November 5, 2024 • 32 mins
Can art be a lifeline amidst chaos? Join us as we sit down with the incredibly talented Christopher Jordan to uncover his remarkable artistic journey. From growing up in a family of artists and transitioning from architecture to painting, to the bold move to LA for a fresh start amidst a turbulent political climate, Christopher shares the intimate details of his evolution as an artist. We dive into his early inspirations, the influential teachers and schools that shaped his passion, and the challenges he faced coming out. Plus, get an inside look at his impressive collaborations with icons like Lucky Daye, Babyface, Brandy, and Beyoncé.
Host KC Carnage (@iamkccarnage), Chris Jordan (@christeddypaints)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The overall inspiration for moving to LA was
because I feel like I needed afresh start.
I just came out and we were inthe midst of all this craziness
and chaos, with Trump beingelected and all this type of
stuff happening.
I just felt like New York Citywas not the place for me to
start anew.
That's the push to get out here, but the person that told me to
(00:24):
come out here and didn't answermy text messages until I came
out here was KC.
Okay.
So she the real reason why I'mout here y'all.
She the real reason.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
No, you're the reason , I'm the reason but she
threatened me in text messages.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
That's it, that's all .
That's it, that's all.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
That's it, that's all .
That's Desi, deso, desi, deso,desi, Deso.
Black excellence at it's finest.
How that skin glow, she's atrue diamond.
With the world at her back,she's still smiling.
Never let that crown stay.
She stays thriving.
Desi, deso, desi, deso, desi,deso, desi, deso.
(01:04):
Is that really it?
That's it, that's all.
Is that really it, though?
What up, what up, what up?
Welcome to, that's it, that'sAll.
Y'all know me, your host, kcCarnage, and today we got one of
my very, very best friends, oneof the most amazing artists
that I've come across too.
He's an icon in the making.
We got Christopher Jordan onthe show, hi, and today we're
(01:26):
going to get to know him.
This man has done so much.
I mean, I can tell you becauseyou know, I got the graveyard
secrets.
But, we're going to talk abouthis professional life, working
with various artists such asLucky Day, babyface, brandy, and
just recently, yes, he was withthe Queen Bee on the
Renaissance Tour.
And let's just get into it, hey, chris hi, how are you?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
how?
You doing I'm good.
How are you?
I'm very proud of you, oh thankyou.
Thanks for coming on thank youfor having me so let's dig into
in your early years, chris.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Um, I've known you basically all my life, but the
people don't know you.
Um, I've known you to be verycreative at such a young age.
What inspired you and what like?
What was it that said that Ineed to be an artist?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Oh, wow, wow, Never.
That's a great question.
I've never actually thoughtabout that.
I can speak to what I wasinspired by and my entire family
is artists, as you know, um,and so my mom always instilled
in us to just do the things youlove, and so the thing that I
love the most and the thing thatfed me and my passion was art,
and so anything that do art youknow, dance, theater, drawing,
(02:39):
any of that stuff I was tryingto be in it okay.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So do you think that, like it was like a calling,
because I was, because, becausemy thing is like I, I was like,
I mean, I guess I was there whenyou picked up the brush but,
like how did you know, likereally know, that you were good
and you wanted to hone into thatart?
Because, I mean, we all went togifted and talented schools
right but like you've taken yourart to so many different
(03:03):
mediums, um, how did younavigate through that?
Speaker 1 (03:07):
um, I don't know, I feel like the first, the first
time I actually knew I was good.
I guess was, um, and what'sthat lady's name?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
our teacher in um glenfield no, no in glenfield we
drew the portraits oh, missallen miss allen's class, that's
one, that's, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
When I fell in love with portraiture because she
taught me how to draw faces, andthe correct way to do it, not
the art museum, no, you rememberthem in DC.
Yeah, Well, that was way afterthat, though, but yeah, no, I
feel like yeah, no, no.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Sorry y'all Native Americans.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
We're using the pastels on the video.
Oh God, I'm trying to get.
We're going to talk about thattoo.
Okay, trying to get in withMontclair Art Museum, if y'all
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Montclair Art Museum.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
If y'all watching, I'm trying to be a part of y'all
exhibit, y'all next exhibit.
Anyway, I'm off track.
So when did I know I was good?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
So I just didn't do any drawing, it was just
architecture architecture,architecture.
And what school did you go to?
I went to Pratt Institute inBrooklyn Five-year college.
I didn't get no sleep.
(04:18):
I worked in the field for about10 years actually after that,
but, um, I didn't pick up thepaintbrush again until I moved
to la that's when I turned 30 soI had I had not painted for wow
10, 15 years, and then Istarted painting when I got back
, when I got here okay, yeah,well, let's dig into it.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Like, as artists, you know we're tortured souls,
right?
Um, what inspired you to a moveto LA and what was those
challenges behind that?
Speaker 1 (04:49):
um, the.
The overall inspiration um formoving to LA was because I feel
like I needed a fresh start.
Um, I have just came out, um,and we were in the midst of all
this just just craziness andchaos, with Trump being elected
and all this type of stuffhappening.
I just felt like New York Citywas not the place for me to
start anew.
(05:09):
That's the push to get out here, but the person that told me to
come out here and didn't answermy text messages until I came
out here was KC.
Okay, so she the real reasonwhy I'm out here, y'all.
She the real reason.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
No, you're the reason I'm out here.
Y'all she the real reason.
No, you're the reason.
I'm the reason, You're thereason.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
She threatened me in text messages Because that's my
best friend, y'all.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I was just like what you doing, like for real, it's
cold.
No, it's cold.
Go over there, go over thereStruggling through the snow.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Girl, I'm starting to act like I'm not from Jersey
but, to be totally honest, Ifeel like my story is a lot less
to most of us than a lot ofpeople who move here.
When I got here, I had you guys.
I had some stability.
I really didn't know what myplan was.
I had not had the job secured,any of that stuff for real when
I got here when you started.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Here was you.
I mean, I mean, I know yourstory.
I'm asking these questions asif I don't know you no, yeah, no
, I mean, that's what um, didyou start in your art here?
What did you start doing whenyou came?
Here um, you mean the paintingno, no, like as far as, like you
came here, you weren't secure.
What was your first job, wereyou?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Oh dang.
What was my first job?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I feel like I was laying around trying to figure
it out the whole time, but whenI finally secured a job, it was
Ralph Gentile Architects.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
He's an architect y'all.
He's an architect y'all.
We not playing, we got realpeople.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
We got the juice.
They're a restaurantarchitecture firm and I did some
really great work with them.
It was a short stint because Iworked with them for a few.
I moved here in 2018, pandemichit in 2020, and I got laid off,
so I did a few jobs with them.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
It was a really great , great team boutique firm like
four of us five of us, rather umand then I started crv
production right after that okay, so you, in turn of you,
starting your company crvproductions, where they do
photography, um, they do film,they do editing, they do the
whole shebang.
