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SPEAKER_00 0:00

That's what you get when a queen and a board dragon weaving a fort and I'm up for these four. I'm gonna quit right now. Full of myself out for these bitches. Off my shit right now. Alone I'll slap these bitches. Really be holding it down. Bush my crap right now. Cracking still right now. He wanna wipe me. Don't like with me, drown me. So we live in there. Should be shopping there, carry some we didn't date him. I turn this picket counter to my second home. Right there, he wanna wipe me. Don't lack with me, drown me in high stuff. We didn't a dating boom. I turned this picket counters to my second home. You was my van, and you was up with my biggest man. Holding me and take kid and be buggy fans for taking shift to shop as trees of the message, sir. I was a bitch can't come with me, not gay. I was joking. And we drop each other case. Wrap a brown in you, half a town in you. Only you would click put it down in you. I would say I miss you. Wanna kiss you? Yeah, need a fish you find. I can't believe now I'm done on this. We need skimper five. Like the car cab make these houses put the whole city and a gift case. We need skimpy. Put the whole city in a gift. I turn this to it counter to my second part. He wanna pipe me. Look at what he drowned me and I still be shot in there, have a simple dynotin, room. I turn this to it, counter to my second part. If I fuck with you, you hold on me. Royalty, that's your me and yeah, he keeps on calling me, you dry. I ain't picked up my phone, cause he boring me. He ain't have another bitch. This pressure to find like the ride. It don't take me no effort. Ho, why you looking at me? You dreadless. I'm nasty in specific. You grading your senses. Mine's all VIP. I'm the best one. Chasin the families to the setting by the side. Chasing the families to the setting color side. He wanna wipe me. And I snuffing the nil. Should we? Shopping it, let us have we didn't date him rum. I turn into it counters in my second home. He wanna wipe me. Look the lack with me, drown me, and I snuffing the nil. Should be shopping in that was something we didn't take a rum. I turn into it counters in my second home. And we ain't checking for the price tag. Cashing out big. Yeah, he got bad. Like the car cab make these hoes. Just put the whole city in the gift. We ain't checking for the price tag. Cashing out gig. Yes, he got mad. Just like the car cab Mickey's hoes mad. Just put the whole city in a gift day. Ice on my chain. Shannon on my frame. But don't look too hard, honey. Custom CC's, custom glow. He spoilers me because I'm burnt there. But the track is over, but the money's pina run.

SPEAKER_01 3:44

Hey y'all, so what's up, y'all? This is your boy um AD, where we shine light on independent artists who are creative, incredible music, and making major moves. I'm your host today, and we'll be bringing amazing artists. We have a major artist joining us. She's an emergent RB and hip hop, hip-hop recording artist with ties in Delaware, Baltimore, and Atlanta. She's a songwriter, creative, visionary, and an artist building a lane completely of her own. Her music is confident, her sound is authentic. And her s his single My Ball is currently in rotation on My Station, Lyrical Lux, and multiple other stations. So everyone help me welcome Lacey. So we want to welcome you to the Indy Push Up Podcast. So we just want to just Thank you. Just how are you doing today?

SPEAKER_00 4:40

I'm good. How about you?

SPEAKER_01 4:41

I'm doing pretty good. So we're just gonna talk about like, you know, where we started from. Let everybody who does the know who you are, uh, just let them know where you get to start. What are your inspirations and all that?

SPEAKER_00 4:54

Well, I started in high school. So I recorded one song in high school, but I don't know what happened. I don't know what became of the song. And somebody had me come to like their at-home studio, and I was there and I said a few things on the song. But like I said, I never I never knew what happened to the song, but it definitely sparked something in me. Okay. And all through school, I used to keep a journal. I used to write poems and stuff like that. So I've always tried to keep being creative with my words and make sure that, you know, I always keep the creative spark going. But yeah, that's pretty much how it started. I always liked music. I like melodies. I like all kinds of all different genres of music. So that's pretty much how it started.

SPEAKER_01 5:34

Okay. Uh so what's your favorite uh genre?

SPEAKER_00 5:38

I like, I like, well, growing up, we listened to a lot of gospel. So I like gospel. And I also like, I like hip-hop, I like rap. I like a dive, like a diverse like kind of music. I like, so like, like when I hear something and it sounds good, I just like it no matter what genre. But I like gospel and I also like the genre that I'm in.

