January 24, 2025 • 62 mins
Episode Summary:
Join us for an inspiring and heartfelt episode as we sit down with the incredibly talented actor, Matt Drago, to discuss his upcoming film "Somewhere in Montana" and his personal experiences during the recent Los Angeles wildfires. Matt shares his challenges of pre-evacuating with his wife and dog due to the fire, highlighting the resilience and strength of the LA community. We delve into the transformative power of storytelling in both sports and the arts, exploring Matt's passion for acting and the joy and sense of community he found in supporting his beloved Rams. Throughout the episode, we take a behind-the-scenes look at the indie film world and the camaraderie and collaboration that emerged during the making of "Somewhere in Montana." Join us for a conversation that celebrates the spirit of storytelling, community, and connection.
Episode Highlights:
- Discover the impact of the Los Angeles wildfires on the community as actor Matt Drago shares his personal experience of pre-evacuating with his loved ones.
- Explore the power of storytelling in both sports and the arts, as Matt reflects on his passion for acting and the joy he found in supporting the Rams.
- Gain insights into the collaborative journey behind the making of "Somewhere in Montana," as we delve into the challenges of shooting in unpredictable weather and the lasting connections formed among the cast and crew.
- Reflect on the transformative influences of childhood imagination, favorite films and actors, and the importance of strong writing in storytelling.
- Uncover the personal stories and anecdotes that underscore the dedication and adaptability required in the indie film world.
- Celebrate the sense of community and solidarity that emerges during difficult times, highlighting the true spirit of Los Angeles as a city of dreamers and fighters.
Tune in for an episode filled with inspiration, connection, and celebration of the power of storytelling in the face of adversity.
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
Yo, what's the deal?
What up y'all?
This, your boy, monsta Rob,with the Shits Podcast, where we
are either shooting the shit,starting some shit or picking up
what shit left off.
Once again, I am your host,monsoons DeRod, the coolest cat
you heard thus far, aka DJ BootyRubber like no other.
If you don't believe me, man,go ask your mother.
(00:38):
Hey man, I would like to thanky'all for checking it out,
checking out Chiz Podcast andtuning in Yo, this week we have
a very special, very specialguest to the podcast and, like I
tell you all the time, anyguest that's on the podcast is a
very special guest.
So this person is no exceptionto the rule.
My next guest he is aphenomenal actor and he has a
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phenomenal movie coming outcalled Somewhere in Montana.
So for the people in Montana Iknow it gotta have something to
do with y'all.
You know what I'm saying.
So, with no further ado, pleasegive a round of applause.
If you're driving, don't takeyour hands off the wheel.
You know what I'm saying?
Clap with your elbows.
(01:22):
I don't know how you're gonnado it, but give a round of
applause for the one, the only,matt Drago, y'all.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Hey Monsoon, Thank you so much for having me on
your show today.
That was a killer intro man.
I love it.
I love it.
Looking forward to having agreat conversation with you
today.
Yes, sir, How's it going?
I'm good man, just trying tostay safe with my wife and my
dog.
We're getting a lot of.
Obviously, the fires in LA havebeen just kind of turning our
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world upside down.
But we're a strong city.
I say this all the time.
La is a city full of dreamers,but that doesn't mean that we're
not fighters, because dreamersare fighters right, and the way
that we've pulled together hasbeen extraordinary the past two
weeks.
I can't say that enough.
I know a lot of people that arefirst responders and
(02:14):
firefighters and just trueheroes.
So, sending constant thoughtsand prayers their way, they're
keeping us all safe and then,just you know, doing a great job
at that.
So we appreciate them.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
And definitely sending prayers your way, man,
If you don't mind me asking wereyou.
Was anything of yours likereally affected severely, or
something like that.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, I mean, I'm an East Coaster originally so I did
uh, pre-evacuate.
Um, last night I was in a hotelwith my wife and my dog.
Um, you know, we we had uh, aHughes, the Hughes fire, which
is up in Castaic.
Um, that just came on reallyquickly and, uh, it's really the
wind gusts.
A lot of people you know thatare from the East coast don't
(03:02):
understand the impact of thesefires and why they're so
dangerous, and a lot of times itcomes down to the fuel, and the
fuel is the wind.
It's also getting to thesestructures because, you know,
when something, when a firetakes a structure, there's us
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had essentially gotten to halfthe size of the Eaton fire
within just about five hours mywife and I just kind of, you
know, said let's, let's just goto a hotel for the night, just
in case, because it happensquick.
I mean, you know it's, it's,it's the fires, it's what goes
into the air, what you'rebreathing in.
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And then the third part of itis, uh, is the evacuation.
I mean, if you evacuate at thelast minute with everybody else,
that can be dangerous too.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So yeah.
So it's yeah yeah, la traffic isalready bad as it is, you know.
So just to think about peopletrying to hurry up and get out
of there on top of how bad thetraffic is, um.
So I want to ask you, man, likein your opinion, how has, um,
that sense of community beenlike?
(04:16):
Have you felt that?
Have you felt like people werepitching in to help their fellow
man, or do you feel like peoplewere really just all about
themselves and just so in apanic that it was hard for them
to think about another person?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
There are so many misconceptions that I even had,
being an East Coaster and livingin New York for a while, about
LA.
You know, la is a strong cityand people really do look out
for each other.
We're a spread city, right,because it's the county of Los
Angeles is actually the biggestcounty in the country, believe
(04:52):
it or not.
So our, so our city is is big,it's wide, it's vast, but what
has happened in the past twoweeks has been just incredible.
People have been about eachother and there are so many
examples of that.
One that my wife told me aboutthe other day was in Altadena.
People were just donating newclothes, pitching in however
(05:13):
they could, right For teenagersspecifically, that were, you
know, just losing their wholewardrobes, because that's a lot
of their identity, right.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yes, yes, I was thinking about that.
I was thinking about that.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
So powerful stuff like that.
You know that one reallyresonated with me, obviously,
all of the pictures that you see.
I'm an avid sports fan, I'm aRams fan and what they did this
year even though they came up alittle bit shorter against the
Eagles, they gave us somethingto believe in and I just love.
I love that franchise, I lovethat organization.
You know what they were able todo in Arizona it's the second
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time in NFL history that therehas been a home game that hasn't
been played at the home stadiumin the playoffs.
So you know, just that nightwith with Andrew Whitworth
getting up there, man of theyear, you know, just that night
with Andrew Whitworth getting upthere, man of the year.
You know there are just so manyreally wonderful things that
they gave us this year in termsof an escape away from.
(06:13):
Because I do say that like Ithink sports can lift you up,
just like art can lift you up.
It can take you away from thepain momentarily and yeah, it's
just been beautiful man, it'sbeen just constant.
You go on Instagram andsometimes you see, like man,
(06:33):
this world is like in chaos.
But other times you scroll andyou hit a couple of things like
within your local area of theworld and you're like we have a
shot, man, we really do and youhave hope you have hope, so so.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
So, speaking of the arts man, I want to ask you um
when, at what age did you thinkyou you got the acting bug?
Like you caught the acting bug.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yes, sir, um, you know, I, I, I get this question
a lot and the simplest way I canput it is, uh, it was inside
inside me at birth, man, I feltlike this was something that I
wanted to do.
I was that kid that didn't needa lot of you know, toys or, um,
you know a lot of things.
I just needed my own mind, myown creativity, my own
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imagination, my own imagination.
I grew up in rural Virginia.
My mom and dad moved from NewYork City, you know, and so with
my friends, like I just likecreated like little scenarios
and it just felt like early on,it felt like in my life that
this was going to be the waythat I could impact the world,
because you all always kind oflike have to question yourself
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right, and be like how is itthat I can, you know, do my best
for the world.
And it felt like storytellingwas that and you know I tell
this all the time because it's agreat one One of my first paid
gigs and I was a teenager, solike dinner theater was a big
thing in my area because inVirginia there wasn't a lot of
TV and film at the time.
(08:05):
And first paid gig but wait,waited tables at the same time
so very humbling at the sametime where you'd be up on stage
but then you'd be takingpeople's order.
Um and uh.
There was a woman that came upto me, probably in her mid to
late 70s, and I was playing uh,little Patrick in Mame, which is
a very like mother-son uhdriven uh show.
That's just beautiful.
And I had a real life auntieMame, which is a very like
mother son driven show.
That's just beautiful.
And I had a real life AuntieMame in my life.
(08:27):
So it was a really cool show toget to do.
And she said you know, matthew,I really wanted to thank you
tonight because, you know, itmade me realize that I really
need to do a better job ofconnecting with my son.
And it was in that moment yeah,it was in that moment where I
was like, wow, there's like realpower in what we do as
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storytellers, as collaborators.
And then you get to the nextpart, where you go to New York
city and you know you pound thepavement and you're around your
people, right, cause a lot of itis your tribe, right, the
people that like get you that,you get them.
Um and uh, it's, it'scollaborative right.
I think that's where I'vegotten to in in the next part in
(09:10):
my life is just just loving thecollaboration, cause there's so
many masters of craft in thisindustry and people that really
love it for all the rightreasons, and, yeah, it's just
stuck with me since I canremember.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Oh, wow, so so.
So, speaking of masters in theindustry, who is?
Who is one of your favoriteactors?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Ooh, I have so many.
I mean I love like the Rockies,I love the Godfathers.
You know I grew up with withpeople that could flip on a dime
.
You know, like Robin Williams,mrs Doubtfire is definitely a
movie.
Being a child of divorce, likeI bet that that last scene just
always gets me that like I can'tnot cry.
(09:50):
Hook is another one with RobinWilliams, like I can't watch
that movie and not cry.
But yeah, I mean, they're just.
I'm just a film buff because Ijust like love what films can do
and I love how they resonate umover time, like sometimes you
feel like you need to go back tothat film.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
You know what I mean.
Like you're like.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
I haven't seen that one in a while and I feel like I
need it right now and I justfeel like, um, you know, so much
of of film is legacy driven.
It's forever and uh, and I justfeel like it can make uh
impacts in really big ways.
Uh ways especially, you know,as as as as people need them
Right, because they are storiesthat resonate with people and,
(10:32):
yeah, I think there's nothingbetter in the world than telling
a great story.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
And I'm a real, I'm a really big fan of good writing,
you know like.
So one of my favorite series,uh, was the rest of development.
Yeah and um, good one.
Speaker 7 (10:49):
I really liked it.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'm a huge jason bateman fan too, um, so I really
liked it because of the writingand I liked it because, uh, I
think when, when the writing isgood, it can be the smallest
thing.
That's hilarious.
You know what I'm sayingBecause you thought about it.
You know what I'm saying.
Like, that means you werereally connected to the material
(11:13):
.
So that small thing it relatedto you and that's why it evoked
that type of emotion from you.
What is so?
I know you said you have a lotof favorite actors.
Can you narrow it down to onefavorite movie though?
One or two favorite movies?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, I love the Rockies.
You know it might be a littleironic that Rocky IV, the bad
guy's name, is Drago and I'mDrago the Russian version Right.
But I always felt like fromhumble beginnings that you know
it's that that classic underdogstory.
It's getting in the gym at 4 amand, and you know, just
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fighting for something.
And I felt like I fought for alot of things to keep this dream
alive in my life and and youknow a lot of things that aren't
glamorous, right, I was thenumber one task rabbit in LA at
one point because I was, youknow, taking any job I could,
whether it was helping peoplewith yard work or you know,
(12:17):
cleaning up their house or youknow painting you know a room in
their house, and you know itjust always kind of gravitated
towards what do I need to do tokeep the dream alive?
Because a lot of people don'trealize that you need to fight
for your dream.
It's not something that's given, it's something that that's
earned Right.
(12:38):
And so you know, rocky did thatRight.
He was the underdog, he wasn'tsupposed to have it Right and
did that right.
He was the underdog, he wasn'tsupposed to have it right and it
was just like it wasn't just uphere, it was, it was here it
was in his heart um it was inhis heart yeah, so rocky for
sure.
Um, you know, it might be um alittle bit more irony, but I do
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love the godfathers, you know.
