April 7, 2023 • 30 mins
This week on the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap podcast, host Sean McDonald is joined by Key West’s number one rapper Mike Stack. Shooting to local fame with his single “I’m From Key West,” the rising star will headline the upcoming Garrett Hughes benefit concert on Saturday, April 8 at the Coffee Butler Amphitheater. Proceeds from the family-friendly show will go to the Garrett Hughes Memorial Scholarship, named in honor of the beloved Key West High graduate who lost his life this February. Listen as Stack discusses his relationship with Hughes and the way the Key West community has responded to his vision to make sure Garrett’s name lives on.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hey, hey, hey, welcome back, everybody to the Keys Weekly
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There's so much going on this week in Monroe County
in the Florida Keys. This is your only podcast that
(00:28):
you're gonna get. That's gonna give you all of the
Florida Keys prep sports that's going on and there's a
lot going on last week.
Key West baseball was able to beat Braddock 9 to 7.
Coral Shores. Baseball lost 5 to 1 to Ferguson. Key
West baseball was able to beat Killian 9 to 8.
Coral Shores. Baseball lost a close one to Dave Christian
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9 to 8 Coral Shores. Baseball lost to Miami high
7 to 2. Key West baseball lost to Potomac high
school 5 to 3.
Key West softball was able to beat Lake Wales 8
to 7 and Key West softball was, uh, lost unfortunately
to Lake Wales 9 to 2. Those are our results
(01:13):
from last week. Um,
coming up this week, we have Coral Shores boys lacrosse
who's gonna be going against Palmer. Coral Shores softball is
playing against Gulliver, um marathon softballs at Hialeah Educational Academy
on the sixth on the seventh Key West track has
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a meet at Coral Shores High School. Also on the
seventh Coral Shores baseball is playing Keys Gate marathon. Baseball
is playing Everglades prep
marathon on the 10th of April has at Westwood Marathon.
Softball on the 11th plays Colonial Christian Coral Shore softball
is at Mater Bay also on the 11th marathon and
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Coral Shores districts. Tennis coming up for 11 Coral Shores
baseball is at Miami Beach on the 12th marathon and
Coral Shores tennis has district on the twelveth. Also, um
marathon softball will be at Greater Miami Academy.
Um On the 13th marathon track is inter squad field events.
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So they're doing that on their own. Key West tennis
has districts on the 14th at Gulliver.
So we had a big week going on last week.
I hope you guys enjoyed the, uh, Coach Enriquez podcast.
Both parts of Key West high school baseball manager. That
was a lot of fun for me. Um We have
a lot going on with sports in the Keys this week.
(02:41):
Um I just broke that down for you. We also
have a lot going down um with the Garrett Hughes
Memorial concert that's coming up on the eighth. So if
you
are sitting at home and you're listening to this podcast
on Saturday night at the Coffee butler amphitheater. There is
going to be a huge concert. Um Everybody in the
Keys is gonna be down there. You're gonna hear all
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about it coming up in our next segment. We are
going to have the man, the myth, the legend Mike Stack,
local Key West rapper and he is putting on a
big show and all the proceeds are going to go
to the um
Gary Hughes Memorial scholarship. So you definitely want to check
that out. You'll get all the details about that yesterday.
(03:24):
We had the seven mile bridge run and that was
a big event up here. You know, if you listen
to the podcast, I live in marathon. I work at
Marathon High school. So that's a big event for us.
The seven mile bridge run is always interesting.
I never knew, you know, when I lived, I've lived
in Key West in the past, I lived in Big Pine.
Um I didn't never realize the amount of volunteers it
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takes to make the seven mile bridge run go. Um
It's an unbelievably known worldwide event and it happens once
a year and it's, it's people, local people from the
Keys are the ones that put this race on and
always have. And it's been a,
it's been a locals race for a long time as
far as who's running it and making it all happen.
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So I never realized the amount of people that it
took at at marathon high school, all of our student
athletes and, uh, of some, just, some of our students
come out and volunteer for the race and it's always
a huge undertaking and every year it seems to run very,
very smooth. And yesterday I'm recording today on Sunday afterwards,
(04:28):
yesterday was no different.
It was a great seven mile bridge run. The weather
was perfect and, uh, marathon, high school student and past keys,
weekly sports rap podcast guest, vice versa was the winner.
He won the overall seven mile bridge run. He is
a sophomore, so he's still, still pretty young as far
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as running goes this past year. He was a state
medallist in cross country
and he was able to parlay that into a seven
mile bridge run victory. What? That's a sort of a
big deal, man. You know, we've had another two other marathon.
High school boys have won it in the past and,
and Vance is the third to do it. So, congratulations
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to him. And, uh, hopefully next year, if you're listening
to this, you're thinking, well, maybe I'll do the seven
mile bridge run next year. You know, this is the
time where I think a lot of people think about that.
And
all right, I'm gonna start training now. So, if that's
you out there, I definitely, definitely do it. I've done
the bridge one time. It was a great experience. I'd
like to do it again. So seven mile bridge run
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another one in the books and we have, we're in
the middle of the baseball season right now and Key
West High School and Marathon High School and Croll Shores
are all playing pretty good baseball and we're getting ready
to come up to
districts in another couple of weeks and there's a lot
of expectations on all the teams and hopefully all three
will go very far. And, um,
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that's about it right now. Coming up next is we're
gonna have our talk with local Monroe County, Key West
rapper Mike Stack. You guys are gonna hear all about
the big concert. So enjoy that.
Here. He is everybody the, the man of the hour,
the Tower of Power. He's too sweet to be sour.
(06:18):
He's the number one rapper in Monroe County, the number
one rapper in the keys. Uh Mike Stack. Welcome back.
Second time on the podcast. How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
What's going on? Coach? I'm doing well. How are you?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
I'm doing great, real busy with everything going on. But
sometimes even when you're really, really busy and things are
moving fast, sometimes you have to stop and take a
look at what's going around and, and there's something going
down in the keys that you have a big part
of and it is the Garrett Hughes benefit concert with
Mike Stack and friends. And
(06:52):
how did you know we all, we all, it was
just a horrible tragedy. What happened Super Bowl night and,
and it just sort of froze the keys in, in
place and
it was just, just a nightmare. Uh, the whole situation
that went down with Garrett. He's known up and down
in the community and everybody loves him and his family and,
(07:14):
and I know he was a, a friend of yours
and a fan of yours, but just take me back
there and, and
where that whole thing came about and tell us about
the show.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Um So, oh man was a uh a great human
being and um
my biggest thing is I didn't want his, his name
to be forgotten. So,
so when it happened that uh that week was tough
for everybody,
but I knew I wanted to use my platform that
I have uh to just make sure that his name
(07:47):
stays alive. So, um you know, I, I talked with
the family a little bit and I was like, hey,
would you be OK if I, if I try to
do something and they were then, and they were uh
very much for it. So, um
I, I went for the AMP ASAP. I, my dog
had a uh
uh energy around him that was bigger than life itself.
