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Philadelphia’s own Zay Money is taking the music world by storm at just 13 years old! Join Sway and the crew as they sit down with this rising star to talk about his journey from performing at age six to hitting the stage at the Roots Picnic. This young leader is proving that you can stay positive and still reach the top of the charts while bringing your whole family along for the ride.
In this exclusive interview, Zay Money breaks down why he chooses to keep his lyrics clean and uplifting despite the pressures of the industry. He is joined by his brothers, Trinity Dancer and DJ Maj, to discuss their incredible family dynamic and what it is like living in a household of over twenty people. From his first major performance at a Too Short concert to balancing eighth-grade homework with studio sessions, Zay’s story is an inspiration to the next generation of creators.
The crew also dives into the importance of mentorship and community, highlighting how Zay’s mother and his uncle, Mr. Cloud 9, support his vision. You will hear Zay give advice to a ten-year-old caller on how to become the GOAT, share his surprising love for R and B legends like Keyshia Cole, and deliver an incredible live performance of his track Batman and Robin.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction to Zay Money and Philly Roots
2:50 Performing at the Met and Meeting Too Short
5:30 The Mission Behind Positive Music
8:15 Meeting Trinity Dancer and DJ Maj
10:45 Life in a House with 20 People
13:20 Balancing 8th Grade and Fame
15:55 Taking Calls and Advice on Being the GOAT
18:40 A Cappella Freestyle and Philly DJ Legends
21:30 Free Carnival in Philly and BET Experience
23:45 Keyshia Cole Influence and Singing Love
24:50 Batman and Robin Live Performance
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to go do.
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I'm trying to pop out. Yo, that's my
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joint right there, Zay.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, STRAIGHT OUT of
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Philadelphia,
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PA. [cheering] Saw him on the stage at
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the Roots Picnic. This young man been
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putting it down since the age of 6 years
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old. Had the beat
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since the age of 6, he'd been putting
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bars together and he knew he had an
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affinity to perform. He wanted to be in
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front of an audience and let them see
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what he can do. You can see in his
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makeup right now, everything about him
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is he's geared, he's ready, Mike Views.
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He's ready. He's been prepared for this.
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And I never forget walking into that
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Roots Picnic and not even seeing who was
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on stage and as we walked in and I'm
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listening like, who is this kid?
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I didn't even see him on stage, but I
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heard his voice. And I heard his
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projection and it just sounded like they
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was having so much fun. I was backstage.
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The fence was between us. And then I saw
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him come backstage with his whole crew.
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His family came backstage. His mom was
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there and it was I just they received me
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like I was Uncle Sway, Heather. My baby
1:06
cousin. I just jumped in, right? And
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then they surrounded me and we started
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taking pictures, man. I felt like I was
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a member of the crew.
1:13
>> That's right.
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>> Zay handed me his own money. The man GOT
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HIS OWN MONEY.
1:17
>> Zay money.
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>> Now he's 13 years old and he ain't
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trying to pop out. He already popped
1:22
out. Give it up for the one and only Zay
1:26
Money. [screaming]
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What up, ZAY?
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>> WHAT'S UP?
1:30
>> What up, man?
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>> What's up?
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>> Man, Zay, man. So you from Philly,
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right?
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>> Yeah.
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>> You've been performing since the age of
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6?
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah? How did you know you wanted to
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perform? What what what made you want to
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perform?
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>> look, so we come from a family where
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everybody do something. All everybody do
1:47
music. So my brothers and sisters, they
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was rapping before me and I was like,
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"Oh, that looked fun. I want to really
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give it a try." So my mom wrote my first
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verse, got in the studio, she was like,
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"Oh, snap. I ain't know you got it like
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that." And then I just started taking
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off and I did my first show at the Met
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and I was not nervous and I just took
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off.
2:05
>> You wasn't nervous? How could you not be
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nervous? That was your first show. How
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many people was there, would you say?
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>> Over like 2,000 cuz it was it was the
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Too Short concert.
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>> Really?
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>> Yeah, and I got to perform.
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>> Did you get to meet him?
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>> Yeah, I got to meet everybody in there.
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>> You met Too Short though, right?
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah, what was that like?
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>> Um like for the first time
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I was like excited happy because like
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it's Too Short.
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>> That's yeah, Too Short. That's the guy.
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Yeah, man. He's Yo, I I went to Ghana
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with him.
