Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign.
[00:00:02] Speaker B: Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Royalty Room. I'm Ashley Valenzuela, Legal Queen la. And today we have a very. I know I say this all the time. Special guest. But it is a very special guest. Today we have renowned Los Angeles radio host, national radio host. I'm sorry. With 92. 3 I heart in the fat founder of Homegrown Radio, the Chuck Dizzle.
[00:00:29] Speaker A: Boom. I made it to the Royalty Room, baby.
Thank you, Ashley.
[00:00:33] Speaker B: Thank you for stopping by.
[00:00:35] Speaker A: Legal Queen, baby.
[00:00:36] Speaker B: And is.
And also an avid supporter of Trademark Tuesday.
[00:00:41] Speaker A: Man, please. I hit you. Hey, man, look, it's Trademark Tuesday. What we know.
[00:00:44] Speaker B: I love that. I really appreciate it and everything. And it's. It's crazy because we met on. I talk about the Clap It Up LA panel all the time.
[00:00:53] Speaker A: I almost want my Clap it up la. Sorry, Jay, bro, I got to do Homegrown today, but it's okay.
[00:00:57] Speaker B: Clap it up. Guess what news. Clap It Up LA is almost done being trademarked.
[00:01:02] Speaker A: Word spot, man. Salute to rock, man.
[00:01:05] Speaker B: Clap it up for that.
And I feel like that the panel that we were on together, that was last May.
[00:01:14] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:01:14] Speaker B: And I haven't seen you ever since.
[00:01:16] Speaker A: Right? No, we. Except for online.
[00:01:18] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:01:18] Speaker A: What it's been, man.
[00:01:19] Speaker B: And I feel like me and you are probably. We just be on the Internet. What you mean is all like, we're like. There's always going to be something from us on the Internet.
[00:01:30] Speaker A: Exactly. There's always a reason to connect there.
[00:01:32] Speaker B: Yeah. So I've been seeing like, everything you've been doing one most recently with all the fires and everything. So I want to say, like, LA has shown me a lot of different things. Like growing up in Florida, nobody gives a damn what happened to the neighbor in the hurricane. Like, nobody's ever gonna. I've never seen a community come together like LA has. And you've been like, really good with, like, providing resources and helping. I saw you out at the Dream Center.
[00:02:02] Speaker A: Yeah, man. It's been. It's been a tough time because, like, I. And I made a post about it. I struggle with that because, you know, I have a platform. I know I can speak up, but at the same time, I have a family that I want to keep safe. So I was really struggling with being out there, being, Being on the field because salute to my brother, DJ Head. He was kind of one of the. The first people that were on the front lines.
[00:02:20] Speaker B: Oh, he was serious.
[00:02:21] Speaker A: He was like, look, we not doing no content. And I. I love that. And. And it. It forced me to kind of like Take that action and say, well, look, your platform, no matter how big or little, is a platform. So even if it's you posting something where somebody can gain resources or know what's happening, for those that may want to contribute, donate, or even want to be on the front lines, you know, that's something. And I. I got a lot of responses from people saying, yo, thank you. I'm over here. Gonna pull up over there. Thank you for at least saying something. Because, you know, had. Had you not said anything, I wouldn't have known, so.
[00:02:51] Speaker B: Exactly. And even, like, I feel like it was just such a traumatic. Like, that first week was so traumatic, because it's reminiscent of COVID We don't know what to do. We don't know where to go. I remember, like, when I got my evacuation order, I, like, I froze, and I, like, I went spiraling, and I'm just like, what? What? Where? And I'm looking at my dog, and I'm just, like, seeing me. We gotta go.
[00:03:17] Speaker A: I know. You coming with me?
[00:03:20] Speaker B: Let me get my keys. Yeah, a purse. I don't. I don't know. And I just, like, I left, and I was like, if I never see my house again, like, I don't know. And I feel like a lot of people probably went through, like, the motions of a roller coaster. Like, sad, angry, upset, and, like, we don't even have a chance to kind of digest it. So, again, thank you for everything that you've been doing.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: And on top of that, too, I do want to say, man, what it taught me was like, yo, you have to have a plan in.
[00:03:50] Speaker B: Yeah, an action.
[00:03:51] Speaker A: Right? So, like, you said, you kind of froze, and, like, what do I do? What do I get? It forced me to say, okay, yeah, we have a little, like, emergency kit. But now it's like, okay, let's really enhance this. Let's make it happen and be ready, you know, because being out here in. In California, Los Angeles specifically, we always hear about the big one. I mean, the last real big earthquake we had was Northridge in 94. And, you know, I was a kid then, but you always think about these things happening, but you never, like, are ready. Are ready for exact. So it just made me prepare for not only this situation, but, you know, God forbid if the big one happens or something like that. So, yeah, I'm glad that you kind of took notice of that as well.
[00:04:30] Speaker B: It's a good lesson to learn. I don't want to learn it again.
But going. Going back to the. The radio host and this. This Chuck Dizzle Persona that we all know and love. What got you to start into this industry? Like, was it always a goal of yours or.
[00:04:51] Speaker A: Yeah, it was. It was. Actually. I only wanted to do two things as a kid, right. And it started off when I wanted to be an astronaut, but my mom couldn't afford to send me to the little space camps.
[00:05:02] Speaker B: Valid, valid.
