De Tout Et De Rien - 17 Septanm 2025 | Envite: Jbeatz & Jay Upscale

Nan epizòd sa a, nou mete limyè sou pwodiktè mizik Jbeatz, ki pataje istwa karyè li, son dijital inik li, ansanm ak rakont dèyè kèk nan pi gwo mizik li yo. Jbeatz pale tou de eksperyans li kòm vlogè ak fason l ap konekte ak fanatik li yo

Apre sa, nou resevwa pwodiktè evènman Jay Upscale, yon vizyonè k ap travay pou mete kilti Karayib la sou gwo sèn atravè evènman tankou “Kompa Kingdom”. Li esplike kijan li vle leve mizik ak kilti ayisyen sou echèl mondyal la, epi li prezante pwochen pwojè ak evènman li yo

Episode Transcript

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fake. Bar game.

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open? Yeah, like how how are you still
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Where, by the way, Miami Carnival weekend?

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microphone. Who was that Mrs. And of course.

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business woman, Skin bleaching. Skin bleaching.

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mentalities. Of course it's easy now.
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visit the company. You please until see your

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company technology service clearme.

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and organization. You tell about casual and say
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What do you? Also average customer, right?

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brain. 2.

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golf of a pass golf on the Firstof all, Brooke, it's like, are
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Fatima. Music.

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OK, clear. I'm I'm.
I'm. So I my old school nonsa.
Forget heat pain for music. You do whatever you want.

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When you pop in. I'm going to.

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Gaye No no Florida State inspectors.

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hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with
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without hand washing. Wait, that's the same thing?
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body part, clean utensils. If you need the observer

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extinguisher penality. Now go music Kisi Kisi vendor

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apartment say jabi Ki poste bagera.
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To see yeah, at least a screenshot, I'm.
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Alright guys, give us this you. Got it.
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Why? Why?
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Yo. Yes.

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OK. Welcome to the show.

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Thank you. For coming J beats.

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Some people. Music.

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African. He got into it like, yeah.

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So the. Have a kidney?

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Can you bad guy a reference track

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like this would just couple his own reference if you just couple
his own long when we attack him shoot once I just didn't say
where man to music, you know people music Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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Lot. He's a lot of social music,
music, music.

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Half a billion. Streams.
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pump, get an 400 something, cut 7 million streams.
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I say Lord Lord wants to start making half a billion streams on
packet back. I mean we see what plaque and
when, but The thing is the good thing is, which is JB's music

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entertainment. So, so, so we, so we make it
some. People what happened?
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lively commerce pooji moon poo Vagabond records so.
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So so. I don't want to be with nobody

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else. Music a clean.
Version. As a matter of fact.

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We. Call the music computer computer
but but computer computer class running from bikers.

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Batman game Machine Machine. OK, Music.

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Now it makes. Sense.
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Open music.com. It is what it is and I'm sorry

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man. Toxic.

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So music, Music. No,

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no. DJ friendly?
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Do this to me. I

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see Richard Carvey. Music.

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Just piano. Who the fuck is making?

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I. I listened to this still today I

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listened. To this Miami it was Cosi come
see Alderson boy Sitla was a thing.
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could take you know. AP let me see the next

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yeah. That's a decade.
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J beats young witch identity. Identity.

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Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.

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No. That's.
My cousin. Yeah.

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I didn't even get the music thatwe mix.
It's been a while and since I see my girl and I don't know Yo
man, why you had to do the remixman?

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I. Music, Music.

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No. No, no.

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I. Did not.
Just. For hype men.

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Album. I was huge.

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Let me jump the coach flip some music now.

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So I guess. As a

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single. Come

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back. Online.com you should post your

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music when the music Rap music rap maybe, of course.

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Yeah. I.

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What featuring? Yeah.

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No, from from. Escort Cafe Live album.

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OK. OK.

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I'm Sorti Marco Basil. Music Depot Haitian movie next.

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Yeah, from by.

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So. Downtown.

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Really will be shallow. We'll we'll bury city Brasila
Festival backstage, backstage, free Pomo backstage.
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West Palm Beach, the Aliens nightclub, Pasi de son Coco
locos by CD Pasi Guapos mini.

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Mix. NZONZO.
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Parts available to Cody Baz. None.

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Oh yeah. I say sorry.

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Really humble. You know what, I'm going to work

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with this person now. We're going to do a deal.
Make it not fail if you know notnot for heat and not just up
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We know. I'm doing fine.
Oh, I'm doing fine. I'm doing fine.
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That's the number one song. Second million we may.
Second million streams, What's still the Musics IO?

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You move Aveo and. I was like.
Maybe you made him a child support, you know, OK, because I
don't care may feel comfortable.Different mission.
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It will make you feel fast. I'm doing fine.

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Hip. Hop.
Techno. All.

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My dear. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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No. No, no, no.
Didn't say. Definitely music.
I don't want to be nobody guitar.

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I. Who had look like Brazil?

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We. And I don't mind featuring See

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more by the way 16,000,000 streams already on that song or
when 14 million streams 15,000,000 streams already so.

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Until now.

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It's OK, but. It's OK.

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Music. I.

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Don't. Know the can I use it?
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The mummy shine Yeah. Gobble Tonto History.
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car, Yeah, OK, yes. I'm so I'm so producer.

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Pocket one to some music now. So.

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Love mix some music, say say compression or you know, love
music now ABCCEQ come see. OK.

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I. Rinaldo.

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My. Swarila.

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From. OK, OK, OK.

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So. This.
Is. Something.
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To. Love of.

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Course. Of course, but

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but just. Fanatic, of course.

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No, no. No.

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So. 2nd.

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Music like. No, I'm a watch guy.
I'm a watch guy. I.
Like I like, I really like. Skype.

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Oh my God, it's a nice one, Wendy.

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So let, let let one 29 18-O next.

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No. No.

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OK. No, no, no.

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Browse through music video. Yeah, it's different.

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No, no, no, no, no. It's it's.
It's a. Project.

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Yeah, in the house.

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You know. OK.

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That's 16 years. That's that's that's.

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Is it? Should we be worried?
Everyone, social, music do mean it.
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Think. So no, of course, yeah.
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Yeah, good. Singular every single singles
music video marketing you know. We don't.

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Know and we just connect.

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No. I love it.

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No. No.
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That shit. We were roommate at the

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time. Guitar.
Guitar original. No.

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You're behind the same creating.It's like.

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I need substance.

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Music. That's good.
So what's next for you? That's good, man.

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Continue, follow. Of course, that's good.
Anyway, JB, JB, thank you for. Coming, man.
Thank you, bro. Man, thank you.
Man. I don't know people back when I

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was like, why am I going to do music with Alan Garvey?
Yeah, yeah, yeah man. So bro.
Anyway, thank you for climbing. Me.
Of course. No.
Actually, I'm serious. Let me know.
I'll make sure you get 2 ticketsor maybe 3 if you want.

