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Sometimes all your missing is the right perspective to take it to the next level. It could be from something you read, watched or heard. On this episode, Raymundo's teams up with former teammate and great friend Ryan Staton to discuss life and how to make the best if it no matter what happens.
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Yeah. A year. Yeah. It's the insane Martin Payne. My fault, my fault wrong. It's your host. Raimundo welcome to my show. Where we relate. Demonstrate positivity. Learn some shit and have some fun in a progress. I have some fun in the process. But this is episode 47.
Raymundo:It's all about perspective
This is an episode that you need to hear. But before you do that, don't forget to like subscribe, leave a review. Let them know that you love moon though, too. But. Before we get into that, let's get into that. Let's go let's go. The quote of the day is from Chris pine. The only thing you sometimes have control over. His perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it. That's deep man. Cause. If you only focus. On what happened? Especially if the situation wasn't good. you won't get the lesson from it Your focus on what didn't go, right. And never forget. Sometimes blessing. Comes disguise as. A disaster. But you gotta be able to see in a perspective helps you do that. Right? Because. I used to complain about not having the shoes. Uh, wanted until I met a man with no feet. Something around those lines. Right. and think about that. There's people that have disabilities that are missing limbs. And they still have a great perspective. On life. They may have lost something, but they gained. I love for life. And sometimes bad situations force you to do that. it's important to recognize it, be aware of it, embrace it and walk into the walk into that room. Yeah. Ma'am. And have the perspective that you have right now and working for you. You have the ability to change it? I see things. How you would want it to be. It fear and other factors. Stifle your vision. Your belief. Your hope that you can live the life that you want to live. When you stop playing games. But yeah, man, let's get into the episode. Got a special guests. Great talk Let's go
Raymundo:On this episode, I have a guest coming to the show that I couldn't wait for us to make this happen. Cause every time, you know what I'm saying, we together as a movie ever since we were 14 years old, I literally cannot tell. I don't even know when was the last time I saw my brother. And they don't even feel like, no days has went by. That's how you know it's real man. But I've been seeing my brother make moves inspiring me, but like keeping low key about it. Not even being a bragger, but he's my brother. He was my shooting guard when we was on the basketball team. You know what I'm saying? Who is that? A ship. Yeah. I know him as automatic But the world knows him. Ass Welcome to the show brother. Thanks for having
ryan:me, bro. Appreciate you.
Raymundo:Really. No doubt man. Yo, I I really, every time you comment on something, I, I just kept saying, that's one thing about us. Like if we know we doing something, it's automatic support. It's not even on something like, oh, let me see what he's doing. Like mm-hmm. I don't know. Fuck your brand Fuck. That was the brand. and I bought, fuck yo, I bought a, a face mask that said smiling. Everybody love that shit, man. But I didn't even think it was like, you know what? I can afford this. Let me get this. You know what I'm saying? In the future, I'll definitely do more, man. But yo, what's good brother? You here You want the no show, man.
ryan:It, it is principle's a blessing, man. Just to be on a, be able to talk to you. How you said, man, we haven't seen each other. What been over a decade? Um, got kids and I really still feel connected to you, bro. Like while we were still like 14, 15, you know, advisory. I've been good man. Like I said, just thanks for having me on here, man. I've been, Tune it in. I've been, I've been commenting, I've been laughing out. Share. I, I tune to, I actually go to, um, I subscribe, I watch it. So my brother, this a
Raymundo:blessing, man. Thank you. Yo, let's give it up for the support, man. And you know, if you haven't noticed, the trend has been the people that's been on the show are the ones that have been showing support on the load and it's been affecting me going forward when I have those moments where I want to be like, I don't know if I could do this, but those comments, those yo Ray, this is you, yo, you killing it. Like, I, that shit, you know what I mean? It helps out a lot. So, so it's good to have you on the show. That's, and so far everybody that's been here, besides the guests, I, they know, you know what I'm saying? It's all family. All
ryan:family, bro. And, and, and that's the best thing about this is that I get to deal with somebody I know and I love and I appreciate and it's family. You know,
Raymundo:that's the best love life we.
ryan:Fool for life, right? Fool for life, But a lot of times, man, we support strangers, man, that we never would meet. And granted we grow with these artists and stuff, but when you see somebody actually doing it from where you at and you see them starting up, it's not about, yo, I'm trying to jump in the band rap just to get famous or hot. It's really just about, yo, this is my man, that's it. This is my boy, this is my homegirl. Like, and I just wanna see them win. That's it. I wanna see
Raymundo:life. So yeah. That's dope man. We need a lot of people like that, man. Cause I don't know, man, I don't know about, I know you feel the same way, but yo, I love to see people win. and even if I don't agree with they, yo, I just had a Trump supporter and the way he articulated himself, I changed my views about judging people. Yo, people go, people can't like everything you like. And if they like it, it's more reason, you know. that was, I can't wait to get tune into that episodes. Son was like smart. Like he wasn't like a Trump fan that didn't know why, like, why he was, he knew. You know what I mean? So, you know, and
ryan:man, I, I was in the military with him, you know, I, I, I live with him for four years, so trust me, bro, like I'm, I wanna tune to the episode as well because, you know, it's, it's, the facade is what we, what media put out. They put out this thing like, oh well this person this way, this person, this way, and if you support this person, you must be this way. So, exactly.
Raymundo:Yeah. Right. So I was like, damn, I unfollow people and all that. Sometimes I used to be like, nah. So she, they following them, but I unfollow him cuz he, he was funny about it. which is another reason like I can never, a lot of people hate Trump. I don't hate Trump. Cuz he was, I don't believe the presidents really do anything anyway, but he was hilarious. He.
ryan:On everything I love, like it was him and Elvis Presley Trump. Like my uncle loved him too, man. And like even when he got office, like he was just like, the Trump was just like this comedian who was just the president now. And so I never, not, didn't Trump, but you know, was like, bro.
Raymundo:Yeah. I mean, people already know how we met. Uh, we met in, um, in abc, miss, uh, Ms. Golden, Ms. Golden Advisory, and then we went Miller, and then we got strong at Fool Lan. Shout out to Lan that real. Um, but besides the, the girls that we were competing for, we, we came we bonded over a basketball being Nick fans. And yo, even though we lost the majority of the games, there's nobody I would've lost those games with. They're my brothers. You know what I'm saying? Like
ryan:word. Yo. You know what's so funny about ebc? So I chose EBC because it's weird cause they said they had a basketball team.
Raymundo:Like remember the, the high school books
ryan:did? Yeah. And they said they had a basketball team, but the, but I knew something was wrong when they put the Chili step team first in the extracurricular, I knew something was wrong. Cause they had soccer and basketball kind came like last. So I was like, ah, man.
Raymundo:But you, you, you remember though, it was an after school basketball. Like it was just after school. Everybody could play Ball That was it. It wasn't no
ryan:story behind that. What? So I went to Ca Hill. I went to Ca Hill one day and I'm like, yo, Cahill man. They, you know, like I'm seeing Sebastian Tel, like I'm seeing Lamont, I'm seeing all these athletes in, in Lincoln and, and what's going on with our team? How come we don't have a team? And he was like, well if we do remember. And Za was there, right? Zach Za
Raymundo:Za. Shout out to Zach Za za So one of the reasons I wanted to, get you on the show, you've been behind the scenes, you know what I'm saying? I saw you. I only saw one time, so I assumed that there's a part of you that is acting, but I saw you do a scene and I remember, you know how we all, bro, I was like, I was so hype, bro. So, yeah. But, but let the people know what you, what are you, what do you currently do now?
ryan:So currently, I'm a program facilitator. actually at, I'm wearing one of the shirts, it's called Brag, brag, it's called Bronx Rise Against Gun Violence. and then also the other program is called Y mf. It's all both of these programmers on the Bronx. Um, I basically, I mentor and give gyms back to the youth, fathers and boys of color. just men, people in general. But the brag is for gun violence and sexual awareness. So I go every Wednesday and, and I volunteer my time and giving these kids what they need. And then the Y mf the youngster to Miss's father program. It's just something that men don't have the space to talk to, express their feelings. So I provided space, and not just a space, but that's currently what I do.
