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EP 6 - Get Rich or Die Tryin ft. J.Limon
Step into the dynamic world of Envy Streetwear with our latest episode featuring the multifaceted J.Limon, a Waukegan native who's making waves both as a hip-hop artist and as the co-owner of this vibrant store. We capture the essence of his journey from crafting health-conscious juices and living a natural lifestyle to hitting remarkable streaming numbers with his music. J's story is an inspiring blend of creativity and entrepreneurship, rooted in a shared love for music and vintage streetwear that began in high school with his brother. Our discussion covers everything from the significance of turning 30 to the serendipitous opportunities that arise from networking and connections.
Reflecting on the sounds that shaped our youth, like 50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Tryin’," we explore how music influences identities and careers. J shares his evolution from Lyrical G to J Limon, maintaining integrity in his lyrical content influenced by his church upbringing. He discusses the challenges and triumphs of rebranding, drawing inspiration from artists like Nipsey Hussle and J. Cole. Our conversation underscores the power of genuine relationships over superficial online engagements and the hustle it takes to open for artists like Polo G. We also touch on the broader themes of achieving financial freedom and the relentless drive needed to transition from basement sales to owning a storefront.
Our journey doesn't stop at music and fashion. We delve into cultural insights from time spent in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the valuable lessons learned from observing the resilience of immigrants and refugees. These experiences fuel our passion for setting and achieving big goals, encouraging listeners to stay motivated and inspired. J shares exciting news about his upcoming single "Ain't No Stoppin'" and invites you to follow his journey on social media. Plus, get ready for our participation in Podcast Fest in Orlando and a sneak peek into Jay's upcoming fashion show. Join us for an episode brimming with inspiration, ambition, and the drive to turn dreams into reality.
So this is actually my first time recording outside of my studio and I think it's super cool because we're in the store what's it called Envy Streetwear?
Speaker 2:Yes, sir.
Speaker 1:Envy Streetwear, bro. You know what I feel like I'm on right now. Have you seen the Complex, the sneaker talk? You know what I'm talking about. What's the dude's name? Joe Puma. I don't even know his real name, but I know what he does. Shout out to, yeah, yeah, shout out to joe poop, if that's his name, right. Yeah, I feel like I'm on that right now and then like I'm about to do some shopping and buy all this exclusive shit.
Speaker 2:That's what I feel like right now. Yeah, bro, thank you for coming through. Man, I appreciate you.
Speaker 1:I got you I got you, so everybody's probably wondering right now who's in front of me. So one more time, guys, I want to say what is up. You guys, it is your boy, fernando, and welcome to little shy podcast. I just want to start off by announcing that actually, this coming up week, I'm going to be in orlando for podcast festival, so I'm going to be out there with doing all these types of things, branching out to new opportunities, meeting people across the country who also have like, who are very driven and have like the same goals and aspects, like like-minded people, you know. Um, so I'm excited to grow and learn more about this craft. Um, but enough about me on today's episode. In front of me I have a waukegan native, co-owner of envy streetwear, with over 2 000 streams in one year of 2024 and listened to in 19 countries. I present to you guys hip-hop artist Jay.
Speaker 2:Limon, Yo, yo, what's good y'all.
Speaker 1:What's good, what's good bro, how you?
Speaker 2:feeling today. I'm feeling great man. I have my little juice. I made my special little sauce juice. It's amazing man. So I feel good, you know.
Speaker 1:When I was on my way here, I was like hey, yo, you want some coffee? And you were like nah, bro, I made my juice. Explain this juice to us.
Speaker 2:What kind sauce? Shout out to my, shout out to my shorty in chicago, but she put me on man. So basically what I make is like a little juice.
Speaker 1:It's, it's natural, you know, the less, the less additive yeah, bro, but all I do is, uh, I I have some raspberries, raspberries, strawberries, and honey, that's it. And water, and water, that's it, as natural as it gets what kind of honey we talking about honey packets, raw honey, the one with the little bear on it.
Speaker 2:If you know, if you know, if you know little bear honey one, yeah, yeah that's good, because I'm kind of like on the same mindset right now too.
Speaker 1:I'm trying to be like super natural, super not super organic, but just kind of be like cut out the sugar, stop eating like processed food. I've been eating like really healthy lately because I turned 30 year. I don't know if you knew how old I was no, I didn't, I didn't, bro.
Speaker 2:30 is a big milestone, bro 30 is what they call unk. Oh, yeah, yeah, you unk-a-na you unk-a-na I'm 27, bro.
Speaker 1:Okay, you're not that baby.
Speaker 2:You're not that baby.
Speaker 1:Am.
Speaker 2:I yeah, I was born in 97.
Speaker 1:Okay, 97. You got a song called something Born in 97, right. Literally, I got you. I did my research, bro, I did my research. So I think it's cool how I have you on this podcast, because we've never met. This is our first time ever meeting, so you're probably wondering how did you find me right? Yeah, bro, I've been wondering.
Speaker 1:So I don't know if you're familiar with this guy, but he's on Instagram. He goes all across the Chicago area and he kind of just kind of like brands people up. I guess you would say he's like an influencer, content creator. His name is Potato 12.
Speaker 2:You know who that is. I know who that is so.
Speaker 1:I saw you on his story and you were just like rapping and he tagged you. Let me see who this guy is. Okay, cool, he looks like a cool guy. He does cool shit.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna hit that follow button and I'm gonna see if he follows back and you follow back hey, bros and I dm'd you right away because I was like I think it'd be cool to have someone from the area, from the chicago area, on the podcast, because a lot of the times, because right now I'm trying to branch out, so so I follow people, I message them. So it was a success with you, because sometimes I'd be DMing people Girls it doesn't always work out, I'm left on read or they don't even see it at all. But you saw it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1:I don't know, Shardy, but you know I respond to the DMs. Bro, it's got to be something you know, it's got to be something. Yeah, so I told you how this year I've been like super pushing on, like grinding and stuff like that. So I want you to tell me a little bit about yourself, bro, because I don't know anything. Where are we right now?
Speaker 2:I got you, bro. So right now we are in Envy Streetwear. This is my wonderful business that me and my young brother have built from ground up, ground up, ground up, ground up. Man, I've been doing this since high school. So music and vintage clothing and like street wear is something I've been doing since I was in high school, okay, and I was just like man, like I was always working jobs, bro, and I was like damn man, I don't want to work for myself.
Speaker 1:I mean, I want to work for myself. You want to?
Speaker 2:work for yourself. But I don't want to work for nobody else and I was like man, this is an opportunity. Like I've seen people like I would go to the thrifts and then I'd find a piece for like five bucks, like you know, a nike jacket, yeah I was like damn I'm flea, because they're like 80 bucks at the start.
Speaker 1:I'm like it's expensive bro.
