 All right, that's enough, that's enough, bro. Told you that Wu-Tang is for the children. That's why it was 30 niggas in that. Y'all ready to jump this shit back off like we had it jumped off? You ready to jump it off like it need to be jumped off? Wait a minute, man, hold on. Get my shit. I'm too anxious, hold on. We can sell things and keep that shit nice. Yeah, Black Market is opening. Welcome back to the 8-5. Welcome back to the 8-5 township Slash Black Market Slash, Black Excellent Spotlight Slash. Black people doing amazing things. Yeah, we're going to keep saying black people because I've noticed in my travels and my studies that when you throw the words black on something, they be rubbing motherfuckers the wrong way. They black. Why it has to be black? Why does it have to be black? Why can't it be Afro-American? Afro-American, nigga, we don't have Afros no more. What the hell is what we took to and we was known for? Black people just having Afros. What y'all, we're still colored. Yeah, exactly. If we loved our natural harem, I think we could get back to being Afro-Americans. Either way, bro, we're going to make it. Yeah, yeah. How you living, G? I'm out here, bro. I see you over here drinking this Granddaddy whiskey. I'm in my hood, bro. Y'all didn't realize y'all was right here. Y'all right in my hood, bro. That's what you brought out to travel, isn't it? I think it's how I live. All right, man. I'm sitting here kicking flavor with my neighbor, apparently, man. This is one of the coldest niggas out here doing this artwork, man. It's like every time I see some of your shit, it's just like you just got these visual-ass jokes that just jump out. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to Frico Rico. That's how you got that name. Shit. But I feel like I got to. I got that name first off, bro. I appreciate y'all having me on, bro. I've been a fan of y'all niggas. I've been a fan of the whole show. I watch this shit, bro. Word. Because while I be drawing shit, I'll be watching this shit. Titi's in the building. Yeah, bro. You want me to watch it? Draw me a building with just Titi's busting out the window. I think I've done it already. For real? I'm telling everyone, though. Got a Titi popping out. Got a back page shut down. We just started drawing. We just started drawing. I had Titi's ass come out of the building. They were leaving. Where the arc have at, man? We need to see all of this shit. Man, real talk. It's all on my Instagram. Real talk right now. I got to get a site going. My site, I got for sales and shit. People going there. There's a lot of stuff on there. A lot of people can't take all the shit at once. So they got to keep going back, bro. Yeah, but I got my name, bro. I got my name when I was like in middle school, man. I got it. It was a joke, actually. I didn't like it at first. Because, you know, back in the day, niggas didn't want to say they ain't pussy and shit like that. I used the first nigga at your school to hate pussy? Pretty much. Bro, every school got one in there. But your school... Hey, niggas shots out the middle-growth middle, bro. Middle-growth junior high. Who let you eat shit? It wasn't... Don't say it. She probably in the church now. I hope she is, bro. She was wild, bro. I had... I had did it to the wrong one. So everybody got me. You ain't freak, was it? Yeah, bro. Everybody... Hey, that shit made me stronger. I ain't catch COVID once. It's because your immune system is used to fuck shit apparently. Nah, I ain't did that shit in the wild, bro. I mean, I'm married, bro. Oh, okay. You know, I'm married with two kids, bro. I started doing it when I can. When you can? Yeah, when I can. Because I be in the dog house sometimes. You have to eat pussy. That's the best way to say I talk. That's how you get out of it. You ain't even here to talk about all that. Anyway, you know what I'm saying? We keep going. We started out great. Now we even present it already. I got the name and then my football coaches, they kind of kept making fun of it. And then people were making fun of it. And I went to like an all black middle school of course. So it was like, that shit kind of stuck, bro. It was a name and that's someone in my real name, Richard. And I think it was like two other people who had the same name. So you couldn't call me like, so it was little Richard, big Richard, but it was like, okay, free. Oh, you mean free come? Oh, okay. So that's how that shit happened. Then my time I got to high school, I kind of like, I kind of liked it. And so I kind of fulfill into like a role of it. But I wasn't, I still wasn't doing like the wild shit like I was doing. I got a girlfriend and shit. But my coaches made fun of it because they, you know, they was like, who the fuck is Frico Rico? And then somewhere everybody just stuck, bro. So by the time I got to