Episode 15

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Published on:

16th Feb 2026

Compton AV: Fame, Family, and Finding Your Voice

Dr. Stance sits down with the one and only Compton AV, diving deep into his journey and the hustle behind his growing legacy. From his roots in Compton to becoming a household name, AV shares the highs and lows of navigating the music industry, opening up about the importance of authenticity and staying true to oneself. We chat about the challenges artists face, including the infamous gatekeeping and the pressure to conform, all while keeping it real with a dose of humor and good vibes. Plus, AV drops some gems for the youth, reminding them to take their struggles and turn them into motivation. So grab your headphones and get ready for a fun and insightful conversation that’s all about turning hustle into legacy!

Transcript
Speaker A:

Foreign.

Speaker A:

What's up?

Speaker A:

What's up?

Speaker A:

Thank y' all for tapping in with Dr. Stance.

Speaker A:

Where we turn the hustle in the legacy.

Speaker A:

I got my guy.

Speaker A:

Ain't no akas.

Speaker A:

It's straight Compton AV up in this joint.

Speaker B:

What's happening?

Speaker B:

Or King Yaya.

Speaker B:

You know, listen, Mr.

Speaker B:

Rummy, my money up in here.

Speaker A:

This is a first where we lit with about 15 people up in the studio.

Speaker A:

And I'm loving every minute of it.

Speaker A:

I know.

Speaker A:

Never been watched like this.

Speaker A:

I feel great, actually.

Speaker B:

Let's do it.

Speaker A:

I'm a natural.

Speaker B:

What's up with you?

Speaker A:

Thank you.

Speaker A:

I got that Yaya.

Speaker A:

That's so inappropriate.

Speaker A:

I shouldn't have said that.

Speaker A:

But it's okay.

Speaker A:

I was sad because one of my youth was supposed to be here.

Speaker A:

Shout out to Yaya.

Speaker A:

Shout out to Yaya.

Speaker A:

But she was excited to meet you, so she wanted to just.

Speaker A:

I got you Yaya.

Speaker A:

But what's up with you?

Speaker A:

How was the flight?

Speaker A:

How did you just.

Speaker A:

What was up?

Speaker B:

How did you.

Speaker B:

Drove.

Speaker B:

We drove.

Speaker B:

We had a show last night.

Speaker A:

What's that, seven hours?

Speaker B:

Yeah, but we.

Speaker B:

We good.

Speaker A:

Oh, how's.

Speaker A:

You Ain't tired?

Speaker A:

Cause you all night tonight.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

You got a lot to do.

Speaker B:

I ain't going to sleep this weekend.

Speaker B:

I'm going to sleep Tuesday.

Speaker A:

As soon as I leave, I'm going home, go to bed.

Speaker A:

I am exhausted.

Speaker A:

I'm 43.

Speaker A:

And listen, I'm tapped out.

Speaker A:

I'm tired.

Speaker A:

But no, I'm so happy you made it.

Speaker A:

I am very lucky.

Speaker A:

I'm very fortunate.

Speaker A:

I want to know about Compton av.

Speaker A:

What's your childhood like?

Speaker A:

I know you come from Compton.

Speaker A:

I'm straight East Oakland.

Speaker A:

You know it.

Speaker A:

Similar situations.

Speaker A:

Besides that, Red, all that, you know, we do our terp thing over here.

Speaker A:

But I want to know what's up with the Yaya.

Speaker A:

You everywhere right now.

Speaker A:

You hot.

Speaker B:

Hey, turn it up.

Speaker A:

You hot.

Speaker B:

It's a welcome to Yaya world.

Speaker A:

I like it.

Speaker A:

Where did this song come from?

Speaker A:

Yaya.

Speaker B:

What?

Speaker A:

How did you lay?

Speaker A:

Well, tell the people what Yaya stand for, you know?

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

I mean, everything.

Speaker B:

My little.

Speaker B:

You know, my little Woo wop.

Speaker B:

You know, they say that a little Yaya down the street.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

I mean, you know, you smoking on that good yaya.

Speaker B:

You know, all my ladies that got some good yaya.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker B:

You know, give me my money.

Speaker B:

Money run me my Yaya.

Speaker A:

I like that.

Speaker A:

Well, we call it Chick.

Speaker A:

I need chicken.

Speaker A:

Cause I'm on.

Speaker B:

Yeah, that's kind of, like, outdated, though.

Speaker A:

But that's me.

Speaker A:

I'm out.

Speaker B:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker B:

It's a Yay everything, everybody for the rest of the.

Speaker B:

It ain't never getting out for the rest of your lives.

Speaker B:

It's never getting outdated.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

I like it.

Speaker B:

We going Yaya.

Speaker B:

In the streets.

Speaker B:

We going Yaya.

Speaker B:

Everything is Yaya.

Speaker A:

Okay, moving forward.

Speaker A:

Yaya.

Speaker A:

Now, my favorite question to you that I've been wanting to know.

Speaker A:

You've done remixes with a bunch of celebrity.

Speaker A:

Who's your favorite?

Speaker A:

I know my favorite, hands down, was Natalie Nunn.

Speaker A:

Y' all know I'm obsessed.

Speaker A:

My guy over there know I'm obsessed with Ms. Natalie.

Speaker A:

The boss, the CEO.

Speaker B:

I got a record with Snoop.

Speaker B:

We gotta say that off top, period.

Speaker B:

By default.

Speaker B:

Shout outs to Snoop.

Speaker A:

I like it.

Speaker A:

Shout out to Snoop, Snout to Snoop.

Speaker B:

And bro got off.

Speaker A:

Yes, he did.

Speaker A:

He did.

Speaker A:

Lola Brooks did good, too.

Speaker A:

I liked her.

Speaker B:

Shouts to everybody on the remix.

Speaker B:

Let me not say it so nonchalant.

Speaker B:

I want to say everybody that's on the.

Speaker B:

On the record.

Speaker B:

I appreciate y'.

Speaker B:

All.

Speaker B:

It's all moving forward to this thing that I've been presenting.

Speaker B:

I've been telling people from the beginning, Yaya World is a real thing.

Speaker B:

You ever show up to a club, you ever show up to a amusement park, you show up to a water park, it's Yaya World.

Speaker B:

Play.

Speaker B:

Play that song anywhere in the stadium.

Speaker B:

Play wherever you want to play.

Speaker B:

It's going to go up the same way anywhere in the streets, to the industry, to the.

Speaker B:

To the mid.

Speaker B:

With the.

Speaker B:

With the.

Speaker B:

With the.

Speaker B:

With the little rich white folk.

Speaker B:

It's going to be everywhere, man.

Speaker B:

Everybody can get some Yaya.

Speaker A:

N. I like it.

Speaker A:

No, you is definitely viral.

Speaker B:

Martha Stewart can get.

Speaker A:

Oh, wow.

Speaker A:

Listen, Oprah Winfrey, everybody.

Speaker B:

Okay, Oprah can tap in with this.

