 What they gon' do with me now? I'm still a twerk of the town. All these sisters, I'm hoakin' them down. Reachin' the smiles and the frowns. Gang hop out, then we clarin' the pr- Hey guys, we're in a new episode of Talk of the Town. Today, we got a special guest, J.E.B. Fax. So to get you warmed up, we're gonna play a little game. Okay, just answer first and then come to your mind or however you feelin'. What's your sign? Sagittarius. Three things you would bring on a deserted island? My fidget, my these right here. Any pair of fours, really, that I got? On a deserted island. And my big putty? Okay. Um, favorite lyric or punchline? Favorite lyric of mine? Yeah. Um, I think my money is gay. It's too many men on top of one another. That's my shit. Okay. Um, what's your favorite food? Favorite food? Probably steak and rice. Okay, SmackDown or Raw? SmackDown or Raw. Okay, Drill Music or Jersey Club Music? Um, Drill Music. You want Drill Music? Okay, how do you answer your phone? I'd be like, you're? Last person you text? Last, probably my girl. And, um, what's one place you want to visit? Tokyo. Tokyo Sound School. So, um, so let us know how you guys started into music though. So how I really got into it, fucking, I got held back in like eighth grade. So from there, like all my friends went to like high school and shit. And I just, yeah, so like, so like I'm going to school and I'm really not like just making friends at that point when I got held back. So I was like more in my mind. And I don't know, I just started writing stuff down, watching like a lot of Eminem on YouTube and stuff. He kind of inspired me to just start writing. So I would write the most insane shit, just like funny shit about anything. And then I would say fast forward to me being like 18 years old, I started taking it more serious in 2017. And, um, I started recording by this studio by my school, by my high school. That was the first two you went to? Yeah, yeah. How was the studio by your high school? Yeah, shout out Portier. It was like some, some older guy, he had equipment in his basement and had people go record. But then I switched to a studio in town that everybody goes to probably right now. And shout out my manager because he owns that studio. Shout out Goon. And yeah, I started recording him OD, so I mean, and started taking it more serious from there. OK. And like who was it? So you said Eminem was somebody who was watching? Who else? Well, before Eminem, it was like 50, Wayne, Kanye. And yeah, I would even say like Michael Jackson, because like I just knew I was going to be famous for something kind of vibe, you know what I mean? Even like, whether it was playing football, because I was like my first love, I wanted to like really be a football player. So football was a double one? When I stopped growing. That is though, when I stopped growing, because I'm five too, bro. But on the field, like I was very skilled, huh? When did you stop growing? I found out I stopped growing at like 16, I think, around there. Yeah. When you turn 18, you're just like. I was just like, nah, because rap was always on the side, like on the side of my mind too already. Yeah. But yeah, football was really my shit. Like. Football, to say, got into music, started going to the studio by the school. And then like, I guess when did you start releasing usual music videos? Um, I shot like one cringey eyes music video. It's still out, we can see it? Nah, I deleted that shit. But there's another cringey one too. That's out on my YouTube, Jay Eazy. Yeah, it's called like, whoa. OK. Why is it cringey? Why is it cringey? You ain't watching yourself like you're on YouTube. Yeah. I mean, I kind of looked the same from then. It's like, my looks like develop quick. Like I always had like beard. You'll see the beard and shit, but like. So why is it cringey? Like what? Why is it cringey? Just the way I was moving in the video, bro. Like, not not not. I was too comfortable. OK. And I was just like, nah, nah. OK, so you feel like you develop your swag now? Yeah, yeah. Like a more of a way of being here. OK. All right. So how did you meet your manager now? Because they're on the studio. How did you meet him? Because when he opened up the studio, a friend of mine, shout out TJ, he put me on to his studio. OK, so when did you come from? Like you wanted him to be a manager? Probably like the end of last year or beginning of last year or something like that. So kind of recent? Yeah, because it started getting serious because I'm. Started going viral? Yeah, I started going viral for like doing the running shit, and he's the one backpedaling when I'm running. So like we kind of do everything together in a way. He shoot my videos. He he engineered my shit. So y'all are coming already? Yeah, yeah. All right. So