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August 26, 2025 43 mins

Dallas, TX born/raised/residing recording artist, Zillionaire Doe, sits down with DJ Smallz for over 43 minutes, opening up about his past amongst a variety of topics. This interview was filmed on 8/13/25.


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(00:00):
What is your opinion on ad libs in a song?
Yeah, So really like on the ad libs, like when I, when I do my
songs, you know what I'm saying?I just go through them.
You know what I'm saying? I really don't never use do ad
libs, you know what I mean? On the project that I recently
just put out running around likelisten to a few songs and I'm

(00:20):
saying and I kind of wanted to go and add ad libs to them.
I never really use ad libs, but I was hearing like, you know, in
the sounds where I feel like I should have added some ad libs.
So probably like here coming soon, like probably on my next
shit. I probably like do ad libs, you
know what I'm saying? Now let's just back up for a

(00:41):
second. Have people noticed you don't
really ad Lib on your music? Yeah, a few people have noticed.
A few people notice. Yeah, for sure.
And what's been the reaction to that?
I mean, I don't really, you know, some people, some people
don't pay attention to, some people do.
But you know, there's never really been nobody really say
much. And for you just to rewind here,

(01:01):
why don't you use ad libs? Why weren't you fond?
So when I first started rapping,you know, I didn't actually know
how to like implement the ad libs to make it sound right.
So when I used to try to add thead libs, it just never sounded
right, you know, I'm saying because it's more like a vibe
thing, you know, So you got to vibe with what you got to catch,
like the vibe, you know what I'msaying?

(01:22):
So like I say, like as I was going through listening to some
of the songs on the project, I'mlike, damn this and I should
have put ad libs on. So heard coming up next.
You know what I'm saying? On the next new shot ***
Probably but with ad libs next time for show.
And Speaking of this project, care to share the title here for
those in the audience hearing about this for the very first

(01:43):
time? For show Mr. 14 Months, You know
what I'm saying? A mixtape.
Now, can you explain to the audience everything they need to
know about this project? Yeah, for show, For show.
So like it's 14 months, man. You know, basically like I was
saying, I started rapping, you know what I'm saying?
Decide the deal, CMG 14 months in, you know what I'm saying?

(02:06):
So you know, for a lot of peoplethat might not know, you know,
you might hear me say it's a 14 month solid time.
You know what I'm saying? It's the reason I'm saying it's
a 14 month. Did the deal 14 months in, you
know what I'm saying? And basically this project here
is like telling tell like everything that went through,
you know, I was saying leading up to this project and just
everything I went to just, you know, and just to letting the

(02:29):
world know my story, what I wentthrough, you know what I'm
saying? And and within within the 14
months, you know what I'm saying, signing the deal, I
suggest what I went through up to lean, you know what I'm
saying to to the project where I'm in now in my career.
Now you use the phrase mix tape here.
There are some that do an album,maybe something a little shorter
like an EP. Why a mix tape for you out of

(02:50):
these? Three, this here is mix tape
because we still, you know, I'm fresh on the scene, so we, you
know, the album, we still just building up towards that, you
know, building anticipation shit.
So this are just another mix tape leading up.
You know what I'm saying today. Now when it comes to that phrase
mix tape, there are some that have a DJ hosted and things of
that nature. In this case, no DJ hosting this

(03:11):
mix tape. Why no DJ for you?
I mean, you know, maybe, maybe there's something we, we, we, we
look forward to, you know what I'm saying?
You know, next project or something.
But for now, shit, it just, it'sjust dope.
Now, what about the artwork here?
Can you explain the concept behind this artwork?
So so basically miss 14 months boom, you know, sound outside

(03:33):
looking in. I say, you know, outside looking
in. So what doe got going?
You know, I'm saying all right, so on the right side, it's like
it's like leverage lifestyle. On the left side, it's like, you
know, police here, everybody on the ground, like heroin needle,
you know, I'm saying so basically like boom, as I

(03:54):
looking in it like, you know, I'm saying the rap going good.
You know what I'm saying? Did the deal?
You know, I'm saying I'm doing shows and I'm saying my rap
career is I'm saying it's going up, you know what I'm saying?
But on the flip side, and I'm saying they're going through
real life situations in real life.
You know what I'm saying? The face came, you know, I'm
saying picked up my Big Brother face did a whole motherfucking
indictment, you know, I'm sayingon my neighborhood, you know

(04:15):
what I'm saying? But in the midst of that, I'm
rapping, you know what I'm saying?
You're on the outside looking inlike everything going good and
in real life, *** going through real life shit, you know what
I'm saying? So Mr. 14 months is like good
and bad. And you see, I got the crown on
my head. So it's like I'm saying through
all the ups and downs, I'm saying the bruises and bumps,
you know what I'm saying? It'll come out the streets, you
know what I'm saying? Come out of poverty, come out of
struggle, you know what I'm saying?