college and shit, and then I was out in the streets running around here when I was young and I was telling people that was my name. And then, you know, and the old heads was like, no, we calling you Frico and that's how it happened, bro. That's what's up. I've always loved to hear how niggas get their nickname. Yeah, bro. That's really a TV show. No, I would never do that shit. You know what I'm saying? Like how niggas got their nickname? No, TV show? Yeah. You do it then. I might do it. You can do it, bro. You probably be on there. How you get your, I was eating pussy in middle school. Bro, I mean, I ain't put my whole thing with the eating pussy. It wasn't that I really was eating pussy. I was talking about it. So me and our niggas were scared to talk about it. You were a trendsetter, bro. I don't think so. My niggas was honest. Yeah. You know, niggas don't be honest, bro. They just be on some line. They just trying to fit in there and everybody else. I'm like, yo, I don't see nothing wrong with it. My uncle talking about it he eat pussy all the time. So it's like, what? My uncle's a terrible rogue. I just thought about it. My uncle's from Memphis, bro. Oh, yeah. You know he on boy shit. My family's from Memphis, man. So the Memphis people, you know. Shout out to Memphis, man. Like a lot of people who come through here got Memphis roots, man. Bro, both sides of my family. Yeah. Memphis roots, bro. Man. That shit deep, bro. Talking crazy shit all the time. Hey, Carlos Miller here. Christmas time is here. And you still trying to figure out the perfect gift to get your significant other? Nah, get you some blue juice so you can give her the gift that she really wants. The gift that keeps on giving. Blue juice is a unique online service that delivers the same active ingredients as Viagra and Cialis. But intruable tablets and at a fraction of the cost. The first step is simple. 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She watched me. She started noticing me. She started giving me paper and crayons and stuff like that. And noticed that I was doing shit. And so it's funny because my little boy, my oldest son, he's got the same thing. She's doing the same thing with him. So she nurtured it, bro. Put me in little programs and stuff and got me out of my neighborhood during the summers here and there to do things and had me and had me a lot of things, bro. And so she nurtured it to me going into college doing it. And that's what I do now, bro. Like, I ain't gonna lie. I never thought of doing nothing else other than like playing football and stuff. But like other than that, I'm an artist. You know what I'm saying? Definitely proud of it, man. Definitely proud of it. But it's been almost eight years, man. I haven't worked a job. You know what I'm saying? Fuck a job. Fuck a job, bro. I'm a job. I'm a job. I'm a job, man. I'm a job. I'm a job. I'm a job, man. I'm a job. I'm a job, man. I've been my damn self drinking my gin and talking my shit for like eight years, bro. I'm doing my thing. And really hadn't had the struggle. I ain't gonna lie. I've been, I guess my work ethic from like, from and watching people just sit around and do nothing. That just just made me go and then bein' in a comedy. Yeah. Cause that shit definitely inspires me. Funny shit, you know what I'm saying? And shit that underworld dark shit, you know what I'm saying? What's some of your favorite pieces that you got out on social media right now? Ah, goddamn. I know your brave shit went crazy. Yeah, it did, bro. I ran into some copyright shit, but it's good now. It's good now. But that shit went real crazy. Crazy in our thought, bro. Cause your shit was out before their shit was out. Yeah. I bought about timing, bro. Yeah. I'm all about like, like I don't have no luxuries at home, you know what I'm saying? I have a desk in the corner and like my kids know when they goin' to sleep I'm standin' up and doin' things or I'm back up at 4 a.m., 5 a.m. doin' stuff. So the luxury is sleepin'. Drunk off gin. Y'all get y'all ass up. Y'all just go wanna sleep all one flight a day. I'll take coffee, water, gin and juice and that's it, bro. It's like, hey, I hopped on it, man. So right now those are definitely my favorite pieces, man. I hate that I had to hop on it, but it worked, man. But other than that, man, I be doin' comics, man. I love writing things. I love writing stories and shit. Yeah. So the stories and stuff I've seen in the streets and seen in my life, I like drawing that motherfucker, bro. So it's like, that's just fun. I used to make, I used to make fun of more people in my younger years. I stopped doin' that. Yeah. We need that satire, though, man. Yeah. See, I make fun of shit, but see, I used to make fun of a lot of rappers and then like... They sensitive as fuck. Yeah. I got blocked by, I got blocked by Lil