(08:08):
So I know we had to do something real big
for him. So, uh Kelly Norman, uh Rams said they were,
they were great. Um I asked the question, I, I
think that's the biggest thing. I, I couldn't do this
by myself and I want to say that because I
asked one question. I said, how can we make this
happen in, in the city, the community, the Keys? Everybody
um answered the question with all the answers that I needed.
(08:29):
And we were able to uh you know, do this
event at the coffee but a theater
with all these, these great performers that are gonna come
in and hang out with us for the night and
uh and really make uh his name, like I said,
I just don't want to be forgotten. So we're gonna
make sure that his name um is, is heavily around everyone.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
So this is a benefit concert and the proceeds from
this concert are going to start the Garrett Hughes scholarship.
And that scholarship is going to go to someone who
is a uh high school athlete, ocean lover and student
who represents the key West community and wants to further
their education. So this concert is actually all going to
(09:11):
all the procedure that are gonna go to that scholarship.
So everyone out there that wants to go, that's where
the money's going. And how about you, Mike Stack? I
mean to book the Coffee butler amphitheater. That's a big
time arena. Um What was that process like?
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Um So, you know, like I said, it was, I
thought it was gonna be harder. I, I asked one
question and uh at first I was like, oh man,
maybe I,
maybe I bit off too. Much that I could chew. Um,
but legit, I asked one question and Kelly, uh Norman
from Ram said she got in touch with me and
she was like, here's what we got to do. We
can make it happen. Here's what you need. Um, the city, uh, the,
(09:54):
the fire department, the emts, the police, they're all like
we got you. Um, we've actually had numerous um
uh food companies, Margaritaville Killins, uh my guy Mike, um
that donated their time and their uh and their,
their stuff, what they can do. Um We've had, I mean,
(10:15):
just the outpour has been uh has been amazing but
it really, I thought it was gonna be harder but
then legit, I asked one question and the whole city
came out and they wrapped around it and they made
it happen. Um So it is my concert but uh
I could not do this without the city and the
people in this, in this town, in this community and
(10:35):
that's just not Key West. That's the whole sort of keys.
We've had people uh reach out all the way to
uh
Speaker 1 (10:40):
II I couldn't believe when I saw, you know, I've
been following this. I always keep track of you and
what's going on on social media. And I've been following
the concert and what I couldn't believe was what a
great job the community did as far as corporate sponsorships,
it seemed like, ok, we're looking for corporate sponsors for
this concert and then a day or two later, you
(11:02):
had a list a mile long of all the businesses
in Key West that wanted to help. Um What was
that like?
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Um So we had a, so, and what we're trying
to do is, um when we did this, my, my
biggest thing was I wanna make this a legit concert. When,
when somebody comes to this concert, they're not gonna know
the difference between this concert and anybody else that was
at the amphitheater. So we had some production costs and that's,
and that's why we were like, all right, let's see
what kind of sponsors we can get. And I knew
(11:33):
we could get the number we needed. And when I
say that we have passed that number by 100 and
11 miles. Like, it's, it's, it's crazy. Um,
the amount of people that have shown up and showed out, uh,
for what we're trying to do. But I also, at
the same time knew it was possible and I knew, uh,
(11:54):
that we could make this happen just because I know
how this city is. Um, I know how this city
acts and I know what this city is about. And, uh,
so I knew I knew we could do it. Um
I didn't think we would, uh, do as much as
we did because the number really is crazy and I
don't have a final number yet. But, um,
the number really is, uh, what I've heard the last
(12:14):
number was over, I think, 40,000 in, uh, in donations.
And I'm pretty sure it's closer to 50. Uh, so
it's really been out of control with the, uh, the amount.
There's so many people coming in. It's like my emails.
I'm looking at my emails and I'm in a, in
a
and Amber and, and Miss Gabby and everybody that's, uh,
kind of a part of our team with these emails
(12:35):
and going through these emails has been great, but there's
so many coming in. Sometimes I, I lose track and
I gotta go back and, and so it's, it's been really,
it's been really amazing.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
So as far as this is concerned, you know, obviously
you're the artist, but then to some extent you're also
the promoter of this show. So you're, you're figuring out
I need to put on this big show. I want
people to, to get value for their money. And like
you said, this is gonna be a big show. This
is going to be a real concert. Where, what was
(13:05):
that like? Like where is that for you? Like, oh,
now all of a sudden, I need to have a
super professional sound guy to come in. I need to
have all of this equipment. Where did you even go
for that?
Speaker 2 (13:18):
So when I, when I did my first concert back
in December, my first actual concert, I uh I reached
out because I
in October we did the zombie bike ride at the
amphitheater and I did one song and I saw these
videos with lights and audio. So uh Ryan and artist sound,
uh Ryan, he has RC lighting and art has artist sound.
(13:38):
Um I met up with them in, in December for
the first time and so I knew where to go
and then I called them and they were very good.
They uh the number that the price of the amp
for both of them is, is
way more than what they are, they're asking from us.
And I'm so grateful for them because without the lights
and without the audio, it's just, uh,
(14:00):
it's a, it's a basic show, but with the lights
and with the, the audio as we should have it,
it really turns it up a notch. So I knew
where to go to get it. Um And again, I
was like, man, I bit off the amphitheater. That was
the first thing I said, but like I said, here,
it bigger than life. I was like, I knew we need,
I knew we needed somewhere like that. Um So
I knew where to go to get it. And, uh,
(14:20):
they were really good um at, at kind of helping
us out to get there.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
So the show itself is April 8th. It starts at
seven o'clock at the coffee butler, amphitheater. And, you know,
it was just great. I was, I was talking to,
to some of my family members about this event. And
you know, obviously the reason why we're having the event
is tragic, but the way that the community has really
(14:45):
rallied around
the family and the way that they've rallied around this event,
it really makes me happy to live down here because
this type of thing, it is not gonna happen in
Dade County, in Broer County. It's not gonna happen in
these big cities. But what makes, what makes our area special?
(15:05):
What makes our area special is the fact that we
are this small community and we look out for each
other and everybody knows everyone. So a April 8th, how if,
if somebody wants to get tickets, how are they going
to do that?
Hello?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
No problem.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
No, it's no problem. So what I was saying is
what we were talking about is in this community here.
It is unbelievable the response that you had to this show.
So if somebody wants to go out and get tickets,
where would they get them at?
