's done a lot of features,
but we need a full project.
Speaker 10 (06:49):
Oh she you more on a loop than I am.
Also a video of her. I thought that was enough
that was like some new Now she.
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Even putting out music, but it hasn't been like the
whole pro work.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Chicking the ice.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
She's going on tour and she has to recruited cash
Cobaine for her y two k world tour and tickets
are on sale tomorrow at ten am. Everybody that BO City, Yes,
New York City is on here, so you know, shout
out to them for all of that that they have
going on.
Speaker 8 (07:14):
Now.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Fifty Cent and his attorney Ben Crump are now taking
the adjoining forces to bring the fight for more black
ownership in the liquor industry.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
They're going to Congress for that.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
They want to advocate for more minority representation in this
multi billion dollar luxury spirits business. Think about during the pandemic,
when a lot of businesses were suffering, one business that
wasn't suffering was the liquor industry. Right, people have money, right,
but they're going to get their drinks.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
Yeah, alcohol was central run because it was.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
One two yes, and so a lot of times you
know these companies, and we do spend a lot of
money in that business as well.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
And you see some of the biggest moguls.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
A lot of the reasons why they're as large as
they are is because, yeah, having their own.
Speaker 10 (08:01):
Liquor, friends, like doing COVID and all like, yeah, definitely
means being locked in there.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
You know what I mean, what are you doing during COVID?
Speaker 6 (08:08):
I'm chilling.
Speaker 10 (08:11):
In nowhere just like yo, listen. You know you know
I'm a diabetic, so I tried to stay with more luck.
Speaker 6 (08:17):
Yeah, right, like.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Being around people, you know what I mean, doing things.
Speaker 6 (08:21):
I think I caught it. Though I caught it. I
did verses.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Oh wow, it right, abducted for so long?
Speaker 4 (08:30):
All right, well, that is your yet And when we
come back, we are normally would do about last night,
but since ghost Face is here, we're gonna do some
fun things with you when we come back because it's
a special day. And this, by the way, was not planning.
I just saw ghost Face downstairs.
Speaker 7 (08:44):
It's just how it is some time, and I.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
Definitely coerced him into coming up here right now. But
I appreciate you because it's like my family right here,
all right, this way, and I happened to having a
Bu Tang T shirt today on accident.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
Sway up, so about last night that I went down.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
All right, his way up, I'm here, mayno's here morning space.
Speaker 6 (09:08):
Killing Yeah, good morning.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Now listen, this is a surprise visit for all of
our listeners, but it's definitely a treat. So I want
to make sure we get into what you have going
on right now? All right, so set the tone came out?
Was it a couple of weeks ago?
Speaker 6 (09:22):
Now on May ninth?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
May ninth? All right?
Speaker 4 (09:24):
And you also have a memoir? Yeah as well, So
what made you decide now is the time.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
On for which one for the memoir?
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Because come on, oh no doubt listen, when you got
you got?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Is you?
Speaker 6 (09:37):
God?
Speaker 10 (09:37):
Manager had had through it in the edge to my
manager and he was like talking, but I've been to
got the opportunity that you know, they talked about it,
but I wasn't really about that, but you know, they
convinced me or whatever.
Speaker 6 (09:48):
And then now we just did it. Just was doing
on at COVID, right, it was during COVID.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Yeah, how was that process for you? Because I know
you got a lot of stories.
Speaker 10 (09:57):
No, he just did the writer just took me through,
like you know, from your childhood up to like right now,
and a lot of things in the middle, you know
what I mean, just being who.
Speaker 6 (10:06):
I was at that time.
Speaker 10 (10:08):
You know, I'm in the streets just Wiland, you know
what I mean to like going back to Africa and
things like that, and you know what I'm saying. And
how was it like dealing with you know, with with
with two brothers with muscular distance in the house, you
know what I mean, You know, things like that, Like
you went through a lot. Yeah, it was a lot. Yeah,
we you know as a young and we you know,
(10:28):
I know, a lot of us seen a lot, you
know what I mean. I told them that's when I'm
you know, where all I got is you come from.
Like just reflecting on all of.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
That, I remember when you put all that I got
as you out and I remember like in your family,
I feel like your mom was a little like you know,
kind of like it was painful to hear a song
like that thinking about Yeah.
Speaker 10 (10:50):
She probably didn't know, you know, you know, as you know,
she probably didn't know. I was taking it all in
like that, you know what I mean. As a child
and you get to see things and you know, because
something you can't speak, you know what I mean, when
you like that small and try to express yourself and
this and that sometimes us as children, you got you
gotta just go with.
Speaker 7 (11:08):
The flow, right.
Speaker 10 (11:09):
That's why it's good to like talk to them and understand, like, Yo,
what's what's on your mind? I ain't have nobody to
sit there with me to do homework and you know
what I mean, and all this other stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
You know, but those are the breaks, and so many
people relate to that when you have a lot of
family members, you got brothers and sisters, yell in the bed,
somebody west the bed.
Speaker 10 (11:28):
Like that, everybody at the head, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Yeah, roaches in the series.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
Real hit that light.
Speaker 10 (11:43):
All.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Yeah, but that's the realest song I think. And I
know you said that a lot of people storytelling like
that anymore. But I think that raw, honest storytelling, you know.
I think about how when Redman did MTV Cribs and
everybody was doing those mansions and.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
It's real.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
The door, But I said, you still have your people
around you. And when we come back, I want to
talk about Anw's here who got exonerated and the documentary
that you guys are working on with him. Will discuss
that when we come back to ghost Face Killer is here, way.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Way up with Angela more now, yeah, it's way up.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
I'm here, my guy Mano is here, and my guy
for real, ghost Face Killer.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Is here too.
Speaker 6 (12:38):
Morning time, morning time, and.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Your guy and is here with us.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yes, sir, yes, sir.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Okay, So and I know and you know, if you
want to talk about your relationship and then we want
to talk about this story that you have to tell
us with this docuseries.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
Yeah, now it's my brother man. You know, we grew up.
Speaker 10 (12:56):
Back, I mean from the floor, you know what I mean,
So be seen words, so you know what I mean.
We we we talked about the all the time, like yo,
so when what year it was like when we really
dream became like and we can never just go back
to it. So I'll be feeling like your God just
smacked us together. Like but everything that, everything that went on,
even into all I got is you days he was
right there.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Now, Yeah, talk to us about your situation because you
ended up going to jail.
Speaker 13 (13:22):
Yes for what murder our individual was you know, shot
multiple times in state to the house of projects that
I was living that me and ghosts actually grew up
in and I don't know, for some reason, they came
up with my name and my picture like in a
matter of like hours. There wasn't no thorough investigation done.
(13:44):
This was a homicide that was solved in four hours actually,
and that's kind of even if a person is guilty,
you can't solve it in four hours. You still got
to do investigation, whatever, ballistics whatever. So I don't you know,
they never had a motive on why we want to
kill us guy on everybody in broad daylight, which people
were saying that it wasn't me, right, and the next thing,
(14:06):
you know, I was going to.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Try that's crazy, yeah, because I know I didn't.
Speaker 6 (14:11):
Do yeah what you said, right.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
I think that justice system works.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (14:17):
I just didn't think it was possible that somebody innocent
can be found guilty of a crime that they didn't do.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
A crime of murder saying it wasn't you, o case
what ended up happening, all.
Speaker 13 (14:27):
Right, So you know, so now I want to know
who's the person that's saying that I did this murder,
you know, I want to know, like you know, come
to find out it was a Caucasian man. He said
he's seen me because I was employed the WU tank
And he said he seen me from thirty to forty
to seventy feet away with a WU tank had on
for one or two seconds.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
That was my whole case. Wow. And then it was
a cop. He chased the guy. But he gave a.
Speaker 13 (14:51):
Description complete, opposite, different. He gave five to five. I'm
sixth three. He gave heavy set, he gave a different complex.
And he said, well, I didn't see him kill a guy,
but I uh chased him and that's when I seen
his face when he was running with the gun.
Speaker 6 (15:07):
He stopped.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
He said, I stopped. It wasn't me.
Speaker 13 (15:10):
He said, the perpetrator stop and looked at him with
a smoking gun and he didn't.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Shoot the guy or nothing. And he was on his
feet away from him.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
And there was a body on the floor. And that's
how he's seeing my face.
Speaker 12 (15:22):
That's how wow that all these discrepancies is at trial
and he still got found guilty.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I still got found guilty.
Speaker 13 (15:29):
I had an all white juror, I didn't have no blacks.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I had a cop on the panel.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
Wow.
Speaker 13 (15:34):
I raised a batch and issue like why nobody of
my peers is on the panel and they just didn't care.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
It's like one.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
That's why Jerry duty is important for people who are
to make sure that you actually participate.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
A lot of us try to not go to Jerry.
Speaker 12 (15:48):
Yes, you said twenty five of life, twenty five to life,
and you did twenty three.
Speaker 13 (15:52):
I did twenty three years And how did you get out? Well,
you know, when I was in there, I started learning
the law. I started applying myself to the lower library.
I learned it because it was like when I got
locked up people people getting out for wrongful convictions was
just unheard of that happened been They didn't start letting
you know when they had cases, probably like two thousand
and thirteen. They had one of two thousand and three,
(16:13):
but it wasn't getting recognized, so it was innocent. They
didn't really want to hear none of that. After David's
and the new discovered evidence, it wasn't the tool. It
was consistent cases where they started looking at it, and
then they started doing you know, open up cases. Okay,
So I just learned the law and I kept study it.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Ghost will support me financially.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
It is a wild fit for something you didn't do Yo.
Speaker 10 (16:37):
When I heard the nine one one team, Yeah, I
heard it. Yo, he's five or five heavy sex. Get
the money him chasing heavy sex.
Speaker 6 (16:46):
You know what I mean? The hack green hat what
you know what I mean? Like that, I'm like, Yo,
he's dusk He's like he's duskin and this and that.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
You look at it.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
We're gonna have more of this when we come back.
So stay tuned. You were exonerated.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
We're gonna talk about that shortly we got when we
come back right now, but make sure y'all keep on
listening so you can hear more of un story. All right,
when we come back with yet, we'll talk about ray J.
He did club Shayhay will tell you what he had
to say.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Is way up.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
About to do this? Ons to tame this women in
radio radio. We're talking about Angela. Ye, you're way up
with Angela yee. Please believe that.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
All right, it's way ye if I'm Angela Ye. Mano
is here now, manor ghost faces here.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
It's a great day. It's a great day, day day day.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
And yeah, guy honest here and we were talking earlier
about your exoneration, right, so you we're gonna get to
that part now, because you ended up getting locked up
for a crime. You did not commit a murder, yes, right.
You went to trial thinking, okay, I wasn't identified, I
didn't fit the description, but you ended up going to jail.
You got sentenced to twenty five to life. Twenty five
to life and served twenty three years. Okay, twenty five
(17:51):
of life, shirre, twenty three years.
Speaker 13 (17:53):
I worked hard in the low library besides everything that
was going on in prison, and I got in talked
on you know, I got in.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Touch with the right lawyer.
Speaker 13 (18:01):
Well, actually I had multiple lawyers and multiple private investigators.
Anybody that's in it in now, shout out to my
boy if it's all right, my boy, Earl Jefferson p
Bus you know, my boy London in them that's innocent,
in my cousin's street life and see law, you know
the people that's still I was still struggle in there,
but you know, I actually had to just focus and
just learn the law because I was still being there.