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I yeah, I look at you see the look on
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their [laughter] faces. Yeah, we were in
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Ghana together uh Too Short and I and um
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and the man who manages him um also I
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think was working with Chief Keef,
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right? And um me and him became cool
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because uh he's been on the show. He's
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like a leader in that movement though,
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right? Yeah, his success
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah, you look at him, he's somebody you
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could kind of model yourself after,
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right? So, what is this music called
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y'all make? And who's Jumbo?
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>> Um my producer.
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>> Uh-huh.
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>> My mom got it wrong.
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>> Uh
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he produced uh
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Too Short
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>> Yeah, like he produced
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Yeah, like that's
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>> That's the guy. Okay.
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>> And then we just got into him and then
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he start we start working with him and
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then we was making bangers.
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>> Okay, making
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>> [laughter]
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>> bangers. You hear that, Heavy B?
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All right. And then your music is you
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you keep it on the positive leaning
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side, right? You do that on purpose or
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that's just where you at right now?
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>> Um
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>> [sighs]
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>> That must have been a tough question for
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Zaytoven.
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>> answer that.
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>> Okay, okay.
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>> Nah, we do we do it on purpose.
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>> Okay, y'all do it on purpose. Yeah?
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>> Yeah.
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>> It's your intent to keep it positive,
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right?
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>> Yeah. To spread positive through the
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youth and stop all this
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>> Cuz we just see so many kids dying every
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day listening to that negative mindset
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or the negative music that these grown
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people are talking about.
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>> Mhm.
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>> What's that like though, man? Y'all I
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mean we are seeing we're trying to
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understand, man. What what is that like,
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you know, growing up at y'all How old
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are you?
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>> 15.
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>> 15? And so what is this like for y'all
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right now?
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>> Um
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It's like kind of crazy cuz like you
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can't just go outside and have fun. Like
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if you go outside and have fun, it's
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always that one person that's messing it
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up like the rest of us. So I feel like
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like us spreading positive music is
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showing the kids that
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like you don't got to like how to
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control their anger basically.
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>> be who you want to be.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Now what's your name and your role in
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all of this? Introduce yourself.
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>> My name is Trinity Dancer.
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I'm his brother.
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Basically like his backup dancer / hype
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man.
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And here's my other brother.
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>> What's up y'all? It's your boy DJ Maj.
4:45
Like how he says Z Money my little
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brother. Every stage we went on we
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turned it down. We took over like how we
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do everything else.
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>> All right.
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Yeah, how often are y'all practicing and
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and and working together and writing
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together?
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>> Zero.
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>> A lot. No, it's a lot. What you talking
4:59
>> No, we we we don't we don't practice. We
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just go out there and we just
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>> No, we practice.
5:03
>> And every time we don't practice my mom
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yell at us every time.
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>> going to say.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I MEAN SO YOU DON'T LIKE TO PRACTICE?
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>> I mean it's not like I don't like to
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>> I mean when we practice
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>> I just know my role and I just know what
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I got to do.
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>> When we practice they always them two
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always playing.
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>> No, Zay he's always laughing.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Slap boxing bro.
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>> Yeah, and then when we be making videos
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we be laughing. So it be taking a lot of
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time.
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>> Zay Zay be making everything funny. So
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we just be laughing then we falling off
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what he be saying then we just can't
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stop laughing.
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>> how old are you?
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>> 16.
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>> So 16, 15, 13. Oh wow, this is really
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dope. I like it. Y'all first time doing
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radio?
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>> Um no.
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>> Okay. All right.
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>> No, no, Heather these guys are seasoned
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veterans, man.
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>> Well, excuse me. I don't know they're in
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Philly. I'm out here in LA. I didn't
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know.
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>> Now now, who's the guy with the afro
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sitting standing next to y'all, man?
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>> I'm their uncle. I'm Mr. Cloud 9 the
5:54
comedian, Shadow Tracks Entertainment.
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Um the little guy with the loud mouth,
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the big afro. I like to be called Mr.
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cuz it makes me feel taller.
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>> Okay, all right.
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>> Hold on, aka his name is Katt Williams.
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>> I'm Katt Williams.
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>> Don't compare me to that guy. I'm me.
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I'm me.
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>> You, you, you, okay. That's not a bad
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comparison. Okay, that's not a bad
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comparison, man.
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>> here to give a shoutout.
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>> Okay. Make sure everything go good. I
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know what Unc doing.
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>> You know what Unc doing, right?
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>> [laughter]
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>> He right here with the group. I was
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like, he playing.
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>> was in the family first.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Y'all ain't eating without me. Good Give
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me a fork. Big family, man. I love that
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though, that the whole family's
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involved, right? So, y'all don't get
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into arguments, say?