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Thank you bro that for Kia Hollywood new game on Sunday on

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EV9 or EV 5? Yeah, so Dolphins my lead Zia

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tela flaco wood tila Kiki 5 yes so the last time so my my my
papal vini this time episodes are.
Say. Big bad festival.
A big bad festival Festival. Miami Carnival weekend, I've got

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bunch. Wynwood Mem weekend, I'm getting
warm. From.

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Miami Carnival Friday. From Miami Carnival Friday.

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October 10th. Back like we never.

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Left yes. So it's.
About J. Bits and J upscale.
Right. So this guy that was just here,
he's a compound producer, OK, And he's he.
Started a very. Digital sound.
Then at first a lot of people were like, what is that?
You know, traditional compromise, a lot of live

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instruments, like a lot of live sounds.
And he was like, yeah, I'm doingeverything digital.
Then he he made some exploding hits where like he has almost
half a billion streams. Yeah, he put Kazi me.
Produced for Alan Kave. I mean one of the biggest Kaami.
Songs is produced by him, but here's the thing.
That's what you call evolution. Absolutely.

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When music went. From Analog.
To digital. When you look at EDM music, EDM
music is the biggest genre rightnow.
You know, I'm going to introduceyou.
And what we're going to do, since we're going to only speak
be speaking English every time we it's real too.
So let's. Test his goal level.
Don't even do that. He's been around Haitian for too

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long now, so. Please every.
Time we're going to. Quickly translate so you know
the. Followers can because we have a
huge OK, Haitian, Haitian following.
All right, so I'm going to introduce you.
So guys, that's AG of skill. Say see maker, planner, Yeah,

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even. Producer even.
Producer. Even producer.
Large scale event, compacking down, compacking down.
And now he's taking over. South Florida.

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And then he's going to introducehimself and talk about his
events too and stuff like that. Who are you and why are you in?
Florida. I mean, let's talk about
everything. Everything, yeah.
So you guys get all the? Exclusive.
So exclusive. That would be it.

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Because we have some questions, man.
OK, so they. Call me.
J Upscale. I consider myself a Caribbean
culture ambassador, you know, one Caribbean, that's where the
whole Kingdom in compact Kingdom, Soca Kingdom came from
where, you know, I look at us asone people, you know, one

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community. We all came down to the
Caribbean on the same boat, you know, from the motherland.
So that's what my mission and, and, and vision is, is to
celebrate and elevate Caribbean music, people and culture on the
world stage. Where where you from?
Originally am I from? Yeah.
I'm a citizen of the world. You know, but when people.

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People take that you're Jamaican, some Haitian.
When they're referring to you, they say, oh, is this Jamaican
guy? You're not Jamaican and I'm
Jamaican. And.
If they say I'm Haitian, I'm. Haitian, that's it.
Like I said, we're one people, you know, but my family's from
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, you know, have a lot of families
spread out all over the Caribbean.

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You know, I've dated A Haitian woman before, so, you know, so I
mean, we're all cousins at the end of the day, of course, you
know, and, and too many times wetend to say, you know, it's
proud to, to, to, to claim whereyou're from.
But where we from is the Caribbean.
We're Caribbean absolutely W Indians.
You know what? I mean because if.

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You know, myself and and and if,if Kyle is in a war, we're in
war too. You know, we jump in with you.
So yeah, we're one Caribbean. All right, so first.
Question. Everyone wants to know why
Kylie. Me.
Where did that come from you? Know what's?
Crazy. It started.
From even. Before Carry Me, you know, I did

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a lot of events throughout the year over my, you know, 2 decade
period and all. A lot of my friends were
Haitian. I went to a lot of Haitian
events. I used to get a lot of venues in
New York and Florida for Haitianpromoters.
And then I always wondered, like, why I've never seen, you

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know, the Haitian events in a much bigger setting.
Because if you look at just the numbers, I personally feel like
you guys are bigger than a lot of us combined.
Absolutely. But I'd never seen it on like, a
really big scale. Like, you see, reggae has been
doing it from since Bob Mahali. And then, you know, I came with

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Soca Kingdom, the first officially sold.
Out Arena. Show headlined by a Caribbean
artist, which was Marshall Montano's 40th anniversary.
And then, you know, my vision was, well, how can I make, how
can I use my resources in the Haitian community to help
elevate it and celebrate it on the world stage?

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So after Soca Kingdom, everyone thought I would come with like a
reggae component. But I said I told everyone if I
ever do an arena again, my next event would be a Haitian event.
And everybody thought I was crazy.
No one believed it, no one supported it.
You know Kyle, you know what I know I was I was there.

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They. Won bro.
You know, like who? Are you, you know, the audacity,
but I just felt like, you know, I just wanted to contribute, you
know, and the way I. Operate.
Is I never operate from. How can I do something?
That I've never done before. If I enter into something that

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I've never done before, the 1st question I ask is who can help
me achieve what I want to achieve?
And The Who like you, you're a who, You're a who.
So The Who will bring the how. So the first thing I did was
find out, OK, who can help me achieve this crazy goal?

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You know, you've never done a compa boat ride before.
You've never done a compa party before, but you want to jump to
a stadium. Yeah.
But I believe that, you know, success has clues, success as a
formula. And that formula could be
applied anywhere you go. And it was just about putting
the right. I mean, majority of my team,

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other than my core team was Haitians.
You knew you were part of it, soyou know, we found out who was
the best at what they did and weput them together.
We combined our resources and weput it together.
Did you know about Kaimi? Before that, absolutely, I'm
from Saint Lucia. You know what I mean?
So we grew up on Haitian music starting from Kasav Tabukom.

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You know, Tabukombo, You understand kadas, music like
kadas. Yeah, that's what that's what
we. Grew up on, you know, as a kid
growing up so you know, you knowabout T vice.
And all them, of course. Absolutely.
You understand. So what happened is, you know,

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from before the pandemic, I tried to call all of my Haitian
friends, Yo, it's crazy, but let's do this.
And everyone was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, Jay, you know,
whatever. But I said, guys, let's come
together. I have the resources.
I have the connections. Let's do it to a point where I
just figured, you know what? I'll just do it myself.

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You know, if I die, I die. You know that was that was
before. The the concert in in Paris,
right? You know that.
Was that was. Way before.
Way before the concert in Paris.But remember, there was Soca
Kingdom and then there was a concert in Paris, you know?

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And believe it or not, you know,I've been working on Kyrie for
like literally 2 years straight and I think Kyrie did the show
because they probably just didn't want to hear me call him
anymore. You kept on.
Insisting bro. And that's the thing about me,
like I will go after something until, you know, when you look

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at, you know, brands like Starbucks, you know, when, when,
when Harry Schultz got turned down by 400 banks, how many of
us would have probably gotten rejected two or three times and
say, you know what? This is not for me.
Imagine a baby learning how to walk and after they drop two or

(02:31:34):
three times decide you know whatwalking is not for me, you know
what I mean? They keep.
Going and going until. They figure it out and then you
know, whatever you do, if it doesn't work, you change your
approach and you change your approach and you change your
approach until you get done. You think they didn't see the
vision? As big as you saw it or?
It's because you're not Haitian.And they didn't want to deal
with you. I don't know, you know.