(04:36):
Like a king, you know what I'm saying?
Throughout all that adversity, you know, still coming out head
up chest, I like a king got the crown on my head.
Now let's pause here for a moment.
This do do you feel like OK, this lavish lifestyle people
see, but behind closed doors there's other stuff going on?
Do you feel like you are almost living a double life, so to

(04:58):
speak, or you were just handlingtwo different ends of the
spectrum in one life? I mean, it's like, yeah, I'm
handing two different one life, you know what I'm saying?
You know, sometimes shit go through stuff and like, you know
what I'm saying it come with it.You know, life not going to
always be, you know, pictures and cream, you know what I'm
saying? So it's like shit, I'm saying

(05:20):
I'm going through what I'm goingthrough, you know, went through
a lot, brother. Like damn it, I could have had a
reason to give up quick, you know, whatever, you know, I'm
saying I lost a lot of shit I work hard for you know, I'm
saying a lot of people that I'm saying that meant lots of to me.
You know what I'm saying? I had a reason I could have
just. I gave in, I was saying, but I
didn't. I kept going.
You know what I'm saying? And I'm saying whatever come

(05:40):
with. Now you just mentioned something
that others have gone through. I imagine here similar story.
But they do quit. They do stop because the stuff
internally just is so stressful and takes up so much of their
time. They can't balance both.
What stopped you from quitting and how were you able to balance
both? I'm saying we came too far to

(06:02):
quit. I got too many people depending
on me to quit. If I quit, you know what I'm
saying? I never see the other side of
the spectrum. You know what I'm saying?
So it's like I can't quit. I'm not a quitter, you know what
I'm saying? I'm a I'm a winner.
I can't quit, you know, quit, not Emmy.
So whatever going through regardless, I'm saying shit, you
know, brush yourself. I'll pick yourself back up and

(06:24):
keep going. You know, I probably wouldn't if
I would have quit, I wouldn't bedoing this interview with you
right now quitting. I need an option.
Go. I need an option.
And you may have answered this already, but how are we able to
balance both of these worlds? Here are these spectrums.
I mean it's like like I say, I mean the rap going good, so I I

(06:46):
got something to look forward to, you know what I'm saying?
So it's like no shit bad, but itcould always be worse, you know
what I'm saying? No, people in way worse
situation, you know, so we stillblessed at the end of the day,
you know, I've got something to look forward to.
So it's like, even though we're going through, we're going
through, we, you know, still keep, keep, keep trucking, you
know what I'm saying? Because it could be worse.
We're going to be great for the priest.
Now, the release date for this mix tape was August 15th.

(07:10):
Was there any meaning behind that date?
Not really, and I wouldn't really know meaning behind the
date. Because you do call yourself Mr.
14 Months. Was there a thought on maybe
dropping this on the 14th? Perhaps 814.
No, no. But you know, it's 14 songs on
the mix tape, you know what I'm saying?
So. And was that part of the

(07:31):
reasoning too, that you kept it at 14?
Yeah, OK, not miss 14 months. So we can't.
We got 14 songs. Now before we dive into the
songs here, are there any unknown facts or stories in
regards to this mix tape that's never been publicly mentioned
before? Could be in regards to creating
it, recording it or releasing it.

(07:53):
Yeah, most definitely. You know, it's a bunch of like
the stuff I just explained before, you know what I'm
saying? And the songs and the forcing
songs, and I'm saying I'm telling the story of what I went
through that, you know, the public might not knew, you know
what I'm saying? I'm actually like, you know, I'm
saying letting y'all in my word and then y'all know what what
actually going on behind the scenes that you know what I'm

(08:14):
saying? You might have have have it
known. And anything else aside from
that that may be an unknown facthere or story never publicly
mentioned before in regards to this project.
I'll shoot. You hear what y'all hear when it
come out, you know, So I don't want to read it.

(08:34):
I mean, I'm telling y'all, everything was going on and you
also hear the music. Now what about this?
Got to ask you this nowadays because things have changed in
the music industry, but was there any AI technology used in
the creation of this project? And you mentioned 14 tracks

(08:55):
here. Before you end up with these 14,
how many did you have to choose from?
Man, a bunch, bro, you know, because I got music, I'm sorry.
I've been, I record a lot of music.
I record music every day, 2-3 songs a day, sometimes four or
five. I'm saying.
So it was a lot of songs to choose out of, you know what I'm
saying. But the whole theme of, of, of

(09:17):
the miss of 14 months, you know what I'm saying?
It was like certain songs that needed to be, you know,
selected, you know what I'm saying.
So when I, when I, when I knew the message that I knew the
message behind the mixtape and, and, and, and theme behind the
tape, you know what I'm saying? Picked out certain songs that
fit it for for for that. And Speaking of that title too,

(09:40):
was that a title that you came up with or someone coined for
you? Yeah, I came up with it with
really, I was kind of indecisive.
I'm like, should I go with because I got a mixtape called
Youngest Boss. You know, I'm saying that I had
dropped. I was trying to see that I want
to continue with the series. Youngest Boss two.
It was like another, another one.