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>> Everyday.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Man, yeah, everyday.
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>> Yeah, how do you
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>> We be arguing over dumb stuff.
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>> Yeah, it be it be little stuff.
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>> It could be a shirt.
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>> A juice.
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>> What?
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>> A juice, a bag of chips.
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>> Anything. Do y'all fight though? Do
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y'all, you know, I know y'all fight.
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>> Never never really got to that point.
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>> Good, man.
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>> Never physical cuz they know I'm
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>> Yeah, we just be arguing with each
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other. [laughter]
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>> Mom said never physical cuz they know
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she coming.
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>> She coming. I love that. [laughter]
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So, so, Zay, you're 13, right?
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>> Yeah.
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>> What grade is are you in now? What are
7:05
grade are you going to?
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>> Eighth.
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>> So, how So, how's school? How you able
7:09
to balance being Zay, Zay Money the
7:11
superstar, and being Zay Money the
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student?
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>> Um
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it's easy.
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Um
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just go there, do my work.
7:19
Um kids, they know me as Zay Money. They
7:22
All the All the kids in my school know
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all my songs. Every time I come in
7:25
there, they be like, "Oh, that's Zay
7:27
Money." Or they be like, "Oh, sing me a
7:28
song." And then they ask, "How was my
7:30
vacation? What did I do? Did I perform
7:32
anywhere?" And then I just be performing
7:34
at school sometimes when we have talent
7:36
shows.
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>> Okay. Now, Zay Money ain't Tell Tell
7:38
your name again.
7:39
>> Trade the Dancer.
7:40
>> He ain't getting big-headed or nothing,
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is he?
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>> No.
7:43
>> Okay, that can't run in y'all family
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huh? Yeah that [laughter]
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That ain't even a question right there
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but to get good grades.
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>> Yeah.
7:50
>> What about y'all?
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>> Yes.
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>> Yeah.
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>> I do. I go actually go to military
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school so like it's
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like kind of like easy for me so.
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>> Okay.
7:59
>> It's easy for me because I'm
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homeschooled.
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>> Yeah. How many people live in the house?
8:03
>> Uh
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like 20. 20 at the most. I got No I
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ain't
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It's like 20 at the most.
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>> Yeah? No 20 for real?
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>> Yeah it's 11 of us.
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>> It's 11 of y'all?
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>> Even more than I even our siblings like
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>> Right.
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>> We just out there adopting kids like
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>> What?
8:18
>> Like kids like coming over cuz like we
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give them positive vibe that positive
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energy so it's like
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once kids see us it's like oh yeah now
8:24
I'm going to hang out with them cuz I
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know I could do this I could do that.
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>> And we doing something and we doing
8:29
something positive so they want to do
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what we doing they want to keep coming
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over and spending night and then my mom
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teaching them everything so they like my
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mom.
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>> So that's basically like their second
8:38
home.
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>> Man so that's beautiful man. Get these
8:41
man get them a round of applause man.
8:43
>> And shout out to moms for sure. Mama
8:45
dukes.
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>> Mom ain't no joke man.
8:47
>> Nope. She writing raps and let you know
8:50
like I'll bust that ass if y'all start
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acting up.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I feel it.
8:55
>> She's up right there she's right there.
8:58
She was funny as story how I was
8:59
listening to some of Zay Money's music
9:01
so I was listening to the lyrics and I
9:03
thought I heard something right I was
9:04
like you know I could I was like well
9:06
let me hear what he's talking about
9:07
before I play it and I thought he said I
9:09
got a nine in my pocket.
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>> [laughter]
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>> But so I start texting mom we got we
9:15
going back and forth she was like it's a
9:16
knot Zay.
9:18
He got [laughter] a knot in his pocket.
9:20
What do you mean by a knot in his
9:21
pocket? And she was like money Zay.
9:24
>> [laughter]
9:24
>> ZAY MONEY YOU SLOW.
9:29
>> [laughter]
9:30
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL to hear
9:32
>> Yeah.
9:32
>> that you guys are so creative everybody
9:35
has something dancing DJ the sister
9:37
dances Zay Money and him
9:40
uncle is a comedian. You know, it's
9:43
beautiful to see that and it's
9:44
refreshing to hear Mike Muse when you
9:47
see young folks their age speaking on
9:49
this frequency, right?
9:51
>> It is. I had a question for Z money.
9:52
Like what are some of the topics that
9:53
you that you rap about? Like are you
9:55
drawing from school? Are you drawing
9:57
from your friendship? Video games? Talk
9:59
to me.
