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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Welcome Wildchild
01:26 - Madlib LA Tribute Benefit Show
10:02 - Final Thoughts on the Event
10:15 - Organizing the Madlib Benefit Concert
14:02 - Supporting Al-Adin Fire Victims
16:59 - Upcoming New Music Releases
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[Applause]
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yes indeed man listen that that
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freestyle was a good friend of mine we
0:04
go way back when he was just a youngster
0:06
Heather B growing up listening to the
0:09
radio right right him and the whole crew
0:11
man you know he he's from crews like
0:14
Loot Pack shout out to the Loop Pack
0:16
what up come on man this dude is a true
0:18
Renaissance guy bam MC he does it all
0:22
shout out to DJ Romes shout out to Mad
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Live come on shout out to the Liquid
0:28
Crew was all affiliation right i wanted
0:31
to welcome him back the one and only
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Wild Child is here wild Child wow salute
0:35
salute man big ups to y'all big ups to
0:38
y'all man you good man i'm good man i'm
0:40
good trying to keep everybody in good
0:42
spirits i'm trying to stay in good
0:43
spirits myself and just keep continuing
0:46
on this new year man sometimes reality
0:48
hits us and you know and and we just had
0:51
a conversation i had a conversation
0:53
recently my mother told me about focus
0:55
and she was like "Son stay focused." Yes
0:58
you're going to have a lot of pitfalls
1:00
and distractions along your path to take
1:02
you off your dean knock you off your
1:04
square put you in a whole different
1:06
mindset and a whole different spirit
1:08
that doesn't belong to you exactly
1:10
somebody trying to lend you their drama
1:12
right they trying to lend you their
1:14
drama they trying to lend you their
1:16
worry right their dysfunction they
1:19
trying to put it on you man stay focused
1:22
young man stay focused you going to be
1:25
all right you got something huge that's
1:27
happening coming up next week that I'm
1:29
proud to be a part of it it's the um Mad
1:32
Love LA tribute to Mad Lib and benefit
1:34
show April 16th at the Echoplex here in
1:38
LA um man we celebrating and raising
1:41
funds and giving flowers for those who
1:44
for the Aladena LA Fire Relief and
1:47
you're very instrumental in putting this
1:48
together wild Child is here
1:50
heather man welcome back family thank
1:54
you man welcome home word up that's
1:57
crazy you say that that's exactly what
1:58
everyone said to me on my first trip to
2:00
Africa welcome home i was tripping it
2:02
was bananas that That's a title on the
2:04
new album w I called it Welcome Home
2:06
called Welcome Home welcome with Quali
2:08
yeah man it was That's crazy where did
2:11
you land in Ghana or We was in We was in
2:13
Johannesburg Zanzibar and Suetto okay
2:17
and um I didn't stay as long as the
2:19
fellas did but that was my first trip
2:21
ever being out there and it just shifted
2:23
my whole mindset and that was two years
2:24
ago and I barely wrote about it which is
2:27
going to be on the new project but I
2:29
just remember landing from the airport
2:31
to every business just walking around
2:35
and there's people who didn't know
2:36
recognize who we were or nothing like
2:38
that welcome home everywhere welcome
2:40
home it was I was getting chills
2:42
everybody's tearing up and so what did
2:45
that mean to you though why why you
2:47
think you were getting chills and tears
2:50
i just feel
2:51
like their struggles their pain their
2:54
life their lives they lived and their
2:56
experiences they feel so disconnected or
2:59
they feel we feel so disconnected so the
3:01
moment I said you know where I was and
3:03
where I'm at and he was like "Where you
3:05
from?" And I said "Oh no i'm from Yeah
3:08
no where are you from you know and it
3:09
went to a further conversation it just
3:11
developed the whole vibe and you know as
3:13
soon as I checked my hotel the female
3:15
was like "We're going to teach you some
3:17
swuahi real quick." They taugh so that
3:19
whole day that was my mission the whole
3:20
day is to start learning i was you know
3:22
and I wrote that's literally what I'm
3:24
telling right now is in the song and I
3:27
and I I did that it's just crazy you
3:29
bring that cuz I did that and
3:32
flip tribes left my wallet in Elsagando
3:36
which just celebrated with 35 years el
3:38
Sagando 35 year anniversary i I've
3:40
revisited that vibe on this joint left
3:43
my my felt my spirit in sutoto felt my
3:47
spirit in suetto i felt my spirit
3:50
straight up in straight up that's how it
3:52
sounds that's how it's exactly how it
3:53
sounds wow man it's interesting how we
3:56
define home and and I'm looking at you
3:59
know me coming back to LA i've been
4:02
getting that same response come on man
4:04
welcome home that's that come on man you
4:07
so monumental i just did another
4:08
interview yesterday talking about the
4:10
days of just trying to