B, the rapper. And I wouldn't even... You talkin' about Lil B, the bass guy? Yeah, he blockin' us around. You should be glad. Yeah. Cause he done closin' him, but dirty feet white women all day. But look, look. I start real out like, damn, bro, I really gotta stop fuckin' with people, man. And I never had nobody stepin' me, cause I'm big as hell and then nobody can find my ass, even when they do they don't want it. Right. So it's like, yeah, I just, the satire is my favorite, though. My satirical art. Yeah. But that stuff ain't really exciting me, bro. It's really when something happens, like the R. Kelly doing yoga shit with his yoga make. You saw that shit earlier? That shit is, I'm about to go home and draw that shit. I'm excited to leave here and go home and start drawin' shit. I like doin' the satirical comedy shit, bro. Hell yeah. But I can't do comedy shit. I can't do stand up I don't know how the fuck y'all be doin' it. I tried, bro. I didn't bomb, but like, I went too far. It got damn, R. Kelly doin' yoga, even though you stretch out in the pose, I did it, bro. I don't know what angle I'ma take from it. I drew R. Kelly a couple times, bro, and all him. People were like, you didn't even gotta draw him. He's a fuckin' friend. Coming out of down with dog on a bitch. He's no, he's squatting and shitting on a bitch, bro. That's what he doin', bro. That's why I'm takin' too far. Yeah, I know, man. That's why I'm takin' too far, man. That's why I can't do comedy. I can't do stand up or the crowd just like, all this niggas. Nah, I can take you to some spice or something. See, Rodney was like, bro, you and me ain't goin' to the right spice. You just gotta go where they appreciate shit like that. I be talkin' wild shit, bro. Got my wild ass nigga, man. Bro, where can they see some of these pieces at? You definitely can hit me on Instagram. I'm real heavy on Instagram. Just Freco Rico, F-R-E-A-K-O, R-I-C-O. Or you can just look up F-R-K-O. That's my artist name and shit when I do, when I show in contemporary galleries and fine art galleries, I put F-R-K-O. And then you can just Google it, real talk, real talk. Yeah, man, I was lookin' at my sad notes. You know I keep some sad notes, bro. Let's just say you've been workin' on some shit with Gucci. I worked on shit with Gucci when he first came out, right? The last time he came out. Yeah. The first single other than that first day out one, All My Children, that was the first record label single he released and I did the cover and I did the video. Bro, cause, um... How much of a process was it for you to animate a whole video? I didn't animate. I don't animate. I'm an illustrator. It's a big difference. So like, I'ma talk shit, bro. Atlantic records. Atlantic records didn't want to pay for to get a really high price animator. So the animation is real kind of fucked up on it, bro, because they got somebody that was in college out of like, UC Berkeley to do it. But y'all thought they had me try it, but they didn't want to pay, you know what I'm saying? But it's just what it is, bro. They didn't want to pay nobody what they want. They're not going to pay nobody. They never, bro. Cause they know people want to be stars real bad. You see, it was this one lady, they said her contract was so awful. If she drop a song, she going to have to own herself some money. That's how it works, bro. That's how it works. So, you know, that's what, I don't really do the record stuff like that. I try to, I try to stay away from the rappers shit, bro. Cause the money really ain't there. People think it's there, but it's not there. People like six years doing stuff for different artists. A lot of stuff never saw the light of day. You know what I mean? I'm going to tell you if I'm right now, I didn't did work for GZ and Gucci at the same time. Literally. And the GZ shit didn't come out yet. But I can say that cause I ain't signed on damn NDA. I don't give a fuck. But you know what I'm saying? So it's like, I was working on stuff for rappers shit and, and bidding against it. Like, I'm doing this right here for this much. So that's the business and that shit, man. It's a dirty game. Every game dirty. Every industry. People watching don't know that shit. It's some people who walk dogs every day like, man, you think that shit dirty. I'm stepping that shit every day. Man, motherfucker don't have a dog ready when you get there. I'm talking to the young illustrators, man. Like I'm really about these kids and about these teenagers. A lot of them want to do what I'm doing. And I was like, man, get yourself, get yourself business. Your business right first, man, before you try to like lean on a record company to pay your bills and sometimes that shit don't drop, bro. They don't want to pay even that. And then you got to fight and that shit might not come for a month or two. So