10:00
>> I rap about school, what's going on in
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the streets, history,
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um everything.
10:06
>> Everything.
10:07
>> Everything.
10:08
>> And and and so
10:10
it it takes a lot of courage to stand up
10:12
against what everybody else is doing.
10:15
You know, and a lot of music we you
10:16
know, we ain't sugarcoating it. Do be
10:18
negative. Like and especially coming
10:20
from folks who are teenagers, you know,
10:22
you hearing a lot about you know, you
10:24
hearing a lot about violence and you
10:26
know, pulling up on folks and all of
10:28
these different things, man. Do people
10:29
make fun of you because you were being
10:31
positive and and what kind of
10:33
>> Um
10:34
No.
10:35
>> Okay.
10:36
>> Uh I feel like it's more so
10:37
>> It's probably like
10:38
>> Like the comments, but
10:40
>> scared of us cuz what we doing and I
10:42
don't see like how like and it'll be the
10:46
kids for real. Like it'll be the adults.
10:48
Like the adults be so scared that we
10:49
going to take their kids shine, but it's
10:50
really we trying to give them shine and
10:52
they trying to give us shine. So it's
10:53
like it's really a 50/50 split. If you
10:56
if you give us shine, we going to give
10:57
you shine. So I don't like
10:59
I feel like it's just like like how we
11:01
blowing up and how we moving, I think
11:03
parents just
11:03
>> Like they be like they probably think
11:04
it's oh he oh he going to overshadow my
11:06
kid.
11:07
>> Okay.
11:08
>> The whole time we just trying to get
11:09
together with the rest of the kids and
11:11
network.
11:12
>> And network. Man, I say let the kids
11:14
lead the way, man. I I don't think
11:16
there's nothing wrong with that and
11:18
especially if you can reach your peers
11:19
and tell them, "Hey, look, man."
11:21
>> competition.
11:22
>> There's no competition and there's
11:23
another way.
11:24
>> And it's kind of like what they're doing
11:25
already. Everybody has a talent and a
11:28
gift and blessings. Like everybody has
11:30
that. Just bring what you have to the
11:31
party. I'm not trying to take away from
11:33
you. You not trying to take away from
11:35
me. It take more than one person to
11:36
build a house. You know what I mean? So,
11:38
everybody we all building and we all
11:40
contributing to that house being built.
11:42
I love it. I love what y'all doing.
11:44
>> Man, we going to open up the phone
11:45
lines. 888-742-3345.
11:48
You want to talk with Zay Money and the
11:49
crew, man. We got Zayden on the line
11:51
from Boston. What up, Zayden?
11:52
>> Money?
11:53
>> What up, Zayden?
11:55
>> [applause]
11:55
>> What up?
11:57
>> Zayden, what up, man? Turn him up
11:58
towards Zayden. How old are you?
12:01
>> I'm 10.
12:02
>> You're 10 years old. Give it up for
12:03
Zayden, man. Zayden in the house.
12:05
>> Zayden?
12:05
>> Zayden.
12:06
>> Hey, man, you you Zayden and he Zay
12:08
Money. Are y'all related?
12:10
>> [laughter]
12:11
>> Mhm.
12:12
>> Okay.
12:14
>> That's funny.
12:15
>> Very articulate this Zayden is. Hey, you
12:16
got a question, man? What's your
12:18
question for Zay Money?
12:21
>> No, I got a question for you.
12:23
>> Oh, me? Okay, go for it, brother. What's
12:25
your question?
12:26
>> How do you become the goat?
12:31
>> [laughter]
12:33
>> How do you become the goat?
12:35
>> [laughter]
12:37
>> Listen, anything you set your mind to
12:40
requires a lot of practice. You just
12:42
heard Heather talk to Zay Money and Trey
12:45
about practicing. So, whatever it is
12:47
that you love, find something that you
12:49
love, Zayden, and practice at it and
12:53
treat it with love, okay? And and be
12:55
fully committed to it and then you could
12:58
become the greatest of all time at what
13:01
you do in your own way. We're all goats
13:03
in our own way.
13:04
>> Right.
13:05
>> You know, when you find your purpose,
13:07
make sure you work hard at it. Don't get
13:09
distracted from it and you too could
13:11
become your own goat.
13:13
>> Yeah, Zayden, and don't focus on
13:15
becoming famous. Focus on becoming good
13:18
at what you do. It doesn't matter You
13:20
could be famous for the wrong things.