SPEAKER_01 5:58

All right. So let's talk about uh like where what was your inspiration for your song My Ball and Wifey?

SPEAKER_00 6:05

So my ball, because at the beginning of the year, I was like, I want to start going back to the studio more often. I want to put more music out. I just want to definitely like get my creative, like my spark back. And I was like, my ball came to me because it was like balls in my court. But I decided to do it is up to me. So that's how my ball came about. And I wrote that while I was in the studio. Wife Me came about because I heard like the I heard the someone sent me the the beat for it. And I don't know where wife me came from, but it came about. I had listened to the the instrumental first, and then I just started writing, and white me just, I just thought he wanna wipe me based on how slow it was.

SPEAKER_03 6:47

Right.

SPEAKER_00 6:47

You don't hear too many songs like that now. Like female rap, female artists don't typically like talk about being a wife today.

SPEAKER_03 6:58

Right.

SPEAKER_00 6:58

But I wanted to be different. That's why I did it that way.

SPEAKER_01 7:03

So by you saying that what makes you different from a lot of these female artists here that's trying to make a name for themselves?

SPEAKER_00 7:10

I think what makes me different is that I don't try to follow what's normal. Like I like to turn up, I like to get loose, I like dancing and all that stuff, like how they do. But a lot, I feel like a lot of female artists feel like they have to go a certain route to get attention. And I want to stay true to me and still get attention, like still stay in my lane. A lot, I feel like a lot of female artists today, a lot of them look and sound a lot like they look alike, like by the clothes they wear, how they do their hair, how they do their makeup. I mean, it's just the industry that we in. And we can we can all like, you know, follow that pattern. But I wanted to try and be different and stay true to who I am. That doesn't mean I don't like, I love their music. I like listening to the I love it all. But I feel like a lot of like female artists felt like they have to go that route for attention. Right. Or to like, you know, for the streams. So I was trying to like stay in my lane, which I won't I call my lane like precision glamour.

SPEAKER_01 8:08

So what's the what's the definition?

SPEAKER_00 8:11

In my opinion, precision glamour is glamorous. I'm sexy, but there's a precise way I'm doing it. I'm not doing it the way that they're doing it. Like those girlies too can be glamorous too in their own ways. They're more like an out in the open, like, you know, very, very sexy, provocative way. And I wanted mine to be precise. I want it to stay, like, you know, in my lane. So that's why I call it precision glamour.

SPEAKER_01 8:32

Okay. So, like, by you saying that, like, do you ever feel like because, or do you ever get discouraged because of how other females in the game might get the recognition that you that you think you deserve as well?

SPEAKER_00 8:45

I'm not gonna lie. Sometimes I'll be like, if I just get on like social media with like no clothes on, doing this, doing that, that would probably give me more attention. But I have to keep in mind like why I started and why and what I'm trying to accomplish. So it can, and I talk to other artists who feel that way, who don't like they might be a little bit more alternative. They like, you know, those girlies are definitely like they have like the they might have the following, they might have this, they might have that, but I just keep in mind like why I started and like this is what I started, and this is where I'm going, this is what I want. And I'm in a driver's seat, so no, I'm not gonna do what they do.

SPEAKER_01 9:26

I like that. So how how did like growing up in Delaware uh with connections to Baltimore and Atlanta influence your style of music?

SPEAKER_00 9:36

It influenced my style because I'm when I'm writing, I think about all kinds like the music I grew up with. Like in Baltimore, like they have like a certain kind of like club music, like DC, like dog music. So that influences me too. And then like in like Georgia, there's like, you know, gospel, there's there's gospel everywhere, like southern soul music, stuff like that. So like the songs that I'm like writing or songs I'm thinking about, like they I feel like I could like think about like those different genres or like where I've been or just like, you know, different lingo and like trying to tie it in. Eventually I will, but that's what I how I feel like that is it inspiring me, like being connected to those places, seeing those different places and like just the music. It's funny, like how like you could go to a place and like there's a music tied to that place. Like in Baltimore, there's a certain kind of music, and it's like, you know, and it's how there's this other soul. And it's it's becoming more like, you know, known throughout other parts of the world too, or the country. But I feel like that's just the beauty of music.

SPEAKER_01 10:35

Yeah, I agree with that. So I know that like you got your your songs are here in rotation. So just like artists just pretty much take a moment to just sit back and just think about, you know, where they came from to where they're at now to have other people just not like your team or your family hearing your music, like your your music is heard nationally and and international. So how does that like how do you put that in perspective of where you started and where you're at now?

