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R&B legend Omarion stops by for an in-depth conversation about his two-decade journey in the music industry and the strategic moves behind his latest projects. From the massive success of the Millennium Tour to the release of O2 Part 1, Omarion explains how maturity and business acumen have shaped his current path. This interview explores the evolution of an artist who transitioned from a boy band sensation to a savvy solo superstar.
In this exclusive sit-down, Omarion opens up about the power of frequency in music and why he chooses to lead with joy. He reflects on the healing process within B2K, discussing the impact of Lil Fizz's public apology and how the group moved past their history to find harmony once again. The conversation also dives into his solo legacy, his perspective on being single in the spotlight, and the high possibility of a Face Off 2 collaboration with Bow Wow.
Beyond the music, Omarion shares his secrets to longevity and mental health. He discusses his spiritual journey in Tulum, including his experience with Ayahuasca, and why grounding himself is essential for handling the intense energy of fame. He also offers advice on parenting and protecting his children while navigating the industry. Plus, don't miss a special moment where he mentors a young aspiring actress through a live improv session right in the studio.
Chapters
0:00 The language and frequency of music
3:10 Celebrating twenty years of Omarion
6:25 Strategic planning and the B2K reunion
9:50 Lil Fizz's apology and the power of forgiveness
13:40 Building a legacy and life as a single artist
17:15 The possibility of Face Off 2 with Bow Wow
20:50 Verzuz battles and the state of R&B culture
24:30 Spiritual journeys and staying grounded in Tulum
28:00 Mentoring the next generation of talent
30:15 Upcoming projects and touring Japan
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Return of the mack, go ahead [applause]
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and say it, man. Go.
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>> Bars in the AM, we love it.
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>> Bars in the AM, kids. Mike WiLL Made-It,
0:08
you hear that? Man, so [laughter] come
0:10
on, man.
0:11
>> I just text you like I'm enjoying that
0:13
song.
0:14
>> Yo, man, you texting me?
0:16
>> Yeah, I just text you like, yo, that
0:18
song is a
0:18
>> [laughter]
0:19
>> Like you like, oh, you got a MARVIN
0:21
GAYE'S NUMBER?
0:23
>> THAT'S HOW YOU MADE THAT SONG.
0:24
>> THAT. OH, THAT'S TRUE, MAN. YO, it's
0:27
Man, look, I usually do this huge intro
0:30
for this man, you know, and I and I do
0:32
it because
0:33
people love to forget what you've done,
0:35
what you've accomplished, right? And not
0:38
only that, you know, he can't speak to
0:40
the impact he's made on people because
0:42
that's something we feel, right? And the
0:45
impact that this young man has made
0:48
throughout our lives, music is more than
0:50
just, you know, sounds and hand claps
0:52
and snares and and [snorts] drum sounds.
0:54
Like music speaks to us. Music is a
0:56
language. You can hear a certain song
0:59
when you walk in a room and ooh, that's
1:01
my [ __ ] You know, you turn up. That
1:03
music triggers something. I hear certain
1:05
songs when I hear Smokey Robinson's
1:09
Cruisin'
1:10
um, it makes me think of a time in my
1:12
life where a friend of mine, the first
1:14
person that ever passed away as a kid in
1:17
my life, and I remember us going to this
1:19
funeral service in Oakland, California,
1:22
and
1:23
um, but he ran on on a track team we
1:25
had. I think I was 11, and the radio
1:28
station was playing Cruisin'
1:30
by by Smokey Robinson, and something
1:34
about that song gave me peace after
1:37
attending that funeral service.
1:39
That's frequency.
1:41
>> Facts.
1:42
>> That's some type of language.
1:44
>> Facts.
1:44
>> You know, that's some vibration that is
1:47
hitting our body, no different than when
1:49
the sun ray hit your skin and you and
1:51
you feel that reaction. And I want to
1:53
commend you because it's hard to hold an
1:56
audience attention
1:58
for
1:59
1 year,
2:01
2 years.
2:03
But two decades?
2:04
>> Come on.
2:05
>> Let's go. Come on, man. Give this dude a
2:07
round of applause, man. Hey, Omarion is
2:11
here.
2:11
>> Let's go.
2:12
>> The Billboard chart-topping Omarion is
2:15
here.
2:15
>> Yes.
2:17
Thank [applause and cheering] you.
2:18
>> You're very welcome.
2:18
>> Always, man. Always. Thank you.
2:21
>> Bro, and listen, man, it's beyond we we
2:23
talk now, it's just conversations. It's
2:25
just this is my homie.
2:27
>> Right.
2:27
>> You know, uh if I see him in public, we
2:29
probably go bonkers. They probably won't
2:31
understand it. It's
2:32
>> [laughter]
2:32
>> but we always see each other in the
2:34
field. And I think you're smart. I think
2:37
you're very strategic, calculating, um
2:40
in a positive way, um artist who
2:43
probably came in the game
2:45
I would imagine just to be an artist, to
2:48
perform, right? To perform in front of
2:50
crowds of people, to sing songs that
2:52
that affect and impact people. And then
2:54
somewhere along the way, your business
2:56
acumen started to improve. And you start
2:59
really learning the business process,
3:01
coming off of this tour, right? And with
3:05
B2K, which was a great Congratulations
3:08
on that.
3:09
Right? You guys figured that [ __ ] out.
