 Hey, welcome back to the 85 South Show black excellence spotlight, man. It only gives more excellent and more excellent and even more excellent and then more excellent every week, bro. This week, I got one of my dogs in here with me, man. One of the coldest barbers in America. My dog, Lito. What's up, bro? What's up, man? What's up, man? What's up, my brother? What's up, my brother? To all the people who are wondering, who keep us fresh while we're on Wild'n Out and various other TV shows. Bro, I remember one season we had, we had to, we got them going straight to get Lito out there, bro. Like, this is one of them barbers that's so cold, keep us TV fresh, man. So anytime we got, you know, we land a gig or we got our own leeway of leverage, we make sure we try to slide them up in there, man. What's up, G? What's going on, homeboy? How you living, man? Bro, first of all, you just became a legal citizen, so that's, that's me and my brother. I thought you was just a regular nigga. Hey, man, you know, man, and finally did it, man. What was that like? It was cool. You know, just went in there, took a test, asked me a couple of questions, and it was over. Tell them where you from, bro. I'm from Haiti. Hey. Yo, Sackpasse. Sackpasse. I didn't even know he was Haitian. Look at that, man. Just now. Look, cause we be in the cut. I'm not gonna say shit. Y'all gonna let me know. I thought he was just another nigga with some dreads, bro. Hey, man. You never know, bro. So Haiti, bro. What part? Port of Prince. Okay. Like I know. Yeah, right. Okay? Port of Prince? Nah, I heard about it, though, bro. Yeah. Shout out to Y-Cliff. Just cause. Nah, it's different. I know Y-Cliff. And I didn't know that Y-Cliff knew me until I got to meet Y-Cliff. But we just cool. Like the anytime Haiti is mentioned, I bring up Y-Cliff. Yeah. Yeah. That's him calling right now. That nigga know when you say his name. Bro, how long have you been in the barber industry, bro? Man, I've been in the game over 20 years, over 25 years. How did you ever get your start? That's what the people want to know. What? How did I get started? Yeah. Well, actually I started cause my father used to cut my hair, man. Yeah. My father was always trying to save a dollar. Oh. So he would cut my hair, man. Fuck it up. Oh my God, bro. Just jack it all the way up, man. So I decided, I said, if anybody's going to fuck me up, it's going to be me. Right. So I just started cutting my own hair, cutting my brother's hair, and one thing led to another, and then boom. Bro, that shit started from trauma. Yeah. My dad used to give me fucked up haircuts, too. Yeah. He used to give me the Pee Wee Herman. You know what that is? Yeah. There's the little Gucci in the front. Mm-hmm. He thought it was the coldest shit, bro. Yeah. So I just recently started, like, working on the forgiving process. Yeah. Cause, like, as he cut my hair, I have no idea what he's doing, but he geeked, like, ooh. And then I see this shit on the line. Then I go home, and then I'm in trouble for letting my daddy cut my hair. Why the fuck you letting your daddy cut it? I'm like, what was I supposed to do? Can't tell him no. Man. That haircut shit could be real traumatic for a black man, bro. Oh, absolutely, man. People like you that be joking all the time, man. Back in school, we get cracked on bad haircut, man. But even if I had a fucked up haircut, I think I would be able to defend myself. Yeah. I try to make it seem real on purpose. I mean, that would be the angle I would take. Yeah. But, you know, I don't know. There's always a solution for a bad haircut, bro. You just get your whole shit cut off and start over. Mm-hmm. But that's traumatic. You ever want to see a grown man cry and you tell him to cut his hair when he didn't decide to cut his hair but fuck half at this point. I just didn't gave up on it. Me too. Chico didn't. I can see. Yeah, he just fucked the front and just grew the middle back. Mm-hmm. I mean, that takes heart. Plenty of heart. He is like, he transformed the game. Do you see all types of people growing their shit back, whether it's half a hole now. Let's see if niggas get braids and all types of shit. Yeah, for real. Bro, you just recently moved to Georgia, right? Yeah, about three years ago. Broke the business down here. Yes, sir. What was that like? Man, it was, I mean, it's been dope, man. I mean, the people at Georgia, man, they just real cool. They supportive, you know what I mean? Yeah. So, I mean, it was scary, you know, but God put in my spirit, man, to make that move, man. And you, too, talking