SPEAKER_00 11:05

Where I started and where I'm at now, I feel like I'm still building because it's still some things that I want to accomplish. But my family, how they heard my music, like I didn't like play it for them, but they heard it because like they stumbled across my social media. Like my aunt, like I didn't tell her like about, you know, the music that I make, but she came across my social media and she called and asked me about it because she's like, you know, very religious, so she's not, she don't really like the music. So she called and asked me about it. And I just told her, like, you know, this is you know what I want to do, and this is how I'm, you know, how I'm choosing to express m express myself creatively. So yeah, it's been a I ain't gonna lie, it's been a challenge, like, you know, getting them to see me outside of a box.

SPEAKER_01 11:54

Right. Yeah, and I and I know like, you know, going to church and stuff, I I I've grown up in a church. My I'm a drummer. My mom pretty much was was like, hey, I don't want you listening to this, this, that, and and and dirt, and we we kind of was sneaking listening to to stuff because you know, you in the church, they want you to listen to church music, even though I feel like church music is just like regular music. It just, you know.

SPEAKER_03 12:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:18

It depends on how you how you how you spin it. So it's like, you know, for you to to just get out there on your own, despite, you know, the words, your lyrics, and and still do it regardless of whatever family says, I I commend that because a lot of people would probably have been like, hey, I'm not gonna do this. Let me just kick it back to the to the gospel sector. So uh I admire you for for you know stepping out, you know, making your own sound and you know being heard.

SPEAKER_00 12:47

Yes, thank you. And it was a challenge, I'm not gonna lie, it was a challenge because I'm like going into this, like I'm not like a lot of like family and stuff like that was not gonna support.

SPEAKER_03 12:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:59

So so how do you how do you deal with that? The the the non-supporters and the supporters?

SPEAKER_00 13:05

I just take it for what it is. Like I try not to let it weigh on me like heavy, like a blanket. I just like, okay, like going into this, I already knew what was what, but I just keep my eye on what I'm trying to accomplish, my goals, and the stuff that I have set for me. So I'm like, going into this already, I'm like, you know, that was a given. I'm like, it might not be much support from, you know, from who I want it from, but that's okay, because I gotta show myself that I can do this. So that I wasn't gonna let it stop me.

SPEAKER_01 13:36

So when you're singing, so which one do you prefer? For singing first or writing first? Or do you enjoy doing them both?

SPEAKER_00 13:44

I enjoy doing it both. I like writing. I I enjoy both. I like I like to write it and I like to get in the studio and record, and I like to, you know, hear my music and sing it back, you know, just wrap a lot of lyrics or sing it. But I really enjoy the writing process because you know that's when like everything comes together. So eventually I want to be a songwriter for other people as well.

SPEAKER_01 14:07

Okay. Well well we're gonna put well we're gonna put you out there uh so that there's some artists out here who need need some see some material that you can you can, you know, come out there and and you know, and help them and support them and all that, because I know a lot of artists out here, you know, they're putting out music, but sometimes they're not getting a re reception, but they there there's people in in might be in your DM, like, hey, you know, might not have supported you, but like, hey, I'll can you do a song? And like I guess I I always artists that as well too, like how do you feel like when people don't support but want you to support them?

SPEAKER_00 14:44

You know why? When they don't support and they still want the support from me, because you know that does happen a lot. I do show support. I'm I'm not a tit for tat person. Cause I'm like, not that I hope that they would turn around and support me because I'm supporting them, but I'm supporting, I'm I feel like I'm doing it for myself. I feel like I'm doing it to like show to myself like I'm not gonna be bitter in this. Cause it's gonna be a lot of people who w would probably want to openly support me, but won't because, you know, it's me. And like the industry and being like a female artist, it is very competitive. So there's a there's a lot, like female artists, like indie artists, independent artists, underground artists that, you know, they'll friend you on social media, but won't won't like a post, won't say nothing. They'll almost like they'll friend you to keep in, to keep, you know, keeping a loop with you. Like they want to keep they want to keep up with you. So I'll friend you so I can keep a close eye on you, but not necessarily to support you.