Uh, francis ford coppola uhmasterpiece and and I just love
the dynamic of it, I love likethe beginnings of it, I love the
just the character of MichaelCorleone and just kind of the
impossible situation that he'sthrown in and obviously Pacino
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just being one of the truegreats right in the industry, it
it's just there's just so muchgoing on.
And so I took a lot from himgrowing up.
And he actually used to liveacross the street from me in New
York City.
So you know there were a coupleof times we'd go to the same
diner and finally I went up tohim one day because he's a very
(13:39):
quiet guy and you know I justsaid I'm just gonna be humble,
but and you know, I just saidI'm just going to, I'm going to
be humble, but I'm just going to, I'm just going to say hi.
And you know I walked by and Isaid you know, just kind of
going out, like literallywalking away.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
I'll have a great day .
Speaker 9 (13:59):
And he looked at me and he said you too, you know,
and it was like, it was justlike you know, it was just kind
of that moment of connection.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
And that's enough.
You know what I'm saying, likeit doesn't have to be a long,
drawn-out conversation.
It's just somebody you respect,somebody that's motivating to
you, and it's like just the factthat he acknowledged that you
were there.
It's cool.
I met Prince.
I met Prince before and, yeah,I met Prince in Minneapolis.
Man, wow, it was at his club,it was at his club and a buddy
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of mine pointed him out.
He was like man ago prince.
You know, so I'm.
You know I'm not trying to bestarstruck, but main recipes,
you can't help but to bestarstruck.
You see, sometimes you can'thelp it.
Yep right, you know so he's ashort dude man and he was with
two tall, beautiful women,beautiful like I think they was
twins.
If they wasn't, they looksimilar.
Anyway, I had my CD at the timeand I was trying to give him my
(14:53):
CD so he could check it out,and he rejected it so politely,
so politely.
He was just like and Irespected that.
You know what I'm saying.
He rejected it.
He was put his hands out, shookmy hand and, honestly, bro, I
was cool with that.
I was cool with that.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
I get that.
I get that too, because I meana lot of times as a as an artist
, you do have to, like, putyourself out there, right and um
and I can already tell I'mtalking to a fellow artist here,
so it is it's, it's that youknow just bravery and that
courage to keep putting yourselfout there and you know, even
though, like he, you know,passed on it or whatever, you
(15:33):
know, it was that moment ofconnection that you still took
to heart and obviously somebodythat you look up to.
So those moments are what fuelyou, right as an artist.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
So, that's.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
that's a really cool story.
I like that Speaking of stories.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Speaking of films, I want to talk about somewhere in
Montana, right Um, can you givethe people not too much, but
let's let them know what thewhat the movie is about, without
telling too much about it.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
For sure.
Uh, it's a story of the times.
It's a story of the times inthat it is very politically and
socially charged.
Right, I'm a West Coastdirector and you know my friend,
graham McTavish, plays anincredible Montana rancher and
the story really dives intolegacy.
My legacy is film and makingfilm and my family is that, my
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cast and my crew.
You know I'm a fighter of mydreams, right, and obviously you
can already tell in talking tome that this is very much you
know the vein of who I am asMatt, right, and you know Graham
is also driven by his legacy.
His legacy is a more simplisticone but still beautiful in that
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he, you know, really fights forhis ranch.
His ranch is going through atough time and he needs the
money from my production tocontinue.
You know his dream and hislivelihood.
So we're put in an impossiblesituation because we're
different people and we need tofind a way to work through it.
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And it explores a lot of thosedynamics of mutual respect and
what it is to really fight foryour legacy and come together as
a people.
So a story of the times andjust so proud to be a part of it
.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Okay, okay, it sounds very interesting, very
interesting, especially witheverything that's going on,
especially with everythingthat's going on currently.
You know, I don't know, forsome people that's a sensitive
subject, depending on you know.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
So, um, it's sensitive, uh, brandon smith, uh
, the writer and the director ofthe project.
So an extraordinary, uh youknow just way to go about this
film was that we got to developand collaborate this character
of fabian together on zoom, justlike we're on right now, and go
scene by scene.
But he really did that with thewhole cast and crew.
(18:08):
I mean it was a very familydriven project.
I say this all the time Crewsare what makes films great.
A lot of actors should do theirwork in pre production.
But it's really cool.
And I got to see the credits forthis film, just realizing, like
I knew everybody's name on thecredits and they were all my
friends and uh, the crew justsacrificed so much to make this
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film.
Uh, it is, it's just a, it's a,it's a conversation starter as
a film because, like I said, youknow these are two people that
would never be put in the sameum place at the same time and uh
, and yet, and yet they are.
But I think the dynamic thatBrandon really wanted to
showcase is there is a way towork through it and and we do
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need each other, and mutualrespect is the highest form of
love that you can give anotherperson, and if you just get to
know another person and don'tcancel them, for you know a
couple things, and, and, and,and, and, redemption it's a
redemption story.
So there's just really so manyfacets of this film that are
just so powerful and sopertinent to the times that
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we're in today.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
I love how you break it down.
I honestly do, man.
I love how you break it downand like, make it.
You make it so relatable, youknow, and I feel like that's
what, for me, that's what makeuh films even better when
there's a uh.
That's, that's the story.
(19:38):
Well, definitely the story toit.
Um, but when you, when you canreally get into it, when you
really can get into it, and notsaying that you have to sell it,
but just just the way youexplained it was truly awesome.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
When I got into acting.
Honestly, this is the type ofstory I had always dreamed of
telling, and for a film likethis that I'm a part of, to come
out with where we are right nowas a society in this country.
You know, it's powerful and it'sone of those things where I
(20:11):
always say like I'm glad it gota theatrical release, because
it's an indie film right, and alot of indies don't get to
theaters anymore but it's aconversation starter.
I really do feel like it's likethose two minute conversations
where maybe we all can do alittle bit better right now and
it really starts with love andcompassion and really seeing
each other, like those twominute conversations where maybe
we all can do a little bitbetter right now and it really
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starts with love and compassionand really seeing each other.
And I really do think that whenwe're connected with our
positive, good emotions, likereally from our hearts, not from
our heads, I think that there'sa path forward for all of us.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
And I love, I love the fact that you keep
mentioning the whole concept ofbeing connected, um, and I think
that's in my opinion, onceagain, my opinion, I think that
our society is kind ofstruggling with right now is
that whole concept of beingconnected to your fellow man, um
, and that was one of thereasons why I asked you um, how
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do you think the community cametogether with the fires that's
going on in LA as well?
Because that was something thatsome people may feel like.
Well, it may not be affectingme, but it does affect us.
You know what I'm saying, and Ithink that once we all get to a
point where we start to realizethat, I believe we become
(21:23):
better people.
As far as the workingconditions with making this film
somewhere in Montana, how werethe working conditions?
Like, was it hot there?
You know what I'm saying.
Was it cold?
Like, how was it?
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Yeah, july in Montana , right, Still, the weather,
weather can be crazy.
One of the crew members saidyou know, montana, she's, uh,
she's the she's crazy.
You know she, she, she will,will, will, will change on a
dime.
It goes back to the crew,though.
Um, the crew did such anextraordinary job.
If we needed to change from anoutdoor scene to an indoor scene
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just because of the elements,maybe we would have a rainstorm,
I mean monsoon.
There were times where I'm noteven kidding there would be a
monsoon that we would see comingover that mountaintop right,
and we and we would know, wewould know that we had like,
maybe 10-15 minutes left ofshooting, um, before that like
cloud was going to be right overus, right?
(22:26):
and and the light was there.
There were certain times wherewe really wanted that, like
sunset shot.
So the togetherness of the castand crew, in that we all were
with each other and we stood byeach other, really allowed
ourselves to maximize.
Mont and Montana.
Oh man, it's a, it's God'scountry up there.
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Like it's a.
As my friend Jonathan Stoddard,who plays Spence in the film,
says, it's God's wallpaper.
And so, as an actor, as anartist, right, he's, he's, he's,
he's a, he's a brother to me.
Like I became friends with somany of the people in the cast
and crew.
Graham McTavish is the firstperson that called me mate.
I consider Michelle Heard a bigsister to me.
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She's such a lover of actorsand on the SAG-AFTRA board, I
just can't say enough greatthings about this cast and crew.
Like we really all became afamily and I think it's because
we knew from the beginning thatwe were all telling a story that
was bigger than all of us andsee the thing, uh, from the
beginning, that we were alltelling a story that was bigger
than all of us.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Oh and that's.
And see the thing, like, thepro and the con to that is when
you started to think aboutmortality at some point.
We're not going to be here, butthe pro to that is that you
created something that willoutlive you you know what I'm
saying which will keep your nameout there, which will keep Matt
Drago's name out there, nameout there, which keep Matt
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Drago's name out there.
So I don't want to get offtopic, but I'm kind of getting
off topic, but still on topic.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Have you ever seen a healthy relationship?
Yes, absolutely A healthyrelationship.
I mean I'll say um, I mean yeahabsolutely.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Um, you know and, and , and there's struggles with
what's that?
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Can you describe it?
It's based on giving each otherspace.
I would say that is, uh what Ithink.
I mean, I'm a married man,right, and you know there are
times where you don't get thatmuch space.
No, there's going to be wellit's.
It's.
There's going to be things thatyou both need from each other,
right, but if you can give eachother space and, um, be willing
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to go to the other person andsay I need this, um, you know,
and, and, and that otherperson's willing to give you,
that, like, you have a person inyour life that you should never
let go, and I honestly feellike that was very much the case
with the, with the cast andcrew on this film is that there
was such space there.
And what was interesting aboutthe relationships that I had,
(25:00):
specific to this film, is wenever wanted to be away from
each other.
Like we would go on hikestogether.
We would go hike, you know, upto a waterfall together.
We would, you know, go to thelodge and get our meals together
.
We would go to get breakfasttogether.
We just felt like we reallyneeded each other.
I feel, like many people in thisfilm, like we're going through
(25:22):
a lot in their lives, as we allare, but we really took like
solace in this film that we were, you know, in together to just
give ourselves like a breath,because there is nothing like
waking up and seeing FlatheadLake, up against the mountains
and about an hour south ofGlacier National Park, and just
(25:44):
reflecting on things, I can'ttell you the last time I have
just like gotten up and likestared at a body of water for an
hour before I was even pickedup for set.
But it recentered me, itrecalibrated me and it just was
the ultimate gift I can see aslike just an actor because I
always say this and I mean it Ifeel like I've already won with
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this film, just in being a partof it, all the relationships
that I developed off screen withthese extraordinary people and
again, actors don't get enoughcredit a lot of times.
They're some of the mostselfless people I've ever met in
my life and we would just sharethings together and we would be
with each other and we would bethere for each other.
(26:27):
And when you go back to youroriginal question, that's how I
see relationships is if you canreally be there for each other
and give each other space andlisten.
You know, I think that you havehard listening, that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
half hard listening, that's awesome.
So, as an actor, can you speakabout the anxieties, if there
are anxieties about auditionsand callbacks?
Because for a person that's notan actor, I may not appreciate
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the time spent into preparingfor an an audition or the joy
that you get when you get a callback.
You know what I'm saying.
So, as an actor, can you speakabout the anxieties about
auditions and callbacks andstuff like that?
Speaker 2 (27:19):
For sure.
I think the thing that you cando, um, as an actor for the most
part is um, you know I'll I'llspeak to somewhere in Montana
again.
It's just, you know, if youfind a great script or a great
character, just enjoy the factthat you get to put yourself on
tape.
Um, I was given an audition forthis.
I'd already read the scriptthree times before I had even
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put my scene out there, and it'sbecause I genuinely just loved
the film, like I already, lovedthe characters, I loved the
message, the words that BrandonSmith wrote on this, like I felt
like were exactly what I'vealways wanted to do and say as
an actor.
And you know, then the hardestpart comes.
You put yourself on tape, youdo all that work, you enjoy that
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part of it and truly enjoy thatpart of it because, truly enjoy
that part of it, because thenyou have to give it away, right,
and and and you don't have thatcontrol, right.
So you know that's.
That's step one.