4:14
get Kday Uhhuh on my radio when I grew
4:18
up and that was like the that was like
4:21
uh craziness and just the progression of
4:24
all those years and trying to find out
4:26
what we was trying to do and staying out
4:28
of trouble with Mad Pops and then and
4:30
then cats like you and the BJ just like
4:33
y'all kind of like were so pivotal to so
4:36
many people's like you know origin story
4:38
in this West Coast vibe so come on man
4:40
man welcome home man shout out to the
4:42
Beat Junkies legendary Collective right
4:44
there got to salute the Beat Junkies
4:46
talk about any history out here if you
4:49
don't mention the beat junkies your talk
4:50
is
4:52
bogus you know and and when you think
4:54
about home we home is something that's
4:56
special and dear to our hearts right we
4:58
we hold a lot of memories when we talk
5:00
about home we we it's a safe haven it's
5:03
a it's a subconscious safe haven and
5:05
when home is you know um unhinged you
5:09
know you you feel a you feel a ne the
5:11
necessity to help reconstruct and that's
5:14
what we're doing this week with the
5:15
Madloa tribute the Mad Lib and Benefit
5:18
Show this is April 16th uh people could
5:22
go to madloa.com for tickets but what is
5:26
the state of tickets well the vibe is
5:28
that it is sold out but I was told
5:30
recently there will be a limited number
5:32
of tickets that may be a different price
5:34
at the door just like any normal venue
5:36
okay okay certain tickets go on sale but
5:38
you know at a certain point if you
5:40
happen to arrive at the door which the
5:42
suggestion is to arrive early
5:45
get any form of transport cuz parking
5:46
might be crazy and if you're able to
5:48
stumble upon some door tickets prayers
5:52
are with you prayers are with you that's
5:53
all we can say people been talking about
5:55
this show since we made this
5:56
announcement i mean folks are calling me
5:58
up for tickets and you told me Sway I
6:00
ain't got tickets for you i was like
6:02
damn i bought tickets for my family you
6:04
bought tickets for your family you know
6:05
why cuz this this is not a concert yeah
6:07
this is a gathering of of of the
6:11
collective few to do something right for
6:13
my brother if I was in the same boat I
6:15
could only imagine asking everyone to do
6:17
what they're doing so this is not like a
6:19
normal venue where you can you know and
6:20
I'm guilty of it waiting till the last
6:22
minute to try to get on some form of a
6:24
guest list at a friend's event and this
6:26
is the same thing it's not it's not
6:28
shaped or the plan wasn't shaped in that
6:31
form so it was just you know let me get
6:33
these tickets because a ticket
6:34
technically is a donation and people
6:36
still can donate okay and even if you
6:39
can't make it that day there's going to
6:41
be a live stream so and I think I think
6:44
there may be a fee to to access the live
6:46
stream also on that so what we're
6:48
talking about is this for anybody in
6:51
Southern California even beyond if you
6:53
want to help out people who um just lost
6:56
their lives um you know lost their homes
6:58
lost their property been uprooted this
7:01
is what this is for it's a benefit
7:03
concert for those who suffered in the
7:05
Aladena LA fires right and this is for
7:07
fire relief there's a lot of people
7:10
lined up to perform this is taking place
7:12
April 16th yes echoplex is where
7:16
oh snap let me get this okay well while
7:18
you getting that get get who's
7:20
performing i want people to know who's
7:21
performing so it's worth the donation it
7:23
it is it's going to be a heavy few
7:25
that's rocking with us and a couple of
7:26
special guests as well lena Forier DJs
7:29
like JRock shoot house shoes Gas Lamp my
7:34
boy soundtrack Rhythmatic Mona Lisa is
7:37
going to be coming through showing love
7:38
the homie DJ Roomes you know he's going
7:40
to definitely represent Spinner who was
7:41
real monumental in uh setting it off in
7:44
New York um New Mark and the homie
7:47
Alchemist so besides them you know you
7:49
got MC's like myself and Planet Asia and
7:52
um Blue and um Mick Jenkins is going to
7:55
be there yep mick Jenkins uh-huh um oh
7:59
no's even going to be rocking um
8:01
there'll be a few couple of special
8:03
guests Tash from the Alcoholics um I
8:07
think I'm going to have to leave the
8:08
surprises for the night of but I
8:11
definitely got to speak on the fact that
8:13
people got to understand that the homie
8:15
Mad Lib is still going through it so he
8:17
will not be able to be present a lot of
8:19
people might be expecting that and I
8:20
don't want to set any false um
8:23
expectations expectations and stuff like
8:25
that because you know he's still going
8:28
through it you know what I'm saying so
8:29
and it's it's crazy because even though
8:31
we've been planning this for a minute
8:32
and went to New York to try to help root
8:35
behind him and all this stuff there's
8:36
still people I'm finding out that were
8:38
in the fire i didn't know yeah like a
8:39
week ago I'm finding out because they're
8:42
even more private most people don't put