3:11
>> Figured it out.
3:13
>> [laughter]
3:14
>> FIGURED IT OUT. HEY, you know that's
3:16
what life is all about. You got to
3:17
figure it out.
3:20
>> You got to figure it out.
3:21
>> You got to figure it out, right? And
3:23
watching you guys do Verzuz,
3:24
congratulations on Verzuz. You guys are
3:27
off the chain with that one, right?
3:30
Um and now you're coming back
3:32
with O2 part one.
3:34
>> Yes, indeed.
3:35
>> Did you think this out before all of
3:37
those events?
3:38
>> This was definitely uh a strategic plan.
3:41
>> Okay. [laughter]
3:44
>> This was definitely strategy. Um
3:47
well well, first of all, I'm so grateful
3:51
um that there's still an audience that
3:52
supports, you know, all that I've been a
3:55
part of the lengthier part of my career.
3:58
And because I'm in a different
4:00
time and phase, I'm just I'm I'm in
4:03
gratitude. So, shout out to all the fans
4:05
for making it possible. But, the thread
4:08
line was the tour, you know, and I think
4:11
that because our energy was different,
4:13
you know,
4:14
it really shifted not only the
4:17
experience for us, but the experience
4:18
for the audience. You know what I mean?
4:21
B2K wasn't just up there singing and
4:23
dancing. You know, we had the tough
4:25
conversations, you know,
4:28
we essentially got back to what made us
4:31
famous. And that was the love for each
4:33
other.
4:35
Yeah, the excitement, you know, the the
4:37
supportiveness.
4:39
You know, I always like to shout out my
4:42
bros because this is was different from
4:44
2019 Millennium Tour. Everyone has
4:47
matured. Everyone realizes what's
4:51
important. And I think that that is the
4:53
sustainability and livelihood of why,
4:57
you know, we've been able to keep it
4:59
going 20 plus years later.
5:00
>> You That's so dope cuz you can't really
5:03
speak for everybody else. You can only
5:05
speak for yourself. But, what was it in
5:08
you that you were able to, quote
5:10
unquote, come to the table?
5:12
>> I think that it was
5:14
it was more
5:15
it was it was just bigger than, you
5:18
know, like I I guess being out there.
5:20
You know what I mean?
5:22
When I made my transition as a solo
5:24
artist, it wasn't something that, you
5:27
know, we gave a lot of time to. I was
5:29
like essentially thrusted into that
5:31
position. You know what I mean? And then
5:33
some 20-odd years later realizing, you
5:37
know, that the fans were kind of short
5:39
changed, you know, what I mean, with our
5:40
separation. And also,
5:43
I was short changed in the support of my
5:46
guys, you know, what I mean, which in
5:48
hindsight is happening now, you know
5:50
what I mean? I'm I'm putting out my solo
5:51
album.
5:52
>> Yep.
5:52
>> And you know, B2K just put out a song,
5:54
you know
5:55
>> Mileage.
5:55
>> Yeah, mileage.
5:56
>> Right.
5:57
>> So, it's like now I'm getting the
5:58
support of my my, you know, community
6:01
and also my brothers, you know what I'm
6:03
saying? Like they they get it. They
6:05
like, "Yo, O, you was outside, you've
6:07
been outside. [laughter]
6:08
Thank you for that. We're going on
6:10
tour."
6:11
>> We're going on tour.
6:12
>> And I'm like and I'm like, "Okay."
6:13
>> Yeah.
6:14
>> That's something I didn't have, you know
6:15
what I mean? So,
6:17
um to be, you know, where I'm at today,
6:19
it it feels victorious.
6:21
>> Absolutely.
6:22
>> I love this, man. When you listen to the
6:24
Mileage um uh record, it starts off by
6:27
saying, "Can we leave it in the past? I
6:29
don't want to talk about about that."
6:31
>> Come on.
6:32
>> That There's more to life than holding
6:33
back.
6:34
Boy.
6:36
>> Bars.
6:37
>> Come on.
6:37
>> [laughter]
6:38
>> You have to do that.
6:38
>> Bars.
6:39
>> Um
6:40
listen, I'm so used to we are you so
6:43
used to reporting on information that
6:45
has to do with our culture that leans
6:46
derogatory.
6:47
>> Yeah.
6:48
>> So, anytime we get something that leans
6:50
the other way, it's a wonderful feeling.
6:52
>> That's right.
6:53
>> And I think whether we want to or not,
6:55
we are examples for the public for our
6:58
fans, those who support us.
7:00
There was a moment where Fizz stopped
7:04
the show.
7:05
>> Yeah.
7:05
>> And he did something I thought was
7:07
really powerful. If you don't mind, I'd
7:08
like to play that moment.
7:09
>> Okay. Let's get into it. I don't know
7:11
what it is. Let's get it.
7:12
>> Let's play that moment. Torque, you got
7:13
it?
7:14
>> Yes, sir.
7:15
>> It wouldn't be right if I didn't take
7:17
this moment, bro,
7:18
to publicly apologize to you, man.
7:21
I did some [ __ ] up [ __ ] to my brother.
7:25
Some snake ass [ __ ] and I'm not proud
7:27
of it, man.
7:29
So, I want to sit here humbly
7:31
and sincerely apologize to you to you
7:35
for any turmoil or dysfunction I caused
7:38
between you and your family, bro.