(18:24):
And it's like, you know, when I knew that I
was gonna get exonerated, they wanted to hear what I
was gonna say, right, So they came and seeming like, well,
you know, I said, well, I'm not gonna slander you
because this is a whole new DA's office. But had
it been the old DA's office, I wouldn't even be here.
So they actually put a foot forward and helped me
get out. They did the investigation, they opened up my case.
(18:46):
So it was a good feeling, and I was like
the first one on stat now as a black man,
you know, stat down, ain't They ain't letting nobody out
like that? And you know, and then I got on
the actual innocence. You know, it's different problems you could
get on the besides the first Hamilton. So I got
it under actual innocence. So I was just, you know,
happy that I stuck to it. That's why I say
in life, right, never give up.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Right.
Speaker 13 (19:08):
A few years ago, I was in the cell twelve
by nine, my feet almost going through balls, not knowing
where my life was going. And anybody that's listening that
sitting and they're gonna say, he's one hundred percent right, right,
But I never gave up following.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
What I'm saying twenty three years yeah, I never said that,
you know, you didn't do And I feel like a
lot of people will be like, oh, I didn't do it,
but there's people who really for really that really didn't
do it.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
And how expensive is it?
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Because you said you have to get the right lawyers,
you had a bunch of different lawyers. A lot of
people can't afford that and don't have people that's also
going to assist in that process.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Listen, I'll call ghosts. I'll be like, yo, I got
another investigator.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
Oh, man, what's who? What's Who's Who's this guy?
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Who?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
So?
Speaker 13 (19:51):
Yo, it was one investigator, right, because just because I
had this guy named Michael Race had a setting forth person.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Right.
Speaker 13 (19:57):
He was a corrupt cop, but he was he was
a good investigator and he knew how to get people out.
He knew how to have what this is that line
tell the truth? So he started off. Then he got
black balled. They wound up trying to lock him up.
So all the evidence he used that he got for
me was no good. Nobody wondered he didn't want to
use it. So the money we gave him the ghost
(20:22):
like man the person. Yeah, So he got on the.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
Phone and he said, oh, I get him out, you know,
I get him out.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Just just give me seventy five hundred right now I.
Speaker 6 (20:30):
Get him out.
Speaker 13 (20:31):
I'm like, Yo, all I need you to do is
have the people just signed up after they was over? Well,
I need all the money now, I told I'm inside
the joint. I'm looking at him on TV being arrested.
Speaker 6 (20:42):
So it was like all the work he did.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Gave and it's like now we're back at square.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
One one another one.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
You have a docu series?
Speaker 13 (20:52):
Oh, yes, so so, so so yes, I have a
docu series that I'm about to do. I have a
few things I'm doing right now and it's going to
expose a lot of things that went down.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
I'm not gonna speak too much on it right now.
It's very interesting.
Speaker 13 (21:04):
I was employed to Wu Tang clans, so plays a
part and everything, Like my whole trial was dealing with that.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
So it's going to be interested that I want everybody
to check out, all.
Speaker 4 (21:12):
Right, Well, no, we definitely will be. We will make
sure we keep everybody updated.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
When did you come home?
Speaker 7 (21:18):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
I mean that starts like foremost you came with twenty.
Speaker 12 (21:24):
Congrat congratulations though, man, because so many people don't get it,
opportunity to make it back right.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
So we talked about pv I just went to see
him last year.
Speaker 12 (21:33):
You know, he thirty three years in thirty years summer
something that he didn't do so many, so many homies
don't get a chance to make it back.
Speaker 7 (21:40):
So congratulations my boy.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
All right, well, we'll keep everybody updated on what's happening
with that. We do have yet when we come back,
Like we said earlier, but we just had to get
this out there. We'll talk about ray J and club
says he's got a lot to say. Ray J is
a character. It's way up.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
But right now, let's hear some Kendrick Lamar love the
lid off.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
This, but let's get it. Oh yeah, Angela's feeling that
ye tea, Come and get the tea.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
All right, his way up. I'm Angela. Yee Mano is
here gold spaces here. After this, we going to let
you go after this. You got to come back and
do a real interview. But let's talk about ray J.
He did club Shay sheha. Everybody's been doing Club sha
shay and spilling their guts, okay. And one thing he
talked about is the Kim Kardashian sex tape and how
(22:23):
that kind of was to jump off to things like
only fans.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Here's what he said.
Speaker 14 (22:28):
I think more of the question is how different would
we all be? How different would the industry be? Everything
would be different, We would all be different. We'll have
on different clothes. Probably more people will be going to college.
There might not be any only fans and all the
things like that, or the other opportunities like that. So
I mean, are we a part of the cure? Are
we a part of the disease? I don't know. All
(22:49):
I know is I'm just trying to make it right.
Speaker 12 (22:52):
So he said, because they dropped that sex tape that
was the precursor to the.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
Only Fans member Paris Hilton had a sex tape after that, Yeah,
hers didn't go as like Kim's did though for some reason.
All right, Well, in addition to that, he talked about
how it changed his career.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
But it is a little embarrassing.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Were you ever embarrassed when the tape came out? Yeah?
Speaker 14 (23:13):
I have kids now, so everything that we did now
when I have kids, it's totally different.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
How did you find out that the tape had gotten
leave so long ago?
Speaker 14 (23:22):
All I remember is all smells.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
I'm just playing.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Crazy.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
Listen, do y'all remember watching that sex tape for the
first time.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
I remember, I saw pieces of it. Yeah, I remember.
Speaker 12 (23:37):
I remember because at the time, I think she was
Pirate's Hilton friend.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
I think that's where we knew her from.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
And it was like her stylist or something.
Speaker 6 (23:44):
Something like that.
Speaker 7 (23:45):
But she was hanging out with her.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
But she was hot and they were like, who's that Anybody.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
Kind of kind of wanted to see her in action.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Yeah, okay, all right, Well, now let's talk about Martin Lawrence.
He was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and
then a true Confession segment he talked about turning down
a role that he definitely should have took.
Speaker 14 (24:04):
Here's what he said, Jackie Chan asked me to start
and rush out with him, but I turned it down.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
You turned it down because you didn't like the script
or you didn't want to do one numb money.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I think it's true. I'm gonna go, well, I'm gonna
say it's true.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
It's true.
Speaker 7 (24:21):
Yeah, I saw that, all right.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
And lastly, and go, so, I know Kanye's on your
new album. Do you have Easy's?
Speaker 4 (24:28):
No, you don't own the Easies? Well, they're now being
sold for a discount at outlet stores. You know, they
have all of these Easy brand shoes right now since
the Adidas deal is over, so they kind of got
to get rid of them.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
And they just getting rid of them, just throwing them in.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
There at the outlets now so you can get them.
Just remember how much it used to cost and how
hard it was to get those yeasies for a Second's
a real thing. Yeah, but listen, I just want to
say that was your easy I appreciate you for spontaneously
joining us today.
Speaker 6 (24:58):
You know we do cool back back back back, yeah,
we go.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
Thank you. I'm for sharing your story.
Speaker 4 (25:04):
We're going to be following for the docu series and
you know just I mean it's a blessing and that
I think it gets a lot of people, hope, just
keep at it. The fact that you were able to
overturn that wrongful conviction and get exonerated, I think is amazing,
and that you had ghosts in your corner. That's the
real story today, Like you know all of this, But
the memoir is out.
Speaker 6 (25:25):
The album is out. Check the tops on a memoir.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
Killer coffee is event.
Speaker 10 (25:32):
We got we got a cream drink. That's that's hitting
on Walmart. Okay, yep, yeah, you know, we got things
going on.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
You know, I'm over here drinking the coffee now because
I'm a coffee connoisseur and Mato's gonna try coffee for.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
The first I will be yes right one of these days.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
All right.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
We got the Way Up mixed at the top of
the hour, and Billy McFarland, who started the Fire Festival,
is going to be joining us, so get ready.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
For that because that is a crazy interview too. It's
way up.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
She's spilling it all. This is yet.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
Wall, all right, it's way up with Angela. Yee, I'm
here and Mana was here. It's the vibe, Mana and
I really be looking at a lot of stuff like
as we're doing prep for this show during.
Speaker 7 (26:14):
Its behind the scenes, all kinds of real show.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
Like Delante West got arrested again and his mugshot. Oh
my gosh, wow, I really. I know people have tried
to help him, like Mark Cubans try to help him,
but they said he has bipolar disorder. He's struggling with addiction.
He's got a lot going on. My heart goes out
to him because that is not an easy thing. All right, Now,
Little Dirk was talking about his rehab stant which was
(26:39):
by the way successful in the best path for him
to move forward, and so things had been rocky for
him for a period of time.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
But here is what he had to say about it.
Speaker 15 (26:49):
I want to embrace it, know what I'm saying, because
it helped me a lot. It was tough at her,
but it ain't that tough because I already knew what
I wanted. I'm saying I knew what was holding to
be back at. I wanted better.
Speaker 7 (26:57):
You know, I'm saying I want to do a better
man and better father and better leader. Do you feel
like it helps you?
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Helped a lot?
Speaker 7 (27:02):
And I'm saying, just tyke, get clear.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
My main my main goald is peace.
Speaker 7 (27:06):
I'm happy for dirt.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
Yeah, and that he was talking to a photographer in Malibu.
He was just being honest and candid about those things. Yeah.
And he said he does want to build a new
treatment facility in Chicago as well. Here's what he had
to say about going to rehab and beforehand.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Before rehab, what was your mental state like.
Speaker 7 (27:27):
Moving fans make an excuses, then the Drew will take
over me. Codeine and everything is zen x.
Speaker 15 (27:34):
But you know' make me, I just see myself, just
stand on the right track and just try and change.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
A lot of lives, all right.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
So you know, I love when people could be honest
about the battles that they're facing because.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
They can help the next pert.
Speaker 7 (27:47):
You're all dealing with something though. I'm happy for him though,
all right.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
And Ryan Garcia, he's in LA and he was at
a hotel and his family actually called the police to
do a welfare check on him. They did respond to
that call early in the early in the evening, and
it's unclear exactly what led to that call being made,
but cop spoke to him at the hotel. They determined
he was okay, that he was not a harm to
(28:12):
himself for others, there was no crime, and then everybody
went about their way. But they did say that hotel
staff had to cut him off from drinks later that evening,
so spirally, yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
I don't know what's going on with him.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
You know.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
They did say his mom had been diagnosed with cancer too,
so I know that was tough for him as well.
He just recently revealed that his mom had been battling cancer,
so all of those things I'm sure were quite difficult
for him.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
To deal with. But it feels like he's going through
some things. At first, I was like, is this I
thought it.
Speaker 12 (28:42):
Was just for the fight, But now it starts to
feel like he actually going through something.
Speaker 4 (28:47):
Yeah, because the fight is over and he's got a
lot going on all right now, Kanye West, you know,
he bought that two million dollar ranch in Calabasas, California.
It's three hundred acre property with the primary residence. To guess,
how is all this natural land? Once it was his
primary residence at a certain point for him and Kim,
and then the property had been used to host Sunday
(29:08):
Service performances. Then it was the headquarters for Donda Academy.
Well now they said that property has been completely abandoned,
so nothing is happening with that.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
They also haven't kept up.
Speaker 4 (29:19):
Maintenance on the land and it's completely unkempt and overgrown.