13:21
Like, you know, there's a lot of people
13:23
known for doing bad stuff. But, be known
13:26
for being great at what you do, and if
13:28
people want to acknowledge you in public
13:30
and everything afterwards, that's cool,
13:32
but at least you know that you're good
13:33
at what you do.
13:34
>> And be what you want to be. And don't be
13:36
a follower, be a leader.
13:37
>> That's right.
13:38
>> with that. Don't Okay, you got some good
13:40
information, Zayden, okay?
13:42
>> Yep.
13:43
>> All right, buddy. You're a citizen, man.
13:46
Hey, hey, hey, Zayden, follow Zay Money.
13:48
How can he follow follow you, man?
13:49
>> Um @zaymoney_215.
13:52
That's z a y m o n e y _215.
13:55
>> _215.
13:57
Zayden, you're a citizen.
13:59
We got Steve from Houston on the line.
14:01
>> Steve, what up, H-Town?
14:04
>> Steve, what
14:04
>> Yo, yo, yo.
14:06
>> Yo.
14:08
>> I just need about like 16 seconds, man,
14:10
real quick. I want to say thank you,
14:12
Sway, Heather B. You guys are really my
14:14
shining light every morning. Listen to
14:16
y'all all the time. I really I really
14:18
appreciate what y'all do for me.
14:20
Um 15 seconds, man. Uh real quick, Zay,
14:23
um you are a big inspiration to what's
14:26
going on out here in the music
14:28
community. And um you know, young man,
14:30
you you really have a bright future
14:32
ahead of you. And um
14:33
I don't want to chastise anybody, but I
14:35
want to say, you know, for you people
14:37
for you artists that have been in the
14:38
game for you know, quote-unquote 5, 10,
14:41
15 years, and you and you're looking for
14:43
these shortcuts, and you know, you want
14:45
to buy these Spotify followers, and you
14:48
want to do this and that. Look at Zay
14:50
Money as the example of what you need to
14:51
be doing out here. It's not about you
14:54
being in the game for 5 years or 10
14:56
years or you know this person, you know
14:57
that person. Somebody like a Zay Money
15:00
is putting in the work to actually
15:02
become an artist. A lot of you need to
15:04
start to put back in the work.
15:07
Step by step, brick by brick.
15:10
I know Zay, whether he uh chooses to do
15:13
music within over the next couple years,
15:15
either way it goes, he is setting a
15:17
mentality for what it is to work hard.
15:21
He's getting on the stages. He's getting
15:22
on the radio. He's doing the interviews.
15:24
He's doing the drops. A lot of y'all,
15:27
grown people, need to take notes from
15:29
Zay Money. That's all I have to say. I
15:31
appreciate you.
15:32
>> Thank you, bro. Thank you. Thank you.
15:34
Thank you so much.
15:35
>> man. Make sure you follow Zay Money,
15:37
too. Z A Y M O N E Y {period}
15:41
{underscore} 215. Steve, we appreciate
15:43
you. You're a super citizen.
15:44
>> It's Wayne in the morning.
15:45
>> Zay, man, can you perform something for
15:47
us, man? You got You got a synth or an
15:49
instrumental, right?
15:50
>> Yeah.
15:50
>> Okay, cool. You want to do that, man?
15:52
>> Yeah, come on.
15:52
>> All right. Welcome, ZAY, TO THE VALLEY
15:54
OF THE HYENAS.
15:55
>> YES, ZAY.
15:59
>> [laughter]
16:00
>> I LIKE THAT. I like that one.
16:02
>> Throw that beat on. We got it?
16:05
>> Uh
16:06
>> Torch?
16:08
>> One second.
16:10
>> Okay, well.
16:11
>> don't got it. I could do pop out for
16:12
y'all.
16:14
>> Okay.
16:14
>> Live? No, no, we can We can get the You
16:15
want to do it live? A cappella?
16:18
>> I'll do it with the beat. Come on.
16:20
Do pop out without the beat? Oh.
16:22
Oh, I'mma do it without the beat.
16:23
>> Okay. All right.
16:25
>> It's hard It's hard spinning positive
16:27
rap. It's hard being young. 13 as facts.
16:30
It's hard when you want so much change.
16:33
It's hard when you trying to bring light
16:34
to the game. That's why I stay focused
16:36
on my ground. I'm a leader of the youth.
16:39
I'mma let my light shine. If you know
16:40
someone that's lost, got to let them
16:41
know you care. Be there.
16:43
Peace sign in the air. Only 13 years
16:46
old, but my word play is gold like I got
16:48
a old soul. Zay Money, stay fresh.
