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Welcome to another incredible episode of Vigilantes Radio live right
here on iHeartRadio, and I am your host, Deani. We
have a very special guest in our house and we
definitely want you to stick around for that. As a
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that we are about to dive deep into another interview.
Before I bring my guests on, I do want to
say that this is the frequency of the fearless. You know,
every day we are faced with two choices to let
the doubts of others weigh us down or to rise
above them and create something undeniable. Doubt can be heavy,
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but it also can be a gift. It sharpens resolved,
It tests endurance and forces us to tap into a
fire we didn't know we had.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
William Young has lived this truth from Brooklyn Broox, where
hip hop royalty walked, to his own path, where doubt
has tried to write him off. He's turned every no
into few for his yes. He built his career one beat,
one verse, one book, and one bow move at a time.
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He didn't wait for permission to shine. He made his
own light, and now the world is starting to see it.
His story is a reminder the greatness within you doesn't
need validation to exist.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
It just needs persistence. It needs passion, and it needs.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
The courage to keep going when no one else believes.
Because when you stand.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Firm and who you are the world.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Will eventually have no choice but to take notice. So
don't lose sight. This is the frequency of the fearless.
You're not just here for a talk show. And this
isn't just radio. This is revival for your mind, body,
and spirits. This is vigilantes radio Live. My name is
Coach Dini and change is possible.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Are you ready?
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Are you ready?
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Are you ready?
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Are you ready?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Well, let's go, let's go, all right, all right again,
Welcome to the show. You're listening to vr L. That's
Vigilantes Radio Live right here on Ihearts Radio and I
am your host, Deani. Our interviews are designed to go
beyond the music, news, books, art, acting, films, technology, education, entrepreneurship, entertainment, spirituality,
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and sometimes even past the thing that we call the ego.
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Our interviews are.
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Designed to go behind the scenes into the minds of
these brilliant people, you know, the ones who are out
there giving it. They're all for me, for you, and
for the world. Well, ladies and gentlemen. Brooklyn born and bred.
He's an MC label head and author who's walked with
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hip hop Royalty and carved his own name in the
culture with collaborations alongside DJK Slaves, Pat Hooo's.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
Little Mama, and many more.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
He's now set in the stage with Man on Fire,
an album that blends raw hip hop, heartfelt tributes, and
undeniable classics. His latest single, Stoner Like Me, is already
heating up the charts. So please join me and saying
and welcome friend to William Young.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Yo, yo yo, welcome to the show. How's it going, bro?
I'm pretty good man? All right? Great, great, great, A
major intro to appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Yes, sir man, I'll undue, I'll honor his dude. So, William,
and we're excited that you are here with us today.
And before we talk about the single and your album,
what's been on your heart and mind lately?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Just you know, success, man, you're going and trying to
carve my mark. That's kind of been the driving force man,
calling the mark.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Indeed, what does success look like for you? How do
you define it?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
I think it changes over time, So right now it
would be recognition. Recognition is what I would define a
success right now because it comes in many layers success.
But through the course of the years, you know, I've
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achieved different levels of success. So now where I'm at
with it is just like the ultimate recognition.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Yeah, recognition from who peers of the industry or the
people who consume your products, the.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
People who consume because a lot of the peers are
aware of me. I've worked with many of them throughout
the years, so the awareness is there, but it's the
consumers who's not as aware. Yeah, I get that.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
So, Man, when people look back on your career years
from now, what do you hope Man on Fire says
about who you are as an artist and as a man,
that he.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Was passionate and that he brought alluments to the game
that had yet to be done. Because that's one of
the things that I'm big on, is like, you know,
going into untapped waters. So that was the chance with
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this album Man on Fire, and just to like, you know,
display you know, what I felt was was the best
version of me and bring it out there. Indeed, and Man.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
You know, I believe we the people are ready for
Substance back in hip hop were ready for that classic sound,
the classic feel, the classic lyrics, the quotables, you know
what I'm saying reciting versus like scriptures. You know, because
for for a long time in his industry, Man, I
can't even remember I won't say any artist's name, but
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I can't remember their single.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
I can't remember a single line.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Uh, there are any credibles except for the chorus, you know,
maybe a little dance that goes with it. But other
than that, Man, Substance has evaporated and and I'm glad.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
That you're you're back to the roots.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Is that something that you intentionally did as an artist
or you know, yeah, yeah, is that something that you
intentionally did as an artist?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Yeah, I would definitely say that I'm from you know,
from the beginning of my journey, I've never pivoted from that.
