 Check it, check it, man. Okay. She was jamming till a while ago. Yeah, we on Boss Talk 101. Yeah, we gonna talk, we gonna have fun. We be on fire, we live lit. It's a unique hustle, big, big shit. Check it, check it, check it. It's a unique hustle. It's your boy, E-CEO, and I'm here with the lovely official, Mr. Mako. What's going on? What's going on? Man, Saturday, man. Just let y'all in on it. Nigga, y'all don't know it's Saturday, but we're gonna give it to y'all today. Check it, man. We got a great person that stepped on our... Hey, we went and checked a video out last. Exclusive. Everybody couldn't get in. Everybody couldn't get there, but we was there and it was a great time. It was a great time and great timing, right? Exactly. Check it, man. Terri Terri is in the building. What's going on, baby? How you doing, young lady? I'm doing great. Man, it's good to have you on the show, man. Yes, sir. So it's on Boss Talk 101. Yes, sir. Where the boss is talking. So Terri Terri, man. So I know the people gonna want to know who you are, because you got a different type of sound, the way your music is. It's totally different than anything that I've been hearing here recently. And if y'all don't know who she is, y'all need to look her up, because y'all gonna... If you don't know, you don't know. By the end of this show. Man, we gonna pull it up then. Exactly. You do have some... I know you got some music out. I got some music out. I got a whole album out. Y'all gonna be gumbo. Gumbo? Y'all make sure y'all get some gumbo. What's one of your favorite tracks on that? I'm gonna get you a new story. Hold on, hold on. Before you do all of that, tell us how long ago did you start doing this? I know I want to pull a song up though, so I have it in the middle. Well, y'all... To let you know, Ashley, I started about... I'm gonna say about four years ago. Wow. Four years ago. It's really... I put it on a book at least, and I had Ashley. I was going through some things back home. So I just decided really... Where are you from? Texacan. Oh, okay. She's a Texacan. She almost sound like Louisiana, the way she talk. See how she talk? See how I'm raised in Columbus, when you're in Louisiana. Oh, okay. Can you still have that accent, that Louisiana accent? Well, it's not really... Yeah, I hear it a little bit. I thought it was just country. I think because Texacan, though, it's a borderline. It's got Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana. It's a whole borderline. It's a whole borderline. So many people coming from, you know, different areas and coming to Texacan and making the city. So then, you know, but when I was young, my mama took us back home, you know. So then I went back to Texacan and graduated and stuff. So, you know, I kind of got both. You love Texacan? I love both of them. I love both of them. They both made me. Oh, okay. Yes, ma'am. Okay. So how old were you when you started singing? I really did... I really just... It'd be crazy because I really had a dream and it kind of, like, grew stronger with my voice. Like, I supposed to do something. How long ago did you have that dream? So, well, I probably was like... I started late in this, like 25. Hmm. And then I started following the dream but I never thought I ever do this and my voice just started going with it. So what were you doing before? Oh, just working. Working or just getting in trouble? Let's go back. Let's go. Let me take you all the way back. So was there ever a time when you felt like you didn't know who you were? Yeah, I was in my pain. I dug a little deep and found out you've been through a lot of stuff. Yeah, I have. Like some homelessness and some... Let's talk about that. Hmm. Oh, yeah. Oh, you don't boss talk. I'm checking everything out. One of the main reasons why we like to talk... Because it can help somebody. You know what I mean? We use our platform to help people. There's so many people out here who are lost. Yeah. Who don't know how to handle certain situations but seeing a person as yourself who overcame something and really striving to be bigger and better, it might motivate them to be that way as well. Exactly. And that's what we should always do with our lives is help repay someone else. Exactly. You know what I mean? So just give us a little spiel on how everything transpires. Well, you know, I had a baby young. Okay. My mama had kids young. Okay. You know how it is. You know, going through it or whatever. She didn't have a baby daddy. Okay. So then it kind of left up on my grandma. Mm-hmm. Her son and dad. Wow. Then her son kept going to jail. Okay. So, you know, she couldn't deal with all this. So then me and my mom kind of... We had like a... maybe a... like a misunderstanding. Oh, it happens. It happens. I didn't understand her. Yeah. I didn't understand the things she was doing at the time. But as I grew older, I understand it. You didn't understand. Yeah. Yeah, I get it. But it's kind of like we repeated the same thing that happened to her mom, that happened to her mom. They call it generational... Yeah, generational curses. Right. Mm-hmm. So it's like... you know, grew up the same way. I kind of grew up... I didn't really have no respect for a little minute. I didn't have no respect for nobody. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And nobody really... Not even yourself. No. I was... I always had respect for myself. I was just mad at the word. I didn't have no daddy. I met my dad when I was 23. Okay, okay. 23 turned out 24. So... That's when you met him? Uh-huh. Wow. Okay. So you didn't have a male role model in your life when you were younger? I had a male role model that I was introvert to. Oh, okay. So there weren't... Okay. I got you. But I had my uncle, my uncle been there, but then when he went to jail, you know, at a little time kind of made me grow up on the street. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So... That part. I went to high school, and he died. So then I had another baby right after of it. And then I kind of, you know, my mom, we wouldn't have no good talks. So I, you know, I appreciate my best friend. She let me sleep on her floor. She stole from me. I really, I got the respect for it, you know. So going through all of the trauma that you went through growing up, did you have any time where you could process of healing? Oh, yes. I think that's why I left Texas County. I had to heal because I just, I think I just got tired. I just got tired. I kind of left everything behind, just sold, whatever. And I just went from time to time until I found my spot. Like, then I ended up in Tyler. And I went up from there and I just started all the way over. I didn't know nobody. They didn't know me. I was already struggling when I left. I might as well try when, you know, somewhere else. Right. And then I just, actually it ain't even, I can't say it's me, it's God. Exactly. And I'm just going to give him the glory. Yes. You always got it. Lord knows. I mean, because you're here right now and I'm telling you, no matter what you go through in life, it could have been worse because there's so many people out there have it worse than you do. It could have been worse. And even when you think you hit rock bottom, that's your rock bottom, but somebody else's rock bottom is a lot lower than where you got. You know what I mean? I like that. I just know that when you speak behind these mics, therapeutically, people can get things that they would normally get. So as you speak, there can be healing going on. It knows how to wave. So when this stuff goes out into the masses, man, we never know who we're going to connect with. So it could be another person that's just, you know, pretty much going through it and don't know how they're going to get out of it. And they may hit boss talk 101 podcast and be and hear or go on YouTube and see and hear something that could help them to understand their situation. That's one thing we pray all the time. I know I specifically I specifically pray that God, you know, turn our channels on to who needs to hear it. Right. Who needs to heal. You know what I mean? Because that's what we want to use our platform for. Right. You know, and I love and I appreciate everybody who's sitting in the seat that you're in right now and have the courage to tell their story. You know, because not everybody do. And I respect it. I love it. I love it. Especially come from black folk. Hey, hey. So, you know, Derichere is a unique individual. You know what I mean? The music is just different, man. And I love her music. And I love the fact that she told me that she's just starting this. So it feels like people who are older and trying to chase a dream. Some people make you feel like you too old to start. Like, why start now? Why not start when you were younger? Why chase it right now? Right. But I love because I see the gift in you. I see your talent. So you always live your life with no regret. Right. And I love the fact that you're chasing because if you didn't chase it, you would have sit down and one day be like, man, I wonder if I could have. I wonder if I would have. You know what I mean? So I applaud you for chasing it. Wow. I like that. I like that. So what's the thing that when you get in the studio, how does that process work for you? So, y'all, I always make these sounds, right? It took me a long time. I'm gonna say I always thought of it in my head, but I could never, I made some songs, but I never could change my voice. In my mind, I was like, why don't I sound like Megan Niel? Why don't I sound like this and keep making this sound? Right. And I'm like, okay, well, I'm just gonna embrace it. And then I made this song called Mean Code. And it