 And my phone on D&D, cause I don't want these people lurking All these people are clowns, but I ain't choking circus Okay, so we got a new episode of Talk of the Town Today we got a special guest, Cartier J So, um, so, how'd you get your name, Cartier J? Um, actually, it was like a simple concept It was like, you feel me, Cartier, feel me? I always see different from other people's perspective Okay And you feel me? So I feel like, Cartier, you feel me? I have the clear vision out of everybody else So I see different, you feel me? So Cartier, and my name Jaden So people call me J So for me it was just Cartier J, that was smooth So why do you feel like you see clearer than everybody else? Cause some people, see I'm only 13 Okay I'm only 13, I'm a youngin' Okay But my mentality, my mentality is up there Yeah, yeah, yeah Older than your age Yeah, exactly So you feel like you're smarter than the people you're age, necessarily? Yeah, not to say like that But yeah, yeah, I'm a lot, I'm a chore I'm a chore, I'm a way more mature for my age So I see things different Okay, so who was you like listening to growing up, I guess Or who you still listening to? I'm still listening Who you still listening to? Or, let me say this, who's a legend to you right now? Eminem That was a smart answer Eminem One more Eminem straight? Like his little baby, legendary to y'all right now? Yeah, little baby, it's nice Okay He's nice, like for me And then of course he's the newer artist Like Son Again Pino Okay And people like them, but yeah So you listen to a little bit of everybody? Yeah, everything Okay, so when did you start taking music seriously? Since the day I was born Now let me stop Um, not like, I've been taking a seriously for me Because my pops, he does music and stuff like that So I started rapping like about when I was like 5 years old Oh, yeah So what age you got in the booth? This age Like recorded 13 This age, yeah You just got in the booth this year? Yeah, and I'm nice Okay Okay, so, um But they also said that you know how to play the piano too Yeah, yeah, I know So when did you learn that? Yeah, I know how to play the piano and like the guitar Um, I learned how to play that like a couple years back I learned how to play the guitar when I was 4 years old Okay, so you've been playing it Yeah, yeah And then I just got into the piano like a year ago Okay So it's guitar, piano, now music Yeah Okay, so was you doing music before the pandemic, during the pandemic? Yeah, before, before the pandemic, yeah Did it like help you get more, did you record more records in the pandemic? Yeah, yeah, way more, way more It just made you go harder, you for me? You just like, damn, words on lockdown It's like there's nothing else to do either, you for me, I'm young So school just ended There's nothing else for me to do unless I'm going outside So it's like, might as well write some charts Alright, so is that what inspired the revenge song? Yeah So, um, so why did you feel like you need to call it that? Like, what in that song? Well, why was he feeling like that? That's cause This song is about basically a girl doing me wrong And then I just got revenge on her So she broke my heart And then I broke her And then I broke hers It was like on some petty, petty title So what is girls doing to break your heart at 13? Like, what's happening right now? Nah, man, um, yeah They just do what they do I don't even Okay, I mean, you probably got more girls on you now, you doing music Yeah, yeah, yeah How do you deal with that? I mean, I don't pay attention to girls though You for me, I just, you know, my music, you for me? I'll just, I'll get the shorty I'll just do what I'm doing Okay, okay, okay So, um, so how would you describe your music? Or your sound? Or the type of music you make? The type of music I make is like, I'm on the melodic side Okay I'm trying to start to do drill Cause that's like the way You want to do drill? I don't want to do drill, but like do different things Like you for me, I do the melodic I do the melodic, the singing, yeah, the drill Not like drill drill, like you for me, but Get creative with it A little something Okay, so, um, so what's like some of your long-term goals? Like, I know, you just started really getting into it Like what's something you want to accomplish In the music? Just like my rap career For me, doing it long-term It's all about longevity So you for me, you can't do nothing short-term Like a lot of rappers, they out, they one-hit And I never hear about them again, you know what I mean? So you don't want to be a one-hit wonder So what would be something that would make you accomplish Or feel accomplished? Is it a million views? Is it a Grammy? Yeah, yeah, yeah, all that, all that All that would be appreciated All right, so, um, so any artist you want to collaborate with? Um, Stanna Gambino I feel like that would be a fire, fire collab Okay Stanna Gambino, uh, Mr. Chicken Okay Those, like you for me, those So those people that's working coming up right now? Yeah Do you have like a Top 5 favorite artist right now? Top 5 Like this generation? Who, you know, who's Cartier J Top 5 artist currently? Uh, probably We talking about this generation Just in general, who's your Top 5 right now? In general? Cause it could change next month In general Top 5 right now, yeah Eminem is my favorite rapper I don't know, Eminem is just I don't know, Eminem my favorite rapper Okay, who else? So it'll probably be Eminem, Jay-Z Okay These are like the old people though, old heads No, who are you listening to right now? Nah, alright, alright, Sleepy Hollow Okay Chef G Okay Stanna Gambino Okay Mr. Chicken Okay One more, last one Who's your last one? There's a lot of people, Lil Baby Okay Lil Baby is number 5 Yeah Alright Lil Baby is number 5 Alright, so you got your single revenge You got more singles Do you plan on dropping the project? Yeah, definitely, definitely, definitely I'm planning on dropping more singles though We trying to, feel me Trying to just get this revenge from up there Okay What's getting up there? Like what does that look like for you? I mean, it's going good so far For me it's doing good So you're going to feel accomplished when revenge hits what? How many numbers? Or is it a certain amount of numbers? Nah, a certain amount, probably a million A million, okay A million, like viral Okay, being that you're so young Do you have any worries of the music industry? Nah No? Nah, that actually makes me feel better Because I feel like I'm better than a lot of people And I'm only this age So what makes you feel like you're so better? I don't know, some people in the game I ain't going to say no names But some people in the game don't got it This is not it Don't got it, like what is, what is don't got it like Like Explain like, what are they missing? Man, they don't got bars, they don't got rhythm Like what is it? Yeah, yeah, it's just, I don't even know I don't worry about them but Like, they can make a hit It's just, nah, nah, they not it Okay They just not it Okay, they not it Alright, so what's next for you though? What you want? Like more projects, more singles Yeah, yeah, more singles Any collaborations working on? There's um, since the revenge song is out You feel me, I'm working on a music video for that Okay For me that's coming out soon Um, yeah and just more singles I got a lot of tracks, the honest stuff like that Yeah And you got any features coming? Nah, not really I got like My boy, my boy does music And stuff like that, my cousin Probably got some features with him But other than that, nah Okay So where you from? Brooklyn Toppings, Peas, Bestop Bow Okay, I didn't know that I ain't know you from Brooklyn Alright, so tell people where to find you Where to find your music And find me, Cartier J All platforms, all streaming platforms Revenge out right now IG, Cartier to underscores J Viral Okay