So where I come from, I'm like routed with a
lot of hip hop royalty, you know, and my upbringing,
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my neighborhood. I grew up in eastern New York, and
there was always a lot of mcies who were in
the industry from my neighborhood to to you know, to
look to as you know, as as a source of
motivation and inspiration. So seeing them succeed it always made
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it seem achievable. But they gave me like something to
aim for, and I try to keep it as authentic
and you know, grass rooted with hip hop as possible,
you know what I'm saying. So definitely, when when the
when the culture changed, I tried to change with it
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and not get stuck in the past, but kind of
like revolutionized my you know, my contributions at the same time.
So but still keep that authenticity.
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Yeah, you mentioned that.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
Uh, you know a few people have been successful from
your neighborhood.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
I mean you're bk. Do you mind name dropping a
few of those peers.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
Well, Master Killer from Husain't Clan was right around the
corner from me, and then also was Blase Blase where
they had the big song danger back in the days.
So and then up the block from that, you know,
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so they these guys were directly like around the corner
from me. Literally I crossed one street and they're right there.
And during the time of my youth, they were like
big in the industry. I mean they still are, but
at that time it's like the peak of their careers,
you know. And like right up the block and walking
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distance where it was Group Home, who was another successful
group from my neighborhood. So, you know, just being a
young kid, I was able to just experience seeing these people,
compensating with them, asking questions, picking their brain, letting them
hear my different flows as as a youngster, and I'm
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telling me what I needed to improve on. You need
to work on this, or work on that, or I
like this word, I don't like this word. So I
was always fortunate enough to have those big brothers and
mentors who who were already dead shining that light. And
it was an amazing journey. Something always exciting was happening, yea,
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And that helped cultivate who I am and what I represent.
That's do so stoner like me has a classic hip.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
Hop vibe with the modern bounce.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
What was the creative process like with building a track
with Dr period oh Man? So that that was amazing
right there? Me and Dr Have You know, we've known
each other for quite some time and we've collaborated on
on a couple of things, so you know, it's amazing
to have worked with him on every single one of
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our projects. You know, he was the creative mind behind
songs like any Up and MP and hay Mat for Camera.
I mean, the list goes on and on with him.
So just being able to directly work with him and
and and come up with something innovative and creative was
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an amazing process and journey. You know, he came up
with the beat first, and he's like, yo, listen, you know,
what could you do with this? And it was like
it was it was like right now, but it was
funky too, you know, and it gave me kind of
like East Coast and West coast vibes. So I just
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you know, what came in my head was the smoking
anthem and it worked, you know, it was it was
a good it was a good blended mesh. So, you know,
shout out to Dr period Man because you know, every
time I work with him, he pulls out a different
side of me. You know, he challenges me every time
we work together in the studio. Shut up in the yard,
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shut out the Dr Man legend. Legend.
Speaker 5 (12:56):
So you have an animated video.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
That goes along with the song and it shows you
in a balloon Stoner style. How do visuals extend the
vibe of your music?
