Ivory vs. Ebony

Hey, everybody, we're back with another episode of the Royalty Room. This is Legal Queen LA, aka Ashly Valenzuela. And today we have a Grammy nominated, multi, multi, multi platinum recording artist and songwriter on set by the name of Ivory Scott, it's you. How you feeling? I'm feeling good. Excited to be here. Yeah. A little bit of a drive, like hour or so, but I'm here. We're here. Amen. So I heard that you just released your new EP. Yeah, for sure. Basically, I've been a songwriter, you know what I'm saying? Really successful. But now I'm dropping my own project, executive produced by my brother, Hitmaka. And so we come with all the vibes, all the different energies. That's amazing. Congratulations. I appreciate that. I can only imagine what it's like to be releasing your own project for the first time. Exactly. Thank you, Sol. We have “Before Ebony” is the name of the project, right? For sure. And I must say, Queen Naija is phenomenal. This my mind song has been stuck on my mind. I'm glad for the last couple of days, but I can't lie to you. The just like me is my favorite song. Okay, that's what's up. I love that song. I actually did that song, like, two years ago with Eric Bellinger. Really? So that was, like, one of the first joints that hit was like, yo, you got to keep this for your own. Yeah, I'm glad you're fucking with that one. I'm glad you kept it. How did you end up getting into songwriting in the first place? Well, basically, I grew up in Chicago. I moved to LA. I lived in LA out here for, like, eight months. Homeless. I went to Atlanta. I met Ray Daniels. Ray Daniels took me to Mike Karen. That's where I got my first publishing deal. And so tapped in with hitmaker started. You know what I'm saying? Once you sharpen your sword and get sick enough, you get in the right rooms. Absolutely. Sure. I also read that you had completely different intentions for your life once back in the day. Yeah, now for sure. Actually, before I did my first publishing deal, I was a lead carpenter for a company called Hanover. Wow. So I can basically build this room. That's dope house. I can do whatever's needed to create. But I was a lead carpenter for a big company. I had a big job offer to go and build hotels in Disneyland. And so Ray hit me. He was like, yo, you belong in the music business. Wrote me a check for, like, bands and was like, just give me time to get you a deal. Wow. Introduced me to Mike Karen, and just kind of been, like, history ever since. That's really real. Like, if someone believes in you that much, say, you don't have to do this anymore here. Sure. And not to flex or none, but I was making money when I was doing construction, so really, to take it was really, like a downgrade for me. But it allowed me to be able to step back and be like, you know what I'm saying? I'd rather chase my dream and do what I really love than to do something and just retire with a bad back. You know what I'm saying? It's always been about music or advancing and being, like, the maximum version of Ivory Scott. But just like, at the time, even when I was doing construction, I was still writing ten songs a night. Wow. I was still working on music, so it wasn't like I was like, oh, let me quit this and do music. I was always doing it. It's always been a part of my life. Okay, well, what would you say over this journey? I know the music industry is a little bit interesting sometimes. What would you say has been the most impactful situation or person that you've worked with? Honestly? Like, tapping in with my brother, Hitmaka, you know what I'm saying? He's always championed me. I was on one of his first singles for his project with him and fabulous, you know what I'm saying? So before I even was heavily pursuing myself as an artist, he saw me as an artist. So you know what I'm saying? That's, bro, definitely. That's one of the biggest relationships that I locked in with, you know what I'm saying? Throughout my career. You know what I'm saying? So shout out to Hitmaka. I love that. And honestly, I mean, you can't turn on a radio or pick a song on shuffle that doesn't start out with hitmaker. No, for sure. That's true. With your new EP, though, what do you want to give to your fans? What do you want them to get from this project? Basically, it's a diverse situation, you know what I'm saying? We didn't talk about it, but I've written for artists like Beyonce, Madonna, Lil Durk, Fireboy, Ed Sheeran. You know what saying? Like, so that's a very diverse catalog. Most writers can't say they have written all those genres. So with my music, it's going to be like a mesh of all of that. You know what I'm saying? You're going to get different energies. I always say that. I'm going to have a song on my project for every different type of music lover, country music, man, whatever you want, I could do it. That's