SPEAKER_01 15:48

Yeah, I I feel you on that. Um, I see it a lot. Um, just just just doing what I do. Sometimes people might not be like, hey, but then they see, hey, I I see a couple people you're working with. Now can you push my stuff as well? Like, it it it is what it is, you know. Don't don't do anything for me, but you know, sometimes people I feel like people should should should treat it the same way that they want to be treated because sometimes you get people out here and there they want to support and they're mad on social media because they're putting out music and people not liking it, but you go on you go on people's pages, they're not pretty much supporting. So I I like that you you have a positive outlook on that and that you know that you keep, you know, doing doing your thing. So who who inspired you musically growing up?

SPEAKER_00 16:35

Growing up musically, like as far as like rap artists or just people in general?

SPEAKER_01 16:39

Just people in general.

SPEAKER_00 16:41

Like, I like like Lil Kim, the Foxy Browns, you know, those female rappers. And I know some rappers like back in the 80s, like I had like I came across like just like from them like being on TV and like them, I think it was like a BT Light, like hip hop honor awards or something.

SPEAKER_04 16:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:00

And I can't recall, I think like MC Light was on there. I was like, oh, but I've never listened to her music. But I'm like, hearing her and seeing her on stage was like, wow, she had such a stage presence. It was like, I was like, I wish, I wish I was their age in the 80s, because those female rappers, like, they actually had bars then. So yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 17:18

Yeah, I'm I'm an 80s baby, so you made me feel you make me feel old right now.

SPEAKER_00 17:22

So I'm not trying to, I'm not trying to no, listen, that wasn't my intention, but I'm just saying like hearing like the the female rap, just like rap in general from that time era was like very different. Like you it's almost it's like not to say like artists today are not creative or they're not talented, but it was like it was a different, it was like a different breed thing.

SPEAKER_01 17:44

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I think back then with with music musicians from today, even though I think more of it was more of storytelling of just life that you know they was really actually going through. And then they just put it in like, hey, they was out somewhere and something happened and just like let me just put it in a story and just flow with it. Now I I listen to a lot of it, I don't and I like the beat. But like I can listen to the song about like probably about six, seven times for actually be like, I actually like the song. But like I'd be like, you know, I don't know what the I don't have it, I don't know what's being said, but I know I like the beat. But like I I'm I'm I'm an 80 baby and I and I and you know I I just love the the creativity, the the originality. When they told the story, it was it was something they live, not perpetrating that, hey, I'm I'm out here living something that I really don't. So um that's good then. All right.

SPEAKER_00 18:43

So I'm glad you I'm glad you tap into uh the the 80s the 80s, 90s On only because I ended up seeing it like it come across on like I'm not saying that I wouldn't have eventually, but I was like when I saw it, it just made me realize that that was definitely like that to like that was in that time like compared to now is definitely rare.

SPEAKER_01 19:03

Right. And I I feel like there's some there's some rare MCs, artists, and musicians that some of them are carrying that that 80s, 90s torch, doing it, doing it the way that they want to do it. Cause I know a lot of people is you know now going independent, which you you keep all your money instead of signing with a a label. On thing is it's just hard that that you everything's coming out of pocket. So um so that's that's just it that's just the hard thing about it.

SPEAKER_00 19:32

But you know, and I wish that like people understood that about like like an indie artist. It's like that everything is on you. Like, you know, that all of it falls on you from like bookings to this to that, you know, the all the financial aspects. I mean definitely is on you.

SPEAKER_01 19:49

So I guess going into that, like what advice would you give like female independent artists that's trying to get started out like you, like you're doing right now?

SPEAKER_00 19:58

I would say to have thick skin and don't take everyone's opinion to heart. Like everyone will have an opinion about what you're doing, and but you know, you are creative, you're a visionary, you're an artist before anybody had an opinion on why you're doing it or how you could be doing it better. And also to have the right people around you, even if you start off like by yourself and you build, you, you know, intentionally, strategically build a team around you that you know is gonna have your best interest at heart. And that may take some time to vet those people out, but that's okay. Like, even if you feel like you're alone on an island by yourself, because it can feel that way. Like you're wondering, like, when is like like that manager gonna come through that's gonna help you manage your day-to-day? Or when is this person gonna, you know, come around that's gonna help me like manage like all the operations behind the scene, but don't be in a rush, because it might be a lot of people that come at you and say, like, I wanna manage you, I wanna just don't be too eager to jump, like look deep before you leave. Because you don't want to get hooked up or hemmed up with the wrong people around you, and then things can go crazy.