went from there. Like, I really thought that my city was gonna be like, I know she ain't trying to, I know Terry, I heard her trying to, you know, be no rapper, like everybody else, you know? So I was like, but it really wasn't for nobody but myself to act like myself. So I did that, man. Ever since then, everybody loved it. Man, God turned it up for you. He turned it up. You know, I'd seen, I'd seen JoJoel Jr. And that Mariah Carey. Is it a song that he, and I think he referred to Terry Cherry's song. Oh, I'll be into it now. Cause I love that boy. You know, I'm from there. That's where I'm from, too. I graduated where Jo's from. So I would watch everything. You was like, dang, how are you? Yeah, yeah. I'm in that thing, man. I'm watching what's going on. So do you think, was he referring to you in that? I think so. So I mean, you influence and the people that look and see what you got going, man. And it's exciting. You know what I mean? That part right there, man. It's very exciting. Ooh, you got a lot of stuff on here. And I love that you embrace your voice. But I want to know, you talk about your dream, but you never actually told us what was the dream? My dream is really, y'all, I don't want to, I want to call myself like a special genre. I think my influence is to eventually lead people to God. Like that's what I'm trying to do. And regardless, I didn't know how. Boy, you're on the right podcast. I want to hear what she says. Ooh, we man. When I said I had a dream right, I was just tired. I was like in a place, y'all. Somebody left their keys with me for a year and ran off, left me a note. And I was, it was crazy. And I had my keys, I had her keys for about a year. And I was trying to start, I was just trying to start my own reason. Everything, I lost everything. But I wouldn't let them keys give up. I couldn't. Because I even took her to their mama's house and her mama's house and I was like, hey, you know, your daughter, whatever. She was like, well, call the state. You feel me? I love them kids. You know what I'm saying? And I'm telling you, y'all, I've been through some things. I've been through some things. So I lost everything, really. And then I was like, I was just really leaving from chick to chick and I got tired of it. My baby daddy's, you know, one of them I only want to help and then the other one don't sometimes. And I got tired of it. I just wouldn't, you know what I'm saying? So I had to look at my kids and say, hey, and mama, I'm gonna have to show y'all, you know, that I can't give up. I am not finna work the death just to have y'all happy and happy life if I can't show you it. Wow. You know what I'm saying? Especially. So then I got tired. I was just tired. I was on my floor. I remember I was drinking some Hennessy. You and me. I would drink some Hennessy in my closet, boo-hooing. And then I found out I was pregnant again. Ooh. I was in the gym. Y'all, I had lost things to give me. I had abortion. Wow. And during abortion, I thought I was, uh, I don't know what, I thought I was freaking out. Mm-hmm. And I seen a little boy in the corner. You know what I'm saying? I seen a little boy, and I kept, and then afterwards, he kept having the same dream over and over. But the little boy never said anything. Like, remember I lost my son. Right. But this little boy was, I was on the table, and it hunted me for a long time. It hunted me for a long time. I remember just, I kept having the same dream. The little boy just stirred in me while I'm, just like he was waiting on the baby to come out. You know, he don't ever say nothing. He's just being, and it felt real. It felt like it was real. Mm-hmm. But then when you tell somebody, and you black, they tell you crazy. No, no, no. You know what I'm saying? But so I just kind of kept myself to myself, you know. And then, uh, one time, you know, I just kept having the same dream. So I said something. Because it just scared me to death. And then, he just started singing. The little boy was singing. And I was thinking to myself for a long time, what is this? What do it mean? So after that, I just tried to start singing. I just tried to keep you started singing. And I know I really wanted to be one, but I didn't know if my voice was enough, so I tried to start rapping. So then I started remembering my church melodies, you know. And then as the days grew and grew, and I'm like, God, show me what I'm supposed to be like. I'm supposed to be mopping up this flow. I'm not supposed to be doing this. You know what I'm saying? I'm supposed to be keeping making the same mistakes. So then he's like, you know what, sing. And I would sit down. I wrote a whole song. I wrote a whole song. And then I kept praying and praying about it. And my voice kept growing stronger and stronger. So I knew that that dream, that that man, you know what I'm saying, or that