And then, a lot of times,there's a step two, where you
get to a producer session whereyou're meeting the director and
the casting director and theproducers for the next time, but
I remember that producersession being about 45 minutes,
(28:26):
with Eden Mattson, the producer,and Brandon Smith, the writer
director, and Jared Brocksterman, the casting director, and just
really being curious about thestory.
And you know, maybe part of somuch of me getting gifted or
granted the opportunity to dothis role was just the, the
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fascination of what a big storythis was and just really doing
my best to be just there for itif it was meant to be.
And so you know, I rememberthat part of it and it felt like
it went well.
And then, you know, a month wentby and I got the call from,
from Jared, and he had told me Igot the part and it was pure
(29:13):
elation, but I got to be honest,monsoon, the second that I hung
up the phone I kid you not, I Itook a breath and I said, okay,
it's time to get to work,because that's when you really
earn the role Right and and youget, you get empowered by that
and I'm not going to say ittakes the anxiety completely
away from it, but it lessens ita little bit, because if you
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really do the work and everyactor has their own unique
process I do backstories, Ireally like to do any kind of
methodology that makes me feellike I'm in the character.
For me, a big part of this wasin the body of the character.
I like to lift weights and, youknow, work out and this
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character I just felt like wasvery lean.
He was so driven that he, youknow, forgot to, he forgot meals
and he was always like kind ofgo, go, go.
And so I lost 25 pounds veryhealthily, with an incredible
fitness coach, you know, and anutritionalist.
And and it brought me to thepoint where, when I had done all
(30:18):
of this work and I came to seteven though there might've been
that imposter syndrome, you know, getting to work with someone
like Graham the second that Imet him, he's such a pro, he's
such a friend.
He actually messaged me lastnight and, you know, asked me
hey, I heard that you might beclose to the Castaic fires, are
you okay?
He's a friend.
(30:39):
And so when you have that typeof professional like Michelle
heard, like these seasoned vetsthat are just going to give back
to you and be there for you, Isay like the unknown actor or
the one that's, like you know,coming up or that's getting
their chance right to show whatthey can do, you are in a
constant state of being in asafety net with them, because
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they will take care of you andthey will be there for you and
uh, and they were there for mein this project and I just
honestly um, I say this all thetime, but I feel like I've
already won uh being a part ofthis film, and it's because of
the people, it's because of therelationships that I'll have
with me from from this point on.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Um, I gotta be honest with you, matt.
It sounds like you're aroundsome really phenomenal people.
Man, like for real, I'm happyfor you.
It's like you was in a verygood space and I can just
imagine how all that positiveenergy is going to resonate to
the screen and when people get achance to check out this movie,
(31:43):
it's going to blow them away.
Man.
You hit it on the head.
Actually, it's going to blowthem away, man.
It's going to blow them away.
You hit it on the head.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Actually, I was going to just say one thing, because
you actually hit it on the headthere when I rapped the last
night and I actually my lastshot, just so you know, is
actually coming out of the movietheater in somewhere in Montana
when you see it.
That was my last shot that Ishot, Okay.
And when you see it that was mylast shot that I shot and the
next time that I actually wentinto that theater, we were doing
a screening there, which wasreally, really cool.
(32:09):
So I remember rapping and it'sexactly what you just said you
hit it on the head.
There is that I looked at thecast and the crew that were
there that night and I said youknow, thank you, because the
extraordinary experience of thisfilm was all of the energy that
you gave to me and my job wasto simply just put it right back
(32:31):
into the film.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
So I had to share that because you said it and you
felt it.
Yeah, no problem.
So so I was reading you haveyour own production company as
well, right?
Speaker 2 (32:44):
I sure do.
Dragon Hunter Production.
My wife's maiden name isactually Hunter, so Drago and
Hunter makes Dragon HunterProductions.
Yeah right.
Speaker 3 (32:53):
It kind of worked out .
Speaker 5 (32:54):
She definitely can have.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
She is.
She is an incredible writer.
She actually is in thefellowship right now for Film
Independent.
Only five writers got selectedfor that.
She's working on her first shortfilm there, our production
company has a couple thank you,a couple podcasts under our
umbrella company and, you know,the next big fish for us is to
(33:18):
do a feature film and, much inthe vein of Fabian Verdugo, you
know, bringing film to littlecorners of the world.
That's kind of how thecharacter lives on in me and
that's what I told Brandon andthe gift that he gave me as
Fabian, it kind of sparked myinterest to say, okay, what can
I do as an artist that I feellike will make the greatest
(33:40):
impact in the world?
And I love my country, right?
So I want to bring films tolittle pockets of the country
that feel like they don't have avoice.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Yes, yes, that's awesome.
That's what.
What were some of the um?
What were some of thechallenges that you face getting
this production company off theground?
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Absolutely.
I mean I always say it'sbuilding your team, it is a team
sport, like film is a teamsport because what you realize
when you get into film is justthe masters of craft.
I mean I can Montana skylineand give it that graininess.
You know I can't pack the trucklike my friend Troy can.
(34:31):
I can't do the lighting like myfriend Jason can.
So it's really just finding thepeople that you know are going
to be collaborators with you,not just for this project but
forever, and you see it with alot of production companies.
So that's the challenge isfinding people that are part of
your vision.
Because, again, you see it inthis industry all the time,
(34:52):
right, you see actors work withthe same directors, work with
the same writers, work with thesame editors, work with the same
composers.
It's because you build thatcamaraderie where those
conversations get a little bitmore succinct, they get a little
bit more, you know, almost onlike a kinetic level, right, and
that's where you go as aproduction company.
(35:14):
It's building your team, it'sfinding your tribe and then
letting people around you betheir masters of craft so you
can make something specialtogether.
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
That's awesome.
It's just super dope man um.
I'm a big fan of like originstories, you know I'm saying
like I hated that wolverine hadto get was.
That was your origin story,that made you into the person
(35:56):
you are today.
What moment would that be?
Speaker 2 (36:01):
I mean, I've been thinking about him a lot
recently because I grew up inrural Virginia and my mom and
dad got divorced when I was fouryears old and my mom remarried
my best friend.
So I was raised by a black manin rural Virginia and he took
care of me, he protected me, butwhat he really gave me was
(36:21):
passion, and his passion wasfood.
He was a chef and he was a cheffor the original Marriott
property, marriott Ranch in Hume, virginia, and my love for
acting, I think, stemmed a lotfrom his love of food, because
the way that he would talk aboutfood he jokingly called it food
porn.
But the way that he loved andhonored food the way he would
(36:45):
say.
It is like Matt, you know, Icould or he always called me son
, son, I could build this dish,I could make it, you know, a
$100 dish, or I could make it$9.99.
Food was inclusive to him.
Food was about love.
It was about, you know, notshowcasing his skills, it was
about bringing joy to people.
And one of the last days that Igot to spend with him you know
(37:08):
we're looking over the Virginiaskyline on Marriott Ranch's
property we talked deep into thenight about food and it's a
conversation that will resonatewith me my entire life and one
that I actually brought to mycharacter in somewhere in
Montana, because I feel like,you know, he just gave me just
such power in my life to, to, toshow togetherness and to show
(37:33):
passion and to be unwavering inthat passion.
And yeah, chaz, chaz Green,rest in peace.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
Oh, that's awesome.
Rest in peace, man.
It sounds like he was anawesome person.
He really was.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
Yeah, he really was.
He just was one of those peoplethat, like every time he said
it and I still hear, like as I'mthinking about it right now,
the words I'm proud of you, son.
And when he looked at me and hesaid that, that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Yeah, that's awesome.
That is, that is awesome, um,all right.
So I gotta, I gotta, switch itup a bit, man.
So this is the part of thepodcast Um and we like to call
it um.
It's called drugs, right, welike to call it.
It's called drugs, right?
I'm not going to take any, I'msorry.
(38:30):
I'm not going to take any, Notat all, I'm sorry.
Sorry about that.
So we're not going to take any,all right, the reason why this
is called drugs is because thereare four different events,
(38:53):
right, so one is a dinner party,okay.
One is a house party, okay.
One is a pity party, and thenthe last one is a pity party and
then the last one is a dittyparty, okay.
So I'm gonna name off a drugand you tell me which would
(39:20):
people most likely do this drug?
It's either a dinner party, ahouse party, a pity party
meaning we're not doing it or aditty party, which we already
know.
All right, okay.
So the first one is weed.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Weird.
Hmm, Hmm, I'm gonna say God,that could.
That's a tough one.
That's a tough one.
I'm gonna say not a Diddy Party.
(40:04):
I'm like trying to go throughprocess of elimination here.
Speaker 8 (40:14):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
I don't think it's a pity party either.
Maybe maybe a house party, Iwould say.
Speaker 1 (40:28):
Yeah, ok, I would go with that, all right.
Yeah, the next one, mushrooms.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
That feels like a ditty party.
I don't know, I've never been,but I see the news so I assume
that probably would be inalignment there.
Speaker 1 (40:52):
Okay, adderall.
Speaker 2 (40:56):
Oh man, Maybe a dinner party Okay.
Speaker 1 (41:03):
Maybe Okay, maybe Okay, gotta stay woke.
Gotta stay woke for thosedinner parties.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
Molly.
I don't even know anybodythat's ever taken Molly before,
so I don't really even know.
Full disclosure.
I don't know a lot about drugs.
I take my occasional gummy anda drink, but Molly, what does
Molly even do?
Speaker 1 (41:32):
I've never taken it, so I would say pity party, so I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (41:38):
Let's go with pity party, then I'll go with.
I'll go with pity party.
Crap, oh man.
House party maybe, oh, or dittyparty, I have no idea.
Speaker 7 (41:52):
All of the above.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
It could go either way it could go.
Either way, I don't know, itcould go either way.
It could go either way.
Oh man, All right.
Last one All right.
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Acid, I don't know.
All these drugs are so crazythat it does make me think of a
Diddy party.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (42:17):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, cool, cool, cool,
cool Yo yo man.
I have to say in all duerespect, matt, I really do
appreciate your time.
Man, Very nice talking to you.
Is there anything that you wantto let the people know where
(42:39):
they can find the movie?
Get it all out there, man.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
Sure, well, first of all, monsoon, I really
appreciate you having me on theshow today.
This has been an awesomeconversation.
If you want to follow me andjust kind of be a part of all
the different things that I'vegot going on in my life.
I can only do so many socialmedia platforms, so find me on
Instagram at Matt Drago,m-a-t-t-d-r-a-g-o, at Matt Drago
(43:09):
.
From there, I've got all of mylinks there my link tree.
It's got my IMDB, it's got bothwebsites, which are my actor
website, mattdragocom, myproduction company with my wife,
dragonhunterproductionscom, andall my other links.
If you want to follow me onother social media platforms as
well.
As far as the film goes, I willbe posting updates to what film,
(43:31):
what theaters it comes to.
It is a conversation starter,so we really want people to go
to the theater and give thisstory of the times a shot,
because I do think this is areally great in-person film to
see.
If it comes near you, go to thetheater, show us your support.
We're an indie film, we're apassion project, so that would
(43:52):
mean a lot to us and then itwill eventually go to VOD or
streaming in the future don'tknow when yet, but take a look
for it there and I I will besharing all updates.
So if you want to follow me inmy journey as an actor, a
collaborator, a husband, a dog,dad, find me at Matt Drago and
give me a follow there.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
Most definitely Thank you for your time.
I always tell people, man, timeis way more important than
money, because you can get moneyback.
You can't get time back.
So I appreciate your time, man.
I appreciate your story, to behonest with you, I appreciate
your story and just theconversation with you, man, just
(44:36):
outlining that whole sense ofcommunity and being connected
and how important it is to havethat resonate over into your art
, your passion, which issomewhere in Montana, which
everyone should go see, go, gocheck it out, um, because you
put your all into it, man, youknow, and I and I appreciate
(44:58):
that, and it was very nicemeeting you.
Um, yeah, stay away from thoseditty parties.
Um, we're not gonna, not gonnatry to ask it or to molly,
because we don't know what thatdoes.
So, nah, not at all.
But, man, anytime, man, thatyou, that you want to get back
on the podcast, man, very niceto meet you, I'm here and it was
(45:19):
very nice meeting you bro thankyou, monsoon.