Speaker B:

Yay.

Speaker B:

Oh, she for show.

Speaker A:

Everybody can get the.

Speaker B:

Yeah, for sure.

Speaker A:

According to Compton AV So tell me, being from Compton, what was it like growing up in Compton?

Speaker B:

Like I said, we got the same cliche story as everybody.

Speaker B:

I just view things a little bit different.

Speaker B:

Mama had six kids.

Speaker B:

I'm the oldest of all her six babies.

Speaker B:

And she was a single parent.

Speaker B:

She held it down.

Speaker B:

My mama was dad and mom all in the same, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

And hood figure.

Speaker B:

Cause my mama a gangster.

Speaker A:

I like that.

Speaker B:

Shout outs to the pretty gangster.

Speaker B:

That's what y' all know her as.

Speaker B:

But you know, same knucklehead shit like everybody else.

Speaker B:

But my mother instilled more, like moral values than me.

Speaker B:

Cause I am her first.

Speaker B:

And then I was Shipped off to granny and granny got on my ass.

Speaker B:

So you know how the story go.

Speaker B:

They don't want you to get caught up in the hood, so they send you a granny, shit like that.

Speaker A:

I got that same story, actually.

Speaker A:

Shout out to Dr. Stan.

Speaker A:

From hoe to CEO.

Speaker A:

I gave you a copy of that good book.

Speaker A:

I got that same story.

Speaker A:

Do you feel like were all of you shipped off your siblings or just you?

Speaker A:

Cause you were the oldest?

Speaker A:

Cause you know, you get different versions of mom, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

Me and my brother Stats, my mom.

Speaker B:

By the time the girls was born, my mom had already, like, she matured.

Speaker B:

Cause, you know, she was only 15 when she had, like, me and she was 16 when she had Stats.

Speaker B:

So it's like she had matured, she had turned into.

Speaker B:

I would never say she was a little girl.

Speaker B:

Cause she took care of us.

Speaker B:

But she had turned into a real woman by the time the girls was born.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker A:

Getting in the industry, were you always a rapper?

Speaker A:

Like, did you always want to be a rapper or did you just woke up like, dang?

Speaker B:

No, I always loved music, especially growing up with that lady.

Speaker B:

Cause that's all she did was play music all the time.

Speaker B:

But my first passion was to be a basketball player.

Speaker B:

But I wasn't tall enough.

Speaker B:

I ain't get my height until later.

Speaker A:

Curry ate that talk.

Speaker B:

Well, yeah, like I said, I got my height like later on in life.

Speaker B:

I got my height after high school.

Speaker A:

How tall are you?

Speaker B:

But mom, I'm six two.

Speaker B:

But my voice.

Speaker B:

Six two.

Speaker B:

Yeah, but my voice was always big though.

Speaker B:

Like, I always had like a big voice.

Speaker B:

And people always be like, man, your voice is cool.

Speaker B:

I never liked it, but it's sexy, it's cool.

Speaker A:

I'll do respect respectfully.

Speaker A:

And you to me, you tall enough.

Speaker A:

Okay?

Speaker A:

You taller than like me.

Speaker A:

Your personality tall.

Speaker A:

I'll tell you that.

Speaker B:

Always been big dog.

Speaker A:

Listen, so I always be wanting to know, like, when you.

Speaker A:

Because let's just say you're a celebrity.

Speaker A:

That's what it is.

Speaker A:

When you got that title, what was fame like to you?

Speaker A:

Because it's different.

Speaker A:

I know you probably was a hood star.

Speaker A:

You was from Compton being that guy, right?

Speaker A:

But now that you're in front of everybody, that's a different life, you know, you attract different people.

Speaker A:

You know, I'm sure you came around.

Speaker A:

The disloyalty, the loyalty.

Speaker A:

How do you wean that out?

Speaker A:

Like, you know what I mean?

Speaker A:

I know you got your right hand, man from day one.

Speaker A:

But it's new folks trying to Come around, get in the picture.

Speaker A:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

It's been like that for years, though.

Speaker B:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

It's one of them things where there's a different level of.

Speaker B:

But you get used to everything.

Speaker B:

I don't do it for fame and stuff.

Speaker B:

I find myself doing this thing when nobody's watching, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

I record all my records alone.

Speaker B:

I've always been alone.

Speaker B:

When I record my records, the world hear them.

Speaker B:

Later, my homies might hear a snippet.

Speaker B:

I might send them niggas a recording of the song, but I'll be by myself.

Speaker A:

And why is that, though?

Speaker A:

No pre notions.

Speaker A:

You just wanna.

Speaker B:

I don't really need, like, approvals.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Like, validation from nobody.

Speaker B:

Like, I.

Speaker B:

If I feel like this is dope and I feel like this is something that I believe in, I go there.

Speaker B:

I don't really trip off the yes men.

Speaker B:

And like I said, having people around, it's like losing focus.

Speaker B:

Like, I don't wanna lose focus.

Speaker B:

I'm so fast because ain't nobody talking to me.

Speaker B:

Ain't nobody stopping me.

Speaker B:

No disrespect, but I don't want nobody pitching me their ideas.

Speaker B:

This is my story.

Speaker B:

I don't want nobody stopping me in the middle of a record saying, oh, you should have said this.

Speaker B:

Nah, nigga, this is what I'm doing.

Speaker A:

I literally get that with this new podcast.

Speaker A:

I don't know if you know, but I'm going up and a lot of people got stuff to stay, even about my little wardrobe.

Speaker A:

You can't.

Speaker B:

That means you're making it.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker A:

It definitely mean.

Speaker A:

And I actually love to hear it, you know what I mean?

Speaker A:

Because I feel like you watching.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

So keep watching.

Speaker A:

And matter of fact, like, share and subscribe.

Speaker B:

Like, share and subscribe.

Speaker A:

I'm just saying, though.

Speaker A:

What's your sign?

Speaker B:

Taurus.

Speaker A:

Oh, I knew it.

Speaker A:

I'm Leo.

Speaker A:

Gang.

Speaker A:

You bossy.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker A:

I got a PhD in psychology.

Speaker B:

I don't even think I'm bossy.

Speaker A:

Yeah, you is.

Speaker B:

I. I don't.

Speaker B:

I don't believe in horoscopes.

Speaker A:

I get it.

Speaker B:

Right.

Speaker B:

I feel like your household creates and molds you to who you're gonna be.

Speaker B:

And then also I may come across bossy, but only because, like, even when I walked in here, I said, we don't mean no disrespect coming in here.

Speaker B:

I just know how the homies activate.

Speaker B:

And they've been playing with us for years.

Speaker B:

So this time, I want what I want.

Speaker B:

I'm moving.

Speaker B:

How I want it to be.

Speaker B:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

Especially with this record moving.

Speaker B:

They try to downplay you in this industry.

Speaker B:

And I learned that I played the humble role where I didn't say nothing.

Speaker B:

I seen a comment the other day that meant so much to me.

