 What they gonna do with me now? I'm still a twerk of the town Talking to the sisters, I'm hooking them down Reaching the smiles and the frowns Gang hop out, then we clearing the crack It's Zeddy where we with House of Hoops right now We at the Dijkman basketball court Hey guys, we're on a new episode of Talk of the Town Today we have a special guest Zeddy Will What should we call you? Are you like an actor, comedian, content creator? Like what do you mean? I'm like comedy, entertainer Or like comedian entertainer I'm about to start rapping So you might call me a rapper and all that Oh god, you're about to start rapping? Bro, I was about to get mad, I ain't gonna lie But yeah, all that, all that stuff Damn, you about to start rapping? Yeah, fake, not on some funny shit though Or some parody shit? Yeah, exactly Like for me to bring comedy to rap I know a lot, that's what I'm gonna do They used to do them skits In like parody music videos But I ain't seen none in a minute On YouTube and all that Yeah, I ain't seen none in a minute Yeah, I'm about to bring that shit back I got you So where you from? For the people that don't know I'm from Queensbridge Queens, Queens, New York I thought you was from the Bronx or something like that Everybody think I'm from Glock Live, from the Bronx I'm from Queens, I'm from Queens Queens Bridge, that's where I'm from From the civilized part of New York Nah, it's not So am I? Yeah, it's something like that But yeah, Queens the good parts, bro But I ain't, it's not that It gets nasty at random But so what was you into growing up? Did you always know you was gonna be funny Or was it like Nah, like I wasn't even into the internet stuff None of that I was just, I did sports for me So I ran track, played basketball Football, so I got knocked out Like I did a whole bunch of stuff So Football, so I got knocked out, hit mad hard Stopped playing football Swimming, I used to swim, I used to play lacrosse So you were just trying to see what sport you was like in? I was just trying to do every sport Just to stay out and just keep doing stuff And not be in the streets So did you have a favorite sport? Track Track my long-lasting sport I still run track to this day Yeah, I seen you like be posting it sometimes Yeah, I still be running track and all that Just going out for runs and all that I wish I would have played basketball though If I played basketball, I don't think none of this would be going on right now You was nice in ball I ain't gonna lie, I was faking nice I'm just tall, I'm 6'2", 6'3", so Okay So you could do your thing and stuff like that Exactly So how did it officially start for you? So all this comedy stuff started Because I remember the videos out the window Yeah, so those started like So everything started for me like quarantine time Like in the beginning of quarantine Nothing to do I was just like, yo I'mma hop on TikTok, but it wasn't my idea Like I wasn't really too fond of TikTok I wasn't jacking TikTok I was just on Snapchat I used to be on Snapchat making videos Like just like They used to be like putting on TikTok? Exactly And I used to be like, nah I'm not jacking it That's for the dancers and all that So I put my first video on TikTok Everybody be jacking TikTok, when they first Everybody, exactly Until they get on it and they took them all I'm gonna make a bag or I'm trying to get TikTok famous All that, but Yeah, I threw one video up and then I hit a mill and then after that It took over So you went from the point of Well, you went from the outside the window To the point of view videos So do you feel like you have a thing now Or you kinda like just go with the flow? I think I just go with the flow Like, I mean obviously my biggest thing Was like sea bands Like that character I made But I just flowed Like I just was doing whatever And I feel like it just gradually Started to find something and then boom One thing popped off and then I still like now I feel like I'm able to do Really whatever like I'm trying to keep my shit open Like I could do whatever I want Alright So how would you explain sea bands If someone never saw him? I'm sure y'all seen him but you know Alright so look, sea bands For me is a character It's a character from New York And he's just wild like He's just wild You see the vein, neck vein, all that He's just a wild nigga from New York That just be screaming And just going crazy Like it's just another mode that happens You got Zeddy then you got sea bands Okay so you think sea bands are your alter ego Or he's like your alter ego Exaggerated Or what do you think? I'm jacking Or to ego just exaggerated Cause he like sea bands be wild Like you know you got Martin And then you got What's the girl I forgot What's the Shnene Shnene Like you got a whole bunch of You know what I mean a whole bunch of people So that's how I eventually When my shit to get like a whole bunch of different characters Okay Alright so when was that moment I guess you knew it was funny Was people telling you Was your mom telling you People put you on the spot like People used to always be like Oh you funny or you just start laughing I used to do a lot of dumb stuff So I ain't never always think I was funny Like