Speaker 2:So I was like dang if I could get it for five bucks. But sometimes I'll find stuff that wasn't in my size but I'm like, hey, have people. You know that.
Speaker 1:Maybe that's how it is.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I was like let me start a Snapchat story, and then we started like selling stuff on Snapchat.
Speaker 1:Little Snapchat market. Yeah, you started before the Facebook market. Bro, yeah, bro.
Speaker 2:And then, like I would even post stuff on there sometimes no-transcript clothes look super, super dope.
Speaker 1:Because I'm gonna be honest with you, bro, I'm not a thrifter. I can't go into a store and just look and look and look, because I just want to go somewhere, know that it's in the section and get out. You know what I'm saying. But we're different because, dude, your outfit, is it all thrifted? Let us know. Let us know what's the fit cost? What's the fit cost?
Speaker 2:Let me see, let me break it down for you. So we got on the feet, we got the 13s, flynn 13s. I got these at a garage sale for 15 bucks oh my god, 15, and they're like 200 regular. I thrifted these pants right here.
Speaker 1:I got them for like a dollar a dollar is crazy.
Speaker 2:Shout out to my boy, huicho man. He got this nasty shirt from me, man and uh, this is like we'll talk about it later but this shirt right here is uh, I got it for like 60 bucks.
Speaker 1:We traded something okay, I thrifted this amazing chicago jacket.
Speaker 2:Looks expensive jacket, yeah, and I got it for like 60 bucks.
Speaker 1:We traded something okay, I thrifted this amazing chicago jacket looks expensive jacket.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I got it for like 14 bucks what?
Speaker 1:so, dude, that's I mean your outfit, like if it. I'm sure if it was all original it'd be like it'd be up there in like at least a thousand for sure bro, even if you had to like buy these from the store, yeah yeah like reset, like somebody would sell this for like 200 exactly.
Speaker 2:So it's crazy, that's badass bro.
Speaker 1:Um my stuff, none of it is thrifted. We got like uh, kohl's express, asos, kohl's. I'll be shopping at kohl's lately, bro that's that unk status.
Speaker 2:That's how you know you unk. I like you shopping at kohl's. Thanks bro thanks bro.
Speaker 1:So story about this is I actually bought this online because I've been doing a lot of shopping online and it looked cool online, yeah. And then when I got it, I was like I don't like it. Two years later, I'm funny rocking it. There you go finally, it's that you have to grow into that bro. So when I knew I was gonna have you on the podcast, I was like I gotta do my research on this guy you know, although, like I don't really know him a lot.
Speaker 1:Um, so I was doing my research and one of your favorite albums is one of my favorite albums. It's uh, 50 cent. Get rich or die trying tell me about that, bro.
Speaker 2:All right, it's funny because I just had like a four hour conversation with my dad on the phone yesterday really, and I was going through, because I have a cd collection and that was one of the ones that I pulled out yesterday and I was like man dude.
Speaker 1:You don't know how classic this album was for me that was in the top 100 for the all, all of apple bill. Uh, apple albums yeah.
Speaker 2:And then like it's crazy, bro, because I remember the cover. I don't know if you remember the cover, bro, but the glass I remember the cover back in the day yeah, back in the day, when they had cds like I, I was like so mind blown because I was like bro, why does this look broken?
Speaker 1:it's like it's not, it's not broken.
Speaker 2:I'm like where's the pieces right, but yeah, dude, he, my dad had that on his xbox bro he like back the first xbox when you could black and the green one yeah, when you could burn cds on
Speaker 1:there yeah so I had that and, bro, I would always listen to that album, bro, and I love that so now it's like some motivation stuff you know I really love yeah so for me it started with I'm kind of all over the place of music I listen to?
Speaker 1:right now? I listen to a lot of spanish music. I'm more like mas tranquilo, spanish pop, mariachi, corridos, like classics and stuff like that. But I'll go with phases. So right now my phase is I'm in my 50 cent phase. I'm in my 50 cent era, but it all started a couple years back where I don't know how, but disco inferno used to do something to me, bro with the one two three little mama, show me how you moving.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that dude, he used to get me bumping. You know what I'm saying at the gym, boom, boom. So it came back to me because I was watching this, uh, this tiktok, and this guy was bumping wanksta and I was like yo, that shit goes crazy.
Speaker 1:And after that I was like, let me listen to the whole album. I started listening to the whole album and right now I'm like, dude, that shit got some hits and I'm not. I'm not like a super hip-hop guy, yeah, and that album, like I'm probably dressed all preppy and the dude rolls his window down, bumping boom. Little mama, show me how you move it.
Speaker 2:You know I love that song, bro. That song is good and that album barely had 21 questions. 21 questions, yeah, p-i-n-p.
Speaker 1:Yeah all of it, dude. So many good like. Like I said, I'm not a big hip-hop guy, but I definitely recommend old school hip-hop over today's hip-hop any day, any day day, bro, for me at least. Another thing that I know about you is that you opened up for Polo G. Oh dang, how. You know that, man. I got you, bro. I got you. Tell us a little bit about that, bro.
Speaker 2:So that was a cool opportunity, man, just how you said somebody random. You know the DMs are crazy, bro, you never know, you never know. There's opportunity in the DMs, Opportunity in the DMs.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:It don't always got to be a shorty, but it's somebody, yeah. So some random dude shout out to him making big plays. I think that's his name, man he hit me up Making big plays.
Speaker 1:Yeah, bro, he made a big play for you, right. Exactly bro, he hit me up and he was like dang, he's like yeah it's gonna.
Speaker 2:If you want to perform, it's gonna be five hundred dollars, bro. And I was like shit bro. I was a little broke, you know. I was like I ain't got five hundred to drop right now. He's like or you could sell tickets, that's five hundred dollars, you know like equal value. Yeah, I was like, bro, I could sell tickets. So I was like yes, put me down. And he gave me the tickets and everything and me and all my siblings gathered up bro, we used our little, all of ours you know, community bro, and like boom bro, we sold them tickets like crazy.
Speaker 2:That's dope as fuck I got to open up bro with some of the best artists from Waukegan bro, and just like I didn't even go to Waukegan High School.
Speaker 1:No, you went to Cristo Rey, right, yeah, bro.
Speaker 2:I got you, bro. Yeah, so like I got to be on the biggest stage of my life, bro, like it was, that stage is huge, bro.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Spotlights and it was really cool, like it was so cool. And then we got to be behind the stage too and like, right, when he came out like we saw the backstage Polo G with like the chains was glistening man. I was like dang bro, I need one of those. I need one of those. We on the way, we on the way. Yeah, just seeing him Let me see that.
Speaker 1:Let me see that. Rock it, rock it. I got it in Mexico.
Speaker 2:Bro, put that back, put that back. I love it, bro, I love it. But yeah, and that's when I was Lyrical G at the time, because before Jay Limone I was Lyrical G.
Speaker 1:So when you very first started, you were Lyrical G how?
