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Subscribe for more exclusive performances and interviews on Sway’s Universe! 🎤 Watch as Josh Levi lights up the Sway In The Morning stage with a powerful live performance of his new track, "Don't Go," and shares details about his debut album, Hydraulic. From his Houston roots to collaborations with Issa Rae, Josh Levi’s journey is inspiring and filled with artistry. He even interacts with fans and delivers an engaging vibe that’s impossible to miss. Don’t miss this incredible episode featuring raw talent, charisma, and heartfelt moments. Stay tuned for more from Sway’s Universe, where music and storytelling collide! 🔥 #SwayInTheMorning #JoshLevi #DontGo #Hydraulic #IssaRae #ExclusiveInterviews #LivePerformance #SWAYSUniverse
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Josh Levi Performs “Don’t Go” - Live Performance, Music, R&B
05:08 - Josh Levi Performs “Birthday Dance” - Dance Performance, Music, Entertainment
10:06 - Josh Levi on His Stage Presence and Aura - Stage Presence, Performance, Artist Insights
12:28 - Josh Levi on Working with Issa Rae - Collaboration, Issa Rae, Entertainment Industry
13:27 - Josh Levi - Artist, Music Career, Personal Insights
15:09 - Last Words - Conclusion, Final Thoughts, Wrap Up
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okay uh this next young man J1 came to
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me Heather B and he was like "Yo we he's
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been talking about this young man for a
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long time." And I did my research on him
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and went back to 2020 and started
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listening to his one of the first
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projects one called Disc One okay and
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Disc One was so good I went to the next
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project and now it's called Disc Two
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okay yeah that's his albums right and
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and I started reading about him and I I
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heard that he has some affiliation with
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somebody I respect heavily our sister
0:33
who's been on the show the one and only
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Issa Ray right and um and so I said
0:39
"Well you know everything Issa touches
0:41
is authentic." And you know Issa on it
0:44
it must be good how much new music did
0:46
we discover through Insecure right right
0:49
and so I took a liking to this young man
0:52
and found out I started listening to his
0:54
music he has his own unique style about
0:56
him and he could blow and so I want to
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welcome him to the stage this will be
1:00
another one you going to see today and
1:02
then next year you're going to say "Man
1:04
I seen him at the garage series." Please
1:06
make some noise ladies and gentlemen and
1:08
give it up for Josh Levi
1:13
meow come on now yeah look at this guy
1:15
he already look multi platinum he
1:18
already look multi platinum look at this
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guy man how you doing love fresh good to
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see you man go ahead you you right here
1:25
brother go ahead do your thing man give
1:27
it up for Josh what's good y'all what's
1:29
good what's up
1:31
is it okay if we rock out really quick
1:34
if we have some fun what's up my love
1:36
all right um today
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it's one of my loyal fans right here i I
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know this face um I just dropped
1:48
I just dropped uh a brand new song today
1:53
that's right and uh I figured this was a
1:56
good opportunity to rock it with y'all
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is that okay let's do it we got any
2:00
singers in the room i feel like there
2:03
might be some vocals don't be shy a few
2:05
okay shower vocalist
2:07
sway so Lonnie ain't here nobody just
2:09
you sway just me okay just Okay just a
2:11
few well just in case I want y'all's
2:14
help on this first song cuz it just
2:16
dropped so um I want to teach it to
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y'all when I say she said Don't go you
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guys say yeah
2:26
does that work easy pretty easy right
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familiar
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familiar you heard it before
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all right let's run it
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this is called Don't Go
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brand new for you guys
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uh
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uh she grab my whip like she stole it
2:48
she said "Come here baby don't ignore it
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veness is tube in the morning i got a
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cruise but her eyes still on it now
2:58
she don't want the party to win so she
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lay back down
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cuz she know I can do it again she said
3:06
don't don't don't go you say yeah yeah
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yeah she said don't don't don't go a
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little louder yeah she said don't don't
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don't go yeah yeah yeah
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she said "Don't don't don't go come on."