still to this day people be like Are you mad funny But yeah everybody think I'm funny So what was that like First viral moment for you I think it was that first video I posted on tiktok And then it was like a point of view video Some shit on instagram live And I shared a million in like five days I was like oh that was Ode to me like a million now It's not as crazy as it was before Like I was like damn so that was the first time I'm like damn Everybody was jacking me Sending me my video All out here that was those of them times I ain't gonna lie So do you feel like People always try to make it seem like It's a strategy to go on viral Or you just gotta Know what to do Say how to It's no strategy like I used to be like oh Maybe if I post that 907 My shit might go viral Oh I had a I posted a video at 907 and it hit a million Every day I post that 907 I'm careful about the dinner table 907 It's no strategy it's really just Just being consistent and Building a fan base and all that stuff That's really all it is Like comedians I guess that you look up to Or that like Inspired me like who I think my biggest is Marlon Lawrence I got the idea of having different characters From him Marlon Lawrence is my favorite comedian I hope to meet him one day Other than that and then Jim Carrey Everybody be lost when I be saying that That's cause of the faces He be making like faces I'll be doing all that cause of him Those are my two favorite comedians You know you're planning to or you got something to work I'm working on a little show A little HBO A little shit or something Name already special guest On the Just know I ain't gonna lie I'm gonna post it on the gram Y'all gonna see it and then it's gonna be active But it's definitely in the works though I'm just trying to learn how to read scripts and shit Cause you know I don't do that So you be freestyling I'll write an idea down And like my brother and my cousin They'll record me but it's just Writing an idea down and I'm a dude of it Like you record me real quick That's really how it goes Do you like we having to do videos over and over? OD Do you feel like that loses the funny in the video If you keep doing it over? I feel like it builds it for me Like if I do three takes on the video I'd be like Nah I gotta add something I wanna add this It gives me more time to add something into the video Cause I'd be trying to perfect every video And that's what people don't really be liking I'd be feeling bad for the niggas recording me Cause you gotta record me make mad takes But at the end of the day That should be working out for me If it ain't broke I ain't gonna fix it So whoever's the cameraman that they gotta know Whoever's the cameraman that they gotta know Cameraman know They know who they are You gotta be patient cause my shit gotta blow up They gotta blow up Okay was there ever a joke You ever received bad feedback from? A joke that um Cause remember when Druski did that joke When he was drinking Yeah but it was showing a point of view He was not saying he do that But like you ever did a joke that Recepted differently than you thought Nah I feel like Nah cause I do pay attention Like I would be reposting videos And I'd be like nah that's wow So I'll go in the comments and see what they saying But I feel like comedy comedy bro I mean it in a certain way Like we comedians so I feel like this should be fun Everything is funny Do you feel like the point of view videos get tricky Depending on who's watching or? Yeah like I did I remember doing one video And it was about like uh It was Spanish people It was some, Spanish people some And I started to note I don't really Recomments a lot but I just wanted to see what they were saying Cause it was a lot more comments than usual So they saying oh this is racist And those are like five or six of the comments The rest is Oh I'm Mexican and this is funny to me I love to see shit like that cause it's like okay Cause Dave Jack if Dave Jack in the video So do you read your comments? I do sometimes I read them sometimes Do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing? I think it's a good thing I mean It's a good thing and a bad thing It depends on the person I feel like For me I mean I read my comments And they be saying negative stuff or positive stuff I just It's feedback sometimes somebody will tell you Yo your hair line is crazy in this video Or another video they be like I feel like fans don't be knowing What they want at the same time But at that point like they come and go Yes like supporters and fans And all that other stuff they go and just Comment on the video it's like That's what builds everything I feel like you commenting is gonna make the video blow up anyway Do you um have a name for Like your supporters or fans? I mean one thing I Started doing I just called them supporters I just I don't know to be calling people Fans right now Early in this part of my Careers like I know what fans are like I got some fans But those are the ones that be trying to find my address That like those are the ones That text me everyday Like I know some fans like That text me every single day try for my address Will pop up to every meet and greet I got Like I know those