Speaker 2:long have you been?
Speaker 1:doing this whole music thing for Probably like 14 years.
Speaker 2:14 years, yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:So when you very first started, you had the name right away, or not.
Speaker 2:Yet yeah, it was me and my homie. We were just chilling in his basement and I was like man, what's important to me, bro? I want to be someone who's lyrical Like listening to artists, I was like man, lyrics are important, they can speak a lot. And then also like lyric genius, I want to be known as someone who's smart, like articulate with their words or can say a lot with a little bit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly. So I was like man, lyrical G that's going to be my name and I'm going to ride with it and then? So what happened with that? Why did Jay Limon come into this place, or? When did you switch I?
Speaker 2:feel you. So then I was in a group in college with a whole bunch of homies and I just switched over my name after I left the group. We left the group. It kind of broke up. I was like, okay, like this is my era, but also like, bro, I was on spotify and apple bro and like there was like everybody was coming up with the name lyrical g bro like there was people that were copying the name bro, so it was like four people yeah and, like all their music, would show up on my spotify as
Speaker 2:well. So it was kind of it was kind of doing all kind of stuff. So I was like, let me just change this, I want a new start. It was when covid, after covid, 2020, covid, so like 2020. And I was like man, okay, I'm leaving this group. I'm like you know, all these people, you know like a new era. I want a new start. And then I was like what's better than you know myself, bro, my real name's Juan, you know. So, jay Lamone, juan Lamone, bro, I was like nobody really than me, bro.
Speaker 1:No, and you gotta you have a a very like unique last name. Yeah, that too, man. That somebody was like hey, you should. You should ask him why his name's jay lamone, when I was like that's his last name, yeah exactly bro.
Speaker 2:That's another reason I gotta tat it on me, just in case y'all didn't know, bro, but also just because, like, family is very important it is very important, yeah I feel like that's the way I could represent my family and, just you know, like put on for who I am, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly. So when you started was it hard to rebrand, like from Lyrical G to Jay Limon? Heck yeah, because it's like oh, I know this guy, but I don't know who Jay Limon is. Like bro, it's the same dude. You know what I'm?
Speaker 2:saying yeah, it was tough bro, it was definitely tough, like everybody was like man, I love, like, all the stuff that you've done. You know, yeah, and why are you going to change it? You know, but I've also seen people change their name like four or five times, you know. I'm like oh man, if they could do it. This is my first time I'm ever going to change my name.
Speaker 1:This is going to be the last time I'm going to change my name Exactly. If you're going to, from here on out, the highest quality I've ever done, exactly um I've been listening to some of your songs and your style of music is, I would say, very different to what music is now. So what music is now is it's all about girls, it's about sex, it's about drugs, it's about like gangbanging and all that shit hell yeah and sometimes people make that kind of music even though they're not in that life and the reason why they make that music is because it's just what's in.
Speaker 1:That's what people want to do. You know what I'm? Saying yeah, your music is not like that at all. I would say it's not even explicit. You might have like a bad word here and there, but it's very clean, it's very lyrical. Um, so why is it that it is that way? I got you bro.
Speaker 2:So another thing about me, man. I grew up in the church like a lot, you know like when I was younger, like my mom, she was a single mom of four kids, bro. So she, like, would always take us to church and that was our way of like, you know, just just doing something different and positive. So we grew up in the church, we'd be around a lot of people and when I started making music, you know, you hear everything, something you got to carry with you Like Junior you always better have integrity.
Speaker 2:When you make music, she's like you don't got to cuss, you don't got to do that. So like I always kept that in the back of my mind, like when I was making music, like I want my mom to be able to listen to it, but also, like you know, like in the vocab, bro, Exactly.
Speaker 2:You can say something without having to cuss every line. And also, bro, you can reach more people doing that. You get more opportunities when you cuss less. Bro, because churches I got to perform in churches, bro, like young kids, old people Like nobody want to hear that all the time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:You know, so you got to make sure you influence people in a good way.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, I like that because, like I said, I mean dude, right now, like you, being an inspiring artist, an artist in Waukegan is like people might look at you and be like oh, that's Jay Limon, you know what I'm saying. And it's like if he can do it, I can do it, and you're also inspiring them that you don't got to do it the dirty way.
Speaker 2:You don do it clean and you can do it your way. Yeah, what are some artists that that you look up to, and what are some artists that you would say your style is comparable to?
Speaker 2:I got you, bro, so there's a couple I'm gonna name a couple and then I'm gonna tell you what I like about them. Okay, I'll go. I'll start off with one that's just on my heart all the time, like nipsey hustle man, like man dude, he's just a beast. I p to him, man, like I listen to him like almost every day. You know I've never listened to him. I know it's hard to get into him, but he's another level of just like boss and energy and just like doing things for yourself, man.
Speaker 2:So I was looking at our stories. They're very similar, like just trying to create community from where you're from. Like you know, I don't have to go to chicago to open up a store because yeah there's, there's people here, bro, 80 000 people, you know, and it's like there's opportunity in here and change that narrative in your city and that's what me and my brother are trying to do at Envy Street where, like you said, everybody that comes in here, we're trying to influence them.
Speaker 2:Hey, bro, you don't gotta be in the streets hustling, you know like, there's other ways we can make it out and then J Cole bro. J Cole throw his name out there, man, because he's somebody that has a message, inspires people, like, makes real life real life music bro, and the more relatable it is, bro, the more people it could touch, you know. So inspiring, I like russ. Russ is about like owning your stuff yeah, like he's very chill everything.
Speaker 1:I love his message too, yeah he's a dope.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna meet him one day yeah, I promise you I'm gonna meet a lot of these people one day, man 100 bro.
Speaker 1:Literally, you just put your mind to it and then you could definitely do it. Dude, um, you gotta be like for me. My thing was dude this year. I'm all I'm doing is reaching out to people, and one person could lead you to another, and then that person could lead you to someone else.
Speaker 1:You know, like dude in front of me I have jay lamone. I had no clue who he was just a couple months ago, but now you know, we can introduce each other to other people, and that's just what networking is all about yeah I'm helping you, you're helping me, but we're also getting to know each other's story and expanding it and sharing it with everybody else I appreciate you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, dude um.
Speaker 1:So, with that being said, um, this is a new year. What do you have planned for 2025?
Speaker 2:oh, this year is gonna be amazing. Man, this is gonna be the most consistent year I've ever been. Okay.
Speaker 1:You say that so positively.
Speaker 2:Oh, I already know I've been studying since last year. Like I've been planning, man, and I got my team on board and we're just doing amazing things. But like, for sure, this year, man, I want to have the most consistent music I done ever dropped and I want to give people projects, because I haven't dropped a project in a while. What do you mean by?
Speaker 1:projects. Project is like either EP, ep album.