[00:05:03] Speaker A: Same time. I was always listening to the radio on the way to school, on the way home. I was like the typical radio listener. So it was always the soundtrack to my life from growing up. And at one point I. I told myself I was like, yo, I want to do that. But I didn't think it was really possible until years later when I got an internship and kind of went on my journey. So, you know, where was your internship? With a station called 100.3 the Beat. Ironically, it was a station I listened to all of my life growing up. It was 92.3 the beat while I was growing up. Then it transitioned to 100 point through the beat and I got an internship there. I actually walked my resume up to the beat and the Power 106 power never hit me back, and the Beat did.
And it was just. It was. It was an awesome experience, man. And it just taught me a lot about really, like, going for your dreams and working for your dreams, having a dream, first and foremost. And it showed me that it was attainable. Like, prior to that, I didn't think that, you know, you have these dreams, like, when you're a kid, you say, I want. No, no pun intended. But I was like, you want to be a doctor or a lawyer or something like that, you don't really think it's possible.
[00:06:05] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:05] Speaker A: Until you actually, you know, achieve it. And for me, that was one of those things. I was like, I want to be a radio. I want to talk on the radio. I didn't know what it was. I was like, I just want to do that. And, you know, when I found out it was actually possible, getting an internship and kind of navigating my way through promotions and being on air, it's like, oh, like, you have a dream and you work towards it can happen, you know?
[00:06:26] Speaker B: Absolutely. I feel like Los Angeles, like, being in Hollywood, those creative careers are a little bit more attainable here than, you know, growing up on the east coast or growing up in the Midwest or whatever, because it is, quote, unquote, Hollywood. But what was, like, that experience growing up? Like, what was it a thing to you? Like, I live in la, and this is, you know, where all these Things happen or it just didn't occur.
[00:06:52] Speaker A: You know what, it's funny that you say that. It was normalized. Like it was the Hollywood signs over there. It's like, it's in our backyard.
[00:06:58] Speaker B: We don't even go to Hollywood.
[00:06:59] Speaker A: We don't go to Hollywood like that. And it's like, it's not, it's not a big thing. It. It only made sense when I would have family members come to LA and they were like, oh, let's go to Disneyland or not. I'm like, y'all just did that.
[00:07:11] Speaker B: Let's go to this animal.
[00:07:12] Speaker A: Let's go. Yeah, let's do all these things. And you know, there's no, no knock to any of that. But it was so normalized for it. So not really. I only, I get, I got wake up calls when I had family visit, though, I was like, oh, damn. Okay.
[00:07:24] Speaker B: Yeah, the whole rest of the world is watching for sure.
What would you say has been the biggest challenge in your career to overcome?
[00:07:35] Speaker A: Taking. Not learning how to leave my feelings or, or manage my feelings. Right.
[00:07:49] Speaker B: Insane.
[00:07:50] Speaker A: It's understanding that none of this is personal. You know, you get in what you put out and sometimes it's the luck of the draw, you know what I mean? And for the longest time, I had a gripe on, oh, man, this should happen in my career. I should do this. It should happen this way. And it's like, yo, hey, it might not be your time, B. It's not. It might not be for you or, you know, what work did you actually put in to get to that? You know, and, you know, I had to really wrestle with a couple of things and understand, like, okay, I can, I understand, I understand. I did all that I can do. You know, there's nothing I could do at this point. Yeah, I can't, can't, you know, you know, harp on those feelings if I did everything that I possibly put into it.
[00:08:32] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:08:32] Speaker A: And, you know, being somebody that, that believes in God and has faith, it's like, you know, if you put all. Put all these things into it, you can trust and understand that, like, put that faith into him. And if it doesn't work out, it's not meant to be. You know what I mean?
[00:08:45] Speaker B: I remember last summer, like whenever Kendrick did the pop out and stuff. I had met an artist, like, briefly before that, and I remember the first time he called me, like, about like some business stuff. He's like, yeah, you know, I wasn't invited to the pop out. So instead of letting that defeat me, it's kind of, like, really motivated me. Like, it's okay. I'll be at the next one. Let me get in the studio every single day.
[00:09:08] Speaker A: And.
[00:09:09] Speaker B: And I really heard the passion and, like, the love for what he does instead of, like, jealousy or, well, why was he there and I wasn't? Or it should have been me. And I. I felt like that was, like. It was rare to hear that, but it was. It was really nice. It was beautiful.
[00:09:26] Speaker A: One good quote that I heard. I don't know if he made it up, but I. I heard him say this years ago. Salute to the homie. Jason Martin, now, AKA Formerly known as Problem.
I forgot what it was in reference to, but he had this quote. He said, don't get mad, get motivated. I was like, oh, I like that. I like that. So I internalize that. And anytime I get in a situation now, I'm not perfect. I still go through my internal battles and whatnot. But it's like, you. You sit there and kind of wrestle with that, like, okay, yeah, don't get mad, get motivated. Let that. Let this be a lesson and a blessing for you for the next.
[00:09:57] Speaker B: I'm gonna remember that one.
[00:09:58] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:58] Speaker B: Because I sure didn't get mad sometimes, but homegrown radio, bringing radio back to its roots. That's the motto, right? How do you balance keeping, you know, up with the. The mainstream, the Kendricks, the. The Drakes, but also implementing the new artists, the upcomings that people don't know, and also, like, bringing us back to our roots where we started.