7:40
So, I'm sorry.
7:42
Thank you.
7:43
>> Wow.
7:44
>> Big.
7:45
>> Big moves. Big moves. You know what?
7:48
B2K, B is for big moves.
7:51
>> [laughter]
7:51
>> You know why that's crazy? Because you
7:53
don't have to be in a public eye to do
7:56
that.
7:57
>> Yeah.
7:57
>> You know what I mean? Like there's a lot
7:59
of family situations, a lot of
8:02
homie to homie [ __ ] going on, you know,
8:04
where you got to you got to do that.
8:06
That's why I said like
8:08
we got to start growing more in here.
8:10
>> Yeah.
8:10
>> You know, in order to come to the table
8:12
with that cuz that takes a lot.
8:14
>> Yeah, it does.
8:15
>> Just to say I
8:16
look somebody in the eye and say I
8:17
apologize and then
8:19
walk in that action.
8:21
>> Did you know he was going to do that?
8:23
>> Um yeah. We we we uh
8:26
at that time, you know what I mean, we
8:28
weren't on, you know, on on uh speaking
8:31
terms, you know what I'm saying? And you
8:33
know, it was a conversation amongst our
8:35
team and I was like, well, he got to do
8:37
it on stage, you know what I'm saying?
8:38
And he was willing to do that, you know
8:40
what I mean? Um but in hindsight, you
8:42
know what I'm saying, because
8:44
you know, people go through a lot.
8:46
>> Yeah.
8:46
>> And it it truly takes,
8:48
you know,
8:49
um
8:50
understanding the power of forgiveness
8:52
of yourself and of others
8:55
to really completely move through life
8:57
without care and, you know, keeping
8:59
negative energy on you. And that was
9:02
something that I really felt like we got
9:05
through, you know what I'm saying? Um
9:06
regardless of
9:08
you know, what happened. Like
9:10
you know, now, don't get me wrong, you
9:12
know, it's it's it's it happened, you
9:14
know what I'm saying? It's a thought
9:15
sometimes.
9:17
But um
9:17
>> That's human.
9:18
>> Yeah, you know what I'm saying? But but
9:20
for the most part, you know what I'm
9:21
saying, when we on tour and we we
9:23
laughing cuz, you know, me and Fizz the
9:25
only single ones in in the group, you
9:27
know what I'm saying?
9:27
>> Oh, you single?
9:28
>> Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm chilling, man. I'm
9:30
chilling, I'm focused. I'm
9:31
>> [laughter]
9:31
>> I'm building this legacy.
9:33
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
9:34
>> Building this I built this
9:35
>> I'm building this legacy, you know?
9:37
>> Yo, [laughter] that's a t-shirt.
9:40
>> I'm single cuz I built my legacy.
9:41
>> too, bro. I'm building
9:42
>> [laughter]
9:43
>> Yeah, I'm still building my legacy, bro.
9:46
I'm building this legacy, you know,
9:47
okay? She want to come and play. I ain't
9:50
got time for that.
9:51
>> [laughter]
9:52
>> You know what I'm saying? But yeah, you
9:55
you and Bow are the only single dudes in
9:56
the crew.
9:57
>> Yeah, so like after after, you know, the
9:59
show, you know what I mean? We going to
10:00
Bow's room and Bow is the other single
10:02
one and it's like, you know, we get to
10:03
hang out. So, you know what I mean? Like
10:05
we ain't even tripping about that [ __ ]
10:07
in the past. It's It was what it was.
10:09
That happened, whatever, and we moved
10:12
on, you know what I mean? And we
10:13
chilling, you know what I mean? Having a
10:15
good time, you know what I mean? Take
10:16
some little chicas on a double date.
10:21
>> I'M SAYING [ __ ] I CAN'T WAIT TO HANG
10:23
OUT.
10:24
>> [laughter]
10:25
>> Come on.
10:26
>> Yo, that's on Sway right there.
10:29
>> Even But even that about being on tour
10:31
with Bow.
10:32
>> Yeah.
10:33
>> You know, and Bow came up here, too.
10:35
>> [laughter]
10:37
>> Oh my gosh. Shout out to my boy Wiz.
10:39
Yeah.
10:40
>> Yeah, wow, man. You guys people don't I
10:43
see y'all different than probably most
10:45
people.
10:45
>> Straight up. Straight up.
10:46
>> And cuz I seen them when they first came
10:48
in.
10:49
>> Yeah.
10:49
>> But I admire them. I marvel at y'all,
10:52
you and Bow Wow included. You guys might
10:55
be two of the most savviest people in
10:56
the business straight up
10:57
>> because you have so much experience and
11:00
you both came in as kids.
11:02
>> Yeah.
11:02
>> Right? And even you and Bow Wow had
11:05
y'all moment, right?
11:06
>> Yeah, that's facts. That's facts.
11:07
>> Yeah, and now even that is These are the
11:09
headlines that we should be talking
11:11
about, right?
11:12
Celebrating that. Now, is there a chance
11:14
cuz you guys had the Face Off project,
11:16
right? Is there a chance that you and
11:18
Bow might go back in the studio?
11:20
>> Yeah,
11:21
we actually talked about Face Off 2, you
11:24
know what I'm saying? He He's going to
11:26
be happy that you mentioned that cuz
11:27
we've been talking about that.