Speaker 2 (45:22):
I appreciate this conversation.
It's meant a lot to me.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (45:25):
No problem, Be safe out there, man.
Keep that dog safe too, man.
I got a little dog over there.
He went to sleep on me.
Actually, I'm happy that he'sasleep.
So I do understand theimportance of taking care of
your pets, man.
Speaker 2 (45:43):
Absolutely, they are your family right.
And importance of taking careof your pets, man, absolutely,
they are your family right.
And there's nothing like uh thelove of a little animal next to
you all the time.
They are uh special for sureyes, yes it is.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Yeah, anyway, he's knocked out um.
Have a good one, matt, and besafe out there bro thank you.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
I appreciate you, mon Mattoon.
Thank you, peace, peace.
Speaker 1 (46:11):
Yo hey, y'all Check it out.
We're going to do somethingdifferent right now, man, for
the people that's tuning in, I'mgoing to play some music for my
man, dj B-Vax man.
So y'all just uh, vibe out,check out the tones, because I
love music, um, and I want tokeep music incorporated into the
(46:32):
podcast, so I'll be back, y'allcheck out this music and uh,
there it is once again, dj beback Once again.
Speaker 9 (46:45):
DJ B-Bass this morning.
If they say what you gonna dotoday, just say hey, I wanna get
paid.
Hey, they, hey, they pay that.
Hey, they, hey, they pay that.
Speaker 4 (47:11):
We dedicate this to these people out here getting
banked, where the pursuit of themoney is reality, never front
on a click that you can'tevaluate.
See, I got things out here Ineed to situate.
I got a fresh ass car with somelost paint People walking down
the street until they feast.
Ay, I got accountants out herehaving big things.
Have to stick it to the cribwith the sachet In my room, with
(47:31):
the shot, with the big tank.
Don't get mad because I'm doingthings you just can't.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey whatyou say?
Get this party.
Speaker 10 (48:14):
If you say what you gonna do.
Babe, just a sec.
Yeah, I wanna get paid, paid,paid, paid, paid, paid.
Bounce, bounce.
Hit the six.
Bounce bounce.
One on one, bounce bounce.
One on one, bounce bounce.
(48:56):
Check, check, check.
Yo, I'm making short-term goals.
Uh-huh, we'll be right back.
I'm one of the best playersthat done it.
Six stitches.
The bunny Y'all brothers don'twant it.
I got the Godfather flow, theDon Juan, the Marcos With the
God.
Don't get it twisted.
Speaker 5 (49:09):
I'm taking all the time to give you peace of mind.
Speaker 10 (49:17):
You can't knock the hustle, do what you think you
want.
Maybe one day you'll be lastseen out of state where I drop
my sling.
I'm deep in the south, kickingup top game, bouncing on the
highway, switching low lanes,screaming through the sun.
Roof money ain't a thing.
Your worst bid confirmed.
(49:38):
Me and my fam rotate like thefirm getting down for life.
You better learn.
While I play with fire, burn.
We get together like a choir toacquire what we desire.
We do dirt like worms, producecheese like sperm, select,
spread like germs.
I got expensive hoes withexpensive clothes and I sip on
wine to spit venters lower.
I don't know.
(49:58):
My nigga C-Town.
Speaker 5 (50:23):
My big brother, big league.
Hold it down Flamboyant babyfor life.
We takin' over Comin' to atheater near you, check it out.
Come on, check it.
Make sure my mic is loud and myproduction is tight.
Better watch me round your girl.
If you ain't fuckin' the right,you damn player haters, never
wanna see me blow Flamboyantentertainment CEO.
(50:45):
Yo, the spotlight is mine.
You ain't fucking the right.
You damn player haters, neverwanna see me blow Flamboyant
entertainment CEO.
Yo, the spotlight is mine.
It ain't his.
No more.
When Lee come home, niggas can'tlive no more.
And I'm straight.
Keep a Harlem World mind state.
I never lounge where you findJake Surprise niggas like a
blind date.
L rhyme great and I'ma increasethe crime rate for old time's
sake.
Run the crime rate for oldtime's sake.
(51:07):
Run with me and I'ma make you astar.
When me and my crew hit theclubs, we go straight to the bar
.
Leave them empty.
I cruise through Harlem in theM3.
Never pay for parties.
Say my name and I'm in free.
I'm on some money.
G-car shit, superstar shit,selling niggas that wet shit
right out the jar shit.
I'm dumb, hot.
I'll wreck you and your youngflock.
Keep the gunk.
Hot is in one, block 139, nigga, the danger's gone.
We quick to put a bullet in thestranger's dome.
I'm known to kick a rough rhymethe rocks must shine, you're
(51:29):
out.
I done took up enough time.
Real, no doubt you know we doFlank one for life.
No one.
Holy y'all, a fool kid, that'llrun up in your baby momma.
Holy y'all, this fool is madfor y'all.
For y'all, I'm going to do it.
I'm going to do it.
I'm going to do it Straight up,dj.
(51:52):
This one Spray painted pictureson the walls Gettingors man, I
have the colors.
Speaker 3 (52:03):
Yeah, spray painted pictures on the walls getting
drawn by guns, fat caps known tostop runs when applied to the
surface, outlines of earthlingschalked by the handball course
in the park.
Villain starts a feeling,finish like chilling the air.
A soul can be free, notrevealing Shape or form.
Take the world by storm.
Next day display a van Evangelwith x-ray vision, seeing good
(52:27):
but not being seen, headchopping like a guillotine Opera
.
Leotine Price snitches,seamless, no tight glitches.
A drip's, just your worstnightmare.
Mischief with spirits drippingIn and out.
When in doubt, with poverty, itbe hard to see the beauty in
the asphalt Odyssey.
Obviously, it'll dawn on youwhen you sleep.
Speaker 7 (53:47):
Hey, to the light.
Yeah, we're on, thank you.
I profess, and I don't jest,cause the words I manifest.
They will take to nature and Iwill stress upon you the need
for you all to lead your mindsand souls so you can lead
yourselves to peace.
I got a real object here.
(54:13):
I am a flexor here, cause Iselect a clear method for all
suckers like ball and fall crawlInto the pit of purgatory.
I go for glory.
I'm taking, inventorying allthe tough luck ducks.
While I narrate, relate andequate, dictate and deviate.
My fate is to be, quote, makinghistory.
I use sincerity, but I stillbury the doubts and questions Of
(54:34):
all the skeptics.
I'm kicking cloud heads.
I'll even bet this is true.
Think nothing's so-so, cause Iknow Right about this minute.
I'm in it.
Admit it, I did it for you,cause this is what I've been to
so chill while I instill that myarmor's fulfilled the proper
mission.
For us and yo, this is a must.
Choose these lines out of myrhymes.
I attest.
These are the words that Imanifest.
I manifest.
Speaker 6 (55:18):
I manifest, I'm out.
If he a buck fifty, your chanceof runnin' is infinity.
Slugs, leave a nigga druggedlike a chip stood to Mickey.
So on the lower, take your NavySeals and get me when I'm
surface.
If not chips, then vengeance.
The purpose on your team.
I pull the curtain a beautifulhurtin' Till my eyes see the
blood that mean the creeps startworkin'.
Niggas never learn and let theyeyes keep lurkin'.
Have your genital pumping yourex-file workin'.
(55:39):
Skip off, skid, mark the streethard, skip the beat.
Bitch Nigga, overcooked at me,get no sleep.
Only wrestlers in between theblink.
My life story was written inblood permanent ink.
Killer instinct RIP.
I'm gotta think like that Cause.
Forever I've been eating them,playing flawless mistakes, never
beating them.
Some love me, some hate me.
Bitches in the head beatingthem.
(56:00):
Niggas wanna ride by the cribor slow Clap motherfuckin' on a
real rap show.
Watch when the Mac blowThreaten my castle and in a
blink, watch how quick life passyou.
I'm a stronger motherfucker whowouldn't ever learn.
Keep playing with that fire andthat's to get drunk.
Fuck a little semi-auto With myfooters in the grave and giving
all y'all Something to beafraid of.
I'm a stronger motherfucker whowouldn't ever learn.
Speaker 9 (56:22):
Smoke a motherfucker.
Fuck him when they get alerted.
He playin' with that vibe, thatass again.
Bruh, fuck him.
He'll steal me all.
Fuck him, he's gonna be great.
He givin' all y'all somethingto be afraid of.
2000 G.
Yo, I need an encore y'all.
You should welcome me back.
You want a ball till you fall?
I can help you with that.
You want beef?
I can let a slug melt in yourhat, cause I'm a wild barbarian.
(56:43):
Too hard, I'm scaring them.
Century 21, solar eclipse.
While you listen to the wordsthat I wrote on a disc Alonious,
my description is through ragPants sag down to my feet.
Ak is my heat.
Eight day in the street Till Ilay six feet.
Qb PJs and we playing for keeps.
Cheating cars and jeeps is mymotto.
Four fives with the hollowsSalons, sits on the nozzles.
(57:04):
Pop bottles for those who neverhear.
The best years.
We in the bulletproof vestyears the aim for the head and
chest years.
What's your name?
Make your name known For thenext year.
Better rep year.
Nasty, nasty escobar escobarNow eat.
It's not good.
Thomas Nastydaq Escova now he isnot good diamonds.
(57:34):
I let y'all niggas bang my shitbefore Saddam hits.
Look, nasradamus, tell us whattime it is.
I was the first one on thatdarn shit.
First nigga to sing a hook onsome TJ Swan shit.
Black ski mask up in theprojects, camouflage for clips,
run up in your crib.
Cop your bitch.
Wear the bricks and we loco sobroke brown coke don't sell.
Spending your money on weedsmoke in hotels, hood racks and
bullet wound up.
Females Got babies for hustlersand niggas in jail Slinging for
(57:58):
chips to fiends with burntfingertips, face heads, kill cab
drivers, just for a hit.
A week later Sporting Gator'sgetting thrills.
My honey's wearing Gucci highheels.
She come and scoot me.
I chill.
Leave the streets alone for asec.
Hit the sky bar on sunset.
Then the sex is so high tech.
Nasty, nasty eskimo eskimo Nowhe is not good Thomas.
Nasty, nasty eskimo eskimo Nowhe is not good Thomas.
Speaker 8 (58:22):
Nasty, nasty, es's go , let's go Now.
He is not good now.
It's nasty now, let's go, let'sgo Now.
He is not good now.
Hey, yo fuck it, wake up.
Turn the radio up.
What it sucks.
Yeah, listen to the cut.
It's our style, our style, yourstyle.
Stop love you.
Hey, yo, nigga, wake up.
Let me show you something.
Listen to the way they flip themetaphors and phrases.
(58:43):
Listen, listen.
It's driving me crazy, Causeevery time I do a style and flip
it kinda simple For the sake,that's fact and do it on the
demo, from a demo to a poll.
Now a hit on the radio.
Next thing you know they'll bedoing a video.
Same one, same one, concepts,whole nine and crazy
similarities through the wholerhyme.
I'm not worried, though.
I'm flipping hits from thegrill and in the underground.
(59:03):
Only real stays real.
So I'm checking the skills.
The skills are kind of hell ofy'all.
Here come the lords, becausewe're here to make a kill.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Speaker 1 (59:15):
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Yo Yo yo, yo, yo, yo yo yo.
Shout out to my man, DJ B-Fax.
Y'all, that was his mix man.
Y'all give much love and muchrespect to my man, DJ B-Fax
y'all.
Hey yo, thank y'all for tuningin to the Shits Podcast.
Much love and respect to myguest, Matt Drago.
(59:39):
Y'all, make sure y'all check outthat movie Somewhere in Montana
.
You don't have to go somewherein Montana to check it out.
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Yo, what's the deal?
What up y'all?
This, your boy, monsta Rob,with the Shits Podcast, where we
are either shooting the shit,starting some shit or picking up
what shit left off.
Once again, I am your host,monsoons DeRod, the coolest cat
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If you don't believe me, man,go ask your mother.