(10:01):
And then it was, it was is the 14 months I had spoken, talked
to a few people. I was saying they, they, they
advised that we use 14 months. So we wrote there.
Now with that idea there is thata possibility in the future for
there to be a sequel? For show for show, I wanted the
youngest Boss series and also the album series Life of Zener.

(10:22):
You know, my first project was Life of Zener, which was the
album. So the next album, like my album
series, I wanted to be, I'm saying Life of Zener.
And when it came to the final choice of this project and then
the idea and growth of that of that there was that something
where, OK, when you make that decision, you line up these

(10:44):
songs for it? Or is that something you already
had these songs kind of lined upand then you figure out the
title too? Oh so basically boom the the the
title was already what it was before we selected the songs.
So once we the title was selected, I was saying I chose
the songs that I wanted to, you know, I'm saying that that that

(11:06):
that mesh the title and the whole theme of the mixtape.
And how long do you think that process there was just the track
list alone for you? Probably probably was like
probably 2, probably about a week or two.
And for those in the audience, are you able to describe the

(11:27):
pattern to this track list, sonically speaking?
Pattern as far as I love my. Brother.
So for example, some when they have a project of this
magnitude, the way they do the track list is maybe a story,
maybe like a journey from start to finish and beginning to end.
Then there are others that you know sonically, it might be a
roller coaster from them, fast song, slow song, fast song.

(11:49):
So are you able to describe sonically how this project is?
So like the first, the intro is called.
Whatever come with it, you know what I'm saying?
I'm saying whatever, come with it.
You know what I'm saying? I ain't gonna cry about it.
I'll tell you whatever come withit.
You know, that's the first song I'm saying is I wouldn't say
it's really in a certain type oforder, you know what I'm saying?

(12:10):
But that first song, kind of like setting the tone of Mr. 14
Months and what I was going through, you know, I'm saying
I'm taking whatever come with it.
Now, when it comes to these 14 songs, diving a little bit
deeper here, what is your absolute favorite at this point?
Man, I can't really just pinpoint and sight that a few

(12:30):
that a few that I like. I don't think I can just pick
the window, just get out top. I don't, I haven't, I haven't.
I've been, I've been kind of indecisive.
Just for those fans of yours that are curious though, care to
share some of the names that youwould?
Yeah, some of my favorite ones. Towards the top.
Yeah, for show, I got one calledTexas Boys and my next set, one

(12:50):
in the Back to the South remix, I got one called Good and Bad.
I'm saying Good and bad. I got another one called what is
called All I Need All I Need some of them, some of my
favorite one. Now, favorite or not, what's
your most honest song out of these fourteen?

(13:12):
Yeah. I love my onions, you know, say
everything I do onions inside kept like what I stand on every
everyone on everyone onions. Do you feel like 1 though is
just the realist one out of the 14 as honest as they all are?
Yeah, like the good, the good and bad, good and bad.
And care to share who produced that song?
I'm not even exactly sure my brother, to be honest with you.

(13:36):
And winding down the questions here, you do have 3 features.
Do you have a favorite feature amongst these three?
And I look, actually those 3, I forgot jail cards and you asked
me one of the jail cards, one ofmy favorite ones too.
You know what I'm saying? But I like, I like all three of
those songs a lot. A lot.

(13:58):
You know what I'm saying? I like all three of the feature
songs a lot. And what have you learned
zooming out about yourself through the creation of this
mixtape here, All in all? Man like man, I like man. ***
really *** really strong, young.I was saying black, young, black

(14:21):
male, you know what I'm saying? Like I knew, went through some
real shit. I'm saying I knew, could have
knew, could have gave in. I was a *** Then though.
They kept trucking. It kept going like it was going
through shit and real like shit.And it was like back-to-back,
back-to-back, back-to-back, back-to-back.
I had every reason. I swear to God, I could have
just gave up and just quit, bro,but I didn't.
I kept going. I'm glad I'm dead.

(14:41):
I'm glad I'm here. I'm saying dropping this mix
tape still going. And as we wrap up the portion of
this segment here, can you give the audience 5 reasons to listen
to this project? Man, it's like it is here.
It is here. Like if you're going through it,
man, if you're going through it,you live.

