 What they gonna do with me now? I'm still a troke of the town Holding the sisters, I'm hooking them down Reaching the smiles and the frowns I know why I should run Yo, I should go to Breonna Imani and you're tuned in to another Troke of the Town interview And today, who we got on the couch? Man, it's that boy D-Sturdy in the building, man We got Philly in the building So, let me know So, D-30, where you get your name from? My homie died His name was Sturdy And my name, I just put it as D-sturdy I did that, that shit was over, I took off Okay, well, I'm sorry for your loss, but I'm sure you're making him very proud No, no So, for the people who don't know, how did you start getting lit? Why you sitting here talking to town today? I'm just lit Don't do that Is that some lit? How you lit? Feel me, I'd like to be dancing You just do it I be turned Okay, you just be dancing? Because last time I checked, you was also making music Yeah, I do both When I rap, I gotta dance though I gotta dance So, when did you start dancing? I always been dancing though When I was like, probably like 10 I used to be doing these funny ass dances Hoping them floor and all that, freak wall I'm crying Okay, so you was doing all of that When did the whole shake that shit, all of that? Oh yeah, it was on the block Me, Spence, my other homies First was other dance, he did some He did some fruity shit So we had to change that It was a pause, he was doing other The way he did it was weird So he came back over and he said I'm gonna do it like this, and after that Let's just start, boom, everybody started doing it It called roll the boat, everybody started doing it Okay, so it's two dances that I know When I think of you, it's two things that I think of I think of the whole shake that shit And then I think of the Me like, so what's that one? Oh, that's me, my man, Bruh, right here Okay, I came up with that So was you shaking that shit before Tiktok? Yeah, definitely I came up with shaking it So now, I'm curious to know how you feel about Shake people People comparing shake that to rocket hips In New Jersey Because that's like a big thing People are saying that Philly Is kind of biting off of New Jersey In a way that they dance We don't dance like that No It looks kind of similar In rocket hips, you gotta really like In rocket hips like this, we don't do that You gotta really like get in there You feel me? So there's that If y'all hear a girl over here, like Yeah, he rocket hips, man Okay, so y'all started posting y'all stuff on Tiktok When did you realize that you were getting lit? I had a million You said what? I had a million views So what was that like? I was in the crib playing PS4 They said a mil I got I started seeking it though I jumped hard They said a mil So I had the black Uh-huh That's it That shit started going up more Three mil, five mil It started going crazy, man And so what has that been like for you? Because I mean, I'm sure The way you reacted once you got your mil It seemed like it was unexpected So how has it been so far? Like being a Tiktok star It just feel like I'm the main Okay I'm the main, you feel me? The story now Okay, so I just called you a Tiktok star But I don't want to limit, you know What it is that you do Because I know that you are an artist as well So how did that come about? Did you start making music after I used to play basketball I used to play ball, I knew I was going to rap So I went to school and I said that bar That shit was over And when did you get in the school? Like I been made a song called He been made a song He didn't fully go, he been made a song called Brookeshit One of my homies was like He had five dollars, he broke shit So we just made the song Brookeshit And then my brother Sue He said, shake that shit to the left to the right That shit like probably like Probably like one, I think like 200k or something Then we made it drop another song I said like 50k Then after that I went to the store by myself Because Niggas was asleep And then I hit Zahar, Zahar came to the store And it means that I cooked something He said that bar Then I got on that job and I said, shake that shit to I said uh I said yeah, shake that shit and that shit I mean it spins pools on this Tiktok and shit Like probably like 40k videos So it was just up from there So the first thing you said You was like one of the Philly goats So I'm very curious about how did that come about What is Philly goats for the people that don't know We're from Philly and we're the goats Okay, and when did y'all Were y'all friends and then y'all got together How did y'all You know, you've been on D1's right there And how many of y'all is it Four And who is it, who Me? No, not me I'm one of the goats Sue Spence Lee and Ray And that's five actually, yeah Okay, so y'all all make music and dance or No, I'm the one make music, me, my man Spence Okay Yeah So how, but y'all all kinda lit Cause I see all of y'all on my 4U page on Tiktok And everything like that Oh no, yeah, we lit So how does it feel like getting lit And going up with all the people that you consider to be Your friends Well, that should be for increased Like everywhere we go we just be turned Like the clubs and all that We