(00:38):
Hey man, I would like to thanky'all for checking it out,
checking out Chiz Podcast andtuning in Yo, this week we have
a very special, very specialguest to the podcast and, like I
tell you all the time, anyguest that's on the podcast is a
very special guest.
So this person is no exceptionto the rule.
My next guest he is aphenomenal actor and he has a
(01:02):
phenomenal movie coming outcalled Somewhere in Montana.
So for the people in Montana Iknow it gotta have something to
do with y'all.
You know what I'm saying.
So, with no further ado, pleasegive a round of applause.
If you're driving, don't takeyour hands off the wheel.
You know what I'm saying?
Clap with your elbows.
(01:22):
I don't know how you're gonnado it, but give a round of
applause for the one, the only,matt Drago, y'all.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Hey Monsoon, Thank you so much for having me on
your show today.
That was a killer intro man.
I love it.
I love it.
Looking forward to having agreat conversation with you
today.
Yes, sir, How's it going?
I'm good man, just trying tostay safe with my wife and my
dog.
We're getting a lot of.
Obviously, the fires in LA havebeen just kind of turning our
(01:53):
world upside down.
But we're a strong city.
I say this all the time.
La is a city full of dreamers,but that doesn't mean that we're
not fighters, because dreamersare fighters right, and the way
that we've pulled together hasbeen extraordinary the past two
weeks.
I can't say that enough.
I know a lot of people that arefirst responders and
(02:14):
firefighters and just trueheroes.
So, sending constant thoughtsand prayers their way, they're
keeping us all safe and then,just you know, doing a great job
at that.
So we appreciate them.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
And definitely sending prayers your way, man,
If you don't mind me asking wereyou.
Was anything of yours likereally affected severely, or
something like that.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, I mean, I'm an East Coaster originally so I did
uh, pre-evacuate.
Um, last night I was in a hotelwith my wife and my dog.
Um, you know, we we had uh, aHughes, the Hughes fire, which
is up in Castaic.
Um, that just came on reallyquickly and, uh, it's really the
wind gusts.
A lot of people you know thatare from the East coast don't
(03:02):
understand the impact of thesefires and why they're so
dangerous, and a lot of times itcomes down to the fuel, and the
fuel is the wind.
It's also getting to thesestructures because, you know,
when something, when a firetakes a structure, there's us
(03:25):
had essentially gotten to halfthe size of the Eaton fire
within just about five hours mywife and I just kind of, you
know, said let's, let's just goto a hotel for the night, just
in case, because it happensquick.
I mean, you know it's, it's,it's the fires, it's what goes
into the air, what you'rebreathing in.
(03:45):
And then the third part of itis, uh, is the evacuation.
I mean, if you evacuate at thelast minute with everybody else,
that can be dangerous too.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So yeah.
So it's yeah yeah, la traffic isalready bad as it is, you know.
So just to think about peopletrying to hurry up and get out
of there on top of how bad thetraffic is, um.
So I want to ask you, man, likein your opinion, how has, um,
that sense of community beenlike?
(04:16):
Have you felt that?
Have you felt like people werepitching in to help their fellow
man, or do you feel like peoplewere really just all about
themselves and just so in apanic that it was hard for them
to think about another person?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
There are so many misconceptions that I even had,
being an East Coaster and livingin New York for a while, about
LA.
You know, la is a strong cityand people really do look out
for each other.
We're a spread city, right,because it's the county of Los
Angeles is actually the biggestcounty in the country, believe
(04:52):
it or not.
So our, so our city is is big,it's wide, it's vast, but what
has happened in the past twoweeks has been just incredible.
People have been about eachother and there are so many
examples of that.
One that my wife told me aboutthe other day was in Altadena.
People were just donating newclothes, pitching in however
(05:13):
they could, right For teenagersspecifically, that were, you
know, just losing their wholewardrobes, because that's a lot
of their identity, right.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Yes, yes, I was thinking about that.
I was thinking about that.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
So powerful stuff like that.
You know that one reallyresonated with me, obviously,
all of the pictures that you see.
I'm an avid sports fan, I'm aRams fan and what they did this
year even though they came up alittle bit shorter against the
Eagles, they gave us somethingto believe in and I just love.
I love that franchise, I lovethat organization.
You know what they were able todo in Arizona it's the second
(05:51):
time in NFL history that therehas been a home game that hasn't
been played at the home stadiumin the playoffs.
So you know, just that nightwith with Andrew Whitworth
getting up there, man of theyear, you know, just that night
with Andrew Whitworth getting upthere, man of the year.
You know there are just so manyreally wonderful things that
they gave us this year in termsof an escape away from.
(06:13):
Because I do say that like Ithink sports can lift you up,
just like art can lift you up.
It can take you away from thepain momentarily and yeah, it's
just been beautiful man, it'sbeen just constant.
You go on Instagram andsometimes you see, like man,
(06:33):
this world is like in chaos.
But other times you scroll andyou hit a couple of things like
within your local area of theworld and you're like we have a
shot, man, we really do and youhave hope you have hope, so so.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
So, speaking of the arts man, I want to ask you um
when, at what age did you thinkyou you got the acting bug?
Like you caught the acting bug.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yes, sir, um, you know, I, I, I get this question
a lot and the simplest way I canput it is, uh, it was inside
inside me at birth, man, I feltlike this was something that I
wanted to do.
I was that kid that didn't needa lot of you know, toys or, um,
you know a lot of things.
I just needed my own mind, myown creativity, my own
(07:20):
imagination, my own imagination.
I grew up in rural Virginia.
My mom and dad moved from NewYork City, you know, and so with
my friends, like I just likecreated like little scenarios
and it just felt like early on,it felt like in my life that
this was going to be the waythat I could impact the world,
because you all always kind oflike have to question yourself
(07:42):
right, and be like how is itthat I can, you know, do my best
for the world.
And it felt like storytellingwas that and you know I tell
this all the time because it's agreat one One of my first paid
gigs and I was a teenager, solike dinner theater was a big
thing in my area because inVirginia there wasn't a lot of
TV and film at the time.
(08:05):
And first paid gig but wait,waited tables at the same time
so very humbling at the sametime where you'd be up on stage
but then you'd be takingpeople's order.
Um and uh.
There was a woman that came upto me, probably in her mid to
late 70s, and I was playing uh,little Patrick in Mame, which is
a very like mother-son uhdriven uh show.
That's just beautiful.
And I had a real life auntieMame, which is a very like
mother son driven show.
That's just beautiful.
And I had a real life AuntieMame in my life.
(08:27):
So it was a really cool show toget to do.
And she said you know, matthew,I really wanted to thank you
tonight because, you know, itmade me realize that I really
need to do a better job ofconnecting with my son.
And it was in that moment yeah,it was in that moment where I
was like, wow, there's like realpower in what we do as
(08:48):
storytellers, as collaborators.
And then you get to the nextpart, where you go to New York
city and you know you pound thepavement and you're around your
people, right, cause a lot of itis your tribe, right, the
people that like get you that,you get them.
Um and uh, it's, it'scollaborative right.
I think that's where I'vegotten to in in the next part in
(09:10):
my life is just just loving thecollaboration, cause there's so
many masters of craft in thisindustry and people that really
love it for all the rightreasons, and, yeah, it's just
stuck with me since I canremember.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Oh, wow, so so.
So, speaking of masters in theindustry, who is?
Who is one of your favoriteactors?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Ooh, I have so many.
I mean I love like the Rockies,I love the Godfathers.
You know I grew up with withpeople that could flip on a dime
.
You know, like Robin Williams,mrs Doubtfire is definitely a
movie.
Being a child of divorce, likeI bet that that last scene just
always gets me that like I can'tnot cry.
(09:50):
Hook is another one with RobinWilliams, like I can't watch
that movie and not cry.
But yeah, I mean, they're just.
I'm just a film buff because Ijust like love what films can do
and I love how they resonate umover time, like sometimes you
feel like you need to go back tothat film.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
You know what I mean.
Like you're like.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
I haven't seen that one in a while and I feel like I
need it right now and I justfeel like, um, you know, so much
of of film is legacy driven.
It's forever and uh, and I justfeel like it can make uh
impacts in really big ways.
Uh ways especially, you know,as as as as people need them
Right, because they are storiesthat resonate with people and,
(10:32):
yeah, I think there's nothingbetter in the world than telling
a great story.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
And I'm a real, I'm a really big fan of good writing,
you know like.
So one of my favorite series,uh, was the rest of development.
Yeah and um, good one.
Speaker 7 (10:49):
I really liked it.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'm a huge jason bateman fan too, um, so I really
liked it because of the writingand I liked it because, uh, I
think when, when the writing isgood, it can be the smallest
thing.
That's hilarious.
You know what I'm sayingBecause you thought about it.
You know what I'm saying.
Like, that means you werereally connected to the material
(11:13):
.
So that small thing it relatedto you and that's why it evoked
that type of emotion from you.
What is so?
I know you said you have a lotof favorite actors.
Can you narrow it down to onefavorite movie though?
One or two favorite movies?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, I love the Rockies.
You know it might be a littleironic that Rocky IV, the bad
guy's name, is Drago and I'mDrago the Russian version Right.
But I always felt like fromhumble beginnings that you know
it's that that classic underdogstory.
It's getting in the gym at 4 amand, and you know, just
(11:56):
fighting for something.
And I felt like I fought for alot of things to keep this dream
alive in my life and and youknow a lot of things that aren't
glamorous, right, I was thenumber one task rabbit in LA at
one point because I was, youknow, taking any job I could,
whether it was helping peoplewith yard work or you know,
(12:17):
cleaning up their house or youknow painting you know a room in
their house, and you know itjust always kind of gravitated
towards what do I need to do tokeep the dream alive?
Because a lot of people don'trealize that you need to fight
for your dream.
It's not something that's given, it's something that that's
earned Right.
(12:38):
And so you know, rocky did thatRight.
He was the underdog, he wasn'tsupposed to have it Right and
did that right.
He was the underdog, he wasn'tsupposed to have it right and it
was just like it wasn't just uphere, it was, it was here it
was in his heart um it was inhis heart yeah, so rocky for
sure.
Um, you know, it might be um alittle bit more irony, but I do
(12:58):
love the godfathers, you know.
Uh, francis ford coppola uhmasterpiece and and I just love
the dynamic of it, I love likethe beginnings of it, I love the
just the character of MichaelCorleone and just kind of the
impossible situation that he'sthrown in and obviously Pacino
(13:19):
just being one of the truegreats right in the industry, it
it's just there's just so muchgoing on.
And so I took a lot from himgrowing up.
And he actually used to liveacross the street from me in New
York City.
So you know there were a coupleof times we'd go to the same
diner and finally I went up tohim one day because he's a very
(13:39):
quiet guy and you know I justsaid I'm just gonna be humble,
but and you know, I just saidI'm just going to, I'm going to
be humble, but I'm just going to, I'm just going to say hi.
And you know I walked by and Isaid you know, just kind of
going out, like literallywalking away.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
I'll have a great day .
Speaker 9 (13:59):
And he looked at me and he said you too, you know,
and it was like, it was justlike you know, it was just kind
of that moment of connection.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
And that's enough.
You know what I'm saying, likeit doesn't have to be a long,
drawn-out conversation.
It's just somebody you respect,somebody that's motivating to
you, and it's like just the factthat he acknowledged that you
were there.
It's cool.
I met Prince.
I met Prince before and, yeah,I met Prince in Minneapolis.
Man, wow, it was at his club,it was at his club and a buddy
(14:28):
of mine pointed him out.
He was like man ago prince.
You know, so I'm.
You know I'm not trying to bestarstruck, but main recipes,
you can't help but to bestarstruck.
You see, sometimes you can'thelp it.
Yep right, you know so he's ashort dude man and he was with
two tall, beautiful women,beautiful like I think they was
twins.
If they wasn't, they looksimilar.
Anyway, I had my CD at the timeand I was trying to give him my
(14:53):
CD so he could check it out,and he rejected it so politely,
so politely.
He was just like and Irespected that.
You know what I'm saying.
He rejected it.
He was put his hands out, shookmy hand and, honestly, bro, I
was cool with that.
I was cool with that.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
I get that.