(15:03):
I'm saying that you're going to feel it.
And I'm saying if you, if you, if you, if you a fan is in there
though, you know, I've seen you on the outside looking in.
I'm saying you just want to knowmore about me, you know what I'm
saying? It's another reason to listen.
You know what I'm saying? Shit, you if you, if you, if you
need some motivation, you know what I'm saying?
Even going through anything, youknow what I'm saying?
That's another reason to listen.I'm saying you need some
motivation to get up and give you some money, you know, I'm

(15:24):
saying motivation to just get upand do whatever, you know, I'm
saying talk of your day. I'm saying it's another reason
to listen, man. If you if you just been, you
know, they 1 fan, they 1 supporter and I'm saying you've
been watching the whole journey and I'm saying since the
beginning life of the year from the first song.
Like for the young boss, you know, I'm saying you, you, you,
you. I think, I think you, you, you

(15:46):
enjoy it. And I'm saying you've been
filing *** dream. I'm saying all the time.
And I know this project is freshbut any plans for a deluxe?
Not just yet. Not just yet.
Nah. And just curious here, have you
ever done a deluxe so far I. Never.
I never done one. Nah, I never done one.
What is your opinion on? That I don't know.

(16:10):
I really don't. I really like the direction.
I really just come with a whole new project.
To be real, to be honest with you, I already just come
somehow. Just curious there.
All right, so moving forward, I do want to ask you this couple
of topics here. OK, let me backtrack this here.

(16:39):
All right, So all right, now I do want to talk about Dallas a
little bit here. So, OK, now for those in the
audience, just to get those thatare have heard of your name
before, but maybe this is the first time they have a chance
to, you know, theoretically sit down with you and hear you

(17:00):
speak, especially on this platform.
Just to rewind in case those have been living under a rock.
Care to share where you were born exactly?
Yeah, I was born in Dallas, TX. I'm saying I'm from SAP.
Dallas to be exact. You know what?
I was born in Dallas, TX. And does it get any more
specific than that? SAP Dallas, you know what I'm

(17:21):
saying? Photos to be super exact.
And care to share where you reside these days?
I reside in in Dallas. And that specific area that you
just mentioned, how long do you think of your age range was just
in that location? The only majority majority of my

(17:46):
life. Well, Speaking of Dallas,
zooming out now, circumstances could be different for everyone,
but can you give the audience 5 tips for anyone visiting Dallas?

(18:07):
Shit, no. They've heard about Dallas,
haven't had a chance to visit their first time.
Anything you would advise them on here?
That is cool, bro, you know whatI'm saying?

(18:28):
It's like, you know shit, mind your business shit, you know?
But that is cool. But at the same time, that bitch
ain't nothing nice, you know what I'm saying?
You know I live for Dallas, Dirty, dirty Dallas, you know
what I'm saying? Triple D, It ain't nothing nice
I'm saying though, you see, you might see dough on the Internet,
I'm saying flashing stacks of cash and shit, you know I'm

(18:50):
saying, right around luxurious car, big jeer and shit like
that, bitch, it's nothing, nothing nice at all, you know
what I'm saying? So I'm saying you, you moving
around Dallas, make sure you know what areas you're in, you
know what I'm saying? Cook and get ugly for you any
given time, you know what I'm saying?
So are you in Dallas? Make sure you know yet.

(19:10):
Anything else in regards to Dallas here?
I love Dallas, man. You know I'm saying I love
Dallas. You know what I'm saying?
Since I started rapping, since I'm saying Dallas, my city has
stood, stood, stood, stood firmly behind me.
You know what I'm saying? Stood friendly behind.
Oh my God. I'm saying like man, like bro

(19:33):
Dallas, like furries, like beingfrom Dallas, like people really
like now you know what we got going down, you know, people
proud to say they're from Dallas.
And I'm saying so, you know, thecity proud of us.
And I love that man. And there's a phrase people have
heard you say quite a bit, relatively speaking, and that is

(19:53):
the phrase New Dallas. Can you explain the meaning
behind that phrase for people that have seen that hashtag
online but don't know exactly what that is?
Yeah, New Dallas is just a move,a movement, you know what I'm
saying? Veteran and greater in the
Dallas, you know what I'm saying?
We just bring the city together,you know what I'm saying?

(20:14):
Pushing unity, you know what I'msaying?
Pushing positivity and just showing the world, showing a
culture, you know what I'm saying?
Something different, you know what I'm saying?
And New Dallas, a lot of people getting confused thinking like
it's a click or since it's not for me to say this press can be
handed. This press ain't nothing but a
movement. You know what I'm saying?
For the veteran veteran of Dallas.

(20:35):
And were you the person that actually started that?
Yeah, yeah, you, you can say, you know what I'm saying, but
you know, kind of like the Pioneer League, I'm saying.
But I was ignorant to the fact that before, you know, I
graduate 2019, I'm going to the other one.

(20:55):
You know, I was saying before, Iguess it was a group of I'm
saying other guys that had a movement, you know, I'm saying
New Delhi, you know what I'm saying?
So they had a movement kind of new Dallas back, I guess when I
was younger, you know, I'm saying I was ignorant to the
facts. So once he started screaming the
new Dallas shit, they you know, so they came out the Woolworths

(21:16):
like shit. We we we knew that was already,
you know, I'm saying, but we hadno knowledge of that.
You know, somebody's how I lovedof the show.
And Speaking of the jewelry here, which you mentioned is
something that people often see you with and you have someone
during this interview. Are you able to break down the
items that you're sporting during this interview?