So there's photos available online so you can see what
that is looking like.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
But yeah, it's a tough.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Time, by the way, I just want to say in
California to sell property because they have that really huge
mansion tax, right, so anything you know, above a certain
amount of money, Like that's why a lot of people
that own mansions, have had to figure out how can
I not have to pay this huge tax bill in
addition to high interest rates?
Speaker 3 (29:48):
So just a real estate thing.
Speaker 4 (29:51):
All right, well that is your Yet when we come back,
we have asked ye eight hundred two nine to two
fifty one to fifty any question you have, me and
the award winning advice giver here to help you out.
Speaker 9 (30:01):
Hey, everybody since whether it's relationship with career advice, Angela's
dropping facts, so you.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Should you should know this is ESD.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
What's up his way up at Angela?
Speaker 6 (30:10):
Yee?
Speaker 4 (30:10):
I'm here in the award winning advice giver Mano, non,
don't forget it. And we have a person who wants
to remain anonymous on the line for ask what's up?
Speaker 16 (30:20):
Hello?
Speaker 3 (30:22):
How you doing?
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Do goody?
Speaker 3 (30:24):
What's your question for me? And Meno?
Speaker 16 (30:26):
So I'm in a relationship, been engaged almost four years
in September, okay, and my ex I dated like five
ten years ago, is trying to come back in the
picture and I'm trying to do a three way and
I keep telling her that I can't do that because
I can't ruin what I have going on. Because what
I have going on right now is golden.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
Okay, so your ex wants to come back do a
threesome with you, but you are in a relationship.
Speaker 16 (30:51):
So what makes this versus the girl that's trying to
push into the relationship to do a three way? Her
mom and dad are also trying to get me to
be who I'm with now and be back with her.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Why why are you still talking to her if you
don't like her?
Speaker 7 (31:07):
But the X one I have a threesome with you
and your new woman.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Right right? Different? Random?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
All right?
Speaker 7 (31:14):
Nah, so he can get the best of both worlds.
Speaker 6 (31:16):
What's the problem then, bro?
Speaker 7 (31:20):
Like, what's the problem?
Speaker 16 (31:21):
Understand, I've been there and I've done that already. But
I mean my problem is I'm trying to stay faithful.
I'm not trying to be I'm not trying to play.
Speaker 11 (31:30):
The game like I used.
Speaker 16 (31:31):
To play years ago when I was young and stupid.
Speaker 7 (31:33):
Okay, got it? Okay, So he's changed, he changed changed.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
Your new girlfriend with this?
Speaker 7 (31:40):
No, hell no, he's a different man.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
What is the problem? Like, why are we even if
you know you don't want to do it, I'm trying.
Speaker 16 (31:45):
Well, the thing is, I'm trying to let the girl.
You know that wants to do it down easy, but
I'm trying to do it without being hateful to her,
and I feel bad because I don't want to get
to that level where I have to be at coul tour. Okay,
breaking point.
Speaker 7 (32:02):
Just tell I don't want I don't want your threesome baby.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Just be like, look, I'm in a relationship. I'm happy.
I'm not going to ruin that for anything.
Speaker 7 (32:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 16 (32:11):
I told her that several times, but apparently she ain't
getting the picture.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
You don't believe you.
Speaker 7 (32:14):
Yeah, she's a threesome kind of soul.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
She don't believe you because you're not being firm in
your stands. Right, you don't have to.
Speaker 4 (32:22):
Worry about sparing somebody's feelings because you being kind of
wishy washy and not wanting to hurt her feelings is
making her think it's possible. And so you don't want
any question because look, you don't want to ruin the
relationship you have now. The last thing you want is
for her to see any messages where it feels like
you're not quite sure.
Speaker 16 (32:40):
Oh, I don't have anything my phone.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Just be firm.
Speaker 4 (32:43):
There's nothing for you to feel sorry about.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Like.
Speaker 7 (32:50):
With the one on two he with the one on.
Speaker 4 (32:53):
One continue being a good guy, and part of you
being a good guy is being straight up, honest and firm. Right, well,
thank you for calling. Focus on your moment and stop.
I think you should kind of limit your communication with
your ex if you're not interested in her.
Speaker 16 (33:08):
Well, I want to change my number and everything.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
So all right, Well, good to go. We're on the
right path. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
All right, Well that was ask ye eight hundred two
nine two fifty one fifteen in case you couldn't get through.
Man know is disgusted. And when we come back, we
have Billy McFarland joining us. He is the founder, creator
of the Fire Festival that went up in flames, as
ghost Face said earlier today, and we're going to be
talking to him about how he's trying to bring it back.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
All right, it's way up.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Look, yeah, you want to.
Speaker 16 (33:39):
Know my name?
Speaker 1 (33:40):
Way up with Angela ye.
Speaker 7 (33:41):
Turn me on.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
What's up you guys? It's way up with Angela Yee.
I'm Angela Yee. And Billy McFarlane is here with us today.
Speaker 16 (33:49):
Now.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
If you don't know who Billy is, he is the
founder of the Fire Festival, which is coming back. Yes,
and we've seen a couple of different documentaries about it,
but you know you've been through a lot, So let's
break it down from the beginning. Because when you guys
first started, it was really an app right, that.
Speaker 8 (34:05):
We tried to build an app to allow anybody to
book music artists for appearances, so kind of like picture
like an Airbnb or a nuber.
Speaker 4 (34:12):
For talent, which was, by the way, a great idea.
And then the fire festival idea came up, but things
ended up going left. Now, as you guys were planning
this festival, it felt like one of the one things
that I saw on the documentary was that it was
happening too fast, right, And you even were told like,
I think you need to postpone this and do it
at a later date.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
Why did you not say maybe I should?
Speaker 8 (34:34):
I think that was the worst honest mistake I made,
was trying to build a city in four months on
a remote island. And I was twenty four years old.
I was like young and wanted it all like now,
and if someone said it takes two weeks, it's that
didn't like ten years to me at that time. I
don't know how to slow down. Ultimately, the crime was
actually lying to investors. It wasn't the festival itself. So
even if the festival was awesome, which clearly it wasn't,
(34:55):
I still would have gone to jail because I lied
to investors.
Speaker 4 (34:57):
So you valued the company I think at ninety million
or something. It wasn't worth that and it wasn't worth that, okay.
And then you did end up getting sentenced to go
to jail. Yes, and you serve four years.
Speaker 3 (35:06):
Is that correct?
Speaker 7 (35:07):
To serve four years?
Speaker 3 (35:08):
And I saw that you.
Speaker 4 (35:08):
Actually spend time in solitary confinement as well, So even
in jail, you still were violating, You're getting in trouble
the rules. So talk about solitary confinement and what that
experience was.
Speaker 8 (35:17):
Like, I did a podcast from the prison pay phone.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
Did you know you couldn't do that?
Speaker 8 (35:21):
It wasn't really against the rules, which actually made it
worse because they didn't know what to do. So okay,
and so did the podcast. The trailer came out online.
In an hour after the trailer came out, they came
and grabbed.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Me like, yeah, this is not happening. Damn. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (35:32):
So I did seven months in solitary for the podcast.
Speaker 4 (35:34):
Seven months Billy McFarland is here with us right now.
He's the founder of the Fire Festival. Now, I want
to talk to you about your experience there, your first
day going in, when you had to turn yourself in.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
What was that like for you? Mentally? Everything that was
going on.
Speaker 8 (35:47):
Really hard, And I think like my biggest shock of
prison was how behind it is culturally Hispanic people here,
white people, hear black people here. You can't violate that,
and like that was like the biggest cultural shock for me.
I felt like I was in a movie from eighty years.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
And for you going on it like when you know
that day I'm going in, what was going on in
your head?
Speaker 8 (36:05):
I didn't know how long it was going to be
when I was arrested, so I think it was more
of the fear of the unknown, so I couldn't fathom
like what one year or two years would be. And
then when I was ultimately sentenced to six years, I
just couldn't picture like how long that really was.
Speaker 4 (36:17):
Now we all know, of course, Joah wu Wiship partner,
a lot of people in the hip hop community had
jokes about that with the Fire Festival and when is
the last time you guys have even had a conversation.
Speaker 8 (36:27):
Shortly after I was arrested when I was on bail,
and yeah, my lawyers like, you get to stop talking
to him.
Speaker 4 (36:31):
Okay, do you hold yourself accountable or do you feel
like because you guys were partners, do you feel like
he is equally responsible or do you feel like, well,
the onus is kind of on you as the person
who conceived this and then brought him on.
Speaker 3 (36:44):
I think responsibility definitely on me, Okay.
Speaker 8 (36:46):
It wasn't like other people were like, hey, let's like
make up numbers to raise money, like that was all
on me, right, Yeah, at the end of the day,
it's been tough, though. I did call him maat to
a like a charity boxing match to pay back people.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
Who are combat.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Right.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
I had my first fight ever five days ago last Thursday.
So my head still hurts. And you did win, by
the way, somehow you did get a win. So there's
a win right there. And Joe Rogan was front row
in the audience.
Speaker 4 (37:10):
To me about that. So you did this karate combat?
How much did you win from that?
Speaker 8 (37:14):
It wasn't crazy, It wasn't crazy. Wasn't crazy, But I'm
giving a large portion of it back to people who
are owed. I knew I was going to jail, and
I wanted to get ready for jail. So I was
introduced through a friend to this incredible Muay Thai coach,
which is basically a form of kickboxing.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
So you're trying to get ready for jail. Trying to
be ready for jail, you to do something on somebody.
Speaker 8 (37:32):
This great coach took me in and taught me for
like six months before jail, and then as soon as
I get out, I call him up and he's like,
if you're gonna do this for a good cause, I'll help.
Speaker 6 (37:40):
You all right.
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Billy makefarland is here, and you know he did end
up going to jail for four years for defrauding investors.
And when we come back, we'll talk about how he
was treated in jail.
Speaker 5 (37:49):
It's way ups to train this women in radio audio
and we're talking about Angela.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
You're way up with Angela. Ye, please believe that.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
What's up? His way up with Angela?
Speaker 1 (38:02):
Yee.
Speaker 4 (38:02):
I'm here and Billy McFarland is joining us. You know
him as the founder of the Fire Festival. How did
they treat you when you got to jail, because clearly
like their story was a very celebrity story, so when
you got to jail, people knew who you were. So
how was it as far as interacting with people and
how actually.
Speaker 8 (38:18):
Took me like six months to learn the rules. It's like,
all right, you're supposed to sit here, you're supposed to
walk there. It took me a little bit to understand that,
you know when in Rome right after kind of abide
by the cultures that are there. I think it was fine.
I think I met a surprisingly number of really good
people who didn't expect to meet and I think overall,
if you take away the people who I hurt, it
was definitely the best experience of my life. But you
(38:39):
can't like, yeah, you can't weigh that way the harm
that was caused.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
You know who.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
I think people felt the worst for the people on
the island who lost money, you know, the caterer, and
I know they did a fundraiser and did manage to
raise some money, and they did give some of those
funds back to some of the other people, because there
were definitely a lot of people who put their all
into and also people who thought they were going to
make money. But one person also who I feel like
(39:04):
and I don't know if he still works with you
to this day, Andy King.
Speaker 8 (39:07):
Yeah, we're still in touch. I think Andy did a
fundraiser for the Bahamas and raised a ton of money,
which is awesome. But going back to your first point there,
like that was my biggest learning is that fraud is
that victims aren't always clear right. It's like you might
have invested in you were hurt, but there were ten
people who are relying on you who were hurt. Because
of that that like I don't know, And initially it's like, oh,
(39:27):
I never met that person or I didn't know that person,
how can.