Raymundo:Just which is important, man. Like given, you know, men, we always feel like you can't. Show emotions. Mm-hmm. and we all got things that's hard to deal with, like I already mentioned earlier, but, you know, the Green Ranger killed himself, which is like, and everybody loved him, man, but you know, what you see on the surface doesn't, always reflect was in the interior. So absolutely we gotta be able to talk about it. Cuz another episode that I did earlier was controlling your emotions. And one thing about controlling your emotions, when you suppress and repress, all you do is build up. And when you do find, let it out, you lash out in ways that sometimes there's no coming back from. So you provide that to be part of that movement. Man, that's awesome, bro. For real. Yeah. Yeah.
ryan:It's imperative, bro. I mean, we've seen Robin Williams, you know, take his life. We've seen Anthony, Bordain take his life. I mean, me being, suicide rate is so high, especially in the military. people deal with stress on the day to day, so, part of that is what I give to the youth as well is just dealing with the day to day stuff. Cause I've been there before, but I've also been overseas. I've been, you know, entertainment. So I've seen it from all different sides.
Raymundo:Man, that's dope. So like you, you've been part of like different realities, you know what I mean? You know, being away from family, being around people that everyone, everybody wants to be around. and me knowing you, you always been the real humble, down to earth supportive ass dude. So, you know, I'm not surprised you doing the thing and the youth man, you know what I'm saying? The children are the future. I would, I'm just trying to get myself together and stop bullshiting. Cause I wouldn't, I wanna be part of something where like, it's not always about money, you know what I'm saying? Sometimes it's about giving you time. You know what I'm saying? Which is the most time is almost precious. Besides life, the breath time is almost precious thing. Like, so be, to be able to spare. You know, give some time to those that that need it, you know? Cause there's not always a father in the household too. So that's, it's another reason I wanted to, uh, be part of that. And it's a myth, Ain't no, there's black fathers that are great and they're there absolutely no music and everything likes to portray, you know, something different. But I know a lot of black fathers that are, are amazing fathers and their present is, fuck, I don't know. I don't even wanna say associate myself with someone who's not like this. Yeah,
ryan:yeah. No, absolutely. And me because of, I, because of my dad was in my life and being a positive influence in my life, not just in my life, but other people wanted my dad to be their dad. So I reli in that, I love the fact that my friends would be like, yo, like, you know, gangsters or even, you know, going to the library and seeing whoever. The bus driver, the person I work at the store, it was watching my father light up a room and for him to change a, a perception about who a black father's supposed to be like when he didn't have to go to school because of Parentes conference. He went there because his children was up there, or, you know, one of the kids from the neighborhood. You know? So you, yeah, I, I love the fact that he was there and I'm here today because of that reason. I'm volunteering my time because of that reason. If it wasn't family, I wouldn't be here. But one of the most gratifying things you can do is give your time away to somebody Being of service supports as being used. You want to be of service. I learned that from my grandmothers is like, you know, she would feed a hungry dog, you know, so me is the most fulfilling thing you can do is to give your time, you know, what are you gonna do with the time? It's, it's, it's, it's so many things that's selfish. This is a selfish environment that we live in, so there's really no gratification in self. To, to praise yourself. Right. It's, it's, it is core pride, right? It's ego. It's ego. You don't get nowhere. And when you volunteer time, and bro, we went to high school where it was about public, public
Raymundo:service. I loved when we used to feed the homeless. We used to go to the she shelters and all that. Oh, that was great. That that birthed it. I knew that was possible
ryan:and, and we had a lot of fun doing it. Like yeah. It was a way of getting outta school. You know what I'm saying? We were still young, but we really cared about what we were doing at the end of the day. You know what I'm saying? Like, we loved that. The pantry walking over the bridge. Remember we did that, bro?
Raymundo:Oh yeah. Yo, we did, as I forgot about that, bro. We did Asst
Malcom:Yea he doesnt remeber, fronting
ryan:dna and, and if the younger you teach kids, that is the older you grow with and they won't be so reluctant to be like, oh, I don't wanna help this person, because it's like, no, we all need help. You know? We all need somebody. You know, us, we, we gonna be taking our life.
Raymundo:That's exactly, and it, and it is though, when somebody that comes from where you come from, Or people that, you know, people like familiarity, so you look like them. you come from the same type of environment, but you found a way to bring positivity in that. Mm-hmm. That's what we gotta show kids more, because if the parents are working to provide, they're not always gonna be around to educate mm-hmm. So what are they left to do? But listen to music, watch movies, video games and all that shit. Got things in there that with time you don't even realize that it's, you've become who you've become cuz of the things that you've watched and listen. You know what I mean? So I'm at that age where I'm realizing like, yo, uh, a lot of my, so when I just listened to rap, I was a rapper. I didn't speak well. I like everything was a slang. Ever since I've been reading and doing a podcast, I'll be saying words like figuratively speaking and shit that I'll be like, yo, I'm talking different one. It's different
ryan:language for real.
Raymundo:you know, there was a once upon a time when, especially when I was rapping, that I felt like I didn't, I didn't talk hood enough. Like I, that was a thing I felt like, like if I go to the hood, right, it is a psyche, right? If I would go to the hood and somebody was way more hood than me, I would almost try to match they hood. just one day it dawned upon me like, yo, I'm not trying to stay in the hood. I'm trying to get out the hood. Yeah. My dad, with the way you speak, in the way you think, cause you can leave the hood, you can take qua out the hood, but you can't take the.