Speaker 2:Okay, gotcha yeah, so like I want to do singles and then project singles, project gotcha a couple singles and a project yeah, so right now I'm working on something for next month. You know it's gonna be, it's gonna be fire.
Speaker 2:so yeah, that's kind of my goal is to like mix it up like a little bit of everything. So if people want to listen to a body of work, see how I build a body of work and then like create a narrative, story, experience, and then just also singles to keep people entertained because you forget. They forget about you if you don't drop every couple of them.
Speaker 1:No, that's true, bro. You got to stay relevant with all this, so you got to stay relevant with your store. Helps you out a lot. Oh, you know, you come in here, you can tell people what you do, and so, even if you might not be 100 in the music, the store's got you backed up a little bit. You actually have a new single coming out january 17th called ain't no stopping. Oh yeah, tell us a little bit about that. I don't know, do you?
Speaker 2:heck, yeah, I don't know if you is there a sneak peek out yeah, I put it, I put like almost the whole song all right, but like on my ig, bro, you leaked it yourself.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I leaked it myself, man. But uh, basically that song, man, is how I was feeling. I wrote that song about like a year ago, okay, and that was before we had the shop, like you know. So I was just like man. I love this song, like I was just going through it, bro, and I was like man. This song right here is like everything I'm manifesting, like I want a hundred thousand dollars. You know, that's just like I'm from, where I'm coming from, that's pretty tough. So I'm like man. I have to do that so I can get to different. I see myself in big, since I was young, in a big light. So I was like man. I want manifestation. I want this shop, bro. This shop is something we've been grinding for a year for man, it's just badass bro, I'm telling you.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, I wanted my shop, bro, Ain't no, I want a Range Rover. You know, like there's things I want, bro, but also like the message behind it is like man, anybody out there they can get what you want. Bro, If you put a plan and you execute, you put that work in like you could get it. There's literally like no stopping to anything you do. You know, like if you stop, bro, that you never going to get to that goal, you know.
Speaker 1:Literally keep it going, bro. So there's a question that people always ask me and I've never really fully been able to answer it. Um, I always get asked what's the end goal, and for me it's like it's hard to answer because I do all types of things.
Speaker 1:I'm a quinceanera choreographer, I have a podcast, I like to create videos, I like to take pictures, all styles of content. So it's like what's the end goal and it's? I've never been able to answer that question but, like I said, since I'm entering 30, i'm'm like dude. I got to narrow this shit down.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:What's the end goal for you, bro?
Speaker 2:I'm happy you asked that, bro. I've been thinking about it. So, man, I think the end goal for me, bro, is financial freedom. Bro, yes, that's the goal bro so that we can have enough money to do whatever we want. And then not even that, bro, it's not selfish for me, bro. I want to help people out, bro, like I want to help people get to their dreams bro like I want to help my family out like I want people to not stress about bread.
Speaker 2:That's around me, bro, and me not stress about bread. You know like yeah that's something that I want to get to, and then I see like, all right, that's a good goal, man. That's why we doing this, but also to inspire people, bro. I love seeing. I love seeing, like you know, emotion or like a song, how it could touch people, man yeah I want to like.
Speaker 2:You know, that's what I'm doing here, that's what I'm here on like on earth, bro to inspire and, like you know, just help as many people as I can. Bro, 100% bro 100%.
Speaker 1:I love everything that you're saying. Bro, ever since I, since I we started texting, I could tell right away you were like a super positive dude. You were just being like so animated, animated, you were so positive and I was like I think he's going to be a cool guy to me. You know, I'm going to be excited to have him on the podcast, you know, because sometimes you can feel people's like vibes just right away, as soon as, as soon as you meet them. Yeah, so you said you've only had this store for one year. Shoot Only seven months, only seven months.
Speaker 2:We've only been in business for seven months bro so um before this, where were you selling stuff? We were selling out my mom's basement. I promise you, we were there forever forever, bro.
Speaker 1:You just had random people coming in house. Calls bro like people that followed us on instagram.
Speaker 2:Bro, they want to come like, visit us, or we would do events where we would bring up everything, put it in a u-haul and go to chicago. Go to, like I said, north Dakota.
Speaker 1:Kentucky. Damn, you're going everywhere. We went to Colorado.
Speaker 2:That Colorado was so nice man. Yeah, it was beautiful, bro. So that's how we started. We've been doing that since 2020 as well.
Speaker 1:Damn.
Speaker 2:Me and my brother.
Speaker 1:MV Streetwear. Drop the address.
Speaker 2:Drop the address 841 Grand Avenue, waukegan Illinois.
Speaker 1:Grand Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois. Not only that, but you guys actually have a fashion show coming up. Yeah, I wish I could come to that fashion show, but I'm going to be in Florida. But I do want to hear all the details about this fashion show. Bro, I got you bro.
Speaker 2:So this right here we're going to do is like kind of introducing fashion to our community. Okay, there's still people. They don't know what that is? No, so what we're going to do is kind of introduce people to the game, the different eras of vintage clothing and just also music. So you know, those two always go hand in hand?
Speaker 1:Yes, it definitely goes hand in hand. Music and fashion they go hand in hand.
Speaker 2:So I'm like we want to bring out a lot of our personal collections a lot of our personal pieces and show like this is what can come through the store, this is the type of stuff we're looking for in the store, but also like this is just what.
Speaker 1:This is what crucial parts of this, exactly so introducing people to the game yeah as well. Have you always dressed like this? Like, have you always been like street vintage?
Speaker 2:I think so yeah, for the most part. Besides, like middle school, you know, like I didn't really have no sauce out there. Anybody that knew me in middle school, I'm sorry. I had to see my fashion out there. I was wearing and like before that you know, but like, and then I started changing like when I got introduced to thrifting and then I was like man, I could rock whatever I want and I could find it. Do you always thrift? That's true, that's pretty, besides, like my socks and my underwear, you know, like the basics bro like
Speaker 1:I got there's something you gotta buy brand new man other than that, bro.
Speaker 2:Yeah, everything else I threw, for the most part that's crazy, man.
Speaker 1:And, like you said, the fashion goes with the music. So you're you're hip-hop inspired, so your style is very, it's very hip, it's very, it's very hip-hop yeah you know, um for me. I've always wanted to be street. I just can't get myself to to throw myself out there. You know, I feel like if I were to wear your outfit, I don't think I would look as cool as you I don't know, bro, you just gotta try it bro I always tell people just try it, bro, I'm like, really like light with it, really light with it.
Speaker 1:You know, um, but I think that one thing about people is that we change drastically over time. Bro, you said, you're what? 27 years old? Yeah, yeah, jay lamon three years ago and jay lamon today. What's the difference?
Speaker 2:I think, man jay lamon, three years ago, man, I think I was in there was no store.
Speaker 1:Oh, you were in mexico. Yeah, man, I was living in mexico.
