 Big shit, it's a unique hustle, make a big shit. Big shit, big shit, big shit. Name another podcast like this. Check it, check it, check it, it's a unique hustle. It's your boy, E.C.E.O. And I'm here with the lovely, amazing official Mr. Maker, what's going on? None, none, you know my dad? Hey, man, we got a girl in here today, y'all. She don't need no introduction, man. This girl's a producer? Badass. I'm saying check it, man. Eli, back in the building, one more game. What's up? What's going on? What's up? What's going on? You been up to? Man, say I launched a non-profit and I also launched an artist collective, so I've actually been working on building the brands right now, so I've really been throwing and curating a lot of events. I had one at South by Southwest. I had one in Atlanta with my non-profit. I just got back and did one in Dallas. So the event curation has been popping for me. That's cool, yeah. So that's something new you're trying to venture out into? So not necessarily new, I had done some events with my business partner at the time, Dirt Beats, shout-out to Dirt Beats. And so then I kind of just took it off. Shout-out to Dirt Beats, you know I'll rock with you. You know, he's in Miami doing a unplugged tonight. Is he? One of Miami unplugged tonight. Wow, that's awesome, the plug is growing. It's growing, it is. It is, I started going last year and then, yeah, it's just gotten bigger. So I don't mean to cut you off, but let's get back into it. But yeah, shout-out to him. So pretty much all the sides that I learned in regards to throwing events and stuff like that, I have learned from him. But I have like an open mic every Thursday. I have every other Sunday event as well. And then with my Royal Lane Studios, shout-out to Royal Lane Studios. We have a new location in Dallas, Texas now off Maple and Mockingbird. So that's every Thursday I usually have anywhere from 50 to 70 artists come out and perform. So it's pretty big, it's called the Underground. You know what I'm saying? It's a little live, live underground event for artists. And then also like I said, I have the nonprofit called I Am Not 2%, which is what the hat's from, which is for females in the industry as well as models. So I recently had a fashion show, but it's merged with like a female artist showcase. And I had a lot of models from J3 Productions and stuff like that come in model there. And artists perform as well. I had Mack Benji perform and stuff like that. She's like a local rapper that's fire as well, so. That's dope. Wow, yes, that's right. So knowing all the things you know about production and music industry, being a female in this industry right now, if you could go back and change what you're doing, change the avenue, would you change it? Or would you stick with what you're doing? Like would I change that I'm a music producer? Yeah. No, I wouldn't change it. You know, like I've mentioned before, I've played piano since I was three years old, so it's always really been a part of me. I will say that working with a lot of males in the industry can be hard to navigate. I've had some experiences like there, I'm not gonna name no names though. That's fine. But like one of my experiences that I had, a guy was in town and he was on Love and Hip Hop, but he's from here in the DFW area, but he was on Love and Hip Hop like a previous season. And you know, like during the session, he like turned my chair around and like spread my legs. And was like, so talk to me and tell me what's up. Now I will say he was off on like the pills and the alcohol and stuff like that, but it was early in the morning, you know what I'm saying? What did you do? And I was like, no, like I'm good. Like let's keep it business, you know what I'm saying? He tried to do a few other things. And you know, he got back on track and then I did record a few tracks like for him, but he was so off like not sober. Did that throw you off mentally? Cause you have to be able to be in a frame of mind to produce and to do your, to do good work. Yeah, it did. And like he never dropped anything that we recorded that day. And I don't blame him because he was not sober. So like it didn't sound good. So, but, and it was cool that I got to work with him but sometimes it is kind of like frustrating because as a female, a lot of times people with more clout think that every female is just gonna throw themselves at them. And even though I am single and even though I'm not seeing nobody, it doesn't mean I want to be with you or I want to just have this one time, you know what I'm saying? Experience with you. If I do, I'm gonna let you know, but from there for business, you know what I'm saying? Like I'm trying to keep it professional because you know, I feel like a lot of times as a female, we get looked over because a lot of us have been too accessible to men. And so it causes, I feel like a general thought process like, well, she's a girl. So she's cute. She makes beats like I can probably get both from her. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, but don't you think it's a two-way street? Let me go on and be the devil's advocate. Let's go. Let's go. I wanna hear it, let's go. A lot of times women do throw themselves on them and it causes the other women to start getting looked upon that way as well. So it's a- Which is what I'm saying. I feel like it does- It's like on your head. It's a two-way deal. It's my brand two percent. Yeah, so I understand that perspective and then I agree that that's what I'm saying. I feel like a lot of women have made themselves accessible. So for the ones of us that are trying to keep a professional men, especially in certain realms, I'm saying of levels in the industry and things like that, they do think that every woman's gonna want to experience something sexually with them and not regard like not every woman does, but then they get in their feelings when they get kind of rejected. Well, you should, with your brand two percent, you should keep a shirt that says keep it professional and wear that to every session. I have a shirt that says clap beats, not cheeks. Okay. Actually, that's a tagline though from where my brand, but that's cute too. I like that. I'll have to try that. For sure, for