 Yo, somebody asked me to do some wild shit with that before. He a DJ at the Swingers Parter. DJ Moss. He the DJ at the Swingers Parter. Which camera? Yes, sir. You can pick which one you want, because you got to go DJ tonight at the Swingers Parter. It's gonna be an orgy-corgy with Georgie Porgy with a pudding pie. I'm telling a little lie. What you want? That's your camera. DJ Morris. He got a DJ tonight at the Orgy. People having sex all over the room, but they need some tunes so they can know what to do next. They a track list while people are having sex. What songs do they want to hear? She got a dick in her face. She got a dick in her ear. I said what? And take a break because the room's starting to stink. Hold on! There's the trap, man. There's still the trap. Even though this is the black market, we're in the trap, bruh. Anything such as the happen, man. First of all, welcome to the trap, DJ Morris. I can't believe it took you this long to get over here. Man, if they just knew the history of it, DJ Morris on the low, we planted the seeds to make this shit happen, bruh. They don't know that, bruh. Like the test episodes? The test joints? This is my original co-host right here. Because without us doing that, we would have never figured out to do this. You get what I'm saying? And it's like those days we spent in the studio, man, we knew we was on to something. Just didn't know where it was going to end up. Exactly the Mundo, bruh. First of all, welcome to the trap again, formally. Man, we've been over here cooking it up and, man, we know you in the city cooking it up and shit, everywhere cooking it up. Give them a brief run down the background first before we get into all the shit you're doing now. Oh, man, what decade do you want to start in? I know that sounds old, but... You want to start in the 80s? No, what was you doing in the 80s, DJ Morris? I started in the 80s. This is going to sound extremely old. I know we focus on age and demographics. I bought my first record in 1982. Okay, bet. It was Planet Rock. Rock, rock, Planet Rock. The very first record. Main music in Springfield, Massachusetts. That's my hometown. Springfield, Massachusetts. I stole the $1.99 or $0.99 that it cost for the record from my moms. You know, back in the day, moms had a big pocketbook. You go in there, you take the money out the pocketbook. I ain't never wearing my mom's pocketbook. You bold as fuck, bruh. You're probably one of the only surviving black children that has ever safely gone in their mother's pocketbook. I guess the type of shit they let y'all do in Springfield, Massachusetts. I ain't never even heard of no niggas in Massachusetts. I got $5 for any niggas in this room that can spell Massachusetts out loud without looking at it. Nobody even looked up. No, I don't even think it's funny. Spill on goddamn masks. It masks the true sets. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that wasn't like growing up with that, like as a black dude. It was cool. So when I tell people that's where I'm from, the first thing is like, is there black people in Massachusetts? I tell, this is one of the strengths. You will get robbed quicker in Massachusetts than you would in, let's say, a New York. Obviously, I don't know that to be fact. But what I'm saying is, it's wild there. Like when you got your wild pockets and then you got your suburban pockets. So what it did, it taught me a little bit about everything because you had some friends, black, white, whatever, who grew up rich. And then on the other side, you had some friends, black, white, whoever who grew up poor. So you saw what the world really was. And it was small enough so that your parents let you out the house so you can experience, but big enough so you saw what it did. So when I say saw what it did, I grew up, and I don't even like talking about this, but I grew up in a crack era. I saw before it started and then it swiped through my city. I saw that. I saw a kid, Travis Best, who graduated from a high school that went on to the NBA. He played with the Georgia Tech, with the Pacers. He retired in the NBA. So when I say you saw everything, I literally saw everything. And then it made it so that in terms of who I am, DJ-wise and personality-wise, I was well-rounded because I saw all shapes of... That's what I was getting ready to ask you. Having that wide range of people and friends and stuff around you, what type of music did these people introduce you to? That we know that you might not have got just being, you know... We didn't have a V103 in Massachusetts. We had W-H-Y-N, and they used to play the Doobie Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, Haaland Notes. So we had... Well, Haaland Notes, that's funk, though. That's some funky-ass white boys. But that's what we had, right? And then we had College Radio, who extremely day-parted. Two hours a day, you would hear hip-hop, but it wouldn't be the same two hours every day. So on Monday it'd be two to four. On Tuesday it would be four to six. On Wednesday it'd be three a.m. to five a.m. It was extremely dangerous. We'd fuck up at three a.m. But it was College Radio. So College Radio back then was extremely organic and it was extremely experimental. So after your hip-hop show, it would be Acid Rock. Before that it would be Roots Reggae. So we really grew up listening to everything, and it kind of made me, from a DJ's perspective, it made me a better DJ because I grew up listening to Led Zeppelin, at the same time listening