16:51
>> Stay fresh.
16:51
>> Save time. Keep it positive. Ain't
16:53
selling it for less. Easy when you rap
16:55
and you don't talk about drill. Instead
16:56
of all that I give something you can
16:58
feel. These fresh pair of J's walk a
17:00
long road. On this journey into
17:01
greatness, I'm in ball mode.
17:03
>> Ball mode.
17:03
>> Hey, WE GOT A HYENA
17:05
UP IN HERE. COME ON NOW.
17:07
>> [screaming]
17:07
>> ZAY MONEY.
17:08
>> I LIKE THAT.
17:09
>> ZAY MONEY.
17:10
>> That was so cool, Zay. So cool.
17:12
>> Yo, right.
17:13
>> that.
17:14
>> Man, listen, man. I Hey,
17:16
>> [applause]
17:17
>> I'm really y'all uncle. You know this,
17:19
right?
17:19
>> Uh yeah.
17:20
>> Okay?
17:21
>> I think DJ Maj was spinning the
17:22
turntables a little bit.
17:23
>> to get on the turn the turntable he the
17:25
turntable he broke them down. So, the
17:27
look look look over there. We don't have
17:28
a mixer
17:30
that they broke the turntable.
17:31
>> We had a guest DJ already cuz we're live
17:34
show. So,
17:35
uh yeah, the next show gears up to come
17:37
on at 9:00.
17:38
>> Next time y'all come on the show cuz it
17:40
will be a next time, right? Uh
17:42
>> For sure.
17:43
>> I'm going to let you get down. Okay?
17:45
>> Okay, thanks.
17:45
>> Make sure you practice. But, you from
17:47
Philly. You know, being from Philly, you
17:50
got some of the
17:51
Yeah, the illest the best DJs in the
17:54
history of hip-hop have come from
17:57
Philly. When you talk about DJ Jazzy
18:00
Jeff.
18:00
>> Yes.
18:01
>> Right? When you talk about DJ Tat Money.
18:04
When you talk about DJ Cash Money. You
18:07
know, and the list goes on and on.
18:09
Cosmic Kev. The list goes on and on. So,
18:12
I know you you on that level?
18:14
>> Yeah, a little bit.
18:16
>> Hold on. Shout out to my dad.
18:17
>> bit. He is on that level.
18:18
>> Uh my dad, he a DJ. Shout out to my mom,
18:21
she a singer. She rap, sing, do
18:24
everything. My dad, he DJ, he do vinyl
18:26
camera. My dude be over there looking
18:27
shy.
18:29
>> It's about to be soon.
18:30
>> It's about both of us. All of us.
18:33
>> There you go, man. There you go, man.
18:34
>> Wow, what a beautiful beautiful spirit.
18:39
Um stop stop TRYING TO STEAL AISHAN. YOU
18:41
GOING TO COME BACK.
18:42
>> OKAY?
18:44
>> [laughter]
18:46
>> WELL, LOOK, MAN. Did y'all have a good
18:48
time?
18:48
>> Yes.
18:49
>> All right. And I told you we was going
18:51
to connect. I know y'all probably does
18:53
Who is this dude? What is he talking
18:54
[laughter] about? But, we made it
18:56
happen, man. We wanted to surprise
18:57
y'all. Me and your mom been talking
18:59
about this for quite some time. So, we
19:01
wanted to make it a surprise for you
19:02
guys. And welcome to Sway in the Morning
19:05
with Heather B and Tracy G. I love
19:07
y'all. I love your movement. And as long
19:10
as I got a platform, your music is going
19:12
to get played. All right? Okay? Give it
19:15
up for ZAY MONEY.
19:16
>> WE OUTSIDE.
19:19
>> [laughter]
19:20
>> YO TORCH, WHAT YOU GOING TO PLAY?
19:23
>> [applause]
19:24
>> WE trying to pop out.
19:26
>> We going to do pop out. Let's do the
19:27
other one.
19:30
>> Batman and Robin?
19:33
Batman and Robin?
19:35
Come on. Do Batman and Robin.
19:49
>> Hold on. Say that over.
19:53
>> Real up. Real up. Real up. Say where can
19:55
they follow you on?
19:57
>> You can follow me on TikTok, YouTube,
19:59
Instagram at Mr. Cloud 9 Comedy. That's
20:02
number
20:03
nine. I'm the little guy with the loud
20:05
mouth and the big afro. Please call me
20:07
mister. It makes me feel a little bit
20:08
taller. Thanks, y'all.