ryan:Like, nah, like, yo, one thing about, and I listen all about my dad, man, he established so many great things in me early, which is like the tools that I need, it's not for right now is when you need'em. You don't use tools when you don't need em. And one of the things he used to always say to me was, you was born in the hood. You're not from the hood. You're not from the hood. he used to tell me stories about the Chinese restaurants, like how when they first moved here, they couldn't cook for us because they didn't know how to serve us. So eventually they started serving the chicken wings and the french fries and the pork spirits and the beef from Bradley, you know, it was all of that. So my father watched the hood become the hood, so it became poor people. Dis and poor people or poor people stealing from poor people. And that's the hood. But we know better than each other, right? So we, we adapt in this mentality of being more poor than the next. It was like, oh, you making fun of each other. But really at the end of the day, this little kid in see of father or their mother is doing so and so, right. It's like really what it boils down to is the essence of their parents not showing the kids love. So they're not gangsters, they're not killers, they're scared. That's why Mike Tyson is always like, yo, I'm just a scared kid from Brownsville. Cause he was really people that know Mike, like one of my barbers, like knew Mike Brigg. Yo Mike. We used to call him Dirty Mike. And I'm like, what? Yeah, that was dirty Mike. He was a scared little boy. You know what I'm saying? Poor. And I'm like, wow. So you look at Mike now, you like he's just intimidated and fear factor looking guy. Right? But really bro, he's just scared. And that's a lot of our problems today, bro. Our parents just didn't have the environment. The circumstances that we have now. You know, some parents have their children when they were young, some parents, their cultures, their environment, their relation, their religion don't allow them to have abortions. So it's like they were forced into things early and they didn't have, either you were love or you were, or you were tolerated. And if you're not loving a child, then anything else is, is a disruption to their upbringing. And so now it's distress and wanting to be hood. And you know, looking at TV programming, us going to the streets as dudes, you know, girls looking at, you know, a successful woman taking off their clothes. And it's like, well, that's what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm looking at my mom. So she's not really successful. She gonna work every day. Two and three jobs. I, I'm at my grandma's house, she watching me, my dad not here. And all of this bro is just us. The bad upbringing bro. The TVs,
Raymundo:the music, you know, program. It's called programming for a reason, man. And Right. It's dope. You say that, like getting to them early, right? Cause what the majority of the time adults that have issues. STEM from childhood. Mm-hmm. Right. And we didn't have all the technology and all the information that we have at our fingertips now. Or we did, but ain't nobody was gonna look at them. Thick ass encyclopedias, I wasn't going do that when they went to the disc. Cause this shit, I was like, right, we got something. But, now, but yeah man. So like now I feel like now that we are aware, right? Like a lot of kids, you know, it is sad but, you know, but you know, molesting being molested is like a common thing. Yo, shout out to Kendrick Lamar when that album came out for him. I don't know if that was his truth, but if it is or if it isn't the way he, I don't know if you heard his last album, like he put his, his life, like he put his emotions like He's in my top 10 for sure, man. Like yeah, absolutely I did. But we need more rappers like him cause. Bro, he expressed something that, how many, you know, how many rappers, singers went through stuff? Emotional trauma when they were younger. That's why they so tough, that's why they so gangster, that's why they so insecure. And son is just like, yo, I went through this and look at me. I'm still a successful star and I go through shit, but I'm still good. You know what I mean? So, cause I mean,
ryan:bro, a lot of that came from, it's, it's weird how sometimes, like my life, how it transpire, one of my, he's like a mentor to me, right? Like, come like an uncle. His aunt is, um, what's her name? Something Sylvia. Um, she was in charge basically of, you know, producing like hiphop, which is rapper's delight. she's the ones get credit for like destroying hiphop. But what happens is with hiphop artists, right? There's a character that happens and. They may look poor, look cool, right? They may look like being depressed. Cool. So a lot of the, it's cool. And it wasn't cool to be like, yo, I'm poor, or, Hey, like, everybody knew that. So it was just like, how I'm gonna be the coolest and how I'm gonna have this rep. Everything's about having a rep. If you didn't have rep, then you was nobody. So now coming out kind like Tupac and it's like, yo, I'm gonna be real about what all these rappers wasn't real about, even though they had to deal with the same thing. So it's like, yeah, Jay Z, and, and Biggie made it cool to, you know, pop champagne and being, you know, hundred thousand cars and being jacuzzi and stuff. But really, bro, look what Biggie and JayZ was talking about, even in their songs, you know, uh, she must love me, you know, uh, ready to die, you know? Uh, it, it's a bunch of like, daddy doesn't love me, cops love me, you know what I'm saying? Bro, you know, we, we, Jay-z Finn, so, you know, we start rapping and they, they express how they fuck about their parents, right? So now Kendrick is like, Nah, bro. Yeah. My aunt is gay. You know what I'm saying?
Raymundo:That was dope. That was, that was a dope, that was a dope way for, to support his aunt. Man. I would've like, if it was his, like his aunt should give him mad money for Christmas or, or something that he, you know what I mean? Like, he already got everything. I thought that was dope, man. Yeah. It's like real class, real class. Yeah. it could be your sister, it could be your aunt, it could be, it could be anybody that you love, you know, and they were strong enough to let it be known who they were. Right. And that support man goes a long way. And you don't want somebody to get in that place of not wanting to be here because they not accepted. Cuz you know, there's something that you don't like about yourself that that person accepts about you. So. Right. You know
ryan:what it's, I'm gonna say this last thing. It's killing us not being ourself. Mm-hmm. it's, it is literally killing our, like, we're killing ourselves, not being ourselves. And nos barky, he has this line, um, it's in his song. I forgot the name of the song, but he says, you see everybody is somebody, but nobody wants to be themselves. So if I ever wanted to understand me, I gotta talk to someone else. Like, it's like this thing, like, like it is, we not, we, we are so programmed that like, when we are cool, it's like being like the farms, right? It's like, oh man, I'm about to be cool. You know? I got this, I got
Raymundo:that. The collar pop in. Yeah. You know,
ryan:nigga, you know, it starts Jay-Z. Cool. You know, Biggie's cool. Everybody's cool, bro. Like, nobody wants to be themselves. Like, everybody's like, big daddy can't influence Jay-Z. Right? Big Daddy can't influence Biggie. Like somebody influenced Big Daddy can in so forth, bro. And. Everything that we learn in life is from somebody
Raymundo:exa, you know, it's great. I was just explaining that to my stepdaughter, right? Cause I was like, yo, and, and I used that example. I said, Jay-Z had Rakim and Big Daddy Kane. Mm-hmm. fabulous. Had Jay-Z, biggie, and probably he got the fuck with Rakim. Right. then you got J Cole, you know, Jay-Z, you know, everybody got there. And when I used to rap, I used to, I used to base Jay-Z I felt like was too up there for me to even try to like, so I would base it on Fab and Cassy. I would always try to kind of mimic that, that flashy, punchline, smooth dude shit. You know what I mean? Like, but I don't know, man. I got bars. It was just, its this, yeah. Call from the we,
ryan:the music industry. Like music videos, like when producer.
Raymundo:And they, they go, come on heads, come
ryan:on, come on. Heads. You know, you know how you do a point and you know, you gotta make the Powow Powow, right.
Raymundo:Icing my,
ryan:icing my, like all that, bro. Rock
Raymundo:Yeah. So that's hilarious. Yo, actually, before we get into your, your time in the entertainment business, let's talk about your military life. Okay. Which branch and why did you choose to be all that you can be? All right.
ryan:so I, I, I chose the Navy. And I chose the Navy because it's as simple as this. And one of the kids in my, in my program in the north site, he said, I don't want to die in front of my moms. And for me, it was as simple as, understanding like how poor, and you know, how poverty looks like. And I said to myself, I would rather get shot knowing that somebody beside me knowing would know what they doing and we're prepared for this than to be shot or somebody that's hungry. He's not a, he's not a killer, but when push comes to shove, it's either me or him and it's gonna be me. So for me it was just about, I don't wanna die in the street with nothing. Like, with just nothing. You know? I don't wanna be that guy. Like I don't wanna die for nothing. I don't wanna die because he's hungry, which I understand.
Malcom:that was fucking deep bro I'm from it. I understand hunger, but I didn't wanna die just with like, no type of like, oh yeah, Ryan's coming home from school, or he was coming home from doing this and yeah, he got shot today. Cuz you know, we see it all the time. Our friends, either our friends were doing it or it was happening to our friends or our mothers or whoever. So for me it was simple as, bro, I got a chance to see the world. I don't know if I'll ever be able to see the world again. They painted for, for free and up getting water. So, Whatever happens, happens. And that's how I looked at it, bro. And it was nothing about trying to be the best person, just I didn't wanna die for, for
Raymundo:nothing. No, that's mad commend. So yo, you and Jonathan, Jonathan, I think he gave you, uh, he gave you a shout on, shout out that my brother Jonathan Yes, sir.
ryan:The Jula
Raymundo:Ula you got right. Soon we gonna be able to like the Ula you not gonna be able to say you heard, you gonna be like, you gotta say Lou heard you do Word. Oh. damn that, that shit threw me off topic. We was Oh no. Your reasoning whoa, deep. Mm-hmm. like deep it in this submarine. People. My I
ryan:die. Nobody can stay me
Raymundo:Then I hear that fucking yo, I ain't gonna front. If there was a military that I wanted to join, I was like, yo, if I don't join the Navy Seals, I don't want nothing to do with that shit. That ass, if I'm not gonna be that elite. Cause I saw a movie explaining them and I say, Joe, but you know what took me out? What? Talk about swimming in the ocean. Yeah. You see a shark, you gotta punch it in the face. I was like, yo, my biggest fear is sharks and spiders. You wilding. You know what, it's though,
ryan:I, I almost became, I could have became a seal too. I just didn't want it. I didn't like in bootcamp, like you trained with the seal and what it is they look for leadership. It's not just about the physical quality, it's about the mental. So they was like, yo, like why don't you become a seal? And I'm like, you don't. Nah, I don't want be no. Because it's just a lot of time from being away from family and I'm, you know, family oriented. I'm not gonna killer. Like
Raymundo:yeah, you don't wanna be that elite. Like you wanna be elite, but that's like, yo, how am I hang out with you and relate to you when you can swing from a chopper rope with no, with no harness, nigga, I can't fuck, I can't even hang out with you. We're not
ryan:thing across the mother.