exciting, for sure. So you don't have a genre is what you're saying? No. My goal as an artist is to basically be, like, the first artist to have a number one in all categories. Wow. You know what I'm saying? I want to be the first to do something. You know what I'm saying? And I feel like God put it in my life to do that. A lot of times people say, oh, I do Afrobeat, oh, I do rap, I do this. But I've proven that I can make hits in all those genres. So you know what I'm saying? Convincingly. You know what saying? Like, not like, just like, I made Afrobeat song. The Afrobeat song I made was, like, number one. So it's like, which song? Peru. You did Peru. You didn't do your homework. I didn't do it good enough. Wow. Okay. I mean, after seeing Beyonce and Ed Sheeran and Lil Baby, I'm a little baby girl, Chris Brown, all these things, it's just like, okay, he's done it all. Yeah, for sure. It was hard to keep up with everything that I was finding. That's dope. Yeah, that's dope. But I don't think you answered the original question. What are we getting from this project? What do you want people to feel? Everything. Because I got in my feelings a little bit. I want you to feel everything. You'll have every emotion. You don't feel in love. You're going to feel sad as hell. Sometimes I feel like that's what's missing in music, you know what I'm saying? Making you feel music. Growing up as a jit, my best friend is deaf, you know what I'm saying? So when I used to make beats, he used to sit on the speaker and feel the vibration of the music. He couldn't hear it. You know what I'm saying? So my motto has always been to make music that people can feel, you know what I'm saying? Not just here, so you don't feel this shit. It's going to get you. That's really good. Make music. People will. What did you say? Feel, not just hear. Yeah. Wow. That's like the next for show. Yeah, that's really good. But in songwriting, you do so many different genres and so many different things with different artists and for yourself, how does that work with keeping your originality and you listen to a lot of different things so how do you keep it separate? I feel like there is no real separation, but I feel know when I'm writing songs that are for Chris, it's for Chris, it's for his energy. You know what? Saying, like, ivory Scott is a different thing. So it ain't like I'm not being true to me. I'm going to focus on what I'm doing my own. It's my own thing. It's my thing. So when I'm locking in with artists, I do my research, you know what I'm saying? Just like you did your research to do this interview. Like, I do my research. When I'm going in with different artists, I make sure I know what they own, what they've been on already, so I can give them something new. When you're preparing, of course, you're researching the artist, but what do you do? Maybe as like, a ritual or to get your mind into that mode to create for them or for yourself? I don't do no ritual. If I'm going in with an artist, first thing I do is I go to their Instagram. I start their Instagram, I start their captions, I see what they talking about. I stalk their catalog, see what they didn't say already, what they didn't talked about already. So you know what I'm saying? Basically, like I said, music is a feeling. I feel like if you try too hard, it's going to come off. Like you're trying too hard. I hear too many songwriters, like, trying to write just like an a boogie or trying to sound like the artists already sound. You got to give them a version of yourself and let them eat the fish and spit out the bones. Wow. What would you say to someone who has the same aspirations to be where. You are today, you got to outwork the opposition. I write ten songs a day. Wow. So if you want to be where I'm at still today, to this day, that's amazing. To this day, you got to outwork the opposition. It's always somebody on your hills. You got to stay on your toes, stay on top of what you want, you know what I'm saying? Because you can have it, but you just got to outwork the opposition. Absolutely. For real. Can't be lazy. And in the music industry, it's a little bit hard to navigate sometimes. How do you keep yourself sane and grounded throughout everything? Separation. You know what I'm saying? You can't let music control be every part of your life. I see a lot of my colleagues so saturated with the industry and not knowing that this shit, the matrix, you know what I'm saying? You got to have a life that's separate from it so that you can go to that world and you can live that world. Should I build houses? I build cars. You know what I'm saying? I'm enjoying myself doing those things. So when I bounce back to music, I'm fresh. I'm going to forever stay inspired because I ain't, like, burning it out. Wow. That's crazy. I can't wrap my head around the fact that you had a completely, not