Speaker 3 (13:15):
How do they extendive vibe the music? Well, I mean
a lot of the times I have a lot of
creative input with the visuals, so I kind of work
hand in hand with the directors and you know, and
with Stoner like me, there's no exception. I kind of
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wanted to give a visualization of like that psychedelic you know,
we smoke a kind of feel and you know, metaphorically
being high and up in the balloon, you know what
I'm saying. So, but you know, it's interesting because I'm
not I'm not a a drawer an artist in that form,
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you know, like my artistry is different. But somehow I'm
able to convey the message to whoever is directing the
video and you know, deliver exactly what it is I
see in my mind, and you know, they was able
to capture it right to the teeth. So shout out
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to Street Heat for that visual. Shut out the screen
heat man. What inspired the cartoon approach? I just wanted
to be different everybody, Uh, as far as independence goes,
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you know, I see a lot of the same thing
happening redundantly. So you know, a lot of smoking records
I kind of like, you know, they they they have
like different themes to them. Like you might have a
snoop dog that has a little wackediness to it. You
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might have eminem and that has a little wackenness to it.
So I wanted to to to be independent but still
be able to to kind of like tap into that
same niche of Okay, it's not just regularly you're taking
yourself somewhere else to another place, which ties into the
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whole you know, smoking feel and vibration where you're getting high,
you're blasting off, you're into a whole nother state of mind,
a state of beings. So I kind of wanted to
deliver that same tactic visually and escape, you know, the
the regular reality realm and go into animation. And it worked.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
The work it did that it did, And guys, I'm
going to include a link in the description of the episodes.
You can check it out if you haven't after this episode.
Don't check it out right now, check it out after
the episode this episode here, and then let us know
in the comments what you think about it. The song
Reincarnated is attribute to your grandmother, Evelyn. How did incorporate
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her voice impact this track emotionally for you?
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Well, I and in the industry, you know, I have
a lot of history throughout the years, so I write
books as well, so I'm more back and forth from
books to music. So at times there's like a gap
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with you know, my deliverance of music. So there's been
a little gap. So now this is me, you know,
re emerging after a while. In the midst of that,
I lost my grandmother and but she was one of
the most influential people in my life, so I kind
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of wanted to to to pay homage and to show that.
You know, though we have people who are physically gone,
they're not forever gone. There's you know, as long as
you have sound and other people with memories, you can
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always bring them back, you know what I'm saying. So
represent herself and myself. So it was like, I'm reincarnated,
She's reincarnated. I'm coming back. She's coming back. So I'm
I'm big with to comeback because I've always been an underdog,
so you know, I try to come back strong. The
last time so reincarnated was like that, you know, it
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was it was, Okay, I'm back on the scene. I'm reincarnated.
This is the new me. But I'm you know, I'm
going to introduce the world to my grandmother too. But
let them hear her voice and let her live continue
to live through this journey with me.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Yes, sir man, you said you're then underdog. It don't
seem like it seemed like you command spaces, but that's
just from the outside looking in.
Speaker 5 (18:12):
You know you better than anybody else.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Uh And you also mentioned that you're an author. You
have books like Gorilla Khan and Phuma Biography. Uh So,
how how does writing books compare to writing bars, which
one allows you to be William and just flow.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Well both they both do because you know, we we
we we have different sides to ourselves, so we tap
into the different sides. So you know, in in the
in the book world, it's it's me allowing you to
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get a very descriptive analysis of who I am. In
the music world, it's like a summary, a quick synopsis. Boom,
he goes a little piece of me. So two different approaches.
One is I'm trying to to give you the most
details is possible, and one is I'm trying to impact
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you with as few words as possible. So two very
different approaches, but both different representations of who and what
I am.
Speaker 4 (19:28):
All right, all right, So this is for our young
adults or our young entrepreneurs who listen to the show
You run yukon entertainment while being an artist as well,
And that's no small, no small task. How do you
juggle the business side and your creativity side without losing
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that momentum.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Passion, passion. I think it's that's the driving forces, like
you know, just that hunger to want to succeed, and
I fail. So no matter how high the the cause
is stacked against me, I always try to find a
way to persevere. And you know it's it's it's not
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easy coming from one source. You know, I've got the
the music with the with the label, but then I've
got the publishing company with the books, and I try
to manage both simultaneously without you know, neglecting either side.