I get that too, because I meana lot of times as a as an artist
, you do have to, like, putyourself out there, right and um
and I can already tell I'mtalking to a fellow artist here,
so it is it's, it's that youknow just bravery and that
courage to keep putting yourselfout there and you know, even
though, like he, you know,passed on it or whatever, you
(15:33):
know, it was that moment ofconnection that you still took
to heart and obviously somebodythat you look up to.
So those moments are what fuelyou, right as an artist.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
So, that's.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
that's a really cool story.
I like that Speaking of stories.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Speaking of films, I want to talk about somewhere in
Montana, right Um, can you givethe people not too much, but
let's let them know what thewhat the movie is about, without
telling too much about it.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
For sure.
Uh, it's a story of the times.
It's a story of the times inthat it is very politically and
socially charged.
Right, I'm a West Coastdirector and you know my friend,
graham McTavish, plays anincredible Montana rancher and
the story really dives intolegacy.
My legacy is film and makingfilm and my family is that, my
(16:26):
cast and my crew.
You know I'm a fighter of mydreams, right, and obviously you
can already tell in talking tome that this is very much you
know the vein of who I am asMatt, right, and you know Graham
is also driven by his legacy.
His legacy is a more simplisticone but still beautiful in that
(16:50):
he, you know, really fights forhis ranch.
His ranch is going through atough time and he needs the
money from my production tocontinue.
You know his dream and hislivelihood.
So we're put in an impossiblesituation because we're
different people and we need tofind a way to work through it.
(17:11):
And it explores a lot of thosedynamics of mutual respect and
what it is to really fight foryour legacy and come together as
a people.
So a story of the times andjust so proud to be a part of it
.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Okay, okay, it sounds very interesting, very
interesting, especially witheverything that's going on,
especially with everythingthat's going on currently.
You know, I don't know, forsome people that's a sensitive
subject, depending on you know.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
So, um, it's sensitive, uh, brandon smith, uh
, the writer and the director ofthe project.
So an extraordinary, uh youknow just way to go about this
film was that we got to developand collaborate this character
of fabian together on zoom, justlike we're on right now, and go
scene by scene.
But he really did that with thewhole cast and crew.
(18:08):
I mean it was a very familydriven project.
I say this all the time Crewsare what makes films great.
A lot of actors should do theirwork in pre production.
But it's really cool.
And I got to see the credits forthis film, just realizing, like
I knew everybody's name on thecredits and they were all my
friends and uh, the crew justsacrificed so much to make this
(18:31):
film.
Uh, it is, it's just a, it's a,it's a conversation starter as
a film because, like I said, youknow these are two people that
would never be put in the sameum place at the same time and uh
, and yet, and yet they are.
But I think the dynamic thatBrandon really wanted to
showcase is there is a way towork through it and and we do
(18:54):
need each other, and mutualrespect is the highest form of
love that you can give anotherperson, and if you just get to
know another person and don'tcancel them, for you know a
couple things, and, and, and,and, and, redemption it's a
redemption story.
So there's just really so manyfacets of this film that are
just so powerful and sopertinent to the times that
(19:15):
we're in today.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
I love how you break it down.
I honestly do, man.
I love how you break it downand like, make it.
You make it so relatable, youknow, and I feel like that's
what, for me, that's what makeuh films even better when
there's a uh.
That's, that's the story.
(19:38):
Well, definitely the story toit.
Um, but when you, when you canreally get into it, when you
really can get into it, and notsaying that you have to sell it,
but just just the way youexplained it was truly awesome.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
When I got into acting.
Honestly, this is the type ofstory I had always dreamed of
telling, and for a film likethis that I'm a part of, to come
out with where we are right nowas a society in this country.
You know, it's powerful and it'sone of those things where I
(20:11):
always say like I'm glad it gota theatrical release, because
it's an indie film right, and alot of indies don't get to
theaters anymore but it's aconversation starter.
I really do feel like it's likethose two minute conversations
where maybe we all can do alittle bit better right now and
it really starts with love andcompassion and really seeing
each other, like those twominute conversations where maybe
we all can do a little bitbetter right now and it really
(20:32):
starts with love and compassionand really seeing each other.
And I really do think that whenwe're connected with our
positive, good emotions, likereally from our hearts, not from
our heads, I think that there'sa path forward for all of us.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
And I love, I love the fact that you keep
mentioning the whole concept ofbeing connected, um, and I think
that's in my opinion, onceagain, my opinion, I think that
our society is kind ofstruggling with right now is
that whole concept of beingconnected to your fellow man, um
, and that was one of thereasons why I asked you um, how
(21:03):
do you think the community cametogether with the fires that's
going on in LA as well?
Because that was something thatsome people may feel like.
Well, it may not be affectingme, but it does affect us.
You know what I'm saying, and Ithink that once we all get to a
point where we start to realizethat, I believe we become
(21:23):
better people.
As far as the workingconditions with making this film
somewhere in Montana, how werethe working conditions?
Like, was it hot there?
You know what I'm saying.
Was it cold?
Like, how was it?
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Yeah, july in Montana , right, Still, the weather,
weather can be crazy.
One of the crew members saidyou know, montana, she's, uh,
she's the she's crazy.
You know she, she, she will,will, will, will change on a
dime.
It goes back to the crew,though.
Um, the crew did such anextraordinary job.
If we needed to change from anoutdoor scene to an indoor scene
(22:05):
just because of the elements,maybe we would have a rainstorm,
I mean monsoon.
There were times where I'm noteven kidding there would be a
monsoon that we would see comingover that mountaintop right,
and we and we would know, wewould know that we had like,
maybe 10-15 minutes left ofshooting, um, before that like
cloud was going to be right overus, right?
(22:26):
and and the light was there.
There were certain times wherewe really wanted that, like
sunset shot.
So the togetherness of the castand crew, in that we all were
with each other and we stood byeach other, really allowed
ourselves to maximize.
Mont and Montana.
Oh man, it's a, it's God'scountry up there.
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Like it's a.
As my friend Jonathan Stoddard,who plays Spence in the film,
says, it's God's wallpaper.
And so, as an actor, as anartist, right, he's, he's, he's,
he's a, he's a brother to me.
Like I became friends with somany of the people in the cast
and crew.
Graham McTavish is the firstperson that called me mate.
I consider Michelle Heard a bigsister to me.
(23:09):
She's such a lover of actorsand on the SAG-AFTRA board, I
just can't say enough greatthings about this cast and crew.
Like we really all became afamily and I think it's because
we knew from the beginning thatwe were all telling a story that
was bigger than all of us andsee the thing, uh, from the
beginning, that we were alltelling a story that was bigger
than all of us.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Oh and that's.
And see the thing, like, thepro and the con to that is when
you started to think aboutmortality at some point.
We're not going to be here, butthe pro to that is that you
created something that willoutlive you you know what I'm
saying which will keep your nameout there, which will keep Matt
Drago's name out there, nameout there, which keep Matt
(23:48):
Drago's name out there.
So I don't want to get offtopic, but I'm kind of getting
off topic, but still on topic.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Have you ever seen a healthy relationship?
Yes, absolutely A healthyrelationship.
I mean I'll say um, I mean yeahabsolutely.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Um, you know and, and , and there's struggles with
what's that?
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Can you describe it?
It's based on giving each otherspace.
I would say that is, uh what Ithink.
I mean, I'm a married man,right, and you know there are
times where you don't get thatmuch space.
No, there's going to be wellit's.
It's.
There's going to be things thatyou both need from each other,
right, but if you can give eachother space and, um, be willing
(24:36):
to go to the other person andsay I need this, um, you know,
and, and, and that otherperson's willing to give you,
that, like, you have a person inyour life that you should never
let go, and I honestly feellike that was very much the case
with the, with the cast andcrew on this film is that there
was such space there.
And what was interesting aboutthe relationships that I had,
(25:00):
specific to this film, is wenever wanted to be away from
each other.
Like we would go on hikestogether.
We would go hike, you know, upto a waterfall together.
We would, you know, go to thelodge and get our meals together
.
We would go to get breakfasttogether.
We just felt like we reallyneeded each other.
I feel, like many people in thisfilm, like we're going through
(25:22):
a lot in their lives, as we allare, but we really took like
solace in this film that we were, you know, in together to just
give ourselves like a breath,because there is nothing like
waking up and seeing FlatheadLake, up against the mountains
and about an hour south ofGlacier National Park, and just
(25:44):
reflecting on things, I can'ttell you the last time I have
just like gotten up and likestared at a body of water for an
hour before I was even pickedup for set.
But it recentered me, itrecalibrated me and it just was
the ultimate gift I can see aslike just an actor because I
always say this and I mean it Ifeel like I've already won with
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this film, just in being a partof it, all the relationships
that I developed off screen withthese extraordinary people and
again, actors don't get enoughcredit a lot of times.
They're some of the mostselfless people I've ever met in
my life and we would just sharethings together and we would be
with each other and we would bethere for each other.
(26:27):
And when you go back to youroriginal question, that's how I
see relationships is if you canreally be there for each other
and give each other space andlisten.
You know, I think that you havehard listening, that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
half hard listening, that's awesome.
So, as an actor, can you speakabout the anxieties, if there
are anxieties about auditionsand callbacks?
Because for a person that's notan actor, I may not appreciate
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the time spent into preparingfor an an audition or the joy
that you get when you get a callback.
You know what I'm saying.
So, as an actor, can you speakabout the anxieties about
auditions and callbacks andstuff like that?
Speaker 2 (27:19):
For sure.
I think the thing that you cando, um, as an actor for the most
part is um, you know I'll I'llspeak to somewhere in Montana
again.
It's just, you know, if youfind a great script or a great
character, just enjoy the factthat you get to put yourself on
tape.
Um, I was given an audition forthis.
I'd already read the scriptthree times before I had even
(27:41):
put my scene out there, and it'sbecause I genuinely just loved
the film, like I already, lovedthe characters, I loved the
message, the words that BrandonSmith wrote on this, like I felt
like were exactly what I'vealways wanted to do and say as
an actor.
And you know, then the hardestpart comes.
You put yourself on tape, youdo all that work, you enjoy that
(28:04):
part of it and truly enjoy thatpart of it because, truly enjoy
that part of it, because thenyou have to give it away, right,
and and and you don't have thatcontrol, right.
So you know that's.
That's step one.
And then, a lot of times,there's a step two, where you
get to a producer session whereyou're meeting the director and
the casting director and theproducers for the next time, but
I remember that producersession being about 45 minutes,
(28:26):
with Eden Mattson, the producer,and Brandon Smith, the writer
director, and Jared Brocksterman, the casting director, and just
really being curious about thestory.
And you know, maybe part of somuch of me getting gifted or
granted the opportunity to dothis role was just the, the
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fascination of what a big storythis was and just really doing
my best to be just there for itif it was meant to be.
And so you know, I rememberthat part of it and it felt like
it went well.
And then, you know, a month wentby and I got the call from,
from Jared, and he had told me Igot the part and it was pure
(29:13):
elation, but I got to be honest,monsoon, the second that I hung
up the phone I kid you not, I Itook a breath and I said, okay,
it's time to get to work,because that's when you really
earn the role Right and and youget, you get empowered by that
and I'm not going to say ittakes the anxiety completely
away from it, but it lessens ita little bit, because if you
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really do the work and everyactor has their own unique
process I do backstories, Ireally like to do any kind of
methodology that makes me feellike I'm in the character.
For me, a big part of this wasin the body of the character.
I like to lift weights and, youknow, work out and this
(29:57):
character I just felt like wasvery lean.
He was so driven that he, youknow, forgot to, he forgot meals
and he was always like kind ofgo, go, go.
And so I lost 25 pounds veryhealthily, with an incredible
fitness coach, you know, and anutritionalist.
And and it brought me to thepoint where, when I had done all
(30:18):
of this work and I came to seteven though there might've been
that imposter syndrome, you know, getting to work with someone
like Graham the second that Imet him, he's such a pro, he's
such a friend.
He actually messaged me lastnight and, you know, asked me
hey, I heard that you might beclose to the Castaic fires, are
you okay?
He's a friend.