even a different career in entertainment, just completely a different life in carpentry. Listen, I've always went by this model. Like, if one man could do it, I can do it. You know what I'm saying? I've always been willing to try anything. It just so happened I got good at most of the things I tried. Wow. So carpentry is one thing. I build cars. I could build a race car. I could muscle cars, whatever. I can do it. Is there a specific challenge or hard time in your life that kind of shaped how you are now? Honestly? Like my upbringing, you know what I'm saying? I grew up on the south side of Chicago, you know what I'm saying? My parents weren't heavily involved in my life, you know what I'm saying? They had their vices of things that they was going through. So, like, turbulence, trauma, you know what I'm saying? Growing up, having to raise my two sisters and just, like, growing up fast, I feel like when you go through a lot in your life, you know what I'm saying? It makes you grow up fast, and it makes you see things a lot different than your peers. So everything had to happen fast for me. You know what I'm saying? So, man, the turbulence of my life, man, being homeless, you know what I'm saying? Not having. You know what I'm saying? Like, growing up in a house where we didn't have food, water, like, the necessities, shit, that's normal to people, you know what I'm saying? Pressure make diamonds. You know what I'm saying? Absolutely. That's my trauma, you know what I'm saying? Is there anything that you would do differently? Hell, no. I love who I am, you know what I'm saying? I love to hear that, for sure. I love who, I love, what I went through. I love my parents, you know what I'm saying? I feel like we all are learning, you know what I'm saying? Nobody wakes up and, like, I'm going to be the perfect, dad. I'm going to be the perfect. So they were going through what they was going through. So I can't look at them and be like, man, dad, why didn't you come outside and throw the ball with me or why didn't you do all these things? Sometimes we want to blame our parents for our shortcomings, but really, as long as you got breath in your body, you know what I'm saying? You got the opportunity to be great, you know what I'm saying? And do great things. So you know what I'm saying? I love who I am. I love what I went through, you know what I'm saying? I don't feel like I would be as cut, you know what I'm saying, how I'm cut, you know what I'm saying? If I didn't go through none. So true. For real. I feel like very inspired from the moment that I started talking to you. Respect. Yeah, absolutely. Is there any advice that you wish you may have learned or a lesson you wish you may have learned earlier? In the beginning of my career, when I first started making money and shit like that, I wish I would have had financial literacy. I feel like when you coming up in this and you haven't had it, having financial literacy is like something that can help you sustain your life. Because sometimes in this music business, you might catch a big check. You catch a big bag. You don't know what to do with that bag if you never had it before. So having people in my life to guide my financial literacy and making sure that I'm handling what I need to handle in a way, because it's not like working a job, whereas if I work a job, I know if I blow my check this week, I'm going to get paid next week, right? It's not like that. In this music business. You might have a number one today and nothing tomorrow. So you got to take care of your money, you know what I'm saying? So that's definitely something I would have wished I would have learned in the early stages of my career. But like I said, we go through things in order to become better, you know what I'm saying? If you don't fall, you don't develop that cartilage, you know what I'm saying? You got to go through something to get through something for real. Okay. Who do you look up to in the industry? Honestly, man, it ain't a lot of role models, but there are a lot of people that are mentors to me. You know what I'm saying, like I mentioned, Hitmaka, my boy Diego Ave. You know what I'm saying? There's been guys that have been through this game, been in this game for years. I still look at myself as a newbie, you know, I'm what saying, even with all the accomplishments that I have. But yeah, there's only a few that aren't gatekeepers, you know what I'm saying? A lot of times you work with people and they just want to hold the gate or hold the position, you know what I'm saying? It's a different era, but amongst the people, the peers that I do work with, you know what I'm saying? I'm definitely feel like I got a lot of good mentors. That's good. You definitely need a mentor no matter what you do. Even they could have been a mentor that helped you with the financial piece, for sure. Or