Raymundo:Nah. You can swim with you done sw with sharks, bro. Like, yo, you not scared of nothing, bro. I. But that is dope though. You got to travel the world. What was, where were like, gimme like the, your top places that was like,
ryan:I, I'll do it this way. So I did three deployments in four years and they're like, they're not like the Army Marines, they, we were in the water. So my first deployment was six months to Europe. It was the equivalent of like having a college student go on a, you know, join a rock band, go on a world concert in Europe. That's how it was. It was just like a fun time. It was not, I'm not gonna say too many things, but it was like the best time of my life, especially in the military, because they don't do stuff like that no more. They don't party like that. They don't
Raymundo:like, it was
ryan:change. Changed my life in, in a good way. but that wasn't the Navy though. My next appointment was to south and Central America. That was for four months. And that was around the time my dad had just passed away. So I was dealing with like, a lot of internal conflict stuff. And then because of that reason, like they sent me down to South Central America for four months to do humanitarian work. So I was in Panama and Haiti and, and Venice, El Salvador, Columbia, Nicaragua.
Raymundo:Yo. Did you, um, did you almost, not come back to base when you were in Columbia? Did you think about not coming back?
ryan:Yo, first of all, stay away from Columbia because they're ma, it's magic over there. It's madness and magic, bro. Somebody came to the club with a baby sl, you know, little, little Columbia guys with the mustache and stuff he came for is bro, but baby, it was weird. Like, and then he had the, the girls in the back and all the girls are just there for one thing. They not even there to party. They there to make money for the bosses. It's, yeah, yeah. Like yeah. It's wild bro. It's
Raymundo:wild. And conversation, definitely all their
ryan:conversation. There are some, there are some, some Back then they were known as, you know, women or men that was just trying to, you know, have the operation. Now it's just, you know, Trans women and trans men. But back then they was just like, I need a couple, uh, balloons. Put it in hair, get some balloons, put it back here, and we about to make it happen. And it was a scary time. Panama, two scary
Raymundo:times. How is Panama though? My sister went there, she said, she said it was cool. I went to Panama
ryan:City and I up remember Venom, remember? He's like, you got a parasite up your ass. And he's like, oh, I had a para on ass. No, so dirty bro. I couldn't shit for a week. And when finally his it brick like exaggeration, bro, like, I felt like it was a big ass hole back then
Raymundo:because it was, did they show you the parasite?
ryan:So they had to kill it. They gave me, made me take this pill and it made me, it made to kill a parasite. So what it did is solidified anything that was inside. And so bro, when I, you know, like you gotta, like, you feel you gotta go like, imagine that all the time and you can't go cause you can't pass it. And when I finally, yo
Raymundo:Panama and it's really go to, if you would've passed it, then it would've fucked you up. I'm it
ryan:passed through. Like I was able to pass it out, but it was so hard because of like had to kill it. The medicine that I took. And also too, like, it's real, like the military real over there is real criminals over there. So even us being in the military, their military have to protect us because they was like, yo, we just went to the atm. They like, yo, we gotta get outta here. We was like, you ain't got no more money. It's like, yo, I don't kid. It's like, you either want die or you wanna get your money. Damn. Like, yo, let's get outta here. So we left, like there's Panama. Panama is really one of them. City, Panama City, one of'em cities where it's like, you really gotta be from there or. Don't go there with no jewelry. You can't be like, even this little nothing, you can't show that you rich.
Raymundo:I knew Mad Panama City was wild when, when, um, uh, Michael Scofield took a whole season to get out the
ryan:brick. Yo yo, it's real. And I didn't, and I didn't realize how those areas in South Central America was like that until I was over there. Now I'm like, oh wow, oh, like I'm watching snowfall and it's like El Salvador Niagua. I was there,
Raymundo:bro. I got,
ryan:I got stranded in El Salvador or El Salvador. I got stranded in El I got screen Salvador and we was drinking Coronas and the little villages, bro, they had little tens of stuff and they was cooking chicken, little pot water from the river right there. And the Hilo, if they didn't come back, if the Hilo didn't come back before the sun went down, then we would've to stay there overnight. But luckily, like they was able to feel up. The Hilo came back in time, picked us up, and we was able to go. But bro, I, I don't know,
Raymundo:Helo, is that, that shit in, uh, gta, the Hilo,
ryan:the helicopter
Raymundo:I know that's the nickname. I'm like, you about to say the chopper. The top job. Go by job. All right. So as far as the military, right? Yeah. You got you. What's dope is that a lot of successful people come back, like the discipline doesn't leave them. So like, oh
ryan:wait, wait, wait. My bad. Um, I forgot to answer your question. The last deployment was to Africa likes the Horn of Africa. So it was the whole backside. That was seven months. And if anybody watched Captain Phillips, that was basically my whole deployment, my whole seven month deploy. So I just, that, I just started watching that movie today. I
Raymundo:didn't finish it though, so. Yeah. So is automatic. Yeah.
ryan:But all the appointments were different from each other. Um, but the last one was like, yeah, this is really like war. Like I went through the sewers canal. Like I'm watching like Egypt on one side. I think turkey's on the other side and like to be a black American. And like going to other countries, they'll ask me like, I've been to Georgia, right? Like, I think it's called old Russia. You know, it's places I've been to Haveve, been to Spain, I've been to other, and they ask you, why you, what are you doing here? They point to their skin. They don't like you. Why? What are you doing here? It messed me up the first time I heard it. Damn. I'm not, I'm like, oh, I'm in the military. I'm, I'm from New York or whatever. No, no, no. Why you here? Still not understanding. I'm like, okay, I'm, I took a boat. I'm in the Navy. No, no, no, no, no. Look at your skin. They don't like you where you're from. They don't like you. You see how they treat you at home. Why you, it made me think about Muhammad Ali now when he was saying, yo, why am I fighting these people? Went, I got problems back at home. So I'm in the military. I'm literally, I'm kind of looking at three different conflicts, right? The war that I'm in, right, which is like the Navy versus whoever I'm going to go fight. Then it's me, and then me being on the ship, dealing with the racism, right? Me being from where I'm from and how I carry myself. And then it's the war within myself, right? The internal conflict that I have. So it's three different words that every, most people fight, especially as a black. And so when they was asking me that, I didn't realize. So the, the, my favorite places based off of that because of understanding like geographical, like where I was, would be Greece. I don't know why. Their food is great, the people is great, the nightlife. Santorini Suda Bay.
Raymundo:Wait, wait. Are the freaks in Greek? are the freaks. Really? Are the Greeks really freaks? Listen
ryan:man, they, they really know
Raymundo:how to party man. And that's, that's a good way to answer your question. Yo. What I'm gonna say is that they know how to party like a rock star.
ryan:They really not a party man. they're good people though. and they have new beaches. Yeah. That's, wow. So they don't even, it is new because they want they body to 10 to be like one color. So it's new.
Raymundo:Every dude, you could be the only dude on the nude beach.
ryan:old people though. So it's a lot of old people. Yeah. I
Raymundo:figure man, they about, they about the gold, so they like, yo, I'm just out on the way out. The was
ryan:gonna like busing news,
Raymundo:word. Oh man. Damn. Yo. But Africa had to be, did you feel a sense of home? I'm not even saying that. You know what I'm saying? Cause you black. I'm literally saying that cuz I feel like, damn. Like they gotta, that's where we hear life started, right? There's different places where they say life started, but like, that's the motherland. You know what I'm saying? You know?
ryan:It's, it's about where it's, it's, it's so much about like, like kinda like where you are accepted in Africa, supposed to as like Right. I'm in Africa, so I was supposed to feel like home. Yeah. Um, so like, I've been to Israel, you
Raymundo:know, and, and we are the real children of Israel. You here don't get it fucked up. Right.
ryan:You see how religion plays a huge part. Like you see the Muslims and the Arab, like, it's like the Jewish people versus the Arab, the Arabs and the Muslims. And it's like, like it's really like a holy wall over there. You know what I'm
Raymundo:saying? I don't even know that.
ryan:Yeah. It's like, it's real over there and, and it's like, like I seen this more all God, I think he might have been, he was Muslim and the guy that was walking with his wife was Jewish.