Speaker B:

On my comments, somebody said, he's finally, like, he's entertaining.

Speaker B:

He's always been a dope rapper, okay.

Speaker B:

But now he's putting entertainment.

Speaker B:

And it was just because I was so quiet.

Speaker B:

Like, these niggas get away with that.

Speaker B:

A lot of stuff, a lot of things I created, I didn't pop my shit on.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

I hear people's songs, they mimic me, be like, me.

Speaker B:

I never said nothing.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

So it's one of those things where I'm just gonna speak now, period.

Speaker B:

Cause you got a whole side of the world that loves to jump in my comments and be like, who is he, though?

Speaker B:

I'm me, nigga.

Speaker B:

Go do your research.

Speaker B:

And I start a lot of this shit.

Speaker A:

Yes.

Speaker A:

I need to do better research, too.

Speaker A:

Right?

Speaker B:

But that's the whole think of me talking right now.

Speaker B:

Even those that's watching the podcast, I don't mean no harm when I speak like this, but how long y' all gonna play with something that where he's from, he's the truth.

Speaker A:

That's true.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker B:

And that's the thing.

Speaker B:

We tune in because NBA Youngboy is very loud.

Speaker B:

He's very live.

Speaker B:

Even though he plays a choir role, he's live.

Speaker B:

All of these dudes, thug, when they go to Doug, they all popping.

Speaker B:

When they pop they shit.

Speaker B:

Y' all love it, though.

Speaker B:

On the west side, nigga talk, it's like, nah, y' all gonna respect this, period.

Speaker A:

I mean, I respect that.

Speaker A:

And I do understand, coming from the hood of East Oakland, it's a lot of gatekeeping.

Speaker A:

It's a lot of people that don't want to see you win.

Speaker A:

And it's really unfortunate.

Speaker A:

And it'd be a lot of our people, family at home.

Speaker B:

Pop your shit.

Speaker A:

You have to.

Speaker B:

It's like, it's.

Speaker B:

You know, I gotta.

Speaker B:

It can come off cocky, but I'm not cocky.

Speaker B:

I'm really just somebody that's tired of being played with.

Speaker B:

And you at home probably feel the same way.

Speaker B:

I feel, pop your shit.

Speaker A:

I do.

Speaker B:

I said, don't let them play with you.

Speaker B:

And then you don't get your time.

Speaker B:

Cause they'd do it.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

If you can't mimic me or be Me.

Speaker A:

Just join me.

Speaker A:

We all can get it.

Speaker A:

It's enough room for everybody, you know.

Speaker A:

But I see what I do love about you.

Speaker A:

You working with them kids, though.

Speaker A:

That's honestly me doing research on you.

Speaker A:

Cause I did do a little.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker A:

You know, some of my people.

Speaker A:

Capone shout out to my cousin Kapone, you know the first thing he said?

Speaker A:

Oh, yeah, get with him.

Speaker A:

Says.

Speaker A:

Cause he rock with them kids.

Speaker A:

I see you at the high school.

Speaker A:

What's that like?

Speaker A:

They both.

Speaker A:

When I say, they go crazy.

Speaker A:

And Bogart.

Speaker A:

When you coming, though?

Speaker A:

It's a whole movie.

Speaker A:

How does that make you feel?

Speaker B:

Well, I feel good because, like I said, I've been like.

Speaker B:

I came up in a real unique time.

Speaker B:

I came up where?

Speaker B:

And no disrespect to the west coast, but I came when we was losing our identity.

Speaker B:

And I'm one of those first two, three founding fathers of putting us back where we needed to be.

Speaker A:

Can you elaborate on when you say losing identity?

Speaker B:

We was losing our identity, meaning, like, we were only starting to play, like, south music in the city.

Speaker A:

Got you.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

We was doing all the underground parties, all of the Hole in the wall, the warehouse, the Hollywood parties, and we wanted to hear us.

Speaker B:

So you would go to the club and hear yg, you would go to the club and hear av, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

Stuff like that.

Speaker B:

You know, back in the day and Young Sam and stuff like that.

Speaker B:

So it's like, we wanted to put on and hear us in the club, so we started something so we can be back in the clubs again.

Speaker B:

And that's what I meant by like, just.

Speaker B:

How could I say this?

Speaker B:

We were in a tough spot as the west coast, and we had no disrespect to those before.

Speaker B:

Cause problem was kicking.

Speaker B:

No.

Speaker B:

Problem had the wave before he had his next wave.

Speaker B:

And then RJ came, Joe came xy.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

So it was one of those things where we started to put the city back where it needed to be.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker B:

So I kind of got lost with that.

Speaker B:

But shout outs to the homies, you never lost.

Speaker A:

I found you where you see yourself.

Speaker A:

In five years, I'm gonna be doing.

Speaker B:

Something with music for sure.

Speaker B:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

I made it to this for sure.

Speaker B:

I made it to this space where these kids, like, that's where we started with the kids.

Speaker B:

The kids are gonna need somebody that knows this business, that can give them the game the right way.

Speaker B:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

I'll be done Made my money, put myself in a better position.

Speaker B:

It's happened and it's happening now.

Speaker B:

So I'll be financially stable and then just showing these kids how to do it the right way, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

Let them know they can be independent.

Speaker B:

See, I fought independent the whole time.

Speaker B:

That's what took it so long, you know what I mean?

Speaker A:

The world need to know that.

Speaker B:

But I was able to learn so much more than the rest of these artists too, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

If I fall, I knew how to get back because I did it on my own.

Speaker B:

Some of these dudes that was babied all the way there don't even know how to get back.

Speaker B:

And that's where the fall off happened.

Speaker B:

You know what I mean?

Speaker A:

I like that.

Speaker A:

That's strength right there.

Speaker A:

Because most strong people can fall off and bounce back.

Speaker A:

Do you consider you going through that?

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

For what was your fall off moment?

Speaker B:

Let me ask you something.

Speaker A:

Yes, sir.

Speaker B:

I always say I never fell off because I was blessed and able to get checks from music that I'd done before.

Speaker B:

So I've landed a lot of big situations independently.

Speaker B:

And it paid off when I was kind of like, I fell back because I started to realize the appreciation for these projects and these albums I was doing.

Speaker B:

All due to a color, all due to a politic, all due to a certain person that can't control what you do would hinder you and slow you down.

Speaker B:

So it was time for me to run and learn the business.

Speaker B:

I had to go run and learn the business before I gave these people another song or another record.

Speaker B:

So when you're looking at the whole Compton AV thing is I failed five times and then I won.

Speaker B:

I lost more times than I.

Speaker B:

But my one win was bigger than all of the years.

Speaker A:

I like that.

Speaker A:

I was actually just doing my little YouTube turning hustle into a legacy where failing and doubting yourself are two different things.

Speaker A:

When you doubt yourself, you never even try.

Speaker B:

Exactly right.

Speaker A:

So to me, that's failing because how you gonna know if you, you know, fail or win if you don't try?