Whatever you want, they got yes, um what made you not want to
(07:22):
go back into architecture?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
that was a really hard decision because I've
always wanted to be architect,even outside of all art.
I just like that's where Iwanted to be.
I am a person who likes to becomfortable and not always in a
way where it's like a crutch oranything, but I felt like I
(07:45):
needed a challenge and so I alsowas not being appreciated as
much as I wanted to be.
At architecture firms likeliterally microaggressions every
day, not being paid the way Ineed to be paid, and I was doing
great work.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
And I say you know what I'm not about to do is I'm
just I'm just going to work formyself.
And you know what I mean.
And I say, you know what I'mnot about to do is I'm gonna
just work for myself.
Um and so, and when did crvcome to fruition?
Crv came to fruition?
I can't remember.
I feel like we've been inbusiness for the first year.
We didn't really really do awhole lot, but I feel like when
was it?
(08:22):
Right after pandemic?
It was the pandemic.
We started putting it togetherafter the pandemic and then
things literally just startedfalling into place the decision
to leave architecture and not goback, because I actually got an
offer letter to come back.
Once the pandemic kind ofcalmed down and I ignored it,
completely ignored it.
(08:42):
I went with my intuition.
I was like you know what, chris, pandemic kind of calmed down
and I ignored it, completelyignored it.
I went with my intuition, waslike you know what, chris, any
type of crutch that is thrown atyou is going to deter you from
your real purpose and your realpassion.
And so that path showed itselfto me and I stayed true to it so
well that's what's up.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I mean, I think I feel like divine intervention
absolutely is real rightabsolutely like things happen
and you're like well, maybe, andthe comfortability does help.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
It's like I can get a check every two weeks, you know
, is that?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
what's going to?
Is that what's going to um,enhance and involve what my
purpose?
Is going to be so like that'sdope that you were able to um
figure out that way.
I can't do this.
I could, but it's not going tobe right and most people can't
do that, you know.
So that's amazing that you wereable to recognize that.
(09:33):
All right, so let's talk aboutCRV Productions.
Tell us about that, Like how'sit been?
What's going on?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
CRV Productions has been my entire life, especially
for the last two or three years.
The work we have done with thiscompany and just trying to
build it from scratch and justwhere we're at now is just leaps
and bounds.
Like, literally, ro myself, you, we all came together and
decided we wanted to dosomething, put it together and
(10:01):
then, literally, casey I'm noteven going to lie like we got
them first few jobs and thenafter that we had a little cold
spell for a little bit and thenstuff just started rolling,
rolling, rolling like, um, wework a lot, we are proud, we
pride ourselves on working withall black creatives, um, because
it is um our passion to makesure that we are displaying our
(10:24):
people in the brightest, mostcolorful, most intriguing of
lights.
And so we do film, we dographic design, we do photo, we
do content creation.
We do a little bit ofeverything.
Honestly.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
What's been your favorite project and what's been
your least favorite project.
Oh, I ain't going to do that.
Oh, yes, we are Not the leastfavorite project If you't gonna
do that, oh yes, we are not theleast favorite project.
Oh my god, okay.
So um, to date, my favoriteproject was um shooting for the
be good foundation alongside therenaissance world tour.
That was incredible yes, y'allIncredible.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
He was working with the queen.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
That was really.
That was an incredibleexperience.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
And you toured not only nationally but
internationally.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Internationally, yeah , and I hadn't even been out of
the country.
I mean, I've been out of thecountry, like you know,
caribbean and stuff but I havenot been across the pond yet.
And so it's my first time toall of these places poland, uh,
germany, paris, all these places.
It was just amazing, amazingit's.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
It's so amazing to see your friends win right um.
One of my favorite moments inthat journey for you and it was
personal for me is that you know, as like as you guys are gonna
know, you're gonna get to knowlike literally this has been one
of my best friends since wewere like six years old and
we've grown up together indifferent versions of each other
.
But I remember one Mother's Day, chris painted a portrait of my
(11:57):
grandmother and gave it to myuncle.
Now my uncle is a musician aswell and he tours around the
country, around the world, allthings, and one of one of his uh
fans has a um cafe shop andthey named it after my
grandmother.
So there is a nancy lee um cafein warsaw, poland warsaw, poland
(12:22):
, which I got to visit, andthat's all just like that was
touching to me, because I waslike somebody that knew this
woman that painted this woman,that gave this painting to
somebody in LA ended up gettingto see it in Poland my art's in
Poland.
In Poland it was like it warmedmy heart and I just said like
you know you, you know you neverknow what's gonna happen.
Right, you just put your artout freely, and I know that you
(12:44):
are an advocate about puttingyour art out.
So how do you want to be thechange, chris?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I definitely want to be the change.
I'm multi-hyphenate but Idefinitely want to be the change
.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Okay, Dr Wendy.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Not trying to do that .
I don't got four degrees.
I'm not that person.
Oh my God, that sounds so bad,doesn't it, Guys?
I promise you, I'm the humblestguy in the person.
I'm not that guy.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
We're just joking.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
I do a lot of things as an artist and I'm very proud
of that.
But I think the thing I'm mostproud of is my love for painting
, because that is just anextension for me of the universe
, like I'm just a vessel tocreate those pieces, and so I
like to create my change throughmy pieces.
So if a person stands in frontof one of my pieces and they
(13:32):
feel some type of emotion,something that inspires them,
something that just drives themto be better, that's what that's
the change I want to be.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
OK, so what drives you?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Hmm, a lot of things, a lot of things, lot of things.
These questions are amazing.
Um, dang, what drives me?
I don't want to be cliche andsay my passion drives me, but
literally it, literally, yeah, Idon't want to be that artist
(14:03):
like, but it is.
It's like I, I, it was thedriving force for me to come out
here.
Even in architecture, the thingwas, the back of my mind was my
paint, paintings, those type ofthings?
Um, and so my drive to you knowwhat you know, my drive is, my
drive is continue to make artthat shows us in a great light
(14:25):
okay because we don't get thatthere's so little of it in every
, everywhere, you know, in, in,in media and literature,
everywhere there's.
There's no good, just not a lotof positive images of us, and so
I want to use my art too.
That that's my driving force,that's what's up.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
So you know I was watching a document.
Well, I've watched a lot ofdocumentaries, especially about
artists, musicians or whatever,and what I realized is the
difference between a lot ofpeople that are successful and
some people that give up is thesupport of their family.
And being that I know yourfamily, do you feel like that's
made a difference?
The support and the backing?
