 So, hey guys, we're in a new segment of Talk of the Town. Today we got a special guest, Kostak. Kostak's in the building. For the people that don't know, that's following you. Where you from? South Bronx. So what's it like in the South Bronx, like growing up over there? So, how did you get into music? So basically, my mom could sing. I mean, I was raised in church. So I was forced to sing, but really, really, my mom could sing, and it's like, mom could sing on big beats, just to produce it. So it was kind of- But a whole family doing music, right? Yeah, it's kind of like, about to happen, and it was done. Like, through music, or I was going through something in the music, so. So when did you start taking the serious? Like, when they first got you in the booth? Or was it your friends, or? My first time being in the studio was at four years old. Oh. I did not first show them, but like- At four years old? So it was like- Also they wrote it out for you? Types it? I'm gonna say hell no, okay. At first home, I bested everyone says they did. And, but after that song, they tried to like, you know. Forced it on you? Forced lyrics right from me, and I would name one more. So- I waited till I was like about 16 to go listen to you on my own. Okay. Recording my own music, write my own songs. Okay. So I'll say 17, and then I ready to listen. Seriously. Okay, so who was you listening to growing up? Like, who was some artist that inspired you? Growing up? I was on 50 Cent, 50 Cent for short, yeah. 50 Cent, and she first came out, I was open to him. Okay. Mickey, Chris Brown, T-Pain. So a little bit of everybody. I don't know, yeah, like a little, like more of the R&B. Yeah. Of like 2000s, is what I really gravitated towards. Okay. Like listen to a lot of rappers, but like- I fuck with the rappers, I ain't pumped them over either. I would really listen to more R&B than rap hip hop. Okay. Yeah, I was gonna ask, do you consider yourself a rapper or a singer? I won't lie, I'm not an artist. I feel like I'm like a musician. So I could do both, and for me, so. I don't like try to stand up and lean on. Okay. I don't even rap on a new singer, I just want to be a musician. I don't just, for me, put out something, I really, really love it. Okay, okay. So all the song is out. What's your favorite one so far? My favorite song right now. Right now? Like what you see. That's my favorite, that's out, right? Yeah, that's out. I answer that's out, it's like what you see. All right, so the one, favorite one in the stash, what's one we should look out for? That's some fire. That's in the stash right now, that's cool. You got a name already? Yeah, it's cool, pull up. Pull up? Yeah, it's more like a little rock, you know, Chris Brown, Rob, some type of shit. Like no singing right there, but it's more for the late one. It's kind of like another like what you see, but- Okay, a little different, slower? Yeah, it's more slower. Okay. Okay, okay, okay, so like what you see challenge? How that went? Like what you see challenge is valid. I got two winners. I haven't posted on that, because I got one that I've worked on a song with them. Okay, post that when the song done? When they're ready with the song. Okay. That I had another winner was a kid. Okay. All right, so what inspired that challenge? Like what made you wanna do that challenge? All right, so my first challenge that I ever did, I feel like it kind of like got my song more- More traction? Okay. So my first challenge was Storm. I did a song called Storm, there you get an epidemic, and that song kind of like, they're an epidemic, they're making it so quiet that song kind of like got me like a little bit more shaking. Okay. So I did the open verse challenge, and I was like, let me just do like what you see on this challenge, because I have a feature on it for me to- Okay, a facial feature. A facial remix. Can we know who that feature is? So we soon, we soon- It's soon dropped? Yeah, it's soon dropped. Okay, it's soon dropped, okay. It's on my EP, the original and the future is up on- Bonus, yeah, got it. So I want to do the challenge and just to get to like see people creating, so I want to do it, not just verse, but like music, dance and different things. I want to see people like creating, so I was like, oh, that's real. All right, and then as you see artist K's style, what makes you like reach out to artists like after like? I reach out to artists all the time, even before the challenge, because if I see it like my cousin, they bump a lot of different rappers. So I'll be listening and they'll bump their soul because it's like all the time that, sometimes I know a lot of unknown rappers' music, like a lot of upcoming rapper music, and I probably don't even know who they are. Right. So when I do find out who they are- You be tapped in? Yeah, I'll be aware of it. That's the stuff, that's the stuff. So have artists done that to you, like any artist reach out to you, be like yo, keep working. So who's the artist that reached out, that like shocked you? Or he was surprised that they even in tune? Any yet? I mean, I've seen like J Balvin. J, not J Balvin, J Balvin, not yet. I'd say J Balvin. Okay. But I'm mad in person, so it's different. It was different, it wasn't a DM, it was like a in-person vibe. He told me like you'll tell your engineer to eat the song in the studio, so he could type it, so