EP: 574 Byron Messai Interview (uncensored)

Byron Messai has a hit song with Talibans & he stopped by the Cruz Show to talk about growing up in Jamaica. He also talked about Chris Brown, his love for gold, god & cougars.

Episode Transcript

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Yo, Byron Sides on the CruiseShow Let's get I hate Brown Naty two
three. I hate him me too. He's on his phone. I hate
him. Are you putting a filteron us? What do we do?
What's up, big hommy? What'sup that phone's? You're good man?
I hate Byron? Yeah? Whatdon't you like about Byron? What is
it about Byron? He's the best? That's why you hate him? Right?

(00:27):
Why go with that with that handle? I hate Byron? I mean
everybody hates Chris, Like huh,everybody hates Chris. You know, everyone
hates Chris. You know. Ilike it, like it was a psychological
thing. Like y. I'm gonnaput this so people go, I don't
hate him. I'm gonna follow him. I wish. Do you feel the

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love or do you feel more hatethan love? At this point, I
feel more hate than love. ButI'll be seeing more love than hate if
that makes sense. That makes sense. Elaborate It doesn't make sense to me.
Can you elaborate? Because I'm alittle slow. You just want to
talk to me, Just say youwant to I want to talk to a
conversation. They have a conversation that'sout laughs. So basically all right,

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I'll be seeing like like like everybodychooses what they get and put in their
life, yep, and what theyoutput, right, So basically it's like,
oh, I choose to ignore thelove and acknowledge the hate. But
on the other hand, there's actuallymore love that I can acknowledge because they

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haters is like only abundance of likethey only come in abundance of like like
four people, five and then youprobably get in love from like a thousand
people, sure, and four peopleruin your day and you're not seeing that
you have more love, you know. So that's so it's more like that.
Yeah, you know, it's likea comedian on stage, everyone's laughing

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if one person isn't laughing now,they're just focused on that one. Yeah,
like like you feel bad, youknow, you want to fuck that
person, you know. Yeah.But it's it's more it's more of it's
more of why would you choose todislike? And these people are like and
it confuses the audience, you know, it confuses us sometimes. I used
to get triggered like by negative commonsometimes and then I was just more like,

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you know what, let's just focuson the good instead of the buy,
you know, but you do theopposite. Yeah, well nine times
out of ten look at the personwho's hating and you're like, all right,
God's already clapped back. I don'tneed to. I don't need Sometimes
sometimes you see on the media sometimes, bro, like this shit be happening
too, Like it takes one personto run your day for real though,

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Like you probably think a million peoplehate you, right, and you don't
even know it's one person controlling somebots on your page, you know,
like a million bots on your page, and you're like, yo, why
the world hates me? Like,bro, the world doesn't hate you.
World is one I generated bots hateyou. One person created you know,
one person Kansas who has nine,you know, nine pages that are all

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dedicated on hating you. And itfeels like the world is cratching down on
your hometown. How do you pronounceit? Saint Kits, Saint Kits?
What was it like growing up sankKits saying kits? How how is it
growing up there? I mean itwas rough, but it was still good,
you know, yeah, yeah,half fifty fifty, but yeah,
what's the best place to go toin your hometown? If someone you tell

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someone go there? What what's theplace? Stay pack Hiatt, please please
stay away from so don't go.I'm just kidding every everywhere everywhere is nice
and Saint kits don't get them around. But if I was to tell somebody
to go there, I would advisethem, you know, move part man,

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nothing is nothing, is wrong,doesn't got anything to do with you.
You're good? Yeah, exactly businessYeah, this is my business.
Is you're good? I like that. Show some respect in the world is
like that. Yeah man, Yo, Bro, where did your love for
gold come about? Yeah? ButI see it, bro, that's right.