Speaker A:

So for me, I'm proud of you.

Speaker A:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

Cause a lot of people don't come out independent, you know, and just pushing.

Speaker A:

And I know you got a team, but a lot of times you may felt by yourself, Right.

Speaker A:

Sometimes I felt like that too.

Speaker A:

Just.

Speaker A:

And actually it's better for your mental to be by yourself because when you got too much around you, it's hard to concentrate.

Speaker A:

Right.

Speaker A:

So when is those most what was your most vulnerable time like, coming into the industry?

Speaker A:

Like, did you ever feel like, you know, people that was already in the game, like a Snoop?

Speaker A:

Not him per se, but just somebody that's been in the game for so long, like picked your brain when you was vulnerable or made you feel like some type of way cause you were vulnerable cause you new to the game, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

My vulnerable moment didn't come from me talking to another, like a star or something.

Speaker B:

My vulnerable moment came from really, really taking care of some niggas.

Speaker B:

I really took care of some niggas.

Speaker B:

I would get niggas to clothes off my back, spin my last, and watch niggas leave comments and say he never done nothing for me.

Speaker B:

All for their personal gain or whatever they was dealing with.

Speaker B:

So somebody can feel sorry for em.

Speaker B:

So they can, you know.

Speaker B:

And I never publicized or said nothing about nothing.

Speaker B:

Cause I don't even play with the Internet.

Speaker B:

I got two crazy little brothers and these niggas activate.

Speaker B:

So I always try to keep them away from certain stuff.

Speaker B:

Like even when they gotta come tell me they seen the comments.

Speaker B:

Sometimes I lie and be like, I ain't even see that.

Speaker B:

And I try to like, I don't care about it.

Speaker B:

So they could be like, well, bro don't care about it.

Speaker B:

And as long as bro don't care about it, we don't triple trip.

Speaker B:

As soon as I show any aggression, they double and triple up on it.

Speaker B:

So it was one of them things where I had some homies around that lived with me for seven to eight years.

Speaker A:

Wow.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

And they just went and disrespected the whole program.

Speaker B:

And I didn't say nothing.

Speaker B:

I just let them do what they do, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

We all gotta swim.

Speaker B:

Y' all figure it out.

Speaker B:

I even seen comments I made him.

Speaker B:

He ain't nothing without me.

Speaker B:

Well, where are you at, buddy?

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

You can't say these things and have no.

Speaker A:

Well, they insecure.

Speaker A:

That's what that's.

Speaker B:

Y' all about to say things become like, I'm the wrong person to say that about.

Speaker B:

Cause everybody know how hard I work.

Speaker A:

Correct.

Speaker B:

So to leave.

Speaker B:

And that's your narrative.

Speaker B:

You shot yourself in the foot, out the gate, boy.

Speaker B:

That was stupid to say.

Speaker B:

Anybody know me knows that I'm doing everything for everybody.

Speaker B:

For everybody.

Speaker B:

So like I said a quick story is a female that told me something.

Speaker B:

There's a woman that I was talking to and we pulled up to a McDonald's.

Speaker B:

Weird story.

Speaker B:

And she said, hey, I'VE been with you to your shows for the last two months.

Speaker B:

And every time we pull up to a gas station, McDonald's or a shoe place, these niggas never dig in they pocket.

Speaker A:

That's the wrong crowd.

Speaker B:

So she the one that got me to start paying attention.

Speaker B:

But like I said this, homies over these, that's how I'm looking.

Speaker B:

But then when it backfired on me, she hit me up again and said, see, I told you.

Speaker B:

Sent me a screenshot of this that she watched me take care of.

Speaker B:

Say, I ain't never did nothing for him.

Speaker B:

Homies that I done sent.

Speaker B:

I'm in studio sessions.

Speaker B:

I sent shout outs to Mikey.

Speaker B:

I sent Mikey to put green dots for a nigga that's in prison.

Speaker B:

He'd get out and say, I never did nothing for him.

Speaker B:

Mikey on his comments, I ain't never did nothing for you.

Speaker B:

And I'm the one that used to send to put the green dots on your books, bro.

Speaker B:

I'm the one that sent the money for me.

Speaker B:

Bought you three cell phones.

Speaker B:

Niggas would get out there and say anything.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker A:

Do you regret?

Speaker B:

I don't regret nothing.

Speaker A:

No.

Speaker B:

That's where my blessings come from.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker A:

I agree.

Speaker A:

I've been through that several times, unfortunately.

Speaker A:

And I think, like I said, when you surround yourself, it's really who you surround yourself with.

Speaker A:

You know what I mean?

Speaker A:

Cause the real one's gonna appreciate you and they wanna see you win.

Speaker A:

So I'm happy to even see that you got a solid team behind you.

Speaker A:

Cause I've had celebrities come and they be by theyself.

Speaker A:

And in my mind, I'm like, well, dang, you a whole.

Speaker A:

You know, you got.

Speaker A:

Where your team at?

Speaker A:

You know, I got a small little team and I ain't even a celebrity yet.

Speaker A:

You see what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

So it's like, you know, it's a good feeling to know that some people do got your back.

Speaker A:

Because we living in a crazy world, bro.

Speaker A:

Like, it's bad out here when it comes to the money.

Speaker A:

Like, everybody hungry and I get it, but, like, go get it.

Speaker A:

Like, go get a job if you got some working feet.

Speaker A:

Even me starting, I got, you know, clowns and Negroes, too.

Speaker A:

Like, they asking me for money.

Speaker A:

Yeah, I might be dipped and all that, but I got bills.

Speaker A:

I got 50 kids that I'm housing.

Speaker A:

I can't house no grown person for sure, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

So on that note, what is your next move when it comes for the kids?

Speaker A:

Like, what do you Wanna do?

Speaker A:

Cause, you know, I house 50 foster youth.

Speaker A:

You know, we do the transitional housing.

Speaker A:

I think I was talking to your boy over there.

Speaker A:

Everybody kinda wanna get in that industry.

Speaker A:

Cause there's a need, you know, working with foster youth.

Speaker A:

They admire people like you.

Speaker A:

What would you tell them if they wanted to get in the industry?

Speaker B:

Well, first of all, if you wanna get in this industry, you gotta have tough skin.

Speaker B:

You gonna go through ups and downs as far as it's gonna be the people that's closest to you.

Speaker B:

And I ain't had nobody to tell me this.

Speaker B:

I had to really just learn this and go through this.

Speaker B:

Remember, you chose something.

Speaker B:

You chose to step in this field.

Speaker B:

And if you choose to do anything, make sure you see it through.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

That's the most jewel I can give to somebody.

Speaker B:

Whatever you choose.

Speaker B:

This is outside of rap.

Speaker B:

This ain't even about the industry.

Speaker B:

Be a doctor, bro.

Speaker B:

If you wanna be a doctor, don't care if your homies say, oh, you wanna be a doctor?

Speaker B:

Clowning you.

Speaker B:

You wanna be a dj, be a dj.