So but the passion is the driving factor. It's like,
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you know, wanting to be respected in each field, and
that that passion is the motivating fact.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
Absolutely as well as you keep that flame lit, keep
that flame, sir.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
All right, guys, it is time for some music.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
We have Stoner Like Me by William Young, and then
we'd be right back to put him in our traditional
hot seat where he could perform for us if he
wants to.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
He could rap, he could sing, he could do some
spoken word, tell us a joke.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
We love bad jokes, tell a story from his life,
playing instruments, give some advice.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
Or do nothing at all. That is cool as well.
Before right now here, it is don't to like me,
say Chuning, you.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Don't like me, so cool? Going up for this trip.
He's beat.
Speaker 7 (21:48):
I'm only passing that blunt to the prettiest more smoked smoller.
The Philly kids. God damn, it's hurt mile. It's a
guy glaud coming. Somebody's legalized, and I got grand daddy
Chrish come. Got to do it that and stop. But
what black nigga and they rock. I loot the semi
five she was born now open like fed every while.
So it's age sixteen. The win them, but not blaze down.
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Want to blow one of the vis a high grade.
So when they in hell and getting the rush right now,
then the ex hell and blow out a mushroom cloud.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Oh while you so like me, so cool, take ahead
and be so far. I'm going up for this trip. Beauty, beauty,
you was stolen like me? So cool, so beautif he
was stolen like me, so cool, so cool.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
My boy man, it's a good guy cook.
Speaker 7 (22:40):
He the reason the whole hood high looking here at Homie,
give me that least my great granddaddy. He was at
Indian Chief. So what at the cop show and they
gotta touch on me, Homie. I rolled up, got a
britty letty whiting him and sit in in the crib
and I'm so ready to go and put it in
her rid when I'm blowing my.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Weed and want them in no season.
Speaker 7 (22:58):
Just want to see a clown smoke when not breathing,
stay strapped like a shoe string and the gut is zip.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Lock of that blue dream. I mean, what did you
or showing like me so cool and weed so far
going up for this trip, beauty, beautyfl.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
You was stolen like me, so cool, so beautiful, or
you was stolen like me, so cool, beauty.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
As a part of you around my little men, your chick.
Speaker 7 (23:32):
If you can see a mustage ship up U fucking
the ways flotation, you know how I feel, and I
be blowing hole instead I be bulding it down in
there city.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
I go someone that comes around your bag. I ain't
me money, don't mine.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Nobody feel you stolen like me, so cool and weed
so full.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
I went up for this trip, beautiful, beautiful you was
stolen like me, so cool, so cool, so cool, so cool.
Speaker 4 (24:23):
Alright, alright, alright that was Stoner like Me by William
young Man.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
That was an incredible record. You know how that record
make or what that record makes me wanna do?
Speaker 4 (24:34):
Just go outside, even walk down the sidewalks and just
uh you know, taking taking the scenery. Can't can't walk
with my eyes closed. But that's what I wanna do.
I may just run into a.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Stop sign me, but that's what it makes me want
to do.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
Either walk down the sidewalker, walk in the wood somewhere,
and just escape while I'm bumping.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
This track definitely put you on a level. This is
definitely a vibe.
Speaker 4 (24:59):
I think I'm an ad to my personal playlist because
I don't know, man, it instantly lifted my move and
not even I'm not even high. So let's go ahead
and bring William back and hey, welcome back, your back
live with us and in our hot suit.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Are you going to perform for us? Well? I seen
you had gave the different options, so one of them
was like a story kind of serve. I was into
that a little bit. Yeah, we love stories. Yeah yeah,
because I never shared this, but.
Speaker 8 (25:38):
You know I gave a little background, but with like
my upbringing in the neighborhood amongst you know, amazing talent
who was already celebrities in the environment.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
So this is kind of like this is just like
my first experience. That's that that kind of falls in
line with the algorithm. It's like, you know, something was
always exciting happening throughout my life, so so this is
like little kid age maybe uh six seven years old.