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I think when you're a pioneer and when you do, when you're the
first to do something, I believethat it takes a certain level of
just being naive. To even think that you could.
Do this, you know that almost you would think that people
would think people thought I wascrazy.
Did you? Did you have doubts?

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Were you scared at somewhere? Like, man, all this money, man,
these Haitian people, man, you know what it is?
It wasn't. Fair.
It was just more like how can I figure it out like the?
Numbers are there. They're there.
The numbers are. There.
You know, I think that compound music, when you say the numbers
are there, you're talking. About you.
You guys checked out streaming. You don't.

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You don't even have. You don't.
Just the numbers, the number of Haitian, Haitian people are just
there. The numbers are there.
They're there. You know what I mean?
So it's just figuring out how toget them to come together.
What product could I create thathas not been created before?
So you take like the compact. Kingdom and at the Barclays was
instrumental to 100% give them. The idea of what you.

(02:33:04):
Can do and well, I think. The Compact.
Kingdom at. Barclays as.
Crazy as. Not even the bands believe that
it could be done, but they're like here, if you're crazy
enough and think you could do it, then all right and you're
giving the money. Let's.
And the money is there, the money makes.
Sense. Let's do it.
Yeah, but. Interesting.
Enough. The date was also controversial

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because it was December 31st. Everybody said that Haitian
don't go out. December 31st.
Is the absolute worst day for Haitians.
Why? Because, you know, they, they,
they're Christians, they go to church.
But. I mean, I think that two things
could be true at the same time. You have the people who go to

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church, but then you have the people who don't.
So it was a risk that I took, but the.
Reason behind. That the the reason why I did it
is because it was Haiti celebrating his 220th
anniversary of independence on January 1st.

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So I had just this crazy idea inmy head that imagine you have
the New Year's Eve Countdown 54321 Happy New Year.
Happy. Independence, I thought that was
my contribution to the Haitian community for being the first
independent black nation in the world after the United States,

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you know what I mean? So that was just my contribution
to to to the community. And I mean, it was a challenge
to me because I'd done a lot in a soccer world, did a lot in a
dancehall world. So I think it was a challenge
for me. So what's the difference?
Between the the Haitian clientele or the Haitian
consumer and like the everyone else.

(02:34:54):
Yeah, like the so the rest of the Caribbean.
The rest of the Caribbean, I mean, I.
Believe every community has their challenges and their
nuances. I think that.
To the rest of the Caribbean. Haiti has always been on their
own vibe. They never.
Really mixed. So if you're like, back in the

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day, the Jamaicans ran everything.
Yeah, Yeah, You know what I mean?
It was cool. Even when you went to school,
everyone, even a lot of the Haitians, was like, oh, yeah,
I'm Jamaican. Jamaican.
Yeah. Because it wasn't cool to be
Haitian. Well, Haitian St.
Lucian Bob, like everyone just want, just wanted to be Jamaican
because it was cool. And then as we grew up, you

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know, our music, our culture started to come out more.
We started to be more proud of who we were.
And people started to say no, like, this is my flag.
This is where I'm from. So to answer your question,
what's the difference? I always felt like after a
while, the soca and the reggae community started coming
together. They started making music

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together. They started doing remixes and
we started growing together. But there was almost.
This like kind of barrier in theHaitian community where you have
a lot of misconceptions, which Ifelt like I broke a lot of the
misconceptions where people justignorant, you know, and I look

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back to when you look at back inthe day with the Africans and
the only thing that we knew about Africans were, you know,
what you saw on TV one sense a day could feel that feed this
hungry child and see a little fly.
And but when you really look into African culture, it's a
it's, it's way bigger than than than it was.

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And I felt like. Haitian culture and Haitian.
People were being constantly misrepresented the comments by,
you know, Trump and and it was just a misconception that people
just didn't generally did not know.
So I felt like I could be a bridge between, you know, the
known and the unknown. Most of my closest friends were

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Haitian and the way they dressedtheir swag, how they kept
themselves very educated. A lot of political officials
were Haitian. So a big part and you know a big
part of our marketing strategy was not just about.
Party and come to compact. Kingdom, but but it was also

(02:37:25):
about the education and the pride of the history.
So if you if you go back to and look at a lot of our content, it
was about not trying to educate Haitians, but educate the other
side of the world. Like when you went to Barclays,
like for the life of them, they did not understand.

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The culture. You know, like.
You look at December 31st. That's one of the biggest nights
for any venue in New York especially, too.
You didn't come with Drake. That before that they had future
before that they had all these big but compa why?
Because they just didn't understand.

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They generally did not understand.
So it was an education process or educating process for me with
a lot of of of mainstream America.
And it's funny because once we put.
It out there? Facebook, Spotify, all of the
major brands, Meta, they were all like, Oh my God, we have all

(02:38:32):
this data, but we never knew howto communicate with the with the
community because the Haitian community was always playing in
its IT was always on its in its own lane.
I. Don't know if you agree with me
or. Not I agree.
I agree. Like I don't.
Understand. Why isn't there more
collaborations between Haitian artists and reggae artists?

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They want to work with the Haitian community.
You. Know, but sometimes.
The Haitian artists think like it's not because of the language
barrier. It's not.
There's no benefit for them in this, I mean.
A lot of Haitians can speak English.
Yeah, but if not, if not majority.
Exactly but. Again, it's a misconception

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because after we did Compact Kingdom, a lot of Jamaican and
soccer artists is like, Oh my God, Jay, who can we collaborate
with? They want to work with us.
I know on the Haitian side. I know one thing you really
affected is people used to thinkthat these Haitian bands can
only be enjoyed in settings of atraditional ball like a ball.

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So went a lot at first. People were.
Like oh, big stage, right? Everyone has a signed seat and
stuff like that. You definitely are not to like
gas you up. You definitely are one of the
first guys that broke that barrier.
Like you can go to show that it was possible, you and your
people and sit and enjoy a band.Playing you can obviously it's
it will never be about, but about will never be the setting

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either. So that world can exist too.
Absolutely. I think when Kylie McCain came
it just solidified it. OK, it's official.
It can work. It can work and I think.
That's why the first one was so important, because it showed
what was possible, you know? It showed that you know, never

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be afraid to do what you think is.
Needed, but I have a. Question in that sense.
You had a huge lineup for Compact Kingdom.
Yeah, it was not a sold out show.
It didn't have to be a sold. Out show.
That's what I'm that's what I'm talking.
About so why do you think the Carry Me was a sold out show
versus the Compact Kingdom? I think the first.

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Compact Kingdom, a lot of people, they didn't believe that
it it it would be successful even up to the day of.
Some of the bands were just like, all right, let me see.
Because you come in from the back.
But when they came out and they saw the crowd, they're like,
yeah. Wow, you.