SPEAKER_01 21:07

Yeah, I I I agree with that. I'm glad that you you said that because a a lot of artists I you know talk to is you tell them like to register your music.

SPEAKER_00 21:17

The whole business side of that.

SPEAKER_01 21:18

Yeah. And if and if please, I I always tell them all, please, if you were gonna deal with a manager, read the contract. Like don't get caught up into a shady contract where you're not getting paid, but they they're getting all the money.

SPEAKER_00 21:31

So they get all the money, they getting like the percentages, like the split. Some of these splits be crazy. Like, what?

unknown 21:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:39

I've seen some, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:42

So I mean, uh I mean you can talk about your experiences of what like what you've seen, and and you know, because that that that can hopefully help some of these other artists out here that that's that's out here trying to figure out their own way.

SPEAKER_00 21:54

Well, I have. I've seen some crazy splits. I've seen some splits or you know, some contracts where there Like, like they basically take like the whole creative control. I feel like if you lose creative control of you, your brand, your person, your artist, like why why'd you what are you in this for? Are you, you know, that's how I feel. But I I tried to like do my best to like research and so and move very strategically and learn the business side of it, like you say, like register your music, you know, find out what the ass cap or BMI is like, or you know, distributions and stuff like that. Don't be too eager to like rush out into things.

SPEAKER_01 22:34

All right. I agree. So with you being in being in music doing your thing, uh, what artists help shape your musical identity?

SPEAKER_00 22:44

I would say I like Lauren Hill. She's a fierce artist. And I like, you know, like the little Kims and like, you know, the Foxy Browns. And like, even today, like in modern times, I like Cardi B, I like Sexy Red, I like a, I like them all. But I would say Lauren Hill because she was definitely in her own lane.

SPEAKER_03 23:07

Right.

SPEAKER_00 23:07

Like she was, and she was abstract. Like, there wasn't anyone like her that looked like her, that, you know, at the time, you know, when rap for female, you know, artists be could become a little bit more provocative. She still stayed in her lane. And she, you know, her music was definitely, I think she only made one album, but still, like, even like that one album alone is iconic. So I would say Lauren Hill. And I like Nicki Minaj. I like, I like them all, but I'm I'm definitely gonna go with like, you know, Lauren Hill.

SPEAKER_01 23:39

All right. So you describe yourself as an abstract and relatable. Uh that's that's a powerful uh description of yourself that uh that that you that you describe yourself as. So what exactly does that mean to you?

SPEAKER_00 23:55

Um to me, that looks like me, like staying true to who I am. But naturally, I wouldn't say like I'm an introvert. I like quiet moments, but I like also like the the other side of it. I like being like, you know, on display. I like, you know, I'm gonna say I like being vulnerable because that's what it takes in this industry. Like now you can't, it's not enough for you to be an artist. Like you can't just push your music. You gotta also like do content. You gotta be, you definitely have to be personable, you gotta be likable, you gotta be relatable. Like, it's not enough for you to be salesy. Like, don't don't come in this like and just being salsy. You definitely have to show like why you building your fan base. Okay, so why should I be your loyal fan? Like, what what about you make should you know, should make me go stream your music? Like, don't that's what I I feel like is that's what it's gonna take.

SPEAKER_01 24:51

Okay. So uh when you when when people because I I know you got a lot of content on your on your page. So like when you when people come through and they they listen to your songs and they like, oh, that's fire, or where can I find that? And how do you feel at that moment to to get that that positive reception?

SPEAKER_00 25:10

That feels good. It is definitely like it gives me like a push to like keep going. So it's definitely like a proud moment. Like, like I think to the times where like, oh, I don't want to do this no more, or it was getting harder, or moments where I felt stuck, or you know, and I'm still growing, I'm still learning, I'm still evolving in this business and this industry. But even like as an independent artist, there's times when like you're constantly like hitting the wall. So it's definitely it's definitely like you like, oh my gosh, like, you know, just whatever the thing might be. So it's definitely it feels good to have people connect and to have people say they like my music, or oh, that's all right, I like it, I'm gonna stream it, or I'm gonna add it to my playlist. It it's a proud moment.