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ryan:And he said something, he said, I'm, and then he spit and he spit so hard. He, the guy felt that on his jacket, but he, he thought somebody kind like bumped him. So he kind of like, right. And he kept walking. But yeah, bro, it's, it's a real,
Raymundo:it's a real Holy war. There's no respect If they doing it, like that's, once you spit, the respect is completely gone. Ain't no, I don't know, man. I don't think there's no coming back after somebody spit at me. So
ryan:I almost got married to Israel too. Girl was beautiful, man. Word
Raymundo:they him told God. She was like, you,
ryan:Ryan, she likes you. I was like, how? I was like, cause in America, you know, you call girl beautiful, she fuck out my face, fuck, I accept my you. They be like, God, leave. So this girl, she said, um, she just kept helping me. And she was like, in Israel, she said, the woman, like when they help a guy, it means that like there's interest and that she's trying to get you attention. So she kept asking me, you need help with anything else? And she wouldn't make eye contact, man. Man, she had like the most beautiful color, olive, green eyes I've ever seen in my life. And she was just beautiful. Like, she had this olive color skin. Like, I
Raymundo:don't know, did she have, was she religious? Did she have the. I don't know. She was this
ryan:beautiful man.
Raymundo:Like she was so, cause you show her hair, I don't know how that they
ryan:was showing her hair was
Raymundo:shown. Yeah. Cause I don't know if you ever seen one of those women that can show their hair and you, you see their face and you like, oh my God, I'm going over there. I don't care. They going, I might not come back, but I'm going over there. Oh, yo, man, I, I, I can't help you bro. Like, when I get married, shortie gotta be like, yo, that's just my man. He just be, that's how he talk. You be front Oh man. You hanging on front man. This damn hearing about your experience in the military is great, but, okay, so like, what did you, what was, when you left the military, what was the most important thing you got from it? That
ryan:there's a lot of stereotypes that I was able to see past and whether you're black, white from Africa, from Spain, you know, whether you speak Spanish, whether you speak French. Like I've seen the human side and I've seen things like there's certain things that I could speak on because of what I experienced and it made that hold truth for every religion and every culture and every person. But like how you said about the Trump person, the Trump supporter, yeah. I had a guy tell me that he would, that he, something about Obama, that he would do something to disrespect him and we had a whole conversation about it and I told him about how I felt about Bush and I just said, you, bro, at the end of the day, that's still my command in chief. I said, so Bush was to come in here regards to how I feel about his politics as a man. I gotta respect him cause he didn't anything to. Right. So I was just like, I don't hate you because you, you know, cause of politics and how you was raised or whatever, but you disrespecting this man because of policies, you know,
Raymundo:so that you don't agree with. That's when you need to come back down to earth a little bit. Like you don't need to hate anybody that you don't know. Right? Right. Because you love people that you don't know. Right. So I hate, but you don't gotta, you don't gotta hate them. Right. You don't love people that you don't know more than people that you do know But, uh, their celebrities, you know, I, I don't know them to tell them happy birthday. Don't get me wrong, I'll say rest in peace if they were a part of my life as far as like my growing up, but they ain't saying happy birthday to me. You know when I start saying happy celebrities when they start saying, yo, happy birthday Ray. Yo, you killing the podcast Like, yo. did you ever question it? Right, right.
ryan:But now to your point, bro, I'm, I'm able to, I'm able to see people, I can see people like behind the shades, not visually naked, but I can see past the insecurity. I can see past the heart being hard and being, whatever it is, whatever character that they made up for themselves, whatever facade, you know, I don't care how big it is, I can see past it because I'm able to, it's like eight or nine different characteristics that people could kind of like, that's the spectrum, right? It's like, that's it. And like there's maybe like two or three different versions of somebody, but there's nothing new underneath the sun. And I already seen it before. I've slept with, you know, in the same boat with 200 or 320, 320 people every day for six months. Every day I slept with, my homeboy from Alabama, he's a white boy, the other dude from California, weird black dude from California. This guy like. And then you get to what it is. You get to see the nuances. You get to see like past everything. Like, and I got to see human being for the first time, bro. So now like when I'm talking to people, it's like, I'm not saying I know them, but I can see past everything. I'm like, yeah, either this or this and this and that, and I can pick up it immediately. Like I don't need my eyes to see no more. I can hear with my
Raymundo:eyes. You sounded like KRS right now. When your eyes, when you don't use your eyes to see,
ryan:can literally, I can see with my ears. it's weird, bro. Like I've, been in places, like I've been in places on the sea, bro. Like the sea is different. It's different from land, it doesn't move the same. It's a different whole lifestyle. So my eyes is adjusted differently. Like I could see things, I could see like molecules of water, like my eyes get adjusted certain to a certain way in a dark. it's just. Yeah, bro, it's like a new life on water. Like it's totally different from them.
Raymundo:They said life started in the water.
ryan:What? So I think the earth is like 80% water and we as human beings spend all our time on land. So it's like, I have a whole different perspective, bro. Like I, I seen the sun rise in the west is set in the east,
Raymundo:you know, the earth flat? No,
ryan:it's not flat.
Raymundo:Nope. Okay, okay. well, I, I'm one of those, like, I don't, I don't believe that something I can physically confirm and if it doesn't affect my money, I don't get into it. But I like to be open to the possibility of that, whether it's round, whatever it is, it, it don't matter. I ain't gonna be an astronaut, but I just, you know, I like to keep an open mind. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. It's like, it's, it's too many things that I'm like, yo, unless it's some space shit that I'm gonna, if I, if I'm not joining this, uh, SpaceX force, I'm not fucking worrying about that
ryan:shit. I'll put like this bro. And, and people don't understand it this way. And they used to call me Dolphin boy in the Navy cuz I had like a lot of like different perspective. I used like a lot of nature and stuff, but the, the water mirrors the sky and vice versa. So like, if you see a bird flying, it's the same equivalent as you see in the fish fly. Right? If you like, even at nighttime, like if this guy gets dark, the water gets dark and vice versa. It's a mirror image. So we're living in, we're experiencing something a real in between two mirrors.
Raymundo:That's crazy. I never, I never heard it from that perspective.
ryan:Yeah. Like, look, I just broke things down like.
Raymundo:Nah, bro, you, you enlightened like a motherfucker, bro. Like some shit. You, the, your ex the, with your explanation for the military and then your recipes to your pops man, the way he passed down that knowledge and you keeping his, you know, you keeping him alive you know, doing something that he would be proud of, you know what I mean? I, I'm, I ain't get to meet your pops, but I know he would be proud as fuck, bro. Mm-hmm. If I started doing what you was doing, I would be proud of Little Ray. I would be proud of you little Ray, so on you Yeah.
ryan:Appreciate that bro. He actually did meet, you did meet him, bro. You just, it was like so long ago, you know what I'm saying? Like, it was so, so long ago,
Raymundo:ago, bro. Was it at a bus stop? Yeah. I don't remember his face, but I remember cuz if you know Ryan, you know, he loved his dad. Like that was his idol from Jump. He's not saying that cuz he's older and he realized he was like that. And I could relate, cuz I've always, my dad always been my hero. Mm-hmm Um, so we always related with that. Now, you know, we lost a parent and, you know, being in the world after you lose someone that bought you into this world is a whole different readjustment period. So, you know, bro, it's always good to relate or connect with people that, cause not everybody know how that feels. Like. You don't want everybody, you don't want nobody to know how it feels like, but, you know, might as well, you know, help each other heal. Yo
ryan:but my pops passed away meant, this is when I realized that it wasn't so much about how I felt about my dad, but it is, I was a part of a, I was a part of an environment where I signed a contract and no matter what happened, I have to keep going. So even though, Everybody knows my relationship with my dad and how it was At the same time I realized like, people don't really give a fuck about what's going on at the end of the day. Like there's still work to do. Like the son's gonna come up the next morning and thank God my dad prepared me for death. He used to always say, Ryan, I'm not your father. I'm, I'm an earthly babysitter. God only chose me as a vessel. So y'all can come through and hopefully I can give you enough lessons so y'all can make this world a better place. So my goal was to always make sure that I didn't disappoint my dad.