Speaker 2:Yes, sir, man, I was out there in guadalajara, like you know, chasing my dreams. I gave up. I used to have an apartment man, everything, like you know. I had a really good job and I left all that because my dad lives in Mexico.
Speaker 1:So your dad is in Mexico, yes, sir. Your mom is here, yes, sir.
Speaker 2:Okay, and my dad owns a record label In Mexico. Yeah, out there, really. Yeah, he was killing it bro, that's badass hundreds of thousands of subscribers on youtube are you? Serious millions of views for artists.
Speaker 1:You know so you went over there.
Speaker 2:You're like I'm gonna I want, I want some help bro you know he's like teach I want to learn the game. And also like help, help teach me about, like video production, like everything like that yeah, and I moved out there, saved up 10 racks, bro, my whole life savings, whatever that was, and in me, mexico.
Speaker 1:That's a lot. That's why I stayed out For two years. That's a lot. That lasted me like Two years, bro, yeah.
Speaker 2:And then, yeah, bro, so I went out there. Nah, I don't know how that look. Yeah, so I went out there. I got to be in the studio, got to run the label, got to see, like, how a team is run, and just learn a lot of game from my pops man.
Speaker 1:No, yeah, that's awesome, bro, cause. Um, one of my favorite sayings right now is that I'd rather be the dumbest person in a room full of smart people than the smartest person in a room full of dumb people. You know what I'm saying, cause you're going to cap out eventually. So if you already know everything that you know, you got to start learning from people who are better than you. Once you're better, then you got to go to people who know more than you, and then they're going to teach you what they know.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So was it like a big culture shock in Mexico for you, or living out there for two years bro, living in Guadalajara, was it like Guadalajara, guadalajara? Yeah, and it was like Zapopan.
Speaker 2:Oh, you lived in the nice-ass area, I was and then I met a girl and then I lived with her, I moved with her and we lived in Tesisdan, which is like outside of the city. It's like mountains, it's like, it's like you know a lot of people.
Speaker 1:Zapopan is like the, so Zapopan is compared to like. If I'm not mistaken bro, that's like the nice area.
Speaker 2:It's like you know, there's nice parts there's bad parts.
Speaker 1:there's like a little bit of everything. A little bit of everything, they have the train station. Yeah, it's very beautiful out there, and you met a girl in Mexico. Yeah, yeah, that's dope. Yeah, she was really awesome Te enamoraste.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I loved Just. You know, me and my dad kind of got into a conflict because we were working together buddy heads. He's like all right, what's up, what's the next move?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and.
Speaker 2:I was like man, teach me. I'm new here, so whatever, the girl gave me an opportunity to move out with her and then we moved in and she really helped me, like, gain the culture and understanding and, just like you know, a better understanding.
Speaker 1:That's cool, that's cool, that's cool, bro. So, like I said, I've been doing my research on you. I listened to some of your music and I was vibing with it. You know, I kind of really like it. I want to play a game with you. That's okay, I'm down. So this game is called Finish the Lyrics and then Explain it. All right, if you don't know the lyrics, I I don't know how many songs I done wrote Okay, ready, that's my best. So it starts off with the first one.
Speaker 2:It's Got a Bigger Picture Just.
Speaker 1:Trying To Inspire you. Yeah, that song has been on this, so explain these lyrics to us. So the lyrics was Got a Bigger Picture. Just Trying To Inspire. What does that mean to you?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that means like man, like coming from a city where we didn't have much, or people think very small or narrow, or everybody thinking the same, or spending. They check at the club all the time. You know, like, bro, I got a thing bigger than that. Bro, I can't spend all my bread and be here and just be in a cycle, bro, because that's what it's like being from here. Everybody does the same thing, everybody just spends their bread.
Speaker 2:They broke again next week yeah, for me it was like man, I got a bigger picture. I see myself with these celebrities. I see myself inspiring big crowds of people.
Speaker 1:So that's what my goal was for that I like that, bro, because, like you said, for me my biggest thing is venturing out, traveling, leaving your small town so that you can know what life is like. Dude, life is very different outside of your small town. Like you said, I mean in the average small town it's not just joaquin and it's. This is not your small town. Like you said, I mean in the average small town it's not just Joaquin and this is not a small town, it's a pretty big city.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:But everybody's the same. They get paid, they spend it. What is there to do here? Go to local bars, get drunk. You know what I'm saying and it's like you only reach a certain point. So you having that mindset outside of that it it's super inspiring, especially because people could see it and they're just like yo. I went to high school with that guy. You know what I'm saying, yeah heck yeah, I got another one Ready, so it's, I do not post you every day, you think.
Speaker 2:You think what is it? Say it one more time.
Speaker 1:I do not post you every day, you think. You think I'm higher than you?
Speaker 2:Dude, I laughed so hard. You think you think I'm higher than you. Hiding, hiding. You think I'm hiding you.
Speaker 1:Oh, I think I'm higher than you. I was like and wrote this dude, he took it, so it's uh, you think I'm hiding you. Hiding you, yeah, oh, I do not post you every day.
Speaker 2:You think I'm hiding. You. Explain that to me. So, basically, you know, like that was a problem with a lot of relationships nowadays, bro, they look for that validation online bro, and that's kind of that could tear stuff up. But for my, me and that relationship, but the person, they were like man, you don't post me on your stuff, you're not posting me, you don't love me. They. They like kind of like you know that's what they take in like you don't love me, that you're not posting me and I'm like I'm, I'm saving you like you know like I'm actually I'm, I'm actually actually trying to live in the moment with experience, things that are more important than just posting.
Speaker 2:What is all these people anyways? Do you really care what all these people they? Don't know you or you think they care about you. You know, it's like they just watch my story. What does that get for you? Like, where is this coming from? It's like something deeper than that.
Speaker 1:So you have to look inward Exactly. I always tell myself that when I got a girlfriend, I'm a soft launcher for like a year bro. Dude, I got crazy soft launchers, bro. You don't even know, that's funny.
Speaker 2:He said just the Starbucks cup.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the Starbucks cup where her nails.
Speaker 2:Oh shit, that's funny. Soft launch is crazy.
Speaker 1:I've never heard that one. You've never heard that. Nah, but that's fine, that's dope, though. Next one¿ Quieres atención a que siye bye.
Speaker 2:From your post.
Speaker 1:So it's kind of similar to what we're talking about. Yeah, man, explain that one to us.
Speaker 2:Dang man. All these about the same person. But like nah, bro, like you know, sometimes we was in the relationship and I would just see, like I'd just see, all the hearts on her story every time she posted and she would just keep looking at them, hearts, like who looked at her story, who gave her hearts. And for me that made me feel bad, you know, because I'm like bro, like what I? I just feel like you know, like you can uh share that with me. Or like why do you need that validation from others online? Same, they go hand in hand. Those lyrics almost go hand in hand. You know, like, yeah, you don't need to feel like that love from everybody, you got love right here. Like you know, it made me feel bad in that way sometimes.