(30:39):
And so when you have that typeof professional like Michelle
heard, like these seasoned vetsthat are just going to give back
to you and be there for you, Isay like the unknown actor or
the one that's, like you know,coming up or that's getting
their chance right to show whatthey can do, you are in a
constant state of being in asafety net with them, because
(31:02):
they will take care of you andthey will be there for you and
uh, and they were there for mein this project and I just
honestly um, I say this all thetime, but I feel like I've
already won uh being a part ofthis film, and it's because of
the people, it's because of therelationships that I'll have
with me from from this point on.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Um, I gotta be honest with you, matt.
It sounds like you're aroundsome really phenomenal people.
Man, like for real, I'm happyfor you.
It's like you was in a verygood space and I can just
imagine how all that positiveenergy is going to resonate to
the screen and when people get achance to check out this movie,
(31:43):
it's going to blow them away.
Man.
You hit it on the head.
Actually, it's going to blowthem away, man.
It's going to blow them away.
You hit it on the head.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Actually, I was going to just say one thing, because
you actually hit it on the headthere when I rapped the last
night and I actually my lastshot, just so you know, is
actually coming out of the movietheater in somewhere in Montana
when you see it.
That was my last shot that Ishot, Okay.
And when you see it that was mylast shot that I shot and the
next time that I actually wentinto that theater, we were doing
a screening there, which wasreally, really cool.
(32:09):
So I remember rapping and it'sexactly what you just said you
hit it on the head.
There is that I looked at thecast and the crew that were
there that night and I said youknow, thank you, because the
extraordinary experience of thisfilm was all of the energy that
you gave to me and my job wasto simply just put it right back
(32:31):
into the film.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
So I had to share that because you said it and you
felt it.
Yeah, no problem.
So so I was reading you haveyour own production company as
well, right?
Speaker 2 (32:44):
I sure do.
Dragon Hunter Production.
My wife's maiden name isactually Hunter, so Drago and
Hunter makes Dragon HunterProductions.
Yeah right.
Speaker 3 (32:53):
It kind of worked out .
Speaker 5 (32:54):
She definitely can have.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
She is.
She is an incredible writer.
She actually is in thefellowship right now for Film
Independent.
Only five writers got selectedfor that.
She's working on her first shortfilm there, our production
company has a couple thank you,a couple podcasts under our
umbrella company and, you know,the next big fish for us is to
(33:18):
do a feature film and, much inthe vein of Fabian Verdugo, you
know, bringing film to littlecorners of the world.
That's kind of how thecharacter lives on in me and
that's what I told Brandon andthe gift that he gave me as
Fabian, it kind of sparked myinterest to say, okay, what can
I do as an artist that I feellike will make the greatest
(33:40):
impact in the world?
And I love my country, right?
So I want to bring films tolittle pockets of the country
that feel like they don't have avoice.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Yes, yes, that's awesome.
That's what.
What were some of the um?
What were some of thechallenges that you face getting
this production company off theground?
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Absolutely.
I mean I always say it'sbuilding your team, it is a team
sport, like film is a teamsport because what you realize
when you get into film is justthe masters of craft.
I mean I can Montana skylineand give it that graininess.
You know I can't pack the trucklike my friend Troy can.
(34:31):
I can't do the lighting like myfriend Jason can.
So it's really just finding thepeople that you know are going
to be collaborators with you,not just for this project but
forever, and you see it with alot of production companies.
So that's the challenge isfinding people that are part of
your vision.
Because, again, you see it inthis industry all the time,
(34:52):
right, you see actors work withthe same directors, work with
the same writers, work with thesame editors, work with the same
composers.
It's because you build thatcamaraderie where those
conversations get a little bitmore succinct, they get a little
bit more, you know, almost onlike a kinetic level, right, and
that's where you go as aproduction company.
(35:14):
It's building your team, it'sfinding your tribe and then
letting people around you betheir masters of craft so you
can make something specialtogether.
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
That's awesome.
It's just super dope man um.
I'm a big fan of like originstories, you know I'm saying
like I hated that wolverine hadto get was.
That was your origin story,that made you into the person
(35:56):
you are today.
What moment would that be?
Speaker 2 (36:01):
I mean, I've been thinking about him a lot
recently because I grew up inrural Virginia and my mom and
dad got divorced when I was fouryears old and my mom remarried
my best friend.
So I was raised by a black manin rural Virginia and he took
care of me, he protected me, butwhat he really gave me was
(36:21):
passion, and his passion wasfood.
He was a chef and he was a cheffor the original Marriott
property, marriott Ranch in Hume, virginia, and my love for
acting, I think, stemmed a lotfrom his love of food, because
the way that he would talk aboutfood he jokingly called it food
porn.
But the way that he loved andhonored food the way he would
(36:45):
say.
It is like Matt, you know, Icould or he always called me son
, son, I could build this dish,I could make it, you know, a
$100 dish, or I could make it$9.99.
Food was inclusive to him.
Food was about love.
It was about, you know, notshowcasing his skills, it was
about bringing joy to people.
And one of the last days that Igot to spend with him you know
(37:08):
we're looking over the Virginiaskyline on Marriott Ranch's
property we talked deep into thenight about food and it's a
conversation that will resonatewith me my entire life and one
that I actually brought to mycharacter in somewhere in
Montana, because I feel like,you know, he just gave me just
such power in my life to, to, toshow togetherness and to show
(37:33):
passion and to be unwavering inthat passion.
And yeah, chaz, chaz Green,rest in peace.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
Oh, that's awesome.
Rest in peace, man.
It sounds like he was anawesome person.
He really was.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
Yeah, he really was.
He just was one of those peoplethat, like every time he said
it and I still hear, like as I'mthinking about it right now,
the words I'm proud of you, son.
And when he looked at me and hesaid that, that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Yeah, that's awesome.
That is, that is awesome, um,all right.
So I gotta, I gotta, switch itup a bit, man.
So this is the part of thepodcast Um and we like to call
it um.
It's called drugs, right, welike to call it.
It's called drugs, right?
I'm not going to take any, I'msorry.
(38:30):
I'm not going to take any, Notat all, I'm sorry.
Sorry about that.
So we're not going to take any,all right, the reason why this
is called drugs is because thereare four different events,
(38:53):
right, so one is a dinner party,okay.
One is a house party, okay.
One is a pity party, and thenthe last one is a pity party and
then the last one is a dittyparty, okay.
So I'm gonna name off a drugand you tell me which would
(39:20):
people most likely do this drug?
It's either a dinner party, ahouse party, a pity party
meaning we're not doing it or aditty party, which we already
know.
All right, okay.
So the first one is weed.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Weird.
Hmm, Hmm, I'm gonna say God,that could.
That's a tough one.
That's a tough one.
I'm gonna say not a Diddy Party.
(40:04):
I'm like trying to go throughprocess of elimination here.
Speaker 8 (40:14):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
I don't think it's a pity party either.
Maybe maybe a house party, Iwould say.
Speaker 1 (40:28):
Yeah, ok, I would go with that, all right.
Yeah, the next one, mushrooms.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
That feels like a ditty party.
I don't know, I've never been,but I see the news so I assume
that probably would be inalignment there.
Speaker 1 (40:52):
Okay, adderall.
Speaker 2 (40:56):
Oh man, Maybe a dinner party Okay.
Speaker 1 (41:03):
Maybe Okay, maybe Okay, gotta stay woke.
Gotta stay woke for thosedinner parties.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
Molly.
I don't even know anybodythat's ever taken Molly before,
so I don't really even know.
Full disclosure.
I don't know a lot about drugs.
I take my occasional gummy anda drink, but Molly, what does
Molly even do?
Speaker 1 (41:32):
I've never taken it, so I would say pity party, so I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (41:38):
Let's go with pity party, then I'll go with.
I'll go with pity party.
Crap, oh man.
House party maybe, oh, or dittyparty, I have no idea.
Speaker 7 (41:52):
All of the above.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
It could go either way it could go.
Either way, I don't know, itcould go either way.
It could go either way.
Oh man, All right.
Last one All right.
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Acid, I don't know.
All these drugs are so crazythat it does make me think of a
Diddy party.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (42:17):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, cool, cool, cool,
cool Yo yo man.
I have to say in all duerespect, matt, I really do
appreciate your time.
Man, Very nice talking to you.
Is there anything that you wantto let the people know where
(42:39):
they can find the movie?
Get it all out there, man.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
Sure, well, first of all, monsoon, I really
appreciate you having me on theshow today.
This has been an awesomeconversation.
If you want to follow me andjust kind of be a part of all
the different things that I'vegot going on in my life.
I can only do so many socialmedia platforms, so find me on
Instagram at Matt Drago,m-a-t-t-d-r-a-g-o, at Matt Drago
(43:09):
.
From there, I've got all of mylinks there my link tree.
It's got my IMDB, it's got bothwebsites, which are my actor
website, mattdragocom, myproduction company with my wife,
dragonhunterproductionscom, andall my other links.
If you want to follow me onother social media platforms as
well.
As far as the film goes, I willbe posting updates to what film,
(43:31):
what theaters it comes to.
It is a conversation starter,so we really want people to go
to the theater and give thisstory of the times a shot,
because I do think this is areally great in-person film to
see.
If it comes near you, go to thetheater, show us your support.
We're an indie film, we're apassion project, so that would
(43:52):
mean a lot to us and then itwill eventually go to VOD or
streaming in the future don'tknow when yet, but take a look
for it there and I I will besharing all updates.
So if you want to follow me inmy journey as an actor, a
collaborator, a husband, a dog,dad, find me at Matt Drago and
give me a follow there.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
Most definitely Thank you for your time.
I always tell people, man, timeis way more important than
money, because you can get moneyback.
You can't get time back.
So I appreciate your time, man.
I appreciate your story, to behonest with you, I appreciate
your story and just theconversation with you, man, just
(44:36):
outlining that whole sense ofcommunity and being connected
and how important it is to havethat resonate over into your art
, your passion, which issomewhere in Montana, which
everyone should go see, go, gocheck it out, um, because you
put your all into it, man, youknow, and I and I appreciate
(44:58):
that, and it was very nicemeeting you.
Um, yeah, stay away from thoseditty parties.
Um, we're not gonna, not gonnatry to ask it or to molly,
because we don't know what thatdoes.
So, nah, not at all.
But, man, anytime, man, thatyou, that you want to get back
on the podcast, man, very niceto meet you, I'm here and it was
(45:19):
very nice meeting you bro thankyou, monsoon.
Speaker 2 (45:22):
I appreciate this conversation.
It's meant a lot to me.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (45:25):
No problem, Be safe out there, man.
Keep that dog safe too, man.
I got a little dog over there.
He went to sleep on me.
Actually, I'm happy that he'sasleep.
So I do understand theimportance of taking care of
your pets, man.
Speaker 2 (45:43):
Absolutely, they are your family right.
And importance of taking careof your pets, man, absolutely,
they are your family right.
And there's nothing like uh thelove of a little animal next to
you all the time.
They are uh special for sureyes, yes it is.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Yeah, anyway, he's knocked out um.
Have a good one, matt, and besafe out there bro thank you.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
I appreciate you, mon Mattoon.
Thank you, peace, peace.
Speaker 1 (46:11):
Yo hey, y'all Check it out.
We're going to do somethingdifferent right now, man, for
the people that's tuning in, I'mgoing to play some music for my
man, dj B-Vax man.
So y'all just uh, vibe out,check out the tones, because I
love music, um, and I want tokeep music incorporated into the
(46:32):
podcast, so I'll be back, y'allcheck out this music and uh,
there it is once again, dj beback Once again.
Speaker 9 (46:45):
DJ B-Bass this morning.
If they say what you gonna dotoday, just say hey, I wanna get
paid.
Hey, they, hey, they pay that.
Hey, they, hey, they pay that.
Speaker 4 (47:11):
We dedicate this to these people out here getting
banked, where the pursuit of themoney is reality, never front
on a click that you can'tevaluate.
See, I got things out here Ineed to situate.
I got a fresh ass car with somelost paint People walking down
the street until they feast.
Ay, I got accountants out herehaving big things.