Speaker B:

All of this falls into what you choose and what you want to be.

Speaker B:

Just go do that.

Speaker A:

Are you single?

Speaker A:

I asked all the men that.

Speaker A:

Why not?

Speaker B:

Oh, why y' all cut this part out?

Speaker A:

Look at.

Speaker B:

I don't really entertain those.

Speaker B:

Why?

Speaker B:

It's nothing.

Speaker B:

Because I could tell you yes.

Speaker B:

And I could tell you no.

Speaker A:

Oh, okay.

Speaker A:

We'll leave it at that.

Speaker A:

Do you have kids?

Speaker B:

Yes.

Speaker B:

Beautiful daughter.

Speaker B:

She's 17.

Speaker B:

She got accepted to Howard University.

Speaker A:

How old are you?

Speaker B:

That's why I say you asking all the wrong questions.

Speaker A:

There's no wrong questions.

Speaker A:

They're only right questions.

Speaker B:

Shout outs to everybody.

Speaker A:

Like, get this, y' all like, my God.

Speaker A:

Like, how old are you?

Speaker B:

Whatever age is it?

Speaker A:

I went through that with the mechanics.

Speaker A:

I'm 43.

Speaker A:

Proud.

Speaker A:

I'm a young.

Speaker B:

Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of my age.

Speaker A:

What we got?

Speaker B:

Like I said, we living in a time where, you know, my daughter's 17 years old.

Speaker B:

Do the math.

Speaker B:

And also, I don't answer that because y' all can go search all this information, have a good time, and blow my algorithm up.

Speaker A:

Yeah, you ain't never lied.

Speaker A:

The search engines is crazy on this, man.

Speaker B:

They lied.

Speaker B:

So I'm working on getting it fixed right now.

Speaker A:

On your age, or.

Speaker B:

Yeah, they lied on my age.

Speaker A:

Well, they lied on your name, too.

Speaker A:

Cause I just showed you.

Speaker B:

I had a company that got mad at me because I didn't want to be from their company again.

Speaker B:

So they decided, you know, fabricate some music nine, 10 years ago.

Speaker B:

If the artist was older, they couldn't show.

Speaker B:

It shows that, like, they just try to do you wrong type shit.

Speaker B:

So, Yeah, I went through a gang of stuff.

Speaker B:

Yeah, they try to Skype you and mess up your stuff.

Speaker B:

So shout outs to the company.

Speaker B:

It didn't work.

Speaker A:

Oh, it definitely didn't work.

Speaker A:

Cause I still don't know his age or his real name, so it didn't work.

Speaker B:

I'm just saying.

Speaker B:

I use all these things.

Speaker B:

They watching, go search it.

Speaker B:

Go have a good time.

Speaker B:

But just know that that's wrong, too.

Speaker A:

It is.

Speaker A:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

I like to just be known for the music.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

There's a. I'm not the OG And I ain't the young nigga.

Speaker B:

I ain't the Y. N, and I ain't the OG So give me.

Speaker B:

Give me that status.

Speaker B:

Give me the name of that.

Speaker B:

The people give me the name of that.

Speaker B:

I don't know what that is.

Speaker A:

I say we'll leave you at Compton Navy.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

What does AV Stand for?

Speaker B:

I grew up on Compton Ave. Got.

Speaker A:

You see, I'm delayed.

Speaker A:

That's good to know.

Speaker A:

A lot of people don't know that.

Speaker A:

Cause in my mind, I thought AV Was your first.

Speaker A:

And, like.

Speaker A:

But, duh, being in the industry, of course y' all ain't got y' all names.

Speaker B:

Plus, if you ride around Compton, like, if you walk around Compton, we just got A.V.

Speaker B:

we don't really got, like, the Ave, only a certain.

Speaker B:

So a lot of them say Wilmington, AV Compton, AV Stuff like that.

Speaker A:

Got you.

Speaker A:

Okay, I like that.

Speaker A:

What is that like?

Speaker A:

Cause you know, me being from the town, we don't do the gang bang.

Speaker A:

We don't do the color thing.

Speaker A:

What is that like?

Speaker A:

Cause, like.

Speaker A:

Like I said, I want to come rock with y' all next week.

Speaker A:

I'm like, wait, do I wear red or blue or green?

Speaker A:

Cause in my mind, I was like, oh, yeah, this.

Speaker A:

Oh, this is real.

Speaker B:

Well, now you can wear what you want.

Speaker A:

Okay.

Speaker B:

Everybody can wear what they want.

Speaker A:

So the games change.

Speaker B:

Yeah, they just.

Speaker B:

Everybody, like, the Y. N just don't.

Speaker B:

There's no structure to it.

Speaker A:

Gotcha.

Speaker B:

So you ain't even got a necessary dial of her color no more like really little niggas is just tripping.

Speaker A:

That's the town, too.

Speaker A:

It's just.

Speaker A:

It is what it is.

Speaker B:

That's what it.

Speaker B:

It just reached.

Speaker B:

We just tripping.

Speaker B:

If we tripping, we tripping.

Speaker B:

Like, don't get me wrong, we from the set, but if we tripping, we tripping.

Speaker B:

Like, that's just what they own.

Speaker A:

And why do you think that is?

Speaker A:

Like, do you think just not having, like, you know, people to look up to?

Speaker B:

Well, it's different.

Speaker B:

The city got fame.

Speaker B:

These little.

Speaker B:

These little niggas, they hustlers, they getting money.

Speaker B:

They ain't gotta listen to nobody no more.

Speaker B:

And you gotta really, really keep it real.

Speaker B:

We ain't never had no real big homies that put us in real situations that sat us down and came gave back to the community and put us on our feet.

Speaker A:

Absolutely, I agree.

Speaker B:

And then we end up, you know, we ain't glorifying, but you may come up on a little check.

Speaker B:

You the one riding around the city with.

Speaker B:

When I was coming up, we was on 22s.

Speaker B:

We was on 24s.

Speaker B:

Candy Paint, Lamborghini, doors going up.

Speaker B:

That was us.

Speaker B:

So it's like, we ain't got time to listen to you old niggas.

Speaker B:

You ain't did nothing.

Speaker B:

Oh, that mean the OGs failed.

Speaker A:

That's definitely what that mean.

Speaker A:

I just had the delinquent shout out to G Stack on the show.

Speaker A:

I don't know if you know him from the delinquents, but he was just on here and he said that being from 6:9 veal, you know, he a OG.

Speaker A:

And he said that they, as the OG failed the Y ends.

Speaker A:

Because like you just said, they never sat down, they never talked to him.

Speaker A:

Do you think it'd be a different place maybe if they done that?

Speaker A:

But at the same time, they ain't true.

Speaker A:

But they ain't gonna.

Speaker A:

Did you listen?

Speaker A:

I didn't listen.

Speaker A:

Nobody couldn't tell me nothing that ain't true.

Speaker B:

Ain't true.

Speaker A:

Did you.

Speaker A:

Did you listen back when you were younger?