(21:39):
Yeah, for sure. So this here, this piece here.
So my Big Brother, so you go look at the life of a Zener.
I was saying the first project Iever dropped, I was like 8-9
years old, probably 10 years old.
And I had the original Zener records piece, which was my Big
Brother piece. I was like 19 years old on that,

(22:00):
on my Fred's album picture, you know what I'm saying?
And I went back and got it remade, you know what I'm
saying? I had lost my old my, my
original Z piece, you know what I'm saying?
It's a legal trouble. And I went back and redid the
original Z in their piece that my Big Brother had the picture
that I had on my Fred's album. And then what about the items

(22:24):
here? It looks like a watch.
A bracelet rings. Teeth bracelet, you know what
I'm saying watch bracelet ring got my teeth done and.
When you say teeth, done. We're talking permanent diamonds
here. Permanent.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Permanent, yeah.
And is this called anything in particular as far as the teeth,
like a certain cut, certain clarity?

(22:45):
Certain type of design, Is it 5 pointers?
I want to say 5 pointers, 5 pointers or round diamonds.
I think these round diamond fivepoints.
I care to share the jeweler behind that?
You know, before this, before I had the diamonds, I had veneers,
you know what I'm saying? But I ain't got tired of

(23:05):
veneers. You know what I'm saying?
My Big Brother, I was from Texas.
So like the coaches like diamonds and shit, you know what
I'm saying? But I, when I, when I, when I
started, I got the veneers, I was on some like some grown men
shit, you know what I'm saying? But I had got tired of veneers.
I'm like, fucking switch it up. No dime, you know what I'm
saying? On some Texas culture type shit.
My Big Brother out, he just wanted me get dime.

(23:26):
You know what I'm saying? It's like, it's like the culture
of Texas, you know what I'm saying?
So so I went. I went to go put Dime in.
Now Speaking of the culture in Texas, there are some that go
pull out and there's some that go perm like you.
Yeah, yeah. Wanted to see why you chose
permanent instead of pull out because they do both in Texas.
I mean the, the, the real culture, like you know what I'm

(23:47):
saying is really permanent. You know what I'm saying?
If you go and pull out, you really bullshit, you know what
I'm saying? It's permanent.
We don't, we don't. It's real culture.
I mean with the pull out shit. And just to be transparent here,
you've never done pull out even way back when.
Not like I say, first I had veneers, you know what I'm
saying. Then I got I went permanent.

(24:08):
And just asking because even like in like middle school or
high school, some some kids willdo the pull out gold grills and
things of that nature. So I didn't even know if he even
did that. Nah, Nah, Nah.
Way back when, but did you sharethe jeweler behind these teeth
here? Yeah, So my God, King Johnny,

(24:29):
you know what I'm saying? He did this here.
King Johnny, he's the original Johnny they did.
I'm saying the Texas Legends pieces, you know what I'm saying
back? He'd been here.
So a lot of people get it confused, Johnny Dane with King
Johnny. You know what I'm saying?
King Johnny is the original Johnny I'm saying and it's it's

(24:51):
like our family jewelry. You know, I'm saying my big bro
put me down. You know what I'm saying?
He he, he put me down. You know what I'm saying?
Gang me up and let me know. You know what I'm saying?
King Johnny is the original journey.
So that's what we fuck with KingJohnny.
You know what I'm saying? This side we fuck with Johnny.
I ain't too. My little brother just went.
He just went to Johnny. I ain't got his seat down.
We fuck with Janet. I ain't too.
That's about on a piece of shit.We fuck with King Johnny.

(25:12):
So, King Johnny, for all the items you're sporting during the
city. King Johnny here.
King, Johnny Ice champ in DallasKing Johnny and plug GI on the
teeth. Plug GI on the teeth.
And for you, why the different Jewelers here?
Because some may just stick withone for everything.
Yeah, so when I first started buying the jewelry, I was in a

(25:34):
rush and shit, I wasn't really in a rush, but like ice champ
here in Dallas. So *** just pulling up on them,
checking at his work. I'm seeing his work on Instagram
and shit, *** pull up on him. I'm seeing *** I'm seeing his
work. You know what I'm saying?
I like his work, I'm saying, butI'm already knowing about King
Johnny. It's got my Big Brother already
phone King Johnny, but just like*** got a adrenaline rush.