select few But I call everybody supporters because you just Support me. So what's the craziest fan Interaction we done you done had Trying to find your address is crazy Yeah so Craziest fans reaction I think I think they gonna know We was at Brooklyn Bridge Park for a takeoff We had like a big basketball game And there was a fan that He just was texting me All week before come like before the thing Like y'all gonna be there I wanna take a picture I wanna hug all that So I'm like I got a look he was young They be like 12 13 So I was like I he just I read him my messages and all that to my DM So I just went on his profile I wanted to look at what he looked like So if I happen to run into him I'll see him But I got it was a rude awakening because that little Naked was just feeding just grabbing me The whole time grabbing on my shirt I threw my shoe he the one that Found the shoe like He was like I tried to follow you home But it was too much traffic He texted me after the games and all that Like that was the craziest one that's when I knew Like these people really I tried to follow you home I tried to follow you home but it was too much traffic Who was driving the car? What you mean? He's they young but That was when I was like damn like she getting real She getting real Okay so that's of course So in those situations Like how do you handle it In those situations Do you like Are you turned off from fans Nah I'll just be The fans are like The supporters stuff they funny Like they funny like The more I be talking to them and Showing them that I'm just a normal person Just like them They'll spread that message to people And you'll grow a bigger fan base Like oh he regular Like he cool he be talking to everybody Like damn some of my fans right now And I say thank you for your Then 10 of niggas are Damien 2 minutes like Yo Zeddy I love your video so much That's them spreading the word Getting a new fan base So that's of course free interaction But like the dating life Like how does that go 6 million tiktok Going up on instagram Look see I really publicize I don't got no girlfriend But bad timing You'll fuck myself They be wildin like Nah I don't be wildin it's just when I When I travel they be wildin They be wildin Girls fake do be wildin But it's like sporadically It's only when I travel They'll post They'll definitely post They'll girls be posting Mentioning me and saying Saying crazy shit Nah I see me I don't care I'ma say what I need to say I've gotten screen shot a couple of times Throwed into close friends And it's just like what do you want me to do If I want you I'm going to try to bag you I don't care about nothing So you ever shot your shot at somebody that was like up there Up there? Oh yeah Absolutely I name one What's her name Damn Let's fake a couple of them Let's fake a couple of them Ana, you know Ana? Ana Max Ana Max you go Instagram she a singer Singer? Okay Ana Max she fake up there I joined her live And I was just sourcing her live She was like oh I'm Jackie I'm from New York Funny I'm like yeah I'm a comedian That was on live everybody was watching it After that I'm like oh I could do this I could do this You see how like on Twitch they have like the e-dates I want to join one of those Yo if anybody got e-dates I ain't gonna lie throw me in that So I could win that and I don't even need bread I just need things to know that I got sauce You got sauce? I don't need no money Throw me on the e-dates so I could bag any joints on there Okay I need to get on the e-dates Do you have like who's I don't know how to say it Who's like your type Like I don't know Like girl I was like Like low key girls Like makeup artists that have your own business type of girls I like low key I ain't gonna lie like Bro it's something about like New York and Philly girls I don't know it's just that So keeping it close You're not into the down south Not really like I like fake hook girls For me like New York aura Yeah you have a bonded on the phone with me You don't gotta have your makeup on You could walk around You're told don't have to be dumb for the Girls that be feeding OD on the phone I don't be like Low key and calm Do you like a goofy girl Cause you're funny So you want someone funny too If you wanna have potential to be my girl You gotta just be goofy If you just wanna be just here for the moment I could jack you If you look good and you cool I could jack you for the moment Cause you're not going long term Okay So like So who do like People like compare you to Do you get compared often? Yeah DC Young Fly Okay that's good DC Young Fly and That's the main person DC Young Fly DC Young Fly He ever hit you? You hit him? No He never hit me I get with DC Young Fly Oh and big win He a comedian from Maryland He mad funny Those two comparisons Alright do you feel like Now cause tiktok's going up Everybody's like trying to do content now Like Like in New York or just On tiktok like do you just see like mad Just trying to I see a lot more comedians But I feel like tiktok is just a wave So anybody that's just Like I respect anybody that's just like Oh this shit jumping right now Let me hop on there like I got a business right now I'm trying to promote it let