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Know, and I think even up to theday of a lot of them were like
OK. You know, so I think.
The people. Who came?
To. Compacting them the first.
Time I look at them as what you call early adopters and what do
I mean by that? These are the people who like,

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let's say a new phone comes out,they will stand on the line to
get it, to get it just because Iwant to be part of what's new
and what's different. Whereas you had the late
adopters were like, you know what, you go tell me how it is,
I'll buy it after and then. You know.
But when it happened, if you think about it, pay attention to

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the media a whole month after Compact Kingdom, every single
day, they were talking about because it was just like.
It was like. A miracle it.
Was you know. But.
It wasn't just me, it was a combination of a lot of us that
came together and was in the trenches and just finger.

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It was literally us figuring it out as we went along.
Literally. As you go.
You know and. I'm just grateful.
For for what? I was able to do you know, so to
your point, it was close to soldout, but it.
Wasn't sold out, but that was. OK, because we achieved what we

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set out to achieve. So that made it even possible
for Kyomi to say, OK, yeah, let's do it.
And especially. You have to be charging.
And Michael part of the lineup for come back in them as well.
Exactly. And Fito.
Too. So so that.
Is a big part of the. Reason why?
I think Kaimi happened because it was all strategic.

(02:43:00):
The lineup that was for the first Compact Kingdom was very
strategic. A lot of people thought that you
know why this person, not that person, but it was very
strategic because I knew how I normally think is 2 and three
steps ahead. I knew that I wanted to go for
carry me, but in order to get carry me, you had to go through
certain, you know certain things.

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So on the personal. Level What's Who's your
favorite? What your favorite Haitian band
or artist? My favorite Haitian.
Band or that that answer would put me in a lot of trouble,
right? That's probably why.
You know that put. Me in trouble.
It'll definitely be. Carry me, you know.
I. Like I like Rachel A.
Lot, you know, I think Rachel isan underdog.

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She's about to come out with an album.
So you're working with her then?Already.
So we're gonna put in my show. I'm a big, I'm a big part.
Of I'm a big fan of hers and I think that Rachelle got next
like with this new album Fire. Yeah, we shall have injury
winner. Yeah, we yeah, these with.

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Music. You haven't you?
Haven't been back. You are back.
You haven't so let. Me ask you now even.
Baki was on the show, yeah. Yeah, a lot of people didn't
know, like, why Baki? Yeah, why not?
You know, every single person was the best of.
Was. Strategic, like I wanted the
young demographic, you know, the, the, the hip hop guys, the

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just everyone. But some people thought it would
be. An annual thing.
Was was that the? The the initial idea or watching
you know what's funny? People wanted to be an annual.
Thing after the fact because. Before nobody.
Thought yeah, yeah, yeah. But.

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Afterwards, they were like we. Want more?
We want in every. Year, yeah.
And then the following. Show was December 27th, so it
was kind of annual. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You. Know since you keep the.
Brand too if you always. Come back exactly.
Maybe there might be another. One in December, Who knows this
year? Waiting for the exclusive.
Jay, tell us you know his job stuff last minute.

(02:45:11):
No, but there's there's. Next week, there's a major,
major announcement. Major announcement coming.
Look, it's. Another arena.
Show, but yeah, Asian music arena show.
Let me it's a Caribbean arena show.
Caribbean. That's good.
Now there were there were rumorsthat you were working with Meji
before his is that is that true?You were working with him.

(02:45:36):
Or or working. On a project together, they
were, That was a word, Maggie, Maggie and.
I had developed a really. Close relationship.
You know, over a period of time,you know, while he was in, in,
in in his zone, you know, no oneheard from him, him and I, I
mean Maggie's, Maggie's a special guy, man like.

(02:46:01):
It always. Pays to get to know.
Someone personally, you know, inspite of what everyone would
say, I mean, people say all sorts of stuff about me, but I
encourage people to just get to know people on a personal level.
And Meggie, Meggie is an inspiration.
Like, just the way he thinks, the way he carries himself, you
know, the way he loves him, his family, his deep love for his

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his culture and his music and the message behind his music.
And I mean, one thing I could say admire about Maggie's, his
work ethic. That boy is a beast.
Maggie practiced that album. Like what?
He's. Yeah.
Dude, He's the show. Maggie.
Literally. Was performing the.
Same songs over and over every single day.

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Go to the gym, go walking, go for a hike.
Back to the studio. Back to the studio.
Every. Single day.
I'm like, bro, you wrote the music, you know, and all the
instruments and everything. He did it himself.
Yeah, he produced the whole show.
And I'm like. So.
I heard it the. Show before and Mehdi has a ton

(02:47:10):
of new music that's just sittingthere.
That boy is about to be a problem, but I.
Know you wanted him to be at thefirst COPAC Kingdom or Impulse
label. What happened?
Nothing before. It's time.
OK, you know Meji wanted to comeout.
The way he wanted to. Come out and look at the like
his very first post. Yeah, like I can.

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Honestly. Say.
The vision that he had. Came out even better than what
he thought. But he knew the way he wanted to
come out and how he wanted to doit.
And for him, he just wanted to be different.
You know, he didn't want to be performing all over the place.
He wanted to know when he came out.

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It's deliberate and it's just like doing it.
His way. And listen, I'm, I'm very, very
proud for my brother. Yeah, yeah, yeah, very, very
proud of him. So you think you think Geoscale?
Can pull up a possib wave union.I mean it's it's possible.

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Anything, anything, anything is if if we could do carry me.
That's exactly. What I was going to say, get
these four guys to be in the same room, anything is.
Anything is possible, you know, and I mean carry me.
It had its, its challenges, you know, just like any major
project. But I'm proud of of of the guys,

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you know, for coming together, putting any differences aside
and choosing unity. And that's what the Compact
Kingdom brand was about, you know, that anything can happen
in the Kingdom. What was your favorite show?
Miami or New York? Or or.
Compact Kingdom night, yeah. I think the first.

(02:48:57):
One was special because of what I went through.
Yeah, the final and like that was a proud moment, but I think
Karami was that Karami show was more about the people.
Like people were crying in the crowd.
Like, Oh my God, Michael Jackson.
Yeah, like, I don't know. When I would ever be able to see

(02:49:19):
this again and for them to bringtheir kids and even grandkids
and everyone were just, you know, celebrating together, it
was special. You and I had a converse.
Sorry, not because you and I hada conversation and I propose to
an artist that you said I'm already working on it.

(02:49:40):
Am I? Can I can I bring it up?
Yeah. Yeah.
I guess. You probably don't.
Remember, we said. I said why don't we work on an
island? Garvey at Barclays.
Or. Or or when?
And then you replied to me. You said I'm already on it, plus
you have some. Is some something concept is

(02:50:03):
even? Heavier than island itself.
Yeah. Is, is what you had said, Alan.
Alan to me is like. A Haitian usher, man, that boy
has hits for days. Crazy, you know?
And I again, I just think that it's about the artist just
having the right resources, which is a combination of

(02:50:26):
mainstream resources and the local support, you know?
But yeah, yeah. I think.
I think. If done well, Alan can can be as
big as kind. My opinion.