Speaker 1:So that's kind of what it was, bro.
Speaker 2:You don't need that intention you don't. You got it right here.
Speaker 1:Like you, I'm everything you need, girl exactly so right now, a social dude social being in social media dude is. It's hard, and especially like you have to post consistently. I have to post consistently, or, like you said, people are gonna forget about us yeah so for me, dude, I love, I love social media. So for me the people are like oh, you're on your phone too much. It's like I'm working bro I'm working.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying but I've come to the point where sometimes you do get insecure. I don't know if you ever feel this way, but for me it's like oh, dude, it's like I have. My post has been up for like an hour. I'm'm only at 120 likes, what's going on.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying. So for me it's like I try not to let it get to me and I compare my work to other people a lot, especially recently, because when you keep growing, you always want to go more, more, more, more. What's social media like for you? Do you get insecure? Do you compare yourself to others on there? What's that like, do you?
Speaker 2:get insecure. Do you compare yourself to others on there? What's that like for you? Yeah, man, that's another thing. I love that because I kind of like studied that this year. You know I was like I don't want to compare myself to people. Man, like you know, everybody's unique in their own way everybody brings something different.
Speaker 2:Everybody's gonna talk how they want or like write the lyrics or make the songs that they feel in that moment. So it was like for me I had to understand, bro, it was a little ego in there I had to remove that, yes, you go for myself, bro.
Speaker 2:Yeah I had to remove it and I was like this year. I was like man, I'm always worried about who's gonna share my shit. Can I, can I cuss on you? Yeah, all right, cool, who's gonna share my shit, bro? Like you know, who's gonna um? Who's gonna comment under my page like I'm sharing these people's stuff, bro, they they're not sharing my stuff. Or like dropping a comment. You know I was like. You know what my goal this year is to show more love. I want to be, you know, received that way.
Speaker 2:I want people to show me love. Well, I'm going to have to show love to people organically, just because I like it, you know, but also because you need that support, as you know, bro. Yeah, a comment bro means so much, bro, it really does. A like is cool, but like the comment, you know or a story post.
Speaker 1:Take some out of your day.
Speaker 2:Yeah, bro. So like that's kind of the way I looked at it, man, I have a quote on my mirror that says your partner is a reflection of you. So I'm like love too, so that's the way I look at social media, bro is like there's a lot to it, but the end of the day, bro, like if we all grow together, if we share each other's stuff, man, like we could grow together, bro, like that's so beautiful, bro?
Speaker 1:no, that's true. And then, like I said, I mean, dude, I have friends who have um 3 000 followers, 5 000 followers, 10 000 followers, and you always be like damn, I only got. I only got this many followers, you know. So maybe one day I'll have as many as them, so I could be as cool as them. Bro, like I asked you earlier, compare yourself to three years ago. Three years ago, you didn't have the followers that you have now. So it's like you're always just be be proud of where you are at the moment.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying, because there's going to be people who wish they were in your spot right now. You know how many people wish that. They're starting off thrifting. They don't have a store. You know what I'm saying. You can inspire them. You know what my next step is. How can I get a store, bro? I'll get a store. Um same thing with likes, bro. If you think about this, a hundred likes for some people, that's not a lot. Yeah, imagine if you had a hundred people here right now watching this yeah dude.
Speaker 1:We'd be like, oh shit, we got a people watching this. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So think of it that way. That's what I've been thinking about lately is like it's not all about, like the big numbers Todo va a venir a su tiempo, everything's going to come at its time, and then just keep going, bro. Yeah, that's all it is. I love that bro. Keep it pushing, keep, keep it pushing. What kind of music you rocking with right now?
Speaker 2:That's great man. You know I love gorillas too, you do, I was going to ask you because you're Mexican and Puerto Rican? Right. Yes, sir, Would you?
Speaker 1:say you're more Mexican or more Puerto Rican, or half and half.
Speaker 2:Right now, since I lived in Mexico, I feel that I'm more Mexican. Oh yeah, I feel like I assimilate to more of that culture got you because I lived it, I've been in it, I know what it's like. So I'm like super excited. I feel like that's what I'm. That's what I'm okay the more and and like, number wise, I'm 75 percent mexican oh, so you are.
Speaker 1:You are more mexican, yeah, yeah, got you, got you, got you. So we're gonna play another little game. It's called this or that. You ready? Yeah, I'm ready. Corridos or reggaeton, oh man you hard for that.
Speaker 2:I'm going to get on, though you're going to get on got you.
Speaker 1:Got you next one tacos de salar, tacos de pastor man, pastor mexican rice or puerto rican rice? Puerto rican, dude, puerto rican is the right answer, but I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 2:No, my grandma, I'm telling you I'm gonna. One day, hopefully you can have my grandma's Puerto Rican rice.
Speaker 1:Let her know, bro, hit her up. Be like hey, yo, abue, I got something right here for you. Yes, yes, it's fine. Last one Ready, we're going to do micheladas or una paloma.
Speaker 2:I'm going with micheladas bro.
Speaker 1:Your beer guy.
Speaker 2:Every day. I mean it's all right been bumping corridos lately. Oh yeah, what you listen to fuerza regida, peso pluma. What's the radar? Yeah, I love, I love. Uh, man, I love peso pluma like crazy bro yeah amazing man and actually there's a crazy story that I was in the same room with him, bro like really he blew up bro like I know of him. You know, like we was in the same room, we were like yes, bro, and he's from there too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he is so he's from there and, like I know people that know him, you him, like you said, we're one person away.
Speaker 1:Dude, literally one person away. I love how you said that that's dope as fuck.
Speaker 2:So yeah, man, I love Peso Pluma, I love Fuerza Regia. Who else man? I don't even want to say who I don't like, I'm going to leave it at those two.
Speaker 1:Those are my favorites.
Speaker 2:But I did ask you Cor you um corridos or reggaeton? And you did say reggaeton.
Speaker 1:So what's the reggaeton radar looking like man shout out davey, bro, I'm gonna get a feature from baby bro.
Speaker 2:He just got a feature on bad bunnies yeah, I did see that he's on the way up. Man, he's one of my favorites.
Speaker 1:I saw him, uh, fire I went to billboard music latin week in miami and I was able to be with all these people so davey was there. Um who else is this? This other guy, davey? Um Psycho. They're like artists that are like not up up you know what I'm saying but they're like working on, they're like their features they're future artists um, so you got Davey. Who else?
Speaker 2:man I like, uh, let me see Reggaeton. I mean you gotta go with Daddy Yankee, like I'll be listening to his stuff sometimes, but I really listen to a lot of Davey oh come on. Eladio. Carion, bro, come on, you can't. Eladio, I'm gonna get a feature from eladio too. Man, he's the hardest.