Speaker 2 (15:41):
So the tickets are, are available on the Key West
A dot com. Um You can also get them in
person at the Key West Theater or Wednesday through Saturday
from 12 to 6. And then you can also buy
them uh at the door. I know how us conks
work and we usually uh buy at the door, but
we've had uh we've had such an outpour of support
online as well. I think we've sold about uh almost
(16:02):
300 tickets um online and
Children 12 and under are free. So I know probably
with those 300 tickets, we're gonna have 1 to 3
kids with uh each family. Um So
if you wanted a ticket, the Key West A dot com,
um you can find the Garret Hughes benefit concert with
my stack and friends. You can go to the Key
(16:24):
West Theater Wednesday through Thursday from 12 to 6 or
you can just show up to the AMP on uh
on April 8th, maybe like uh doors open at six
or maybe show up around 5 36 o'clock. Get your tickets,
get in, show starts at seven.
Um And just real quick, the lineup
Speaker 1 (16:41):
is, oh, we got time. Go ahead. Like I wanna know,
I know Mike Stack is gonna be there but it
says friends, I want to know what friends are gonna
be there and what we can expect. So, who else
do you got coming?
Speaker 2 (16:51):
So we got, uh my, my buddy, uh, kid, he's a,
uh
he plays mad instruments. Uh But he's gonna do a
couple uh rap songs. We have a homegrown band, um,
who's a local guy, Mike and uh, cam his friend,
his partner, uh, they play country music. Uh, they have
some original country music that they're gonna play.
They're actually bringing up uh Don Jay. And, uh, so, uh,
(17:14):
they're also bringing up El Haley who's a fantastic vocalist.
Uh We got Sherice uh music. Uh she plays locally
around town and all these people play locally around town.
So that's like the nice thing is um we're able
to give them a little platform
to show the key community uh kind of what we have,
not all are local but um some are local. We have,
uh she, like I said, then we have D lou
(17:36):
coming on and uh we got my dog, Little Caleb,
he's my, my little sidekick. He's gonna do a couple
of songs with me and, uh, and then me and then, uh,
I'll end the show and we'll, uh, get that home
from Key West there at the very end. And, uh,
really let the people know where we're from.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
So how does it feel like so early in your
career to already have a signature song?
Speaker 2 (17:57):
It feels good. And I think, um, I think the
biggest thing with this music stuff is
you can put in the grind. I've been doing it
for 12 years and then, and then finally, you know,
I started at 18 and now we're here with this song. Uh,
but
it's cool. It's cool with the music thing. You can
either grind it out and figure it out or some
(18:17):
people get lucky and they got that one, that one
song that booms. So, uh, it's a blessing. I'm grateful
I'm appreciative because it is really cool when you look
out at these concerts and you see all these people singing.
I'm from Key West with the passion that, that I
made it with on the first day. It's, it's, it's
really cool that people feel the same way. Uh, as
I do every single time that I play
Speaker 1 (18:38):
it. So, when I'm going down to the, to the
Coffee Butler amphitheater,
I've been down there, I've been down there a few
times before and it really seems like it's a great
place to watch a show. What's it like having that
many artists? Right? So this isn't really, I'm not just
gonna go see uh a rap show. I'm gonna see,
like you told me all different types of artists there,
(19:00):
all genres of music, different types of music, guys playing instruments, vocalists, rappers, groups.
Um What are all the different types of music? I'm
going to see there.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Um So you're gonna have hip hop, you're gonna have
some country, you're gonna have some soul influenced. Um
The homegrown band is great. They are, they are very
much country. They got good originals El Haley, uh who,
who's performing with them has a amazing voice. Sherise uh music.
You can find her on Spotify and you can find
all these people on Spotify, Apple,
(19:33):
but they, um
they just have great voices and, and they love what
they do and you can hear it in their music.
So you're gonna get some hip hop, you're gonna get
some country, you're gonna get, uh a little bit of,
maybe a little bit of rock and roll with. Um,
and it's, it's, it's gonna be great and it's, this
is my first time. Uh, you know, every concert I do,
I try to have a little bit of everything for everyone.
(19:55):
Uh Whether it's, I had my last contract. I had
Jason and uh Kyra Jade and, uh, and they're amazing
and that's what I try to do. I don't want
it to be just hip hop. I want people to
come and feel
a little bit of everything that they like. Um So
it was a little bit of a, a doozy trying
to get everything together. But I'll tell you what the
artists that are coming. I asked one time and they
(20:16):
said yes before I could finish the sentence. So, um
it's gonna be great. The genres are gonna be out
of control and uh it's just gonna be a really,
really special evening uh for everybody and it's gonna be,
the sun's gonna be going down the, it's gonna be,
it's gonna be awesome. And I'm, I'm like you said,
it's such a tragic uh reason to do it, but
(20:36):
we're trying to bring everybody together to be happy for
a little bit. Um So I'm just, uh I'm excited
that I have this platform and I'm able to do
something like this.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
You do have the platform, you know, you're, you're putting
on a lot of shows you're putting on a big show. Now,
you know, you're getting quite a name, name for yourself,
but not only as an artist, but also as a
promoter
and now that you, you're, you're able to do something
like book the coffee butler. Is that something that you
would like to continue doing? Maybe start to promote more,
(21:09):
bring in other artists, something like that as another way
to serve Key West,
Speaker 2 (21:14):
I think. Uh 100%. Um So I always said that
I wanted to get the Coffee Butler amphitheater. That was
like my, my goal
uh my dog Garrett believes in it. So I had
this song, Vila. And when I released Vila, I was like, man,
I'm not a huge fan of this. And then Garrett
was like, that song was awesome. Like that song was awesome.
So my whole goal was to always get the Coffee
(21:35):
Butler amphitheater. I wish it didn't come this way.
Uh But I know my dog's looking down on me
and I know my dog's shining on me right now.
And uh so I made that song, why uh for,
for and for my friends that passed away. And I
say this song, I'm like I say this line that
I say, you know, I gotta keep shining for my dog.
I can't stop. Uh As much as I wanna stay
(21:56):
inside or as much as I don't want to go outside,
I can't stop now because I have a bigger purpose.
Um So, I mean, it's,
it's amazing. I know we got the coffee butler a theater.
We want to do more. I want to bring more
local spotlight. We have so many good musicians down here
that only get seen at these bars with people coming
in and out of town. But I want the locals
to get behind these, these people that, that we have
(22:16):
in this community.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
You know, it's not really out of the realm to
think about different areas. You know, obviously you go back
in the day with the east coast rap scene, the
west coast rap scene, then you have the southern rap
scene and Houston and, you know, areas seem to get spotlighted.
You know, you might be able to put the spotlight
on the Key West rap scene, you know, because it
is a very, very big scene there and there's a
(22:39):
lot of talent there and, and anything that you can
do to put that magnifying glass on Key West and
their music scene is going to be great.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
And I think, uh and that's like, that's the coolest
part about all this is like people are starting to
and it wasn't just me, there was people in the
hip hop industry down here long before me. But what
I'm appreciative of is like, people are starting to look
at hip hop.