me go on there See if I should kaboom so Any content I'm jacking anything As long as it's not Not crazy not wild I'm jacking it Do you feel like you can tell Some people don't be funny Some people don't be funny But then there's a lot of people I don't know Like that's not big on the main stage But they funny And those are the ones I DM Like oh I want to make a vid with you So we can get up or something like that Okay well we're going to play a little game So we can see who's funny So we're going to see like who got it right now Like who's funny right now So First bracket OJ versus G Jackie Who you jacking Okay Is it that job to be feeling like girls Not that funny or like what is Nah nah girls is Funny I'm just not O.D. tapped in Like like that like I know But you know who she is She's funny to me but right now It's hot and I'm picking OJ it's quiet Yeah we don't have you on here cause You would have picked yourself O.D. would I would just put an arrow straight to The middle champion Alright Desi versus just hilarious Desi Damn I feel like I'm crazy Not picking no girls I'm keeping the stack I'm never gonna lie Alright next we got Capri versus Shiggy Capri Can we get some elaborations Like what Like Capri cause he like Lowkey original I feel like Yeah and Capri like Pre-be making like real life skits To me like And Shiggy just be talking You know Shiggy just had a phone up and he just be talking Like I don't know like I take Capri shit more I thought you would say Shiggy cause like y'all both be doing like The face expressions and Oh yeah Shiggy do be making faces but nah Pre-making skits that's like my thing I love skits like seeing quality Okay pretty V versus B Simone Pretty V Okay Moving along to the other side now Cleopatra versus Drusky Cleopatra Cleotrappa I thought it was Cleopatra I swear to God It's that Cleotrappa and she's gone correct But it's Cleotrappa Say you're really not gonna pick a girl I'm going Cleo only cause like Cleo's funny like She's funnier than Drusky you think Yo Cleo's funny like I like Drusky funny First of all Cleo look good Cleo is just Like she just like She not changing up in her Comedy she just gonna talk how she talk And look how far she got just being herself So I'm jacking it Drusky funny though That's what's up I'm taking That's what's up OJ versus Desi I'm going Desi Okay yeah he is He's up there all right Capri versus Pretty V Pretty V Okay Love how the originals made it up We were scared that they wasn't gonna make it up Nah I got them I got them Cleotrappa versus Curvo Curvo Gotta go Curvo Okay Gotta go Curvo And D1pop or Kastanat D1pop D1pop is all around funny Like somebody He Will post something Not nothing about him and he'll make it funny He'll post a quote And just like screenshot on Facebook screenshot on Facebook D1pop really just be doing random She be trying she's mad funny All right this is for the final The finals right here The final Why you face like that you feel confident about this I don't know who am I I already know this chip game gonna be dumb hard Desi versus V Desi versus V That's crazy why you debbie making videos together Yeah Desi You set yourself up Yo they debbie making videos together You never make a video with me though After this Just tell her you love her still I love you Pretty V And Curvo with D1pop I ain't gonna lie You're a true New Yorker if you pick D1pop But Curvo is definitely funny I gotta go funny like I don't even care But I'm like Nah but He's really struggling right now Nah D1pop D1pop D1pop D1pop Now the final of the final This is like who you're crowning funny right now So It's Desi versus D1pop I'm going Desi Banks D1pop is really comedy though That's tough I'm going Desi though Oh he skits like he really skits like Wow Desi for the dumb Funniest in the town Desi Banks is the funniest in the town That he will confirm that That is like Not what I was expecting Who y'all thought I was gonna pick Probably Curvo not gonna lie I'm picking funny over my man I really thought Terry was gonna last a little longer I'm like Yeah Terry versus Curvo is just crazy to start with I'm going to Terry Party in two weeks though That's a good deal She won't see this though just make sure Y'all just gotta block him so he won't see this Nah I'm block him every week Alright so like um You said that you're definitely getting into acting Doing a show with HBO And all that so how'd you go about getting like Your partnerships and deals and stuff like that So I would just do all my stuff by myself Really cause I'm Not the type like I only like hope I like to say I can do my stuff by myself But once it started really getting serious And bigger brands started hitting me up for real Then I'm like alright let me try to find a manager But I wasn't gonna go find a random person Like it was Kind of went through family Even though family be doing niggas wrong Knows too like But it was more like a family That manager me he a great guy And he just been taking care of me So I made the right decision So you mentioned manager through family Yeah through family exactly Okay and you recommend getting a manager Yeah I mean yeah I feel like It'll help you know a lot of people Can do it themselves