you're from New York, but you from Middletown? I'm from, well, originally I'm from the Bronx. And then I moved to Middletown. OK, so how was that move? I was I was eight years old. I was yeah, I was young. I was like in third grade. OK, so you didn't really remember much of the Bronx? Um, I've had some like moments that I remember in the Bronx. Like I don't remember living there. But OK, but like like obviously I didn't go through like the high school phases, the high school phases in the city for me. So yeah, but I definitely remember the Bronx. OK, so growing up in Middletown, how was that? Growing up in Middletown, um, it was it was calm. Like I was into sports early for me, ball and shit. So like I was kind of like in my own world type shit and like with the people that for me. OK, so getting to your creative process, though, like do you feel like Middletown helped you get creative with music or was you traveling more? Or like how did you get into your creative? I would say just listening to a lot of music. Help me get there, um, shit, watching anime. Help me get there, especially as of recently. OK, uh, but definitely Middletown, too. This shit, I made a whole fucking song. Yeah, I was going to say, so like your punchline to be like funny and then like a little, you know what I'm saying? So how did you plan for your punchline to be funny or I like I like to think of it that way to a certain extent. But it's more like, I don't know. I like try to follow the formats of like the goats and like how they do punchlines and shit like that. OK, but yeah. OK, so welcome to when you first started blown up on. OK, so it was twenty twenty one October ish and I had this song called Pink Eye. And that one is a funny song. It wasn't really meant to be like some serious shit. But I felt like I just needed something to like that was catchy. Like almost like, but why the fuck this? Like, why is he saying that? But why the fuck does this sound valid for me? Like like vocal wise and shit. So yeah, and then I winded up doing a heart. Where shout out my God, brother. I did in his building. I did some like hard shit. If they see they know what I'm talking about. Fill me with pink eye. You could look up pink eye on TikTok and you'll see me going like this with the heart. And it'll be the lyrics making a heart kind of thing. Some funny shit. And I was based off a girl that started going viral for doing that to my song too. So I kind of like remixed it where I did it almost in like a Disney Channel way. Like with the, you know, so. Right there, that shit started. It kept going crazy and I kept spamming it doing the same shit in different locations. And it just it never failed at that point. And I was like, wow, I could really. So it was the song. We think is what you was doing. We think is everything. It was everything. It was everything. OK, so are you more strategic when dropping there? Because that wasn't the first time. Um, a little bit like I'll try to like make sure I got one of them lines. That's like I'm leaving it there for you to like either think live, you feel me? TikTok started going up. So what happened though? Like was it like the song started streaming more? Yeah, with pink eye. Yeah, definitely. Well, at that point in time, I was still already like was playing with it playing with the app. And like, but in a strategic way, like fun strategic at the same time for me. Like I was taking TikTok serious in terms of like posting every day and like and showing people my music and just throwing it out there. So, yeah, but it's just pink. I was just the one that like crazy for service. So how do you feel about people when they call people like TikTok rappers and stuff like that? Do you think that's the thing that's possible? Um, I think it's definitely possible. I would consider myself one as of right now. You consider yourself a TikTok rapper? Yeah, because I mean, I use TikTok the most to promote my music. But it's like, I don't think it's as bad as people kind of say like, oh, you just a TikTok rapper. Like, I don't think that's a bad thing. Okay, I was going to ask you, do you think it's a bad thing? Nah, nah. I don't think it's a bad thing at all because before it was SoundCloud rappers, you feel me? Yeah. And it's like, Soulja Boy, he blew up off of YouTube. You gonna call him a YouTube rapper? Nah, it's not. All right, I like the way you think like that. Okay, so like, so is your goal to like transition from that? Yeah, of course, of course. And it's getting there. It's getting there? I'm not even worried about that. Okay, yeah, I've been seeing the shows, they're fucking with it at the shows. So like, um, so when did you first perform at though? Your first ever performance. My first ever performance? My first ever performance was at a friend's