Key West isn't a hip hop town, right? Key West
is a
acoustic, let me play the guitar let me do this,
(23:10):
these covers and let me do this. It's not a
hip hop town. And now people are like, oh, I'm
going to this mic Stack hip hop concert. I'm gonna
go to the loo hip hop concert. I'm gonna go
to this. I'm gonna listen to this music. And songwriters
actually invited me uh to come perform on uh May
5th at the Perry. So the first hip hop artist
to be invited
to songwriters, which is
(23:32):
in my, in my opinion, monumental because now we can
open the door next year for De Lou and, and
Southernmost Trails and the, and all these people, we can
open the door to get more hip hop in, in
the Songwriter Festival. And as we should, because we all
write songs and, and I think hip hop is one
of the most undervalued um
under undervalued genres because people don't understand like we write
(23:55):
our own stuff. A lot of these people write their
own stuff and some of these countries are just not
giving them, not talking down, but they have people that
write for them. So the songwriters when they bring in
the songwriters that hit the songs, it's cool that we
have a little hip hop influence now.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Yeah, you're, you're definitely 100% right on that. Like you're
talking like you guys are like you guys are in
the trenches, you guys are down and dirty, you're writing
your own stuff. Not only that you're making your own
stuff and then when you talk about different genres, I mean, obviously,
you know, I listen to, if I listen to country music,
especially like mainstream country music, there's definitely a formula there
(24:32):
and there's definitely like old rich people figuring out this
formula and giving it to, you know what I mean? Like,
there's definitely a formula
and it's not really coming from the artist. So anything
that's coming from the artist that's real made by real
people is something that is definitely worth listening to and
is definitely art. You know, um going back to Garrett and,
(24:53):
and the Hughes family in general, you know, we talked
about on our first podcast, you know, your relationship with,
with coach Hughes and, and talking to him and Zach
and everybody. But,
you know, it seemed like Garrett Garrett was a good
uh good friend of yours. Do you want to just
talk about that relationship if you feel comfortable with it
a little bit?
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Yeah, man, I got goosebumps right now because whenever I
think about him, like that was, that was my dog, man.
When I say like he believed in Mike Stack before
Mike Stack, believed in Mike Stack. I don't, that's not
a lie. Like that's not a fabrication like this man.
I would send him my songs before I put them out.
That's how much he meant to me because he could
tell me if they're good or if they're bad. And, uh,
(25:33):
he might have, he probably lied a couple of times
and said they were good when they were bad. But
I tell you what, that, the song that he said
was good that I didn't like
is now blowing up. And
he just believed in Mike Stack. Like I said, he
believed in Mike Stack before Mike Stack believed in Mike Stack.
This was 2015. I was out back of my, my
buddy Zach's mom's house. And uh you know, he was
(25:55):
telling me I love this music. I love this music
and the whole family. You know, I, the reason I
made Key West type was because of uh Johnny Hughes. He, hey,
I need a song. I need a song. I need
a song. I said, give me some field passes. I'll
make you a song and uh we made the song
and uh
Zach Carson, you know,
Andrew Cade,
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everybody man is just uh
they're good people and that's, and that's the thing is
they're good people and they didn't deserve this and uh
I love them and that's why I'm just trying to,
again, use my platform. Do what I can to make
sure that Garret's name lives on. His name's gonna live
on no matter what. But I just wanna, I wanna
do what I can to make sure um it lives
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on even heavier
Speaker 1 (26:39):
and that's really, you know, what makes Key West special
is that ability sometimes to take a tragedy
and to make the best of it, you know, and,
and I feel like that's what you're doing here and
the big shows coming up. Um, do you have any
final words, any final words for everybody out there to
let them know what they're gonna see at this show?
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Yeah, I would say pop out uh April 8th, like
I said, doors open at six, show starts at seven.
We're gonna have DJ. So going from 6 to 7
and then we're gonna have the acts coming on from
7 to 9 and just come out and enjoy it
and break the,
bring the family some love, bring the friends some love,
just come out there and expect a special night with
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some good music. Some good times. We're gonna go on
from Key West a whole bunch and uh we're just
gonna have a real good time.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
So tickets are still available but you don't know they
might not be available for long. So everybody needs to
go out there and get it. You could show up,
you could show up the day of the event. Maybe
you'll get in, maybe you're not gonna get in, but
it's gonna be a show for everybody. Bring your family,
kids get in free adults have to buy tickets. Just,
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just represent Key West, represent the Keys, go down there
and help out. This is gonna be a great cause
but not only that, it's gonna be a very memorable show.
Thanks for coming on today, Mike Stock man.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
I appreciate you coach. Thank you so much for having
me and again, April 8th at the coffee butler amp.
Theater doors open at six, show starts at seven. It's
gonna be special. Tickets are 20 Children, 12 and under
are free. Let's have a real good time and let's
just uh enjoy what we have while we have it.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Thanks again and I cannot wait for the show. Congratulations
on the show and hopefully you make a ton of money.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Appreciate you, coach. We're at a good spot and I
know we're gonna make even more. Um, once these people
get in and, and they can buy food and again,
we'll have food and drinks and there's gonna be t-shirts. Uh,
wait
Speaker 1 (28:33):
a second. Yeah, you wait a second. Not only, not
only is there gonna be this concert then people can
go with their families. What kind of food are you
gonna have there? That's a, that's a very important thing.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
So this is great. Uh So we eventually, we, uh,
when we, when we spoke about it, we're like, all right,
we gotta do simple foods. We can't really
um, have all this crazy food out there. And then
we had a bunch of businesses in town. Step up Margaritaville,
my guy Mike. Um, we've had Killins, we've had a
ton of people. We're gonna have cheeseburgers. Oh, Clemente's Pizza.
We're gonna have cheeseburgers. We're a pizza. We have hot dogs.
(29:08):
We're gonna have pretzels. Um, it's, it's gonna be awesome
and we got Pepsi. Shout out to Pepsi, um, for
bringing in, um, all the Pepsi product. Uh, shout out
to Rams Head. They're doing all the bar and they're,
they're
donating all the proceeds back to the, uh, scholarship. So
it's when I say that the community showed up and
showed out, they went 10 times over. It's, it's really been,
(29:30):
it's been
overwhelming almost because it's like,
this is amazing. Everything's amazing. It's really, it's really crazy.
I can't, I don't have words for it because it's,
it's been really wild and amazing that the people show
up and, and show down.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
So this is bigger than a concert. This is like a,
a one night only event. There's gonna be everything there.
So if you're out there listening, you're looking for something
to do this weekend, then definitely get out there and
make it happen. Coffee Butler, amphitheater. Thanks so much for
coming on. If you want to eat, if you want
to hear good music, if you want to drink, if
you want to eat some hot dogs, that's the place
(30:07):
to go. And Mike Stack is the guy to see.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Hey, Coach man. I really appreciate you and I appreciate
your time. Thank you for having me. It's gonna be special.