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I conna pound my love for gold. Yeah. Well, I ain't
gonna lie. Was it growing up? Was it family? Was it saying
goods? They love? Goal?Change? But but the reason I got
these links they were highly influenced byTrinidad Prince Swani. That's an artist from
Trinidad, Prince Swani, Princewani.Yeah, that's the that's the artist that

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actually signed me to Okay. Yeah, so this is highly influenced by him.
So well, when I when when? When? When? When?
When I study? When I gotolder? Study more about you know the
gold or not too much older.But you know, like when we study
on what gold represented sex you like, I became a big fan of gold.
Like the value don't decrease at all. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes

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it goes down. But goal isgold was the wealth of the first of
the first world. Actually, youknow we live in the third world now,
but it was the wealth that wasthe currency, correct, that was
the concept the first world? Youknow. So yeah, so it's deeper
than just jewels, like, right, you know that's what I do.
It's deeper than I'll go buy diamonds, I know. Yeah, I'll go

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buy diamonds if I want to.For sure. I'm just sticking to my
roots. You know, you canabout the diamond watch if you wanted to,
totally up to you, I'm morefor silver kind of guy. I'll
be honest. Let you like Shirleysilver, nothing wrong with that, you
know what, it looks great?I like c Yeah right, it's his

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favorite. Yeah, man, wouldyou ever wear did you ever wear fake
jewelry? Fake bro Let's let youhave lex But it's all good. I
did. I did wear a fakewas coming up coming up? Right,
you're still coming up? That's anybodycall you out on it? Or did
you get by nah? Nobody's anybodylooking like that thog. You know,
only the people that I never willfake. Like when I started getting money

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though, Yeah, did you switchedit up right away? Yeah? I
used to wear a fake swatch thatabout from Porsante and sinking. Sure,
that's doing the fake Jude that usedto How much did you pay for it?
Twenty dollars? That's not that big? What I bother? I'm frifty.
My replica was four fifty paid for? He got you coulda bottle,

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He could have saved the fables andI got right. I didn't know you
spent that much on a fake.One fifty is not a lot, Bros.
Is not a lot for a linereplica. People out there having trouble
paying, they read you buying afour hundred and fifty dollars fake is what
it is. It was a socialexperiment. I wanted to see, my

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god, could I get more girls? Righting a roll? Extra fit?
Big? Guess what? I got? More girls? The fit bit,
the fitbit, save your money.Yeah, who's calling you, bro?
The on the phone? My mother, your mother? You can pick it
up up. It's all ussy ya, No, just telling you of you.
If mom is calling, Mom's calling. It's all longmy he said,

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mommy, y yeah, my motheris the mob. Just in case,
hello, mom, she's gonna yellat that your dog. Nah, yeah,
that's her. What she thinks abouthim buying a fake four hundred and

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fifty dollars rolex. She's not tryingto be a part of your conversa.
She's not trying to be a partof a dog. She's like, nah,
not today, not today. She'sbusy. But yeah, you talk
to moms every day, of course, Yeah, checking with moms, make
sure she's good. Yeah, butshe's back in Jamaica saying goods. Yeah,

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she's back home. That's right.What do you think the orange juice?
It's good quality? I see youlike doing a little taste tests,
like when you come to l Awith what what? What places do you
like to go visit? Where doyou like to go eat? Where do
you like to go? Chris Brown'scrib Chris Browns crib. Yeah, yeah,
it's crazy, it's popular, bro, I've never been made reviews on

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his crib? Yeah, yo,what's that Chris Brown's crib? Without saying
too much, like I get itwas that being messy. Chris Brown is
there that's what matters. Well,I guess he should be there for going
over to his house exactly. Butcan't you go to his house without him
being there? Like no, no, no, there's no way. I

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mean, I let my homies putup to the crib if I'm not there,
like yo, Bro, just yeah, but you're just Brown, not
Chris Brown. There I am comedian, comedian, comedian. What the hell?
Messy? Yes, messy issue?We had number ten? Now talk

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to me, Bro, buy messyis here? Man? Besides here talabas.
Congratulations on it, man. Youknow we're spending it crazy here real
ninety two to three. Yeah,yeah, Bro, it's it's it's a
tune, Bro, sounds really goodon the air. The city likes it.
Right. Have you heard it onthe radio while out here? Yeah?
Two times? Yeah? Yeah.So what's that like for you when

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you hear your music on the radio. I still a thing. I'm gonna
tell you that it's crazy. Youneed to play some more? There he
is. You gotta request every hour? Okay, I expect you on the
request line. I'm only it twiceout here here. Put this number in
your phone two four six eight ninetytwo three. That's the West Line number
when you're call and requested, uhcall be like yo, play that turn

(09:54):
up in the cab. But it'sgot to be crazy though, like in
a whole different country. They're playingyour music in a major city like that's
yeah. I'm I highly appreciate everybodythat's you know, that made the record
go where it needs to be.I ain't gonna lie really appreciative. Thanks
you guys, the whole team.Thanks for everybody else out there in the