sure. Yeah, because then they'll know already when they see it like, oh, she won't know. Yeah, like if you wanna go out on a date with me, like let's get through the session and then ask me out or something. You know what I'm saying? So you like to be courted, you don't want to just, here it is. Not during the session or anything like that, yeah. So how many females are in the career that you're in? So it's only two percent. So in a room of 100 people, only two are women and 98 are men, as far as like producers go. And who in your opinion is the top notch female producer in your field? Okay, so for me personally, I'm gonna go with someone from Texas that because I love my state and things like that. So shout out to Linnell Grant. She produces for Toby Nugwe out of Houston, which him and his people were on BET Awards and stuff like that, but she's produced pretty much all of his tracks like from the beginning when he first started everything. I need her on my show. You do, you do. That is like my top vote for your show. So she's a wife, she has a successful marriage. She, you know, at least from what I see. And her husband- Yeah, because in her social media now they can never tell. But she seems happy. She, her husband's in real estate out in Houston and she has children as well. So she's a wife mom and she does that. And she, you know, so I really appreciate like all those aspects because I feel like a lot of times in striving to keep it professional, as a woman we can turn kind of masculine, you know what I'm saying? To kind of like ward off the other masculine energy. And that's something that I myself in working at personally as well is trying to find my like balance of femininity but professionalism, you know. Because you feel like if you show your femininity they're gonna, you know, try. Right. So seeing her be a wife and a mom and a producer is really inspiring for sure. Yeah. Well, I can tell you right now, you know when it comes down to the entertainment field, man, you know, first of all, it ain't just entertainment field. Let me break it all the way down to y'all. It's a period on site. If you're looking good to a man and you see you, even the dogs do this. It's a dog. Even the dogs and the cats do this. Even the squirrels do this. Naturally, a man is attracted to a woman and a woman is attracted to me. And a lot of times you have to have a traction mechanism to calm that down. But at the end of the day, you're not getting away from that. What happens is a lot of times we'll think it so much and have to deal with it to where we make it a bigger issue. And because it is an issue, but every time you become something to where you don't trust no more because everybody coming at you with this and you're like, damn, man, I get sick of it. But you have to be prayed up. I'm gonna say that. No, for sure. You have to put God first. You have to have something to balance you off when it comes to spiritualism. And that a lot of times can help be your guide. Most definitely. Man, I ain't gonna do this. Y'all need to pay me, you know. Give me some knowledge. No, that's for real, that's facts. I mean, like just like my open mic last night, you know, I had 50 artists perform and out of those 50 artists, only five were female. So you have to understand, like I had to interact with 45 men last night, you know what I'm saying, artists up and coming artists. So like learning to interact with them and have like those boundaries and things like that. Cause you know, obviously out of 45 men, somebody gonna try something, you know what I'm saying? Like, that's just how it is. So. Are they drinking? Yeah. Okay, what do you think gonna happen? Exactly. So it's just like learning how to navigate through that. I think as a female and I'm in charge, you know, of the event. So it's like I have to talk to them. So just being able to like navigate through like situations like that is something that I've been working on for sure. Well, that's a good thing. What else we got? What we talking about? So you have anything else new coming up? So I will be having another fashion event and female artists showcase with my nonprofit in the new year here in Dallas. And then I will be probably having one in Chicago in like the mid middle of the year. I'm working on the venue for that. So that's like my next spot. So what date for the one here? In Dallas, it will be February. I don't know if it's the 19th, but it's like that weekend. Okay. And where is that going to be? It's probably either going to be at Royal Lane Studios, again, which is where the one most recently was, but we'll set it up differently or at the new Creators Don't Die building. However, the previous ones that I had had in Dallas were at the old Creators Don't Die, but it recently moved, they moved locations. So I'm not sure how the setup for a fashion event would work there, but I'm going to go check it out. And what are you going to be doing? Cause you know, every time we throw an event, we try to do better than the last. So what are you doing for this new upcoming event that you never did for the past? So this will be my seventh one that I've thrown with my non-profit. So for this one, the last one, I really feel like the media let me down. Okay. And it's partially like my fault because first of all, I didn't have the media like sign the releases and things like that because I've never had an issue before with my models not receiving their photos and stuff like that. But I had media releasing photos without sending it to like the designers and the models and stuff like that. So then these parent companies that, you know, manage these models are like, what's going on? Like, you know, like, we can sue you for this. So like all that's going to be not even an issue this next time. Yeah. Cause I'm on top of it. Well, you guys, man, I definitely, like I said, when I think about, you know, Eli, man, just to be a go-getter, one who don't quit, who keeps going, when we met her, she was in the midst. She was in the mix, I guess. You know, you're at the end of the day. That's what it's all about. Making sure you can stay relevant, navigate through the times and make sure that your brands pop because in this day and time, you have to stay in the public