(15:07):
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
First, I mean I've had to I've honestly had to like
kind of tunnel vision thingsand not been able to communicate
with my friends a whole lot, myfamily a whole lot and they,
you know, whenever I'm able tocome up for air and I talk to
them, it's like we just hopright back into it and I
appreciate the understandingthere because, being three hours
(15:31):
away, people don't realize howbig of a change that is for your
lifestyle the time zone.
yeah, like it's like by the timeI'm waking up, they had made
midway through their day, and sotrying to catch up with them
during the week, like it's justa lot of stuff, but my family
has been incredibly supportivebehind me and it is, I mean,
it's everything.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
His mom is an artist too.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Yeah, my mom's a seamstress, my sister is a
hairstylist, my other sister isevent planning and stuff.
Like we're all like the art.
They understand, they get it.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
They get it.
That's what's up.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Okay, so I'm going to play a game.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
We're going to play a game.
Oh, you're gonna play a quickgame and then we're gonna get
into.
I want to talk about some ofyour um pieces that you feel um
has touched you.
There's two pieces inparticular that I want to talk
about, but before that, let'shave a little fun.
We can break it up let's do it,it's called roll with it or
(16:25):
bounce.
I know you got a fiance, don'tkill me, bro but and this is
going to be In theory- you gottado this in theory, or maybe not
.
I mean it is who knows weplaying the game or theory?
Alright.
This my drink right, yep,that's yours.
Go ahead, you want to crack?
Speaker 1 (16:46):
it open.
I've never had this before.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Thank you.
Liquid death.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Oh wait, it's just water, right, all right, that's
my drink.
Yep, that's yours.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Go ahead, you want to crack it open.
I've never had this before.
Thank you, Liquid Death.
Oh wait, it's just water.
Right, it's water.
Okay, I don't got time.
Mango Chase Child.
You know I fully support.
You know I don't do skulls, butI'm going to drink this.
No, it's good he.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Shout out to Liquid Death.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Liquid Death Alright, you ready.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Mmhmm.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Roll with it or bounce.
Roll with it or bounce.
They have over 10,000 followersOn Instagram.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Okay, shout out to you.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Would you roll with it or bounce oh?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
I thought that I thought you were Talking about
the company.
I'm like, ooh, I can't Alright,so wait, ask the question again
.
Sorry, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
They have over 10,000 followers on Instagram.
What would it be about?
Oh, like a dating name orsomething yeah like if you were
dating somebody.
Probably bounce, because theydo too much.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
These micro-influences be acting up.
I can't, I really can't.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Okay, they want to pursue a long-distance
relationship with you.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I've done that before and it's a bounce.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Bounce.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
It's a bounce.
No, I need you here.
Yeah, no, I need you here.
It could work, but no they havea high sex drive.
Oh, I'm rolling with thatScorpio, scorpio.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Scorpio.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
They are too independent.
Is that a?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
thing To be too independent.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Is that a thing To be too independent?
I want that Because you don'thave to be up on the beat all
the time.
I like my zen, my namaste bymyself sometimes.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
You don't like to be bothered you going to the
library?
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
They crack open eggs and place the eggshells back in
the carton Bounce.
I do that.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Bounce, because that's not nasty.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
No, the egg boys oh just throw them in the garbage.
Well, if you're cooking here'sthe thing If you're cooking,
cooking, you don't got time tofind the garbage.
The garbage be over there, youcan crack, put it in the cart.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Okay that's different .
But okay, if you're cooking andyou're just trying to keep
things organized, yeah, but ifthat's going back in the fridge
afterwards, then it's a no.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
I'm bouncing, I'm bouncing.
They don't like to spend money.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I'm rolling with that .
Speaker 2 (19:01):
You're rolling with that.
I'm cool, yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
I love someone that saves.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
I'm gonna do the last two shout out to my baby bro
they don't express theiropinions enough oh, I'm bouncing
.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
I love someone who is opinionated and who, like it's
like I.
I hate indecisiveness, right.
I love someone who literallyknows what they want.
Going, you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
like I can't okay, okay, well, that was a roll with
it, or bounce.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
I like that.
I got to buy that game.
I like that All right?
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Well, let's jump into it.
Okay, so there is a cover thatyou did for Lucky Day Mm-hmm.
And explain to how that cameabout, and was that one of your
first like celebrity clients ina sense?
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Yeah, that was that.
Lucky Day cover was a pivotalpoint for me in my career as an
artist here in la.
I feel like that gave me somestain, so and then after that it
was like a ricochet effect of alot of work that came
afterwards.
Shout out to natalie prosper,hey, net and paris hines,
because they're the ones thatgave me the job.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
They are friends only .
They are the best, the absolutebest humans on the planet
outside of.
Gave me the job.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
They are friends.
Only, they are the best, theabsolute best humans on the
planet outside of what theyactually do.
They are super beautiful humans.
Um, they say, hey, chris, welove your work, can you help us
out with this?
And so I did the whole basicrebrand of his album's called
painted, and so got a painter topaint him.
I did the cover, I did.
(20:28):
He did a remix with babyfacecalled Shudder for the
soundtrack.
What's the name of that movie?
Ooh, what's the name of themovie?
What's the name of the movie?
Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry?
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Oh my God, oh, marcus , boomerang, yes, boomerang.
I was like Eddie Murphy Halle.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Berry.
Yeah Well, they did a remakeWas it a show?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
They did a remake.
Was it a movie or a sitcom?
I think it was a TV show.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I think that came out .
I don't know if it went for theshow Lena Waithe right.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
She was the executive producer.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Yeah, I don't know, you know.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I don't be up.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
But yeah, boomerang, it was that song, it was from
that soundtrack and then theyredid the song and it was just
amazing.
It was amazing I did thatpainting overnight because I
needed to get it out real quick,and then we did graphic
overlays and stuff and it wasjust a beautiful experience.
But that was my first bigsplash in LA.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
So let's talk about guess your most recent.
What was your favorite picturethat you can remember taking?
On the renaissance tour or withbe good the foundation?
Speaker 1 (21:42):
I don't know if I have a favorite picture.
I will say that that anycontent that I shot at oh, I
actually do One I've seen I'mgonna be indecisive.
There's a picture that I shotof Tyler Perry and he was
(22:02):
praying over the folks when wedid our luncheon in Atlanta.
He was the guest there and justthe power that just oozes out
of that picture.
I look at it all the time andI'm just like wow, I can't even
believe I was a part of thismoment.
You know what I mean.
And anything from thoseluncheons, because those
(22:24):
luncheons we were helping smallblack businesses, people, we
were connecting people withineach area that we were in.
So we went to Atlanta, we didone in Los Angeles, we did, we
did about, I think, about 10 ofthem and then Be Good gave out
$10,000 grants to each business,which was really dope.
(22:46):
But just being able toexperience and capture that love
was just amazing for me.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
I loved it.
I loved it.
Well, if you had to labelyourself a type of artist, what
would you label it Like?