be turned So, you be in a, how old are you? I don't know 17, man So you be in a club lit Yeah, I'm lit So I'm off the Cosmigos You off the Cosmigos? Allegedly Allegedly I'm lit For me So how does that work Like when you perform And you guys go to like these events And stuff like that Like how is it, you know Navigating your age verses Like where y'all performing at Cause I been seeing y'all with big names Yeah, we like Sometimes when I'm performing Like big drums I just like At those shows I was nervous cause like I'm more used to it Cause once I hear that shit that shit part come on I'ma draw From the root Then we all gonna start drawing That's how I get Anywhere we go They come So we gonna draw We turn up the parties Turn up the clubs Turn the kids up We gonna turn up all summer So we be prepared And that's what music and we're dancing Yeah Which one do you think you do better Both Equally Yeah If you had to choose one Would you choose to keep dancing Or do you choose to keep Making music No dance, I got dance You choose to keep dancing Yeah Okay, that's fair I can't stop dancing So I'm also I gotta ask you Cause I got you on the couch I was like When I wake up in the crib Uh huh I just dance Who bullshit I just keep dancing You be shaking that show You just be doing regular ass I just be hype as shit Good vibes Skinny jeans My mind keep me out of the crib For dancing Cause I be too hype Fuck it though It's cool Okay, so Speaking of craze And speaking of dancing Who's living room do y'all be in When y'all be making our videos Cause I feel like Oh god, that's the tiktok crib Oh, it's the tiktok crib Nobody knew what they do They call it the tiktok crib So y'all be going there Just to make videos And nobody live there Yeah, that's it No, no, my homie live there Me like Uh huh It's the tiktok crib Okay You set it up right here And everybody just blick all day Yeah, I be lit All day Okay, so On the music And I'm interested to hear about your creative process Because I noticed that Correct me if I'm wrong It don't seem like you have any solo songs yet Right So how does that work When you're collabing with You know, the people that you're making music with What does that look like? My music song was like Rare Made a song with spet That's my man I did a solo drum But I ain't never dropped it though Made a song with D4M Why didn't you drop your solo song? I'm working on a solo drum I'm about to drop one though for sure When can we look out for that? Soon? Yeah, soon Okay So But how does it work though? Like y'all decide y'all going to the studio Y'all about to cook something up Do you do it beforehand? Yeah Oh, because Rare that's my man's too So y'all just went He was there because he finished the song He fixed some join up So he just stayed there with him He said he want to cook something And then we cook something with him That drum going up too You just dropped that like two days ago Yeah, is that the Sri Lanka? That would live I saw that y'all filmed that in Miami, right? Yeah, definitely So how was that? Because y'all I don't know how long y'all was in Miami for But it seemed like I could eat home per week Say that one more time No, that's the Yeah, it was lit that week, the whole week Uh-huh Because it seemed like I was there forever Y'all was just acting bad Yeah, I couldn't leave So what did you say? I had to leave my cheese to stay I had to stay, bro And I had like I spent all my cheese down there All my cheese at last, bro I only had a bean on cash You say? So what you I had to keep it, bro What you was spending it on? Why you was out there? I would just spend it on everything Like everything Every girl I seen I came at What the buddy? So you was just what Dropping a bag on Hold up So because you said every girl you seen Always started going over, boy And we was talking about money You just said you went Listen, I'm not saying you had to pay for pussy I'm sad, I was just doing I was just Y'all just outside Y'all just outside, that's what it was I was just buying stuff, bro Buying shots and all And to height I looked in my pocket And she was nothing there I had to call it Dukes and all for cash, bro That shit, bro Talking about the food cost $40 down there I'm doing my life, bro Chips cost Probably like $10 They taxing, bro Oh, well, wait until you keep traveling You got so much more to learn, so No, no, it's over That's hilarious So where would you say Has been like the city that has Showed y'all the most love so far? Baltimore And why you say that? They hope Them girls freakish I love Baltimore You love Baltimore You love the women in Baltimore No, both, both, both Okay Yeah, both So outside of the freaks What was it about Baltimore that Like, how was they showing you love? They just do too much Like, that should be charming I don't know, boy, she just like She be waving, everybody be shaking it She show love, I ain't gonna lie But the girls, the girls show Like different type of love Yeah, they get too freaky Next to them they grabbing on you All you gotta see is Come to the telly They slide And they be sliding What? They come with the whole group Oh, so y'all Everybody eat Everybody I swear on everything Wow, that's interesting So does it