It's gonna be really, really
Speaker 1 (30:16):
special. All right, can't wait to talk to you again
to hear about your next big event and thanks for
coming on today. Appreciate coach. All right, bye bye.
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There's so much going on this week in Monroe County
in the Florida Keys. This is your only podcast that
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you're gonna get. That's gonna give you all of the
Florida Keys prep sports that's going on and there's a
lot going on last week.
Key West baseball was able to beat Braddock 9 to 7.
Coral Shores. Baseball lost 5 to 1 to Ferguson. Key
West baseball was able to beat Killian 9 to 8.
Coral Shores. Baseball lost a close one to Dave Christian
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9 to 8 Coral Shores. Baseball lost to Miami high
7 to 2. Key West baseball lost to Potomac high
school 5 to 3.
Key West softball was able to beat Lake Wales 8
to 7 and Key West softball was, uh, lost unfortunately
to Lake Wales 9 to 2. Those are our results
(01:13):
from last week. Um,
coming up this week, we have Coral Shores boys lacrosse
who's gonna be going against Palmer. Coral Shores softball is
playing against Gulliver, um marathon softballs at Hialeah Educational Academy
on the sixth on the seventh Key West track has
(01:34):
a meet at Coral Shores High School. Also on the
seventh Coral Shores baseball is playing Keys Gate marathon. Baseball
is playing Everglades prep
marathon on the 10th of April has at Westwood Marathon.
Softball on the 11th plays Colonial Christian Coral Shore softball
is at Mater Bay also on the 11th marathon and
(01:54):
Coral Shores districts. Tennis coming up for 11 Coral Shores
baseball is at Miami Beach on the 12th marathon and
Coral Shores tennis has district on the twelveth. Also, um
marathon softball will be at Greater Miami Academy.
Um On the 13th marathon track is inter squad field events.
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So they're doing that on their own. Key West tennis
has districts on the 14th at Gulliver.
So we had a big week going on last week.
I hope you guys enjoyed the, uh, Coach Enriquez podcast.
Both parts of Key West high school baseball manager. That
was a lot of fun for me. Um We have
a lot going on with sports in the Keys this week.
(02:41):
Um I just broke that down for you. We also
have a lot going down um with the Garrett Hughes
Memorial concert that's coming up on the eighth. So if
you
are sitting at home and you're listening to this podcast
on Saturday night at the Coffee butler amphitheater. There is
going to be a huge concert. Um Everybody in the
Keys is gonna be down there. You're gonna hear all
(03:03):
about it coming up in our next segment. We are
going to have the man, the myth, the legend Mike Stack,
local Key West rapper and he is putting on a
big show and all the proceeds are going to go
to the um
Gary Hughes Memorial scholarship. So you definitely want to check
that out. You'll get all the details about that yesterday.
(03:24):
We had the seven mile bridge run and that was
a big event up here. You know, if you listen
to the podcast, I live in marathon. I work at
Marathon High school. So that's a big event for us.
The seven mile bridge run is always interesting.
I never knew, you know, when I lived, I've lived
in Key West in the past, I lived in Big Pine.
Um I didn't never realize the amount of volunteers it
(03:47):
takes to make the seven mile bridge run go. Um
It's an unbelievably known worldwide event and it happens once
a year and it's, it's people, local people from the
Keys are the ones that put this race on and
always have. And it's been a,
it's been a locals race for a long time as
far as who's running it and making it all happen.
(04:08):
So I never realized the amount of people that it
took at at marathon high school, all of our student
athletes and, uh, of some, just, some of our students
come out and volunteer for the race and it's always
a huge undertaking and every year it seems to run very,
very smooth. And yesterday I'm recording today on Sunday afterwards,
(04:28):
yesterday was no different.
It was a great seven mile bridge run. The weather
was perfect and, uh, marathon, high school student and past keys,
weekly sports rap podcast guest, vice versa was the winner.
He won the overall seven mile bridge run. He is
a sophomore, so he's still, still pretty young as far
(04:51):
as running goes this past year. He was a state
medallist in cross country
and he was able to parlay that into a seven
mile bridge run victory. What? That's a sort of a
big deal, man. You know, we've had another two other marathon.
High school boys have won it in the past and,
and Vance is the third to do it. So, congratulations
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to him. And, uh, hopefully next year, if you're listening
to this, you're thinking, well, maybe I'll do the seven
mile bridge run next year. You know, this is the
time where I think a lot of people think about that.
And
all right, I'm gonna start training now. So, if that's
you out there, I definitely, definitely do it. I've done
the bridge one time. It was a great experience. I'd
like to do it again. So seven mile bridge run
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another one in the books and we have, we're in
the middle of the baseball season right now and Key
West High School and Marathon High School and Croll Shores
are all playing pretty good baseball and we're getting ready
to come up to
districts in another couple of weeks and there's a lot
of expectations on all the teams and hopefully all three
will go very far. And, um,
(05:57):
that's about it right now. Coming up next is we're
gonna have our talk with local Monroe County, Key West
rapper Mike Stack. You guys are gonna hear all about
the big concert. So enjoy that.
Here. He is everybody the, the man of the hour,
the Tower of Power. He's too sweet to be sour.
(06:18):
He's the number one rapper in Monroe County, the number
one rapper in the keys. Uh Mike Stack. Welcome back.
Second time on the podcast. How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
What's going on? Coach? I'm doing well. How are you?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
I'm doing great, real busy with everything going on. But
sometimes even when you're really, really busy and things are
moving fast, sometimes you have to stop and take a
look at what's going around and, and there's something going
down in the keys that you have a big part
of and it is the Garrett Hughes benefit concert with
Mike Stack and friends. And
(06:52):
how did you know we all, we all, it was
just a horrible tragedy. What happened Super Bowl night and,
and it just sort of froze the keys in, in
place and
it was just, just a nightmare. Uh, the whole situation
that went down with Garrett. He's known up and down
in the community and everybody loves him and his family and,
(07:14):
and I know he was a, a friend of yours
and a fan of yours, but just take me back
there and, and
where that whole thing came about and tell us about
the show.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Um So, oh man was a uh a great human
being and um
my biggest thing is I didn't want his, his name
to be forgotten. So,
so when it happened that uh that week was tough
for everybody,
but I knew I wanted to use my platform that
I have uh to just make sure that his name
(07:47):
stays alive. So, um you know, I, I talked with
the family a little bit and I was like, hey,
would you be OK if I, if I try to
do something and they were then, and they were uh
very much for it. So, um
I, I went for the AMP ASAP. I, my dog
had a uh
uh energy around him that was bigger than life itself.
(08:08):
So I know we had to do something real big
for him. So, uh Kelly Norman, uh Rams said they were,
they were great. Um I asked the question, I, I
think that's the biggest thing. I, I couldn't do this
by myself and I want to say that because I
asked one question. I said, how can we make this
happen in, in the city, the community, the Keys? Everybody
um answered the question with all the answers that I needed.