Speaker 3 (39:29):
They be mad at me?
Speaker 8 (39:30):
But like now that I've seen like not just the
immediate victims, like this fear of people who are hurt
is much larger. I think that's what makes the crime
so bad.
Speaker 4 (39:37):
Billy McFarland is here with us right now. He's the
founder of the Fire Festival. But let's go back to
Andy for a second. When you saw his interview that
he did on that I think it was was it
the Netflix documentary?
Speaker 8 (39:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Is that a true story? You asked him?
Speaker 8 (39:50):
So I learned about this story in jail. Prison guard
comes up to me, he goes, hey, Billy, did you
pay gotta to suck some officials for water? And I
look at him like you had ten heads. So he's like,
you could tell me it's okay.
Speaker 3 (40:02):
So I'm looking at this guy. I'm all nervous, like
what's going on?
Speaker 8 (40:04):
So I think it was more of a game of
telephone that got taken the work.
Speaker 4 (40:09):
Content you think somebody said. I don't know, but that's
a crazy story for people who didn't see it. Andy
King was like, we had to get this Avion water through.
It was going to cost one hundred and seventy five
thousand dollars. And Billy was like, I needed to go
down there, and it sucks up to get this water through.
And he said he went and got some mouth washed
crazy and was ready to do it.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
Gladly did not happen. Supposedly.
Speaker 4 (40:31):
One thing I will say, you need that man to
work for you no matter what. He is definitely a person.
Speaker 8 (40:35):
That is if there were ten Andy King's fire never
would have failed. So we have to do It'll make
it work out.
Speaker 4 (40:41):
So Fire Festival Part two, you've already sold tickets, Yes,
we did it.
Speaker 8 (40:46):
We need a pre sale for Fire Festival too. It's
going to be in the Caribbean next year. We're announcing
the date and location this summer.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
Okay.
Speaker 8 (40:53):
The biggest difference is time is that I'm not in charge,
which kind of sucks.
Speaker 3 (40:56):
Right, You're not having your hands on the money. It's
not going through.
Speaker 8 (40:58):
You can touch the money, I can't touch the logistics.
Speaker 4 (41:01):
Is that regulation or is that you deciding let me
remove myself.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
Probably?
Speaker 8 (41:07):
I think it was our concept, but we had to
get it approved. There is like a third party festival
company who all they do is festivals who's actually in charge?
They basically, you know, half fifty one percent. You know,
we have forty nine percent, and they call the shots.
But I still get to do like the marketing and
hopefully some like the wild adventures on the on site.
Speaker 4 (41:22):
How hard was it for you to find a team
to work with you on the new festival hard?
Speaker 8 (41:26):
It took a year and a half to get there.
I think we had a lot of people interested, and
they were interested for one reason, not because of me,
because of the brand name of Fire. And since twenty
sixteen it's been the most talked about music festival in
the world. Obviously mostly negative, but I think people realized
if you could write that it's really hard to recreate
all of that brand awareness, so it took some time.
I think people want to see me not behave like
(41:47):
an ASP when I got out of jail, and it
just took, you know, building that trust for a year
and a half to get there.
Speaker 4 (41:52):
Normally we would have last word when we come back,
but we do have some more with Billy McFarlane talking
about Fire Festival coming back and other ventures that he
had going on. It's way up, turn me up here
we go up.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
This is way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (42:07):
What's up as way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 4 (42:09):
I'm Angela Yee and the founder of the Fire Festival
that spawned two documentaries is here with us right now.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
Billy McFarland.
Speaker 4 (42:16):
Now, as far as you're a personal financial situation, what
is that like for you now?
Speaker 8 (42:20):
Yeah, it's definitely tough. So every month I have to
pay back to restitution, which were the investors who are lost,
and then there are probably twenty people who aren't counted
in that restitution too that they make payments here every month.
So it's like there's a lot of people out there
do half my time as marketing work, so I help,
like brands, some young artists with their marketing, and the
other half the times all working in the Fire projects.
Speaker 4 (42:41):
Speaking of which, let's talk about this sleepy Hallo and
Chef G. You are the one that brought them out
for this Trump rally in the Bronx.
Speaker 3 (42:48):
Is that true?
Speaker 7 (42:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (42:49):
I think, like I just love bringing different people together.
There were probably thirty five artists who asked me to
come to that rally.
Speaker 3 (42:56):
Like who else wanted to show this?
Speaker 8 (42:58):
I'm not going to drop people, but I think like
every single drill artist in New York was wanted to
be there.
Speaker 4 (43:03):
Oh wow, that is very interesting to me. Billy McFarland
is here with us right now. He's the founder of
the Fire Festival. So you still live in New York now?
Speaker 3 (43:11):
I still live in New York, yes, So what are
the restrictions.
Speaker 4 (43:13):
And the rules for you when it comes to traveling,
When it comes to what you can and can't do?
Speaker 8 (43:17):
You have probation office probation. I can't leave New York
without permission. So like, for example, the fight last week
was in Austin, cid A get permission to go and fight,
and then I think another year or so left of.
Speaker 3 (43:28):
Probation Okay, are you going to fight again?
Speaker 8 (43:30):
I'm definitely gonna fight again. I love to fight Jo
Rupe like that fight would pay so many people back,
Like you have no idea the kind of money that
would raise for the Bahamas or restitution. I would give
every penny of it back.
Speaker 3 (43:39):
Did you ask him to reach it?
Speaker 8 (43:41):
I called him out in Academics his podcast like a
year ago.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
I'm like hating.
Speaker 4 (43:45):
I saw you saying that you would love for fifty
cents to perform.
Speaker 8 (43:49):
Fifty cent has to perform at fire for sure.
Speaker 4 (43:50):
Now you don't think that's something that's gonna make Ja
Rul be like you know, because that's obviously poking the bear.
You know how much they don't like each other. That
leads me to believe that you don't like Ja Rule.
Speaker 8 (44:00):
I'm not going to say that, but I think you know,
fifty cent you have an open invitation to come and
perform a fire too.
Speaker 4 (44:04):
Oh my goshif no, never fight, So you think I
think fifty cent you trained me for the jow roll fight.
Oh my gosh, Well listen, what else do you have
going on? Because I saw you also post something a
marketing deal that you closed that was something big yeah,
I'm just.
Speaker 8 (44:19):
Doing a lot of marketing work to pay the bills.
Fire festivals more like the long term game.
Speaker 3 (44:24):
So you have a Broadway musical coming because you have
a title.
Speaker 8 (44:26):
Yet I don't think so, at least it didn't tell
me so.
Speaker 4 (44:29):
Okay, fire Festival the musical, I guess it makes sense.
Speaker 8 (44:32):
The documentary is called After the Fire.
Speaker 4 (44:34):
Okay, oh, after the Fires the documentary? How far along
is that?
Speaker 3 (44:38):
Wrapping it up?
Speaker 6 (44:38):
Now?
Speaker 4 (44:39):
It's going to be interesting to see the whole bounce back.
Thank you so much for joining us. This was an
interesting conversation for me, just because it does feel like
you do have remorse for the people who did suffer
a lot.
Speaker 8 (44:49):
The behavians who are owed and worked like that is
my priority, My god, I probably spend most of my
week discussing and dealing with that.
Speaker 4 (44:56):
All right, well, thank you so much for joining yesterday.
I'm going to be paying it to time into everything
that you're doing. All right, don't let us down, Billy.
All right, Well, you can watch that full interview on
my YouTube channel Way up with Ye And of course, Mano,
you got things happening tonight.
Speaker 12 (45:09):
Yeah, man, you know I'm moving around, but I gotta
get ready for this, uh this part that I'm doing
in this TV show.
Speaker 4 (45:15):
All right, stunt on us. I'd love to see it.
I know you're gonna tell us about it tomorrow. But
you guys, have a great rest of your day. And
thank you to everybody who joined us today, ghost Face Killer,
thank you to un thank you to Billy McFarland, and
thank you to you.
Speaker 3 (45:28):
It's our time.
Speaker 9 (45:29):
I'm about the tub you tapped in and way up
with Angela Ye, I'm wanting now now,
You are not.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What I call ye?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
All right?
Speaker 4 (00:13):
It is way up with angela ye, and what a
nice surprise we have today, all right, as we are
broadcasting around the nation. Of course, my guy Mana was here,
no man, but what I'm so excited about today, and
we both are.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Ghost Face Killer is here.
Speaker 5 (00:30):
Too, yeah, legendary yes, So he's going to be joining
us for at least part of this morning, right, all right.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
He don't know what's about to happen, but we got
some killer coffee that we're making up here, so it's
about to get really really hyped.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Also today, Billy McFarlane is going to be joining us.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
You know, he started the Fire Festival and he's actually
going to be doing another one, so we'll be talking.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
To him about, you know, his time in jail.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
Oh that's the one I want to be flamed, right, yeah,
it wasn't.
Speaker 7 (01:05):
Literally flirts but here here here, yeah, jabo here yeah.
Speaker 8 (01:09):
Just after.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
He's gonna be joining us today.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
I mean, he got a lot of money out of people,
about what twenty seven million dollars? All right, But in
the meantime, let's start show up with some love, with
some positivity. Let's shine a light. Eight hundred and two
nine two fifty one fifty. Call us up, let us
know who you want express and love to.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
It's way up.
Speaker 9 (01:31):
Turn your lights on, y'all spreading love to those who
are doing greatness.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
The light on, Shine the light on. It's time to
shine a light on them all right.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
His way up.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I'm Angela Yeminos in the building and we're shining a
light today, young ghost Face Killer.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
He's sitting right here right, you know, being.
Speaker 7 (01:51):
In a game this long, being this influence you.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Right, And I saw you did the Roots picnic. I
saw Naves, was like, this is my favorite rapper. I'm
surprised you and I have done more together because it's
been a while.
Speaker 10 (02:04):
Yeah, I mean he my favorite rapper. I've always tell him.
Iuse to him and a genius was, you know, my favorite,
Like even before Nights came out. These these chicks, I
tell him all the time. They had they had like
a take like four songs on you and it's like
me and Ray were just in the car when they
just listening and it was like, yo, these because these
two French chicks they had I don't know how they
(02:24):
got it, you know what I mean. But he was
listening to it, and he just was going then as
a child like he was just I always call him
a golden child, you know what I mean.
Speaker 6 (02:33):
But he was just he was just his lines was
like for his age.
Speaker 10 (02:37):
He was just saying stuff like like I wasn't saying
I wasn't hearing of the rappers say it, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
Stayed like that and he got better.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And so have you. Don't you feel like that as
we as we get older.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
But I want to say one more thing about ghost Faces,
because we're shining a light on you right now. But
I also want to say what he always has been
known for ever since.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
You know, Wutang was.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
My first job in college out of college, But what
people always said about him was that he'll give you
his last no matter what. Like there were times that
he'll see somebody on the street, you know, on house
and give him his coat and do things like that,
just nobody around.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Just always looking out for other people.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
So I think that's why God blesses you when you
look out for other people like that and you don't
have to. Now, who do you guys want to shine
a light on While we shine a light on ghost Face?
Silandra who you want to shine a light on.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Pink Queen.
Speaker 11 (03:25):
She's starting a book club here in my restaurant. We're
going to start in July. And I'm also doing a
woman's empowerment start grind.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
And where is this?