ever get like I don't want to say annoying But does it ever get to be too much To be having people, because you said They be grabbing on you and stuff like that Sometimes they go like, yeah Sometimes they be going overboard Sometimes they be pushing and all that Yeah, because they be so small In a little spot So they be like pushing and all that Sometimes they be drawing I should be jumping, I ain't gonna lie What's been the craziest like interaction You have with somebody I walk in the club and they I'm talking about it I'm talking about it I'm not lying I just think about it all the time You think about that grab? She grab you like Come here, yo Just put it people I'm gonna hump you Not you liking it So that was the craziest thing that's happened to you Yeah, yeah So you got her? No, I ain't humped, I ain't humped I ain't humped Well, for people that's watching out here Just because he liked it, don't think that's okay That is That is nice Okay, so I ain't gonna lie, I ain't boozy You said what? I ain't boozy I mean, I'm not talking about you I'm talking about public service I don't want to get humped Oh, you are I'm bad, I'm bad, I'm playing around Chill, y'all leave me still, we're still here Y'all do it too Yeah, because they come after you because you said you liked it No, I'm bad I be chilling Do people come up to you to actually dance? Oh yeah, they be drawn with it sometimes I can imagine Because I don't I know more of my mom and all that They be drawn I do it though, I ain't gonna lie And that's why they keep asking you Cuz, I just do it I be bad, I like to be Yo, yo, that's I'll do your more Come on I'll do it because you're gonna be on somewhere Like, yo, yeah, he too boozy You don't wanna do it Yeah, the tic-tac be glazing So I just do it Really? So you think Do you think that's gonna change though eventually You keep going up Or you think every time somebody asks you to do it No, no, I'm gonna stop Cuz there has to be a balance You are entitled to your own time Sometimes I don't do it, but sometimes I be doing it Cuz I be turned I'll be turned Okay, so do you feel like People when they think about you They think of you as an artist Or do you think they think of you as A tic-tac They don't know me from tic-tac I ain't gonna lie I was there with Miami, they always saying That's a tic-tac boo But they knew my song though for sure Right, well I mean, yeah, it got over 9 Yeah, they knew Miami They knew for sure So, I mean, is that okay with you? I'm gonna marry, I'm gonna I'm gonna blow up a car I'm gonna marry But is there an end goal for you Like, you want to make it as an artist Or is it just like Yeah, definitely Okay, and you think you're gonna Stay in the same lane when it comes to your music? Yeah, I ain't switching off the phone Okay, okay So, you are In New York and I heard something Very interesting that you said In an interview that you did And you said that you wouldn't charge People for a feature You're okay with doing free features But you said the New York niggas They would have to pay for a feature And I'm curious to know Yes, you did Yes, you did You was like, yeah, a band A band is nothing I probably did So now I'm just interested That's what I wanted to know Because I think that was in like January I'm charging 10k 10k a feature And that's across Across the board, you charging 10k For a feature You said what? I said 30k Oh wow So who would you Hop on a track with Without charging them for a feature Like, is there any, like, give me like 3 people Like famous? Yeah There I don't know I'm tripping You said not the baby I don't like the baby Why not? When he gonna get you up But he not over a little baby though No No I tripped a new cap I like a new cap too though No cap is cool Alright, so I told you three for a reason Because I want five, now you gotta give me two New York artists Since you said that So who's two New York artists That you would be willing to do a collab with I know I like Keith Flock I ain't gonna lie, he hot Uh What's his name? I don't know He probably smoke fire, I ain't gonna lie You wanna send me some pop? Yeah, do two right there Okay, Keith Flock and pop Yeah Alright, so, BNA You from Philly, you here in New York I just got a couple things to ask you About Philly culture I don't know if it's a cultural thing or not The white chalk on your hairline What's that? Is that a Philly thing? Is that a U thing? That's not chalk Whatever it is, the pencil But y'all be owned in I feel like y'all pretty No, no, no, sometimes I look pink to my pocket Oh Cause it be looking real bright In a lot of the videos Like last time, yeah Little cookie John To my shit, digs I got a fix, you feel me though You got a fix, I don't want him to work around a dickhead Alright So I got him to put a little wamey Sharpening That shit go a little back That's an awkwardly right there, you feel me But the Barbara Jones His jaw is a little too white Like assy, right? Then your forehead be tight Cause like, when the bar was doing 8D, 8D, pen to it Then they like, ship you up And it should make your forehead tight So I'll wait like a week after that I got a little pen to Ship me up I'm back, shit cool Okay, then the next thing The under