(25:56):
I you can I pull right up on me right in Dallas.
So King Johnny, Houston and Dallas I put up on ice champ.
You know, I'm saying they get adrenaline rush.
We seeing this Jerry, seeing this Jerry and shit, we like
man, fuck, we just grab some shit now.
So my original for this piece, Ihad the original Z piece before
I went back and made it bigger. Ice Champ had did my shit.
You know what I'm saying? Ice champ did the original Z

(26:19):
piece and then I got the watch from ice champ because, like I
say here in Dallas, you know what's a *** The drilling rest
went on a good run stack some money I can pull right up on I'm
saying so get the drilling rest pull right up on ice champ, you
know what I'm saying? But I end up going back and
getting the Z piece redone. I feel that King Johnny his
price is a little bit you know, I'm saying good quality, but

(26:39):
price is a little better now here in Houston closer he get
the diamond diamond there in Houston.
So we get we get a better price than King Johnny.
So my older should I go for KingJohnny?
And then can't see if you're wearing them or not.
Any earrings during this? Interview.
Not right now. No earrings there right now, my
brother. Now, care to share the cost

(27:02):
behind any of these items you'resporting today?
Yeah, for sure. This piece here cost me.
I ain't adding not $1.00 you know what I'm saying, but I'm
giving you all the exact price what I pay.
You know what I'm saying? This bitch here cost me 180,000
and 80,000 for this one. This bitch cost me 65,000.
This one here cost me like 3030 three 33,000.

(27:25):
I'm saying it rain cost me by like 8 bands something like
that. And the teeth.
Oh, what I pay, what I pay, whatI pay. 2828 five 25 for the
teeth. I pay the extra 25 for the teeth
and I pay the extra 10,000. I had to take my veneers out and
then put temporary veneers on, I'm saying.

(27:48):
So I pay it down there like 40,000 for the prices.
So if I did the calculation correct here, that's 324 five
just with the set that you're sporting during this interview.
Yeah, yeah. I never even added it up.
But if you did your calculations, Rick, based off
the numbers that they told you, that's what it is.

(28:10):
Now for those in the audience that don't have any jewelry,
what does that actually feel like?
Over $300,000, over a quarter million just in jewelry on your
body at one time. I mean, it really don't feel
like nothing because this shit not a new world, you know what
I'm saying? These just our tools.

(28:31):
I'm saying we use, you know, because we're in the
entertainment business. So you got to have your tools.
But for though this shit don't mean shit.
You know what? That shit don't make me this
shit don't make me feel, you know, it's a big of a person.
You know, I'm still saying though, with the word that this
shit. So it's just shit just for
entertainment purposes. And when it comes to the
jewelry, do you ever look at it like this?

(28:52):
However, though just the item, the 180 around your neck, that's
the cost of a luxury vehicle. That's the cost of maybe
someone's house on your wrist, piece of land, things of that.
Do you ever look at your jewelryin terms of that?
Yeah, I do for sure, I'm saying.But at the same time, you know,

(29:15):
I said it's the tools for the business, you know what I'm
saying? But we own our little shit too.
Sure, we, we, we, we invest the paper.
And I love this shit too, you know, I said, but they're just
our tools because we in the entertainment business.
So you got to have your tools. And when it comes to real
estate, that's something that you actually let people in and
vlogged about previously. Yeah.
And for those in the audience that want to watch those blogs

(29:37):
and kind of dive into your your real estate portfolio and things
of that nature, where can they find that?
I do my blog series like I was eating or you know what I'm
saying on YouTube. You can go and look that up.
You know what I'm saying? I got a few, I got a few blogs
in there where I'm speaking about the real estate.
You know what I'm saying? I'm really done even you know

(29:57):
what I'm saying, Document about the real estate shit.
You know what I'm saying? I'm just going to do that in my
own time. I'm saying whatever is out
there, I'm saying it's out therenow.
But for now I'm I'm, I'm closingin on this shit.
And just a couple of questions on the jewelry here because
there are a couple of debates ona few things.

(30:19):
Just the price of what you've already presented sounds like
everything is natural stones, natural diamonds here.
There are some that are involvedin lab diamonds and lab stones.
What's your opinion of that? You know, the Jewelers play all
these different games, so it's like if you don't go and get
your shit chick, you'll never know, you know what I'm saying?

(30:40):
But it's really no damn near by the eye.
It's no difference between lab and motherfucking being natural,
you know what I'm saying? But it's like you're spending
this big money on this shit. Hopefully the Jewelers are, you
know, doing a *** correcting andthey're giving us the natural
shit, you know what I'm saying? But it's like, but by the naked
eye you wouldn't be able to tell, you know what I'm saying?
So you go put up an an hood and see what you really got.

(31:02):
And one last question here, Speaking of debates on jewelry,
there are some that have a debate when it comes to watches,
especially bust down versus plain Jane.
There's reasonings for both there.
You obviously went bust down. Wanted to get your opinion on
that as well in regards to. Yeah, so personally, like this

(31:23):
watch here was like my dream watch, you know what I'm saying?
I bought this watch when I was 21 years old.
Is my dream watch I always wanted.
I'm saying I haven't me personally I haven't.
I'm not mature. I haven't matured just yet
enough to fuck with the planes. I ain't shit, you know I'm
saying young *** too. I had to fuck with the boys

(31:44):
ain't shit. But personally, like you know,
as I get older I probably grab, I'll say more playing shit
'cause I know it hold his bag. It's better investment, you know
what I'm saying? But right now I'm just on some
young *** shit. So shit, we my dream wife.
So this way I'm saying, is that what I got?
And Katie Cher, what kind of watch that is?