(08:29):
And we were able to uh you know, do this
event at the coffee but a theater
with all these, these great performers that are gonna come
in and hang out with us for the night and
uh and really make uh his name, like I said,
I just don't want to be forgotten. So we're gonna
make sure that his name um is, is heavily around everyone.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
So this is a benefit concert and the proceeds from
this concert are going to start the Garrett Hughes scholarship.
And that scholarship is going to go to someone who
is a uh high school athlete, ocean lover and student
who represents the key West community and wants to further
their education. So this concert is actually all going to
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all the procedure that are gonna go to that scholarship.
So everyone out there that wants to go, that's where
the money's going. And how about you, Mike Stack? I
mean to book the Coffee butler amphitheater. That's a big
time arena. Um What was that process like?
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Um So, you know, like I said, it was, I
thought it was gonna be harder. I, I asked one
question and uh at first I was like, oh man,
maybe I,
maybe I bit off too. Much that I could chew. Um,
but legit, I asked one question and Kelly, uh Norman
from Ram said she got in touch with me and
she was like, here's what we got to do. We
can make it happen. Here's what you need. Um, the city, uh, the,
(09:54):
the fire department, the emts, the police, they're all like
we got you. Um, we've actually had numerous um
uh food companies, Margaritaville Killins, uh my guy Mike, um
that donated their time and their uh and their,
their stuff, what they can do. Um We've had, I mean,
(10:15):
just the outpour has been uh has been amazing but
it really, I thought it was gonna be harder but
then legit, I asked one question and the whole city
came out and they wrapped around it and they made
it happen. Um So it is my concert but uh
I could not do this without the city and the
people in this, in this town, in this community and
(10:35):
that's just not Key West. That's the whole sort of keys.
We've had people uh reach out all the way to
uh
Speaker 1 (10:40):
II I couldn't believe when I saw, you know, I've
been following this. I always keep track of you and
what's going on on social media. And I've been following
the concert and what I couldn't believe was what a
great job the community did as far as corporate sponsorships,
it seemed like, ok, we're looking for corporate sponsors for
this concert and then a day or two later, you
(11:02):
had a list a mile long of all the businesses
in Key West that wanted to help. Um What was
that like?
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Um So we had a, so, and what we're trying
to do is, um when we did this, my, my
biggest thing was I wanna make this a legit concert. When,
when somebody comes to this concert, they're not gonna know
the difference between this concert and anybody else that was
at the amphitheater. So we had some production costs and that's,
and that's why we were like, all right, let's see
what kind of sponsors we can get. And I knew
(11:33):
we could get the number we needed. And when I
say that we have passed that number by 100 and
11 miles. Like, it's, it's, it's crazy. Um,
the amount of people that have shown up and showed out, uh,
for what we're trying to do. But I also, at
the same time knew it was possible and I knew, uh,
(11:54):
that we could make this happen just because I know
how this city is. Um, I know how this city
acts and I know what this city is about. And, uh,
so I knew I knew we could do it. Um
I didn't think we would, uh, do as much as
we did because the number really is crazy and I
don't have a final number yet. But, um,
the number really is, uh, what I've heard the last
(12:14):
number was over, I think, 40,000 in, uh, in donations.
And I'm pretty sure it's closer to 50. Uh, so
it's really been out of control with the, uh, the amount.
There's so many people coming in. It's like my emails.
I'm looking at my emails and I'm in a, in
a
and Amber and, and Miss Gabby and everybody that's, uh,
kind of a part of our team with these emails
(12:35):
and going through these emails has been great, but there's
so many coming in. Sometimes I, I lose track and
I gotta go back and, and so it's, it's been really,
it's been really amazing.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
So as far as this is concerned, you know, obviously
you're the artist, but then to some extent you're also
the promoter of this show. So you're, you're figuring out
I need to put on this big show. I want
people to, to get value for their money. And like
you said, this is gonna be a big show. This
is going to be a real concert. Where, what was
(13:05):
that like? Like where is that for you? Like, oh,
now all of a sudden, I need to have a
super professional sound guy to come in. I need to
have all of this equipment. Where did you even go
for that?
Speaker 2 (13:18):
So when I, when I did my first concert back
in December, my first actual concert, I uh I reached
out because I
in October we did the zombie bike ride at the
amphitheater and I did one song and I saw these
videos with lights and audio. So uh Ryan and artist sound,
uh Ryan, he has RC lighting and art has artist sound.
(13:38):
Um I met up with them in, in December for
the first time and so I knew where to go
and then I called them and they were very good.
They uh the number that the price of the amp
for both of them is, is
way more than what they are, they're asking from us.
And I'm so grateful for them because without the lights
and without the audio, it's just, uh,
(14:00):
it's a, it's a basic show, but with the lights
and with the, the audio as we should have it,
it really turns it up a notch. So I knew
where to go to get it. Um And again, I
was like, man, I bit off the amphitheater. That was
the first thing I said, but like I said, here,
it bigger than life. I was like, I knew we need,
I knew we needed somewhere like that. Um So
I knew where to go to get it. And, uh,
(14:20):
they were really good um at, at kind of helping
us out to get there.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
So the show itself is April 8th. It starts at
seven o'clock at the coffee butler, amphitheater. And, you know,
it was just great. I was, I was talking to,
to some of my family members about this event. And
you know, obviously the reason why we're having the event
is tragic, but the way that the community has really
(14:45):
rallied around
the family and the way that they've rallied around this event,
it really makes me happy to live down here because
this type of thing, it is not gonna happen in
Dade County, in Broer County. It's not gonna happen in
these big cities. But what makes, what makes our area special?
(15:05):
What makes our area special is the fact that we
are this small community and we look out for each
other and everybody knows everyone. So a April 8th, how if,
if somebody wants to get tickets, how are they going
to do that?
Hello?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
No problem.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
No, it's no problem. So what I was saying is
what we were talking about is in this community here.
It is unbelievable the response that you had to this show.
So if somebody wants to go out and get tickets,
where would they get them at?
Speaker 2 (15:41):
So the tickets are, are available on the Key West
A dot com. Um You can also get them in
person at the Key West Theater or Wednesday through Saturday
from 12 to 6. And then you can also buy
them uh at the door. I know how us conks
work and we usually uh buy at the door, but
we've had uh we've had such an outpour of support
online as well. I think we've sold about uh almost
(16:02):
300 tickets um online and
Children 12 and under are free. So I know probably
with those 300 tickets, we're gonna have 1 to 3
kids with uh each family. Um So
if you wanted a ticket, the Key West A dot com,
um you can find the Garret Hughes benefit concert with
my stack and friends. You can go to the Key
(16:24):
West Theater Wednesday through Thursday from 12 to 6 or
you can just show up to the AMP on uh
on April 8th, maybe like uh doors open at six
or maybe show up around 5 36 o'clock. Get your tickets,
get in, show starts at seven.