SPEAKER_01 25:53

Yeah. And uh there's like I just say, just keep doing what you're doing. Stay ca stay consistent. And, you know, so let people like hear what you have, uh the original originality and the creativity that you bring because uh it's gonna take you a a a long, long way because of even l I l I listen uh being reviews and some of the music with even the the the females sounds, all of it sounds kinda like pretty much the same. It's the same. So like so I sit down and you know listening to your music. I thought, okay, like she's she's doing it, but you know, she's doing it in a classy way, but she's she's still she's edgy with it and she's still getting the get getting the point across of what she's what she's trying to trying to trying to do. So like I would just tell you just keep keep doing it the way that you're doing it. Don't don't sell out in the game.

SPEAKER_00 26:50

So thank you. Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 26:53

So let's walk your fans and supporters to your songwriting process. Uh does the melodies come first, the lyrics, or does there's inspiration just hit you unexpectedly?

SPEAKER_00 27:08

It's sometimes it depends. It could be a combination of those, or it could just be like, I might just like I might be in the car and like, oh, I think of like something I can write about, or I could be like thinking of like hearing something in my head, like, okay, I can get a melody, let me like listen for, or let me look for, or let me ask for an instrumental or a beat, and then I start writing. But most of the time, like when I write, I write the verses first. I don't know why. Like, there's no real reason why I go in that order. Like I'll write like the verses first, and then I'll write, like, you know, I'll get the hook, and then then I'll get to the studio, and then like, you know, the producer, the engineer might, you know, help me like form different things or like, you know, all that, let's add this, let's add that. But for the most part, I write my verses first, and I hear like a melody, or if I listen to the instrumental, that might help me write, you know, the song.

SPEAKER_01 28:03

Okay. So uh also uh could you describe your your your experience in the studio when it when everything just flows and and then you put it all together?

SPEAKER_00 28:14

Mm-hmm. Right. So that looks like I might have a structure for a song. There's a couple of times I went to the studio where I had the structure for the song, but not necessarily the whole song written, but I knew the direction I wanted to go. So you I got there and I explained it to the producer or the engineer or whoever, and just like, you know, I have this song, it's structured, like I have like the skeleton of it, you know, help me make it to, you know, a song. And so, you know, we just go from there. But it definitely helps when you have other people there to help you be creative, even though I feel like I'm I'm creative on my own. But there might be certain or certain other things that I might be missing out on, or in other people's input can help too.

SPEAKER_01 28:58

All right. So the confidence in the records that or in the songs that you make is undeniable. What is based on personal experience when you create your music?

SPEAKER_00 29:11

Which ones are based on personal experiences? Yes. Which songs are mine?

SPEAKER_04 29:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:16

I think I think all of my songs are based on, like, they're personable. Like I can relate to like all of my music, which is why I wrote it. But my ball, I would say, is definitely the one that I'm like, that really well, all of them mean something to me, but my ball definitely, just like the the title alone is just like my ball, like the balls in my course. I would say that that one is more personable, more relatable. And then all the other songs I wrote, they all have like bars in there that like mean something to me. Might just be a bar to like the the listener, but definitely, you know, means something to me.

SPEAKER_01 29:59

Alright. So uh what has the uh the uh the response been so far from my ball?

SPEAKER_00 30:11

So I performed like not all of my music I performed live, but that one, most of the time I performed, you know, when I performed, I performed it live. And the response has been pretty good. So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:25

So what what what surprises have you that most of you by the reactions? Are you surprised by the reactions that you've been getting from your fans out there or you just you knew we should take it out?

SPEAKER_00 30:36

I I'm surprised by the the amount of people that tell me, like, you know, keep going, don't stop. Like encouragement. I'm surprised by that because like I said, when I went into this, I kind of felt like I wasn't gonna have the support like, you know, from like, you know, personal like people around me. So like when I get the support, when I get the encouragement, it's definitely mind-blowing. I'm like, wow, there's people that are really like rooting for me that want to see me keep going, want to see me evolve, want to see me grow in this.

