 So one time Missy was sitting on a tour bus and or I was sitting on a tour bus and Missy came on a bus and She asked me how things was going how I you know how I felt about being out there And I just told I was like, you know, it's kind of different for me I see when you go in the studio you able to sit there you engineer yourself because Missy was sit at the boards She'll close the door. She'll be in there by herself. No closed session And I was I felt like I didn't reach that status enough for me to ask for that Although that's how I did it at home the same way that she did it So when I told her that she was like, no, you have to ask for what you need Sometimes you don't want that unwanted attention when you go into the studio sometimes with people that are around that You don't really want them to mess up your mental. Yeah, you know Well, there was there was a moment when I was working with Timbaland and Missy, right? Mm-hmm And I was kind of intimidated because they had so many people come on now Do you know at the time? But no no listen they had so many so many other artists writers and stuff like that and They would go to the club like some of the some of the people in a writing camp They would go to the club and then be Go back to the studio like, you know, two three in the morning and I'm a morning person So I wake up early. I like to record early, but I'm not gonna miss the opportunity so I would be up like around the clock and I'd be in the studio recording and a lot of people would just come peeking the session come standing there smoking and all that But I wasn't really used to that. So one time Missy was sitting on a tour bus and Or I was sitting on a tour bus and Missy came on a bus and She asked me how things was going how I you know how I felt about being out there And I just told I was like, you know, it's kind of different for me I see when you go in the studio, you able to sit there and you engineer yourself because Missy would sit at the boards She'll close the door. She'll be in there by herself. No closed session And I was I felt like I didn't reach that status enough for me to ask for that Although that's how I did it at home the same way that she did it So when I told her that she was like, no You have to ask for what you need in order to make the best work because when people hit an outcome They're not gonna know all what somebody was in my session to strike the mean whatever whatever So she was like, you got to ask for what you want so you can make the best work that you can and I felt what she said I felt inspired by the next day when I was in the studio early in the morning There was a drill like Somebody drilling on the door and I'm like what the fuck is going on The handyman was changing the locks and putting a actual lock because you couldn't lock it from that side They put a lock on that and I was like, what was going on? They say oh missy put that there for you You know, I'm saying wow. Yes So that inspired me to and gave me more confidence like she really was invested in effect and Telling me no you got to make sure you put you and your music first, you know what I mean? So yeah, that was like a lot. I mean how long was you running out doing doing this with them? That was about a year and a half. Maybe yeah, so I was in I was in Miami at well that happened at Tim's studio Thomas crown in Virginia, but it was like a year and a half back Did you keep in contact with her? Yeah? Not because I ended up not signing with them You know what I mean? But um, she's like sent messages and said encouraging things, but I didn't end up doing business with them Yeah, yeah, but that do open just for you to see that God has where opening the door so you can peek through it That's a fact I had a question about her music So what is the overall message that you want people to know about your music? What what do you want people to get from your music overall? well a Lot of times that message varies, but I make music for people who may not have That whole cheering section for them. You know what I'm saying? This is the soundtrack for the hustlers This is the soundtrack for people who feel like you know, I would like to have people support me But even if they don't I know I'm one-on-one. I know I'm gonna do you know what I mean? And that's why I named this already legendary my company already legendary because I don't need the validation from others to tell me What I already know about myself. So, you know, I have reality rap, you know what I mean? I talk my shit. I had the song freak like me You know, I mean I have all of those those different elements in my music But the overall message is that even when you don't have people cheering for you, you got to be your your cheerleader I mean, yeah, I say you dope. You always been dope to me. Thank I want the projects to keep coming No cap for the young no cap or they'll say something like standing on business But at the end of the day, I think that's you represent culture and you represent our you know Successful black women man. I mean beautiful black women, you know, I'm saying it I think that's important by young girls, you know They can see the twerking and they can see all the stuff and it's fun But to see somebody that's encouraging with entrepreneurship skills that understand how to brand themselves and be successful in today's times It's remarkable and I see that in you. So thank you so much. You know, I'm saying that's real like I like said I mean, you know, you got just gotta get credit where credit is do how though, you know, how we used to see it You do that credit because you put that working, you know, I'm saying like so is there any anybody up and coming? Who's the new girls the young girls that you you got the message from Missy and you seen the inspirational moments from certain individuals Who is that young girl that that that you've had the opportunity to say some encouraging things too? You know, that's a very good question because I can't name one. Oh, it's happening No, but the reason why I say that is because I would love the opportunity to be able to name one You know, I would I would hope that my message spread Widen up because I hear people all the time tell me but I haven't worked closely with like a female artist I haven't I just within the last well February February I became On the one of the board members on the Junior Board Association for the Universal Hip-Hop Museum This is a 65 million dollar development in in the Bronx, New York I sit on the board with yo-yo. I sit on the board with fat Joe. There's nars on the board Yeah, so there's a lot of there's a lot of artists. This Project is a huge project and I'm the only one from the south I mean, I'm the I'm the only Independent artists from the South young female on the board or whatever So there's a lot of initiatives that we're working together to do Charity and all of that. But yeah, that's something that I really want to It's coming and there's also they just Honored me in New Orleans with the proclamation This year for my contribution to hip-hop in New Orleans So there's a lot of things that I've done, but I don't sit back and say this is you know what I mean But it's good to be recognized Yeah, but I do want to hone in but I can't say like there's a female rapper that I took under my wing or something Not yet. Not yet, but at the end of the day there's so much more to you I hope I could just be an example by the way that I move The same way that the same way that Missy just saw that there was a you know I said something and she was like alright bam I Hope that I can continue to do that in that way. I think encouragement right now is Encouraging people to have that courage to actually say something because people would think it and not say especially be intimidated by okay That's missy. I'm not gonna say that to her. Yeah, you know what I mean So I love that. Yeah, we on boss talk one-on-one one-on-one. Yeah, we gonna talk