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah them other [ __ ]
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can't hold her she like a kisses down
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low kelly rolling she got my game
3:33
controller she want to rewind never fast
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forward now
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she don't want the party to win so she
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lay back down
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cuz she know I can do it again yeah yeah
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yeah don't go hey she said don't don't
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don't go come on hey yeah yeah yeah yeah
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she said don't don't don't go yeah
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yeah she said don't don't don't go come
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on yeah yeah hey listen little bit of
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company
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i bet there was all you need you want it
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all you want more me you're the only
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place I want to be right now i give you
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everything I got blow your back out
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going deep when you pass out before I
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leave she talking in her sleep she said
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"Yeah yeah."
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That's right say "Don't don't go come
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on." Yeah yeah yeah she said "Don't
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don't go." Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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she said "Don't don't go." Come on yeah
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yeah yeah yeah rock with me hey
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hey
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okay
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okay
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make some noise
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Laughter]
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okay okay i like the energy in here yeah
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i feel it i feel it um
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Sway already did the honor i have I have
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the honor of being here with you guys he
5:21
mentioned my name but for those that
5:23
don't know my name is Josh Levi i'm from
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Houston Texas h Town htown in the
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building and uh yeah hence the Destiny's
5:33
Child you know love i grew up listening
5:36
to them working with Matthew Nolles at
5:39
Music World in Houston as a kid trying
5:43
to be an entertainer not knowing it was
5:44
going to be ghetto and crazy
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so um but now we're here i just uh I
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just announced the pre-order for my
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debut album yesterday
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um
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very excited slash scared but excited
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you know a lot of emotions but it's
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called hydraulic and uh it's about kind
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of a love letter to where it all began
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for me in Houston but also you guys know
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the hydraulic of a car is like you know
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the bounce up and down and so for me
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it's kind of like the ups and downs the
6:19
highs and lows of love and life um okay
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metaphor you know what I'm saying you
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know what I'm man so yeah that's
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dropping this summer i'm so excited
6:28
hydraulic hydraulic hydraulic and don't
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go just dropped yesterday so go run that
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up crank it it sounds really great in
6:36
the car speakers um any birthdays in the
6:39
room no what What zodiac season is it
6:43
gemini gemini it's Gemini season okay
6:47
well uh no Geminis in here
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there's a few Geminis
6:54
we run the world a few of everybody
6:56
going to celebrate a birthday before the
6:58
year ends that's right that's right well
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for those people let's run the next
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track
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um this song is uh this song is called
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Birthday Dance for the people that like
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to do their twostep and celebrate
7:11
themselves uh hey sitting here on your
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birthday didn't even know your first
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name i see your cups going in day can I
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fill you up tonight sitting here on your
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birthday but it seems like the worst day
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let me make you feel okay can I take you
7:33
home tonight see I don't know your plans
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i don't know where you're going all that
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I know hey yes i like the way you come
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on
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and do you dance you know it
7:50
i like it when you want two don't leave
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me hanging y'all come on
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you know it
8:00
i like it when you dance the minute I
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saw you you know I locked right into
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your eyes
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i'm mesmerized can you tell me why all
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by yourself in the corner without a ride
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let me take you there i'll be your
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prayer i don't know your I don't know
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your plans i don't know where yeah is it
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okay if I do my two step
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hey
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hey hey
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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hey
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you know it
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i like it when you
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Come on
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[Music]
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yeah
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i know you're little
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come on show me
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oh yeah
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yeah
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i like it when you
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[Music]
9:14
Yeah yeah
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yeah come on man josh Levi
9:21
josh Levi josh oh man yo
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bro this This is my These are my aunties
9:29
they They Man what's up Aunties yeah
9:30
they had them bothered over here bro
9:33
like [ __ ] i was about to say I felt some
9:35
energy over here i was like "Wait hold
9:37
on hold up wait a minute what y'all
9:39
doing?" Like come on laughing
9:42
they the original ones you know
9:46
hey but we're going to ask you one or
9:47
two questions yeah absolutely and also