Raymundo:Yeah. That was a visionary. That was, wow.
ryan:So he would always say, you know, even when his passing, he'd be like, you know, I'm still here physically, you know? Cause you, you could leave your keys at home, you could leave. So at home you could feel it, you know, you left. So at home you walk to a place's tension, you could feel it. So it was just like, right, well I'm in the military, you know, it's like, yeah, I lost my dad. But its like, well, people really don't give a fuck anyway. Right. I don't care how good of a man he was. And then too, life goes on. And it was a valuable lesson because it was like, yo, this don't disappoint him. And I went to like a, I got depressed and I, I got into some, I fell into some trouble after that of course. But it was really, it built character and it, it allowed me to say, you know what? I'm not gonna use this excuse to say, oh, my dad died, so now I'm gonna act of fool Exactly. Into me. And if I, even if he didn't like, it's like I don't want like disappoint his name and who he is and whatever he built, you know what I'm saying? I guess it was a lot easier to destroy something when nobody pulled into you. But he pour so much into me, bro. I didn't wanna disappoint him. So I can't fall off
Raymundo:this legacy. You begun. You had an amazing start, man. Yo, let's give it up. What was your dad's name? Stephen. Stephen. Oh, Stephen State. Yeah. Stephen State. Like rest in peace. And you know, thank you for dropping that knowledge to Ryan cuz he's, Dropping it to the world. So, you know what I mean? That's a blessing. This I ain't gonna, I'm have to probably change the name of the episode cuz it's, I feel like it's more be humble. Mm. The tone I'm getting. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. I love this job. I can't wait, I can't wait till I don't feel separated from the money, but when this shit can feed me and I can do this all day and I don't have to edit oh my God. There's shit that I'm gonna crank out boy. Like fucking Santa Claus before Christmas night. Yeah, you no, but that though, I, yo you know what I noticed too? I just love different perspectives other than mine. Mm-hmm. like, I feel like in this field you gotta have that and I mean, you should have it in this world. You, that's, you know, you gotta empathize. You know what I'm saying? I try to empathize as much as I can. I've been a little, you know, as far like, as far as my relationship, I've been kind of like, nah, I've been more like selfish, like, nah. But that just let me know that, you know what I'm saying? I still haven't, I haven't healed from, from even my mom's passing. Like I don't feel healed. I think I just use distractions. Mm-hmm. and now it's been 12 years and I just been like pushing that burden that, that not even the burden, but pushing that stress on whoever wants to deal with it. Right. And now I got to the realization where like, nah, you know, to give people the best of me, I gotta give myself the best of me. Mm-hmm. So then, you know, they can vibe off that energy man. Cuz energy's real. Yo, my energy, I, I feel like I'm an empath. I, I never thought I was one of those empaths, but I'm literally like, somebody comes in and your energy tells me a story. Yep. I, I think it's almost like me tapping in, like once I get this floor right out and I tap and I open my third eye, that's when i's really gonna be crazy. But, uh, literally, I will tell you your whole story, and it's either you gonna agree with me or say no, just to not say that I was right. Like that's how positive I feel like it's, it's a power man.
ryan:Yeah, it is. It's a great power, man. And, and the better you know yourself, man, you know, it is, it scares people a lot of times. And I, I didn't realize about myself that I used to make people feel uncomfortable, not because of me, but cause their own, they're dealing with their own thing. Right. And when you have their own insecurities, you start projecting that to other people.
Raymundo:Exactly. Yeah. I, yeah, I've been on, I've done that. But one thing I like about myself is awareness. Once I see that, now that I've seen that, like clearly I'm like, you know what? Let me work on all the stuff that I'm not happy with. You know what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. before, you know what I'm saying? trying to spread that energy. I wanna make sure I'm spreading the right type of energy. Mm-hmm. And it's most important for my kids though, like I can recall seeing my mother always depressed in her room. Right. And then there was a time I looked up and I was depressed in my room. Mm. So I don't wanna show them ever that you give up or, you know, shout out to my mom's different generation. She, she did great. who knew that, you know, it's, it is not, you know how they say do as I say, not as I do, but kids interpret it. I'm gonna do as you do and kind of as you say,
ryan:because that's all, that's all it is, bro. That's all kids really have. That's all we really have is walk people what they do. And we live in a world where people do a lot of what they say and they really don't do anything at all. Its a way of like being a distraction. Right. And a lot of our fears are rational anyway. They're not real fear. It's, it's imaginative fears. It's like, oh, you know what, if this happens, oh, I'm gonna do this. And it causes anxiety in our body and stress and it builds up and then it's passed on children and it's bad decision making and it's emotional. Um, the emotional intelligence is so, it's so low that it's like it creates this bad decision making. And this is passed down from generation to generation to generation, to the point how you said it, bro, I never, my father never wanted me to be him. He always wanted me
Raymundo:to be better than him. Of course, man. That's how it, yo, let me tell you something. Ry surpassing me into everything is a dream, but without pressure. You know what I mean? Like, I don't want him to think that he has to do that. But as my son, you know, coming from me, of course I want the, like, I never understood a man ever being jealous of his son. I know that there, there is shit like that out there, but bro, like, nah, I want him to be. I'm saying? Everything he can be and more like, it's different. And you know, the day you, I'm telling you brother, the day your time comes to have a kid, I already, it is one of those things people told me, yo, you're gonna be amazing, father. I'm like, you don't fucking know me. But it's true, it's true. I'm a great father, you know? Of course I can always be better, but you gonna be amazing, bro. Like, for real, man in passing that, That knowledge down gonna be, it's gonna be amazing, man. I'll be, I'll be at that baby shower, you heard? Oh no, you'll be there. Absolutely, bro. For sure. Oh man. Yeah. That's a, there's a blunt, we have smoke there that we, uh, we gotta get to at some point. You know what I'm saying? You
ryan:heard
Raymundo:S'S What? What you say? Oh, smoking a pancake. I smoking a pancake. So now that we spoke about the military, You know what I'm saying? You being around Uhhuh, Uhhuh, you being around,
ryan:I'm say something military too before you go on. Uh, I went there before I even joined, bro. So, so many people was like, Ryan, don't go, Ryan don't go. Remember I went on Bushes and office and the only thing I'll say about that is whatever you do in life, make sure you do research about anything because people will try to dissuade you and they never even tried it. They'll tell you not, they'll try to, they'll tell you to not do something. They never attempted to do it, do
Raymundo:it, tell you how to do it. But they never did it. Do they never did it
ryan:or they fail because that's not what they were meant to do. I was born for certain things, just like you saying, but was born to run. Michael Phelps was born to swim like Michael Jones. I was born to do what I was to do and, and your, and what you did and. The fact that you didn't even try to begin with is just, it shows the lack of character that people had and it showed that the fear is like, like na, people fear what they don't understand. I have great understanding of comprehension, you know, so for me it was like, oh, you going, you going in there? You about to go to war, you about to do this. I mean, my own family members, you know, close relatives, you know, it was just like, Ryan, don't do it. And if I listen to them, like, I wouldn't be where I'm at today. So my advices for anybody is just like, yo, just make sure you do the research first before you get into anything. And if anybody want to question you, just make sure that they, you know, they have their knowledge as well. Because anybody trying to dissuade you from doing something that you want to do in life
Raymundo:I mean too, they, I feel like their attentions might be right by thinking they saving you from going through a disappointment in a way. You know what I mean? Like trying to add some perspective and positivity on it. Cause sometimes, cause. What I would've told during that time, I wasn't awake when you went. I was still sleeping. Mm-hmm. So I would've been like, nah, son. You bugging that. Oh my, my, the rest peace Christian, one of my best friends from, from first grade, he went to the Navy. I started talk with him like, yo, you going to combat you going? But it was one of the best decisions he ever made. He got married, he had two kids. And you know, it's crazy because when I got the phone call that he died, I thought it was, I thought he went to Iraq and shit. Got shit got crazy, right? Nah, he, he went to chain, he checked his car and I busted, didn't see him and, and hit him, man. So it's crazy. Wow. I appreciate your people, man. Yeah, absolutely. But as far as the, the entertainment part, right? You uh, we spoke about how, you know, you did that, you did some acting and it's funny cuz I, I text him about acting and he goes, I ain't acting nigga. I'm fucking me, duke. I was like, what? I was like, what? Did I say something wrong, I was what? Autos.
ryan:Cause I, I read your text and I'm, I'm just like, I was like, this ain't no act. I was like, this, this ain't no all man, this is me.