What would you say your brandis?
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Are we talking about just painting?
Are we talking?
Speaker 2 (23:04):
about overall.
You ask Christopher Jordan, theartist.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
I don't know, I don't know what to call that.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
I'll make you think, dig deep.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Oof.
I'll just call myself anall-around artist, a person who
I feel like I bleed art Like.
Without art I would not survive, and so it is literally
integral for me.
It's crucial in my life.
So that's the type of artist Iam.
I'm that artist that withoutart, I would not survive.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Breathe again Right.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Breathe again, and Breathe again.
I'm not going to stop breathing.
Yes, I'm that artist, I'm thatartist.
So what's?
Speaker 2 (23:54):
next for you?
What's next for you?
What's the next project?
What are you excited about inthe future?
Speaker 1 (24:00):
I'm excited to continue to scale our business
and to continue to, you know, beat the Grammys, be at the
Oscars, all these things.
We also want to be in thosespaces where we're creating art
that is appreciated by millions,and so, you know, we'd like to
get an Oscar or an Emmy for ourwork at some point in the near
(24:21):
future.
Yeah, we think a big bitch.
We think a big bitch.
Yeah, I'm excited about that,and I'm just I.
I didn't get to really paintlast year, so I'm really excited
about that.
I have like eight paintings inprogress right now.
So one thing I'm really excitedabout is, uh, throwing a gala
called the chroma gala for blackand brown artists, and so right
(24:41):
now we're in the fundraisingstages.
That's supposed to be, uh,that's supposed to parallel
freeze week you need a host.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
That's it, that's all .
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Yeah, I I'm with my co-collaborator, nikita moore.
Shout out to her.
She's really amazing um art,loud la.
They are um supporters of black, black and brown artists.
She actually helped me sell myfirst painting.
You know I would like to knowher.
She's really amazing, nikita.
Yeah, you should.
You should bring her on yourshow.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yeah, you should definitely bring her on your
show.
Tell me about it.
I'm here for it.
We all here for all the blackand brownies.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
She's literally Especially the black women.
The black women First of all.
Black women.
Black women have been holdingme down since I've been in LA
which game am I supposed to lookat?
That one, and I will doeverything in my power to
continue to hold y'all down.
Through my art, througheverything that I do, Black
women raise me.
Black women continue to pourinto me.
(25:29):
I love y'all so much.
I just had to say that, Sorry,Because this year I'm very
intentional too.
About any time I see a blackwoman on the street I'm trying
to compliment her.
I'm pouring into y'all.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I'm pouring into y'all we have, Like I'm pouring
into y'all, I'm pouring intoy'all, like we have to pour into
each other, because we have topour into our black men as well.
Hello I appreciate that it's arevolving door.
What we're here about, you know, you know.
I say it all the time on myshow and I continue to repeat it
.
That's what that's all about.
(26:02):
It's not only spreading thelives through black women, but
also continuing to highlight ourblack artists and it was very
important to me to open it up toall black artists, our artist
spotlights, because we needy'all.
The world needs us.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Period.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
And so that's very important.
Like everybody has theirmediums, like I like to talk, so
this is my medium.
I like to connect, this is mymedium.
I love when people arecontinuous, like that tree right
, people just keep growing offthese leaves and keep branching
out and it's very important tobuild a proper community
(26:33):
absolutely um absolutely, andthat's really about it because I
was sorry.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
I was sad at first because I was like she ain't
gonna have no men's on here andI want to talk no, it is so
funny about it like no, becauseyou was highlighting the black
queen.
I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I was like yeah like I'll give you know, I'll give
you a tidbit, you know, I justdidn't feel black women were
appreciated in la.
No, and I was like, if I'mgoing to be given a black, a
black, if I'm going to be givena platform, the one thing I do
know I know I talk about isbeing a black woman in america
yeah.
And also I'm also an artist.
So I was just like I also wantmy artist on here, and not only
(27:11):
do I want my women artists, Iwant all black artists.
And because it's important,it's very important to me.
It's always been very importantto me to connect and link
people and spread love intopeople and show how great people
are to other people.
That I know it's.
That's always been a passion ofmine, so I had to.
You know when you, when youcreate something, sometimes you
(27:32):
have to revert and redirect andthat's what I directed on and I
had a list.
That was like I rolled it out Iwas just like I know too many
amazing people, y'all gotta comeon this show and I could not do
this.
I could not do this with mybest friend like I, like I could
not, I could not.
You know, we've had late talksabout our dreams and our goals.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
That's why I was like this interview.
This has been a long timecoming.
We've been talking about thisfor a year.
This has y'all.
This has had so many iterations.
This girl, this has been yeah,so um, all right.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Well, I want to say thank you is there anything else
that the the people should knowabout chris?
Because, I was about to saychris titty paints.
All right, is there anythingelse you want the world to know
about chris for jewelry?
Speaker 1 (28:23):
um, I just want y'all to watch out, because 2024 is
going to be a really big year.
Um, I'm calling it.
It's a big year for my art.
It's a big year just for blackart in general and, um, you're
gonna see a lot more of me.
I don't usually don't even talklike this, so this is my first.
It's like a little cherry pop,because I don't be doing
interviews and stuff, so Idefinitely want to get this
(28:44):
shock.
We we're going to, so this willbe a lot more talking.
Um, what's going to see?
Amazing art?
Um, if you guys are not alreadyfollowing me, you can follow me
at Chris Teddy paints.
I don't know if I'm jumpingahead, sorry.
Um, I'm going to wait then,cause she's the host.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Sorry, okay, um, I like to leave a message To
either your younger self or thepeople out there in the world
that you want to know.
If there was any message thatyou want to give to the young
Chris About moving forward,pursuing your dreams, your goals
(29:19):
and living in your truth, what?
Speaker 1 (29:20):
would you?
Say Fear Following faith.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Fear Follow faith.
Triple no, quadruple Four no,what would you say?
Fear Following faith.
Fear Follow faith.
Triple no, quadruple Four.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Quadruple F's.
Yes, quadruple F's.
Seriously, I used to be soafraid to just jump out and do
stuff, but really leaning intoyour intuition and trusting
yourself and your art and yourabilities.
I wish my 10 year old self knewthat all right.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Well, thank you so much, christopher jordan, for
joining the show um.
How can the people find you?
Speaker 1 (29:56):
the people can find me on all the things.
So, uh, on instagram at christeddy paints I think I'm on
Twitter is I couldn't get the S,so it's Chris Teddy Paint, and
then on TikTok is Chris TeddyPaints, it's all you'll find me.
Just type in Chris Teddy Paintand I'll pop up somewhere well,
there you have it, guys.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Thanks again for showing up and showing out for
us on.
That's it.
That's All.