11:28
>> Yeah.
11:29
>> Um yeah, I mean, I think anything is
11:31
possible. You know, the game is is is
11:34
different, you know, our approach to
11:36
music, you know, the context. What I
11:38
feel I really feel like my era
11:40
contributed to, you know, um
11:43
to have Bow be thinking about that, you
11:46
know what I mean? To elevate, to give
11:48
give ourselves an opportunity talk about
11:50
some different things. I think I'm
11:51
always excited to do. So, Face Off 2,
11:54
highly possible.
11:55
>> There it is.
11:56
>> Highly.
11:57
>> Y'all might need a like, you know
11:59
>> Oh, boy.
11:59
>> Hear me out first, hear me out.
12:01
>> [laughter]
12:02
>> OH, BOY.
12:04
BOW'S LEGACY BUILDING. WHAT, SWAY? What
12:07
[laughter] what what?
12:09
>> Come on, give it to me, Sway. Give me a
12:10
feel me on this, right?
12:11
>> I got you.
12:12
>> Cuz, you know, a lot of times people get
12:13
back together, you want to still have
12:15
some of those questions answered, and it
12:18
might be a room for a couple interludes
12:20
with some, you know, broadcast
12:21
journalists saying, "So, man, what
12:23
really happened?"
12:24
>> Right.
12:24
>> And then y'all go into the segment, and
12:26
it leads into a song on the album.
12:28
>> Oh, okay. I see what you're doing.
12:29
>> what I'm talking about?
12:30
>> I see I see I see what you're doing.
12:31
I love that.
12:32
>> I'm trying to get us on the album, baby.
12:34
>> NOT [laughter] US. YOU VOLUNTEER ME FOR
12:36
FREE WORK NOW, TOO?
12:37
>> IT'S NOT that it's free, but we don't
12:39
take money from our friends.
12:41
>> [laughter]
12:42
>> Wow. We're going to have this discussion
12:44
off air.
12:45
>> We're going to have this discussion.
12:46
>> [laughter]
12:46
>> I'm trying to build MY [ __ ] LEGACY.
12:49
>> LISTEN, YOU COMING WITH ME. Come
12:51
[laughter] on, Herb.
12:52
>> Get on Get Get on this wave, man. They
12:54
all together, Fizz, Bow Wow, and they
12:57
all here.
12:58
And they battling Pretty Ricky on
13:00
Versus, but they [laughter]
13:01
but they going to tour together and make
13:02
money.
13:03
>> I'm just saying.
13:04
>> I'm just saying.
13:05
>> It's something to it.
13:06
>> It's something to it, man.
13:07
>> It's something to it, y'all.
13:08
>> Yeah, man. Y'all need to get People need
13:10
to like Artists who've been around 10,
13:12
15, 20 years
13:13
>> Y'all need to get out of your own
13:15
[ __ ] way.
13:15
>> Yeah. Straight up.
13:16
>> Straight up. Jay-Z just sold out Yankee
13:18
Stadium three nights in a row.
13:20
>> Crazy.
13:21
>> And he go do the same in So Far, he go
13:23
do the same in London.
13:24
>> It's equity It's equity in your
13:27
legacies.
13:28
>> It is. It is.
13:29
>> And if people could get their emotions
13:30
and ego and leave it in the past,
13:33
>> Yeah.
13:34
>> it's a resurgence happening, bro. Do you
13:36
sense that?
13:37
>> Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm so happy when
13:39
people, you know,
13:41
you know, kind of like frame up that
13:42
question of like so, you know, who do
13:45
you think won and who, you know, I mean,
13:46
when it comes to the Versus? It's like
13:48
It's like the culture won, baby.
13:50
>> The culture won.
13:51
>> The culture won, you know, I mean,
13:54
and shout out to Pretty Ricky, you know,
13:55
what I mean? Because we were previously
13:57
on tour and initially when the
13:59
conversation came up, I wasn't
14:01
interested in it because of my previous
14:04
experience, you know, with Versus.
14:05
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it didn't go so well.
14:08
>> Yeah, I I think I think it didn't go so
14:10
well just on some like personal levels,
14:12
you know, with the sound and, you know,
14:14
I mean, things that I think once you're
14:15
on a stage as an artist, you just don't
14:17
have control over, you know, what I
14:18
mean? If you If you hear yourself and
14:20
you're disconnected with your audience.
14:22
Cuz that's essentially what it is, you
14:23
know, what I mean? So, because of that
14:25
reason, I was like not interested in it.
14:28
But then when I thought when I thought
14:29
about it, when I thought about the
14:30
brotherhood that we've had, how we just
14:32
truly coasted through,
14:35
you know, the tour, I felt like, "Yo,
14:37
this would be dope." And it also aligned
14:40
with, you know, promoting, you know,
14:43
this new single that we have. Like it
14:45
really was intentional and strategic
14:48
along with my team, shout out with my
14:50
team.
14:50
>> Yeah. It didn't bother you that the
14:52
public feedback would be that Pretty
14:54
Ricky um probably asked y'all out that
14:57
they want
14:57
>> I don't I don't I don't view it like
14:59
that, you know, what I'm saying? Because
15:01
again, like, you know, we just dropped a
15:03
song and it's It was number one on
15:05
iTunes the week that we dropped it, you
15:07
know, what I'm saying? Yeah, mileage.