boy, it's just, it just felt so real, you know what I'm saying? It was a sign for you to go ahead and sing. Yeah. It was a sign. It's just a sing. You know, that's the only word. And I'm like, I can't sing at the time. I wouldn't think about singing. I would work in a hotel. I know, you know, but I know I'm already singing around for myself. You know, I'm always humming and doing stuff for myself. So then I knew that was, that was my pressure to let myself out. You feel me? So after that, I started singing. And I knew I had a gift from God. And I knew I kept changing myself because everything started falling in place. The people kept falling in place. People started, you know, showing me, you know, where I need to be in life. People started influencing where I need to be in life. So. Man, I mean, the thing I can say is God has a will meeting you where you're at. Yeah. So the thing that you went through is something where only God could contact you in that way. So a lot of times people don't, don't know how they interconnect and with God. And so that was him speaking to you about your gift. So I think that's, that's powerful. Right. And it goes stronger. And it grew, it kept growing. And then I kept asking like, okay, so what I'm supposed to do, how I'm supposed to write another song. But if you ever listen to the lyrics of my song, you know where it come from. It come from faith. And it come from really being in my own reality. You know what I'm saying? So yeah, y'all, for real, get your life right with God. Yeah. Yeah. If you ever been through some, in some ever shock you, like some shock you where you believe that it felt real to you, get your life right with God. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You got it. You got to put in first. So I want to get into the music. What is a song that you just done recently to wear a video, last one to one did for you? Waves. Waves? Yeah. I want to make sure I'm on the right boy. I just be loving the, I be loving the movement. So that's a whole, you got a beard to it as well, huh? Oh, yeah. And you just got the song up as well. Yeah. Man, I like that. The fact that, you know, you are, you stay focused. So are you managing yourself or how's that going for you? Well, I just particularly got to manage it. I'm in this little group. You know, we all lift each other up. We help each other. I got a third of Cartier. Shout out to all my brothers. Okay. Okay. And you know, I got friends to help me. Creative studios, Sergeant B. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's my guy. You know what I'm saying? Kobe them just walked in. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's going down. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. All the people. So yeah. For sure. That's hot. All the artists and TK. I don't want to, you know, I love all y'all. Okay. Oh, yeah. But that's why I was, I was trying to understand how you end up doing videos with a twin when a heat HD is working over there and a couple more of guys. So is it cause you and Tyler? No. I, you know, this is always seeing them one do one, one side and the other kind of cause he and more. Yeah. I do both of them. You work with both of them? I work with both of them. Yeah. He just did games a little. Okay. Okay. I like that, man. I like you bridging the grab. You, you're bridging instead of wall. Yeah. I like that. Yeah. It's East Texas. It got to be Texas. Man, it's on my chest. Stop playing. Can't be just a one of them. We got to be all close. All of us. The artist takes the girl, said the artist takes her. Yeah. It's going down. You know, she got to get the money for it and all that. I made a hole. Man. And the way how you sing is like, people can feel every word you say and feel what you're going through. Listen, you special. You are. Ain't nothing. Hey, man. Man, listen, man. And ain't nothing like it. That's the whole game. I love the show. I love different, bro. The show. That's hot, man. I ain't going to let you know, we have a lot, man. We have a lot of talent coming in here, man. Ballstalk 101. We be sending them in that seat, man. And you write all your music? Yes. Oh, wow. Yes. Is that really, I mean, is that auto-tune or anything on your voice? What's going on with that, man? Or do you naturally have it like that? No, the reason why he acts, let me tell you the reason why he acts. This sounds so smooth, bro. Let me tell you, I'm that person who love. I just told No Shane before he left here. I said, I love R&B. The new generation, they're putting auto-tunes on all the voices. And I like it. So don't get it twisted. He likes it. I don't like it because I think I feel you more when you don't have it. Oh, she put that on stuff. Sorry. Yeah. But I feel you more when you sing, like you sing straight to me instead of the auto-tune, is like I can feel it in my