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So I had a babysitter, you know, one of my
mother's friends shout out to Sandra and the kids, uh,
Shaki and Eddie. So she was she was my babysitter
and uh, you know, she was in a long term relationship.
So one day I'm at home and I'm watching the
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t the television, so it's the it was the Gong
Show and her her her husband happened to be one
of the performers and you know, they made it to
the next level. So as a little kid, it was
like I knew him, and the excitement that came over
me was like, you know, to me, he was a celebrity.
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I that you know, just see it with like, hey,
I'm always in the house of this guy, like he's
on GeV. So it just it was it was an
amazing feeling to feel as though I knew someone who
was saying as a little kid, and you know, it
was empowering and it kind of you know, that was
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like my first that first feeling of what later on
became a reincurrence in my life just living around celebrities,
you know, but that was the first time that that
actually happened to me, and I was real young, but
those moments, you know, time and time again happening are
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kind of was shaped who and what I became as
a person over the years, constantly, you know, the same
thing playing out over and over by happenstance, you know,
or maybe it wasn't happenstance, you know, maybe it's just frequency,
but it always happened. It always happened, And that was
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the first encounter. So I you know, I wanted to
share that because I've never shared it before. Man, that
is so cool. That is so cool.
Speaker 5 (28:13):
Well, William, this is our mic drop moment.
Speaker 4 (28:17):
What's one powerful thought you like to leave with the
world about Man on Fire and your journey?
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Powerful thought about Man on Fire and my dream? M oh,
that Man on Fire represents all the different dimensions of
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the self. So it's sort of like me against the
world and Man on Fire is that self empowering feeling
of like I could do this. It's it's it's me
against everybody else and I'm gonna persevere. Yeah, that's what
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Man fire is. Its it's shining that that beacon of light,
you know, in the midst of darkness, no matter where
you're at. It's showing that I'm gonna illuminate regardless of
whom or what or what the circumstance is. You're gonna
feel my heat, my radiation, my fire, my frequency, and
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see my life. And that's Man on Fire.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
I love it, William working our listeners. Connect with you
on the Internet and check out more music. Well, I
have the the the channel yukon't Entertainment on YouTube, I've
got music on Vivo. I'm uh all the different streaming platforms.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
William Young. My social media is William Underscore Young Underscore
Forever on Instagram, and William Young is pushing William Young
and I'm there, all.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
Right, All right, listeners, I will have those links in
the description of this episode and in the show notes,
so all you guys have to do is just.
Speaker 5 (30:22):
Click the link.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Well, William Young man, he just reminded us why you
can't stop greatness.
Speaker 3 (30:30):
From Stoner Like Me to the Man on Fire.
Speaker 4 (30:33):
Album, we explore his collaborations with legends, his Brooklyn roots,
his ventures and authorship, and his mission to prove himself
as a force in hip hop.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
To our listeners.
Speaker 5 (30:44):
Make sure you stream Stoner like Me everywhere.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
Check out the animated video on Yukon Entertainment's YouTube and
follow William Young on all platforms. Don't forget to describe
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Speaker 3 (31:01):
So William, thank you so much for showing us the
fire behind the music. Thanks for having me man the
frequency of the feelings. Indeed, indeed, take care of it.
He's too all.
Speaker 9 (31:15):
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Speaker 2 (31:21):
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Speaker 3 (31:34):
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Speaker 2 (31:42):
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Speaker 9 (31:45):
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Speaker 2 (31:53):
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Speaker 3 (31:56):
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Speaker 7 (32:37):
The ready to go and put it at her rid
when the blowing my weed and wan from no season.
It's going to see a clown smoke when you're not breathing.
Stick strap like a shoe string and the gut is zip.
Look at that blue dream? Who would you?
Speaker 2 (32:51):
Were so like me? So cool, so.
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