15:09
So, it's like
15:10
you know, in hindsight, I think that
15:13
it's always been the culture's
15:16
you know, nuance to argue who their
15:19
favorite is, you know, what I'm mean?
15:21
Like we all we've always taken in that
15:23
that conversation of oh, Prince or
15:26
Michael. And it's just like no, they're
15:27
actually both equally great. You know,
15:31
and people have preference, but it's
15:33
like yeah, you like who you like. And I
15:34
think as an artist you understand that
15:36
as you continue to grow. You'll be like,
15:38
oh, I'm not tripping if you want to like
15:40
that artist, that's okay. I got my fans,
15:43
you know what I'm saying? So, no, it
15:44
didn't it didn't really it didn't bother
15:45
me.
15:45
>> So, would you say that about dance, too?
15:47
So,
15:48
in my mind for fun, like you, Chris,
15:51
Usher,
15:52
>> Right.
15:52
>> if y'all all had 1 minute to dance,
15:54
>> Yeah.
15:55
>> who's taking 1, 2, and 3?
15:57
>> Um I think I mean, it kind of depends
16:00
because, you know, I look at it a little
16:02
bit different, like
16:04
I would look at like the strengths, you
16:06
know what I'm saying? And I would say
16:07
like either me or Chris should go first
16:10
and or or last, you know what I'm
16:12
saying?
16:13
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:13
>> Um and then, you know, Usher in the
16:15
middle.
16:17
Uh I think that like
16:18
>> Well, that would be so fire.
16:20
>> Yeah, like if I kicked it off, you know
16:22
what I mean? [snorts] And then Usher
16:23
went and then Chris ended, that would be
16:24
dope. Or if Chris kicked it off and then
16:26
Usher went and I ended it. I mean, I
16:28
think me and CB's got finishing moves
16:31
that that, you know, will wow the crowd,
16:32
so.
16:33
>> I love that, man. And I love seeing
16:36
who's Barrio, Tank, and
16:39
>> Eric Benet,
16:40
>> fire.
16:41
>> They on tour with them, bro. Ain't that
16:43
dope?
16:43
>> Fire. Fire. I love it. Incredible.
16:47
>> Yeah, that's that's incredible. Mike
16:49
News, get in here. I see you smiling all
16:50
the way from New York, man.
16:52
>> [laughter]
16:52
>> Go ahead, man. Go ahead, Mike.
16:54
>> I was enjoying that visual of seeing all
16:55
three of them dance. Like
16:57
>> For real.
16:57
>> you forget about the dancing aspect and
17:00
the showmanship of R&B. We haven't
17:02
really had a strong R&B male performer
17:05
in a while, really out there, besides
17:07
you guys. And I was just talking about
17:08
that while I thought it'd be dope to
17:09
see. I'm just curious, Omarion, like
17:11
what what is what makes you want to keep
17:13
doing this, right? Like what makes you
17:15
cuz R&B has changed so much and so, I'm
17:19
just wondering what makes you want to
17:20
keep doing it and what do you feel you
17:21
have
17:22
to offer the space now?
17:25
>> Well, you know, as someone who truly
17:27
loves their craft and sees it as, you
17:30
know, this endless opportunity to grow
17:34
within it.
17:35
Um
17:36
You know, when you love something that
17:37
much, it's levels, you know what I mean?
17:40
And I'm definitely in this game for the
17:42
long haul, you know what I mean? For the
17:44
long haul. I don't I don't want to look
17:46
up and
17:48
you know, not have fully enjoyed myself.
17:50
So, I feel like I feel like I'm not only
17:54
someone who truly loves the craft, but
17:57
also someone who wants to grow in it and
17:59
show people that there's, you know, room
18:02
to become better and have more fun.
18:05
I feel like my purpose, you know, as as
18:08
a a human being is to remind people of
18:10
joy. So, music is and dance and
18:14
performing and all of its art form, even
18:17
if it's writing, even if if it's not in
18:19
the forefront of performing and dancing
18:22
all the time.
18:23
I love this, man. I love bringing joy to
18:27
people. I love, you know,
18:30
you know, dancing and having fun with
18:32
the next generation, you know, with the
18:34
kids and, you know,
18:37
also to be a pillar of information and
18:40
support, you know what I mean? For this
18:42
business that's ever so changing. You
18:45
know,
18:46
I always seen this game as something
18:48
that truly belongs to the creators, you
18:52
know, the the architectures of of this
18:54
business, which is the creators and the
18:56
artists, you know what I'm saying? So, I
18:58
I see a future where we own it
19:00
completely, you know what I'm saying?
19:02
So,
19:03
>> Yeah.
19:03
>> Um
19:04
>> Yeah, I like that. I'll [applause] see a
19:06
future where we own it completely.
19:08
>> Yeah, straight up.
19:09
Straight up. So, I'm I'm going to be
19:11
here.
19:12
>> There you go.
19:13
>> [laughter]
19:13
>> Okay.
19:14
>> I'm going to be here. Couple of songs I
19:15
got to ask you about real quick. So, you
19:18
you you've been pushing the mileage
19:19
single for B2K and you got your new
19:22
album on two part one is here.
19:25
In mileage,
19:26
um
19:27
>> [laughter]
19:29
>> Legacy. Yeah.