you got to make sure your website is good. Your hustles is good on that. Take your commissions. I still take commissions. That's the thing. Like I still, I'm in the city. I live around the corner. So it's like people running to me. I'm not going to tell them no, like, hey, oh, I got a mixtape. I want you to do a cover for it. I'm going to give you my in the city price. I got an in town price for in town rappers, in town comedians that need things. I'm going to go to the city, man, until I'm out of here. You know what I mean? Hell yeah. Drop the social media again, man. So they can know to find you and go hit you and be like, bro, I got a little mixtape coming at me. Nah, don't do that. That's not a good idea because I get that shit every goddamn day. Just follow me and enjoy the ride. My nigga's like just a FRKO on, if you just Google that shit, but if you look on Instagram, it's a F-R-E-A-K-O-R-I-C-O. And then on, on Twitter, I'm back on Twitter too because when Instagram went down, I hopped back on there. I had like a six-year-old. Carlos Miller here. Are your orders to your small business increasing this holiday season? Well, our sponsor, ShipStation, is here to relieve some distress of this holiday season. With ShipStation, the hassle of shipping out holiday orders melts away, leaving you with happier customers and more freedom to run your business or enjoy some much-needed time on. ShipStation is not only affordable, but it's extremely easy to use. You can get access to any kind of rates that are usually reserved for 4,500 companies. ShipStation works with all major carriers, international, and local. We have a special offer for our listeners. Go to ShipStation.com slash excellence to get a 60-day free trial. That's just enough time to handle the holiday rush. That's 60 days free at ShipStation.com slash excellence. ShipStation, make ship happen. That's kind of clever, make ship happen. I like that. ShipStation. Let me throw this to you. What type of advice would you give to that guy who got a folder full of artwork who don't know how to turn it into money quite yet? I would say I don't like telling people this because I don't know who they are personally. I'm an extrovert me myself, but a lot of people introverts don't like showing their artwork because I'm so, I'm like this, I'm like, yo, if you like that too, go ahead and get somebody to either photograph your work or get you a good printer and start scanning your work in if it's small enough for the printer. So start showing it. And also if you're going to do it on Instagram, talk about your work. Just don't post it. Talk about it because people want to know backstory. If you don't know how to write, then find somebody who can write for you. It ain't nothing wrong with that, you know what I'm saying? Me, I know how to write. I'm super educated on shit and that's my advice to them, bro. I know some, I know some artists that are out here that are awesome, man. And like, you know, they waiting tables and doing stuff they don't want to do. And it's like, man, it's going to come to a point where you're going to be like, I can't do this shit no more. You know what I mean? And that's when it should kick in to say, all right, I'm going to start posting my stuff. And I know plenty of artists like that, bro. And they turn their shit and now they, like me, they're working for themselves. I'm not saying I was the reason, you keep getting put on or people putting you on something, bro. And you're going to get to a breaking point where you don't want to do this shit no more. You're going to be your own man. You know what I'm saying? So yeah, that's it. I'm fucked with it. Well, anything you want to leave them with? Shots out to all of my people I'm working with right now on the art and stuff, man. All the entrepreneurs. Thank you, brother. What's up? I didn't have to tell them that, but keep going. I'm just kidding. I'm going to roll call and shout out every good shot. Chill it out. Yeah, but not him. I got to get chili on here too, brother. Shots out to my wife, Bianca, my kids, bro. Mom and daddy, everybody. Everybody that got me this far in art, bro. I really appreciate everybody here. The niggas will sell you this jean. I fucked him, bro. That nigga was trying to overcharge me on the liquor store on Metropolitan. Don't fuck with that shit, bro. Right there by the damn Chevron, he was trying to overcharge me. Exactly. Niggas tried to charge me seven dollars for this shit. Damn, they texting like that. He hates niggas, bro. That's why he said he wanted the liquor store. He hates niggas. I mean, they kind of come with the liquor store. Well, shit, man. Hold on. Let me ring this bitch again. Just don't let him know. I'm chill black actionist, black market. There it is. My man, Frico Rico. There it is. What the fuck is you doing? Stay tuned.