to me, telling me how I need to be down here. I got a cousin named Ricky who's always on me about moving down here, man. So I took a leap on faith, man, and just asked God to just guide my steps. And it's just been great, man. It's just been such a blessing, bro. And here I am here with you. Like, that's another part, too. Man, when you here with me, you didn't meet him, bro. That's exactly what this platform is for, though, bro. It's just to highlight dope-ass people that's doing dope shit in the community. I know you do a lot of, like, give-backs to the schools. Charity events, yeah. Charity events and haircuts and food for the kids and all that, man. Absolutely. Talk to the people about how important that is when you're building your business. I mean, the community is... Well, the barber shop is the community, you know what I'm saying? So I just wanted to create a space where anybody in the community could come to, come get a haircut, feel like a celebrity, also, too, even if they're not, quote, unquote, a celebrity. Yeah. But, I mean, it's just... And as being a barber, man, I got to walk a certain type of walk, man. Like, I can't... You can't be a barber out here having beef, you know what I'm saying? Like, you got to be cool with everybody, man. And you got to serve the people, you know? And at the end of the day, that's what I'm here to do, man. Just serve the people, man, and bless them with the gift that God has blessed me with. What type of advice do you give the up-and-coming entrepreneur, the barber, the hairstylist that, you know, that might be, you know, traveling out of the crib right now, trying to make that transition into getting into that professional space? What would you tell them? Take it seriously. Right. You know, like, don't play with it, you know what I mean? I know sometimes you could think, oh, it's just, you know, a barber. You know what I mean? But it could be so much more than that. Yeah. You know, if you're going to get involved, then go all the way in. You know what I mean? Go take the right steps, too. You know, go to the Cosmetology School, Barber School, get your license. You know? And also, too, never give up, man. Always try to get better, bro. And just, as long as your goal is to serve the people, like, every day I wake up, man, my goal is to make somebody else feel good. You know what I mean? So as long as you understand that that's what it is, bro, and you stay focused, you'll be all right. You'll make it. Don't give up. Right. A lot of people, they like to throw in that they do celebrity cuts or celebrity barbers. What does that mean? I don't know. I don't know. One thing about your barber, y'all think it will make up a title. What's a master barber? A master barber is a barber that's been in the game technically, by definition, over three years. Right. Licensed. Okay. You know what I mean? So that's when you become like a master barber. I really think you could be a master barber unless you learn how to cut white people hair. I could do that. Like, I feel like you're a cold nigga if you can cut. Like, if you can do that dealing cut and do that shit right, use a cold nigga, because you really ain't posting no nothing about that. Yeah. What do you tell the niggas who had their little bumps in the back? Oh, man. Well, first and foremost, change your pillowcase, bro. First, though. Change your pillowcase, man. Cast our hair sleeping on dirty pillowcases. Yeah, dirty houses. With dirty women. Mm, with dirty women. So, yeah, definitely change your pillowcases, man. And also, too, man, I mean, watch the barber you can get your haircut from. Right. You know, make sure he's spraying down his clippers before and after each client. You should, as a barber, you should let the nigga who's going next know that you ain't going to be using the same shit or whatever. He see you do it. Absolutely. You see me? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. That's a must. Yeah. You know, like a lot of niggas at the barber shop, they get mad at niggas like me. Ball niggas who come in to get a bald head. Can you explain the difference when the barber give you a bald head so they can know why bald niggas is taking up the first three spots and they gotta wait? Let them know that bald niggas have a place at the barber shop too. Absolutely. I mean, you got a beard too. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? So, I mean, it's just a different experience, man. Like, when you go to the barber shop in comparison to doing it yourself, I mean, just being able to just be in the barber shop. Yeah. You know, sit down, get it here. Because I mean, boy, had the niggas need love too. Amen. You know what I'm saying? We need cuts too. Fuck, bro. What y'all hating ass niggas, bro? For real. What kind of beard tips would you give the listeners and shit like that? Oh, beard tips. Yeah. Let's see. I mean, definitely condition. Your wash and condition, your beard. Yeah. If you're going to use a beard oil, don't use it every day. There you go. You know what I'm saying? You want to use a beard oil like every three things. This is the nigga who told me to grow a beard. Like, look, man, just grow a beard. Just grow it. Just grow it. Like, fuck it. Yeah, man. I mean, it's just like with growth, you know, for anything to grow, it has to be stimulated. So constant stimulation on your beard, use your hands, rub your beard, comb your joint. Eat some coochie. You know what I mean? That too. That works. That definitely works. Guilty. You know, so. This is game that they don't just get on the streets. That's why it's platform so necessary. Right, right. I mean, what else can you tune in on anything and they tell you, eat some coochie? For real, right? For the health benefits of it, though. Yeah. It ain't disrespectful. Yeah. What type of shit do you see at other shops that you hate as a barber, my dog? Um, I hate that barber shop where they got the TV on, man, and the barber cutting your head, so he's got to stop and keep looking at the TV. You know what I'm saying? Um, I hate a dirty barber shop. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I hate the motherfucker that stopped and, like, eat wings in the middle of it. He ain't come right back to you. I'm just saying, like, if you in the chair, I feel like the priority should be to get the nigga out the chair. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And sometimes a barber would be taking too fucking long, bro. Oh, yeah. Bro, what is you doing, my nigga? Fuck outta here. Word. Well, shit, what can they check out some of your work and all that type of gangsta shit? Oh, I mean, I'm on Instagram. You can follow me. I'm at Lito the Barber. You see me on TV. You know, my work on TV. Man, tell them some of the shows that you worked on. Oh, some of the shows, Wildin' Out. I've worked with Charlemagne on Common Sense. I used to work with BET. I did all these specials, all the hip hop awards, BET awards. Yeah. All these specials. I worked on one of six in part. I did tons and tons of shows with BET. And it just revolved. I worked with Revol as well. Just a whole bunch of different networks that I worked with. Yeah. Well, there you have it. A lot of people been asking me who the coldest barber. Now I gotta, you understand what happens to me after this. By me saying you wanted the coldest, nigga's gonna say that it can't be no more cold niggas. And I'm gonna get tagged in 17,000 haircut pictures of niggas who done spray painted bird feathers and all types of shit. They could tag me too. So just know that I will receive the back blows. You don't know the fuck you talking about. My nigga, my nigga cut a nigga head who didn't even have a head. Like, oh my God. So it's a wrap, bro. But this is my nigga. So when you see me on TV and the beard looking luxurious and the bald head as fresh as hell. Nine times out of ten, this nigga right here did it. And we salute you and you keep doing your thing, bro. I appreciate it. Just know it. Much love, bro. But you got much love over here, bro. And you should have brought the stylish lady who'll be braiding Chico hair because everybody been wanting to see her. Can you send her down here? Tuesday, Tuesday. Yeah, I got you. I'm gonna send Tuesday down here. That's her name. Tuesday. So everybody keep asking who is this lady who keep braiding Chico hair? She's incredible, bro. Of course. Look at the work that she's doing. She's great, man. She's great. So send her down here. Let them know the location of the shop for all the people who's around here. Okay, so the shop is... Come check you out. The shop is in Snailville. You know what I mean? Snailville, Georgia. 2135 East Main Street. Right. Just come through, man. On my IG, if you want an appointment, you can just hit the book button. Again, that's at Leto the Barber. Just hit the book button and you'll be able to book an appointment. And you'll get right on in, right on out. You ain't gotta worry about me eating chicken wings. There you go, man. Well, there you have it. My dog Leto, 85 South Black Excellence. Shout out to everybody in Haiti. We are this bitch. Yeah.