an attorney. People in music don't ever think about getting a lawyer. No, for sure. Well, but you got to think about it. Where people come from, that's not even a possibility, right? You got to think about a young kid coming from Chicago not having shit, not knowing nothing about anything, not being. Worrying about credit, you know what I'm saying? Worrying about those different type of responsibilities, know, really just having that foundation like things that are normal in a. And it's a lot of young kids like that that don't have that. Because if your mom's living check to check, she's taking care of saying the household she ain't got time to teach you about, she's just trying to make it to the next check. So it's a learning experience. Do you feel like you could possibly be some speaker of some sort in schools? Yeah, of course. You know what I'm saying? I feel like God gave me a voice, you know what I'm saying? To be able to speak and speak life into people, and this is just my platform to do, you know what I'm saying? I'm doing it right now. You know what I'm saying? I don't necessarily got to be sitting in a classroom or to teach, you know what I'm saying? I'm doing it right now. I'm doing it in every level that I can do it. Because if we're not here to teach the next level or to teach the next wave, then what are we really doing? So, of course, God got his hand on my voice, and he's giving me a voice, and he's making my voice bigger. And the bigger it gets, the more I'm going to speak on behalf. Absolutely. Sure. What do you have in mind over maybe the next year, as far as your goals? Well, man, honestly, I got a lot of plex, you know what I'm sayiNg? I got a lot of number one records. I got a lot of platinum plex, you know what I'm saying? Awards, but I really want to be awarded. I want my face to be on the trophy. I want my face to be on the plex as an artist, you know what I'm saying? That's like my new channel goal that I'm manifesting for myself right now, so. Yeah, you better manifest, for sure. The big one. Exactly. I feel like the biggest thing about manifestation, though, is the piece that a lot of people miss is you have to act accordingly. No, like, it's already here for sure. Let me ask you this. What's your favorite song of yours? Real? Yeah, it's on my EP. And that's the one that's just solo? Yeah, that's the one that's just solo. Okay. And mainly just because the song is about. It's talking about, you know what I'm saying, wanting something real in such a fake world. I feel like the world is so plastic right now. People ain't really loving. People ain't really loving each other. Ain't nobody really got nothing real that they can hold, you know what I'm saying? Everybody's just trying to hold up a facade or live within the highlights of the Instagram. So real is that song. You know what I'm saying? It's like, show me something real. You know what I'm saying? It touched me when I did it, so I know it's going to touch the world. Wow. For real. That's amazing. I really think that you do have a powerful message, and just sitting here with you for a couple of minutes, I know that you are going to change the world, at least for this person or that person. I feel like whenever I do anything within the schools or in my own program and mentorship, I don't care if this is a room full of people. Sure. One person heard me and it changed something for them. Sure. Because if you change one person's life, then they could change three people's lives, and then those three people can. You don't have to touch the world at one with one time. Yeah. It's hard to change the world overnight by yourself. You got to keep pushing your message until it gets to the world. Yeah, for sure. As far as your songwriting for yourself, is it any different than when you're songwriting for everybody else. Yeah, for sure. You know what I'm saying? Because songs that, for example, artist that is an R and B artist, can't do a song like no motion, which is like a super hip hop. You know what I'm saying? Grungy song. So it's going to be very diverse. So when I'm approaching my own music, it's definitely going to be more personal to me, opposed to if I'm tapping in for another artist. What catches you? What inspires you, man? Life. You know what I'm saying? Experiences. I feel like. You know what I'm saying? We're all kind of, like, experiencing different things at different phases, but we all really experiencing the same shit over and over again, whether you like falling in love, that new love feeling, that feeling of, you know what I'm saying? Just not getting to know somebody or that feeling of loving somebody that you've had experiences with. So it's like. You know what I'm saying? At different phases, you know what I'm saying? Honestly, do you think there's anything else that gives you the same feeling as making