Speaker B:

I listened to something that made sense.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

See, you don't make no sense.

Speaker B:

We ain't listening to you.

Speaker A:

See, I didn't.

Speaker A:

I only listened to Yaya.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

If it didn't make no.

Speaker A:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker A:

I didn't want.

Speaker A:

I didn't listen.

Speaker A:

So, I mean.

Speaker B:

No, but that's what I mean.

Speaker B:

That's it.

Speaker B:

Since, you know, success, like what I'm saying.

Speaker B:

We had a lot of successful people, especially from my city.

Speaker B:

There's endless names of people from my city.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker B:

That could have came back.

Speaker B:

I don't know nobody with an artist who got artists.

Speaker B:

Why we all popping and blowing up on our own?

Speaker B:

We ain't nobody artists.

Speaker B:

We popping.

Speaker B:

Cause we popping.

Speaker A:

That's facts.

Speaker A:

I like that.

Speaker B:

Even the town, I don't see no old nigga coming through and putting on no young.

Speaker B:

These niggas is popping.

Speaker B:

Cause they putting out their music and they popping.

Speaker B:

Tell me who popping because a OG stepped in and is helping these little youngs.

Speaker B:

That's why they don't listen.

Speaker A:

Shout out to Kapone.

Speaker A:

He's starting to trying to do that like every week, you know, host like a little mic drop and have all the up and coming art.

Speaker A:

Shout out to Servewood.

Speaker A:

I don't know if you heard of Servewood, but he popping right there.

Speaker A:

Shout outs, bro, for sure doing his thing.

Speaker A:

You know what I mean?

Speaker A:

And like you said, there's nobody to assist him.

Speaker A:

Everybody gatekeeping and attending.

Speaker B:

They won't talk about that.

Speaker B:

Like, they won't talk like that about Captain av.

Speaker A:

I will.

Speaker B:

I'm gonna make sure I.

Speaker B:

No, I'm saying as far as bad, like he never came back and got nobody.

Speaker B:

I'm gonna make sure I come back and get me a little young, two, three popping niggas and a little female to get popping to rep my label and get popping.

Speaker B:

I know where it's at.

Speaker B:

They won't be able to say that about me.

Speaker A:

I like that.

Speaker A:

Cause it's needed.

Speaker A:

Because my thing is, first of all, you can't make it without the fans.

Speaker A:

So if there's no fans, there's no Compton av.

Speaker A:

So I think it should be everybody that's a celebrity or on a higher level.

Speaker A:

You should come back because you can't make it without the people.

Speaker A:

Right?

Speaker A:

And that's how even I feel with this platform, the podcast game.

Speaker A:

I ain't gonna hold you.

Speaker A:

I didn't step the bar for everybody.

Speaker A:

Cause you know, I'm giving out certain things so they can't compete.

Speaker A:

But in my mind, you can't copy what you didn't start.

Speaker A:

You get what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

Why you competing with something like you?

Speaker A:

You doing this remix thing, it's going crazy.

Speaker A:

Now watch somebody try to copy what you did.

Speaker B:

Already happened.

Speaker B:

And we watching it.

Speaker A:

Thank you.

Speaker A:

You see what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

But it ain't gonna get the numbers that you do.

Speaker A:

You got all top players on it.

Speaker A:

So I think I take that as admiration.

Speaker A:

But we gotta be careful.

Speaker A:

Cause it could turn to envy.

Speaker A:

Right?

Speaker A:

And that's the scary part about being in the industry.

Speaker A:

But I'll say this.

Speaker A:

Who was your role model growing up when it comes to the industry?

Speaker B:

Like, you talking about music?

Speaker A:

Mm.

Speaker B:

Nobody.

Speaker B:

Really?

Speaker B:

Yeah, nobody.

Speaker A:

I can agree to that.

Speaker B:

I got people that I like as far as the rap style, that's different.

Speaker B:

But as far as somebody I just looked up to, never you asked me who I looked up to.

Speaker B:

It'd be like somebody like Kobe Bryant got you.

Speaker B:

Like how this nigga know all these languages.

Speaker B:

How this nigga so smart, he repped our style.

Speaker B:

He was so like out the gate, young Jersey jersey hanging out, pan sagging, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

Like stuff like that.

Speaker B:

Like not even saying he was a gangster.

Speaker B:

Cause it had nothing to do about being with a gangster.

Speaker B:

It was just what he represented.

Speaker B:

He can look like this and present himself a different way.

Speaker A:

Absolutely.

Speaker A:

Do you think you struggle with that too?

Speaker A:

Cause you're well spoken, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

All the time.

Speaker B:

People always judge me before they met, like before they meet me all the time.

Speaker A:

You Boss Hoggy for sure.

Speaker A:

I get it too, you know, I'm tatted out, I got tats all year.

Speaker A:

But I got that Ph.D. so I think people expect me to be a certain way.

Speaker A:

Even like I told you, like I don't want to curse, I don't want to, you know what I mean?

Speaker A:

Because you do get stuck in the hood if you the same like everybody else.

Speaker A:

So me, I gotta come different.

Speaker A:

But they call me shout out to P Money.

Speaker A:

I'm trying to be Claire Huxtable, right?

Speaker A:

She wear many hats and an educated woman.

Speaker A:

So I'm trying to, you know, come with it in a different lane.

Speaker A:

But to close it up.

Speaker A:

I want you to look in that camera.

Speaker A:

Cause like I said that one I house my foster youth and a lot of them are looking up to you.

Speaker A:

They be singing the Yah Yah.

Speaker A:

You know, I hold a crash out every Monday at 7pm where I have all my youth come on there.

Speaker A:

And me being there is different than my staff, right?

Speaker A:

So I show up and they crash out.

Speaker A:

And guess what?

Speaker A:

We playing.

Speaker A:

Yeah, yeah, Big Lil, you know what I mean?

Speaker A:

So what would you tell them?

Speaker A:

Because they all know you.

Speaker A:

What would you tell them as far as like keeping their head up?

Speaker A:

Because a lot of them don't got mamas, you know, we got kids that have been raped by their biological parents.

Speaker A:

Let's talk about it.

Speaker A:

Real stuff happening that you see on TV that I deal with every day, that kids deal with every day.

Speaker A:

What would you tell them as far as keeping their head up?

Speaker B:

I would tell you, like, take your struggle and use it as your motivation.

Speaker B:

Let's remember things are only going to change if you want it to change.

Speaker B:

That's first.

Speaker B:

And then second, whatever field that you decide to Step into.

Speaker B:

Be creative.

Speaker B:

Be one of one.

Speaker B:

And what I mean by that.

Speaker B:

It's cool to have influences, but learn how to turn your influences into your evolution, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

I may be influenced by Pac, I may be influenced by Eminem, but I listen to Nelly and Luda for different type of.

Speaker B:

And then I become Compton AV because my story.

Speaker B:

Substance.

Speaker B:

We lack substance right now.

Speaker B:

It's cool to be talented.