(02:50:47):
Yeah, I really it will. Be a sold out show.
That's this. Look, that's two generations,
they said. Generations. 3 generations,
Alan. 3 generations if you take if you if you put Zen and and
and the mix you think your daughters didn't know any of.
Alan's music, of course they know, yeah, but yeah, your.
Music. They don't know Zen music.
No, they don't know Zen music, but they do know Alan Kaze
music. So then we should be going to

(02:51:09):
do. 12 and forget little bookinghere and.
There for me and Kyle to like maybe like do to do opening, you
know I mean there's there's. So much that can happen.
I mean, I do think there needs to be more unity in in the
community. You know, there's there's
there's a lot of unresolved stuff in the community that I

(02:51:32):
think that once. They're able to put their
differences. Aside, I honestly think that,
you know, the Haitian music and culture could be.
As big if not bigger. It's interesting that you talk.
About that, I'm pretty sure you face a lot of challenges when we

(02:51:53):
when people know that you are behind the Co parking Dome but
also behind the Academy, some Haitian promoters.
You know they don't. You know if someone say jail
scale, they get upset. Are you aware?
Of that. How you navigating those
challenges? But my SO here's.

(02:52:13):
My question, Canine for you? Yeah.
Why? Because people love.
To, you know, serve the community and they think like
someone outside of the communityis taking advantage of the
community or you know, you see but and making all the money.
And. But you see when when you.
Take advantage. That means somebody has all the

(02:52:36):
upside and others and the community has a downside.
But when you, I mean, you could tell me based on how, you know,
the community was represented onthe world stage, the level of
production, the venue, you know,the team that was a part of it
and a big part of my team were Haitian women, you know, you

(02:53:01):
know, I. Just tried to do my.
Best and I hope that I was able to represent what I can what I
can. Tell the audience and and canine
from the first time I think we jump on a call July. 20.
Yeah, there was maybe end of June, end of June, end of June,
we. Were we have, of course.
And from that first call, I was like, oh, I can feel, as you

(02:53:21):
said, you're an ambassador. Yeah, of course you're you're
businessman, right. But at the same time, the vision
that you had and also all the gimmick that we came for the
marketing purposes, I can feel that.
Oh, you care. You know what I mean?
Just someone. Coming here.
To make money, I mean. If I.
Entered to. Just make money.

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I would have been long gone after the first one.
Yeah. And then even remember, the
second one was supposed to be atBrooklyn Mirage.
We had the carnival thing. And you know what?
Happened, it was a first of all,the venue was crazy.
If if that event had happened atBrooklyn Mirage to me, they
would have been crazied in Barclays because of just the

(02:54:04):
type of venue it was. The screen is like a big EDM.
It's the best venue in all of East Coast, but there were some,
there were some challenges with,you know, some of the.
Paperwork for some. Of the artists, you know, and,
you know, just, you know, the challenge is when you put in for
work visas and, you know, getting approvals and stuff.

(02:54:28):
And I think that's one one of the things that was the biggest,
the biggest challenge. Yeah, we had some major, major,
major headliner. Yeah, I know.
I know, but but when? When when you postpone an event,
do you still get the a date or an opportunity?
Absolutely not, because you lose.
Everything you see when you dealwith a major venue like that,

(02:54:50):
the way they look at it is that if.
You. Take that date.
That means we could have put another Yeah situation.
In there. True.
So when I cancel that I lost everything, lost, lost the
deposit, lost. You know you put money in
marketing you the ticket. Sales and everything.

(02:55:10):
Everything gets affected to your.
You know, it's, it's a lot. So, you know, again, if I came
in for the money, I would have been long gone.
But you know, I had a vision that, you know, kind of like
what I said in the beginning, ifyou try something and it doesn't
work, you don't just give up, you change your approach and you
go again. And if that doesn't work, you

(02:55:32):
change your approach and you andyou go again, you know, until
you figured it out. So now.
The very interesting question that I personally want to ask
you. Sure what?
Do the. Lab or die key holders,
producers, artists, DJ's, whoever that are creating it,

(02:55:53):
what do they need to do or should do for it to tip?
Over and. Start spreading in different
markets and being accepted in different markets and it's like,
what do you as an outsider that's been an engine for two
decades and not that we're saying you have the magic word,

(02:56:14):
right, right. Like a, I'm not even going to
say advice, but in the conversation we're having, what
do you think should be done or is going to happen or what's
your feel on the next move should be?
You see? I always believe.
Innovation. Is a lifeblood of any business,

(02:56:35):
you know, how can you innovate? How can you collaborate I
believe in collaboration. Me coming into the Haitian world
is a collaboration which, you know, in my own way was able to
put, you know, you know, certainartists, you know, in a certain
light that other people wouldn'tpay.
Like the fact that Jay upscale did compact Kingdom, it made a

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lot of non Haitians look at like, oh, there was a lot of non
Haitians at compact Kingdom and was like, I don't know what
they're saying, but the vibe andthe energy.
And the same thing with Rob or die where I look at Rob or die
as the as the, the it's like thethe version of power Soca, you

(02:57:21):
understand. And I think that for me, my
advice would be to do more collaborations outside of the
market. You know what I mean?
You look at GBM neutron, who didthat song?
Why not go down there with on the Haitian beat?
In the soccer world, that was one of the biggest songs.

(02:57:43):
It really was. Massive song.
And it's one of those songs thatwill always be a classic to have
a soca artist on a Haitian beat.And for it to be, I don't think
Haitians understood how big thatsong was in the mainstream and
the soca world, right? Do more of that.

(02:58:05):
Yeah, collaborate. You know which?
So that track gets played over there.
Bro, that's some. That's a classic.
You can play that song 10 years from now and it will always
because it was for the women. Once you get it to the women, I
mean, it's done and I think. That.
You know, just collaborating more like finding out ways you

(02:58:27):
know, it kind of like what I said, you ask a question you've
started with how can we? You never start with how you
start with who? Who can help me expand?
I'm a who and. Other another.
Non Haitian artist is who bring both them together now.

(02:58:48):
For example, you see Bouyou music is taking over the world
right now, taking over soca right now, you know, from
Guadalupe, Monique, Dominica. Grenade like the.
Small island Denry segment from Saint Lucia like French Guyana.
So what's happening is that you find a lot of the big soca

(02:59:10):
artists like Marshall, Montano, Bungie are starting to go to
buoy Skilly. Skilly did attract absolutely.
So you find a lot of the big soca artists are going to buoy
producers so they can have a different sound.
Why is it that we cannot? Collaborate.