music? Honestly? No. Because if you can make a song that can get somebody through something that is so inspiring, you know what I'm saying? It's like having the ability to create music is like making a new baby every time. You know what I'm saying? Like, you're putting something out in the world that did not exist. I feel like that's so close to how God is. It's like, we're creators. We're here to create. So, I don't know, maybe drawing a picture will be cool, too. Don't even lie. Definitely. God's plan is usually not what you had in mind. Sure, maybe it is, but maybe not as fast. That's good, right? That's good. Because sometimes, you know your calling. You know what I'm saying? You can feel your calling, but your timing might not be. Your sword might not be sharp enough, or you might not be where you need to be to be in the rooms, or you might not mentally be able to handle the type of fame or the type of rap that you might get and things that you might have to go through. Right? So it's preparedness. You know what I'm saying? God will meet you at your preparedness, for sure. What do you do to stay ready and get prepared? Honestly, I'm ready. You just be waking up and going, wake up. It's time. I want more than I have, and as long as I want more than I have. I feel like I'm never going to let none get in the way. So just staying hungry, hungry, you got to. No matter what, you always got to elevate. At one point in my career, all I wanted was one plaque. I just want one plaque. Look on the wall. I used to walk in studios and see plaques on the wall and just take pictures next to them. And then once I got the first one and then the second one, the third and the th and the th, then it's like, I want more. I feel like. I forget who said it. Probably a million people said it, but they said, comfortability is the devil. For sure. You agree? Yeah, for sure. I feel like when people get comfortable and mundane, you know what I'm saying? With the mundane life, it's like, that's when you start to die. That's why you see people that get super old, but they're active, they live long because they're always chasing, you know what I'm saying? As long as the heart's pumping, as long as the mind's going, you forever. Chasing. Which plaque or award so far has meant the most to you? Which one? I mean, being Grammy nominated is pretty cool. I wanted to win. We should have won that year. And will. And will for sure, but probably the BMI Songwriter Award. I feel like that's, like the first award that I've honored for being a part of a song that did so many numbers, you know what I'm saying? And it was directed exactly towards me. But I love all my trophies, honestly. Yeah, you should. Every single one is an amazing accomplishment that a lot of people will never see. Will never. Was the. Which song was the BMI song for? It was for Baddest with Chris Brown and Young. And young blue. Yep. Okay. AnotHer great song. I feel like there is no song. There's no throwaway. There's no, like, this one was. Okay, now we doing only hits. Yeah. When I saw the list of people that you've worked with, I mean, oh, my gosh. Yeah, I'm blessed for sure. And the range. And the range, though. Yeah, no, I'm blessed for sure. Out of control, for sure. What would you say? Or who would you say ivory is? What do you want people to know about the real ivory? That's it, man. You know what I'm saying? I'm just a real person that's striving for excellence, you know what I'm saying? That wants the maximum ability, you know what I'm saying? That I can have out of life. You know what I'm saying? But I'm also like, your favorite R and B artist. I'm your favorite rapper. You know what I'm saying? I'm that artist that can be everywhere in every situation at the club and at a wedding party. You know what I'm saying? I'm everywhere. You have any tour plans coming up? We definitely starting. A lot of my colleagues, you know what I'm saying? Artists that I work with are going to allow me to jump on tour with them and do stuff like that. So I'll be popping out. I just did Spell House, which was crazy, but yeah, I'm going to be definitely popping out. Absolutely. What? Got to pop out to some of my shows. I will be there. I'm like, if Elton John, I'm going to get on the piano. I'm a serenade. I love that. I love going to a show. It was the Cali Vibes Festival this year. I saw Tash Sultana. She's from Australia. Okay. And she came out and she absolutely killed her set. But she did some crazy stuff I've never seen before. She went around to every person in her band and basically took their instrument and did it to her own songs while she was performing. And, like, over here, I'm going to play this guitar. And over here, get off. I'm going to play the drums. And I was just, like, mesmerized for sure. I never saw anything like that before. That's sick. Yeah. Are you multi instrumentalist? Yeah, I