to Ultramagnetic and De La Soul and Public Enemy. The reason why my crates are as deep as they are is because that's how I grew up. I didn't just grow up listening to Just Lutha Vandross. As a kid I wish I did, because you're fishing through the radio for a run DMC and it didn't happen. Lutha lost me with that whole dance with my father. I'm just gonna keep it. I ain't never heard him say that. Lutha, a skinny Lutha. That was one of his last albums. The album called Dance With My Father. I was like, what the fuck? God bless his dad, Lutha. I mean, I love Lutha, but I ain't got to like everything. That went through me all the way on. I wasn't even really all the way in my adulthood and I was like, what? You didn't get it. I looked at my dad and I was like, don't you ever try to dance with me? What type of shit is that? Hell yeah, man. So that's what happened in the 80s. You're just discovering all this dope ass shit. Yeah. So what led you to the DJing? It was a neighborhood thing. So the neighborhood that I grew up in, I felt like was the coolest neighborhood in the city. That's just how I felt. We probably weren't, but that's how I felt. Everybody felt like the neighborhood was the coolest. So legitimately we had one of the best graffiti writers in the city. He lived down the block. So I lived on the projects in Hickory Street. He lived on Eastern Ave, literally on the corner. So you got the best graffiti writer in the city. One of my neighbors a few houses down was a DJ and there was another DJ at the top of the projects who I would stand in front of the bus stop and he's cutting up break beats. So I felt like that's what I was around naturally. You know what I mean? I didn't know it was going to be this. I didn't know that this was even available for people outside of New York because I legitimately thought the only way you can get on is if you lived in New York because you would see Run DMC with Jam Master J. You would see L.O. Cool J with Cut Creator. So I thought that the DJ got on because he lived across the street from the rapper. I didn't live across the street from the rapper. What's my DJ's name? Yo Cut Creator! So I thought that was the trajectory. Yeah. That's dope, man. You really got to take your whole dreams and DJ and aspirations to a whole another level and work with some legends in the city, man. How you go from Springfield, Massachusetts to Atlanta, Georgia? It was college. Clark Atlanta University. That was the reason that brought me to the A. I was just throwing the HBCU brown. We always got show love to the... Honestly, that was the plug. I came down here in 91 to go to college. I was graduated, but in school I was majoring in communications and I wanted to create content for TV, kind of like what your crew is doing. Inspired by... This is the number one black TV show that's not on TV. Not on TV, but it's going to be. You already know that. So I was inspired by Spike Lee and Arsenio Hall. Arsenio obviously for his late night talk show and then the stuff that Spike was doing in the films, I felt like that talked to me directly. And I knew Spike went to Morehouse, but he took his classes at Clark. So I was like, well, I'll just go directly to the source. I'll take my classes at Clark. So that's what got me to the A. Hey, Carlos Miller here. Guys, how long do you expect her to stay if you aren't satisfied her sexually? It won't be long. She's probably cheating on you right now with her work husband. Get you some blue chew today and leave her speechless. Blue chew is a unique online service that delivers the same active ingredients as Viagra and Cialis, but in a chewable tablet and at a fraction of the cost. The first step is simple. Visit bluechew.com then consult with one of the licensed medical providers and once you approve, you'll receive your prescription within days. You can take them anytime day or night so you can plan ahead or be ready whenever an opportunity arises. So if you can benefit from extra confidence when it's time to perform, blue chew can help. And we've got a special deal for our listeners. Try blue chew for free when you use promo code black at checkout. 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Somebody laying on the floor someone over there and then you see this skinny dark skin cat, I guess like behind the booth. And it's Rico Wade. Now, I don't know who I'm looking at because this is the first time I'm walking into the house but it's the dungeon, right? So I don't remember what they were recording but this is the dungeon before Outcast got signed to LaFace. It was whatever that year was. So let's say, for argument's sake, let's say it's 93, right? Again, they're still in high school. 