 One thing about growth, it's easier said than done. Recent events, my solo work has been taken off. The way we was always struggling, if one person makes it, we all make it. We've all had solo aspirations, but our goal has always been to be the best rapper. My name is Ben Riley from Brooklyn, New York originally, but I'm based out of Atlanta, Georgia. We were able to actually make music when I was 14 years old in high school. And that's when I met my guys and we all loved rap. We would always freestyle together and we would always try to find ways to rap together. And it got to a point where we was like, alright, let's take it serious ever since it's been all of us going crazy. We created a space for people who want to be themselves, just embrace other people with no pressure or any anxiety to perform or conform to any other road. Just be you and do you, you know? My confidence comes from just knowing the parts of myself that I've been scared to show, the parts of myself that I've been reluctant to embrace. Just building up my skin, building up my character to embrace what may not be normal for people. When you really try to be yourself and not try to be anybody else but just try to fit in, it's kind of hard for you to kind of get traction at first. Being as big as we're going to be, but it's definitely, it's definitely starting. Everybody has grown into their own style, their own persona. So as you can see within the group, everybody has their own different look. I've been more confident within, I'll say, this year to like really dish it out because these past the whole year just been locking in on owning the sound. This is something that was organically made over time. So you know, it's definitely a batch of honor to be able to say that I'm a part of abstract media just because, you know, I feel embraced by each other and we ride. We are at VanWolf Studios. It's abstract media HQ. Amongst each other, we've had our tips, we've had our differences. It's been difficult for all of us to get together because, you know, we live in lives, we're not living off our craft just yet. And we figured out ways to like talk through it and work through it. And like, we going to talk to our bosses, tell them, yo, every Wednesday, sun up, sundown, working on music. I've been through the worst. I was helping at First BC. Now I just focus on me. I'm the man with the knowledge. Really go search and find it. I was trying to move that work. I know that they been home. Give them a bone and they follow you home and they latch on to you and that just like a flea. We have a hell of a group music. So now it's just a matter of figuring out what direction we want to go with that and, you know, what new stuff we want to apply to it. But recent events, my solo work has been taken off. Even in that, everyone's been super supportive of that. Everyone's been like rallying behind me. Like when Maytag went viral, I'm hitting all the guys. Yo, what's going on? I'm crying on the phone. Bruh, you cannot believe this. Like, I don't got a problem saying I'm crying. I'm crying. Like, bruh. It was super exciting and everybody was super excited for it. The way we was already always struggling with each other, you know what I'm saying? Like sharing meals and clothes in the car and everything. It was natural that if one person makes it, we all make it. My project Freelance, Charlie, is really me referencing me talking about like how I lost myself and I'm going to find myself and rebuild. Save is my whole ammo. It's what I live about. Like save friends, family, save yourself, save the world. Everybody can't be a hero, but you can try to be a hero in your own story. That's what I try to do. Success looks like to abstract media as a whole is just prosperity all the way. If one of us could get the footer in the door, we could break the door down. So that's really the main focus, just figuring out the next step.