Speaker 7 (03:34):
Tell us?
Speaker 11 (03:34):
Where at my restaurant in Cordeo, Georgia. And the name
of my restaurant is getting my Belly?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Oh, getting my Belly? Okay, we remember you now what
she said, and I.
Speaker 11 (03:44):
Just want to say him here, you are a role
model for me. I appreciate what you do and what
you do for small businesses getting us out there. This
is a great platform. We're very appreciated.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
You know my heart is always with the small businesses
because I'd be having them small business struggles every day.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
All right, Well, good luck with that and keep me updated.
Speaker 11 (04:05):
Yes, ma'am, all right, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
All right, Well we have yet when we come back,
and Billboard has the Hottest Women Rappers list Hottest right now,
and we're going to discuss who made the top ten.
I want to see what you guys think, mano, ghost face,
and I tell you what I think to Yet is next.
Speaker 9 (04:22):
They says in the rooms from industry shade to all
of gossip out angels, speeling that et.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
All right, it's way up. I'm here, Mano's here, no
man and ghost Face Killer is here with us.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
What's going on?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
And we're doing yet And Billboard just put out there
Hottest Women Rappers list. All right, so we're going to
talk about the top ten. Now, who would you say
should be in this top ten women rappers right now?
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Now?
Speaker 6 (04:51):
Now rappers?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Right yeah, right now, this is right now. Lottos number eight?
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Okay? Uh?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Who you think is number one?
Speaker 6 (05:00):
Cardi Nikki?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Ni was one person, Cardi Nikki, Yeah, you.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
Know, but I but I think I think I see
something about sexy Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Sexy Red is number two. Nicki Minaj is number one.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
Okay, cool?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
All right?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
And and you know what I'll say for Nicki Mina.
She has broken records with her tour this year, added
more days on to her tour, put out her album,
and she also has a long track record, you know,
just as far as having been in the game, I
think kind of laying down the groundwork for everybody too.
So she's number one on the list, followed by Sexy Red.
Do you like Sexy Red?
Speaker 6 (05:36):
That that other record what's the first one she I
mean I think it was that.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I mean, you know, so I feel like, but.
Speaker 10 (05:48):
Read is your favorite my favorite colors.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
But yeah, yes, Nicky number nikkis number one Sexy.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
That Megan is Stallion, who's on her tour right now.
Speaker 7 (06:00):
Outdate we got is the home Team Lolo brook on there.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
You know, people were upset that she didn't make the
top ten list, and this is top ten right now.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Doja Cat is.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Number four, all right, Number five is Ice Spice, Number
six is Glorilla, Number seven is Cardy, number eight is Little,
number nine is JT, and number ten is Flow Milly.
So that's the list right now for according to Billboard, Yes, Tennis,
Flow Milly and and you know what, and I will.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Say, right yeah, Cardi's number seven.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I think Cardi got to put out an album, and
I know she keeps on saying it's coming out, but
then she's like, I'm not going to put it out
this year. But that's going to definitely elevate her, you know, high, because.
Speaker 12 (06:35):
She got to put something out and album though she's
only twenty seventeen.
Speaker 6 (06:42):
What was it seventeen? I was it?
Speaker 9 (06:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:44):
The first lot of she's done a lot of features,
but we need a full project.
Speaker 10 (06:49):
Oh she you more on a loop than I am.
Also a video of her. I thought that was enough
that was like some new Now she.
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Even putting out music, but it hasn't been like the
whole pro work.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Chicking the ice.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
She's going on tour and she has to recruited cash
Cobaine for her y two k world tour and tickets
are on sale tomorrow at ten am. Everybody that BO City, Yes,
New York City is on here, so you know, shout
out to them for all of that that they have
going on.
Speaker 8 (07:14):
Now.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Fifty Cent and his attorney Ben Crump are now taking
the adjoining forces to bring the fight for more black
ownership in the liquor industry.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
They're going to Congress for that.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
They want to advocate for more minority representation in this
multi billion dollar luxury spirits business. Think about during the pandemic,
when a lot of businesses were suffering, one business that
wasn't suffering was the liquor industry. Right, people have money, right,
but they're going to get their drinks.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
Yeah, alcohol was central run because it was.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
One two yes, and so a lot of times you
know these companies, and we do spend a lot of
money in that business as well.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
And you see some of the biggest moguls.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
A lot of the reasons why they're as large as
they are is because, yeah, having their own.
Speaker 10 (08:01):
Liquor, friends, like doing COVID and all like, yeah, definitely
means being locked in there.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
You know what I mean, what are you doing during COVID?
Speaker 6 (08:08):
I'm chilling.
Speaker 10 (08:11):
In nowhere just like yo, listen. You know you know
I'm a diabetic, so I tried to stay with more luck.
Speaker 6 (08:17):
Yeah, right, like.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Being around people, you know what I mean, doing things.
Speaker 6 (08:21):
I think I caught it. Though I caught it. I
did verses.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Oh wow, it right, abducted for so long?
Speaker 4 (08:30):
All right, well, that is your yet And when we
come back, we are normally would do about last night,
but since ghost Face is here, we're gonna do some
fun things with you when we come back because it's
a special day. And this, by the way, was not planning.
I just saw ghost Face downstairs.
Speaker 7 (08:44):
It's just how it is some time, and I.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
Definitely coerced him into coming up here right now. But
I appreciate you because it's like my family right here,
all right, this way, and I happened to having a
Bu Tang T shirt today on accident.
Speaker 9 (08:56):
Sway up, so about last night that I went down.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
All right, his way up, I'm here, mayno's here morning space.
Speaker 6 (09:08):
Killing Yeah, good morning.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Now listen, this is a surprise visit for all of
our listeners, but it's definitely a treat. So I want
to make sure we get into what you have going
on right now? All right, so set the tone came out?
Was it a couple of weeks ago?
Speaker 6 (09:22):
Now on May ninth?
Speaker 3 (09:23):
May ninth? All right?
Speaker 4 (09:24):
And you also have a memoir? Yeah as well, So
what made you decide now is the time.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
On for which one for the memoir?
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Because come on, oh no doubt listen, when you got
you got?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Is you?
Speaker 6 (09:37):
God?
Speaker 10 (09:37):
Manager had had through it in the edge to my
manager and he was like talking, but I've been to
got the opportunity that you know, they talked about it,
but I wasn't really about that, but you know, they
convinced me or whatever.
Speaker 6 (09:48):
And then now we just did it. Just was doing
on at COVID, right, it was during COVID.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Yeah, how was that process for you? Because I know
you got a lot of stories.
Speaker 10 (09:57):
No, he just did the writer just took me through,
like you know, from your childhood up to like right now,
and a lot of things in the middle, you know
what I mean, just being who.
Speaker 6 (10:06):
I was at that time.
Speaker 10 (10:08):
You know, I'm in the streets just Wiland, you know
what I mean to like going back to Africa and
things like that, and you know what I'm saying. And
how was it like dealing with you know, with with
with two brothers with muscular distance in the house, you
know what I mean, You know, things like that, Like
you went through a lot. Yeah, it was a lot. Yeah,
we you know as a young and we you know,
(10:28):
I know, a lot of us seen a lot, you
know what I mean. I told them that's when I'm
you know, where all I got is you come from.
Like just reflecting on all of.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
That, I remember when you put all that I got
as you out and I remember like in your family,
I feel like your mom was a little like you know,
kind of like it was painful to hear a song
like that thinking about Yeah.
Speaker 10 (10:50):
She probably didn't know, you know, you know, as you know,
she probably didn't know. I was taking it all in
like that, you know what I mean. As a child
and you get to see things and you know, because
something you can't speak, you know what I mean, when
you like that small and try to express yourself and
this and that sometimes us as children, you got you
gotta just go with.
Speaker 7 (11:08):
The flow, right.
Speaker 10 (11:09):
That's why it's good to like talk to them and understand, like, Yo,
what's what's on your mind? I ain't have nobody to
sit there with me to do homework and you know
what I mean, and all this other stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
You know, but those are the breaks, and so many
people relate to that when you have a lot of
family members, you got brothers and sisters, yell in the bed,
somebody west the bed.
Speaker 10 (11:28):
Like that, everybody at the head, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Yeah, roaches in the series.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
Real hit that light.
Speaker 10 (11:43):
All.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Yeah, but that's the realest song I think. And I
know you said that a lot of people storytelling like
that anymore. But I think that raw, honest storytelling, you know.
I think about how when Redman did MTV Cribs and
everybody was doing those mansions and.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
It's real.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
The door, But I said, you still have your people
around you. And when we come back, I want to
talk about Anw's here who got exonerated and the documentary
that you guys are working on with him. Will discuss
that when we come back to ghost Face Killer is here, way.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Way up with Angela more now, yeah, it's way up.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
I'm here, my guy Mano is here, and my guy
for real, ghost Face Killer.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Is here too.
Speaker 6 (12:38):
Morning time, morning time, and.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Your guy and is here with us.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yes, sir, yes, sir.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Okay, So and I know and you know, if you
want to talk about your relationship and then we want
to talk about this story that you have to tell
us with this docuseries.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
Yeah, now it's my brother man. You know, we grew up.
Speaker 10 (12:56):
Back, I mean from the floor, you know what I mean,
So be seen words, so you know what I mean.
We we we talked about the all the time, like yo,
so when what year it was like when we really
dream became like and we can never just go back
to it. So I'll be feeling like your God just
smacked us together. Like but everything that, everything that went on,
even into all I got is you days he was
right there.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Now, Yeah, talk to us about your situation because you
ended up going to jail.
Speaker 13 (13:22):
Yes for what murder our individual was you know, shot
multiple times in state to the house of projects that
I was living that me and ghosts actually grew up
in and I don't know, for some reason, they came
up with my name and my picture like in a
matter of like hours. There wasn't no thorough investigation done.
(13:44):
This was a homicide that was solved in four hours actually,
and that's kind of even if a person is guilty,
you can't solve it in four hours. You still got
to do investigation, whatever, ballistics whatever. So I don't you know,
they never had a motive on why we want to
kill us guy on everybody in broad daylight, which people
were saying that it wasn't me, right, and the next thing,
(14:06):
you know, I was going to.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Try that's crazy, yeah, because I know I didn't.
Speaker 6 (14:11):
Do yeah what you said, right.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
I think that justice system works.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (14:17):
I just didn't think it was possible that somebody innocent
can be found guilty of a crime that they didn't do.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
A crime of murder saying it wasn't you, o case
what ended up happening, all.
Speaker 13 (14:27):
Right, So you know, so now I want to know
who's the person that's saying that I did this murder,
you know, I want to know, like you know, come
to find out it was a Caucasian man. He said
he's seen me because I was employed the WU tank
And he said he seen me from thirty to forty
to seventy feet away with a WU tank had on
for one or two seconds.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
That was my whole case. Wow. And then it was
a cop. He chased the guy. But he gave a.
Speaker 13 (14:51):
Description complete, opposite, different. He gave five to five. I'm
sixth three. He gave heavy set, he gave a different complex.
And he said, well, I didn't see him kill a guy,
but I uh chased him and that's when I seen
his face when he was running with the gun.
Speaker 6 (15:07):
He stopped.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
He said, I stopped. It wasn't me.
Speaker 13 (15:10):
He said, the perpetrator stop and looked at him with
a smoking gun and he didn't.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Shoot the guy or nothing. And he was on his
feet away from him.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
And there was a body on the floor. And that's
how he's seeing my face.