birthday party for me. And it was like some freestyle that I did to a song from Time by Jenae Aiko and Drake. And my friends pulled up and they knew the words and everybody else just started joining in. It was lit. Okay, so, okay, the song that blew up though, the Pink Eyed Song, you performed that song? Nah, I don't perform that song. Because it's just not me, like, it's not really like how I wanted to like come out, type shit. So with all those streams and all those videos, you just let it like be? Yeah, I mean, I might bring it back for like, for me, when that shit gets bigger, you feel me? Be like, oh, for me, this is the one that started this, y'all remember this, but you feel me? Type shit? I remember there's one fan wanted me to perform it, but not that I said no, it's just like the DJ. I didn't give it to the DJ because I wasn't thinking of performing that shit. I think you should definitely perform it and see what it is. Nah, yeah, definitely. I think it's like an attention grabber, like, maybe if I get like some footage of it on TikTok, of me performing it, it would catch new people's eyes, probably, because they'd be like, what the fuck? The fuck is he singing? Okay, so, what's one song you dropped that you feel like didn't get enough love? One song I ain't dropped. I would say 30 Days. It's getting a lot of love right now, but I feel like, yeah, I feel like that should be like my second, my first or second biggest song, because that one, everybody be coming up to me like, yo, 30 Days, 30 Days, so yeah. So why do you feel like it wasn't, why do you feel like it's not moving? Well, it's moving now. Yeah, it's moving. It was kind of moving when it dropped. I just feel like it should be bigger. It's not, because I don't know, maybe I just didn't figure out the right way to show it to the people. Okay, so do you do all your marketing yourself? Yeah. So do you plan out like, I'm gonna promote this song this way, or like, how do you go about it? I kind of go based on feeling of when's the right time. Shit, when it comes to cover, I just be getting anything, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? But shit, I try to like, I try to drop a song five days after around there of when I first showed on TikTok kind of thing. And I'm giving up the source for y'all, y'all better take that shit and run with it. So step one, drop a song on TikTok? Not yet. I dropped the sound and I posted like three times that day for the rest of the five days and then it drops on the fifth day. And then you just run, score, and repeat kind of thing. And that shit been working every time. Yeah. Yeah, we just ate on some food. Nah, they could do it. I mean, they might not be able to do it like how I do it, but they could for me, try. Okay, so when is the project coming out? When is the project coming out? I've been stacking up songs, like, but I'm so used to dropping singles that it's like sometimes it'd be like I, I, I, I, and then everything is like, everything is yeah, yeah. But I'm gonna try this year. I'm gonna shoot for this year. Why try? Huh? You gonna do it this year? You said try. I should, right? You're looking, not tries and like, cause like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. But I'm expecting something, maybe around August, I'm gonna just drop a date to gas it real quick, maybe around August. Okay. So are you signed or are you independent? Independent. Okay. Are you looking to sign a deal? I'm looking to see what's out there. If I, if I get the right deal, but I'm definitely open to signing. Okay. And what is it you think you're looking for if you do sign a deal? Well right now I'm looking for like a singles, like a singles deal. You don't want to lock in like long term. I don't want to lock in long term yet. They be wanting you to. The project. 15 years? Nah. Not a 15 years. 10 years. But some, all right. Not a single deal. 10 years is crazy. In five years I'm gonna be almost 30. Yeah. But like they kind of help you like want it up. Nah, they do. They do. That's the thing. And that's why I'm, that's why I'm open to it. That's definitely why I'm open to it. Like, because they got help. Yeah. But I'm saying like, what if you did like a this show deal project, 30 song projects? Now yeah, the distro, yeah, shit's in the, shit's in the, yeah, shit's there though. Shit's there. The distros is where it's. Yeah. Do you feel like, do you feel like the labels are necessary right now? Some people feel like they need them. Some people feel like artists can do a lot of stuff. What you think? I think it just depends who you feel like you are at this point in time, you feel me? Like someone like me say right now like I'm busy like hustling, posting on tiktok like in terms of like just going crazy with the content, figuring