that's how it went. Okay, so he's definitely gonna tap in. Gonna be looking for that soon. So tell us, any other collabs you have on the way that you can tell us about? Collabs, I got a song with Ferri Luciano. Okay. Yeah, I said Big Bro. Okay. And the- My song for FaceTime, we got to do another song. Okay. Okay. Okay. I wanna say like, do you have something with Lil TJ? I know you and Lil TJ was close. Nah, yeah, we still, that's gang. Me and Lil TJ, we had like lacking folk music, like since we each other, same shit. Okay. Hop on this. Hop on that. Okay. But then we never really like locked in. Locked in, locked in. 100% like, when we locked in, we gonna lock in for people with us. It was more like, you know, it's an open verse. Like that vibe, but we gonna lock in for sure. I wanna make sure we lock in, we lock in at the studio. The vibes is everything, the vibes, the calm. I was like, everybody wants that TJ feature in there. I don't know, yeah. People was going crazy for that. And he going up, he just did some shit with J-Call. But yeah, that shit, yeah, that shit's going up. What was I gonna say? So, dream collab. Is there any artist that's on your bucket list that you wanna collab with? I just bring now, I'm gonna work with Tory Lanez. Even still? Fuck all that shit? Okay, okay. Tory, Tory, Tory Lanez sound is different. I don't feel like a lot of, I don't see a lot of Tory Lanez features. Nah. I feel like Tory Lanez is one person I've already worked with. He do reach out to people though. I heard Tory Lanez be reaching out to folks. That's another thing. I don't need to reach out to the A, I need that feature. All right, okay, okay. But you call yourself the princess of New York. Let's get into that. Why you feel like you that? All right, so yeah, so basically, I call myself the princess of New York. And that's cause like, all right, so you know everybody's doing the king of New York, the princess of New York. So I feel like far with my generation, me coming up, like none of them make you call me situation, but in my age bracket and my image, there's a female stud, I don't need to struggle with some female stud. Okay. A, G, that's doing what I'm doing as a right now. Like I've seen a lot of different people coming up and they're grinding, but I don't think nobody right now is through fucking to be honest. Looking like the streets. As well with female artists too, but I see a lot of female artists in different brackets. I mean a lot of female artists are always more like the city girl in brackets. Yeah. They're all different. Yeah, melodic. Yeah. I don't feel like nobody's stuck in my lane and I feel like I'm over here. Okay. All right, so yeah, so you're gonna drop a project called that, Princess of New York. Yeah, Princess of New York's like, I got half changes, half vibes. Half vibes. So I'm so, any deadlines? Like when could we expect it to take? All right, so I was supposed to drop it for my birthday, but I kind of, I was going through something for me and I, and I had time so I kind of like, I don't feel bad, I'm really trying to drop it September 30th. September 30th? Yeah, I'm not trying to wait no longer than September 30th. All right, so before October, definitely gonna do a listening party or laugh a bunch of it. Everybody invited, good vibes and we don't know about it. Okay, okay, okay. So what's some, what's one of your biggest accomplishments so far? So you've been doing the music seriously since 17. I feel like my biggest accomplishment right now is I got my own crib. Okay, so moving out, types of it. I feel like that's one of my biggest accomplishments. I made my own bag of music and I'm on a crib of music. But another accomplishment I see is like going on tour again till it's pretty good. Performing in front of thousands of people and all the thousands of people that's like. Where a place you performed at that was like, oh, shit, it's lit. Nah, my favorite state is Boston. Really? Yeah, Boston. Are them low-key in the cut states? I heard they be well in too. They acted, I ain't going to lie. That was like one of my first, biggest, first thing I used to do was in Boston. And I, shit, was crazy. And they was turned up after that? Every time I go to Boston, they turn up. They know all my words, my song. Like that's really like, believe it or not, that's really my favorite state. All right. That's my song and everything. So what is a place that you got to perform at that you see the, you got to perform? I need to perform at Summit Gym, so Drusky. All of them. I need to stop that. Tapping. I need to do Summit Gym. I got to do Summit Gym. All right. One time for one time, I got to do Summit Gym. Yeah. You know, people be like rolling loud. Yeah, people be like rolling loud powerhouse, but Summit Gym too. Summit Gym, I feel like Summit Gym, like rolling loud, I've been on stage to see a TJ performance show. I feel like Summit Gym, like they just started rolling out in New York. Yeah. The only thing we didn't have in the world was Summit Gym. It's like a New York thing. Yeah. Original. That's going to be a different ball for me than a frontman. Yeah. Definitely. So, I'm sure fans will be stopping, people will be tapping in. What was the craziest fan interaction you had so far? I don't know. Or has it been any or they're kind of calm? They're not something. All right, I don't have