(32:05):
It's. AP automorphic, yeah.
And my last topic to you here for today.
Yes, Sir. CMG What's it really like being
on that imprint? And it's, it's amazing, you
know, a lot of, you know, a lot of a lot of things I wouldn't be

(32:25):
able to do. I'm seeing a lot of movies I
wouldn't be able to make, you know what I'm saying, if I was
just if I wasn't with them, you know what I'm saying?
They, they've been in the business of 20 plus year, you
know what I'm saying? A lot of insight, a lot of
knowledge, a lot of game, you know what I'm saying?
A lot of a lot of a lot of a lotof things, you know what I'm
saying? That they, they, they, they
can't teach a *** short *** put a *** in a different position.

(32:48):
You know what I'm saying? That I probably wouldn't be able
to do, I'm saying, if I wasn't, you know, I'm saying we, we, we
wasn't in partnership, you know,I'm saying, but it's amazing.
It's a beautiful thing. I'm just learning shit every
day. I'm saying, you know, shit,
shit. Thank you God.
And who do you have the closest bond with on that imprint?

(33:11):
And when I say closest, this could be someone in front of the
scenes like yourself, like another recording artist on that
label or maybe someone behind the scenes in in an executive
position of. My my *** CMGB.
I mean be on the phone all day every day honey.
Call the date me and CMGB my ***CMGB.

(33:32):
And just for transparency here, did you have a bond with him
prior to you signing to CMG? Not really, no, No, not really.
Not really. Kind of, sort of, I guess you
could say, you know what I'm saying, but not just not really,
no. And what's that connection like
between you 2? You know my God, B B on top of

(33:55):
the business, you know what I'm saying?
He, he, he, he on it, you know what I'm saying?
He working, he over working, youknow what I'm saying?
Like a slave. So B he on he calling me every
morning, probably about I'm in the studio all night.
So I probably wake up to 2-3 PMIdidn't already.
I got 5-6. I made miss calls from B, you
know what I'm saying? He, he, he, he on top of the
business, he handing this, handing it, making sure I'm

(34:18):
doing what I need to do. You know, I'm saying so to, to
win, you know what I'm saying? And what about this here?
OK, hypothetically speaking, when it comes to CMG, if you
were stranded on an island with one person from this imprint,
who would it be and why? If I was stranded on a island.

(34:41):
Yes, stranded on a island with one person from CMG.
Who would you want it to be? Should the CEO?
And why Gotti of all people? Because it's like shit, why
shit, why not? Now Speaking of that CEO, there

(35:03):
couple of questions here. When it comes to Yo Gotti,
what's it really like working with him?
And so it's amazing what I'm saying because it's like, like I
say, ain't a business 2020 plus years, not even just, you know,
he, he, he played both sides artists and you know, I was an
executive, you know what I'm saying?

(35:24):
So he, you know, he, he, he seenboth sides of the spectrum, you
know what I'm saying? So it's like, *** *** *** ***
learning. And it's like they learn so
much, bro. Like it, It'd be like smiley
shit and me, like I'm, I'm paying attention to everything,
the smiley shit, the average human, you know what I'm saying?
I'm paying attention to. So you know, he, he one of the
greatest ever do it. So it's like it's it's a

(35:45):
blessing to be I'm saying and have someone on on on your side.
You know, I'm saying like that, you know, I'm saying.
So I'm saying it's a beautiful and.
What's a studio session with them like when you guys are both
entrenched together? Well, we did that.
We were in the studio a few too few times.

(36:07):
Hey bro, just let's see we I dida song.
Me, him, my *** self, honey, I'msaying he already had the he
already had the bitch done. We just had to put our brace on
you. I'm saying, bro, just step out,
Let us do our thing. Shit, he come back in.
We Bob. You know, I'm saying to the to
the track and I'm saying, but he's like I say, bro, we want to
grace to do it. So it's it's a blessed to you.
I'm saying BB in the studio whenI'm doing music.

(36:28):
Not an intimidating factor or anything of that nature with
someone of his stature or status.
And. No, not really, no.
When you. When you, when you, when you
work is something, you know whatI'm saying?
It's like I'm in a studio all the time, you know what I'm
saying? So I'm not really, I don't
really get intimidated no matterwho in the middle because I've

(36:50):
been there all the time, you know what I'm saying?
Probably back early when I firststarted, but I'm saying I made
it all the time. So I don't really even get
intimidated, you know what I'm saying?
I didn't get intimidated. And winding the questions down
about him here. Out of all of his
characteristics, what do you enjoy the most about him?
Should I have the knowledge and the the the the knowledge wrote

(37:12):
it he that he knowledge in the game.
I'm saying *** sure with a *** just I'll deny the game.
And just to be fair here, on theopposite end of the spectrum, is
there a characteristic of his you can't stand?
Bugs you, bothers you, Gets under your skin perhaps?