bones in every aspect of me. I can feel you. You know what I mean? That's what I want. I can do both. I don't feel it in auto-tunes. I'm sorry. I like both. But what's your artist? What's your view? What's your preference? This is my boss. This is how I sound. Oh, that's me. That's me. Can you give me a little bit? I got you. Let me thank some of her. Wow. Hmm. Wow, man. Man, Territair, you special, man. Amen. Listen, man. Amen. Boss Talk 101 is amen. We getting them in here, man. And it touches you. The music is nice, man. Like, we need different. We don't need the same thing. Everybody shouldn't sound the same. Yeah. I feel like you bring them special sauce that nobody else has. Yes. What you think? Yes, you do. You are something special. Yeah. And I definitely, man. Listen, man, I know. I really know. Ain't no thinking about it. I know that what you're doing is something totally that could transcend culture. Yeah. It don't just stick with us. It's going to hit the other. Every person can love that music, man. I am so excited. I can't wait for the world to hear you. Thank you. I really do. Because I really feel like they will... There's... Anytime I hear a difference in voices like how you do it, I think about like the Lauryn Hill, the Erica Badu, you know, certain people. Right. What's that? Oh, oh, oh. I'm seeing her face, but I can't remember her name. Joe. Rio. Oh. Oh. Nina Simone. No, that's not her. Tina Turner. I love Tina. No, she... She bought Tina Turner's age around that... around that... them days. So, when you get the money, you're going to forget about it because you're going to get it. Yeah, she's going to get it. She's going to get them. She's going to get them. So, are you in need? Are you in this 100% or are you working right now? You know what? I'm working still. Like, I still got to realize... There ain't nothing wrong with that. And I ain't a shame about it. Keep working. Man, Trina Paul said he's an Uber driver. Yeah, he's an Uber driver. He's still gonna be on saw with big... whoever. Getting to it. No, but the reason why I ask you is because a lot of artists feel like, okay, I can't be working a full-time job and giving this 100%. You do it now. You got it. You know what I mean? Because, like, the time you spending working at 8 to 5, I could be spending that time in my music. Mm. So, they feel like they're not giving their all in their music because they're working a full-time job. Yeah, I'd say when we read it, if your bank account don't, please, don't think that music is going to make itself off-top. It's not. I don't want nobody falling in there and think that they're gonna just come out here. It's not. You feel me? You got to work your way up. It's just like a job. Wow. But until you know that you there, don't be trying to impress nobody. You ain't got to be nobody but you. Show us your real life. That's right. Yeah, go live. I like that. Go live. I'm gonna see you live. Everything. Go live. It's hard on a nigga. Hmm. I can see it. I can see it. Mr. Terry Cherry giving back because she's... You will help the world. Man, listen, y'all. I can see that. I want my daddy. He got adopted kids, too. He have a lot of kids. And I love it. I love kids. And I want to have my own like kids, you know. But I want to make sure I get back to my community. And I ain't talking about recreational parks and things of that nature. I'm talking about like jobs. Put some jobs so we can make some money. Definitely. Inside our communities. Please. Definitely. Put some day curves in those jobs so they can have somebody to watch them. Like, we need stuff like that. Okay? We don't need no park. We got no parks. It's beautiful. Okay? We need some jobs. We need some money. Wow. So you and your dad are close now? Yes, we are close. You know, he's a preacher. He found God, too. And he found me, you know. So I appreciate that. I love my mom and my daddy. And you forget. I forgive both of them. I love them. You know what? Life's too short. I like that because there's so many people who can't forgive. That's why you don't need us. That's why you don't need us. Who still feel hurt because of what they've been through in their life when they were a kid? They still have their mama up because their mama did that, or their daddy wasn't in their life and they don't know. They're just like, where were you? Why were you over here doing this and raising other kids instead of trying to raise me? Right. There's so many different scenarios and we hear it all the time but some people have so much anger. Right. And don't know. And yes, God is the bridge to help you to forgive and forget. For real. You know what I mean? Is that when you forgave is because of God? Oh yes. That's what's my whole journey for me leaving, for me to see, to sing. I was asking, like I said, what I'm supposed to be in life, what I'm supposed