If you have any questions andyou want to reach out to this
amazing artist you know hishandles We'll have his handles
on the page Like subscribe,share, do all the things and
that's it.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
That's all.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
That's all.
Desert.
That's All is written by me,Kasey Carnage, and produced by
myself and Rick Barrio-Dill.
Associate producer, Brie Corey,Audio and video engineering and
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The overall inspiration for moving to LA was
because I feel like I needed afresh start.
I just came out and we were inthe midst of all this craziness
and chaos, with Trump beingelected and all this type of
stuff happening.
I just felt like New York Citywas not the place for me to
start anew.
That's the push to get out here, but the person that told me to
(00:24):
come out here and didn't answermy text messages until I came
out here was KC.
Okay.
So she the real reason why I'mout here y'all.
She the real reason.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
No, you're the reason , I'm the reason but she
threatened me in text messages.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
That's it, that's all .
That's it, that's all.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
That's it, that's all .
That's Desi, deso, desi, deso,desi, Deso.
Black excellence at it's finest.
How that skin glow, she's atrue diamond.
With the world at her back,she's still smiling.
Never let that crown stay.
She stays thriving.
Desi, deso, desi, deso, desi,deso, desi, deso.
(01:04):
Is that really it?
That's it, that's all.
Is that really it, though?
What up, what up, what up?
Welcome to, that's it, that'sAll.
Y'all know me, your host, kcCarnage, and today we got one of
my very, very best friends, oneof the most amazing artists
that I've come across too.
He's an icon in the making.
We got Christopher Jordan onthe show, hi, and today we're
(01:26):
going to get to know him.
This man has done so much.
I mean, I can tell you becauseyou know, I got the graveyard
secrets.
But, we're going to talk abouthis professional life, working
with various artists such asLucky Day, babyface, brandy, and
just recently, yes, he was withthe Queen Bee on the
Renaissance Tour.
And let's just get into it, hey, chris hi, how are you?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
how?
You doing I'm good.
How are you?
I'm very proud of you, oh thankyou.
Thanks for coming on thank youfor having me so let's dig into
in your early years, chris.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Um, I've known you basically all my life, but the
people don't know you.
Um, I've known you to be verycreative at such a young age.
What inspired you and what like?
What was it that said that Ineed to be an artist?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Oh, wow, wow, Never.
That's a great question.
I've never actually thoughtabout that.
I can speak to what I wasinspired by and my entire family
is artists, as you know, um,and so my mom always instilled
in us to just do the things youlove, and so the thing that I
love the most and the thing thatfed me and my passion was art,
and so anything that do art youknow, dance, theater, drawing,
(02:39):
any of that stuff I was tryingto be in it okay.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So do you think that, like it was like a calling,
because I was, because, becausemy thing is like I, I was like,
I mean, I guess I was there whenyou picked up the brush but,
like how did you know, likereally know, that you were good
and you wanted to hone into thatart?
Because, I mean, we all went togifted and talented schools
right but like you've taken yourart to so many different
(03:03):
mediums, um, how did younavigate through that?
Speaker 1 (03:07):
um, I don't know, I feel like the first, the first
time I actually knew I was good.
I guess was, um, and what'sthat lady's name?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
our teacher in um glenfield no, no in glenfield we
drew the portraits oh, missallen miss allen's class, that's
one, that's, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
When I fell in love with portraiture because she
taught me how to draw faces, andthe correct way to do it, not
the art museum, no, you rememberthem in DC.
Yeah, Well, that was way afterthat, though, but yeah, no, I
feel like yeah, no, no.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Sorry y'all Native Americans.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
We're using the pastels on the video.
Oh God, I'm trying to get.
We're going to talk about thattoo.
Okay, trying to get in withMontclair Art Museum, if y'all
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Montclair Art Museum.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
If y'all watching, I'm trying to be a part of y'all
exhibit, y'all next exhibit.
Anyway, I'm off track.
So when did I know I was good?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
So I just didn't do any drawing, it was just
architecture architecture,architecture.
And what school did you go to?
I went to Pratt Institute inBrooklyn Five-year college.
I didn't get no sleep.
(04:18):
I worked in the field for about10 years actually after that,
but, um, I didn't pick up thepaintbrush again until I moved
to la that's when I turned 30 soI had I had not painted for wow
10, 15 years, and then Istarted painting when I got back
, when I got here okay, yeah,well, let's dig into it.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Like, as artists, you know we're tortured souls,
right?
Um, what inspired you to a moveto LA and what was those
challenges behind that?
Speaker 1 (04:49):
um, the.
The overall inspiration um formoving to LA was because I feel
like I needed a fresh start.
Um, I have just came out, um,and we were in the midst of all
this just just craziness andchaos, with Trump being elected
and all this type of stuffhappening.
I just felt like New York Citywas not the place for me to
start anew.
(05:09):
That's the push to get out here, but the person that told me to
come out here and didn't answermy text messages until I came
out here was KC.
Okay, so she the real reasonwhy I'm out here, y'all.
She the real reason.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
No, you're the reason I'm out here.
Y'all she the real reason.
No, you're the reason.
I'm the reason, You're thereason.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
She threatened me in text messages Because that's my
best friend, y'all.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I was just like what you doing, like for real, it's
cold.
No, it's cold.
Go over there, go over thereStruggling through the snow.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Girl, I'm starting to act like I'm not from Jersey
but, to be totally honest, Ifeel like my story is a lot less
to most of us than a lot ofpeople who move here.
When I got here, I had you guys.
I had some stability.
I really didn't know what myplan was.
I had not had the job secured,any of that stuff for real when
I got here when you started.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Here was you.
I mean, I mean, I know yourstory.
I'm asking these questions asif I don't know you no, yeah, no
, I mean, that's what um, didyou start in your art here?
What did you start doing whenyou came?
Here um, you mean the paintingno, no, like as far as, like you
came here, you weren't secure.
What was your first job, wereyou?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Oh dang.
What was my first job?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I feel like I was laying around trying to figure
it out the whole time, but whenI finally secured a job, it was
Ralph Gentile Architects.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
He's an architect y'all.
He's an architect y'all.
We not playing, we got realpeople.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
We got the juice.
They're a restaurantarchitecture firm and I did some
really great work with them.
It was a short stint because Iworked with them for a few.
I moved here in 2018, pandemichit in 2020, and I got laid off,
so I did a few jobs with them.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
It was a really great , great team boutique firm like
four of us five of us, rather umand then I started crv
production right after that okay, so you, in turn of you,
starting your company crvproductions, where they do
photography, um, they do film,they do editing, they do the
whole shebang.
Whatever you want, they got yes, um what made you not want to
(07:22):
go back into architecture?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
that was a really hard decision because I've
always wanted to be architect,even outside of all art.
I just like that's where Iwanted to be.