Speaker 1:Like last year was his way that he came, really because he got a feature on bad bunny stuff too I've actually I've never listened to him, man, he's not like my, because my style of reggaeton is more like a perreo. You know what I'm saying like I like the whole day, I like dancing room, yeah so I like upbeat shit yeah, like Fade I like Fade.
Speaker 2:I like Blessed.
Speaker 1:Blessed is amazing, blessed my readout right now is it's gonna be Fade. I like, like Spanish pop, so I like more like Manuel Turizo I don't know if you know who that is he's more, like I said, poppy Manuel Turizo. I was a big Karol G fan. Okay, karo G's dope, that's my wife Mamacita right.
Speaker 2:That's my wife. She can't be your wife, she can't be my wife. Shout out Faye bro, you did great.
Speaker 1:He really did, he really did. I'll let you have Karo G, but I give Becky G, you can have her.
Speaker 2:You can have her. She cool though, she cool though.
Speaker 1:I'll get a feature from her. So when I podcast, I also, it's all about you. But I also want do you have any questions for me? Anything that you want to know about me, bro?
Speaker 2:yeah, bro, what inspires you bro?
Speaker 1:oh man, that's just like such a hard question, but I got you, bro. Um, so what inspires me is pretty much lately, bro, what has been inspiring me a lot is immigrants, and the way that I tell you that is because my parents are immigrants, both of them. So when my parents came to the United States, they came with nothing you know what I'm saying and they gave me everything. There's not one thing that I have that they didn't give me. So I'm lucky enough that my dad has a good job, we live in a nice house, we live in a nice neighborhood. You know what I'm saying from someone who came from nothing.
Speaker 1:So now it's's my turn to give back, bro. It's like how can I give someone back? How can I give to someone who gave me everything? So not only that is right now. There's been a lot of immigrants coming into this country, refugees and all that types of people. So as they come, they leave their country, bro, like I said, with nothing, and they start here, they're working, they're going to school, and it's like, bro, I have all these opportunities, I speak english, I speak spanish, I have all these experiences, and why can't I do what I want to do? You know what I'm saying. So right now, that's what is inspiring me right now is is my family, but, like I said, immigrants yeah just kind of like someone coming from nothing yeah and um.
Speaker 1:My plan for next year is, like I said I want to move because I want to branch out to a different city with more experiences. So, like I said, if someone could come with nothing and they could do it, then that's me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, bro, I want to kind of talk about that a little bit too.
Speaker 1:Go ahead, because it's an important topic that needs to be talked about.
Speaker 2:It's like man living in Mexico. That's one thing I've seen, man.
Speaker 1:It humbled you First humbled firsthand.
Speaker 2:Oh man, mexico humbled me and they taught me a lot. But like seeing people that have nothing, bro, and like you know, I used to take the bus every day. That's, that's how you get humbled in mexico.
Speaker 1:If you want a?
Speaker 2:real experience in mexico. Take the bus, take the bus and um, like I was on the bus, bro, and I'll see like grown man, dude, grown man like bring paletas, you know, like the yeah, cooler, full of paletas in the bus and try to sell them to people, you know, for 10 pesos, which is like 50 cents, and that was his day, you know, trying to sell these paletas for 50 cents.
Speaker 1:That's crazy, bro.
Speaker 2:I was like man, you know, and then seeing like little kids with no shoes, like you know, like just asking for money, you know, like it really humbled me, so like I understand what you say. When people come here and they give up everything, like that's the beautiful part about this country, real, it's like there is a chance for you to build what you want.
Speaker 1:There really is. If you work hard, you know yeah.
Speaker 2:If you work hard and like keep your mind focused on a goal, like I said, the goal. So, bro, like I know what you mean, when I can understand and relate to where you come, from bro.
Speaker 1:No, so, dude, although this country gets a lot of hate, there's a lot going on right now but at the end of the day, you really you can do whatever you want, bro. You really can do whatever you want.
Speaker 2:I always tell people there's enough bread out here for everybody. Bro Dude, Don't be greedy. There's enough out here for everybody.
Speaker 1:My dream when I was younger. I always wanted to work downtown Chicago. So I remember one time I was in Chicago, small town kid with big city dreams so. I remember one time it might have been like my 22nd or 23rd birthday I was in the city with all my friends and we were at a rooftop. We're drinking and all you see is the skyline. Bro, and I'm like dude. I don't care what the fuck I do, but I want to work here one day and I was like but I don't have the experience.
Speaker 1:I don't have the knowledge. I didn't go to college. I don't know what am I gonna do in these tall ass buildings. And one of the guys was like look over there, bro, every single window is an opportunity.
Speaker 2:I was like that's some real ass. Every single window is an opportunity, bro.
Speaker 1:You can literally do whatever you want to do. When I was little I was, I always dreamed to go to premio nuestro, to billboard latino latin grammy's. Bro, dude, you know what I'm saying. You can do whatever the fuck you want, bro. Oh, yes, whatever you want, what's some advice you got for our listeners?
Speaker 2:Man, there's a lot of things. I love dropping gems. That's my brother, everybody around me. I drop them gems, drop them gems. So, man, if you want something, man, write that shit down. Write that shit down. That's the first thing I could start you with. Man you want, you want to get something, write it down and and everything like. I start my days off with the list, bro okay that's.
Speaker 2:That's one thing I do every day is like what I got today, I'm gonna write it down like, and then I even get so specific to times like I'll be like all right, from 8 30 to 9 30, I'm gonna take a shower oh right, you got that 9, 30 to. You know like and that's just how in detail sometimes you got to be, the more specific, like they said, smart goals back in school, like the more specific you are, the better it is.
Speaker 2:So like write your physically write that down. Physically write it down because we got thousands of millions of thoughts in our brains every day, bro, and we be forgetting shit, but it's normal all the time but if you write it down, bro, you put it into the world already know. So it's like you'll always see it. You'll always see it and it becomes like part of your brain you know, like you're thinking.
Speaker 1:I like that, bro.
Speaker 2:I'm definitely going to start One of my favorite things. I'm definitely going to start doing that, for sure no-transcript yeah, it feels like it feels the same exact way like 2020. You know the numbers like, and it feels like this is like everybody's done, the same kind of wavelength, so we're picking it up again, bro, like people are starting to, you know, feel inspired again and do stuff for themselves. It's important it is.
Speaker 1:It really is, bro um. So, as we're recording this podcast you know it's almost coming to an end, bro um one thing that I want to know is out of the hundreds, maybe, maybe even a thousand hundreds for sure pieces, yeah what are some of your favorite pieces you've ever picked up?