SPEAKER_01 31:08

Yeah, I mean, because you you you're doing it, like I said before, you're doing it the right way. And even when I heard you when you that you sent me the song, I was like, okay, yeah, we got something here. I've so I get pretty much get the numbers probably like next week so I can really see like what the reception is on my end with the song. But I know like my my thing is just to get the artists out there. So we might we easily push it on, shout out to my uh guy on one of 103.7 when he does Monday night reviews for new new music coming out, so easily everybody sends their music to him, he plays it. Usually he might put it in w rotation. If if if it's fire, so like that's what we gotta keep keep doing and keep pushing music. Because like we we can't do it by ourselves unless y'all do y'all thing and and and and give us the music so we can you know support y'all and and and be like, hey, uh you need to check check them out and you know, 'cause the biggest thing is networking. And I feel like a lot of people out here you know, are not networking. They just want expect you just to be like, hey, here's my song, listen to it, and try to do some collaborations. Like it's to me it's more than that, but you know, like I said, it even with you, you you move you move, you I would say calculate, but you move you move smooth with it. Like so it's like you you out there and you're doing your thing, and if people don't pay attention, then they're gonna they're gonna miss out on a on uh on a good talent. So yeah, so so don't so don't lose lose your inspiration. I know you're indie artists, sometimes it ain't easy, but just don't lose your gift. Don't get discouraged and don't lose your gift and don't think that you gotta sell out to make it. Because uh I I look at people pages too, and a lot of them have uh almost 50,000 likes. But if you look at some of the videos, they got ten ten likes on the video. I really I really don't trip about those numbers, but like I just I just like tell any artists just hey, just just don't lose the the uh creative identity of the music. Just keep going.

SPEAKER_00 33:22

Mm-hmm. Thank you so much for that. I really appreciate it.

SPEAKER_01 33:27

So I'm gonna hit you with some rapid fire questions. So we're gonna start off with your favorite food.

SPEAKER_00 33:32

Uh my favorite food is I don't know why, but I feel like it's fried chicken. Fried chicken anytime.

SPEAKER_01 33:41

Yeah, same, same.

SPEAKER_00 33:43

Yeah, it's definitely I think it's fried chicken.

SPEAKER_01 33:46

All right. Uh favorite city.

SPEAKER_00 33:49

My favorite city is I like Miami. I really like Miami.

SPEAKER_01 33:55

I figured you were gonna say that. Studio day or s or stage performance?

SPEAKER_00 34:02

Stage performance.

SPEAKER_01 34:03

Alright, why you why why are you picking stage performance?

SPEAKER_00 34:07

Because I get to connect with people in real time. I get to show, you know, you know, perform my work, what I've been working on, and just get like feedback in real time.

SPEAKER_01 34:20

Alright. Okay. Night owl or early bird?

SPEAKER_00 34:24

Night owl.

SPEAKER_02 34:25

Alright. Uh what's your favorite movie?

SPEAKER_00 34:30

I would say my favorite movie is Carlito's Way.

SPEAKER_02 34:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 34:35

Uh your dream collaboration.

SPEAKER_00 34:38

My dream collaboration would be, let's see. If I could get on a song like okay, with two people with Lauren Hill and the other person would be Lil Yachty. Because he's Okay.

SPEAKER_02 34:57

Yeah. Alright, favorite song you ever written?

SPEAKER_00 35:01

My favorite song I ever written was a song I wrote called Daddy Era.

SPEAKER_02 35:08

Alright. And why was that your favorite?

SPEAKER_00 35:12

It was it's my favorite because it was one of like the first songs that I wrote like from start to finish by myself.

SPEAKER_01 35:19

Alright. One word that describes you.

SPEAKER_00 35:24

Um one word that describes me is I'm gonna say I don't know. I'm gonna say spontaneous.

SPEAKER_01 35:36

Okay. Alright. So we're gonna we're gonna talk about wife me, but I wanna know what it the message do you hope when women hear the song, what do you want them to gain from when they listen to it?

SPEAKER_00 35:50

I want them to gain, like, the game, like, you know, self-respect is the first one of them. And if they desire to be a wife, I I hope they realize and they understand, like they make that clear to whoever is in their life or whoever, you know, their partner is, and make sure you know that you're a gem, you're a prize, and that you're special, you're unique too.

SPEAKER_01 36:14

So I like that.

SPEAKER_00 36:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 36:16

So we're gonna talk about you working with G H E Production. Uh, how was that collaboration?

SPEAKER_00 36:23

It's good. He actually, that's who gave me the the the beat for uh White Me.

SPEAKER_03 36:30

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 36:30

Um, yes, and it's a great production team. I mean, he works for other artists as well. He's a product, he's from Baltimore, but right now he's in um North Carolina.

SPEAKER_03 36:41

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 36:42

But yeah, he definitely produced another song that I'm on. It's unreleased, but it's called Girls Trip. So we're hoping to get it out probably by the middle of July.

SPEAKER_03 36:53

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 36:54

And so it's a collaborative song. Like me and like three or four other female artists were on it. And it's basically about us taking a girls' trip and us just having the like the time of our life on this girls' trip. It's very, it's it's a fun song. It's it's a real fun song.