though I know a lot of people that are successful That do it themselves but Me I just had to grow up and be like I need help Well you had school I still want to be in school And still do what I'm doing Like I always tell you before like Traveling really comes into play Traveling for events and Bookings and all that So I want to learn how To be able to do my school work online And leave the hotel 10 in the morning while I'm in school Like it's just weird stuff so Man is just a good route So at first I was doing liberal arts But now I'm doing acting Because I need When I be on set Fake be lost Fake be lost I got it You got to learn stuff with the script And screening And doing all that stuff Acting is my major right now So when did you change to acting I changed recently Yeah recently after I left Howard That's when I changed Okay and why did you leave like away school While I go out there Why did you come back home Okay why did you go out there first and then why did you come back I went to Howard because I was like I always wanted to go to HBCU And that shit is mad fun Like being there I could say HBCU is mad fun Okay coastline of HBCUs Yeah OD and Howard was probably The best decision of my life I feel like that's going to be the best cause That says I've ever made in my life I could stay if I was just normal Zeddy I would definitely be there But yeah then I had to come home cause It's like I got to travel and stuff There's a lot going on but I love Howard Okay and college Has always been important to you or Yeah OD not even cause of family though Just cause like I ran track so I just felt like I always wanted to get a scholarship To run track and that's what I had at Howard So it was like yeah I always wanted to go to college that wasn't Not going to happen for me And then you also got a partnership with House of Hoops How did that happen? So they just hit me up and they was like They needed me to host cause they was like He looked like he could be a good host Which I needed to host and they was like Oh these basketball rivalry games that we got And I'm like alright so where the first place Y'all want me to go? It's supposed to be Texas I'm like oh that's far So like y'all going to help me Get out there and do all this for me This is new to me so I'm like Oh that's tough and then we started doing A whole bunch of other stuff Yeah so that was So it's like the TLC games Like the celebrity basketball games Nah it's like we go around And we find like the High school teams that just be playing each other Like the biggest rivalry games That's basically what it's all about And then we fly out and we just do what we gotta do I host the games, they give me a mic And they got the cameraman I'm just going around talking to fans Like just everything Regular shit you do regularly Is that something you have to get into? Nah that's regular Cause I was hosting like parties And hosting like little clubs and stuff like that That was regular so this was just Getting away from the grown people And really just going to more of a kid setting More of like my fan base setting So that's why the games be crazy and they know So it helps your fan base too Yeah it do yeah Alright so being a comedian People like I guess are prideful of their work And like people of course Have their content So how do you go about situations like that If you was to saw your content Copied or something Or have you ever seen a content copy? Yeah I seen one person One person did like a Type of video that I was doing He went out the window Went out the window And I'm like bro it's nobody else Sticking half their body outside the window And not saying oh Zeddy did it but He started to get up off of it And I'm like whoa So that make you feel away now? But then I started to think like Fuck it like I'm not no hater If it's funny I know I'm going to switch this shit up Sooner or later so if you want to keep doing that Then go ahead but if he was up He was going up so I was jacking it It wasn't a problem to me after a while I'm like fuck it but yeah I just got my shit copied a couple times Okay so how do you feel about that Like do you feel like Am I going to come up with new content Or do you feel like my shit must be funny If people copy me like how do you feel about that I feel like yeah like my shit must be funny And tiktok really though it's really all about Trends like now that I understand That more it's like if you starting a trend People are going to do it It's just that's really what tiktok is all about So and that's really what it was Nobody was copying me on instagram Nobody was doing my stuff on facebook It was really tiktok so I had to just Grow up and like understand all that shit All that shit okay So um So if there are a read I guess creating your jokes or whatever Do you want them to credit you Do you want them to tag you Do you just not want it at all Nah alright so this is how I go about it This is how I go about it My fan base the way I got My support is locked in I go straight to the comments If I see something that it looks similar I go straight to the comments My fans in the comments like oh nah Zitty did it first That's all I need because that's more than For him to