Have to stick it to the cribwith the sachet In my room, with
(47:31):
the shot, with the big tank.
Don't get mad because I'm doingthings you just can't.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey whatyou say?
Get this party.
Speaker 10 (48:14):
If you say what you gonna do.
Babe, just a sec.
Yeah, I wanna get paid, paid,paid, paid, paid, paid.
Bounce, bounce.
Hit the six.
Bounce bounce.
One on one, bounce bounce.
One on one, bounce bounce.
(48:56):
Check, check, check.
Yo, I'm making short-term goals.
Uh-huh, we'll be right back.
I'm one of the best playersthat done it.
Six stitches.
The bunny Y'all brothers don'twant it.
I got the Godfather flow, theDon Juan, the Marcos With the
God.
Don't get it twisted.
Speaker 5 (49:09):
I'm taking all the time to give you peace of mind.
Speaker 10 (49:17):
You can't knock the hustle, do what you think you
want.
Maybe one day you'll be lastseen out of state where I drop
my sling.
I'm deep in the south, kickingup top game, bouncing on the
highway, switching low lanes,screaming through the sun.
Roof money ain't a thing.
Your worst bid confirmed.
(49:38):
Me and my fam rotate like thefirm getting down for life.
You better learn.
While I play with fire, burn.
We get together like a choir toacquire what we desire.
We do dirt like worms, producecheese like sperm, select,
spread like germs.
I got expensive hoes withexpensive clothes and I sip on
wine to spit venters lower.
I don't know.
(49:58):
My nigga C-Town.
Speaker 5 (50:23):
My big brother, big league.
Hold it down Flamboyant babyfor life.
We takin' over Comin' to atheater near you, check it out.
Come on, check it.
Make sure my mic is loud and myproduction is tight.
Better watch me round your girl.
If you ain't fuckin' the right,you damn player haters, never
wanna see me blow Flamboyantentertainment CEO.
(50:45):
Yo, the spotlight is mine.
You ain't fucking the right.
You damn player haters, neverwanna see me blow Flamboyant
entertainment CEO.
Yo, the spotlight is mine.
It ain't his.
No more.
When Lee come home, niggas can'tlive no more.
And I'm straight.
Keep a Harlem World mind state.
I never lounge where you findJake Surprise niggas like a
blind date.
L rhyme great and I'ma increasethe crime rate for old time's
sake.
Run the crime rate for oldtime's sake.
(51:07):
Run with me and I'ma make you astar.
When me and my crew hit theclubs, we go straight to the bar
.
Leave them empty.
I cruise through Harlem in theM3.
Never pay for parties.
Say my name and I'm in free.
I'm on some money.
G-car shit, superstar shit,selling niggas that wet shit
right out the jar shit.
I'm dumb, hot.
I'll wreck you and your youngflock.
Keep the gunk.
Hot is in one, block 139, nigga, the danger's gone.
We quick to put a bullet in thestranger's dome.
I'm known to kick a rough rhymethe rocks must shine, you're
(51:29):
out.
I done took up enough time.
Real, no doubt you know we doFlank one for life.
No one.
Holy y'all, a fool kid, that'llrun up in your baby momma.
Holy y'all, this fool is madfor y'all.
For y'all, I'm going to do it.
I'm going to do it.
I'm going to do it Straight up,dj.
(51:52):
This one Spray painted pictureson the walls Gettingors man, I
have the colors.
Speaker 3 (52:03):
Yeah, spray painted pictures on the walls getting
drawn by guns, fat caps known tostop runs when applied to the
surface, outlines of earthlingschalked by the handball course
in the park.
Villain starts a feeling,finish like chilling the air.
A soul can be free, notrevealing Shape or form.
Take the world by storm.
Next day display a van Evangelwith x-ray vision, seeing good
(52:27):
but not being seen, headchopping like a guillotine Opera
.
Leotine Price snitches,seamless, no tight glitches.
A drip's, just your worstnightmare.
Mischief with spirits drippingIn and out.
When in doubt, with poverty, itbe hard to see the beauty in
the asphalt Odyssey.
Obviously, it'll dawn on youwhen you sleep.
Speaker 7 (53:47):
Hey, to the light.
Yeah, we're on, thank you.
I profess, and I don't jest,cause the words I manifest.
They will take to nature and Iwill stress upon you the need
for you all to lead your mindsand souls so you can lead
yourselves to peace.
I got a real object here.
(54:13):
I am a flexor here, cause Iselect a clear method for all
suckers like ball and fall crawlInto the pit of purgatory.
I go for glory.
I'm taking, inventorying allthe tough luck ducks.
While I narrate, relate andequate, dictate and deviate.
My fate is to be, quote, makinghistory.
I use sincerity, but I stillbury the doubts and questions Of
(54:34):
all the skeptics.
I'm kicking cloud heads.
I'll even bet this is true.
Think nothing's so-so, cause Iknow Right about this minute.
I'm in it.
Admit it, I did it for you,cause this is what I've been to
so chill while I instill that myarmor's fulfilled the proper
mission.
For us and yo, this is a must.
Choose these lines out of myrhymes.
I attest.
These are the words that Imanifest.
I manifest.
Speaker 6 (55:18):
I manifest, I'm out.
If he a buck fifty, your chanceof runnin' is infinity.
Slugs, leave a nigga druggedlike a chip stood to Mickey.
So on the lower, take your NavySeals and get me when I'm
surface.
If not chips, then vengeance.
The purpose on your team.
I pull the curtain a beautifulhurtin' Till my eyes see the
blood that mean the creeps startworkin'.
Niggas never learn and let theyeyes keep lurkin'.
Have your genital pumping yourex-file workin'.
(55:39):
Skip off, skid, mark the streethard, skip the beat.
Bitch Nigga, overcooked at me,get no sleep.
Only wrestlers in between theblink.
My life story was written inblood permanent ink.
Killer instinct RIP.
I'm gotta think like that Cause.
Forever I've been eating them,playing flawless mistakes, never
beating them.
Some love me, some hate me.
Bitches in the head beatingthem.
(56:00):
Niggas wanna ride by the cribor slow Clap motherfuckin' on a
real rap show.
Watch when the Mac blowThreaten my castle and in a
blink, watch how quick life passyou.
I'm a stronger motherfucker whowouldn't ever learn.
Keep playing with that fire andthat's to get drunk.
Fuck a little semi-auto With myfooters in the grave and giving
all y'all Something to beafraid of.
I'm a stronger motherfucker whowouldn't ever learn.
Speaker 9 (56:22):
Smoke a motherfucker.
Fuck him when they get alerted.
He playin' with that vibe, thatass again.
Bruh, fuck him.
He'll steal me all.
Fuck him, he's gonna be great.
He givin' all y'all somethingto be afraid of.
2000 G.
Yo, I need an encore y'all.
You should welcome me back.
You want a ball till you fall?
I can help you with that.
You want beef?
I can let a slug melt in yourhat, cause I'm a wild barbarian.
(56:43):
Too hard, I'm scaring them.
Century 21, solar eclipse.
While you listen to the wordsthat I wrote on a disc Alonious,
my description is through ragPants sag down to my feet.
Ak is my heat.
Eight day in the street Till Ilay six feet.
Qb PJs and we playing for keeps.
Cheating cars and jeeps is mymotto.
Four fives with the hollowsSalons, sits on the nozzles.
(57:04):
Pop bottles for those who neverhear.
The best years.
We in the bulletproof vestyears the aim for the head and
chest years.
What's your name?
Make your name known For thenext year.
Better rep year.
Nasty, nasty escobar escobarNow eat.
It's not good.
Thomas Nastydaq Escova now he isnot good diamonds.
(57:34):
I let y'all niggas bang my shitbefore Saddam hits.
Look, nasradamus, tell us whattime it is.
I was the first one on thatdarn shit.
First nigga to sing a hook onsome TJ Swan shit.
Black ski mask up in theprojects, camouflage for clips,
run up in your crib.
Cop your bitch.
Wear the bricks and we loco sobroke brown coke don't sell.
Spending your money on weedsmoke in hotels, hood racks and
bullet wound up.
Females Got babies for hustlersand niggas in jail Slinging for
(57:58):
chips to fiends with burntfingertips, face heads, kill cab
drivers, just for a hit.
A week later Sporting Gator'sgetting thrills.
My honey's wearing Gucci highheels.
She come and scoot me.
I chill.
Leave the streets alone for asec.
Hit the sky bar on sunset.
Then the sex is so high tech.
Nasty, nasty eskimo eskimo Nowhe is not good Thomas.
Nasty, nasty eskimo eskimo Nowhe is not good Thomas.
Speaker 8 (58:22):
Nasty, nasty, es's go , let's go Now.
He is not good now.
It's nasty now, let's go, let'sgo Now.
He is not good now.
Hey, yo fuck it, wake up.
Turn the radio up.
What it sucks.
Yeah, listen to the cut.
It's our style, our style, yourstyle.
Stop love you.
Hey, yo, nigga, wake up.
Let me show you something.
Listen to the way they flip themetaphors and phrases.
(58:43):
Listen, listen.
It's driving me crazy, Causeevery time I do a style and flip
it kinda simple For the sake,that's fact and do it on the
demo, from a demo to a poll.
Now a hit on the radio.
Next thing you know they'll bedoing a video.
Same one, same one, concepts,whole nine and crazy
similarities through the wholerhyme.
I'm not worried, though.
I'm flipping hits from thegrill and in the underground.
(59:03):
Only real stays real.
So I'm checking the skills.
The skills are kind of hell ofy'all.
Here come the lords, becausewe're here to make a kill.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Speaker 1 (59:15):
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Here come the lords.
Yo Yo yo, yo, yo, yo yo yo.
Shout out to my man, DJ B-Fax.
Y'all, that was his mix man.
Y'all give much love and muchrespect to my man, DJ B-Fax
y'all.
Hey yo, thank y'all for tuningin to the Shits Podcast.
Much love and respect to myguest, Matt Drago.
(59:39):
Y'all, make sure y'all check outthat movie Somewhere in Montana
.
You don't have to go somewherein Montana to check it out.
That's the name of the movieSomewhere in Montana.
Y'all, make sure y'all check itout.
Also, man, shout out to anybodythat has been supporting the
Shiz Podcast we are back.
Shout out to my man, DeckerDurr.
Shout out to the family Bryce,Joey, Jalen, Smoke Dog, anybody,
(01:00:03):
my brother, my mom, anybodythat messes with the podcast,
Mark G, the Pig Pockets.
That's a whole nother story,but it's coming up.
Y'all I got to leave y'all withthis.
Make fans, not followers.
Followers will get you clout,but fans will get you work.
Trust the process.
Believe in something.
Do something that gets you outof bed in the morning Real talk.
(01:00:26):
Do something to get you out ofbed in the morning.
Have a passion, Be patient, Bepatient.
Also, man, shout out to two beesin a pod.
They come on Thursday nights.
Gotta give more info.
I'm gonna have them on the show.
(01:00:46):
It's Homewood, Flossmoors radiostation, it's awesome.
Comes on at 6 o'clock.
It's from 6 to 7.30.
Y'all make sure y'all check themout.
What else make sure y'all checkout the podcast, the Shiz
Podcast, on all streamingplatforms Spotify, Apple Podcast
anywhere you get your podcast,you'll find the Shits Podcast on
all streaming platforms Spotify, Apple Podcasts anywhere you
(01:01:07):
get your podcast, you'll findthe Shits Podcast.
Find the Shits Podcast onInstagram.
Find it on Facebook.
It's on TikTok.
I guess, thanks to Donald Trump, I fell for it.
Yeah, it's on all platforms.
Check it out, subscribe.
Tell a friend to tell a friendand man, I will ho all platforms
.
Check it out, Subscribe.
Tell a friend to tell a friendand man, I will holler at y'all
(01:01:29):
later.
Be good to each other, Getconnected, Stay connected, and
I'll holler at y'all.
Peace, Let me make sure I dothis right.
I'm trying to say peace andthen the end, and then I'll do
it, but anyway.
I'm trying to say peace andthen the end, and then I'll do
it, but anyway I'm out.
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