(02:59:31):
Robodie producers collaborate with soca artists.
Soca Artists. Dancehall.
Artists and just just try it. What's the worst that can
happen? Yeah, more collaboration.
That's how things evolve and expand, OK?
That's why you. Come with.
Woman Robodie let's So let's dive into this I've been working

(02:59:53):
on. That brand for just as long as
compact Kingdom, so the idea wasOK everything.
That we do. At Jump is very strategic from
the artists we choose and everything.
Compact Kingdom was my entry into the market for like an
elevated, mature Haitian demographic, right?

(03:00:17):
But I always wanted to come up with a brand that spoke to the
younger. I mean I don't want to say St.
Level but just I mean Rob or Dieis street music.
Yeah, you know what I mean. Street music and anything.
That's cool. Is always from the street.
Hip hop was from the street. Absolutely so.
I said. That, you know, I wanted to

(03:00:38):
create a brand that would talk to the mature crowd, but I also
wanted to create a brand that create that was for the younger
crowd. And then you kind of bring them
together. And I, I was a big fan of Rob or
Die. Yeah.
So I said, all right, you know what?
What's a concept that I could come up with?

(03:00:58):
And the name ROM and Rob or Die just kept in my head.
And I've been sitting on it for about at least a good two years
until, you know, I finally decided to drop, you know, ROM
and Rob or Die Miami Carnival. You know, it's, it's, it's, it's
fun music. It's dancing music.
It's Carnival, you know, But what makes Roman Rabodai

(03:01:23):
different is that I plan to merge it with the Bouyo.
So Roman Rabodai is a perfect marriage between Rabodai and
Bouyo music. And that's what makes it, I
guess, that event unique in it in itself.
So go get your. Secrets.
It's October 10th at. Yeah, so this October woman,

(03:01:51):
Roman Rabodai. Laughter in canine.
Yeah, the. Canine will be.
There the line K9 Bullet PT. And CTO team.
Madada. And the bits and the bits.
Crazy. You have the best of the best.
Crazy. Yeah.
Yeah, it's. It's this October.
Yeah, this weekend. Love image Miami.

(03:02:11):
Carnival as usual. Of.
Miami Carnival Week. It's going to be really
interesting. Really, really interesting.
Excited about it. So Roman rabodide.com.
Roman. Rabodide.com but.
Also this weekend you have otherevents.
You have the Big Bad festival, yes, so you.

(03:02:34):
Know we have the big bad festival which is big bad soccer
big bad Booya and big bad brunchso even how I came into you know
the Haitian world I'm having in in the bouyo and elevating the
bouyo music as well you know there's something for everyone
that weekend I. I will swing to that.

(03:02:55):
Yeah. And you, we need that.
That's a Saturday. Crazy.
Yeah. Yeah.
So we have all the top Bouyo artists on one stage.
Yeah. Really.
Very, very. Very crazy.
Is it you're going to have the? Guy.
What's his name, 121? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(03:03:16):
That's one. T11.
T11T1 Ridge, you know, Eddie Lucci, Rio Shelley, so all the
big and we have a few big surprises working on their work
visa and paperwork. So we're still adding some more
to the lineup. That's amazing.
Crazy I can. Tell you on my end we me

(03:03:38):
personally, I like that you're invested into our culture music
scene entertainment scene and most important in nightlife and
these things they take time I think with time people are going
to yeah, it'll grow you know it's.
You know you started a. Whole wave of compound band

(03:04:00):
saying we can do bigger. We it, you know, it's just, it's
going to take a the time. Like, I mean, it's just, it's
just. Pushing everyone to do to do
their best work, you know what Imean?
Like you know from even the way you promote the events to your
promo videos. Like I think after Compact
Kingdom, I think a lot of the promoters started to really we

(03:04:22):
changed even. The.
Festivals, yeah, like before, itwould be like just a flyer.
A flyer the more. The guy like the artist would
just hold the phone line. Hi I will be there that day.
Go get to sing it. I think like.
I mean, shout out to to Compo Fest.
They came out with the whole yeah, the year after, Yeah, they
had a. Whole whole movie, you know?
So the meaning, yeah, the meeting which.

(03:04:43):
Was fire, Yeah, yeah, that's it was.
Fire but. I mean, but.
These are the. Things that I'm happy to see
like that. You know, maybe they had it
before me and they were doing it.
I don't know. But, you know, I would like to
think that I encourage them or encourage the community to just,
you know, become a better version of themselves.
Talking about challenges is. It to work with with Asian

(03:05:06):
artists I think. It's challenging to.
Work with Caribbean people, you know what I'm saying?
Because, you know, we have our ways of doing things, you know,
and I mean, it did have its challenges, but what in life
that's worth going after? That's not difficult.
That's not. That doesn't have his.
Challenges, you know, I mean, it's not going to be easy or

(03:05:28):
else everyone would be doing it,you know what I mean?
But for example. There's a Haitian artist, we
already spoke about that and I really want to mention that, he
said. The service you gave him at the
first Carrying Me concert was exceptional and he's not really
good friends with Kyle, the Co host right now.
But device? Oh yeah, yeah.

(03:05:48):
Mom and the. Brother.
I spoke to amazing, amazing people.
Man treatment was just. Absolutely top notch from the
airport black car service to theairport to the hotel.
The wristbands were taken care of ahead of time backstage,
where he said it was just a great and it wasn't even his
social right right. So I mean, I think it's just

(03:06:11):
being able. To have a certain.
Level of respect, you know, for these I mean, these guys are
legends literally yeah, you knowwhat I mean agree for.
Because they're going at. It right?
Now and they want to be in the middle and I'm like bro, I'm
just a DJ. But but but the truth, but the.
Truth is the truth, you know what I mean?
Like when you look at someone's catalog and legend too.
So what? What?

(03:06:32):
Absolutely. I'm legendary too bro.
You know I'm standing. Ovation, but you know.
You know, I think. It's I think it's.
Just a level. Of of a.
Level of respect, you know, organization, you know,
structure, you know, and, and, and just a high level of

(03:06:53):
execution, you know yeah, there were mistakes that were made
but, you know, there's just somestuff that you can't avoid, you
know, and it happens, but it's also how you you know how you
fix it. OK, now since we're talking
about. Device Calumny's main competitor
was Device. Yes.
So do do. Do you take?

(03:07:14):
Do you? I'm just trying to say, do you
take? Do you see vice in an arena?
I think it's possible. I mean, one thing I I, I will
say, and it's constructive criticism, is that I think that
the Haitian bands need to perform less to create the

(03:07:34):
demand. Yeah, because what they could
do? Roberto and his brother can get
into a fight split. The band, right?
Take a break for some time and Jupscale exactly there you go and
then guess. What?
K. 9 And we out of here, you know.

(03:07:55):
I mean, listen. I just think that, you know, I
think I always believe in a lessis more approach.
And I'm no expert to tell anyonehow to make their money and how
to, but I think that if the Haitian bands perform less and
charge more, I think that's a big part of it, you know, and

(03:08:17):
it's only when I really got intothe community, like I couldn't
believe how often they would perform in a market.
And it's something that I was very strong on with the the the
soccer community because they used to just perform every
weekend and I had to sit a lot of them out and say, listen.