just Tag me in the caption Is little for like They're going to be in the comments spamming So that's all I really need As long as they remember Where it came from As long as they not bashing M9 like that Or her because some girls be doing Like they'll do like K bands and stuff like that So nobody can violate it It's all just funny It's just comedy bro Okay but you're definitely Like I want to Cause you say you're getting into acting Say you're doing a couple other things So like what do you want people to Like know you as overall though I think for me I want to be known as Just the Entertainer the nigga that could just Entertain anybody And just funny he's a comedian Just funny that's really at the end Of the day and then I'm going to get into acting So I'm going to be one and be known As Zitty the actor Zitty the actor and then you know There's a bunch of stuff like Just entertaining Just entertaining So what's the plan from now You're definitely going to finish school Definitely going to do a couple shows You feel like you would get into like Reality TV or you want to do more like acting Shit or whatever happens On some show like if that could be On some like Dave Chappelle type shit You know on some like Martin like What's that called like a sitcom You would do a sitcom yeah but you would be like different actors Yeah that's what I want to do like OD yes like Be Zitty Be Mark Be Cleo Like I'll be mad different people like it don't matter to me Like I want to do acting in that type of way Get my own show I don't want to do no reality TV show I'm Tyler Perry kind of does that Do you do Well yeah he'll act as the old man He'll act as the media Yeah Not that many people though Dave Chappelle That's what I'm saying not that many people So I'm trying to for me Don't tell the world all your sources Yeah you right you right you right But new shit on the way Tell the people where to find you If they don't already know where to find you at So on Instagram For me my old Graham got hacked My new one is the Zetty will Stop tagging Zetty will It's not me it's the Zetty will And my tiktok is Zetty will And my YouTube is Zetty will So yeah everything else is pretty much Zetty will And if it's If it's something other than that it's not me Respectfully So like you gonna start messing with YouTube more Cause you was on it before I was on it I was on it I stopped when I went to school cause it's like No cameraman it's hard to really record On campus we trying to like They do but like They got class like Yo you can record for me at two Nah I got history what you mean history Like I need you this is my free period Like but nobody's really jacking it So I just had to take a break from it But now I'm back I'm closer to home so All that YouTube I might as go crazy So like what's the plan on YouTube vlogs I'm gonna do vlogs that's the type of way I want to go Cause people really don't For me people don't really know How I live my everyday life and my day Is comedy like everything is comedy about me So I feel like that is content And it's so like you can see Skits of me on TikTok and the gram And then YouTube should really just be vlogs Everyday life and then are you gonna get on the Twitch wave? Yeah I'm on Twitch right now Yeah my Twitch is Zetty will too So that Twitch is gonna be good for me I'm gonna try to blow up on YouTube and Twitch That's what we really about to do I'm telling you right here right now YouTube and Twitch I'm gonna work that Everybody's saying Twitch is a bag I'm not gonna lie Twitch is good and those is real Those is fans You're gonna sit and watch me for 24 hours I'm jacking you Let's watch some YouTube videos that's reacting all that So you're gonna get into reacting? Reacting all that yeah Yeah Suki, Kaa and all of them They got that on lock right now They got that shit on lock So somebody else gotta come up Keep going You'll be connected with other comedians? Yeah I'm not scared to reach out And tell somebody they funny Straight up you mad funny You funny too bro Thank you I don't know you all I'ma tap in I'm not scared to text nobody Or tap in with everybody Are you into the collabs? I don't really get into collabs Wow you think that gets dicey? How do you feel? I feel like collabs are weird Cause you wanna post it on your page But you wanna post it on your page Who's gonna post it? We can't both post it cause It's not funny Now we battling to see who get the most views My history got a million I got 200k Collabs is tricky for me I just do my own shit They could be in it I'm cool everybody Anybody who ever be in a video with me I might do a video with J-Live J-Live coming up People like that V-Boogie He's funny I didn't know if you was in tune I don't even gotta follow you To know you funny Yo him with the cameraman Yo V-Boogie You with the um Chill bro That trend went crazy That trend went McDonald's, DM and me NFL teams using my stuff No that was big Yo Only New York now Everybody was jacking it though Not even only New York everybody Cause it's mad relatable too Exactly She's smiling her phone right now Nah but um Yeah so definitely tapping You coming on Twitch YouTube vlogs going crazy All of it Yeah we're gonna tap out now With me