to do. I'm angry, turn up stuff and sing. What's the end? I'm like, I can't even sing. But I'm telling you, God showed me something and that's where I'm going. I love it. You love it? I love it. It's to be loved. I love it. And it's very special. So, whenever you are, so what's the next project? So, y'all, here y'all, I got a twerk video coming right up. You didn't know. So, I think I'm gonna throw my twerk video back home to like kinda open up my, I'm gonna do a little EP for the summer. And it is wide open. Wow. It is Mixer Jones. We got that, I got one, two, many lovers. Eight, when his heart came moving, he played one, two, many games. And his heart wasn't strong. I had to act up off the rip, the love is torn, I had to dip too many changes, but I don't give y'all too much. Wow, man. So, y'all, y'all be ready for that. You see what's going on, y'all understand what she's doing. You know you ain't heard nothing like it before. Nigga, you don't have to pay for that. I'm not gonna just, yeah, you gotta pay for that. But I got some projects, I got something for the girls, I got something for the boys. Y'all know I love y'all man. And I know, I got more male females than y'all. Really? If y'all release my lyrics, it be because like they gangsta love. Oh, man. So, let me ask you this. So, top three artists of all time. Top three artists? Top three artists of all time. Dead or Alive. Any genre. Any genre. Top three. Number one. Tina Turner. Okay. Tina Turner's a number, we never had that. We never had the Tina Turner. Tina Turner. Tina Turner, lady fat. Lady fat. Never got her either. Let's see what she's doing. Number three. Number three. Hold up. You got to be my man. My best artist that I love this too. I'm going to say, give y'all a right man. Wow. All three that we never had. Like I listen to it every day. Give y'all. Give y'all. I've never heard of give y'all. Give y'all. What song? These rooms are depleted. Never heard of it. So. Heart University. Heartbreak University. Yeah. I know that one. You know. Yeah. I like it. I like it. Listen, man. I just say, are you special? And I appreciate you, man. I know you. Thank you. I know you are. Don't forget about me. That's all I can tell you. What I want to ask her. Hey man, are you special? I want to ask, go back to the lowest point in your life where you felt like you had no other choice. Where would you go back and tell a little girl or maybe yourself at that age? How old were you at the lowest point in your life? I'm going to say about 13. 13? When I just up. That's when I just kind of got like just waiting on a phone call from one of my parents. Just either one of them. And what would you tell that child at that age that is feeling discouraged. I feel like maybe I want to commit suicide. Maybe I can't go on my life. What would you tell them to encourage them? I'm going to say don't give up faith. People really go through things that we don't understand. And until we grow up and actually go through those things ourselves is when we start to forgive. So until if you feel any doubt, you pray. You pray to God. And just like a prayer, it's like a call. Like you calling somebody for real. And if you really believe it, it'll really happen. I'm really heard to tell you. Like I'm telling y'all, I'm leaving y'all on one direction. Win the book of revelations. So I'm telling y'all to get ready. So if you haven't any faith, man listen, don't have no faith doubts. Just pray. And it's sound crazy, but it really works. It works in a serious way. You can't see, you can't touch it. You can't feel it, but you know it's there. You're feeling like you know it's there. It actually changed you. Wow. Let me just say that. Thank you. Man, I just want to say, man, that you have to be able, you have to beat them and went through something in order to Oh yeah. Say what you just said. Oh yeah. You know, I felt that because it's something about when you don't hit rock bottom or you didn't bump your head enough to where you understand what it is to have to rely on God totally, totally on God. Not sure your resources, but God's resources. And then when he show up, that's why you can speak like you just spoke. For sure. You see what I'm saying? Everybody can't do that because they got mama, daddy, cousin, brother, but when you don't have anyone and you have to rely on God, that's when you can speak like she just spoke. That's real talk. It's real talk. So check it, man. We appreciate you. Oh, I like that. Real talk on boss talk. Boss talk. Check it, man. That's another. Hey, man. Great. Hey, we love you. We wish you all the success. We wish you the best. And we definitely going to be paying attention to you. And we got your number. You locked in with us. So say man, check it, man. Terry Terry's in the house, man. It's been another great segment of boss talk 101. And we out.