(03:08:38):
Try to figure out a way. Where, you know, you could make
good music, stay out of certain markets, like if you only
perform in certain markets for twice for the year, twice for
the year charge three times if you have to, you know, and I
think you let people miss you for I mean, look at the formula,
look at Boju Buju Banton went away for a while, came out,

(03:09:02):
killed it. Vybz Kartel hint, hint.
Yeah, okay, okay. Big announcement coming, but.
Anyway, yeah, so yeah, Vybz Kartel, you have Vybz Kartel at
Roman Robodice. Why not?
It's possible. I would be like what is going?

(03:09:23):
On that means that turned your contract go.
Over the numbers. Listen, you never know.
You know, you look at Maggie, you know, there's, there's a,
there's a. There's a.
Magic in scarcity, you know, when you take a less is more
approach. I mean, if when you look at
Maggie, Maggie is like, listen, I'm doing four or five shows for

(03:09:48):
the year, I'll charge whatever Ihave to charge and that's it.
And I think that, you know, you see, you see the results from
that, you know, but again, you know, I'm not here to yeah, to
here to to, you know, Yeah. So now.
Let's switch back to the Kai meeting.
People were were expecting more concert.

(03:10:10):
What happened? Life happened.
You know, sometimes thing don't things don't go according to
plan. I think that it's unfortunate
that it didn't go to where it was supposed to go.

(03:10:33):
I'll never understand it, but. I respect it.
You know what I mean? Like let's just.
Just a lot of. Times.
I've heard a foreigner, non Haitian say I don't understand
it, the amount. Of time.

(03:10:55):
Is it true the drummer tried to punch Vito?
I I really want that. The drummer No.
So you're not. You're not.
It was. Not in the Kaimi concert.
It was the Kaimi concert, no? No, no, I'm telling you no.
That's what you're. Sure.
No, I'm sure. No, no, no.
Everything went. Well, for the Kaimi concert.
Before the 2nd. D Joel, Yeah.
D Joel No, no, Feto was like a Big Brother.

(03:11:17):
Like, you know, Feto always spoke highly of him and, you
know, that was like his little brother, you know.
And again, I mean, things happen, you know, people tend to
go their separate ways, you know, marriages eventually come
apart. And I mean, that's life, but it
doesn't mean that, you know? They both can't do well.

(03:11:41):
In, in, in separate spaces. Yeah.
You know, but for carry me, I mean.
Yeah. I mean, I, I, I, I I wish them
the best, you know, You wish them the best.
So didn't I hope? I no more carry me.
With with Copa. Kingdom with Jeff skill?
No, you could. Never say never with.
Jeff Skill. But for now, I mean, it didn't.

(03:12:03):
It didn't end on a bad. Note or anything like that.
It's just, you know, it didn't, yeah, you know, it didn't work
out and, you know, do whatever reason.
And yeah, you know, maybe, maybethe anticipation was really.
High people were expecting concert in in Montreal, Paris
remind. Me asking, that's what I was
going to say, if you feel free to talk about it, What would

(03:12:24):
have been the next destination, next city, the next location?
Either between Montreal or Paris?
Yeah, both would have been. You know, anyway.
Yeah, but you know, I think you would.
Have been really shocked about Montreal because they love
Montreal. Would have been crazy.
Montreal World War I would. Have been.

(03:12:45):
Bad energy from I. Mean when they announced.
Miami. I have people in Montreal saying
if they do Miami, they're going to come to Montreal anyway, so
I'm not coming to Miami. People.
Were waiting for them. I mean, even if they came.
To Miami, there wouldn't be space for them, Yeah.
Good. It was crazy.
Were we shocked? How how fast you sold out Miami

(03:13:06):
because it was like 2 months after the after New York.
Yeah, I mean Miami. You know.
What's funny? Miami.
You know why Miami surprised me?Because when we released New
York, we didn't announce Miami, so a lot of people from Miami
flew to New York, so New York. Was.

(03:13:27):
Insane. But the energy for for Miami, Oh
my God. It, it, it, it, it, Yeah, it was
crazy. It was crazy.
Yeah. Tickets.
But New York tickets move very, very quickly too, because it was
the first one. But yeah, I mean, you never
know. I didn't get a ticket, Richard.
Took care of me, OK. It was Richard's show.

(03:13:50):
Richard took care of me, he put.Me in friends and family.
I was in the the the the lounge TV upstairs.
Right, right freezing. Outside I was like, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. For New York or?
Miami, New York. Yeah, New York.
I. Would just say OK, yeah, they.
Both of them were special, you know, just the execution and
everything. Like, yeah, they're, they're

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they're. Very professional.
Yeah. Yeah, they put up a show.
Crazy. Yeah.
I mean, I have no. Complaints.
I mean, yeah, there was that up,you know, normal ups and downs
for doing a big show. But I mean, everyone was
professional big up to Fabi Martinique, you know, she, she,
she played a big role in just being the connective tissue and

(03:14:32):
keeping things together. And, you know, I'm being a
female entrepreneur and project manager.
I mean, she, she did her thing. OK.
So you have to give respect where respect is due.
Yeah, but from Miami Carnivore. You start working with other
Haitian production now, yes. So why?
That call it goes back to what Isaid about collaboration.

(03:14:56):
Collaboration, you know. You have the.
Team from some fest Vivid big upto Carl, Sarah and the whole
crew. Chris, you know kids that really
call. Like cafe, cafe, cafe cafe.
Cafe the. Thing is, I've known cafe since
I was 13 or 14, right? So whenever someone speaks about

(03:15:20):
cafe in a corporate, yeah, it's cafe, we're talking about cafe,
cafe it's. Cafe, You know, producers of
some fest music. You know, Chris is really good
at what he does. Yeah.
Chris, Chris, Chris is really. Good.
You know, Chris is, is part of like just, you know, production,

(03:15:40):
logistics, planning and everything.
So I mean, even when I went to, when I, when, when I did the
Chris Brown in Jamaica, I wish, you know.
Oh, that was crazy. I was in London.
Kathy went. Kathy went.
Yeah, by the way, he had. Ace, I don't know if that was
the thing he had. It was outdoor, obviously was

(03:16:01):
outdoor. They had more AC at the stadium.
No each VIP. VIP area.
I mean, I have the cities in Korea.
Yeah. So you're gonna do some fest if
shag VIP gonna work that air conditioning?
Yeah. Still fed.
Do you have the shag green top VIP, the air conditioning pack?
Wow. You wanna so late?
Yeah, Kathy sent me. Send us a video.

(03:16:22):
He's like, this is what the fuckthey're doing over here.
Yeah, no. It's crazy.
I'll never forget that. Jamaica.
He flew out. I mean, Kathy's a.
Serious dude, like when you knowKathy remember?
Reminds me of myself a lot. Where he believes in just, you
know, the elevation of, of, of his brand and anything that he's
a part of has to be on a certainlevel.