Raymundo:Was like, I day, I was like, I was speaking about the profession of acting So what are some projects that you've been a part of? I know one, but you know, I just want you to say it
ryan:well, everybody knows about snl, like just, so I did season 43 of snl, um, work with First Team. Basically, I work with celebrities and making sure that, you know, they get in in time and make sure they, you know, their camp is good and making sure that production know what's going on. Um, I produce, um, commercials for Broadway shows like King Kong into Proud, uh, the six, um, you said produced? Yeah, yeah. Yep. Um, I did the grant opening.
Raymundo:Um, the grant opening ain't got shit on me. um,
ryan:I did the grant opening the yards. Um, I work with Cindy Lo. Cindy Lo was one of my favorite people, but I worked with her a bunch of times. Like that's like one of my, I would say we're family cuz she calls me family. So I would say that, yo got out with Cindy. I worked Target the 20 year anniversary that did couple, couple years ago. Um, it, bro, I can go on and on and on. Like
Raymundo:I've worked, oh, I didn't even know, I didn't know the resume was like 10 pages, bro. That's just suck.
ryan:I actually did one of them shows, uh, what's the show? It's Jordan Blank, but, uh, I did the episode, the pilot show. It's not Glee. What's the other one?
Raymundo:I was about to say The Golden Girls
ryan:I'm drawing a blank right now, I did a bunch of shows. Riverdale.
Raymundo:Huh? Riverdale.
ryan:Not Riverdale. Not Riverdale. Yeah, I was a bunch of a part. I worked with, uh, Dan Patrick. I did a Star Wars commercial at NBC Studios in Connecticut. I met Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison. Yeah. I worked with,
Raymundo:huh? You a Star Wars fan?
ryan:Yeah. Well, no, not, no, no. My uncle is. I just, I just like the, the, the game that my cousin used to play on Genesis. Oh,
Raymundo:They game was a, they trying to bring the characters from everywhere now. Yeah. Nah, bro. Wow. I'm so glad you didn't tell me this over the phone. Cause like the, the fucking, whoa, this guy got a resume. This guy. I know you've been doing your thing since we left high school, but god damn like, Yo, congrats. My, yo, let's go to, with all the challenges, fear and everything. bullshit shit. You, you, you, you've probably came across, bro. You, you, you hear man, and you got a story to tell. but out of all those, my dream is to be on Saturday Night Live. Mm-hmm. what, what, how was your time there, man? Like, who, who did you connect with the most there? You know, it doesn't have to be a celebrity, it could have been a No,
ryan:it's funny because it actually was lovely. It was actually Chris r from Chicago. my dude, every time, man, I come up on set. and the, the, the directors, some of them had a, a issue with me. A lot of, a lot of sets I was on that they intimidated about it, but they were, I was just as, My presence was just as big as the celebrities, right? So they would uncomfortable talking to me. So Chris Red or even Keenan sometimes come out with up working with Chance one day chances in the rooms, blown it down. He's like, yo bro can have this. Man. They had pizza at McDonald's. It was, I'm just like, yo, what? He's like, yeah, bro, you good. You cool? I don't work with Quest love and Common Quest Love is like, yo bro, like, yo man. That's what's up. Yo common, yo. Do your thing, man. Working with Pete Davidson.
Raymundo:whoa. Common
ryan:sense. Yeah. Amy sch met her dog, Chloe, her dog Chloe loves me. Like, bro, I'm not, is not even to go, bro. It's just really, because I've realized being in this industry, it's about being a human and my experiences and being in this film thing has been about being the best human being possible. Not being a fanboy, a fan girl, not fanning it out. It's like respect. Like I work with Janet and I love Janet. She's, I think she's a cool person. Am I gonna sit there and be my God, Janet, answer her five questions at a time and no, we all here to work. So for me it was just work. And at the end of the day, I get my paycheck and I come back home to this apartment, you know, so it's like I didn't get too caught up in like, oh, you working with this person? Or You gonna be Yankee tomorrow? Or you do Adidas commercial, or you're going, I worked with
Raymundo:you was like, bitch, I'm humble. Sit down
ryan:I like that. Dave Myers, that's the director that did Humble and you know, he did a whole bunch of, I worked with Jay-Z's music director one, one time, mark Romanek. I worked Neil Rogers, I work with Neil Degrass Tyson, bro, it's, its, it's been a, but what I'm saying is I work with these people, bro, and it's all because they like, yo, you are cool. Yo, what do you do? And it's just been just on some real humble stuff. Like, yeah, I'm just here. Like, I worked with Nicki Minaj and, and Future one Time, and Nicki's people were like, yo, who are you? And was like, I'm just here to help you out with your bags. And she had like a whole car full of like clothes and stuff like that, like her wardrobe and stuff. So she's walking and then her wardrobe people and her makeup people, they like, yo, like, so you helping us? I'm like, yeah, I'm here to help y'all. She was like, you just like that? And I'm like, yeah, I'm after this. I might go get some chicken wings, you know, from Popeye's, because that's what, that's what she on her. And then gummy beds and stuff like that for this kid, you know, for, so it's just like, all of this was just built off of like, just being like the most complete human being to be possible without, you
Raymundo:know, you made a position outta your personality. Right? Like, that's crazy. So, so I know you worked be like behind the scene, but then like, did a own position just evolve outta all of this where you were like, go to it?