93 and the whole dungeon is forming, right? So I'm sitting there talking to Rico and Rico is legitimately like the visionary I mean, we talked hip-hop for hours and I felt like they were the same as me in terms of hip-hop knowledge, history I mean, we're talking everything, we're talking break beats, we're talking African Bambada, these are dudes I never met before but I knew that they knew what time it was. I don't care where it didn't even matter where they were from, you knew that they knew that Rico was the head because he was forming a crew like Voltron again, I didn't know let's say there's six bodies sitting over there, I didn't know that these two outcasts and these four were goody mob, I just knew that they were rappers that this genius was putting together so imagine seeing dungeon family from, that's not the beginning but this is before outcast got a record deal like, so I've been in that space, in around Atlanta history from, let's say that was my starting point incredible, and then only to find out, I go home for the summer, come back out guys got a record deal with the face and I'm like these are the cats who I used to kick away they used to come to our crib, rhyme in our I wish we had social media back then because it was some real history, one of them dyed their hair blonde and I don't remember who so I don't want to mess up the story, one of them dyed their hair blonde and their moms kicked them out the house I picked up whoever the one was I picked up the other one to pick up the one who got kicked out the crib to bring them to the other one's house so seeing them from that vantage point from day one you knew they were nice on a hip hop level from like there was no marketing plan, no these two high school kids was bananas with it so, you know that's the genesis of my history of hip hop in here in Atlanta man you got a lot of history though hold on some middle here, look man then it got everybody hurting in more ways than one take control of your debt with our sponsor pds debt pds debt rolls all of your payments into one low 0% interest monthly payment pds is so confident they can save you money they're giving our listeners with eligible accounts $25 gift cards yeah I said it pds is offering $25 visa gift cards to our listeners with eligible accounts just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.pdsdebt.com or slash black listen 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we're almost at 2 million I was in there crazy I was in the comments talking so much shit what you talking about bro you know the comments was going crazy because monica had them boots on they look like prosthetic legs that was one of the best ones man people love to see you know high stars finally getting their flowers you know what I'm saying I love it I feel like Atlanta has been on top longer the other city has been on top you've been here the whole time bro this is going to have to take up like 5 episodes and get through all the shit you did I'm switching my shirts that's how gangster we are in this motherfucker man we're just going to keep the cameras on until we leave this motherfucker so what you got going on right now I know you've been going crazy with the cars I want to skip straight to that part that's my favorite part how many cars do you have how many numbers we got we'll never be walking we'll never be walking I'll never walk anywhere so I got the Uptown Car Club it's really what I got to have to be in the Uptown Car Club so the Uptown Car Club focuses on cars primarily from the 80's and 90's obviously we're going to stretch it out because time is moving on 90's European style whips for the most part I'm about to get something there I've been wanting to get me a little 5-speed but if you know anybody got an M3 manual Coach K got I can't not Coach got some shit that's the mac in there I remember because it was his birthday they got him that cold ass BMW me goes for it maybe the label they had to let me make sure that because I remember them when they shipped it to Atlanta because I got the car a couple times before they found the actual one like those you got one and I was like hell nah you got much better yeah yeah so the cool thing about cars you know the way we're doing the car thing is you don't got coach's level is another level Coach been killing it for so long on the lower he like he don't fuck with none of that no coach if they walk past he's just been he's so low key with the shit so his is like gotta get him up here definitely not but you can enter the old school car game with like $5,000 and I'm not saying $5,000 stop lying to these people no you can't no you can't you can own it for that but you ain't going nowhere come on Mark that's why people end up with all these fucking cars and broken dreams because you really believe that shit no if you buy an old car you need enough money to make that bitch a new car yeah you need I'm saying to buy the car yeah you can own it you can own it so you can get in you can find you a nice late model 90s era with some turbo on it forget you're right it's an investment you gotta put into it you gotta I'm gonna get me something I don't like driving 6 automatic I'm not a speedster I'm not on a highway going at million miles an hour 400 going 150 this fucking guy I'm about to start a class just teach people how to drive stick my first car was a stick out of 86 Dodge Lancer you had a Lancer turbo at that automatic grip the turbo didn't make it go faster cause it was already old when I got it but it was an 86 Dodge Lancer turbo bought it from auction for $2,500 mmm you know it was crazy I had a car just like that but I had you know Dodge Plymouth they made the same shit I had the Plymouth laser which is the same fucking car essentially mine was a big ass brick mine was my shit was probably 88 but when I bought it it was still low mileage and so immaculately I couldn't even dream shit of it I was so mad when I first got it cause I came home and I was like cause I was saving up the buyer cost so the car I had it like in my mind and then I got this one but like it wasn't I didn't pick it so I'm like alright I'll drive fucking whatever I'm just trying to roll at this point I go out there and I start I'm looking about to start like no it's a stick I'm like fuck I went in