armor, y'all all seem to wear Under armor, what's that about My man bro started it up Bro started wearing the under armor And it just took off from there Everybody started doing wearing it Yeah, I noticed that cause I'm like I haven't really seen people walking under armor like that I ain't gonna lie, he wear it I had to throw it on So I tried it I tried it on And I'm looking around like, y'all literally Got something under armor on, that's crazy Oh no, real red Bro got the socks I can't see it I seen it with pink under armor shoes on He started going overboard Under armor shoes on Like pink joints I hate to do it to him And I hate to do it to you Cause I feel like I'm putting you on the spot But you posted about it so I feel like I can ask you Layton bro You posted about it You posted about it I never posted though And you say you tried to But look though, that's between Layton bro You said you tried to get them back together And you're posed, did you not? Oh you know, you was trolling So that whole thing was like a publicity stunt? No we was trolling that though You feel me? I don't know what's going on with them I don't know That's between them You're not gonna speak with them The whole room got real silent y'all Got real silent y'all I don't know what's going on I don't know what's going on I mean I wouldn't have asked you If I didn't see you post about it on your page Oh no you were trolling The way that you feel about it is the way that you feel about it I'm a little trolling that, I ain't gonna lie Okay, so when it comes to Putting content on your page And determining what it is that you want to post Where do you get your ideas from? You just be bored Like if you're sitting right here on your phone Or even a courter You're like yeah he broke You need money on cashier He's gonna go up on tiktok Cause you looking like you broke You just sitting there Me on your phone That's what we do And then it's gonna go up probably like 100k You're gonna be in the comments saying L friends Weirdo stuff I'm weak Okay, so if somebody was trying To go up on tiktok Or somebody was trying to Kind of get to where you and your friends are at right now What would be some advice that you would give Creators Today You see us one day Just like actually like Take a video with tiktok We're gonna dance in your video And then We're gonna do a tiktok Us dancing and we're gonna do like Flee Goose behind the scenes It's gonna go up You ain't gonna dance like a song You feel me Do like one of our songs Or just do like a Chris Brown song Let me like let it burn a song Let it burn a song It's gonna go up What made y'all start making videos To remember me in like no games And like those old songs How did that We do the speed We do songs in anything So we dance in Jamaican songs I know I saw the new games on there Yeah we do all that Because we're trend setters Everything we do We're gonna do So I'm going tiktok So Walk me through a day In the life of trend setter D-30 From the time you wake up to the time That you go to sleep What's the date in your life looking like Like I don't know Sometimes I be bored of shit Alright so we're productive Walk me through what you would consider To be a productive day Like sometimes I get up Take a shower Go outside, go down the way And these niggas Don't tiktok all day It get boring sometimes But then it don't And then we call some little leads Or sometime we go to the stew And after that It should be over the day over Oh wow, okay Cool, so tell me What's next? What's next for D-30? What you got coming up? I don't know yet, I'm about to go to the stew today Cook something Going to the stew today, yes You got anything that you've been working on Outside of what you gonna work on today? No, I was chilling Alright Well, is there anything else that you want The people to know? Yeah, take it over man Stay tuned These three in the building Alright, shout out to Oh my foot, my foot Shout out to the Goats man Shout out to everybody Shout out to the supporters And all, you feel me? Your handles Instagram tiktok? Yeah, these to me If I'm in the game D-30, not to underscores Follow my tiktok Unbeing that's because they beaming On my regular page And somebody can't get it back Over there What? How do you blame your team For not getting your baby back What you got paid for? I don't know I just woke up I try to make a tiktok Like from the rip I'm about to cry bro I swear to God I called him a hundred times But he's still not getting it back Well, I mean Yeah, count going up Like you getting it back That was my account That was the one that made me be a star I was in love with that one Because I had like 70k Like Every video I had like 500k Woke up That shit left bro I was sick Until I ain't see my profile Or Until I was mad as shit I could tell that really touched you That shit made me cry bro I had to make a whole page bro Like different page with zero followers Until I went right to the tiktok crib And grind From the rip though From the doors 40 ball Girl Oh my, I didn't even hear it For me and Boga Oh yeah, Boga Wow, okay Alright, well so that's it You good Thank you for coming Welcome to New York I hope you enjoyed the rest of your time here And we out