I am a person who likes to becomfortable and not always in a
way where it's like a crutch oranything, but I felt like I
(07:45):
needed a challenge and so I alsowas not being appreciated as
much as I wanted to be.
At architecture firms likeliterally microaggressions every
day, not being paid the way Ineed to be paid, and I was doing
great work.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
And I say you know what I'm not about to do is I'm
just I'm just going to work formyself.
And you know what I mean.
And I say, you know what I'mnot about to do is I'm gonna
just work for myself.
Um and so, and when did crvcome to fruition?
Crv came to fruition?
I can't remember.
I feel like we've been inbusiness for the first year.
We didn't really really do awhole lot, but I feel like when
was it?
(08:22):
Right after pandemic?
It was the pandemic.
We started putting it togetherafter the pandemic and then
things literally just startedfalling into place the decision
to leave architecture and not goback, because I actually got an
offer letter to come back.
Once the pandemic kind ofcalmed down and I ignored it,
completely ignored it.
(08:42):
I went with my intuition.
I was like you know what, chris, pandemic kind of calmed down
and I ignored it, completelyignored it.
I went with my intuition, waslike you know what, chris, any
type of crutch that is thrown atyou is going to deter you from
your real purpose and your realpassion.
And so that path showed itselfto me and I stayed true to it so
well that's what's up.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I mean, I think I feel like divine intervention
absolutely is real rightabsolutely like things happen
and you're like well, maybe, andthe comfortability does help.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
It's like I can get a check every two weeks, you know
, is that?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
what's going to?
Is that what's going to um,enhance and involve what my
purpose?
Is going to be so like that'sdope that you were able to um
figure out that way.
I can't do this.
I could, but it's not going tobe right and most people can't
do that, you know.
So that's amazing that you wereable to recognize that.
(09:33):
All right, so let's talk aboutCRV Productions.
Tell us about that, Like how'sit been?
What's going on?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
CRV Productions has been my entire life, especially
for the last two or three years.
The work we have done with thiscompany and just trying to
build it from scratch and justwhere we're at now is just leaps
and bounds.
Like, literally, ro myself, you, we all came together and
decided we wanted to dosomething, put it together and
(10:01):
then, literally, casey I'm noteven going to lie like we got
them first few jobs and thenafter that we had a little cold
spell for a little bit and thenstuff just started rolling,
rolling, rolling like, um, wework a lot, we are proud, we
pride ourselves on working withall black creatives, um, because
it is um our passion to makesure that we are displaying our
(10:24):
people in the brightest, mostcolorful, most intriguing of
lights.
And so we do film, we dographic design, we do photo, we
do content creation.
We do a little bit ofeverything.
Honestly.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
What's been your favorite project and what's been
your least favorite project.
Oh, I ain't going to do that.
Oh, yes, we are Not the leastfavorite project If you't gonna
do that, oh yes, we are not theleast favorite project.
Oh my god, okay.
So um, to date, my favoriteproject was um shooting for the
be good foundation alongside therenaissance world tour.
That was incredible yes, y'allIncredible.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
He was working with the queen.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
That was really.
That was an incredibleexperience.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
And you toured not only nationally but
internationally.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Internationally, yeah , and I hadn't even been out of
the country.
I mean, I've been out of thecountry, like you know,
caribbean and stuff but I havenot been across the pond yet.
And so it's my first time toall of these places poland, uh,
germany, paris, all these places.
It was just amazing, amazingit's.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
It's so amazing to see your friends win right um.
One of my favorite moments inthat journey for you and it was
personal for me is that you know, as like as you guys are gonna
know, you're gonna get to knowlike literally this has been one
of my best friends since wewere like six years old and
we've grown up together indifferent versions of each other
.
But I remember one Mother's Day, chris painted a portrait of my
(11:57):
grandmother and gave it to myuncle.
Now my uncle is a musician aswell and he tours around the
country, around the world, allthings, and one of one of his uh
fans has a um cafe shop andthey named it after my
grandmother.
So there is a nancy lee um cafein warsaw, poland warsaw, poland
(12:22):
, which I got to visit, andthat's all just like that was
touching to me, because I waslike somebody that knew this
woman that painted this woman,that gave this painting to
somebody in LA ended up gettingto see it in Poland my art's in
Poland.
In Poland it was like it warmedmy heart and I just said like
you know you, you know you neverknow what's gonna happen.
Right, you just put your artout freely, and I know that you
(12:44):
are an advocate about puttingyour art out.
So how do you want to be thechange, chris?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I definitely want to be the change.
I'm multi-hyphenate but Idefinitely want to be the change
.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Okay, Dr Wendy.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Not trying to do that .
I don't got four degrees.
I'm not that person.
Oh my God, that sounds so bad,doesn't it, Guys?
I promise you, I'm the humblestguy in the person.
I'm not that guy.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
We're just joking.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
I do a lot of things as an artist and I'm very proud
of that.
But I think the thing I'm mostproud of is my love for painting
, because that is just anextension for me of the universe
, like I'm just a vessel tocreate those pieces, and so I
like to create my change throughmy pieces.
So if a person stands in frontof one of my pieces and they
(13:32):
feel some type of emotion,something that inspires them,
something that just drives themto be better, that's what that's
the change I want to be.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
OK, so what drives you?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Hmm, a lot of things, a lot of things, lot of things.
These questions are amazing.
Um, dang, what drives me?
I don't want to be cliche andsay my passion drives me, but
literally it, literally, yeah, Idon't want to be that artist
(14:03):
like, but it is.
It's like I, I, it was thedriving force for me to come out
here.
Even in architecture, the thingwas, the back of my mind was my
paint, paintings, those type ofthings?
Um, and so my drive to you knowwhat you know, my drive is, my
drive is continue to make artthat shows us in a great light
(14:25):
okay because we don't get thatthere's so little of it in every
, everywhere, you know, in, in,in media and literature,
everywhere there's.
There's no good, just not a lotof positive images of us, and so
I want to use my art too.
That that's my driving force,that's what's up.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
So you know I was watching a document.
Well, I've watched a lot ofdocumentaries, especially about
artists, musicians or whatever,and what I realized is the
difference between a lot ofpeople that are successful and
some people that give up is thesupport of their family.
And being that I know yourfamily, do you feel like that's
made a difference?
The support and the backing?
(15:07):
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
First, I mean I've had to I've honestly had to like
kind of tunnel vision thingsand not been able to communicate
with my friends a whole lot, myfamily a whole lot and they,
you know, whenever I'm able tocome up for air and I talk to
them, it's like we just hopright back into it and I
appreciate the understandingthere because, being three hours
(15:31):
away, people don't realize howbig of a change that is for your
lifestyle the time zone.
yeah, like it's like by the timeI'm waking up, they had made
midway through their day, and sotrying to catch up with them
during the week, like it's justa lot of stuff, but my family
has been incredibly supportivebehind me and it is, I mean,
it's everything.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
His mom is an artist too.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Yeah, my mom's a seamstress, my sister is a
hairstylist, my other sister isevent planning and stuff.