[00:10:26] Speaker A: Well, I think it's all, for me, it starts with the support, right, and understanding that artists like Kendrick, you know, we're homegrown artists from. From the jump, you know, when nobody knows their names, you know, was going by K Dot and, you know, just trying to figure his way out. And it's knowing that, okay, supporting these artists in their way to becoming mainstream. And one thing that I learned from radio is like, okay, they're gonna have artists that they support, and that's fine. But I. I want to be the conduit between the. You know what I mean? Like, how can I. How can I usher somebody from literally no fans to mainstream success? So for me, it's kind of like a duty. You know, I'm always at.
[00:11:05] Speaker B: Well, almost like a challenge.
[00:11:06] Speaker A: It's a. It's a challenge, but it's. It's a responsibility for me as well, because I'm seeing all these artists from the. From. From the jump, A lot of them having their first interviews with me, and I Just I see the hunger. Like you said, when you talk to old boy, I'm assume this to do, right?
You heard the passion, his voice saying, man, I'm, you know, I'm gonna figure it out for next go round.
[00:11:24] Speaker B: And that made me want to work.
[00:11:25] Speaker A: And it makes you want to work with somebody. And so for me, when I see somebody that's. That's passionate about their. Their craft, they're talented, and you see something in them, it's like, yo, I can't wait for the world to see what I see in you now. And it's like Kendrick is like the. The. The perfect example because it's same thing that you're talking about. It's like, yo from Jump, you know, before he was a hype man. You know what I mean?
[00:11:48] Speaker B: Oh, wow.
[00:11:48] Speaker A: He was J Rock's hype man for the longest. You know, people knew at the time when J Rock was signed to Warner Brother Records, I think want to say, like 2007, 2008, and he had a song, a single called Lift Me up.
And in all my life, Kate, I was in the background and. And nobody knew who he was. I mean, we, the. The people that were around knew, you know, his potential and his talent. But I just love seeing the. That. That passion that somebody has at that time to be like, okay, I'm gonna take this. I'm gonna hone my craft and just get better. And when. When it's time for the world to actually see, you see what you see now. So for me, I. I responsibility to be able to kind of like, usher that talent as well, because it's times you're gonna get. You're not gonna get motivated. It's gonna be times where you feel discouraged. And it's like, for me, I see all of these people, and a lot of times people look at me like, oh, man, you've interviewed so and so you've been, you know, this artist, you work for the radio. So it's. It's on my end, they're looking at like, oh, man, this is motivation because he believes in me.
[00:12:46] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:46] Speaker A: And that might give him that kickstart to keep on going. So for me, again, it's that. It's that responsibility to give them that push when sometimes they may not feel it themselves.
[00:12:53] Speaker B: I love that. I don't know where. I don't know if you'll agree, but I'm. I'm a manager, so I feel that exact same way about my clients.
[00:13:02] Speaker A: As you should, for sure. And salute to you, because I see you go Hard for your clients, man.
[00:13:06] Speaker B: Thank you.
[00:13:07] Speaker A: Go hard for your clients.
[00:13:08] Speaker B: Thank you.
[00:13:09] Speaker A: Even to the point sometimes you and I see that you may put your personal brands to the side, but I feel like you believe, and hopefully they, I know they understand this. It's like you believe in them that much that you're going to be able to put up your own bread. I want to put. You'll put up your own bread, finances, your resources, and most importantly, your time. You know what I mean? So salute to you for doing that.
[00:13:30] Speaker B: No, I appreciate that. That makes me feel really good because I remember at one point you probably saw me ranting because everyone's like this, is this their page?
Where are you? My following is probably like 85 men. So I'm sure they don't want to see these grown ass men on my PA page. But I'm like, I don't care if you love me, then you love them, you know, But I feel like in your role, it almost reminds me of like a booking agent because you're just like, book on the, on the radio. Book, book, book, book, book, book, book. Because I have all these people that I want to win, right? But with me, it's like, it's more personal. It's like solace, like 1, 2, 3.
And it's. Yeah, so in that part, I'm sorry.
[00:14:09] Speaker A: To cut you off, but that part gets challenging as well. It's like you see this pool of talent and you can't necessarily help everybody. And the thing is, I want artists to understand, like sometimes somebody posting your music or sometimes just me bringing your name up to somebody else when you probably don't even know it is the support that you don't think you need. It's not always just playing your song. And a lot of times people get that misconstrued. It's like. And I go through that as well. It's like, damn, this song. There's certain songs and artists that I want to play, but it's like, yo, there's rules and regulations to this and I can't just get on and play what I want. And I learned that early when I got an internship in radio. It's like, oh, you just can't play what you want to play. Oh, there's a playlist. Oh, there's a program director who's in charge of the music director. They okay, they put this together, boom, got it. Totally understand. But a lot of times the artists and just not just artists, but just people don't understand that. And they, they feel that since you have this role of this title. They're like, oh, you're supposed to. You're. You're a radio host. You can play. You're a radio dj. You can play what you want. So going back to one of your questions that's. That's been a struggle of mine for a long time, is not being able to do what people think that they perceive that I can do and having to explain that to people.