(10:15):
world that has been playing the recordfor me. You know, we got
more music coming, yeah, talkabout it, talk about me and I
got a whole album that I wantto release in January. First quarter started
in the first or second week ofJanuary. Yeah, so that's like what
six five six weeks away, youknow, me and Chris Brown, this
dropped the record like video crazy bro, congratulations two days ago. So there's

(10:43):
a lot in the making. Igot one with Little Baby Wow. I
got one with meat Meal five yearFall. Yeah fabulous, Yeah, fabulous
as well. So you're on thestudio and I like me and Dirt trying
to get in there and do onetoo. So it's it's when you're heading
to the studio with some of yourfavorite artists, right, is there an

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expectation? Do you have expectations ordo you just sit back and let we
just sit back and let them be. Yeah, because I can match any
any energy. Okay, yeah,yeah, So the vibe and what's your
process? What do you need?Let's give me a good beat. That's
it. Yeah, good beat andwe'll get to work. That's it.
Nice nothing actually, perfect beat andit's got to be perfect. That's see,

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that's where it's tough, right,because you got to find the perfect
beat. Yeah. But we gotperfect producers. Yeah, man, we
got perfect people working on perfect things. I love it. Man, can
you match this energy? Let's goCorio in Spanish? Yeah. Chapel cut

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that cut, that cut that SmartReds were down making. Just excan to
get uncomfortable when it comes to Chapel, It's uncomfortable. Big scared. I'm

(12:22):
scared, bro, I'm scared.I need a whole song. But you
was scared. You mentioned a lotof you know, American rappers, you're
working with any like, you knowartists you you tapped in with. Oh
yeah, I got one with Fade. I'm saying, you know, my
my main special be hooking up withwhat's the name A Sorry, sorry for

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the miss. Yeah, fade isbig. That's a big that's a big,
big feature. Man, that's big. That's gonna be a big.
I just need a Bad Bunny now, you know, ah out Bad Bundy.
You know what you need as well. You need Acetto. There's Licetto
right here looking at him. Here, superstar, it's mine. It's to
change and ship. But yeah,the Shadow come on the Milkman later,

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later, later. I'm a I'ma I'm a diamond in the dirt right
now. I mean, yeah,I haven't been found yet. I haven't
discovered yet. One day we coulddo something the Shadow now for sure.
But I think the Fairtial record isgonna do well. I think the Bad
Bunny record will come eventually. Everythingwill fall into placement. Surprise, right

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is how life? I don't evenship like and you can ask my family
to like, all my friends likeeverything that I set ould did, I
did it. And it's like Imanifested. So when you hear me say
something three months from now, I'llcome back here and I'm gonna be on
this radio station talking about Yo.The collaboration with Bad Bunny was it was

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great. It was you're all gonnabe asking me like you know, because
me and Kells had a conversation.That's my manager too. We had a
conversation. I was like, well, you know who sounds really dope on
the tal didn't even Jop. Iwas like in November and talibands dropped in
January and I was telling him blueBurn the boy was real dope on this.

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And we had the conversation like yeahand bam, and that's on all
streaming platforms. God is a partof my team too. You can never
forget God anything you do. Neverforget God. Man, many watching,
bro. God is God is him? I'm not him. Yeah, God

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made me right. God's the greatest. He he did his thing. He
did his thing. Yes, lechdwhat are you making? What are you
thinking of right now? Legend?I mean I'm processing everything you're saying and
how in Tuny is with his faith, which is great. You know,
that's that's spirituality is very important.It is a special kind of person to

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get to that place, you know, and trying to get letchered there though
you know what I'm saying, He'snot necessarily a believer like that. On
my own time, you can't rushanybody's process. This guy's just throwing me
under the bus. No, whata guy. This is who he is.
You know, he's currently in hiswhole face. There's a lot going
on with this man right now.You understand going on. But he's here

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and we love him, uh youknow, and we support him. Yeah,
I don't. I don't think he'swhen he constantly points out my flass
the guests, I don't think that'sgive him hugging out fellas the boys,
thank you only true friend in thisroom. Hey, on a serious note,

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is journey point in in in thisjourney where you felt alone and and
you're like, I'm the only onethat's writing for myself, Like, yeah,
out can kick in? Man,it does, because I feel like
when you so locked times right,like many times, probably more doubt than