8:43
their you know information out there
8:45
that what what may have happened to the
8:47
and then the funds are going to go for
8:49
people not just Mad Live people who just
8:52
many people who suffered in the Aladina
8:54
LA fires right correct okay uh Heather B
8:56
you want to get in yeah because those of
8:58
you um when Sway asked about Echoplex
9:00
listen it's a live music venue here in
9:03
Los Angeles the address is 1154 Glendale
9:06
Boulevard yeah in Los Angeles so 1154
9:09
Glendale Boulevard pull up it's a live
9:11
music venue and it looks beautiful i'm
9:12
checking it out online yes all ages all
9:14
ages from seven we're gonna hold it down
9:17
till 1 in the morning okay and and so
9:19
Wednesday April 16th is when this is
9:22
taking place doors are opening early i
9:24
want people to get there as early as
9:26
possible yes get situated get seated
9:28
right it's going to be a family affair
9:30
right wild is hosting and guess who's
9:33
co-hosting have the be Let's go um King
9:36
Tech no tech Tech will be there as a Let
9:40
me tell you this if Tech show up he'll
9:42
be co-hosting too he'll be working too i
9:43
know you put people to work yeah man
9:45
heather you want to come with me sway
9:47
who's host co-hosting uh I'm I'm
9:50
co-hosting with Wild T there you go you
9:53
want to come putting me at work no no no
9:56
show up man we'll throw out
9:58
on performance do you Heather do you
10:02
stop it okay all right we got Tracy and
10:04
Mike in uh in New York y'all want to ask
10:06
them anything about this um straight
10:07
ahead benefit yes hey Wild Child so
10:10
happy to have you on the show
10:12
absolutely this is so important and
10:15
obviously you've been able to put
10:16
together a gazillion different shows in
10:19
the past but I wonder for this one
10:22
because it's something that is so near
10:24
and dear because there's a heaviness to
10:27
it what advice can you share for others
10:29
you know many of us whether it's um
10:32
activism whether it's philanthropy any
10:34
type of um support where we're trying to
10:36
just gain funds to help a cause it's
10:41
it's interesting because even if you are
10:43
a type A even if you by day are very
10:47
wellcoordinated and organized it's
10:50
interesting how there still is um a
10:52
challenge when you are creating an event
10:55
that's so heavy how did you get your
10:58
mental right so that this could even
11:00
happen what advice do you have for
11:02
others
11:04
i didn't take no for an answer i knew
11:06
that we had to do something instead of
11:08
sitting talking about it and waiting and
11:10
waiting till someone else did it word
11:12
and that was the main thing I told Stacy
11:15
EPS whatever we got to do we got to do
11:17
something and the first hour of that
11:20
conversation before we even got to what
11:22
we were going to do we knew someone like
11:25
Mad Lib wasn't going to do anything he
11:28
didn't want any handouts he didn't want
11:30
anything and it wasn't because he was
11:32
well off it was because of that that
11:34
normal human pride sticking in so we
11:37
knew besides fighting against that we
11:40
were going to do something what would it
11:41
be a project a musical project a concert
11:46
whatever it's got to be we got to do
11:47
something and we knew like-minded people
11:50
like us would jump to the task and when
11:53
that bat signal went out it was it was a
11:57
wrap from there and it was almost like
11:59
we was competing to to do we found out
12:01
we was almost competing to do stuff then
12:03
the next step was the venue and the
12:05
venue um in the LA area was not really
12:09
tricky but once we found someone that
12:10
was willing to support it it it came to
12:13
a point of okay we got the space we got
12:15
the place we got the time and then um we
12:20
almost ran into an issue of possibly
12:22
exploring a bigger location but the the
12:26
situation was technically it wouldn't
12:28
have worked well for the for the quality
12:30
of sound that they still wanted to
12:32
uphold we could have done something
12:33
outdoors at a bigger event but that
12:35
still wouldn't have worked out for what
12:37
I think the audience would have wanted
12:38
to see mixing it with music and stuff
12:40
like that but the point is we just got
12:43
with like-minded individuals and just
12:45
figure how could we make something
12:46
happen but we had to keep some form of
12:48
control when everyone wants to do
12:50
something it kind of becomes a bit of an
12:52
or organized unorganized chaos so we
12:54
still had to keep complete the task at
12:56
relaying the message this is for Mad
12:59
Lib that's the theme that's the vibe you
13:02
know if Dylan was still here with us I
13:04
can go on guru what would you be doing
13:06
something for them not just a typical
13:09
concert if that makes sense it does yeah
13:11
man we got Wild Child here man plus if
13:14
you want to hit them up you can hit them
13:15
up at Yeah and Jay the Wild you know
13:19
that's pretty much JDA Wild on all
13:22
platforms all right um but yeah man this
13:25
is going to be a special night um and we
13:28