19:31
>> Let me What does that mean for you like
19:33
mileage? Like would would you cuz a lot
19:36
of times it's unfortunate for women, but
19:38
if they got if they've been through a
19:40
couple relationships
19:41
>> Which is
19:43
my
19:43
>> It's very very possible.
19:44
>> Very possible, especially at this stage
19:46
in your life.
19:47
>> Of course.
19:48
>> You know, they might have a kid or two.
19:50
>> Yeah. Yeah.
19:51
>> Right? Does that scare you away?
19:53
>> It does not. It does not. I think, you
19:56
know, when I'm dealing with a woman it's
19:57
really the content of her character and
20:00
attitude and you know, um
20:04
intelligence that uh
20:06
speaks, you know, rather than the
20:09
circumstances of life because we all,
20:11
you know, we all go through things and
20:13
as long as we learn from it, you know, I
20:16
can I can agree with that. I'll be okay
20:18
with whatever scenario in. It got to
20:20
make sense now.
20:22
>> [laughter]
20:24
>> If it's looking like some dumb [ __ ] and
20:25
then you ain't saying yeah, I was doing
20:27
some dumb [ __ ] that's probably going to
20:29
be a problem for me, you know what I
20:30
mean?
20:30
>> a problem. When do you introduce the
20:32
kids?
20:33
>> How long?
20:34
>> Uh I don't know. It's, you know, I have
20:35
I have a I have a
20:38
uh
20:38
Well, well, fun fact, you know what I
20:40
mean? Um my kids Mega's going to be 12
20:43
and my daughter's 10 and she'll be 11 in
20:46
March. So,
20:48
um just to give you context, like maybe
20:52
my kids have met maybe two girls, maybe
20:55
maybe three tops in their whole life.
20:57
>> Yeah.
20:58
>> what I'm saying? As a man, you know what
20:59
I mean? Um but I don't know. I'm
21:01
thinking about that now. I'm like, wait
21:03
a minute,
21:04
you know, daddy got to show you who
21:05
daddy is, you know what I'm saying?
21:06
Matter of fact, ALL Y'ALL COME ON.
21:10
>> [laughter]
21:10
>> I'M JUST SAYING.
21:12
THIS IS WHO DADDY IS, OKAY?
21:16
>> [laughter]
21:17
>> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. That was That was
21:19
interesting in that because you at this
21:21
stage in life, right?
21:22
>> Yeah.
21:23
>> And then when I listen to 02 part one,
21:26
there's a song
21:28
There's a song called Fantasy.
21:29
>> Yes. Yes.
21:30
>> This is a great song. Did you write that
21:32
song?
21:32
>> Yes. Shout out to my dogs,
21:35
uh GL's and Bryce. And
21:38
um yeah, the producer like I mean
21:41
[snorts]
21:42
incredible record. Got to shout them
21:43
out.
21:44
>> And then it you know, and you might feel
21:46
like it's when you listen, you know, you
21:48
know, right? It's It's It's about a
21:50
woman, you know, having, you know, sex
21:53
or having a intimate experience with
21:54
somebody she's obsessed with. And this
21:57
is who he is to a lot OF WOMEN, RIGHT?
22:00
>> [laughter]
22:02
>> RIGHT?
22:03
HE'S TAPPED IN. AND THEN HE TALKS about
22:05
your fantasy and how we making love
22:07
while you listening to my music.
22:09
>> Oh, that's a different kind of magic
22:11
stick.
22:12
>> You know what?
22:14
>> That's a different kind of magic stick,
22:16
lady. Don't come up up in here acting
22:18
like you finna ruin some [ __ ] okay?
22:20
>> [laughter]
22:21
>> I got the music, too.
22:22
>> Yo, so do you do do do you partake with
22:26
with your music in the background? You
22:28
don't You can't do that.
22:29
>> Like I said, that's too much high magic
22:31
going on. You can't
22:32
>> But what if it like comes on on like a
22:34
shuffle? What what do you do?
22:36
>> [laughter]
22:37
>> Hold on. Stay right there.
22:42
OKAY, LET ME LET ME LET ME LET ME TWIST
22:44
[laughter] THIS ONE UP. It's throwing me
22:45
off, baby. I got to stay focused up in
22:47
here.
22:48
>> [laughter]
22:49
>> LISTENING TO YOURSELF.
22:51
>> YEAH.
22:52
BUT YOU KNOW that that that song though,
22:54
Fantasy, I think that it was important.
22:56
I've had songs in the past called
22:57
Fantasy, but songs like that I think are
22:59
important for
23:01
um you know, the R&B world to remember
23:03
the importance of having a fantasy about
23:06
the one that you vibe with.
23:08
>> Yeah.
23:08
>> You know what I'm saying? We still got
23:09
to fantasize about the ones we love.
23:12
Like you know what? Oh, I saw us and we
23:14
was doing this and it don't got to be
23:15
freaky all the time. You know what I'm
23:17
saying? It can be you know a a fantasy
23:19
of happiness. You know what I'm saying?
23:21
We can recreate that. You know I think I
23:24
think it's important for us to you know
23:26
exercise our imaginations.
23:27
>> We're going to we're going to end the
23:29
show with fantasy, right? And I want you
23:31
guys to really listen to this project,
23:34
right? Congratulations.