Speaker 12 (15:22):
That's how wow that all these discrepancies is at trial
and he still got found guilty.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I still got found guilty.
Speaker 13 (15:29):
I had an all white juror, I didn't have no blacks.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I had a cop on the panel.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
Wow.
Speaker 13 (15:34):
I raised a batch and issue like why nobody of
my peers is on the panel and they just didn't care.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
It's like one.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
That's why Jerry duty is important for people who are
to make sure that you actually participate.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
A lot of us try to not go to Jerry.
Speaker 12 (15:48):
Yes, you said twenty five of life, twenty five to life,
and you did twenty three.
Speaker 13 (15:52):
I did twenty three years And how did you get out? Well,
you know, when I was in there, I started learning
the law. I started applying myself to the lower library.
I learned it because it was like when I got
locked up people people getting out for wrongful convictions was
just unheard of that happened been They didn't start letting
you know when they had cases, probably like two thousand
and thirteen. They had one of two thousand and three,
(16:13):
but it wasn't getting recognized, so it was innocent. They
didn't really want to hear none of that. After David's
and the new discovered evidence, it wasn't the tool. It
was consistent cases where they started looking at it, and
then they started doing you know, open up cases. Okay,
So I just learned the law and I kept study it.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Ghost will support me financially.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
It is a wild fit for something you didn't do Yo.
Speaker 10 (16:37):
When I heard the nine one one team, Yeah, I
heard it. Yo, he's five or five heavy sex. Get
the money him chasing heavy sex.
Speaker 6 (16:46):
You know what I mean? The hack green hat what
you know what I mean? Like that, I'm like, Yo,
he's dusk He's like he's duskin and this and that.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
You look at it.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
We're gonna have more of this when we come back.
So stay tuned. You were exonerated.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
We're gonna talk about that shortly we got when we
come back right now, but make sure y'all keep on
listening so you can hear more of un story. All right,
when we come back with yet, we'll talk about ray J.
He did club Shayhay will tell you what he had
to say.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Is way up.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
About to do this? Ons to tame this women in
radio radio. We're talking about Angela. Ye, you're way up
with Angela yee. Please believe that.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
All right, it's way ye if I'm Angela Ye. Mano
is here now, manor ghost faces here.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
It's a great day. It's a great day, day day day.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
And yeah, guy honest here and we were talking earlier
about your exoneration, right, so you we're gonna get to
that part now, because you ended up getting locked up
for a crime. You did not commit a murder, yes, right.
You went to trial thinking, okay, I wasn't identified, I
didn't fit the description, but you ended up going to jail.
You got sentenced to twenty five to life. Twenty five
to life and served twenty three years. Okay, twenty five
(17:51):
of life, shirre, twenty three years.
Speaker 13 (17:53):
I worked hard in the low library besides everything that
was going on in prison, and I got in talked
on you know, I got in.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Touch with the right lawyer.
Speaker 13 (18:01):
Well, actually I had multiple lawyers and multiple private investigators.
Anybody that's in it in now, shout out to my
boy if it's all right, my boy, Earl Jefferson p
Bus you know, my boy London in them that's innocent,
in my cousin's street life and see law, you know
the people that's still I was still struggle in there,
but you know, I actually had to just focus and
just learn the law because I was still being there.
(18:24):
And it's like, you know, when I knew that I
was gonna get exonerated, they wanted to hear what I
was gonna say, right, So they came and seeming like, well,
you know, I said, well, I'm not gonna slander you
because this is a whole new DA's office. But had
it been the old DA's office, I wouldn't even be here.
So they actually put a foot forward and helped me
get out. They did the investigation, they opened up my case.
(18:46):
So it was a good feeling, and I was like
the first one on stat now as a black man,
you know, stat down, ain't They ain't letting nobody out
like that? And you know, and then I got on
the actual innocence. You know, it's different problems you could
get on the besides the first Hamilton. So I got
it under actual innocence. So I was just, you know,
happy that I stuck to it. That's why I say
in life, right, never give up.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Right.
Speaker 13 (19:08):
A few years ago, I was in the cell twelve
by nine, my feet almost going through balls, not knowing
where my life was going. And anybody that's listening that
sitting and they're gonna say, he's one hundred percent right, right,
But I never gave up following.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
What I'm saying twenty three years yeah, I never said that,
you know, you didn't do And I feel like a
lot of people will be like, oh, I didn't do it,
but there's people who really for really that really didn't
do it.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
And how expensive is it?
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Because you said you have to get the right lawyers,
you had a bunch of different lawyers. A lot of
people can't afford that and don't have people that's also
going to assist in that process.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Listen, I'll call ghosts. I'll be like, yo, I got
another investigator.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
Oh, man, what's who? What's Who's Who's this guy?
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Who?
Speaker 2 (19:51):
So?
Speaker 13 (19:51):
Yo, it was one investigator, right, because just because I
had this guy named Michael Race had a setting forth person.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Right.
Speaker 13 (19:57):
He was a corrupt cop, but he was he was
a good investigator and he knew how to get people out.
He knew how to have what this is that line
tell the truth? So he started off. Then he got
black balled. They wound up trying to lock him up.
So all the evidence he used that he got for
me was no good. Nobody wondered he didn't want to
use it. So the money we gave him the ghost
(20:22):
like man the person. Yeah, So he got on the.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
Phone and he said, oh, I get him out, you know,
I get him out.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Just just give me seventy five hundred right now I.
Speaker 6 (20:30):
Get him out.
Speaker 13 (20:31):
I'm like, Yo, all I need you to do is
have the people just signed up after they was over? Well,
I need all the money now, I told I'm inside
the joint. I'm looking at him on TV being arrested.
Speaker 6 (20:42):
So it was like all the work he did.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Gave and it's like now we're back at square.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
One one another one.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
You have a docu series?
Speaker 13 (20:52):
Oh, yes, so so, so so yes, I have a
docu series that I'm about to do. I have a
few things I'm doing right now and it's going to
expose a lot of things that went down.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
I'm not gonna speak too much on it right now.
It's very interesting.
Speaker 13 (21:04):
I was employed to Wu Tang clans, so plays a
part and everything, Like my whole trial was dealing with that.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
So it's going to be interested that I want everybody
to check out, all.
Speaker 4 (21:12):
Right, Well, no, we definitely will be. We will make
sure we keep everybody updated.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
When did you come home?
Speaker 7 (21:18):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
I mean that starts like foremost you came with twenty.
Speaker 12 (21:24):
Congrat congratulations though, man, because so many people don't get it,
opportunity to make it back right.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
So we talked about pv I just went to see
him last year.
Speaker 12 (21:33):
You know, he thirty three years in thirty years summer
something that he didn't do so many, so many homies
don't get a chance to make it back.
Speaker 7 (21:40):
So congratulations my boy.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
All right, well, we'll keep everybody updated on what's happening
with that. We do have yet when we come back,
Like we said earlier, but we just had to get
this out there. We'll talk about ray J and club
says he's got a lot to say. Ray J is
a character. It's way up.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
But right now, let's hear some Kendrick Lamar love the
lid off.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
This, but let's get it. Oh yeah, Angela's feeling that
ye tea, Come and get the tea.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
All right, his way up. I'm Angela. Yee Mano is
here gold spaces here. After this, we going to let
you go after this. You got to come back and
do a real interview. But let's talk about ray J.
He did club Shay sheha. Everybody's been doing Club sha
shay and spilling their guts, okay. And one thing he
talked about is the Kim Kardashian sex tape and how
(22:23):
that kind of was to jump off to things like
only fans.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Here's what he said.
Speaker 14 (22:28):
I think more of the question is how different would
we all be? How different would the industry be? Everything
would be different, We would all be different. We'll have
on different clothes. Probably more people will be going to college.
There might not be any only fans and all the
things like that, or the other opportunities like that. So
I mean, are we a part of the cure? Are
we a part of the disease? I don't know. All
(22:49):
I know is I'm just trying to make it right.
Speaker 12 (22:52):
So he said, because they dropped that sex tape that
was the precursor to the.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
Only Fans member Paris Hilton had a sex tape after that, Yeah,
hers didn't go as like Kim's did though for some reason.
All right, Well, in addition to that, he talked about
how it changed his career.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
But it is a little embarrassing.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Were you ever embarrassed when the tape came out? Yeah?
Speaker 14 (23:13):
I have kids now, so everything that we did now
when I have kids, it's totally different.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
How did you find out that the tape had gotten
leave so long ago?
Speaker 14 (23:22):
All I remember is all smells.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
I'm just playing.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Crazy.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
Listen, do y'all remember watching that sex tape for the
first time.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
I remember, I saw pieces of it. Yeah, I remember.
Speaker 12 (23:37):
I remember because at the time, I think she was
Pirate's Hilton friend.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
I think that's where we knew her from.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
And it was like her stylist or something.
Speaker 6 (23:44):
Something like that.
Speaker 7 (23:45):
But she was hanging out with her.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
But she was hot and they were like, who's that Anybody.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
Kind of kind of wanted to see her in action.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Yeah, okay, all right, Well, now let's talk about Martin Lawrence.
He was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and
then a true Confession segment he talked about turning down
a role that he definitely should have took.
Speaker 14 (24:04):
Here's what he said, Jackie Chan asked me to start
and rush out with him, but I turned it down.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
You turned it down because you didn't like the script
or you didn't want to do one numb money.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I think it's true. I'm gonna go, well, I'm gonna
say it's true.
Speaker 6 (24:18):
It's true.
Speaker 7 (24:21):
Yeah, I saw that, all right.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
And lastly, and go, so, I know Kanye's on your
new album. Do you have Easy's?
Speaker 4 (24:28):
No, you don't own the Easies? Well, they're now being
sold for a discount at outlet stores. You know, they
have all of these Easy brand shoes right now since
the Adidas deal is over, so they kind of got
to get rid of them.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
And they just getting rid of them, just throwing them in.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
There at the outlets now so you can get them.
Just remember how much it used to cost and how
hard it was to get those yeasies for a Second's
a real thing. Yeah, but listen, I just want to
say that was your easy I appreciate you for spontaneously
joining us today.
Speaker 6 (24:58):
You know we do cool back back back back, yeah,
we go.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
Thank you. I'm for sharing your story.
Speaker 4 (25:04):
We're going to be following for the docu series and
you know just I mean it's a blessing and that
I think it gets a lot of people, hope, just
keep at it. The fact that you were able to
overturn that wrongful conviction and get exonerated, I think is amazing,
and that you had ghosts in your corner. That's the
real story today, Like you know all of this, But
the memoir is out.
Speaker 6 (25:25):
The album is out. Check the tops on a memoir.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
Killer coffee is event.
Speaker 10 (25:32):
We got we got a cream drink. That's that's hitting
on Walmart. Okay, yep, yeah, you know, we got things
going on.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
You know, I'm over here drinking the coffee now because
I'm a coffee connoisseur and Mato's gonna try coffee for.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
The first I will be yes right one of these days.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
All right.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
We got the Way Up mixed at the top of
the hour, and Billy McFarland, who started the Fire Festival,
is going to be joining us, so get ready.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
For that because that is a crazy interview too. It's
way up.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
She's spilling it all. This is yet.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
Wall, all right, it's way up with Angela. Yee, I'm
here and Mana was here. It's the vibe, Mana and
I really be looking at a lot of stuff like
as we're doing prep for this show during.