Speaker B:

It's cool to be on there.

Speaker B:

Use your auto tune.

Speaker B:

But what are you saying to the youth?

Speaker B:

What are you saying to the kids?

Speaker B:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

Not even say I rap about the things all the time, but I rap about what's true to me.

Speaker B:

And that's what matters, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

I rap about what's true to me.

Speaker B:

Choose your words, choose your substance, choose your cadence.

Speaker B:

And have fun with this music thing or have fun with this drawing thing.

Speaker B:

It's your art.

Speaker B:

Have fun with this.

Speaker B:

Like I said, I tell people to go be doctors.

Speaker B:

And I remember growing up, that was the first thing you say.

Speaker B:

I want to be a doctor, a scientist.

Speaker B:

They don't even say that no more.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

So to see my daughter getting ready to.

Speaker B:

She in her last year of high school.

Speaker B:

We preparing her.

Speaker B:

She going to do criminal.

Speaker B:

We have conversations about it.

Speaker B:

I like that, you know what I mean?

Speaker B:

Because I don't want her to be fighting for a human being that's done something wrong and ruined her entry into heaven.

Speaker B:

So we doing.

Speaker B:

We doing a lot of.

Speaker B:

I say substance.

Speaker B:

Just whatever you do, use a substance.

Speaker B:

Be creative and express how you feel.

Speaker B:

You know what I mean?

Speaker B:

And if they say no, keep doing it till they say yeah.

Speaker A:

Period.

Speaker A:

Never let the no stop you.

Speaker A:

I'mma let you go.

Speaker A:

But I got one good question.

Speaker A:

Because I've been looking at Shout out to Glory.

Speaker A:

Like this big old thing about, you know, I know that's funny, right?

Speaker A:

Big artists, you know, or celebrities not doing for their family.

Speaker A:

What you think about that?

Speaker A:

I thought that was kind of.

Speaker B:

We had that conversation on the way here.

Speaker B:

And like I said, she may have her reasons.

Speaker B:

And women are very, very stiff when they have their reasons.

Speaker B:

But if I was to talk to Sis Glo.

Speaker B:

Cause I wanna meet her one day.

Speaker B:

I wanna do music with her.

Speaker B:

Baby girl, don't matter what y' all went through.

Speaker B:

That woman had you, period.

Speaker B:

At some point in her life, she must have took care of you.

Speaker B:

Cause you still here.

Speaker B:

And like I said, I'm trying not to say the wrong thing.

Speaker B:

And this is coming from A good place.

Speaker B:

Glo, my homeboy said I won't even take the credit for me.

Speaker B:

One of my boys is in the backseat.

Speaker B:

My name Manny.

Speaker B:

He say it don't even matter if you don't mess with them or not.

Speaker B:

If I was, I'd just buy a house.

Speaker B:

I mean, I give them the house.

Speaker A:

Me, too.

Speaker B:

But I at least have somewhere for them to live.

Speaker A:

Me, too.

Speaker A:

And I will retire.

Speaker B:

Yeah, I'll pay for the house and just.

Speaker B:

I will still own it, but at least they won't have to worry about not having no money, not having a place to live.

Speaker B:

And like I said, I don't know the whole story.

Speaker B:

Cause I just read it like the rest of the people.

Speaker B:

So no disrespect.

Speaker B:

Glo, your situation.

Speaker B:

Your situation.

Speaker B:

She asked me a question.

Speaker B:

I don't mean to tamper with your business, but like I said, only, you know.

Speaker B:

And like I said, there is a God, so do the right thing.

Speaker A:

I like that.

Speaker A:

I like that, bro.

Speaker A:

Well, we thank you for coming to sit with Dr. Stan.

Speaker A:

I know you a busy man, but before you go, you already know what Dr. Stans do.

Speaker A:

Going.

Speaker A:

And look under that chair.

Speaker A:

Because I got a gift.

Speaker A:

A gift.

Speaker B:

Before I get you a gift, let me give these people a gift.

Speaker B:

Y' all look at my interviews, and y' all may think I'm boring or something sometimes.

Speaker B:

All right?

Speaker B:

So look, check me out.

Speaker B:

Let me pop some shit.

Speaker B:

Look, off the record, right?

Speaker B:

They use this or not?

Speaker B:

Now I want to curse.

Speaker B:

Turn it up.

Speaker B:

20, 26.

Speaker B:

Turn it the.

Speaker B:

Oh, she using it.

Speaker B:

Turn it the fuck up.

Speaker B:

I don't care.

Speaker B:

Turn it up.

Speaker B:

I don't care what age you are.

Speaker B:

I don't care how young you are.

Speaker B:

Turn it up.

Speaker B:

These people gonna play with you for the rest of your life.

Speaker B:

And you gotta change your shit.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

And I only use curse words when I'm serious as a motherfucker.

Speaker B:

Get up, Turn up.

Speaker B:

Have a good time.

Speaker B:

It's 20, 26.

Speaker B:

We happy to wake up every single day and be alive.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

I got all my real ones with me.

Speaker B:

We talked about this when we was growing up as kids.

Speaker B:

Take your real ones to the top.

Speaker B:

Like I said.

Speaker B:

Me and bro trying to feel like what Miami and Orlando feel like.

Speaker B:

We gonna do that.

Speaker B:

I'm trying to bust all my niggas down.

Speaker B:

You ask me why we ice this thing up?

Speaker B:

Cause they trophies.

Speaker B:

You feel me?

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

We don't even do this to shine on Nobody.

Speaker B:

When I grew up, I like dipset, I like cash money.

Speaker B:

And I seen these niggas blinging, so we wanna bling, too.

Speaker B:

So this is all about your influence.

Speaker B:

However you move, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

That's how you move.

Speaker B:

I salute it, man.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

You could be flying a pair of vans.

Speaker B:

Your expression is your expression.

Speaker B:

I just had to give y' all that because they be saying I'm boring in my interviews.

Speaker A:

Cause I just know you ain't fun to me.

Speaker B:

No, no.

Speaker B:

I'm saying they be trying to make it seem like.

Speaker B:

Oh, I like to see him say more.

Speaker B:

I be chilling.

Speaker B:

Cause I be trying to watch what I say.

Speaker B:

Take the camera.

Speaker A:

Go on, give them more.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Hey, get it.

Speaker B:

Go get the Yaya.

Speaker B:

My new single, bow on the way.

Speaker B:

I wasn't supposed to say that.

Speaker B:

Steals, but my new single bow on the way.

Speaker B:

I don't give a fuck.

Speaker B:

We turned up all 20, 26.

Speaker B:

Turn it up.

Speaker B:

I don't care if you a stripper.

Speaker B:

Go get your money.

Speaker A:

Wait, where you gonna be, Slim?

Speaker A:

No, you at super bowl, everywhere.

Speaker B:

Shit.

Speaker B:

I'm doing San Jose tonight.

Speaker B:

I'm doing San Francisco.

Speaker B:

I got the Empire party tomorrow.