20:10
>> Okay, that's what's up. What's next for
20:11
y'all?
20:12
>> Um
20:14
What's next?
20:15
>> Yeah, why are y'all out here in
20:16
California?
20:17
>> Uh for the BET experience.
20:19
>> Nice. Congratulations. That must be
20:21
exciting, right?
20:22
>> Uh-huh.
20:22
>> Yeah, have y'all been walking around?
20:24
>> And next um in Philly in Philly, we got
20:27
our own carnival that we throw. August
20:29
29th is a free carnival, the carnival in
20:31
the hood. So we from Philly, pop out.
20:34
What's the address?
20:36
>> 11th and Cumberland.
20:37
>> 11th and Cumberland. Everything's free.
20:39
We got roller coasters, everything.
20:41
Everything is free.
20:42
>> Everything is free. All right, cool. How
20:44
we looking, John? I want to see them do
20:45
this.
20:48
Okay, cool, man. Now how many other So
20:51
your sister your sister dances, too,
20:52
right?
20:53
>> Uh she dance too. Here. She She do
20:55
everything.
20:56
>> She ran about five jobs down to me, man.
20:59
When I saw [laughter] her,
21:00
I was like, "Sway, I'll clean your
21:01
credit if you need me, too." How old is
21:03
your sister?
21:04
>> She uh 20.
21:05
>> She 20? Okay. And and it's 20 people
21:08
that live in the house. What do dinner
21:10
be like for y'all, man? Y'all just be
21:12
fighting over food?
21:15
>> Basically so basically what happens is
21:17
if it's in the refrigerator, it's no
21:19
longer there.
21:20
>> [laughter]
21:20
>> You know what?
21:21
>> It don't matter what it is. It don't
21:22
matter what it is. It could be
21:24
>> it up.
21:24
>> It could be water, juice, soda,
21:28
cucumber. If it's in the refrigerator,
21:29
it's gone.
21:30
>> Once it's in the refrigerator, it's not
21:31
yours no more. It's first come first
21:32
serve. [laughter]
21:33
>> Oh my
21:34
gosh.
21:34
>> That's that's how it be. You got to hide
21:36
the juice around that house. I'm telling
21:38
you got to hide everything.
21:39
>> [laughter]
21:40
>> He's laughing. And Zay be the main
21:42
person to grab it first.
21:44
>> [laughter]
21:45
>> Hey Zay, who who who are the some of the
21:46
artists you look like that are out now
21:48
that you that you that you admire?
21:51
>> Um
21:53
>> Like who do you listen to?
21:55
>> Um
21:56
Who I listen to? Keyshia Cole.
21:58
>> Keyshia Cole? R&B.
22:00
>> Um
22:01
>> I really wanted to meet her last night.
22:03
>> Um
22:04
>> Man, you said
22:05
>> Yeah, but
22:05
>> With dreams. He had like a dreamy eye.
22:08
Like this is my girlfriend.
22:09
>> Yeah, like he be blasting sing her songs
22:11
all day.
22:12
>> Really?
22:12
>> What's your favorite Keyshia Cole song?
22:14
>> Love.
22:14
>> How does that go?
22:15
>> Oh.
22:15
>> How does that one go?
22:16
>> I used to think that I wasn't fine
22:19
enough.
22:20
>> I used to think that I wasn't worth
22:23
enough. But I won't waste my time trying
22:25
to figure
22:27
out why you playing your games what this
22:29
all about. And I can't believe you
22:32
hurting me.
22:34
Yeah, but I knew the day.
22:36
>> No, no, get to the hook, man. I want to
22:37
hear [laughter] the
22:38
>> I can't sing. Come on, Mom.
22:40
Mom, come sing it. Okay. Come sing. We
22:42
really we want you to sing. Come sing.
22:44
>> Keyshia Cole is boo.
22:45
>> Yeah.
22:46
>> [laughter]
22:47
>> Yeah, man. You know.
22:48
>> Keyshia has found a new audience with
22:50
the kids.
22:51
>> [laughter]
22:52
>> What did you say, Mike?
22:52
>> Keyshia what?
22:53
>> I said Keyshia Cole has found a new
22:54
audience with the kids now. She's always
22:55
going to viral in elementary schools,
22:57
middle schools, and high schools. Kids
22:58
are loving this song right now.
23:00
>> It's a beautiful song.
23:01
>> Love.
23:02
>> She's from the same place Wade's from
23:04
from Oakland, California.
23:07
Me and Keisha when he when she first
23:09
started I was interviewing her the same
23:11
way I'm interviewing you.