9:49
Citizens Sway in the Morning fans those
9:52
who are now fans of Josh Levi that song
9:54
we just heard Birthday Dance FYI has 11
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million views on YouTube the music video
10:01
so so basically nobody's seen it
10:05
but one of the things that we are seeing
10:08
beyond just hearing you is stage
10:10
presence like you have a full
10:13
presentation and you know oftent times
10:15
when it comes to the gift of writing
10:17
when it comes to the gift of vocals you
10:20
practice that you know where to go to
10:22
strengthen that muscle but then a lot of
10:24
folks come up on stage and they crumble
10:27
you know what I'm saying and they don't
10:28
realize that charisma is a muscle as
10:31
well yeah choreography is a muscle as
10:34
well confidence is a muscle as well for
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sure did you always have this kind of
10:39
aura about you that we're experiencing
10:41
right now or did you have to build it up
10:43
i got aura
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don't do too much but Yeah yeah yeah
10:48
yeah yeah okay okay you do um no i
10:52
appreciate it um I guess so yeah i mean
10:55
I grew up like I said in Houston Texas
10:58
um and I always wanted to be an artist
11:01
since I was a kid there's photos out
11:03
there on the internet somewhere of me in
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the studio at 9 years old with glasses
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on and a backwards hat thinking I was a
11:12
rock star um so yeah I I guess you know
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I really love doing this i love doing
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music i I love sharing my gift i love
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giving people an experience and escape
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from the crazy world so if they're while
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they're watching Josh Levi have fun or
11:29
do a twostep or forget about everything
11:31
um then I'm happy so yeah yeah man i man
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I recognize your dance moves i used to
11:37
do it like that too where's the coming
11:41
from HB what you think of this young man
11:43
you better shout out your braider who
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braided your hair
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i said [ __ ]
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shout out to the braider shout out to
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Lissa we love you yes she pulled up on
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me last minute and she always does
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always hooks it up so we love our We
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love our braiders we love our black
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women that's it baby let's go no strand
12:03
left behind speaking of which can you
12:05
can you stray at
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a little crazy on this side of the
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building right now um sorry you It's
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this one is that the other one what's in
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there the unmentionable all right cool
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man you see I put Yeah I put mine over
12:21
here it's that That's some crazy shout
12:23
out to L Cool for supplying sir the
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spirits here today can you talk about
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your relationship with Issa Ray yes oh
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yeah speaking of uh of amazing
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incredible black women um Issa is the
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epitome of excellence
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she's so creative she's a visionary i
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think my favorite thing about her
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working with her is how into music she
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is um I think when people think of Issa
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they might think a couple different
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things of the amazing work she's done
12:53
the role she's played but she's actually
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an artist in a music way as well which
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is really dope so I just played her um I
13:02
gave her an exclusive preview of my
13:05
debut album that's coming out and she
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really like sinks her feet into music um
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so that's that's probably my favorite
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thing about working with her but what
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else what is what is there to say she's
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great she's amazing um she's a
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trailblazer and y'all could never make
13:22
me hate her don't worry about that man
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we all love her too y'all want y'all to
13:27
make some noise for Josh Levi yes sir
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[Music]
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to the sky to the sky to the sky very
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thank you everybody
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man much love man that guy man shout out
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to your parents for believing in you and
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pouring into you early cuz for your
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Listen come up here sis no for real you
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got to shout out the mamas and the
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uncles and the aunties and the dads and
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everybody yo cuz these are the first
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investors our parents for real that's
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the first thing I thought about when I I
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said you know his parents believed in
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him really early that's your mom that's
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a
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she's not available sway give me Forgive
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me man forgive me man yes but what's
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your name
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i'm sorry harvey congratulations to you
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and um that's actually the first thing
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that fell on my spirit it was like his
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parents believed in him they someone
14:28
poured into him very early like he
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studied i watched you dance i'm an
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artist so your lines were clean your
14:35
vocals you were present you never turned
14:36
your back to the crowd they're little
14:38
things that artists recognize in artists
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your vocal training you practice you
14:42
study you walked you told God "I'm going
14:44
to be this," and you walked into that
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and allowed God to bless you with it if
14:48
I didn't know you I would say he's a
14:50
star like if if I saw you walking down
14:52
the street but it takes other people to
14:54
support your dreams and so when he said
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nine I was like his parents was right by
14:58
his side so I just wanted to hug on you
15:00
sis and give you your flowers that's
15:03
beautiful yeah i just I just wanted to
15:04
hug on you too sis yeah she's not
15:06
available you stupid
15:10
sway at your house i'm weak no no no no
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no
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i'm weak yes well he said he got to go
15:21
give it up for John Mama with you
15:27
the number one fan right there
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