Speaker 2:all right, got you. There's two, but uh, one of my favorites. I love telling this story, so I had a. I had a. I go to this one place that sells uh, vintage or like just close by the pound yeah and, uh, one time it was me, it was one per person, so they have a big old bin. I don't know if y'all ever heard of the bin shout out to to the bins.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's the place I go, the bins man, and it was one per bin, so it was my homie, me and my brother next to me. And I was just digging through all that stuff. And then, out of nowhere, bro, I see this Tupac shirt in the back of the my brother. I'm like, bro, I think I just got a nice, a nice piece, but a nice piece, and I keep digging to see if there's more, but I didn't find anything else I go to it.
Speaker 2:I'm like dang, I flip it around. I'm like dang, this is a tupac rap t.
Speaker 1:It was like something very rare I didn't know how much it was valued nothing, I just know it was a grail. You knew it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was a great way so I was like dang everybody's congratulating me Like oh, you got the beast of the day, the best part, the best beast to ever come out of here, you know. I put it on my Instagram, bro, people are running it up, running it up, running it up.
Speaker 1:Oh, I was going to say do you keep? When you see something like that, do you want to keep it or do you want to sell it? Man, I but it wasn't my size.
Speaker 2:I was like a, like a large, you know, like a little too small for me. So I was like, okay, and then I put it online and I didn't know where I get a dm. Bro, like we said, dms are for opportunity yes so uh, boom, I get a dm. He's like I'll give you 2500 for that shirt right, I think we're gonna say 25 dollars 2 500 for a tupac shirt.
Speaker 2:Yes, and I was like, and I said no, I was like I love it, I love this shirt so much, bro, I'm no, I'm good I'm good, I'm gonna keep it. I'm like that's one offer. Who knows what else somebody could offer me oh shit, I was like nah, but then, like my car broke down, bro, and I was- like I said hey, yo bro, hey, I'm thinking about selling it bro.
Speaker 1:He's like I was, he's like but it had a rip in it too, like on the side. But he's like, I'll give you 23 right now and I was like I need that bro, I need to fix my alternator, bro, sold it bro, sold it bro. That's dope as fuck. That's one, bro, that's one. Let me hear you.
Speaker 2:Let me hear one more bro and then this one right here, man, this happened last, uh, last last summer. Okay, I was on facebook market just scrolling, but I see a garage sale that's like $5 on all these NASCAR t-shirts. So I'm like, oh man, all the people that live in Indiana, they're going to eat this up bro, they're going to be there early. I'm like it's like 8, 9 o'clock. I got to get there early. The garage sale starts at 8. I pull up, I leave here because Indiana is like an hour and a half, like that part it was like. So I get up at like four in the morning.
Speaker 1:Early as hell I know early as hell.
Speaker 2:But I'm like, bro, I got to be like one of the first people.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I get there, bro. I get there at like 5.55. I'm the only one there. I'm the only one there. I'm like ain't no way bro.
Speaker 2:You thought there was going to be a line like Black Friday or some shit, yeah, and then I'm just chilling. And then the lady opens the garage and then somebody else pulls up and it's a mom. So it's me versus the mom. Bro, we going crazy, we getting everything. And she's like, yeah, he was here first, so we're going. And then she's like calling to get the shirts for her son, so he's not answering. And then he picks up. He's like there's this dude, he's grabbing everything. He's grabbing everything, like what do you want?
Speaker 1:and I'm just I know it's worth it. I know it's worth it. So then I get just I know it's worth it, I know it's worth it.
Speaker 2:So then I get the jackets, I get like this Elvis, crazy Elvis shirt, and then in the back, in the back of the table, bro, I see these shoes just chilling bro. I'm like, ooh, what are those? Oh, no, I said what are those?
Speaker 1:What are those? I need those.
Speaker 2:I need those because I like Jordans. Yeah, they're Jordan 1 and I'm like, hmm, interesting. So I was like how much for these? She's like, since you're getting everything, I'll give you these for $100. $100?, $100. I spent $400 at that garage sale. And then I find out that those shoes were from 1985 Jordan 1s bro.
Speaker 1:What was the colorway? The black, red and white.
Speaker 2:It was red, white and black. Yeah, damn, and they were in really good condition, size 10. Like really no cracking and yeah, so it was crazy bro Did you sell them or keep?
Speaker 1:them no.
Speaker 2:I still have them. I wore them in my music video. Been on this, bro.
Speaker 1:If you haven't seen them. I wore them Been on this, yeah, bro.
Speaker 2:I wore them there because I was like I got to wear offered me ten thousand dollars for them, bro, and I said no.
Speaker 1:I said hey, you must not like money, bro. You keep talking about how you love money, but you want financial freedom or you gotta sell shit to make the money because listen all right, once it's time for michael jordan to leave this earth oh, that's what you're gonna do.
Speaker 2:It's gonna go like and I'm gonna pay a house and put a down payment on a house with those shoes bro yeah they were 10k right now and they're in really good condition. Imagine you know, that could be 30 000. You got them like I just got them chilling just chilling, not even in no special box, nothing after this podcast, you better put them somewhere.
Speaker 1:I know, right, I'm like hey, bro, I ain't gonna tell you where I stay.
Speaker 2:I live, I live somewhere. I live in no go. I live in no go, bro, you funny as hell.
Speaker 1:Damn, bro Dude. Those are two Dope ass stories. I love them. So, bro, it's all good. We're about to end, alright guys. So once again, bro Dude, thank you so much For being on today's episode. I really appreciate having you. I really enjoyed meeting you, bro, thank you. You're such a positive person, super like. I loved it, bro. I loved it. So go ahead and tell us About your new single, shout it out, and then your social media.
Speaker 2:I got you, bro, so my new single right now Ain't no Stoppin'. It drops the 17th of January this month, on Friday. Follow me on Spotify, Instagram, Jay Lamone official man, Jay Lamone everywhere. Follow me If you can subscribe to the YouTube channel. I'm trying to grow that so much new youtube so yeah, that's, that's where I'm at in a lot of places, man, but check it out. Ain't no stopping if you need something to motivate you this year to start, like we said, this is the year of change, this is the year of you know, getting on that journey of whatever that looks like for you, this can help you because you know you can't be, you can't stop.
Speaker 2:No, stopping ain't no stopping.
Speaker 1:100, bro, ain't no stopping. Make sure you guys follow him on Instagram, check him out on Apple and on Spotify, and make sure you guys check out Little Shy Podcast on Apple and Spotify. Turn your post notifications on so you guys are alerted whenever we got a new episode. And then, once again, guys, like I said, I'll be in Orlando for Podcast Fest. I can't wait to share all this new content for you guys and all the knowledge that I'll be learning so that I can expand and just keep this podcast going. So, once learning, so I can expand and just keep this podcast going. Um, so, once again, guys. Jay lamone, thank you so much for being on the podcast. I can't wait for anything else that you got left, and don't forget to come to his fashion show. I'm going to share all this shit on my instagram okay, jay lamone, thank you so much, bro.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much, bro.
Speaker 1:You are a blessing thank you, bro, peace out.