Speaker B:

We doing some day party stuff.

Speaker B:

We going to go link, you know what I'm saying, with some artists.

Speaker B:

Then I got another show I might pull up on.

Speaker B:

Blue Face.

Speaker B:

Shout outs to Blueface remix.

Speaker B:

Shout outs.

Speaker B:

India Love, Natalie Nun, Lola Brook, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

Snoop Dogg, 310, baby.

Speaker B:

I got a gang of.

Speaker B:

If you want to see what's happening, tap in Compton, av everything you already know.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

You see him.

Speaker A:

I get that gift.

Speaker A:

I need them to see what Dr. Stan.

Speaker B:

I had to get y' all a gift.

Speaker A:

You heard him, period.

Speaker B:

Versace.

Speaker A:

That's what we do.

Speaker A:

You feel me?

Speaker B:

Like royalty all over.

Speaker A:

It's royalty over here, baby.

Speaker A:

You know.

Speaker A:

And I gave you a copy of the.

Speaker B:

The book.

Speaker A:

Hold a CEO for sure.

Speaker A:

Yep, that's her.

Speaker A:

You feel me?

Speaker A:

Show them the book.

Speaker A:

I got one for you, too, Mr. Manny.

Speaker B:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker A:

Period.

Speaker A:

Yo, Versace.

Speaker A:

So tag me when you put it on.

Speaker B:

Okay.

Speaker B:

Hold on.

Speaker B:

What's this?

Speaker A:

That's that Versace roll.

Speaker A:

That's what that is, man.

Speaker B:

Hold on.

Speaker A:

I don't know.

Speaker B:

Put it back in there.

Speaker B:

So we gonna keep you.

Speaker B:

I appreciate you.

Speaker B:

That's love.

Speaker A:

Of course.

Speaker B:

Of course.

Speaker B:

Hey, look, we need more real people.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker A:

Period.

Speaker B:

I. I appreciate the time that you took.

Speaker A:

Thank you.

Speaker B:

To.

Speaker B:

To.

Speaker B:

To go out and do Stuff like this.

Speaker B:

Everybody try to use artists for their podcast.

Speaker B:

And like I said, I'mma.

Speaker B:

I'mma mess with you for.

Speaker B:

I don't even want to curse because it's respectful.

Speaker B:

You could curse.

Speaker B:

I'm a mess.

Speaker B:

I'mma mess with you for a lifetime.

Speaker B:

Just off your introduction and how you are to it.

Speaker B:

Like people and stuff.

Speaker B:

I never change on people.

Speaker B:

That's real.

Speaker B:

Cuz we got to stick together in this real business, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

Shout outs to Foots.

Speaker B:

Shout outs to Livewire, everybody.

Speaker A:

We see you over there, brother.

Speaker B:

Shout outs to the town, period.

Speaker B:

The land out here.

Speaker B:

We messing with the town.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

I'm the all the way in the bay.

Speaker B:

I just got back from Thailand, you know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

Period.

Speaker B:

Where's we at?

Speaker B:

Calgary?

Speaker B:

What's that?

Speaker B:

Where's we at?

Speaker B:

We was in Vancouver.

Speaker A:

I like it.

Speaker A:

See the world.

Speaker B:

New York, Boston, Yaya playing everywhere, man.

Speaker B:

I'm excited.

Speaker B:

I'm happy.

Speaker B:

If I can go back and.

Speaker B:

And hug that 15 year old that said he was gonna be a rapper, I would a.

Speaker A:

And it ain't too late.

Speaker A:

It's a ton of them.

Speaker A:

I gotta be my program.

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker B:

Let's get it.

Speaker B:

Hey, all y' all go crazy, period.

Speaker B:

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker B:

Blow up.

Speaker B:

I'm trying to do a song with y'.

Speaker B:

All.

Speaker A:

Let's do it and let's get that.

Speaker A:

What?

Speaker B:

Yeah.

Speaker A:

And she got that.

Speaker B:

We be like, I sound just like myself.

Speaker B:

Huh?

Speaker A:

Boring wear please.

Speaker A:

They haters.

Speaker B:

You heard that?

Speaker A:

Hey, listen, I like that.

Speaker A:

Thank y' all for tapping in with Dr. Stanz, UCM, Compton AB with your girl.

Speaker A:

So thank y' all for tuning in.

Speaker A:

And we out.

Speaker A:

Peace.

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About the Podcast

Turning Hustle Into Legacy with Dr. Stance
Turning Hustle Into Legacy is a purpose-driven podcast hosted by Dr. Stance, entrepreneur, visionary, and leader in impact-focused business. The show dives into what it truly takes to build success that lasts—financially, personally, and generationally. Each episode features honest, in-depth conversations with entrepreneurs, creatives, and community leaders who are redefining success on their own terms. Guests unpack the real stories behind their journeys—from side hustles to scalable brands, from setbacks to breakthroughs—sharing the mindset, strategies, and discipline required to turn ambition into meaningful impact. With no fluff and no filters, Turning Hustle Into Legacy delivers raw insight, actionable lessons, and powerful perspectives on leadership, resilience, and growth. Whether you’re launching a business, scaling a brand, or stepping into your next level of purpose, this podcast provides the clarity and momentum needed to build something that outlives the grind. This is where hustle becomes legacy.

About your host

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Dr. Audra Stance

Education & Professional Background

Dr. Stance holds a Ph.D. in Psychology with a concentration in Trauma-Informed Care, providing a strong clinical and academic foundation for the work led across all programs and initiatives. This advanced training informs Dr. Stance’s approach to mental health advocacy, foster care reform, mentorship, and community-based services, ensuring practices are evidence-informed, ethically grounded, and responsive to the impacts of trauma.

Dr. Stance’s work is deeply informed by lived experience shaped by childhood trauma, providing a personal and empathetic understanding of the challenges faced by foster youth and system-impacted individuals. Having navigated early adversity, instability, and the long-term effects of trauma, Dr. Stance brings both professional expertise and personal insight to the development of programs that prioritize safety, trust, and empowerment. This lived experience strengthens Dr. Stance’s connection to foster youth and individuals in care, allowing for services that are not only clinically sound but also grounded in compassion, relatability, and authenticity. Rather than approaching trauma from theory alone, Dr. Stance integrates real-world understanding into mentorship, program design, and leadership—ensuring individuals feel seen, supported, and capable of growth beyond their circumstances.

Dr. Stance is a purpose-driven leader, author, and mental health advocate dedicated to transforming hustle into sustainable legacy. As the founder and CEO of the non-profit, BWIT Luxurious Fostering, Dr. Stance is redefining trauma-informed care for foster youth and adults through dignity, structure, and empowerment. Dr. Stance is the creator and host of the podcast Turning Hustle Into Legacy, where discipline, faith, mindset, and leadership intersect to build generational impact. An author of From a Hoe to C.E.O., Dr. Stance uses lived experience, mentorship, and mental health advocacy to help individuals move from survival to purpose.