Like we're all like the art.
They understand, they get it.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
They get it.
That's what's up.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Okay, so I'm going to play a game.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
We're going to play a game.
Oh, you're gonna play a quickgame and then we're gonna get
into.
I want to talk about some ofyour um pieces that you feel um
has touched you.
There's two pieces inparticular that I want to talk
about, but before that, let'shave a little fun.
We can break it up let's do it,it's called roll with it or
(16:25):
bounce.
I know you got a fiance, don'tkill me, bro but and this is
going to be In theory- you gottado this in theory, or maybe not
.
I mean it is who knows weplaying the game or theory?
Alright.
This my drink right, yep,that's yours.
Go ahead, you want to crack?
Speaker 1 (16:46):
it open.
I've never had this before.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Thank you.
Liquid death.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Oh wait, it's just water, right, all right, that's
my drink.
Yep, that's yours.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Go ahead, you want to crack it open.
I've never had this before.
Thank you, Liquid Death.
Oh wait, it's just water.
Right, it's water.
Okay, I don't got time.
Mango Chase Child.
You know I fully support.
You know I don't do skulls, butI'm going to drink this.
No, it's good he.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Shout out to Liquid Death.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Liquid Death Alright, you ready.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Mmhmm.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Roll with it or bounce.
Roll with it or bounce.
They have over 10,000 followersOn Instagram.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Okay, shout out to you.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Would you roll with it or bounce oh?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
I thought that I thought you were Talking about
the company.
I'm like, ooh, I can't Alright,so wait, ask the question again
.
Sorry, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
They have over 10,000 followers on Instagram.
What would it be about?
Oh, like a dating name orsomething yeah like if you were
dating somebody.
Probably bounce, because theydo too much.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
These micro-influences be acting up.
I can't, I really can't.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Okay, they want to pursue a long-distance
relationship with you.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I've done that before and it's a bounce.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Bounce.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
It's a bounce.
No, I need you here.
Yeah, no, I need you here.
It could work, but no they havea high sex drive.
Oh, I'm rolling with thatScorpio, scorpio.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Scorpio.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
They are too independent.
Is that a?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
thing To be too independent.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Is that a thing To be too independent?
I want that Because you don'thave to be up on the beat all
the time.
I like my zen, my namaste bymyself sometimes.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
You don't like to be bothered you going to the
library?
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
They crack open eggs and place the eggshells back in
the carton Bounce.
I do that.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Bounce, because that's not nasty.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
No, the egg boys oh just throw them in the garbage.
Well, if you're cooking here'sthe thing If you're cooking,
cooking, you don't got time tofind the garbage.
The garbage be over there, youcan crack, put it in the cart.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Okay that's different .
But okay, if you're cooking andyou're just trying to keep
things organized, yeah, but ifthat's going back in the fridge
afterwards, then it's a no.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
I'm bouncing, I'm bouncing.
They don't like to spend money.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I'm rolling with that .
Speaker 2 (19:01):
You're rolling with that.
I'm cool, yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
I love someone that saves.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
I'm gonna do the last two shout out to my baby bro
they don't express theiropinions enough oh, I'm bouncing
.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
I love someone who is opinionated and who, like it's
like I.
I hate indecisiveness, right.
I love someone who literallyknows what they want.
Going, you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
like I can't okay, okay, well, that was a roll with
it, or bounce.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
I like that.
I got to buy that game.
I like that All right?
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Well, let's jump into it.
Okay, so there is a cover thatyou did for Lucky Day Mm-hmm.
And explain to how that cameabout, and was that one of your
first like celebrity clients ina sense?
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Yeah, that was that.
Lucky Day cover was a pivotalpoint for me in my career as an
artist here in la.
I feel like that gave me somestain, so and then after that it
was like a ricochet effect of alot of work that came
afterwards.
Shout out to natalie prosper,hey, net and paris hines,
because they're the ones thatgave me the job.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
They are friends only .
They are the best, the absolutebest humans on the planet
outside of.
Gave me the job.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
They are friends.
Only, they are the best, theabsolute best humans on the
planet outside of what theyactually do.
They are super beautiful humans.
Um, they say, hey, chris, welove your work, can you help us
out with this?
And so I did the whole basicrebrand of his album's called
painted, and so got a painter topaint him.
I did the cover, I did.
(20:28):
He did a remix with babyfacecalled Shudder for the
soundtrack.
What's the name of that movie?
Ooh, what's the name of themovie?
What's the name of the movie?
Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry?
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Oh my God, oh, marcus , boomerang, yes, boomerang.
I was like Eddie Murphy Halle.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Berry.
Yeah Well, they did a remakeWas it a show?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
They did a remake.
Was it a movie or a sitcom?
I think it was a TV show.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I think that came out .
I don't know if it went for theshow Lena Waithe right.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
She was the executive producer.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Yeah, I don't know, you know.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I don't be up.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
But yeah, boomerang, it was that song, it was from
that soundtrack and then theyredid the song and it was just
amazing.
It was amazing I did thatpainting overnight because I
needed to get it out real quick,and then we did graphic
overlays and stuff and it wasjust a beautiful experience.
But that was my first bigsplash in LA.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
So let's talk about guess your most recent.
What was your favorite picturethat you can remember taking?
On the renaissance tour or withbe good the foundation?
Speaker 1 (21:42):
I don't know if I have a favorite picture.
I will say that that anycontent that I shot at oh, I
actually do One I've seen I'mgonna be indecisive.
There's a picture that I shotof Tyler Perry and he was
(22:02):
praying over the folks when wedid our luncheon in Atlanta.
He was the guest there and justthe power that just oozes out
of that picture.
I look at it all the time andI'm just like wow, I can't even
believe I was a part of thismoment.
You know what I mean.
And anything from thoseluncheons, because those
(22:24):
luncheons we were helping smallblack businesses, people, we
were connecting people withineach area that we were in.
So we went to Atlanta, we didone in Los Angeles, we did, we
did about, I think, about 10 ofthem and then Be Good gave out
$10,000 grants to each business,which was really dope.
(22:46):
But just being able toexperience and capture that love
was just amazing for me.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
I loved it.
I loved it.
Well, if you had to labelyourself a type of artist, what
would you label it Like?
What would you say your brandis?
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Are we talking about just painting?
Are we talking?
Speaker 2 (23:04):
about overall.
You ask Christopher Jordan, theartist.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
I don't know, I don't know what to call that.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
I'll make you think, dig deep.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Oof.
I'll just call myself anall-around artist, a person who
I feel like I bleed art Like.
Without art I would not survive, and so it is literally
integral for me.