play piano and guitar, drums a little bit. So multi. Multi. Multi. Multi platinum, multi instrumentalist, multidimensional. I'm willing to try anything. I just so happen to get good at most things, you know what I'm saying? So that's just what it is. God bless me. Damn. Yeah, it must be crazy. I'm a lawyer in entertainment law. I'm a manager of artists. But I just love to see people do what they love to do, and they also just happen to be really talented at it. For sure. I don't think there's anything more beautiful. No. Yeah. Once you find your gift and you channel it, it's like nothing can stop you. Yeah, for sure. All the way up. I love it. But for your tour goals and things like that, what's one country or one place that you absolutely would be a dream to go? Honestly, the effect that I had on Afrobeat music, and I wasn't able to go to Nigeria or go to Africa. I would love to go out there, man, honestly, and just turn that one up for real. That sounds great, for sure. I don't know which country or what country is at the top of my list, but I just want to see the world. Every little piece. Yeah. I feel that you should. You should want to conquer, you know what I'm saying? What? You haven't seen everything. Do you have any artists that you want to work with that you haven't. Got the chance to honestly, like Frank Ocean, if he ever pops out, you know what saying? Like, SZA is definitely one on my bucket list. You know what saying, I'm for this coming, you know, ain't too many. I haven't worked. Just keep adding to the list for sure. I definitely will. SZA actually was just out here. I missed the show. I heard it was phenomenal. Oh, where? Yeah, she's dope. She's a talent. Very good performer. She's a talent, for sure. Is there anything else outside of music that you also want to pick up one day? Man, when I was going to school, I was super into mechanical engineering. Wow. So that's why I'm so like, I'm so handy legit. I can build anything you could think of, definitely. So whenever everything at the house break down and the maintenance don't show up. I call you for sure. Okay. You're going to be sick. You're going to be like, why did I ever call anyone else? Wow. So the moral of the story here is that he is confident, he is talented, he is real, for sure. What else am I missing? That's it. God fearing. God fearing, you see, that is the most important thing, actually. I went to church this Sunday, actually, and the message was basically, why did I get called to LA and why am I here and what am I doing? God help me, right? Please tell me. And I think that there's going to be just such a change to come that starts with the entertainment industry, for sure, because we're the most. You're the most powerful voice that there is. And I think you said a little bit of that. It's true for sure. So true. And that's why one of the things of this podcast specifically is a mental health focus, because I think our generation and younger is not doing well. That's so true. It's like the access, we were just talking about this on the way here in the car. It's the access to information just so fast, you know what I mean? It's too fast. You don't have enough people stepping in and giving, you know what I'm saying? The youth guidance, you know what I'm saying? It starts, young man. It starts in the household. And they don't want it. No. Either. It's true. It's very started. So I always wanted to be a teacher, and my dad was like, Ashly, pick something else. But I keep finding my way back in the schools. Some way form or fashion. And what I've seen compared to when I was in school, even to now, is it just seems like not even the teachers nor the administrative, they don't care. Yeah. And it hurts my heart. Listen, I don't know how to save the district or save the schools, but if we give them something to listen to and to watch, that is positive, that is inspiring. And it's not just, man. Kids look at their phones more than they look at their parents. Oh, my God. That was probably the worst thing I ever heard. But it's not wrong. Yeah. It's your waypoint, right? You're not wrong. I went into a classroom this week, and as the teacher is actively teaching, it's not like reading period or anything. They're on the desk right in front of his face. Right. And the man's not saying anything. Nothing's happening. And I'm like, you all need to give me a classroom because I'll get them together real quick. Right. And I think phones might be the devil. Also, like, the access to. They say that you should limit use of iPads and things to less than. hours a day, which is crazy with the amount. Yeah, that's true. Because if you're at school and you stay after school or do programs or whatever, you get home at what, like six. Right. When's bedtime? Nine or ten. Right? hours, yeah. Oh, my God. How many songs can you write in hours? To