out how to get myself out there and it's working. It might be easier for me to just be like, I, let me fuck with a distro. Oh. Fucking ghetto. It's either or. It's really either or. So you said where you at in your career, where you feel like you hustling on tiktok? Yeah. And I already know how to do certain shit on my own, but I don't know certain things, certain shit that I've heard it do be sparking my interest with like what things labels could do as well. But I would say first really stick out, stick out with the independent route until you feel excited. Right? Yeah. All right. That's good. So what advice would you give someone that's, I guess, looking up to you, looking up to your career? Whatever it is that you want to do, just be consistent. Do that shit every day. You might fuck around, lose some people because you're so focused on doing what you're doing. But as long as what you're actually doing truly makes you happy, whoever falls out of your path is not going to matter, bro. And I'm noticing that now and it's really like shit really going up, bro. I'm not going to lie. So surround yourself by different people? Yeah. Surround yourself by like-minded people, of course, but I'm saying like through the midst of it being alone, just stick out, just stick it out. You know what I'm saying? Have faith. Everything is right in front of you. You just got to go grab it, bro. What lesson, I guess, has the industry taught you so far? Lesson? Shit. The music industry, not like personal like that, music wise. Music wise? Like in terms of like what the people I've dealt with, the people I've dealt with, I mean shit when shit's up, your shit is ringing. And I feel like that's where anything, that's really where anything, but yeah, kind of thing, which is fine. And that's supposed to happen though. It's okay when that happens because it's like you develop your value. So yeah, that's kind of what it is, type shit. I mean I've always learned to like, yeah, fuck. I'm learning to like not accept no like handouts and shit like that. Like sometimes people want to put shit right there so they can come back and be like, oh I did this for you, you feel me? So just being strategic about I guess, what's kind of help you accept. Okay, I'm just gonna give you some advice. And then, okay, so do you feel like you hard on yourself when releasing music? Because your first track, One Viral, you have something that go more viral than others. What if you feel like it's a good run for you? You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I have moments where I'm hard on myself and then I have moments where it's like fuck it, you feel me? Because you have to have those moments of like learning that not everything is gonna be your biggest moment, not every moment. So I feel like in that area like, you gotta just roll with the punches for me like, because I got this one song, Tomi Yoko, right, and it's my biggest song right now. And then Nae is going up every day and for me, like I try to like throw certain songs out for me, but not every track gonna be that Tomi Yoko moment. And that's kind of how it is, even before Tomi Yoko type shit, but I'm gonna surpass that shit. Watch. I'm telling y'all. Okay, so what goes through to making a Tomi Yoko? How was that? When did you make that? Is that an old record you was holding? It's kind of new. It's kind of new, but like, I recorded that shit like March of last year, no not March May, May-ish of last year, yeah, it's about to be a year. I dropped it in July. So word. And recording that shit, honestly, like once I heard the beat, like the first four bars of the basically the hook came to my mind and from there I was just going and like, I punch in when I record. So you're not a writer? Yeah, I'm not really a writer. All right, so what else should we look forward to this year? Y'all should look forward to big moves, no funny shit. Something is gonna happen. Yo, every week something new happens, I can't really like tell y'all everything, but every week something that will blow your mind happens and yeah, God is good all the time. Oh, we got collabs on the way, like what that? Collabs. Um, yeah, I'm about to drop a Middletown remix with some rappers from the town. Okay. Yeah, shout out to Pacino and shout out to Chopper. So you're not big on features? You wanna like work on your own? Um, yeah, cause like I'm in a point where it's like, I like to work on my time type shit, but I'm definitely open to features and working with other artists. That's out that I want to work in shit, but it's got to be right. Tell me a sense. Yup. Okay. All right. So tell the people where to find your Huckabay team name. Y'all could find me at jezz what? J-A-Y-E-A-Z-Y-W-H-A-T on Instagram and TikTok, jezz on streaming platforms, J-A-Y-E-A-Z-Y.