23:35
>> Were you having visions or something
23:37
while you was listening to the song? You
23:39
seem really excited. YOU LITERALLY
23:41
ENDED THE SHOW
23:43
NOT
23:43
>> [laughter]
23:44
>> VISIONS OF HIM LIKE YOUR OWN FANTASY.
23:46
LIKE YOU ENDED the show with this.
23:48
>> No, not yet. I'm just queuing I'm
23:50
queuing the producer [laughter]
23:52
in New York Heather. That's that's a
23:54
queue. Okay?
23:55
>> Sorry.
23:56
>> But we do have people here. My niece is
23:58
here. Dr. Salako is here and they both
24:01
wanted to ask you a question.
24:02
>> definitely. Let's get it.
24:04
>> So one of the things we've been talking
24:06
about your decade how you've been here
24:08
for decades and just every time I see
24:10
you you have great energy. So when it
24:12
comes to your longevity, what are you
24:14
doing to maintain your health over all
24:15
these years?
24:17
>> I'm I'm making sure that I understand
24:20
the importance of taking time for
24:22
myself.
24:23
Solo trips, you know,
24:26
doing spiritual journeys with my friends
24:28
or people that haven't been on a
24:30
spiritual journey because you know
24:32
that's a fun observation too. You know
24:34
what I mean? Experiencing things with
24:35
people that haven't experienced things
24:37
that you've experienced.
24:40
I make sure that I'm making a lot more
24:42
room to ground myself.
24:45
Yeah, those are those are like like
24:47
recently I just came back from
24:50
Tulum.
24:51
And you know I went out there. Shout out
24:53
to Aura. I uh did Ayahuasca.
24:56
>> I was going to say
24:57
>> you did some ayahuasca out there. Yes.
24:59
>> And you know, I had to get some energy.
25:02
I had to get some some energy up off of
25:04
me. You know what I'm saying? Because
25:05
you know, a lot of the times we go
25:07
through things, especially people that
25:10
uh are famous, you know, they don't
25:11
understand the mechanism of you know, of
25:14
energy. You know, you get it
25:15
[clears throat] you get a versus you
25:16
getting a wave of energy. You know, you
25:18
getting a lot of energy, positive and
25:20
negative. You got to ground yourself.
25:22
So, I definitely did that. So, that's
25:24
how I maintain my personal health. And
25:26
And of course, I eat good. You know what
25:28
I mean? I make sure that I, you know,
25:31
um enforce home meals. Try to stay off
25:34
of uh Postmates.
25:35
>> Okay.
25:36
>> You know what [laughter] I'm saying?
25:37
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
25:38
>> Stay off of ordering all night.
25:40
>> Postmates.
25:40
>> You know what I mean? We love you
25:42
Postmates, but damn, it's getting
25:44
expensive [laughter] now. You know what
25:45
I'm talking about?
25:46
>> I love that you mentioned that. How was
25:48
that ayahuasca experience?
25:50
>> It was amazing. You know,
25:52
it brought me through the journey of
25:53
myself and things that I need to uh
25:56
you know, let go. You know what I'm
25:57
saying? I got up and the lady, she said,
25:59
"Oh no, you about to dance this off."
26:01
You know what I'm saying? So, we Hey.
26:02
>> Yeah, start dancing.
26:03
>> Had this room, getting the energy up off
26:05
me. I was like, "Woah, hold up. Okay.
26:07
I'm back."
26:08
>> You felt lighter after what?
26:09
>> I did.
26:10
>> Yeah.
26:10
>> I did.
26:11
>> Uh-huh.
26:12
>> I did, man. It It's It's so interesting,
26:14
you know, you know, in America, man,
26:16
it's it's heavy. Our reality is heavy.
26:19
You know, it is beautiful and heavy.
26:21
>> Yes.
26:21
>> You know what I'm saying? So, you know,
26:23
you definitely need those moments. If
26:25
you haven't traveled, please take time
26:27
for yourself. Go on a solo trip. Get to
26:30
know yourself. Love on yourself. Hug
26:32
yourself. You know what I'm saying? It's
26:34
important.
26:35
>> Miss Myneece, won't you introduce
26:36
yourself to Amari Anna?
26:37
>> Hey. My name is Tori.
26:41
Um
26:41
>> Tori, how old are you?
26:42
>> I'm 13.
26:43
>> 13 years old.
26:45
>> Okay, so, you are a LA native that
26:47
attended Hamilton High School, which is
26:49
known for for performing arts program.
26:51
How did you that Oh, wait, I'm sorry.
26:53
How did that experience help shape your
26:55
talent and career?
26:57
>> Uh that's a great question and and shout
26:59
out to your mama for that question. We
27:01
love your mama.
27:03
She's smiling bright, looking beautiful.
27:04
>> Chrissy B.
27:05
>> Come on. Um yes, it did. It helped me
27:08
cultivate I'm a performance uh arts kid,
27:11
you know, back in the day they used to
27:13
have boys and girls clubs. Like we was
27:14
outside for real, you know what I mean?
27:16
And we was walking everywhere. So, I
27:18
would encourage you to, you know,
27:20
>> Yeah.
27:20
>> You know what I'm saying? Explore, you
27:22
know what I mean? Um your town. You You
27:24
live here, right?
27:25
>> Yeah.
27:25
>> Oh, okay. Well, then you good. You You
27:27
good, but uh Hamilton definitely
27:29
cultivated um my arts. Um I was in
27:33
um choir. I had a production class. I
27:36
started taking piano in high school,
27:38
ninth grade, so I was about your age.