[00:15:16] Speaker B: Oh, it's like every person I meet in the street. Oh, you're a lawyer. Can I ask you. I. I have a warrant, right. I'm like, I don't do crime, please.
[00:15:24] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
[00:15:25] Speaker B: I do music, buddy. Like, I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaking of music, who or what the last365 surprised you the most?
[00:15:40] Speaker A: The Latin. That's cliche. I'm not going to say.
I don't want to.
[00:15:45] Speaker B: Go ahead.
[00:15:45] Speaker A: I don't want to use. I don't want to use Kendrick as an example, because I already used him for one.
And I'm not surprised. Everything that you guys are seeing now that people are. The world is seeing now. We knew dude had this back in the day when he was freestyling the Nixon Gardens. You knew he had this type of hunger and passion. It's like, you don't want to.
[00:16:03] Speaker B: Which you also were a part of that show.
[00:16:05] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. And you don't want to test that. You do not. You do not want to mess with somebody of that caliber. But I want to shine some light on somebody else that I think deserves a lot of credit. And this is somebody also. Also seen kind of from the jump is artist by the name of Curtis King. He's a producer, he's a. A rapper, but he also is kind of stepping into this media space as well. He has a whole channel set up to kind of commentating on a lot of the things that are going on right now. And it's surprising to me that he's shifted in from. From rapper to producer to now, you know, media. Media. I don't even say personality, but he's doing a lot. And this is one of the earlier days. An author. It's just a good.
[00:16:51] Speaker B: Oh, this was your interview?
[00:16:52] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. This is around the time he actually.
He actually wrote his first book. He. And we had him on there talking about that. But just he. He always surprises me because it's always something new that he's doing. It's refreshing to see he's just a good, good person, man. But surprising in the sense of like, yo, you're not going to let the challenges of this industry, this world, get to you.
[00:17:14] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:17:15] Speaker A: And he's a father as well, man. So salute to Curtis King.
[00:17:18] Speaker B: That's awesome. Okay. And also another. Maybe we go back to Canada. I don't know what was the best release of 2024, or even a couple weeks that were in 2025.
[00:17:31] Speaker A: I mean, I'll be stupid for not saying GNX, man. Like, GNX is.
[00:17:35] Speaker B: I'll tell you.
[00:17:35] Speaker A: I'll tell you why. I'm gonna tell you why. Because. And this is how I judge, like, the impact of music.
My sister, the la. I went to go visit her the other day, you know, and she was just like, man, I just can't stop playing it. My sister's, you know, 10 years older than me, and, you know, she's in. She's into music and she's in the hip hop or whatever, but the fact that an album has had, like, a chokehold on her is just hilarious to see. And it speaks volumes. Just like. And songs that I didn't think that she would like. She, like. She loves the title track, gnx. She loves that. That song. So I'm just like, the things that I didn't think you would be now, of course not like us and. And Squabble up. Yeah. You'll get the songs that are on the radio. Of course you would understand that. But for her to actually dive deep into the actual album and still have it on repeat is. She's like, I tried to. She's like, I tried to go to a different album. And I just. I went back to it. I stopped for a week and I went back to it. So, yeah, it's stupid not to say GNX right now.
[00:18:30] Speaker B: Okay. I'm not mad at it. Are you guys. Are you still doing your podcast?
[00:18:36] Speaker A: We are. It's just. We're taking a. I'm not gonna say taking a break, but it. With. So it's kind of backtracking the story, man. When me and. Me and Head were on Real Night two, three, at some point together, right? And we had homegrown radio on the radio together at. A couple of years ago, he decided to step away, which was a challenge for me. And I talked about it at Jay Brock's Clap It Up LA panel because I'm so used to being, you know, me and him, the duo. He stepped away, he's doing his thing and he's flourishing, and I love it. But for me, it put me in a space of like, okay, now what? You know, we go from being together six days a week to hardly seeing each other, you know, and you're not.
[00:19:15] Speaker B: Like, like best friends, your business partners, family.
[00:19:18] Speaker A: Exactly. And, and, and, and because me as well, man, I got a six year old, as you saw in a two year old. And the challenge from being, going from one being being a parent of one to being a parent of two, it was more than I thought that I would be able to handle. So, you know, scheduling gets a little tricky, you know, as again, together being together six days a week.
[00:19:38] Speaker B: And that's why I appreciate you being here so much. On top of like business.
[00:19:41] Speaker A: No, thank you. I appreciate, thank you. And I'm trying to step back out there a little bit more. Again. I understand there's a way to balance family and balance career, and I'm working through that. But I, I'll be sitting here lying if I didn't tell you. It's been a challenge trying to figure out, you know, navigate parenthood and being a husband and devoting my time to my family, which is very important to me. So to answer your questions, like when we would schedule certain interviews, it would just get a little tricky because my availability wouldn't be there or you know how it is with artists. You book a certain date and time and then if that don't work, I can't, I can't sit there for three or four hours waiting on somebody or I can't, okay, we do it tomorrow. Nah, I can't.
[00:20:20] Speaker B: Like, you know what I saw when I was, when I was looking up all your podcasts and stuff, I saw that we both interviewed Ivory Scott.
[00:20:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:28] Speaker B: Like two weeks apart last year for the year before. Yeah, that was really cool.