23:13
And look what happened for her.
23:15
>> So make that happen. WHAT YOU DOING?
23:19
>> [laughter]
23:20
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. WE GOT IT, JOHN?
23:21
>> YEAH, MAN. I'VE GOT THE I'VE got the
23:23
Locks DMX instrumental as well, but I
23:25
also have this Batman and Robin now.
23:26
What what what are we doing?
23:27
>> Batman and Robin.
23:28
>> Batman and Robin. Let's get that
23:29
spinning. Ready, here it is. Man, my one
23:31
and only Zay Money, Batman and Robin.
23:34
>> What's up, y'all? It's your boy, Zay
23:35
Money. You rocking out with Sandman and
23:37
Heavy B, Tracy G. Now DJ, drop that.
23:40
>> Shade 45.
23:41
>> Turn me up, Zay.
23:43
>> I'm young, but I'm popping. Vibing with
23:45
my brodie, we like Batman and Robin. I'm
23:47
a show stopper. I'm a drip locker. And I
23:49
got options. She give me lip locker.
23:51
Face real known. I'm a Tik Toker. She be
23:54
tripping out. Like she mad she ain't
23:55
stopping. We going to turn up. Like we
23:57
got the city watching. It ain't his Zay
23:59
party if the party ain't rocking. It
24:00
ain't his Zay party if the crowd ain't
24:02
litty. I get all the love when I'm
24:04
riding through the city. I'm always
24:05
going hard so the haters looking silly.
24:07
Started with a dollar, trying to flip it
24:09
till This ain't Fortnite, but I put my
24:11
fort right. It's a celebration when I
24:13
hit the bright lights. Zay Money feeling
24:15
with the diss. When they come to trip
24:17
and out that's why I can't lose. Trip
24:19
out.
24:19
>> Yeah.
24:20
>> I'm young, but I'm popping. Vibing with
24:22
my brodie, we like Batman and Robin. I'm
24:24
a show stopper. I'm a drip locker. And I
24:26
got options. She give me lip locker.
24:28
Face real known. I'm a Tik Toker. She be
24:31
tripping out. Like she mad she ain't
24:32
stopping. We going to turn up. Like we
24:34
got the city watching. It ain't his Zay
24:36
party if the party ain't rocking. It
24:37
ain't his Zay party if the crowd ain't
24:39
litty. I get all the love when I'm
24:41
riding through the city. I'm always
24:42
going hard so the haters looking silly.
24:44
Started with a dollar, trying to flip it
24:46
till a milli. This ain't Fortnite, but I
24:48
put my fort right. It's a celebration
24:50
when I hit the bright lights. Zay Money
24:51
feeling young bull with the dance moves.
24:53
When they come to trip and out that's
24:55
why I can't lose. Trip out. TRIP OUT.
24:57
>> [screaming]
24:57
>> AH!
24:57
>> MAN, GIVE IT UP FOR ZAY, BUDDY. MAN,
25:00
come on.
25:01
Come on. Your whole entire family, man,
25:03
stick together like this. Y'all got it.
25:05
Y'all already made it. You already in
25:07
the process. This is what making it is
25:09
all about. Going through these motions,
25:11
man. And the way y'all stick together,
25:13
salute to your mom, salute to your pops.
25:15
>> Yep.
25:15
>> You guys are doing an amazing job.
25:18
>> Yeah.
25:18
>> No, really. You're doing an amazing job,
25:21
especially being in Philly. You know, I
25:23
know how challenging it could be in
25:25
Philly. And so, for you to be raising
25:27
these fine young men the way they are,
25:28
they think for themselves, they're
25:30
independent thinkers, and they stick
25:32
together like that, and they understand
25:34
the benefits of being positive over
25:36
negative.
25:37
>> That's right.
25:37
>> You're going to win every single time.
25:39
So, salute to you, moms, uncle,
25:41
everybody, man. Thanks for coming
25:43
through, Zay.
25:43
>> Thank you. What's way?
25:44
>> COME ON, MAN.
25:45
>> SHOUT OUT MY LITTLE BROTHER, RJ. Shout
25:47
out my little brother, RJ. Turn me up.
25:48
He at home right now, but he's still
25:50
going to be performing on
25:51
uh when we get back from Philly. So,
25:53
yeah.
25:53
>> That's what's up, man. You all a
25:55
citizen.
25:56
>> them in a minute. Zay, WHERE WE AT?
25:57
>> WE OUTSIDE! [screaming]
25:59
>> THAT'S RIGHT, MAN.
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