27:41
You know what I mean? Um
27:43
Yeah, these I I I I would really wish
27:47
that they would do more programs for
27:50
kids because it it truly helps cultivate
27:52
your art. Are you planning on doing
27:54
anything with the art or what you want
27:55
to do? Have you figured it out yet?
27:57
>> So, when I want to be an adult, I want
27:59
to become a veterinarian.
28:00
>> Okay, swag.
28:01
>> Yeah, so but so more for my teenage
28:03
years, I want to become an actress.
28:05
>> Okay.
28:06
>> want to take theater classes. I want to
28:08
learn about acting and what's the
28:10
meaning behind it.
28:11
>> Yeah.
28:12
>> And I just want to do what I love and I
28:14
want to show the world who I am and what
28:16
I love doing.
28:17
>> That's what we love that.
28:19
>> Yeah.
28:19
>> Well, maybe you could do some improv
28:21
RIGHT NOW CUZ
28:22
>> [laughter]
28:24
>> O- O- Marion plays a a hitman in one of
28:26
HIS CHARACTERS, [laughter] RIGHT?
28:29
ON THE ALL BLACK NETWORK, if you watch
28:31
Wild 'N Out.
28:32
>> [laughter]
28:33
>> I'VE SEEN IT.
28:34
>> HE PLAYS ROLES. Maybe y'all could improv
28:36
something, right?
28:37
>> Right.
28:37
>> Right. You go ahead. Go go throw
28:39
something at her. Just improv. Just be
28:41
become a Your character is you're a
28:43
young lady.
28:44
>> Okay, cool. Set it up. Set it up. Set it
28:46
up. All right, you're on your way home
28:48
from school.
28:49
>> You're running a little late. You're
28:50
worried your mother's going to be
28:52
worried about you. And then this
28:53
stranger comes up to you on the street
28:56
and he's trying to take you off your
28:58
track.
28:59
And action.
29:03
>> Hey, how you doing?
29:04
>> I'm good.
29:05
>> Okay, cool.
29:06
Um, I think I noticed you you dropped Is
29:08
this yours? Did you drop that?
29:10
>> Um
29:11
Yeah.
29:12
>> Okay, here you go.
29:14
>> Thank
29:14
>> Nice to meet you.
29:15
>> Okay. Oh, um
29:16
>> You're IN CHARACTER, YEAH.
29:18
>> [laughter]
29:21
>> GOOD JOB.
29:22
>> GOOD JOB.
29:23
>> GOOD JOB.
29:24
COME ON.
29:25
>> WE KNOW IT WAS REAL.
29:26
>> GOOD JOB.
29:27
>> OH, KILLED THAT.
29:28
>> COME [laughter] ON.
29:30
>> I LOVE THAT.
29:31
>> GREAT QUESTIONS. Great questions. All
29:33
right.
29:34
>> Good job, Tori.
29:34
>> Good job, Tori.
29:36
>> Um
29:37
Oh, when is This is part one.
29:40
>> Yeah.
29:40
>> O2 part one.
29:42
>> Yeah. O2 part two is coming in the fall.
29:44
>> In the fall.
29:45
>> Right.
29:46
>> What are you on your way to do now? Are
29:48
you going to tour this?
29:49
>> Yeah, I'm actually
29:51
I'm getting prepared for a show in
29:53
Japan.
29:53
>> Okay.
29:54
>> what I'm saying? Heading back to Japan.
29:56
Konnichiwa. Arigato gozaimashita.
29:58
>> Yes, sir.
29:59
>> So, I'm happy to go to Japan. And then
30:01
after that, um, I got Yeah, I got some
30:03
shows.
30:04
Uh, B2K is finishing out our album. You
30:08
know what I mean? Yeah, we we getting
30:10
prepared for that,
30:11
uh, in the fall as well. So, you will be
30:13
seeing Omarion and B2K.
30:15
>> There you go.
30:16
>> Yes, indeed.
30:17
>> It's good to see y'all back together,
30:19
man. And it's great to watch, you know,
30:21
people think you aren't a You're not a
30:23
human because you're a celebrity, but
30:26
you're probably more human.
30:27
>> That's facts. That's facts.
30:29
>> Cuz you're dealing with more energy than
30:31
your average human. Right? And for y'all
30:33
to find your path back to harmony, you
30:36
know, understanding that it's imperfect
30:38
It's imperfect It's imperfect harmony,
30:41
but
30:41
>> it's harmony indeed.
30:42
>> Indeed.
30:43
>> Thank you for showing this example to
30:45
your fans.
30:46
>> Straight up.
30:47
>> To our youth.
30:47
>> Yes.
30:48
>> You know, to our community, man.
30:49
>> Straight up.
30:50
>> The world feels better when y'all
30:51
working together.
30:52
>> I'm telling you.
30:53
>> Right?
30:53
>> I'm telling you.
30:54
>> Come on, man.
30:55
>> Yeah.
30:55
>> Omari Hardwick, man. It's to a legend.
30:57
THE LEGEND.
30:58
THE LEGEND. THE LEGEND.
31:01
THE LEGEND. DOCTOR, [applause] DOCTOR,
31:03
thank you for coming through.
31:05
>> Lacroix, thank you as always.
31:06
>> My
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