eye. You, is it so accessible on these things right here? Yeah. You got to create an image for people to tap into even you control what or how much they can see of your personal life. But that image is definitely something that is really important. I had someone that has a distribute, distribute through Empire. Actually, I met with him today and he had found my Instagram like months ago and had popped up to one of my events and has like this whole business plan idea with his businesses and stuff like that. So it just like, that's a prime example. Like people and investors and things like that do look at what you're doing based off of your social media, for sure. I see the tattoo on your arm. What does, I've been trying to read it. I'm like, okay, I can read it. This is highly favorite. I was shot last year three times at an event in Dallas and I got this tattoo afterwards because I had a blood clot and I shouldn't have made it because of the blood clot but I did so I'm highly favorite. What language is that? I was at Parambar. What language is that? That's not English. Hebrew, okay. What would you hear that? I was hitting my groin and both of my legs I was shot like across but I was in Parkland for a while and I was on blood thinner for like over half of a year trying to get rid of the blood clot and I still have some heart issues cause heart problems? And a girl was actually killed that night so the murder trial is actually in December and I'm testifying. Wow. So did you see the person? Mm-mm. You didn't saw, what do you have to test? I know, that's what I asked too because I was like the district attorney or whatever like for Dallas was talking to me about that and I was like, I didn't see anything. Like I literally heard the shooting and got shot and I ran into the men's bathroom, you know what I'm saying? But I think it has to do with like the basically the security that night was unlicensed and things like that so I think they're trying to figure out like where the fault really lies. So you were, so okay, so you were shot in your legs but you ran? Yeah. Yeah, I looked down and I was like So you saw it and everything started running. And I just started running and I went into the men's bathroom and I was like grabbing paper towels and I was like help me, help me and all these guys were just staring at me. Like one guy had asked for me for my number and I didn't give it to him and he was literally just staring at me and I was like, yeah, I think some probably about to die. It's like that girl didn't give me her number, forget her. Like. Wow, seriously. I'm so serious. Nobody helped you. Nobody helped me. So like I passed out. The only person that helped me was one of the unlicensed security guards, Smokey. And Smokey LaFlair is his name. He actually just had just recently got out of jail come to find out but he had found me passed out and shook me and I guess realized I was still alive because I had so much blood like around me and he ran and grabbed bar towels and came and held pressure to the paramedics, got there. He saved your life. And he said, yeah, he saved my life because everyone thought I had died cause I was just laying in this puddle of blood. And that's so crazy that bystanders, people that sit down there and just watch you. And I was yelling like, somebody help me. Like, that's kind of like, cause I do. Cause the one on my left leg was like, Nick, my femoral artery. So it was bleeding like a lot. So like, I know I needed help. And I look at things like that and I know that you're, basically you went through that for a reason. Most definitely. Somebody else going to be able to hear your story and know, Hey man, you know, I can change or I got shot and I don't think I can make it and you still pushing. So that's heavy. And you're able to walk and, you know. They told me I wouldn't be able to walk again. Right. That's what I was about to think. And so I couldn't feel my whole left leg for like a month, like at all. Like it was just numb. I didn't, and I was scared, you know what I'm saying? But I was, I was by myself. I didn't really have, I don't have no family out here and stuff like that. And I have a two story house. Where is your family? They live, they live, I was adopted as a child. And so my ties with them are not strong. Okay. Cause I was about to, cause I remember all of that and how you left and all of that. But I would think that if the child that I raised got shot that I would rush to the hospital. They didn't call me back. They texted me and said they were glad I had tattoos. So when I do die, that they'll be able to identify my body. Wow. They should adopt you. They did not tell you that. What the hell, why they adopt you then? I don't know. I think that I disappointed what their desires were for me. You know, as well. So you haven't seen them since? I have seen them a few times because I am, you know, I don't want to live my life with any grudges and things like that. So I am doing everything that I can to, you know, work out some things with them because, you know, they do have played, they did play a key part in my life. So that's a work in progress. For goodness' key. Yeah. Definitely work in progress. Wow. Man, your story is incredible. Every time we hear it. Appreciate that. You're a blessing or a blessing to be here, man. A vessel, man. And thank you so much for coming back on Boss Talk. Most definitely. Thank y'all so much. Man. It's always a pleasure. No, we're going to try to keep you, keep everything going and flowing, man. Appreciate it. Thank you and keep on doing that great work, producing and making things happen to where I come. Shout out to Young Desi. He's with Taylor Gang. I have a track, Afro Beat Track. I produced with my friend Ugo in Q Swift that's dropping soon. Awesome. Okay, called Fiona. Okay. So you like Young Desi? He was Khalifa's artist. Top it. Man. She said, we're Khalifa artist. Yeah, tap in. Just in case if you don't know who he is. Yeah, go tap in. Taylor Gang. Yeah, real talk. She said Taylor Gang. Y'all remember? Stop playing, man. So thank you so much for coming on the show. Appreciate you. We love you. Appreciate that. It's been another great segment. Yeah. A Boss Talk 101. What a boss it's out. We are.