[00:20:33] Speaker A: Yeah. So it's like I, I do a lot of, I try to do. There's, there's, you know, interviews that I do at the station and there's some that I, you know, do on my own. And then with me and Head, we've always had this understanding, yo, when, whenever we get back together and do it, then we're on it. I think the last one we did was Rhapsody, and before that was Dog Pound and Snoop. So it's like I, and I'm okay.
[00:20:51] Speaker B: I love the two of you together. It works so well because, like, I feel like I love DJ Head. Yeah, he's great. I haven't had like a personal like moment with him yet, but like, I feel like he's like low key just sometimes just the asshole and you're just a sweetheart. And I feel like it works like good Cop, bad cop type of deal.
[00:21:14] Speaker A: The funny part about that, though, is what people don't know about DJ Head. He will give you the shirt off his back.
[00:21:19] Speaker B: Yeah. And I see that through everything he does. He talks about God a lot, and I really love that.
[00:21:25] Speaker A: He, he, he. I think he plays into his natural ability to be like, well, I don't give a he. I call him a robot all the time. Like, bro, you have no emotion. And I'm like, yo, you have to learn how to package that and give it to the people. He's like, well, I'm not responsible how people feel. Like, all right, bro, I ain't gonna argue.
And I. And I love you for it. You know what I'm saying? But I think that that's what works. He's naturally him. I'm naturally me. And when we get together, it's just magic. So it's like, for me, I'm. I'm. I've been kind of, like, on not forcing, if it happens where we can get together and make, you know, schedules work, then perfect. But he's on a run right now, and I love it from him doing a bigger picture. And, you know, him and Gina views doing her show together. I just salute that. And I love that for him because I know what his intentions are. And it's like, I don't want to be. I don't want to hold you back from anything. Right. And if trying to figure out how we can record the next homegrown podcast is going to stop you, which it won't, but stop you from doing this, then so be. I'm not going. I'm not gonna get in the way of that. So when it's time for.
[00:22:24] Speaker B: You can always come back to it.
[00:22:25] Speaker A: We can always come back to it. We can always revisit it.
[00:22:27] Speaker B: So I love that.
[00:22:27] Speaker A: It's my partner. That's my boy, so I love it. Yeah.
[00:22:30] Speaker B: And speaking of partners, I know we've talked about a little bit about marriage, but I want to personally say, like, ever since I saw you on that panel, because when we did the panel, like, there was a men's version and then there was a women's version, so we didn't get, like, to talk together. Yeah, but I heard you say a lot of admirable things that day, and it wasn't just you said them on a panel to tell people. Like, since I met you, I've seen it. Like, I've seen everything that you pour into your family, everything that you obviously online.
But I want to say, like, you Are truly like an admirable, like, young black man in the industry, in Hollywood, in America. And I truly, like. I respect and appreciate that about you. Not only just, like, on your. The fact that your marriage is at the forefront, but also your sobriety.
[00:23:26] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:23:27] Speaker B: So I want to thank you for all of those things and being such. I feel like I told you this before, like, being a role model, because there aren't very many of you, and that's unfortunate.
[00:23:36] Speaker A: And I think that. And I appreciate that. Thank you so much. Because, again, at times it feels like.
And this is just me in my own head, that the world doesn't see it or doesn't care about it. Right. And especially within the industry that we're in, the circus goes way farther.
[00:23:52] Speaker B: Oh, for sure.
[00:23:52] Speaker A: The BS that. It goes way farther. Right. So a lot of times I kind of like, hold, like, hold back on it because I'm like, do people even care? But then I have to stop myself in the tracks. Like, no. There's somebody out there that. That is either going through the same thing either as a father, as a husband, and they want to see this. This is. This is catered to them. So I'm not worried about. I'm worried about the message for who it directly can impact. And I'll get messages from people sent for talking about, you know, fatherhood, talking about sobriety. I get one message probably every month about sobriety. And whether it's advice or thanking me, and I tell people. I'm. I'm notorious for telling people, yo, tell me how you are on your journey, let me know. Because a lot of people get. The misconception is like, I'm only a month in. It's like, yo, celebrate that.
[00:24:38] Speaker B: That's big.
[00:24:39] Speaker A: That's big.
[00:24:39] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:24:40] Speaker A: Two days in, that's big.
[00:24:41] Speaker B: And it may not be drugs. It may not be alcohol. It may not be, you know, it's social media, sex, whatever it is, man.
[00:24:48] Speaker A: It's applying that discipline and showing up for yourself and celebrating yourself. And I think that that's important. So I make sure that I put that in the forefront so people can see that as an example.
And I appreciate you bringing that up because it lets me know that, okay, somebody's paying attention. You know what I mean? You using your platform to shine light on that, you know, somebody else may see it, and I. I appreciate it.
[00:25:08] Speaker B: Yeah, it's. It's like almost like with me being 30 with no kids.
[00:25:16] Speaker A: Stop that.
[00:25:17] Speaker B: People say, oh, like you're a unicorn. Like, I don't feel that way. But I feel like with you, like, you can say you are a unicorn because you don't see that, especially with all of the.
In the media and the. The music industry and all the things.
[00:25:33] Speaker A: So I want to push back on that there. I'm not a unicorn. There's plenty, Plenty of other brothers doing the same thing that, that are. That are highlighting fatherhood. You know what I mean? And they. They are the unsung heroes because there's so much negativity that's out there that gets, you know, pushed up to the top.