people. All right, so this is before I started driving, before I had a driver. I didn't even think I had that much blood. I was coming off the bus, and somebody was on the bus recording me. Oh. I got off the bus, and it's actually like, yo, you call a sexist, you see me on the bus. It's like, what the fuck? I didn't even know who it was. So they didn't even stop you? They just. Yeah, they just texted me. But then, I feel like the craziest reaction I had was like, I'm old. I've seen a couple of people that do, remember? Both, they do. He was like, yo, he tried to be funny. I was with some girl on him, and he knew me. And he knew the girls, so he tried to low key, like next to me, because he was a girl. He tried to be funny, so show him he's got blood. So he had to get me out of there and not be out of there. That was on something, you know, he would call you. That's your girl, bro, like try to impress me, but like on some excited person. Yeah, trying to be funny. We feel like that happens a lot in New York. People trying to get caught so bad. Just doing cloudy stuff. Yeah, everybody wants cloudy. So what advice would you give for upcoming artists that's trending right now? Like, how could you be on point with that, I guess? I mean, when it comes to entertainment, I'm on a lot of, I don't have the time to entertain people, but when I do have time, I'm like, I flanged. I don't have the time to entertain people. But like, I feel like, depending on your energy, if it's going to bring you down, then don't entertain them, feel me? I feel like a lot of things that we would try to do, like I'm keeping a chart to like start fake beef, like fashion, I don't entertain them, I'm getting them, I'm getting them. Okay, so staying focused. For me, don't even entertain them. But if you know it ain't going to bother you, it's Turkish and I'm going to roll it down. For me, Turkish, that's what I'll do. Staying focused, staying focused. I was going to say, like, is it like hard being like an AG and doing music? Do you feel like you get like mixed fans? Do you feel like people don't take you serious? Like how do you feel? All right, Sam. All right, so basically, I feel like some people are confused. Some of my fans don't know I'm a girl. Okay. He be able to come up to me by your call. He be telling me, like, yo, we need to do some controversial shit so people know you'll grab that right now. You're putting away guys, you're crazy. You not with it? It's sweet. Me too. Maybe for a video. Like on something, on something funny. On something funny. But I feel like I got, like my fans, fuck with me, my fans as well, you. Okay. I feel like. Does that bother you that your fans don't know you a girl or boy? Or you don't care? Nah, I really don't care. I mean, like, when they ask, I just tell them, like, they don't bother me, like, they don't bother me, they don't bother me. Only time they bother me is when a person try to be funny and they know what it is. Like, I feel like I don't have people try to show me, like, oh, look, I need you to do some shit. I'm like, oh, you're bald. You really that bald, are you trying to be funny? Okay. Like that, but other than that, they don't bother me. Like, when my friends call me and he, I don't get mad. I mean, like, they'll be like, oh my God, I'm sorry, I feel like you're screwed. Okay. I'm a bit upset, right? Yeah, so just going with the flow. Yeah, for sure. If you support, you support type shit. So what advice would you give someone that's following you and wants to be an upcoming artist and is probably like in the scene? You know, shoes as you. Like, what did you have, what show did you have to break, I guess? Being an A.G. and doing music and, you know? You gotta not give two fucks. Yeah. I'm trying to give you a name and you know, you don't do something, you just gotta do it. But it's like, eventually, all the haters will become a fan, you know what I mean? I tell everybody that I'm my friends, everybody like, you're gonna overcome obstacles that you throw at probably like two years before you're about to overcome. So it's like, I don't be giving two fucks about a few more opinions. I do, like I do need it. So when it comes to music, I do need it. I tell all my, like, my cousins, I'm like, you're gonna make it my boy. You're just like, focus, stay focused. Stay focused. This is what you want to do for me because at the end of the day, it's a plan. You gotta plan with yourself. You can't worry about everybody else. Nobody else gonna sit there and be with you, train for a while and leave for me. Thinkin' about how to make it like, how to make a million dollars. Nobody gonna be there when you're ready to yourself. So you gotta have that plan and set that goal for yourself and just do it. Go from there and run with it. Eventually, it's gonna be the good old speeds for us. Yeah, so just stay in focus pretty much. So what should your fans look forward to? It's B.P. that's comin' out and it's you know how to drop a new single Friday. New single? Just for the guys. I feel like I have to drop it. Set a date, cause I'm gonna try to have this out Friday though. Friday is the, Friday the 13th. Okay, the 13th. Wow, Friday the 13th, that's what I wanted to call it. Friday the 13th, I'm dropping a song called For Real. Okay. We're gonna go up. It's just a song for the guys. I mean, it's for the trenches. Okay.