Um And just real quick, the lineup
Speaker 1 (16:41):
is, oh, we got time. Go ahead. Like I wanna know,
I know Mike Stack is gonna be there but it
says friends, I want to know what friends are gonna
be there and what we can expect. So, who else
do you got coming?
Speaker 2 (16:51):
So we got, uh my, my buddy, uh, kid, he's a,
uh
he plays mad instruments. Uh But he's gonna do a
couple uh rap songs. We have a homegrown band, um,
who's a local guy, Mike and uh, cam his friend,
his partner, uh, they play country music. Uh, they have
some original country music that they're gonna play.
They're actually bringing up uh Don Jay. And, uh, so, uh,
(17:14):
they're also bringing up El Haley who's a fantastic vocalist.
Uh We got Sherice uh music. Uh she plays locally
around town and all these people play locally around town.
So that's like the nice thing is um we're able
to give them a little platform
to show the key community uh kind of what we have,
not all are local but um some are local. We have,
uh she, like I said, then we have D lou
(17:36):
coming on and uh we got my dog, Little Caleb,
he's my, my little sidekick. He's gonna do a couple
of songs with me and, uh, and then me and then, uh,
I'll end the show and we'll, uh, get that home
from Key West there at the very end. And, uh,
really let the people know where we're from.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
So how does it feel like so early in your
career to already have a signature song?
Speaker 2 (17:57):
It feels good. And I think, um, I think the
biggest thing with this music stuff is
you can put in the grind. I've been doing it
for 12 years and then, and then finally, you know,
I started at 18 and now we're here with this song. Uh,
but
it's cool. It's cool with the music thing. You can
either grind it out and figure it out or some
(18:17):
people get lucky and they got that one, that one
song that booms. So, uh, it's a blessing. I'm grateful
I'm appreciative because it is really cool when you look
out at these concerts and you see all these people singing.
I'm from Key West with the passion that, that I
made it with on the first day. It's, it's, it's
really cool that people feel the same way. Uh, as
I do every single time that I play
Speaker 1 (18:38):
it. So, when I'm going down to the, to the
Coffee Butler amphitheater,
I've been down there, I've been down there a few
times before and it really seems like it's a great
place to watch a show. What's it like having that
many artists? Right? So this isn't really, I'm not just
gonna go see uh a rap show. I'm gonna see,
like you told me all different types of artists there,
(19:00):
all genres of music, different types of music, guys playing instruments, vocalists, rappers, groups.
Um What are all the different types of music? I'm
going to see there.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Um So you're gonna have hip hop, you're gonna have
some country, you're gonna have some soul influenced. Um
The homegrown band is great. They are, they are very
much country. They got good originals El Haley, uh who,
who's performing with them has a amazing voice. Sherise uh music.
You can find her on Spotify and you can find
all these people on Spotify, Apple,
(19:33):
but they, um
they just have great voices and, and they love what
they do and you can hear it in their music.
So you're gonna get some hip hop, you're gonna get
some country, you're gonna get, uh a little bit of,
maybe a little bit of rock and roll with. Um,
and it's, it's, it's gonna be great and it's, this
is my first time. Uh, you know, every concert I do,
I try to have a little bit of everything for everyone.
(19:55):
Uh Whether it's, I had my last contract. I had
Jason and uh Kyra Jade and, uh, and they're amazing
and that's what I try to do. I don't want
it to be just hip hop. I want people to
come and feel
a little bit of everything that they like. Um So
it was a little bit of a, a doozy trying
to get everything together. But I'll tell you what the
artists that are coming. I asked one time and they
(20:16):
said yes before I could finish the sentence. So, um
it's gonna be great. The genres are gonna be out
of control and uh it's just gonna be a really,
really special evening uh for everybody and it's gonna be,
the sun's gonna be going down the, it's gonna be,
it's gonna be awesome. And I'm, I'm like you said,
it's such a tragic uh reason to do it, but
(20:36):
we're trying to bring everybody together to be happy for
a little bit. Um So I'm just, uh I'm excited
that I have this platform and I'm able to do
something like this.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
You do have the platform, you know, you're, you're putting
on a lot of shows you're putting on a big show. Now,
you know, you're getting quite a name, name for yourself,
but not only as an artist, but also as a
promoter
and now that you, you're, you're able to do something
like book the coffee butler. Is that something that you
would like to continue doing? Maybe start to promote more,
(21:09):
bring in other artists, something like that as another way
to serve Key West,
Speaker 2 (21:14):
I think. Uh 100%. Um So I always said that
I wanted to get the Coffee Butler amphitheater. That was
like my, my goal
uh my dog Garrett believes in it. So I had
this song, Vila. And when I released Vila, I was like, man,
I'm not a huge fan of this. And then Garrett
was like, that song was awesome. Like that song was awesome.
So my whole goal was to always get the Coffee
(21:35):
Butler amphitheater. I wish it didn't come this way.
Uh But I know my dog's looking down on me
and I know my dog's shining on me right now.
And uh so I made that song, why uh for,
for and for my friends that passed away. And I
say this song, I'm like I say this line that
I say, you know, I gotta keep shining for my dog.
I can't stop. Uh As much as I wanna stay
(21:56):
inside or as much as I don't want to go outside,
I can't stop now because I have a bigger purpose.
Um So, I mean, it's,
it's amazing. I know we got the coffee butler a theater.
We want to do more. I want to bring more
local spotlight. We have so many good musicians down here
that only get seen at these bars with people coming
in and out of town. But I want the locals
to get behind these, these people that, that we have
(22:16):
in this community.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
You know, it's not really out of the realm to
think about different areas. You know, obviously you go back
in the day with the east coast rap scene, the
west coast rap scene, then you have the southern rap
scene and Houston and, you know, areas seem to get spotlighted.
You know, you might be able to put the spotlight
on the Key West rap scene, you know, because it
is a very, very big scene there and there's a
(22:39):
lot of talent there and, and anything that you can
do to put that magnifying glass on Key West and
their music scene is going to be great.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
And I think, uh and that's like, that's the coolest
part about all this is like people are starting to
and it wasn't just me, there was people in the
hip hop industry down here long before me. But what
I'm appreciative of is like, people are starting to look
at hip hop.