[00:25:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:49] Speaker A: And it's. And it's. It's good for the. It. It. It works. Like, I. I get it. It's. It works provocative, it's provided. Like, it, It's. It goes there, right? The baby mama, baby daddy issues, like, it just. The story sells itself. But I. I know personally, so many great. Like my circle, I got so many great fathers. Silas is a great father. You know, I mean, he sent his two daughters to college.
[00:26:12] Speaker B: Like, oh, no, there are wonderful fathers. My daddy is one of them. He raised me by himself, praise God.
[00:26:17] Speaker A: But even. Even in this industry, I'm saying that there are amazing fathers out there. And I feel like again and sober.
[00:26:26] Speaker B: And still married and with young children.
[00:26:30] Speaker A: You would be surprised. You would be surprised. There are a lot out there.
[00:26:35] Speaker B: Well, shout out.
We love that.
[00:26:37] Speaker A: I. I've taught. There's a lot of artists that I deal with. Right. And there's some that. That say the same thing. Like, they'll like, yeah, man, I haven't. People don't even know I'm. I don't even drink. I don't even smoke. Like, for real. Like, yeah, don't even. Don't do none of that. But, you know, I know what business that we're in. It's not. Not like they're promoting it, but they're not. They're not highlighting.
[00:26:56] Speaker B: Once you say that, it's like, why? What happened? What's wrong?
[00:26:59] Speaker A: Same thing about marriage. I mean, same thing about marriage. Like, any. Any artist that's out there or if you're in this business, don't shy away from being in a relationship. I know that there's this image that you gotta uphold, but there. There's a pocket of people that will be like, damn, that's dope. Like, Ice Cube. It's amazing that he has, like, I didn't know you. I'm gonna take it back real quick. You know the song, it was a good day. You know this.
[00:27:25] Speaker B: He said, got a text from Kim.
[00:27:27] Speaker A: That's his Wife. A lot of people didn't know that a page. But a lot of people didn't know that for the longest. Right? So it's like yo showcase that, you know, that's amazing.
[00:27:35] Speaker B: I love it.
[00:27:35] Speaker A: You'll have more people wanting to step up and showcase that as well.
[00:27:38] Speaker B: And we need that. We definitely do need role models because there. There aren't a lot of good ones, but. And I asked Jay Brock this same thing.
Being around everything that you're around, how do you make sure that. That, like, I don't know. I feel like the industry almost makes it impossible to think that you can even be in a monogamous relationship. You know what I mean? So, like, how do you. Like your 12 years married or together? And like, how do we get other people to know that? Like, that's okay.
[00:28:11] Speaker A: Am I looking at.
[00:28:12] Speaker B: We can do this.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: This camera. This one.
[00:28:14] Speaker B: Get on that one. Yeah.
[00:28:15] Speaker A: All right. So, fellas, you need. You need. Here's your boy, Chuck. Dizzle me. If you some. Some advice. Some marriage advice to all the husbands out there, all right?
Being this. In this industry can be very tricky. I'm gonna tell you the secret to the sauce. Go home.
Go home. After the event, just go home. There's no reason to linger, all right? There's no reason to hang out and see what the next spot is after you handle your business. Go home. Trust me, it keeps you out of a lot of trouble.
[00:28:45] Speaker B: Because if you want an excuse, you can find one.
[00:28:48] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:28:49] Speaker B: Sure.
[00:28:49] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:28:51] Speaker B: And then as far as with. With your children, obviously, they are probably the most important thing to you as far as leaving a legacy. What does that look like for you in terms of what you want to leave for your kids?
[00:29:08] Speaker A: I just want them to know that I did the best that I could. You know, it's still early for me, you know? Got one.
[00:29:15] Speaker B: Y'all gonna make me cry with this real again. Like.
[00:29:19] Speaker A: Yeah, it was. It was cold as out there. By the way, let me just tell you that first and foremost, salute to the homie Zaire Porterhouse. La.
[00:29:26] Speaker B: These were the Christmas. Oh, wow. Not my comments.
[00:29:29] Speaker A: Oh, it's up there.
[00:29:30] Speaker B: That's crazy.
[00:29:31] Speaker A: We need more of them.
I love it, but I just want them to. I want to be as present as I possibly he can be. You know, I love. I love my father. May you rest in peace. But emotionally, he wasn't. He wasn't the most present man. You know what I mean?
And we. And the. The. I say that to say we had a conversation about that prior to his passing. It was one of the best conversations that I had. Three months before he passed, we had a conversation. I was like, yo, what was the deal? Like, you, you know, you, what was going on? Like, you just wasn't really. You were there, but you weren't there.
[00:30:04] Speaker B: Like, explain yourself.
[00:30:05] Speaker A: Explain yourself, you know? And he was like, man, that's all I knew. He's like, I got that from, I.
[00:30:09] Speaker B: Was gonna say the older generations. Yeah.
[00:30:11] Speaker A: And so it's on us to kind of showcase like, yo, it's okay to love on your kids. It's okay. Like, I, I kiss my son so much. I, I, in the first two months of my, my son being born, I kiss my son more than my, I ever remember my dad kissing me in life. And I, and I just make sure I do that.
[00:30:30] Speaker B: That's sad, but that's also sad.