the house shit how am I gonna do this and I was like you'll figure that out so I went back outside the same night drove that bitch I got stuck for like 15 minutes but I got stuck for like 15 minutes and then I figured that shit out and then like I did that shit maybe two more nights just driving and I got home drove that bitch to school and I was like man I'm Gucci good money good money tell myself the car thing is every man needs that thing every man needs that thing so for some you know I do sneakers I do firearms cars and bikes we all you need a hobby when you come off the road you need something to take you away from this you know to relax you got a lot of hobbies man you do cars firearms and you build bikes that's crazy when you find time to mix it all up the days that I'm not in the clubs or not on the road like really it's my relaxation to you know what I mean to get away from there ain't no use of gun enthusiasts like that bro it's the south you got to protect yourself got to even before the nonsense with the last president like I was on that heavy one thing they love in the south though man that's some guns that's some Jesus they take turns it depends on where you are it's the same situation so tip of the bikes you know that's my newest public venture is made by Mars so I customize bikes for people so you know you can either buy a factory bike we got one that we got a bike man let me see it I'm gonna show Mars I want to get his opinion we had another guy come who built bikes black dude entrepreneur so we got a little what's his name? God damn it Mars true question true question nah we'll get his name but he's pretty dope we're gonna get him to finish deal with him but right now we just got it as like art we're gonna get him to complete it we got to get him to DJ Mars bike 85 south theme that colorway the black and the orange and the blue OG colorway we'll go OG we'll go real white and blue real white and blue dope yeah we need one the bike thing I started at and I was diagnosed with diabetes let's say about eight years ago so the doctor was like yo you gotta lose some weight so I'm not a gym person I'm not gonna be in a gym lifting running so I figured I needed to do something to get some exercise and check that out super light frame too who's gonna ride this? this is my shit nice nice I gotta get back in touch with him he got the rest of the parts to finish it come up here and do it so I like obviously the Atlanta theme can they see it on this side? the peach obviously the 85 south and we on fire you see the smoke and the flames we got our goons right here the killers yeah we got the killers on that bitch we got the eight town come on man we touching shit leave it alone leave it down there 85 we just building over here we're on the top too it was just right here that's the name J.R.S. Custom Bicycle yeah J.R.A. boom shout out to my dog we're gonna get you up here to finish this from there so yeah it was really born out of necessity I needed to take I needed to lose weight so I just started riding bikes around the city I saw J. Reed and the dope paddlers their crew is ridiculous and then I started my crew then I bought a second bike and was like let me flip you know it's hip hop we don't like things to stay stationary we mix it into our own thing and then I did my bike and I did that bike and then I did two more for myself and posted a picture of it and this kid from England said he wanted to buy it just word to my son I named him a price he wired the money I shipped him the bike two weeks later he had a bike he posted and someone else was like who did that bike I want to buy one from him too and that's legitimately how the business started that's what's up man tell me more about the gun classes handguns and things of that nature so Vault ATL really just about understanding the importance of gun safety and education before you get a gun you need to know how to use it when I project out and that bullet comes out that thing it's another conversation a lot of us around the way have guns but we don't know how to use them so you know we put ourselves in bad situations carry a gun a situation someone may approach you at a gas station and if he turns around you shoot him while he's turning around now you're at fault so what we just try to teach gun education so that when we're in a situation we make the proper decision a lot of times we put ourselves in these predicaments and we don't do the legal thing we do what our emotions are telling us we can't move like that so Vault is about making sure we know what time it is I'm coming well shit man drop your social media DJ Mars let me know where they can find you at DJ Mars 404 on Instagram and Mars Hall on Facebook do me a favor though make me a promise don't let this be the last time you stop through here oh nah nah nah nah I mean your team know how to find me we've been talking about getting you up here for the longest schedule, schedule I'm so glad we were able to do this today so they need more information about the bikes the guns DJing my general pages at DJ Mars 404 I post everything cars, bikes, firearms, everything right there parties, tours, all of that well there you have it folks I hope everyone who's watching knows and understands that the black market is open man I got excited DJ Mars I'm sorry this shit makes me happy DJ Mars we got DJ Mars in the building what else today thank you for the exception black market I didn't realize that was your intro rapping in the beginning