(03:16:44):
And he wouldn't spare any expense to to like you said with
the AC outside, you know, so bigup to them.
They to me. I was impressed.
Yeah. They they started their own.
Agency called Vivid Group. So I decided, you know, let's
let's work together and and and produce rum and rob or die.

(03:17:04):
Yeah, but also, I saw you at Bayou.
Yeah. Bio bio, you know, Michael, is
is is the manual, you know, I mean, I I.
Do bro. I'm I'm outside.
That's the type of collaboration.
He came to tap, tap. Tap, tap.
Tap. Listen.
I went to about maybe 9 events. This is my first Labor Day

(03:17:25):
weekend and in 23 years that I didn't produce an event.
I stayed away from my for from Labor Day to focus on Miami and
the other big announcement that's about to come.
So I really got to enjoy Labor Day weekend for the first time
and I went to about 9 events andtop tap was probably like my top

(03:17:46):
three events for the whole weekend.
Wow. And I brought, you know, big up
to you guys and Chris who allowed me to bring all my non
nation friends. So we bought like AVIP section
bunch of bottles and it was about 40 of us and these guys
had probably the best time of their lives.
Wow, you know, and. They're like yo.

(03:18:08):
When is the next one? And I see you guys about to
drop, tap, tap in Montreal, Boston, Montreal.
Boston Yeah. No, there's no.
No, no, it's not Tap, tap Boston.
But I saw Bullet is doing is is doing an event with that.
I'm a piano chick. Yeah, that was that was in

(03:18:28):
Montreal. Montreal last week.
When was it? Sunday, Yeah.
That was Sunday. I was here in Montreal.
Tyler. Tyler.
Tyler. Tyler.
Tyler. Yeah, yeah.
I would have flown out for. That if I wasn't here, like Tap
Tap is, is the truth. Tap Tap is a big brand.
Tap. Tap.
Tap. Tap.
Big win. So since you're around us now,

(03:18:48):
Flag Day, you need to be in Miami.
So you need to experience that shit.
Bro. It's around May 18th.
You were. You were.
You were in Miami did. You speak.
No, I was in. Miami for flag because the Vybz
Kartel was that weekend, so I was there.
Yeah, we would. Yeah, yeah, bro, you, you.
It was wild, man. It was that type is becoming a

(03:19:10):
very strong brand. So can we collaborate like?
And can absolutely for sure let's.
Do it, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We're, we're, we're open to, to,you know, grow.
Tap. Tap.
If we do tap, tap together, bro,like I don't think any venue
could hold us, bro, there's a tap about.
The book in. Mirage.
That's big. We gotta gotta bring some on CEO

(03:19:33):
or something. Let me bring some of my DJ.
'S artists and they'll just come, you know, it's crazy.
You have artists that would justcome through because it's a
Haitian show. Yeah.
And not even charge true because.
They want. To get it.
I remember when I did, I did. Sizzler and Lauryn.
Hill last Labour Day weekend andthat was when I was supposed to

(03:19:55):
do compact Kingdom at Brooklyn Mirage Sizzler.
All of those artists was like, listen, Jay, that Asian show,
Medea. We want to come up on the stage
and deal with the Haitians like.They want to be.
Part of it. Yeah, definitely.
We have another. Brand, too, called fame.
I know fame, Yeah. So.
Definitely we we'll. We'll find some bro, let me know

(03:20:15):
the artists. Will just pass through easy
because it's. A Haitian event.
You know, kind of unfair, and that's good.
All right, so. Jay, to recap, it does Big bag
festival, Yeah. So Kabuyo brunch, Miami Carnival
weekend and Roman Rabo die Roman.
Rabo die with this. Sponsored by.

(03:20:37):
Hennessy, Hennessy is, is our official sponsor for the
weekend. That's good.
So you know, I'm drinking some Hennessy with no some better
weekend, some better weekend. Yeah, get me G, get brunch, get
Soka, get Booyoung, put one, everything just to be said the
big bad. Festival and is it brunch or is
brunch separately? Brunches, so is big bad.
Soca on a Friday, Big Bad Booyo on Saturday, and on the Monday's

(03:21:02):
Big Bad Brunch. So it's Aidonia, Bungie,
Garland, Lady Lava, Lyrical. Yeah.
Fire, Yeah. All right.
Thank you, Jay. Man.
The big announcement? We do.
We do next week we. Follow who?
Like copacking? Dog just follow Jay upscale at.
Jay upscale OK next week big. Announcement like big.

(03:21:25):
Announcement huge. Alan Cafe, Vybz Kartel and Bob.
Marley Live. All right, that's it to book.
Hold on hold. On hold on, I got to announce my
gigs. If not then I'm gonna start
booking me. So fax Friday.
What do you deserve? What do you deserve?
Vacuum, DJK, 9DJ bullet. You know DJ preferable not to

(03:21:48):
say DJ vibes. Guess got to get DJI.
Val mix. Val Mix.
Back my one of my favorite DJs. DJ Val Mix.
So what is an up to moon West Palm Beach on Fort Lauderdale on
Miami net on suite big up to Julie Cave, you know,

(03:22:08):
photographed before. Yo, this guy.
This guy is a photographer. Yeah, I know.
You see? Yeah, Yeah, you booked me.
Bro, this, yeah, he's getting a little too expensive now.
It's getting out of hand. I know.
That's the like, that's what I said, But he's the boss.
He is. Fire, Fire we.
Got him on the team now so yeah,is.

(03:22:30):
That guy, bro. Yeah.
So yeah, if you saw the Saturday, I'm at the Shrine, Red
Rooster big up to the whole team.
Everyone, do you have anything you want to add before we go I.
Mean. Next week.
Next week, fame before you go next week fame is back.
Two year anniversary for me. It's like I'm.

(03:23:00):
At Kia Hollywood Saturday, Sam'seven like Hollywood Vintage.
I. OK, so I actually really mean

(03:23:56):
that. But you learn basically for me
too. Oh, of course, of course, of
course. So.
The show we have. Other Co hosts we have MC.
When we have Emily, she's one she.
Does a few episodes from time totime, a couple of times I think.

(03:24:16):
Yeah. And then we're trying to.
Encourage her to do a show by herself, like so what's the hold
up? What happened?
I don't. Know you know you do know it's
our. Fault.
We need to just get. Them we do know.
All right, perfect. Thank you, Jay, my brother begat
Osman. Give you, give us, give us the
exclusive. Give us something.

(03:24:38):
The artist was out of the public's eye for a very long
time. Haitian.
Artist Caribbean. Artist OK Caribbean.
Artist OK. All right, very long time.

(03:25:01):
No ibucosa. Hey.
Hey, when? Is the event Hey what?
Hey, what? Color.
Was his like is it called? Is his favorite color pink?
No, no, no, no. No, no, no.
It can be fake. It can be fake.
Is it? Is it fake?

(03:25:22):
It's green money. Money Green.