[00:30:32] Speaker A: It is, right? But, but it's decided. It's the, it's the times that we were in and, you know, it's, it's. No, and I'm not gonna say he showed support and love the way he knew how.
[00:30:42] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:30:43] Speaker A: Like the apartment that we were doing homegrown radio out of initially. Right.
[00:30:47] Speaker B: In 2009.
[00:30:49] Speaker A: 2009.
[00:30:50] Speaker B: I feel, I feel like I'm, I'm passing my test.
[00:30:52] Speaker A: No, you good? Yeah, you got it right. That was the apartment. Apartment that he had owned.
[00:30:57] Speaker B: Oh, wow.
[00:30:57] Speaker A: His apartment. And he was like, look, I don't, I know you into this, this industry. I don't know anything about it, but how can I help? Like, however I can help, let me know. And I'm like, yo, the fact that you're letting me, you know, have this, have the apartment first and foremost, but let me be able to do my show here. You know, it's a four bedroom, not four bedroom, four unit apartments complex or whatever. And you know, the neighbors were super cool over there. They were, they were amazing. And he wasn't tripping, you know, that, that we were doing our show out of there. Had a parking lot full of people, no issues out of the three years that we there. So he showed support and love in the best way that he could. But I just, I do wish that he would have been there emotionally for me a little bit more. But, you know, I can't cry over that now. You know what I mean?
[00:31:39] Speaker B: All you can do is do it.
[00:31:41] Speaker A: Pour it into my kids. So that's, that's how I, you know, build onto that legacy and letting them know that I'm, you know, I'm present, I'm here, I'm Here. Whatever you guys need. But so if you guys are looking at this years from now, I did the best that I could. I will continue to do the best that I can. And I love you with all my heart, Charles and Chase, by the way. Sorry. That's cute.
[00:32:00] Speaker B: I'll. Anyways, so I know we were getting a little bit emotional, so we gonna take it to. To a little this or that game, of course. All our favorite things, music. And then we'll wrap it up with a couple of questions. But this or that. Live hosting on the radio or podcast.
[00:32:25] Speaker A: There's an element of live hosting that I love, but podcasts, you can say way more, so I can't say this and that. Right. I would say. I would say podcasting only because you can kind of expound on your thoughts and get it out there. But I love just the action of just being in the studio online. I love. Oh, there's nothing better. Better than that for me, for sure.
[00:32:48] Speaker B: That's awesome.
[00:32:48] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:32:49] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:32:49] Speaker A: I would say p. If I had to choose one. Podcasting.
[00:32:51] Speaker B: Shout out to the podcast place. Okay. Book y'all. Podcast.
[00:32:55] Speaker A: Hello. Nice endorsement. There we go.
[00:32:59] Speaker B: RJ. Mr. LA or Joe Moses. I know that's.
[00:33:03] Speaker A: That's a tough one. I'm doing this and that because they both.
[00:33:07] Speaker B: You're cheating. You tried to cheat twice already.
[00:33:10] Speaker A: I love it. Now they both put on for the city. And they are stamps here in Los Angeles, man.
[00:33:15] Speaker B: They are.
[00:33:15] Speaker A: Nah, this and that. I can't do that.
[00:33:17] Speaker B: You can't have one without the other.
[00:33:19] Speaker A: You can't have one without the other. And they tell they twins, so it's like when they get on. When they get on the track together, too, man. It's amazing. So this and that.
[00:33:27] Speaker B: All right, I'll let it slide once you get one pass.
[00:33:31] Speaker A: How many more we got?
[00:33:32] Speaker B: This is a 10 question.
[00:33:34] Speaker A: Oh, snap. I use my car too early.
[00:33:37] Speaker B: Only get out of jail. All right, Kaylin. For real. For real. Or Roddy?
[00:33:41] Speaker A: Rich Roddy.
[00:33:43] Speaker B: Okay. No Jumper or Fig Munity?
[00:33:46] Speaker A: Fig.
[00:33:47] Speaker B: Tde or Death Row? Tde Dochi or Sza?
[00:33:51] Speaker A: Dochi.
[00:33:52] Speaker B: Not like that. I mean, not like us or like that.
[00:33:56] Speaker A: Say it again.
[00:33:57] Speaker B: Not like us or like that.
[00:33:59] Speaker A: Oh, not like us.
[00:34:00] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:34:00] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:01] Speaker B: This is just a question. Best track on gnx.
[00:34:07] Speaker A: Because me and my son go back. What they talking about?
[00:34:13] Speaker B: I think I saw. I think I seen you post it.
[00:34:15] Speaker A: Yeah. Peekaboo. So peekaboo is gonna be it. Just because of that, man, My son literally was like, Alexa play.
[00:34:22] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:34:26] Speaker A: I did good as a father. I did amazing. Yeah, I'm good.
[00:34:31] Speaker B: That's awesome.
[00:34:32] Speaker A: And was dancing to it in his room. I love that. By himself.
[00:34:34] Speaker B: I love it. Beano or Blast?
[00:34:37] Speaker A: Blast.
[00:34:38] Speaker B: Rolling Loud or Coachella?
[00:34:41] Speaker A: Rolling Loud or Coachella, who's headlining this year's lineups?
[00:34:49] Speaker B: I couldn't even tell you.