SPEAKER_01 37:10

Well, uh, when you get when you get it done, um, just just make sure to send that to me as well. If you can, if you can send me wife me as well as well, so I can I can put that on rotation for you. And we go from there. Do you think today's music needs more record cup celebration commitment?

SPEAKER_00 37:32

Today's music, do I think they it needs more celebration or commitment?

SPEAKER_02 37:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:38

I think so. I think like, I think in today's music, it's it's it's easier to get it's like celebrated people who like to listen to it extremely just because we have social media. I mean, I don't know what it was like like before, you know, my time. I imagine they had to be very strategic on how they got it out to in front of people, how they pushed it. So marketing had to be top tier. But I feel like with the internet, like you can market yourself, you can get yourself in front of whoever with social media. So I feel like I feel like it's headed in the right direction as far as like it being celebrated. I mean, I'm pretty sure there's like room for improvement, but with the the internet, like you, if you could like celebrate as an artist, celebrate yourself, celebrate your own music.

SPEAKER_01 38:24

All right.

SPEAKER_00 38:25

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 38:26

So this this is your part of the floor. So, you know, where we can, your fans and supporters can know when you're when your EP is dropping, you know, if you got any tour dates, and pretty much what's next for you.

SPEAKER_00 38:40

So G H E production is actually getting together like a collaborative EP. And I will be like a few of my songs will be on there. So individually, I don't really have an EP yet, but I'm working towards, I'm working towards building my, to building up, you know, my songs getting back in the studio. I had, I've been doing like all these podcasts and like my drops here lately that should be dropping soon. I just did a director's share interview today. So I've been all over the place. I've been, I was just like like seminate this morning, just going from here to there, like networking and doing this interview, doing that interview. So definitely working on like networking and building and getting back into the studio when I have the time to so I can work. I have like two songs that I unfinished. So next week is my time to like get in the studio. I don't have like any like interviews and stuff like actually like get into back into the studio and actually finish what I started.

SPEAKER_01 39:40

Okay. All right, we're looking forward to that. How can your fans and supporters find you on uh how can they find your music and how can they find you on social media?

SPEAKER_00 39:50

They can find my music on wherever they stream, music on all major streaming app platforms, like Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, all the major platforms. And you can also tell Alexa to play it too. If you got an Echo Pop or your whatever you have, Apple phone, whatever, tell Alexa to play it, because she'll she'll can play it too.

SPEAKER_03 40:12

All right.

SPEAKER_00 40:12

Yeah, Alexa can play it too. And I have Instagram, I have a Facebook, I have TikTok. So on Instagram, my name is Lace, so it's L-A-C-E dot underscore T-I-N-I underscore. So it's Lace dot underscore teeny underscore. And then on Facebook, it's Lacey Keisha. So that's L-A-C-E-Y space, K-E-Y-S-H-A. And then on TikTok, my name is Lace L A C E underscore Tini. T-I-N-I underscore.

SPEAKER_01 40:49

All right. Do you have any any shout-outs you want to give or you want to anything you'd like to say to some to your supporters or fans?

SPEAKER_00 40:56

Yes, I want to give a shout out to all the studios and stuff that I that I've been to, all the producers, all the engineers that I work with. Thanks for working with me. Thanks for getting through with me. Fans, supporters, everybody. GHE Productions, thank you so much. Because they have definitely been like, you know, a push for me as well. And then all my family, friends, and supporters, family that's coming around slowly but surely. Yes, I want to thank them too. But yeah.

SPEAKER_01 41:24

All right. So we're coming to a close. I appreciate you taking the opportunity to be able to do that.

SPEAKER_00 41:29

Thank you for having me. Thank you so much.

SPEAKER_01 41:32

Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. I want thank you for taking out your time with us. We just want you to keep creating, keep inspiring, keep making great music. To everybody listening, make sure you stream my bowl and my and brand new single Wife Me. Support independent artists, support real music. This has been another edition of Push Your Independent Radio A D. Until next time. Peace, love, and music. Alright, I appreciate your time. Thank you for for coming through. I mean, I will see you after I get with everything I see in the interview to your email so you can have it to to share it.

SPEAKER_00 42:14

Cool, thank you so much.

SPEAKER_02 42:16

I appreciate you.

SPEAKER_03 42:18

Okay, bye.