Speaker 7 (26:14):
Its behind the scenes, all kinds of real show.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
Like Delante West got arrested again and his mugshot. Oh
my gosh, wow, I really. I know people have tried
to help him, like Mark Cubans try to help him,
but they said he has bipolar disorder. He's struggling with addiction.
He's got a lot going on. My heart goes out
to him because that is not an easy thing. All right, Now,
Little Dirk was talking about his rehab stant which was
(26:39):
by the way successful in the best path for him
to move forward, and so things had been rocky for
him for a period of time.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
But here is what he had to say about it.
Speaker 15 (26:49):
I want to embrace it, know what I'm saying, because
it helped me a lot. It was tough at her,
but it ain't that tough because I already knew what
I wanted. I'm saying I knew what was holding to
be back at. I wanted better.
Speaker 7 (26:57):
You know, I'm saying I want to do a better
man and better father and better leader. Do you feel
like it helps you?
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Helped a lot?
Speaker 7 (27:02):
And I'm saying, just tyke, get clear.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
My main my main goald is peace.
Speaker 7 (27:06):
I'm happy for dirt.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
Yeah, and that he was talking to a photographer in Malibu.
He was just being honest and candid about those things. Yeah.
And he said he does want to build a new
treatment facility in Chicago as well. Here's what he had
to say about going to rehab and beforehand.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Before rehab, what was your mental state like.
Speaker 7 (27:27):
Moving fans make an excuses, then the Drew will take
over me. Codeine and everything is zen x.
Speaker 15 (27:34):
But you know' make me, I just see myself, just
stand on the right track and just try and change.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
A lot of lives, all right.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
So you know, I love when people could be honest
about the battles that they're facing because.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
They can help the next pert.
Speaker 7 (27:47):
You're all dealing with something though. I'm happy for him though,
all right.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
And Ryan Garcia, he's in LA and he was at
a hotel and his family actually called the police to
do a welfare check on him. They did respond to
that call early in the early in the evening, and
it's unclear exactly what led to that call being made,
but cop spoke to him at the hotel. They determined
he was okay, that he was not a harm to
(28:12):
himself for others, there was no crime, and then everybody
went about their way. But they did say that hotel
staff had to cut him off from drinks later that evening,
so spirally, yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
I don't know what's going on with him.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
You know.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
They did say his mom had been diagnosed with cancer too,
so I know that was tough for him as well.
He just recently revealed that his mom had been battling cancer,
so all of those things I'm sure were quite difficult
for him.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
To deal with. But it feels like he's going through
some things. At first, I was like, is this I
thought it.
Speaker 12 (28:42):
Was just for the fight, But now it starts to
feel like he actually going through something.
Speaker 4 (28:47):
Yeah, because the fight is over and he's got a
lot going on all right now, Kanye West, you know,
he bought that two million dollar ranch in Calabasas, California.
It's three hundred acre property with the primary residence. To guess,
how is all this natural land? Once it was his
primary residence at a certain point for him and Kim,
and then the property had been used to host Sunday
(29:08):
Service performances. Then it was the headquarters for Donda Academy.
Well now they said that property has been completely abandoned,
so nothing is happening with that.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
They also haven't kept up.
Speaker 4 (29:19):
Maintenance on the land and it's completely unkempt and overgrown.
So there's photos available online so you can see what
that is looking like.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
But yeah, it's a tough.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Time, by the way, I just want to say in
California to sell property because they have that really huge
mansion tax, right, so anything you know, above a certain
amount of money, Like that's why a lot of people
that own mansions, have had to figure out how can
I not have to pay this huge tax bill in
addition to high interest rates?
Speaker 3 (29:48):
So just a real estate thing.
Speaker 4 (29:51):
All right, well that is your Yet when we come back,
we have asked ye eight hundred two nine to two
fifty one to fifty any question you have, me and
the award winning advice giver here to help you out.
Speaker 9 (30:01):
Hey, everybody since whether it's relationship with career advice, Angela's
dropping facts, so you.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Should you should know this is ESD.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
What's up his way up at Angela?
Speaker 6 (30:10):
Yee?
Speaker 4 (30:10):
I'm here in the award winning advice giver Mano, non,
don't forget it. And we have a person who wants
to remain anonymous on the line for ask what's up?
Speaker 16 (30:20):
Hello?
Speaker 3 (30:22):
How you doing?
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Do goody?
Speaker 3 (30:24):
What's your question for me? And Meno?
Speaker 16 (30:26):
So I'm in a relationship, been engaged almost four years
in September, okay, and my ex I dated like five
ten years ago, is trying to come back in the
picture and I'm trying to do a three way and
I keep telling her that I can't do that because
I can't ruin what I have going on. Because what
I have going on right now is golden.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
Okay, so your ex wants to come back do a
threesome with you, but you are in a relationship.
Speaker 16 (30:51):
So what makes this versus the girl that's trying to
push into the relationship to do a three way? Her
mom and dad are also trying to get me to
be who I'm with now and be back with her.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Why why are you still talking to her if you
don't like her?
Speaker 7 (31:07):
But the X one I have a threesome with you
and your new woman.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Right right? Different? Random?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
All right?
Speaker 7 (31:14):
Nah, so he can get the best of both worlds.
Speaker 6 (31:16):
What's the problem then, bro?
Speaker 7 (31:20):
Like, what's the problem?
Speaker 16 (31:21):
Understand, I've been there and I've done that already. But
I mean my problem is I'm trying to stay faithful.
I'm not trying to be I'm not trying to play.
Speaker 11 (31:30):
The game like I used.
Speaker 16 (31:31):
To play years ago when I was young and stupid.
Speaker 7 (31:33):
Okay, got it? Okay, So he's changed, he changed changed.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
Your new girlfriend with this?
Speaker 7 (31:40):
No, hell no, he's a different man.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
What is the problem? Like, why are we even if
you know you don't want to do it, I'm trying.
Speaker 16 (31:45):
Well, the thing is, I'm trying to let the girl.
You know that wants to do it down easy, but
I'm trying to do it without being hateful to her,
and I feel bad because I don't want to get
to that level where I have to be at coul tour. Okay,
breaking point.
Speaker 7 (32:02):
Just tell I don't want I don't want your threesome baby.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Just be like, look, I'm in a relationship. I'm happy.
I'm not going to ruin that for anything.
Speaker 7 (32:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 16 (32:11):
I told her that several times, but apparently she ain't
getting the picture.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
You don't believe you.
Speaker 7 (32:14):
Yeah, she's a threesome kind of soul.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
She don't believe you because you're not being firm in
your stands. Right, you don't have to.
Speaker 4 (32:22):
Worry about sparing somebody's feelings because you being kind of
wishy washy and not wanting to hurt her feelings is
making her think it's possible. And so you don't want
any question because look, you don't want to ruin the
relationship you have now. The last thing you want is
for her to see any messages where it feels like
you're not quite sure.
Speaker 16 (32:40):
Oh, I don't have anything my phone.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Just be firm.
Speaker 4 (32:43):
There's nothing for you to feel sorry about.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Like.
Speaker 7 (32:50):
With the one on two he with the one on.
Speaker 4 (32:53):
One continue being a good guy, and part of you
being a good guy is being straight up, honest and firm. Right, well,
thank you for calling. Focus on your moment and stop.
I think you should kind of limit your communication with
your ex if you're not interested in her.
Speaker 16 (33:08):
Well, I want to change my number and everything.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
So all right, Well, good to go. We're on the
right path. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
All right, Well that was ask ye eight hundred two
nine two fifty one fifteen in case you couldn't get through.
Man know is disgusted. And when we come back, we
have Billy McFarland joining us. He is the founder, creator
of the Fire Festival that went up in flames, as
ghost Face said earlier today, and we're going to be
talking to him about how he's trying to bring it back.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
All right, it's way up.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Look, yeah, you want to.
Speaker 16 (33:39):
Know my name?
Speaker 1 (33:40):
Way up with Angela ye.
Speaker 7 (33:41):
Turn me on.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
What's up you guys? It's way up with Angela Yee.
I'm Angela Yee. And Billy McFarlane is here with us today.
Speaker 16 (33:49):
Now.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
If you don't know who Billy is, he is the
founder of the Fire Festival, which is coming back. Yes,
and we've seen a couple of different documentaries about it,
but you know you've been through a lot, So let's
break it down from the beginning. Because when you guys
first started, it was really an app right, that.
Speaker 8 (34:05):
We tried to build an app to allow anybody to
book music artists for appearances, so kind of like picture
like an Airbnb or a nuber.
Speaker 4 (34:12):
For talent, which was, by the way, a great idea.
And then the fire festival idea came up, but things
ended up going left. Now, as you guys were planning
this festival, it felt like one of the one things
that I saw on the documentary was that it was
happening too fast, right, And you even were told like,
I think you need to postpone this and do it
at a later date.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
Why did you not say maybe I should?
Speaker 8 (34:34):
I think that was the worst honest mistake I made,
was trying to build a city in four months on
a remote island. And I was twenty four years old.
I was like young and wanted it all like now,
and if someone said it takes two weeks, it's that
didn't like ten years to me at that time. I
don't know how to slow down. Ultimately, the crime was
actually lying to investors. It wasn't the festival itself. So
even if the festival was awesome, which clearly it wasn't,
(34:55):
I still would have gone to jail because I lied
to investors.
Speaker 4 (34:57):
So you valued the company I think at ninety million
or something. It wasn't worth that and it wasn't worth that, okay.
And then you did end up getting sentenced to go
to jail. Yes, and you serve four years.
Speaker 3 (35:06):
Is that correct?
Speaker 7 (35:07):
To serve four years?
Speaker 3 (35:08):
And I saw that you.
Speaker 4 (35:08):
Actually spend time in solitary confinement as well, So even
in jail, you still were violating, You're getting in trouble
the rules. So talk about solitary confinement and what that
experience was.
Speaker 8 (35:17):
Like, I did a podcast from the prison pay phone.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
Did you know you couldn't do that?
Speaker 8 (35:21):
It wasn't really against the rules, which actually made it
worse because they didn't know what to do. So okay,
and so did the podcast. The trailer came out online.
In an hour after the trailer came out, they came
and grabbed.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Me like, yeah, this is not happening. Damn. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (35:32):
So I did seven months in solitary for the podcast.
Speaker 4 (35:34):
Seven months Billy McFarland is here with us right now.
He's the founder of the Fire Festival. Now, I want
to talk to you about your experience there, your first
day going in, when you had to turn yourself in.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
What was that like for you? Mentally? Everything that was
going on.
Speaker 8 (35:47):
Really hard, And I think like my biggest shock of
prison was how behind it is culturally Hispanic people here,
white people, hear black people here. You can't violate that,
and like that was like the biggest cultural shock for me.
I felt like I was in a movie from eighty years.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
And for you going on it like when you know
that day I'm going in, what was going on in
your head?
Speaker 8 (36:05):
I didn't know how long it was going to be
when I was arrested, so I think it was more
of the fear of the unknown, so I couldn't fathom
like what one year or two years would be. And
then when I was ultimately sentenced to six years, I
just couldn't picture like how long that really was.
Speaker 4 (36:17):
Now we all know, of course, Joah wu Wiship partner,
a lot of people in the hip hop community had
jokes about that with the Fire Festival and when is
the last time you guys have even had a conversation.
Speaker 8 (36:27):
Shortly after I was arrested when I was on bail,
and yeah, my lawyers like, you get to stop talking
to him.