just want everybody to come through and
13:30
enjoy the vibes man we got to I mean it
13:32
it feels weird to celebrate someone's
13:33
suffering but we know at the same time
13:36
change the narative we got to do Exactly
13:37
we got to change the narrative and do
13:38
that you know what I'm saying cuz I
13:40
can't I can't tell you if that happened
13:41
to me how I would feel i can't I can't
13:44
do that we're celebrating someone
13:45
surviving and thriving right yep through
13:48
the suffering yep coming together with
13:50
collective energy yep collective love
13:53
that vibration is going to help him and
13:55
everybody else who suffered from these
13:57
LA fires you agree Mike Muse yes I do i
14:00
I I agree and and thank you so much for
14:02
this conversation Sway um because what
14:05
I've been noticing is that the way the
14:06
news cycle happens right now is we
14:08
forget um about this and I actually have
14:11
forgotten about these fires and I'm
14:13
ashamed to admit it but the way the news
14:15
cycle happens there's we're just so
14:17
chasing the now and so thank you for
14:19
bringing this back to the forefront so
14:20
with that being said like what are the
14:23
conditions of the now in terms of what
14:25
the residents and citizens need um and
14:29
and how we since we have a captive
14:31
audience right now um can help lend a
14:33
hand and for resources who are unable to
14:35
attend the concert
14:38
i think the information is going to be
14:39
given um collectively once the event's
14:43
going on because I think with the live
14:44
stream obviously you got Mad Love LA
14:46
involved um but some of the other
14:49
companies that they're working with um
14:52
they'll be posting and sharing all that
14:54
information throughout the whole night
14:55
live and so there'll be like a form of
14:58
like a QR code if you want to donate
15:00
cats can't can't uh make it in person
15:03
they'll still be able to be not
15:04
disconnected from the event as as well
15:06
as supporting someone else who may not
15:09
be there you know and that that pretty
15:11
much is the goal i know there's so many
15:13
other um companies that are still out
15:15
there raising funds trying to raise
15:16
funds or whatnot and um we just got to
15:19
keep pushing that narrative because like
15:20
you said people forget but when it hits
15:24
home I almost feel
15:27
like if something would have had I don't
15:29
like to throw that conversation out
15:30
there but just imagine if the moment I'm
15:33
sure you saw the news when something
15:34
happened in another area like a Pacific
15:36
Palisades yeah it was all on the news
15:38
when it was talking about the quote
15:40
unquote Hollywood who was who could have
15:42
lost their homes and all this stuff no
15:44
one was speaking on Aladine in that
15:45
forum it was like it was almost like
15:49
something more tragic would have had to
15:51
have happened like a death for everyone
15:55
to continue to talk about it to compare
15:57
it to another area which we shouldn't be
15:59
but that's how I feel so I mean Mad Lib
16:02
is like one aspect of it you know even
16:04
myself might fall guilty of if it didn't
16:07
happen to a personal friend of mine how
16:08
much would I still keep speaking on it
16:10
daily or weekly um but that's just a
16:14
reminder it can happen to anybody that's
16:16
right next year we could be talking
16:18
about an earthquake you know doing the
16:20
same thing you know and it and it just
16:22
hits home so I'm not taking for granted
16:24
anything when it comes to anything like
16:25
that anymore i appreciate what y'all
16:27
doing as a collective community effort
16:28
putting the matters in your own hand not
16:30
waiting for public officials local state
16:33
or otherwise cuz they wasn't going to
16:35
come to help brother and so that's why
16:37
I'm I'm glad to be a volunteer to come
16:39
and help co-host this event April 16th
16:42
at Echoplex make sure you guys get on
16:44
board you can go to
16:48
www.mmadloa.com to find out more
16:50
information you can hit wildchild at j
16:53
What is it man jda Wild at Gmail or
16:56
that's my email Gmail but on social it's
16:59
JDA Wild j the Wild Child and just real
17:01
quick you got your new project is
17:03
scheduled to come out when we got August
17:05
22nd official release date i just got
17:07
that two days ago you said August 22nd
17:09
august 22nd child of a Kingsman coming
17:12
to a speaker near you new single
17:14
dropping next month okay which you guys
17:16
just actually shared with Keon Herald
17:18
yeah um that's dropping next month and
17:19
each month up until the album and the
17:21
name of the single is uh Change for My
17:24
Two Cents that's right we were the first
17:25
to play remember that Wild Child make
17:27
sure Make Make sure you shout us out on
17:29
the back of that
17:31
all right much love to you man i
17:32
appreciate you getting up i'll see you
17:34
Wednesday man okay man all right tell
17:36
Stacy tell Mad Lib we love him all right
17:39
miles Miles said to say hello to Miles i
17:41
love him too
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