(37:42):
And Speaking of this knowledge that you described, what's the
best advice you've received fromhim so far or most important
thing you learned being around? Yeah, I really can't, I'm not, I
can't just give y'all. I'm give y'all some shit.
You know, somebody that's reallysome emotion.
You give a *** some inside on some shit.

(38:03):
I can't spill the beans with y'all what I'm saying?
But so we we had the marriage gang one time and he tell I'm
asking about some real estate shit and he just broke it down
to him. I'm asking.
I always wanted to know like I was saying how renting homes is
profitable like because he tell me we sit down talking, have a
conversation. He said we got a few homes and
shit. You know, I'm saying got people
that's paying or rent paying, you know what I'm saying?
Paying rent, you know, they got a few tenants.

(38:24):
I never understood how to have his rent homes properly because
it's like it's a one time payment.
The beginning of the month. You know, I'm sending it's not
really a large increment of money.
I'm saying something like how's it properly broken and explained
to me it's something I never forget because I always wanted.
I never understood. I'm into I want to just make
lump sum of the cash. You know what I'm saying on
wholesale too, he break it and explain it to me.

(38:45):
Like you got a million cash, liquid cash sitting, it's going
to gain 0 interest right? You got million cash in the
banks gaining small interest. You got a million cash you
bought for a home and you got someone paying you rent every
month is gaining more interest than it would just sitting.
You know what I'm saying? It's sitting in the bank.
When you put in their perspective, you know help me
understand it way much better 'cause I always just never

(39:07):
understood how is renting a homeprofitable when you only getting
smile you commence some money one time payment a month.
And musically speaking, here howmany songs unreleased of just
U2? I think we got like like 2. 2

(39:29):
songs unreleased. Any plans for any of those songs
there? As of now now, but probably
probably probably heard it coming up or so.
And has there also been any discussion about a project of
just you 2 together of some sort?
I'm not just yet. Just curious there anything else

(39:49):
you want to mention about Gotti here before we end this segment
as well? Now just to wrap things up here,
when it comes to this entire interview here, is there
anything else you want to mention?
Any question you weren't asked? Anything you want to add on to

(40:13):
what you've said or subtract from what you've said during
this interview? I just want to 1st foremost, I
wanted to say shit. I was saying appreciate all my
fans. They want support.
They've been rock with a new since the beginning when I
didn't believe in myself. You know what I'm saying?
Without me, I mean without childis no me.
I'm saying I want to say I appreciate child, appreciate the

(40:35):
support system. I appreciate my team, OK, CMG,
I'm saying I appreciate. I'm saying all my *** new
Dallas. I appreciate the city of Dallas.
I appreciate everybody that's rocking with those standing
behind those. I was like, I want to see.
I appreciate you. Literally.
I'm saying we're going to keep this shit coming, This shit just
beginning. I'm saying what it is.

(40:56):
And I do have one follow up question here I didn't get a
chance to mention to ask you when we were talking about your
jewelry. It obviously says, it obviously
says Zillionaire records on yourpendant.
Care to share who's on that roster at this point?
Unless it's just yourself momentary?

(41:16):
As of now, it's me, you know, It's my little brother who I am
Millie. But Zener Records is labeled
that my dad started. They back they back I was saying
to the 90s. Originally the record label was
called DMD. That is most dangerous.
I was my Big Brother JJ. I don't see my Big Brother.
He in jail right now for him. I was saying he ended up coming
up with the name Zener Records and he was like 15 years old.

(41:39):
I was saying he did music. My dad did music.
You know, I'm saying once I started doing music, I just
carried the torch and the legacy.
I'm saying Zenerick. And then also this too made by
Zillionaire. Is there any update on that
brand there? Yeah, yeah, we got a lot more.
I'm saying shit and it works andI'm saying it's like whatever,

(42:03):
whatever. I whatever I do, I'm saying I
want to do it the best. So right now it's like we we in
rebranding stage and I'm saying,you know, I'm looking for I was
in the best manufacturers to produce the best quality of
clothes. So I'm saying when, when the
timing is right, you know, I'm saying I find what I'm looking
for. We're going to be back up and

(42:23):
rolling. And for those in the audience
that want to get more updates and more information to either
of those brands there, what's the best way they can?
Instagram Instagram and I'm seeing made by Z and her on
Instagram and I'm seeing probably my page because I also
promote clothes on my page also and I'm seeing Z and her dope on
Instagram. Instagram made by Z and her.

(42:47):
And the record label, is there aprofile for the record label as
well? Z and her workers under score.
And same platform Instagram. Instagram.
Instagram. Yes, Sir.
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