be honest, probably, like four songs. Okay. That was way higher than I expected. But I'm not normal, though, right? So with your super crazy songwriting abilities, do you sit and write down your songs, or do you go in and just. I mean, when I first started. So sometimes when I write songs, I might start off with me, like, sitting at the piano. You know what I'm. And just writing songs. I'll go at that. Go at it like that. But sometimes I just go in the booth. I wrote baddest. I just went straight in the booth and just did the song. You know what I'm saying? So there's no specific formula that I'm like, I have to be doing it like this. But when I'm in my bag, I'm just in my bag. That's a blessing, for sure. Definitely can't take all the credit for sure. If you in some random parallel universe never happened to fall into music. I don't know. I can't imagine my life without music, honestly. That's the point right there. For real. And I feel like a lot of dreams are buried when you got a plan B. People like, oh, if I can't do this, then I'll do this. Wow. For sure you can't. What you got a plan B for? If you're going to give a all. Damn, I'm over here rethinking my whole life and everything else. I got a plan. BCDF and Z. Think about it. Like, if you got all those plans right and you break it down and you're given % to each one of those plans, somebody is given to one of your plans, they're going to box you out. You won't be able to compete. Wow. Only plan A. Only Plan A. I got to figure out what my plan A is then there you go. Shoot. Outside of career though, what do you see yourself doing over the next couple of years? Like family wise? Parents, siblings? Honestly, I ain't even thinking that far, you know what I'm saying? I feel like living in the present. Yeah, because you know what I'm saying? We ain't promised tomorrow, you know what I'm saying? Only thing I could do is to be the best version of myself today, you know what I'm saying? And hope for tomorrow. So I'm not thinking that deep. Who knows what we'll be, you know what I'm saying? I just know that whatever, every time I wake up and God put breath in my body, I'm going to be the maximum version Ivory Scott. I'm going to be the best version ivory Scott. You know what I'm saying? So, well, I think you're doing a pretty great job so far. I appreciate that. No, honestly, like, I do want to say congratulations and I want to start really giving people their flowers when they're in my presence. Sure. So I should have done better and actually brought flowers, but we'll give them on air instead. Yeah, but real flowers die. Wow. Oh, my gosh. Who is this guy? Whose man's is this? That's good. It's true. And you know what? People really be trying to freeze the flowers, put them in a book, leave them in the vase till they're. No, that's good. Flowers die. But honestly, I'm definitely proud of you and I'm excited to see what comes next. Is there any advice or anything that you want your fans to know as a closing note for show. Stay prayed up. Keep God first. You know what I'm saying? I'm on this camera right here. Stay prayed up. Keep God first. Take care of your money and take care of the people around you. You know what I'm saying? Your team is just as important as you. You know what, when I like to always say, you know what saying, like Somebody mentioned earlier today and said I talk about myself in third person, I say Ivory Scott a lot. And I say that because Ivory Scott is not just me. Ivory Scott is my manager. Ivory Scott is my videographer. Ivory Scott is my sound man. Ivory Scott is my mom. Ivory Scott is my family. So I'm a representation of all those people. So you got to make sure that if you want to push your brand, you got to have the right team around you. That's the only way you're going to go up. That is probably the biggest piece that a lot of people are missing for sure. We on this camera. I should have never told you about the light bulbs now, but no. Thank you so much for joining us here on the royalty room. Be sure, everybody everywhere, be sure to stream the new EP before Ebony. Sure. And we're going to probably hear a lot more from you. So the album's women, Top of the year . Okay, do we have a date? Twelve joints, no day yet. Top of the year . Stay in touch. Follow me on Instagram. I am Ivory Scott. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to guide you there. Wow, I'm excited. Okay, well, thank you so much for tuning in to the royalty room. I'm very blessed and honored to have Mr. Ivory Scott and team here on the set. So make sure you, like, subscribe, comment, go stream the songs again. My personal favorite, just like me because, I mean, you know, but it's your man's and period. Definitely, definitely tap in with us. We will be here in the royalty room on Mondays at Legal Queen LA on all platforms. And we'll see you next time.