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faith sometimes, But as I said, I'm a believer, so like plenty
of times God showed me why thingswill happen in the way it's supposed to
happen. Right, calm down by, let them talk, let them head

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feel that hate. But tomorrow youfeel ten times better, I promise you.
And He always prove it to meevery time I feel like man,
this ain't making no sense. Yeah, man, he showed me why it's
making sense. He doesn't even haveto show me one time, but he'd
be doing it. Mm hmm,bam, fabulous. Call me yo,

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trying to get in the studio,meet me, Yo, Dirk brought me
off a powerhouse like you ain't seenthat happening nowhere else with the people that
are talking. Bro, And youthink, Yo, no one's calling me,
no one, no one supports me. That happens he starts. Fortunately,
you know, take over our mindsat time, and you'll be ignoring

(17:03):
the one message from that one personthat loves you so much. I love
you, I'm proud of you.Keep doing what you're doing. You ignore
that to go and study. Mylife is crashing. Your life is not
crashing. Take time, Yeah,man, let it be, Let it
vibe, Let it happen. Lifehappens for you, not to you,

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right you feel me? Yeah?So that's yes, sir. How's your
Spanish? My guy? Come on, okay, we'll be in please,
Yes, it's it's what that's howyour sound? What are you saying?

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Orange? He should know around inl A what Latin American? Just have
you visited I haven't. You haven't. You're missing out Columbia. There's Mexico.
Yeah, there's Venezuela. Yeah,and KM the greatest. But I

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mean the women are fireless. Iknew. I knew that. Dominica Republic
of course. Yeah, they speak. Yeah, you like it. You
gotta take care of be careful withthe cha you feel me m h.
I've never been to. They're likethe the girls after the foods with money.
I'm saying I was. I wasactually this cameras. I was actually

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there because I was taking a privatejet to go to French Guyana. From
there, okay land it was belliesto there to French Guyana and we landed
the and then the weather was bad, so the captain said he doesn't want
to fly to the bad weather.And then we just said okay down and

(18:59):
then the boys know me and theboys walk us through the experience. So
you landing the you know, RepublicanDominican Republic, right, and what do
you do? I've never been,so I'm living through you. You just
party. What's up? Eat?Hookah? No, hookah? No,
we just went to eat and thenafter that we went back to the spot.

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Was amazing. Yeah, yeah,like it's a decent crib. How
much you go for? Like torun? Now, I'm asking because I've
never been, so I wanted tosave up, you know, some money
vacation. I've never been to that. The Maican Republic, I don't even
know. Ask my label. Theytake care of that. Ye, plans
are made for him. He justhas to show you're big timing me.

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Now. It's uncomfortable, too hard, because in six months, I'm gonna
come to you and be like,hey, I'm flying private too. I'll
be like man private. So nowI own the plane. I don't know.
That's kind of scary. I hearit scary because it's a smaller plane,
so the turbulence is its first tellingme about it, Yeah, I

(20:06):
told him. Now let me offof this ship. I'm booking a commercial
fire I'm on Southwest B. Iwas scary. Bro. You can feel
it like you can feel it likeI'm like, nah, Bro, he
swears he's never flying private. Don'tdo it, Bro, don't do it.

(20:26):
Do it because everybody deserves to havefun and live like But I'm telling
you, it's terrible, scary.I don't know what the big deal is
about these because they're smaller dog.You feel me and it's only I can't
explain it. Yeah, did youget sick? No, that's good.

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Just scared, not scared a littlebit, just worried. Worried your Wi
Fi on a private jet? Question? How long is the flight from Make
that your bro? The flight thatI took, it was five hours?
Who went? Who went? Thefirst start? Was? Was it Billies?

(21:11):
Yeah? And I was traveling fromfour? No, it was in
five hours. It was like four. I was traveling from father. Yeah,
so story bro. Hey Brian,what is it about older women that
you like? I love old them. Yeah, they're more responsible the king.

(21:32):
They know what they want straight toyou. You know what I'm saying,
talking out my back. They knowwhat they want. They don't play.
What's the oldest? Don't lie?Who told you? I level old?
Thirty seven, thirty, I wasnot that bad, fifty five she
had dangers forty one? Actually growingup? I love my, I love

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my, You love the cougars.I'm I'm I'm a mouse. Yeah that's
right going. I don't expect muchbecause they are already either have it.
Always tell the truth. So Ithank you. I say what I said.
So any cooglars out there,