It's crucial in my life.
So that's the type of artist Iam.
I'm that artist that withoutart, I would not survive.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Breathe again Right.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Breathe again, and Breathe again.
I'm not going to stop breathing.
Yes, I'm that artist, I'm thatartist.
So what's?
Speaker 2 (23:54):
next for you?
What's next for you?
What's the next project?
What are you excited about inthe future?
Speaker 1 (24:00):
I'm excited to continue to scale our business
and to continue to, you know, beat the Grammys, be at the
Oscars, all these things.
We also want to be in thosespaces where we're creating art
that is appreciated by millions,and so, you know, we'd like to
get an Oscar or an Emmy for ourwork at some point in the near
(24:21):
future.
Yeah, we think a big bitch.
We think a big bitch.
Yeah, I'm excited about that,and I'm just I.
I didn't get to really paintlast year, so I'm really excited
about that.
I have like eight paintings inprogress right now.
So one thing I'm really excitedabout is, uh, throwing a gala
called the chroma gala for blackand brown artists, and so right
(24:41):
now we're in the fundraisingstages.
That's supposed to be, uh,that's supposed to parallel
freeze week you need a host.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
That's it, that's all .
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Yeah, I I'm with my co-collaborator, nikita moore.
Shout out to her.
She's really amazing um art,loud la.
They are um supporters of black, black and brown artists.
She actually helped me sell myfirst painting.
You know I would like to knowher.
She's really amazing, nikita.
Yeah, you should.
You should bring her on yourshow.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yeah, you should definitely bring her on your
show.
Tell me about it.
I'm here for it.
We all here for all the blackand brownies.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
She's literally Especially the black women.
The black women First of all.
Black women.
Black women have been holdingme down since I've been in LA
which game am I supposed to lookat?
That one, and I will doeverything in my power to
continue to hold y'all down.
Through my art, througheverything that I do, Black
women raise me.
Black women continue to pourinto me.
(25:29):
I love y'all so much.
I just had to say that, Sorry,Because this year I'm very
intentional too.
About any time I see a blackwoman on the street I'm trying
to compliment her.
I'm pouring into y'all.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I'm pouring into y'all we have, Like I'm pouring
into y'all, I'm pouring intoy'all, like we have to pour into
each other, because we have topour into our black men as well.
Hello I appreciate that it's arevolving door.
What we're here about, you know, you know.
I say it all the time on myshow and I continue to repeat it
.
That's what that's all about.
(26:02):
It's not only spreading thelives through black women, but
also continuing to highlight ourblack artists and it was very
important to me to open it up toall black artists, our artist
spotlights, because we needy'all.
The world needs us.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Period.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
And so that's very important.
Like everybody has theirmediums, like I like to talk, so
this is my medium.
I like to connect, this is mymedium.
I love when people arecontinuous, like that tree right
, people just keep growing offthese leaves and keep branching
out and it's very important tobuild a proper community
(26:33):
absolutely um absolutely, andthat's really about it because I
was sorry.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
I was sad at first because I was like she ain't
gonna have no men's on here andI want to talk no, it is so
funny about it like no, becauseyou was highlighting the black
queen.
I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I was like yeah like I'll give you know, I'll give
you a tidbit, you know, I justdidn't feel black women were
appreciated in la.
No, and I was like, if I'mgoing to be given a black, a
black, if I'm going to be givena platform, the one thing I do
know I know I talk about isbeing a black woman in america
yeah.
And also I'm also an artist.
So I was just like I also wantmy artist on here, and not only
(27:11):
do I want my women artists, Iwant all black artists.
And because it's important,it's very important to me.
It's always been very importantto me to connect and link
people and spread love intopeople and show how great people
are to other people.
That I know it's.
That's always been a passion ofmine, so I had to.
You know when you, when youcreate something, sometimes you
(27:32):
have to revert and redirect andthat's what I directed on and I
had a list.
That was like I rolled it out Iwas just like I know too many
amazing people, y'all gotta comeon this show and I could not do
this.
I could not do this with mybest friend like I, like I could
not, I could not.
You know, we've had late talksabout our dreams and our goals.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
That's why I was like this interview.
This has been a long timecoming.
We've been talking about thisfor a year.
This has y'all.
This has had so many iterations.
This girl, this has been yeah,so um, all right.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
Well, I want to say thank you is there anything else
that the the people should knowabout chris?
Because, I was about to saychris titty paints.
All right, is there anythingelse you want the world to know
about chris for jewelry?
Speaker 1 (28:23):
um, I just want y'all to watch out, because 2024 is
going to be a really big year.
Um, I'm calling it.
It's a big year for my art.
It's a big year just for blackart in general and, um, you're
gonna see a lot more of me.
I don't usually don't even talklike this, so this is my first.
It's like a little cherry pop,because I don't be doing
interviews and stuff, so Idefinitely want to get this
(28:44):
shock.
We we're going to, so this willbe a lot more talking.
Um, what's going to see?
Amazing art?
Um, if you guys are not alreadyfollowing me, you can follow me
at Chris Teddy paints.
I don't know if I'm jumpingahead, sorry.
Um, I'm going to wait then,cause she's the host.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Sorry, okay, um, I like to leave a message To
either your younger self or thepeople out there in the world
that you want to know.
If there was any message thatyou want to give to the young
Chris About moving forward,pursuing your dreams, your goals
(29:19):
and living in your truth, what?
Speaker 1 (29:20):
would you?
Say Fear Following faith.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Fear Follow faith.
Triple no, quadruple Four no,what would you say?
Fear Following faith.
Fear Follow faith.
Triple no, quadruple Four.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Quadruple F's.
Yes, quadruple F's.
Seriously, I used to be soafraid to just jump out and do
stuff, but really leaning intoyour intuition and trusting
yourself and your art and yourabilities.
I wish my 10 year old self knewthat all right.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
Well, thank you so much, christopher jordan, for
joining the show um.
How can the people find you?
Speaker 1 (29:56):
the people can find me on all the things.
So, uh, on instagram at christeddy paints I think I'm on
Twitter is I couldn't get the S,so it's Chris Teddy Paint, and
then on TikTok is Chris TeddyPaints, it's all you'll find me.
Just type in Chris Teddy Paintand I'll pop up somewhere well,
there you have it, guys.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Thanks again for showing up and showing out for
us on.
That's it.
That's All.
If you have any questions andyou want to reach out to this
amazing artist you know hishandles We'll have his handles
on the page Like subscribe,share, do all the things and
that's it.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
That's all.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
That's all.
Desert.
That's All is written by me,Kasey Carnage, and produced by
myself and Rick Barrio-Dill.
Associate producer, Brie Corey,Audio and video engineering and
studio facilities provided bySlap Studios LA with
distribution through ourcollective Slap the Network.
(30:54):
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