[00:34:51] Speaker A: I feel like we're rolling louder. So many damn artists. I feel like with Rolling Loud, they support more artists that we cater towards. And with Coachella's a big guy. Yeah. I'm not trying to go to no desert, though, so. Rolling Loud.
[00:35:03] Speaker B: All right. Period. Well, that was good. That was good. You did good.
[00:35:09] Speaker A: Wait.
[00:35:12] Speaker B: How do you stay motivated and creative through, like, the. The fires, for example? How do you keep.
[00:35:24] Speaker A: By understanding that, again, it goes back to responsibility, you know, that I have to use my voice for something. And whether it be to entertain, whether it be to inform, I have a duty to get up and make sure that people know what's going on. So when things are like, feeling a little down or like, obviously something tragic like that, you don't make light of the situation, but you try to find the positive side of it. And the positive side of it to this, for me, that I've seen is seeing people come together in a way that, you know, we haven't seen in a long, long time, and. And highlighting that so not necessarily focusing on so much of the negative. Yes, there are this devastation around all over, but what are we doing the same changes? What's the solution?
So that's. That's kind of how I stay motivated, man. It's finding being solution based, not being emotional in the sense of, oh, I don't know what to do. Like, I guess I'm just gonna sit back, like, that's not gonna change anything, you know, and again, just. I feel like it's a responsibility with somebody with the platform to speak up to, you know, maybe motivate somebody. Be like, damn, man, like, I was having a bad day, but I just heard you crack a joke and that was funny, man. Like, little things like that could be it, you know, or. Damn. I just heard you talk about your sobriety journey, man. I. I'm two years in right now. I don't know. I feel like having another one. How did you do it? And that. That conversation could be on air or it could be through dms, but it's like that. That responsibility to kind of like push forward and make sure that people get that message.
[00:37:00] Speaker B: Yeah, I just saw this post and it was like a 12 minute conversation with a friend can change. Like Your whole, your mood, all the things. And they're like, if you have 12 minutes for somebody, you could change their life for sure. For sure. So that's. That's definitely true.
I will wrap it up with bringing it back to the radio and everything that you do in your career. What advice would you give for someone who wants to and thinks that it's not possible to be where you are?
[00:37:30] Speaker A: It's absolutely possible. Especially with technology nowadays, you can literally jump start your career right now. One, one thing that I can tell you as far as from radio standpoint, what they're looking for are go getters self starters. Lo the days are gone where you can just put it together a demo and hopefully you get your yourself on air. They're looking for brands that are already set up and start. So if that's you start your podcast today. You know what I mean? The thing that you think that people don't want to hear about, there's an audience for it.
[00:38:03] Speaker B: Come to podcast place, come to P.
[00:38:07] Speaker A: Man, y'all can't see the setup in here, man. They gonna get you right. You know what I'm saying? They got me glowing right now.
[00:38:13] Speaker B: That's what I did. Someone told me exactly the advice you just get did. Someone told me, like, just do it.
[00:38:19] Speaker A: Just go.
[00:38:19] Speaker B: And I, I'm googling, I'm looking. And he came up on my search and I came in for my tour and I was just like, okay, I'm buying a package.
[00:38:26] Speaker A: What's starting? What's stopping you? That's really my question. What's stopping you from doing it? And if it's finances, you have a phone. You can literally set your phone up and record or you can go live on multiple platforms. You don't even have to have a radio show. It doesn't have to be traditional in a sense. And there's so many platforms and avenues and lanes for us to do it. So just start. Whoever you are right now. If you're watching this, you listening to this, there's a way to make it happen. You. All you got to do is start. There's nobody stopping you but you trust me.
[00:38:53] Speaker B: I love that. Thank you.
[00:38:55] Speaker A: Thank you, man. I appreciate you.
[00:38:56] Speaker B: This was a really good conversation.
I skipped questions, I added questions. But the cue card worlds really did their thing right.
[00:39:03] Speaker A: That's what they did.
[00:39:04] Speaker B: Chuck Dizzle on all platforms, right?
[00:39:07] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:39:08] Speaker B: Royalty Room, Legal, Queen la on all platforms. I need y'all to go tap in with this guy. He is a wealth of knowledge. He's been in the industry for quite some time, and he's really doing a. A justice and a service for this community.
[00:39:25] Speaker A: So can I just highlight, just because you said that this year marks my 20th year in radio.
[00:39:32] Speaker B: What?
Okay, way to save the. What is it? Bury the lead. Congratulations. That is huge.
[00:39:40] Speaker A: My internship in 2004. Got hired that year. And. Yeah. So to this year is something special for me.
[00:39:47] Speaker B: Oh, wow.
[00:39:48] Speaker A: Something that. Again, you. You think?
[00:39:51] Speaker B: And you're on the Royalty Room.
This is crazy now, but, yeah, that's amazing. I won't tell you where I was in 2004. I'll make you feel old, but it's fine. Trust me, it's fine.
But congratulations. I can't wait to see what's next.
[00:40:09] Speaker A: And congratulations to you. Just keep going. I love seeing what you're doing. You setting a standard and elevating, and I love it, man.
[00:40:15] Speaker B: Thank you. Make sure y'all, like, comment, subscribe, follow, Listen, they gonna be doing some new podcasts soon, I'm sure.
Royalty Room, thank you so much for watching, and we'll see you again next time.