Key West isn't a hip hop town, right? Key West
is a
acoustic, let me play the guitar let me do this,
(23:10):
these covers and let me do this. It's not a
hip hop town. And now people are like, oh, I'm
going to this mic Stack hip hop concert. I'm gonna
go to the loo hip hop concert. I'm gonna go
to this. I'm gonna listen to this music. And songwriters
actually invited me uh to come perform on uh May
5th at the Perry. So the first hip hop artist
to be invited
to songwriters, which is
(23:32):
in my, in my opinion, monumental because now we can
open the door next year for De Lou and, and
Southernmost Trails and the, and all these people, we can
open the door to get more hip hop in, in
the Songwriter Festival. And as we should, because we all
write songs and, and I think hip hop is one
of the most undervalued um
under undervalued genres because people don't understand like we write
(23:55):
our own stuff. A lot of these people write their
own stuff and some of these countries are just not
giving them, not talking down, but they have people that
write for them. So the songwriters when they bring in
the songwriters that hit the songs, it's cool that we
have a little hip hop influence now.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Yeah, you're, you're definitely 100% right on that. Like you're
talking like you guys are like you guys are in
the trenches, you guys are down and dirty, you're writing
your own stuff. Not only that you're making your own
stuff and then when you talk about different genres, I mean, obviously,
you know, I listen to, if I listen to country music,
especially like mainstream country music, there's definitely a formula there
(24:32):
and there's definitely like old rich people figuring out this
formula and giving it to, you know what I mean? Like,
there's definitely a formula
and it's not really coming from the artist. So anything
that's coming from the artist that's real made by real
people is something that is definitely worth listening to and
is definitely art. You know, um going back to Garrett and,
(24:53):
and the Hughes family in general, you know, we talked
about on our first podcast, you know, your relationship with,
with coach Hughes and, and talking to him and Zach
and everybody. But,
you know, it seemed like Garrett Garrett was a good
uh good friend of yours. Do you want to just
talk about that relationship if you feel comfortable with it
a little bit?
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Yeah, man, I got goosebumps right now because whenever I
think about him, like that was, that was my dog, man.
When I say like he believed in Mike Stack before
Mike Stack, believed in Mike Stack. I don't, that's not
a lie. Like that's not a fabrication like this man.
I would send him my songs before I put them out.
That's how much he meant to me because he could
tell me if they're good or if they're bad. And, uh,
(25:33):
he might have, he probably lied a couple of times
and said they were good when they were bad. But
I tell you what, that, the song that he said
was good that I didn't like
is now blowing up. And
he just believed in Mike Stack. Like I said, he
believed in Mike Stack before Mike Stack believed in Mike Stack.
This was 2015. I was out back of my, my
buddy Zach's mom's house. And uh you know, he was
(25:55):
telling me I love this music. I love this music
and the whole family. You know, I, the reason I
made Key West type was because of uh Johnny Hughes. He, hey,
I need a song. I need a song. I need
a song. I said, give me some field passes. I'll
make you a song and uh we made the song
and uh
Zach Carson, you know,
Andrew Cade,
(26:16):
everybody man is just uh
they're good people and that's, and that's the thing is
they're good people and they didn't deserve this and uh
I love them and that's why I'm just trying to,
again, use my platform. Do what I can to make
sure that Garret's name lives on. His name's gonna live
on no matter what. But I just wanna, I wanna
do what I can to make sure um it lives
(26:37):
on even heavier
Speaker 1 (26:39):
and that's really, you know, what makes Key West special
is that ability sometimes to take a tragedy
and to make the best of it, you know, and,
and I feel like that's what you're doing here and
the big shows coming up. Um, do you have any
final words, any final words for everybody out there to
let them know what they're gonna see at this show?
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Yeah, I would say pop out uh April 8th, like
I said, doors open at six, show starts at seven.
We're gonna have DJ. So going from 6 to 7
and then we're gonna have the acts coming on from
7 to 9 and just come out and enjoy it
and break the,
bring the family some love, bring the friends some love,
just come out there and expect a special night with
(27:20):
some good music. Some good times. We're gonna go on
from Key West a whole bunch and uh we're just
gonna have a real good time.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
So tickets are still available but you don't know they
might not be available for long. So everybody needs to
go out there and get it. You could show up,
you could show up the day of the event. Maybe
you'll get in, maybe you're not gonna get in, but
it's gonna be a show for everybody. Bring your family,
kids get in free adults have to buy tickets. Just,
(27:47):
just represent Key West, represent the Keys, go down there
and help out. This is gonna be a great cause
but not only that, it's gonna be a very memorable show.
Thanks for coming on today, Mike Stock man.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
I appreciate you coach. Thank you so much for having
me and again, April 8th at the coffee butler amp.
Theater doors open at six, show starts at seven. It's
gonna be special. Tickets are 20 Children, 12 and under
are free. Let's have a real good time and let's
just uh enjoy what we have while we have it.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Thanks again and I cannot wait for the show. Congratulations
on the show and hopefully you make a ton of money.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Appreciate you, coach. We're at a good spot and I
know we're gonna make even more. Um, once these people
get in and, and they can buy food and again,
we'll have food and drinks and there's gonna be t-shirts. Uh,
wait
Speaker 1 (28:33):
a second. Yeah, you wait a second. Not only, not
only is there gonna be this concert then people can
go with their families. What kind of food are you
gonna have there? That's a, that's a very important thing.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
So this is great. Uh So we eventually, we, uh,
when we, when we spoke about it, we're like, all right,
we gotta do simple foods. We can't really
um, have all this crazy food out there. And then
we had a bunch of businesses in town. Step up Margaritaville,
my guy Mike. Um, we've had Killins, we've had a
ton of people. We're gonna have cheeseburgers. Oh, Clemente's Pizza.
We're gonna have cheeseburgers. We're a pizza. We have hot dogs.
(29:08):
We're gonna have pretzels. Um, it's, it's gonna be awesome
and we got Pepsi. Shout out to Pepsi, um, for
bringing in, um, all the Pepsi product. Uh, shout out
to Rams Head. They're doing all the bar and they're,
they're
donating all the proceeds back to the, uh, scholarship. So
it's when I say that the community showed up and
showed out, they went 10 times over. It's, it's really been,
(29:30):
it's been
overwhelming almost because it's like,
this is amazing. Everything's amazing. It's really, it's really crazy.
I can't, I don't have words for it because it's,
it's been really wild and amazing that the people show
up and, and show down.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
So this is bigger than a concert. This is like a,
a one night only event. There's gonna be everything there.
So if you're out there listening, you're looking for something
to do this weekend, then definitely get out there and
make it happen. Coffee Butler, amphitheater. Thanks so much for
coming on. If you want to eat, if you want
to hear good music, if you want to drink, if
you want to eat some hot dogs, that's the place
(30:07):
to go. And Mike Stack is the guy to see.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Hey, Coach man. I really appreciate you and I appreciate
your time. Thank you for having me. It's gonna be special.
It's gonna be really, really
Speaker 1 (30:16):
special. All right, can't wait to talk to you again
to hear about your next big event and thanks for
coming on today. Appreciate coach. All right, bye bye.
Thank you guys for listening to the Keys Weekly Sports
rep with coach mcdonald. You one place to get Florida Keys, prep,
sports news and history. Thank you guys for listening. This
podcast is gonna come out every Thursday at keys weekly
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