Speaker 4 (36:31):
Okay, do you hold yourself accountable or do you feel
like because you guys were partners, do you feel like
he is equally responsible or do you feel like, well,
the onus is kind of on you as the person
who conceived this and then brought him on.
Speaker 3 (36:44):
I think responsibility definitely on me, Okay.
Speaker 8 (36:46):
It wasn't like other people were like, hey, let's like
make up numbers to raise money, like that was all
on me, right, Yeah, at the end of the day,
it's been tough, though. I did call him maat to
a like a charity boxing match to pay back people.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
Who are combat.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Right.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
I had my first fight ever five days ago last Thursday.
So my head still hurts. And you did win, by
the way, somehow you did get a win. So there's
a win right there. And Joe Rogan was front row
in the audience.
Speaker 4 (37:10):
To me about that. So you did this karate combat?
How much did you win from that?
Speaker 8 (37:14):
It wasn't crazy, It wasn't crazy. Wasn't crazy, But I'm
giving a large portion of it back to people who
are owed. I knew I was going to jail, and
I wanted to get ready for jail. So I was
introduced through a friend to this incredible Muay Thai coach,
which is basically a form of kickboxing.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
So you're trying to get ready for jail. Trying to
be ready for jail, you to do something on somebody.
Speaker 8 (37:32):
This great coach took me in and taught me for
like six months before jail, and then as soon as
I get out, I call him up and he's like,
if you're gonna do this for a good cause, I'll help.
Speaker 6 (37:40):
You all right.
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Billy makefarland is here, and you know he did end
up going to jail for four years for defrauding investors.
And when we come back, we'll talk about how he
was treated in jail.
Speaker 5 (37:49):
It's way ups to train this women in radio audio
and we're talking about Angela.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
You're way up with Angela. Ye, please believe that.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
What's up? His way up with Angela?
Speaker 1 (38:02):
Yee.
Speaker 4 (38:02):
I'm here and Billy McFarland is joining us. You know
him as the founder of the Fire Festival. How did
they treat you when you got to jail, because clearly
like their story was a very celebrity story, so when
you got to jail, people knew who you were. So
how was it as far as interacting with people and
how actually.
Speaker 8 (38:18):
Took me like six months to learn the rules. It's like,
all right, you're supposed to sit here, you're supposed to
walk there. It took me a little bit to understand that,
you know when in Rome right after kind of abide
by the cultures that are there. I think it was fine.
I think I met a surprisingly number of really good
people who didn't expect to meet and I think overall,
if you take away the people who I hurt, it
was definitely the best experience of my life. But you
(38:39):
can't like, yeah, you can't weigh that way the harm
that was caused.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
You know who.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
I think people felt the worst for the people on
the island who lost money, you know, the caterer, and
I know they did a fundraiser and did manage to
raise some money, and they did give some of those
funds back to some of the other people, because there
were definitely a lot of people who put their all
into and also people who thought they were going to
make money. But one person also who I feel like
(39:04):
and I don't know if he still works with you
to this day, Andy King.
Speaker 8 (39:07):
Yeah, we're still in touch. I think Andy did a
fundraiser for the Bahamas and raised a ton of money,
which is awesome. But going back to your first point there,
like that was my biggest learning is that fraud is
that victims aren't always clear right. It's like you might
have invested in you were hurt, but there were ten
people who are relying on you who were hurt. Because
of that that like I don't know, And initially it's like, oh,
(39:27):
I never met that person or I didn't know that person,
how can.
Speaker 3 (39:29):
They be mad at me?
Speaker 8 (39:30):
But like now that I've seen like not just the
immediate victims, like this fear of people who are hurt
is much larger. I think that's what makes the crime
so bad.
Speaker 4 (39:37):
Billy McFarland is here with us right now. He's the
founder of the Fire Festival. But let's go back to
Andy for a second. When you saw his interview that
he did on that I think it was was it
the Netflix documentary?
Speaker 8 (39:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Is that a true story? You asked him?
Speaker 8 (39:50):
So I learned about this story in jail. Prison guard
comes up to me, he goes, hey, Billy, did you
pay gotta to suck some officials for water? And I
look at him like you had ten heads. So he's like,
you could tell me it's okay.
Speaker 3 (40:02):
So I'm looking at this guy. I'm all nervous, like
what's going on?
Speaker 8 (40:04):
So I think it was more of a game of
telephone that got taken the work.
Speaker 4 (40:09):
Content you think somebody said. I don't know, but that's
a crazy story for people who didn't see it. Andy
King was like, we had to get this Avion water through.
It was going to cost one hundred and seventy five
thousand dollars. And Billy was like, I needed to go
down there, and it sucks up to get this water through.
And he said he went and got some mouth washed
crazy and was ready to do it.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
Gladly did not happen. Supposedly.
Speaker 4 (40:31):
One thing I will say, you need that man to
work for you no matter what. He is definitely a person.
Speaker 8 (40:35):
That is if there were ten Andy King's fire never
would have failed. So we have to do It'll make
it work out.
Speaker 4 (40:41):
So Fire Festival Part two, you've already sold tickets, Yes,
we did it.
Speaker 8 (40:46):
We need a pre sale for Fire Festival too. It's
going to be in the Caribbean next year. We're announcing
the date and location this summer.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
Okay.
Speaker 8 (40:53):
The biggest difference is time is that I'm not in charge,
which kind of sucks.
Speaker 3 (40:56):
Right, You're not having your hands on the money. It's
not going through.
Speaker 8 (40:58):
You can touch the money, I can't touch the logistics.
Speaker 4 (41:01):
Is that regulation or is that you deciding let me
remove myself.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
Probably?
Speaker 8 (41:07):
I think it was our concept, but we had to
get it approved. There is like a third party festival
company who all they do is festivals who's actually in charge?
They basically, you know, half fifty one percent. You know,
we have forty nine percent, and they call the shots.
But I still get to do like the marketing and
hopefully some like the wild adventures on the on site.
Speaker 4 (41:22):
How hard was it for you to find a team
to work with you on the new festival hard?
Speaker 8 (41:26):
It took a year and a half to get there.
I think we had a lot of people interested, and
they were interested for one reason, not because of me,
because of the brand name of Fire. And since twenty
sixteen it's been the most talked about music festival in
the world. Obviously mostly negative, but I think people realized
if you could write that it's really hard to recreate
all of that brand awareness, so it took some time.
I think people want to see me not behave like
(41:47):
an ASP when I got out of jail, and it
just took, you know, building that trust for a year
and a half to get there.
Speaker 4 (41:52):
Normally we would have last word when we come back,
but we do have some more with Billy McFarlane talking
about Fire Festival coming back and other ventures that he
had going on. It's way up, turn me up here
we go up.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
This is way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (42:07):
What's up as way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 4 (42:09):
I'm Angela Yee and the founder of the Fire Festival
that spawned two documentaries is here with us right now.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
Billy McFarland.
Speaker 4 (42:16):
Now, as far as you're a personal financial situation, what
is that like for you now?
Speaker 8 (42:20):
Yeah, it's definitely tough. So every month I have to
pay back to restitution, which were the investors who are lost,
and then there are probably twenty people who aren't counted
in that restitution too that they make payments here every month.
So it's like there's a lot of people out there
do half my time as marketing work, so I help,
like brands, some young artists with their marketing, and the
other half the times all working in the Fire projects.
Speaker 4 (42:41):
Speaking of which, let's talk about this sleepy Hallo and
Chef G. You are the one that brought them out
for this Trump rally in the Bronx.
Speaker 3 (42:48):
Is that true?
Speaker 7 (42:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (42:49):
I think, like I just love bringing different people together.
There were probably thirty five artists who asked me to
come to that rally.
Speaker 3 (42:56):
Like who else wanted to show this?
Speaker 8 (42:58):
I'm not going to drop people, but I think like
every single drill artist in New York was wanted to
be there.
Speaker 4 (43:03):
Oh wow, that is very interesting to me. Billy McFarland
is here with us right now. He's the founder of
the Fire Festival. So you still live in New York now?
Speaker 3 (43:11):
I still live in New York, yes, So what are
the restrictions.
Speaker 4 (43:13):
And the rules for you when it comes to traveling,
When it comes to what you can and can't do?
Speaker 8 (43:17):
You have probation office probation. I can't leave New York
without permission. So like, for example, the fight last week
was in Austin, cid A get permission to go and fight,
and then I think another year or so left of.
Speaker 3 (43:28):
Probation Okay, are you going to fight again?
Speaker 8 (43:30):
I'm definitely gonna fight again. I love to fight Jo
Rupe like that fight would pay so many people back,
Like you have no idea the kind of money that
would raise for the Bahamas or restitution. I would give
every penny of it back.
Speaker 3 (43:39):
Did you ask him to reach it?
Speaker 8 (43:41):
I called him out in Academics his podcast like a
year ago.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
I'm like hating.
Speaker 4 (43:45):
I saw you saying that you would love for fifty
cents to perform.
Speaker 8 (43:49):
Fifty cent has to perform at fire for sure.
Speaker 4 (43:50):
Now you don't think that's something that's gonna make Ja
Rul be like you know, because that's obviously poking the bear.
You know how much they don't like each other. That
leads me to believe that you don't like Ja Rule.
Speaker 8 (44:00):
I'm not going to say that, but I think you know,
fifty cent you have an open invitation to come and
perform a fire too.
Speaker 4 (44:04):
Oh my goshif no, never fight, So you think I
think fifty cent you trained me for the jow roll fight.
Oh my gosh, Well listen, what else do you have
going on? Because I saw you also post something a
marketing deal that you closed that was something big yeah,
I'm just.
Speaker 8 (44:19):
Doing a lot of marketing work to pay the bills.
Fire festivals more like the long term game.
Speaker 3 (44:24):
So you have a Broadway musical coming because you have
a title.
Speaker 8 (44:26):
Yet I don't think so, at least it didn't tell
me so.
Speaker 4 (44:29):
Okay, fire Festival the musical, I guess it makes sense.
Speaker 8 (44:32):
The documentary is called After the Fire.
Speaker 4 (44:34):
Okay, oh, after the Fires the documentary? How far along
is that?
Speaker 3 (44:38):
Wrapping it up?
Speaker 6 (44:38):
Now?
Speaker 4 (44:39):
It's going to be interesting to see the whole bounce back.
Thank you so much for joining us. This was an
interesting conversation for me, just because it does feel like
you do have remorse for the people who did suffer
a lot.
Speaker 8 (44:49):
The behavians who are owed and worked like that is
my priority, My god, I probably spend most of my
week discussing and dealing with that.
Speaker 4 (44:56):
All right, well, thank you so much for joining yesterday.
I'm going to be paying it to time into everything
that you're doing. All right, don't let us down, Billy.
All right, Well, you can watch that full interview on
my YouTube channel Way up with Ye And of course, Mano,
you got things happening tonight.
Speaker 12 (45:09):
Yeah, man, you know I'm moving around, but I gotta
get ready for this, uh this part that I'm doing
in this TV show.
Speaker 4 (45:15):
All right, stunt on us. I'd love to see it.
I know you're gonna tell us about it tomorrow. But
you guys, have a great rest of your day. And
thank you to everybody who joined us today, ghost Face Killer,
thank you to un thank you to Billy McFarland, and
thank you to you.
Speaker 3 (45:28):
It's our time.
Speaker 9 (45:29):
I'm about the tub you tapped in and way up
with Angela Ye, I'm wanting now now,
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