ryan:It started to be that way. I started to get phone calls and be like, Hey Ryan, you're available for so and so. Like, the reason how I started working with these Aus is really is because, it was Heidi Cool and Tim Gun for Project Runway. It was 33rd or 34th, somewhere over there. It was crowded, of course it was raining and then like, it was real chaotic. Everybody was stressing out. And if you work in film or music, and it's like, deadlines is very chaotic, especially there with supermodel. Supermodel. So I'm sitting there getting this shrimp, it's I'm eating and stuff like that, and I'm just enjoying myself and I know where I'm from. So for me, this is not chaotic. This is just, you know, budgets that people gotta meet certain deadlines. So that's not real stress for me, real stress is like waking up in the morning, like my mother got coffee, you know, stuff like that. So I'm smiling at the end of the day and the producer's like, what are you smiling at? And I was just like, yo, is it more work to do? Like let's go. And she was like, all this stuff going on and you still got a smile your face. And I was like, yeah. So fast forward, I'm in Chicago now, my, my sister's wedding. I get a phone call. I'm on my way back to New York, but I don't know who it is. I'm like, yo, whoever it is, can I call you back? You know, I gets back to New York and she's like, well, I'm just letting you know, like, can you get back as soon as possible? Because this person is like a really big superstar and we need somebody to find out asap. I was like, well, I'm Len in New York in like couple hours. I'll call you back then. She's all right. Cool. I call her back, I gave her a caller back, and she's like, yeah. And what they do with celebrities is, you know, they do the first and last name initials. So it's like, yeah, a person is C and this is going to happen. So, and I'm like, who's C? She's like, well, are you gonna take the job? And I'm like, yeah, I'll take the job. Who is it? She's like, all right, because we need a liaison between the production and help and help people. I'm like, so who is it? She goes, do you know who Cindy Lapa is? I'm like, yeah, I know who Cindy. Well, yeah, that's what he is gonna be. So initially it was a Cosent commercial, right? And we are sitting there doing a commercial, and Cindy's like, who is this kid? She always called me kid, and, and then I'm like, all right, that's the first time. Then the second time she hired me again. The third time I get hired again. So the third time I'm like, I said, Cindy, I was like, is it a coincidence? I, I said, I don't know if it's weird. I was like, this is the third time, like me doing it, like working with you like. Isn't not weird that we keep working together. She goes, no kid, I tell them to hire you. I want you to work with me because I like, I love how you work. She's like, you pay attention to details like it is, but it's just not that you remember things really well. You're attentive, like you're a nice guy. You got a nice smile. And then out of all of that I was like, right, so I'm here for a reason and I gotta understand what am I here for? Because this doesn't happen regularly. Right? And then eventually it became like, Hey kid, and we sitting out eating lunch with each other. We talking, you know, this don't happen. I'm, I'm in as a pa, right? I'm in Jones before he's a movie star and she's just saying like, kid, whatever you wanna do, make sure you do it. You know, I know like what you doing with this and stuff, you helping me and it's great and stuff, but like, I know there's something more to you. Like, what do you wanna do? She was always asking me, but, and she shared stories about her and her upbringing and like why she wrote, um, true colors. Like she told me about like how her best friend, well, she was a black girl at the time, living in Queens at 14, 14 years old. And she seen her best friend get treated like a third class citizen. So like that bothered her. So she, you know, and then she's family oriented and she, she showed me how to move in a room full of Voes
Raymundo:Like I show him how to move in a room to be taken over, right?
ryan:But that's, I've seen her bark on white guys, but then I've seen her come back in five minutes and apologize for losing her temper. You know what I'm saying? I've seen fans come to, oh my God, Sandy, oh my God. She's like, Hey, hey, hey, I owe you guys a favor. Like, you guys are been a fan for me for over 30 years. Like, you guys are fanning over me. Like, Hey,
Raymundo:I'm, I'm human too. Is she the most humble person you've worked with? I mean, or is it Spike
ryan:She has humility. That's what she told me. no disrespect fight, but, and it sucks sometimes, like hearing things about certain people, but then like, kind of like when you see in a person, it's kind of like different and you are like, oh man, like I don't hope this not to be true. And then you see it and it's like, hmm, yeah, it kind of does fit the description, you know? So I kind of avoided working with him. Not to say I would never work with him, not even like a cop out, but it's just like, I'm all about character, bro. And if you treat somebody who don't have anything or less than you, or they feel like you, you know, you are in a lesser position, then it is time that I kind of don't respect. Like, and I understand there's roles, people have roles, but like you still talk to somebody with respect and courtesy and certain things.
Raymundo:So you're saying that you treat the same, you give the same respect to the janitor as a ceo?
ryan:Have to. Cause you don't know, this is America. There's a, like, you could be, you could be homeless one day and then Tyler Perry sitting in cars and stuff, and the next, you know, work your way up. You know, my homeboy too, he came to New York. He was homeless, legit homeless. He was homeless in New York and now he's a millionaire. You know, he's married to, you know, a celebrity, you know, she throw her thing la to like, I've seen people come from stuff. So it's like you don't treat somebody just because they're in a lesser position. And I was in a lesser position and now look, I'm helping people doing what they doing, helping them succeed and stuff.
Raymundo:So not spike man. And, and like I say,
ryan:its not, again, I don't wanna say anything bad about him is just what I, what I witnessed in that time. And he could have been under a lot of stress. But the thing that I was hearing, I'm just like, and then like, it wasn't even that, bro, it, I'll explain this story. He was in the middle of the street talking on the phone, but it is a green, you know, green light and the car beep, beep, beep. And he just walking. Yeah. You and just. And I'm like, nobody gonna say nothing to spite. Now mind you, I'm not working with him. So I don't really, it's not my job, but people kinda afraid to say things to people cause they afraid of getting fired or like, Hey, that's that person. You can't say that. I'm like, no, he about get hit. You know what I'm saying? So I'm like, I'm yo out the street. And he kind like he me, he kind looked up and was just like, alright. And, but it's like, bro, like you can't just walk in the streets cause you about to film something and they supposed to let you spike. It's just like, bro, like yo,
Raymundo:you, it's crazy. You was made for that. Like I'm thinking, I'm like, yo, uh, if I ever, not even if I ever, whenever my time comes, I'm fucking hiring you on the spot. Yo, let me tell you something. I don't know if it's the Ram show. I don't know what it is man. But if there's a project that we can work on and get money together and like really help each other eat, like, I don't know what that project looks like, but I'm putting it in the universe cuz yo bro, like you got character. You got code, you got morals, and you got ethics. It's hard to find that man. a lot of people know, you know, a lot of people are salesmen. They know how to make it seem like that's who they are, but I don't know. It's like that shit is coming out your pores. Like I'm the truth motherfucker. Yeah. It, it,
ryan:it, bro, I What's that movie Hustling Flow when Keith was like, yo, there's some people that walk to walk. There's some people that talk to talk. I wanna, I wanna be able to walk. So by the time I tell you about talking, I'm already walking again.
Raymundo:I like that. That's awesome.
ryan:Yeah. I'm not sitting here trying to tell you a bro, like, I got a million dollars, I got no, I'm, I'm gonna work towards it and I'm gonna show you to Now when I'm talking, it's like, yo, he ain't gotta talk much. Mm-hmm. I ain't gotta talk too much. I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing and I'm a, team player, bro. You know that I'm number two
Raymundo:word. I don't,
ryan:bro, there's a problem with this, this society, bro. When. when it, we don't make the clothes on our backs, right? We don't go to foods that we eat. So it's a problem, especially amongst men, where it's like somebody telling somebody else what to do or following orders or you couldn't tell me what to do. And it's like, bro, I don't, the most successful hunters are the ones that hunt in the pack, right? Yeah. Yeah. Lions, wild dogs. Wolves the most successful hunters, bro, they hop in pack. And so you gotta be a part of a team. You gotta know what, what role you playing in. Are you the flint? Are you attack? Are you wanna stay behind? You know what I'm saying? You that lead to charge. Like, you gotta understand, I don't mind being Aman, you know what I'm saying? As long as I'm on the championships and this is why I love about the Margaret Jordan last dance cuz he's like, bro, a lot of us don't know how to win. And then when you know how to win and then somebody coming up, boy, it's like, play your position bro. And you mad about you not being a star, but like now when you Mike and you being scrutinized for, you know, missing the last shot or whatever case may be, you don't want
Raymundo:that. Yeah. So people living this?
ryan:Yeah, people living in this, in this, this world of like, oh no, fuck outta here. Nobody gonna tell me what to do. And it's like, but so who make that straight for you. Like we all need that. We all need somebody that's gonna be like a part of that team.
Raymundo:Yeah, man, you, you gotta be led before you lead and who the fuck wants to win by the self. This ain't like, this ain't the masters, ain't golf Duke. I ain't Tiger was, I'm trying to be, I'm trying to win that championship and pop that champagne with my team. Ain't nothing like winning. And your team winning too, yo. Like when I was in real estate, that's the only time I felt that we would all get deals that day and that day we would get fucked up and we will fight. No, I got this, I got this, I got this. But
ryan:even what bro? The trainers like, even with Tiger Woods, they got sparring partners and, and golfing. But like you nobody ever himself, bro. That's
Raymundo:true. That's true. Nobody. That's true. we get here and lead by ourselves, but, being part of something is, is in our dna. Like I mentioned this in the what you say,
ryan:because it takes two people to create one person. So from your, so from your con your ins, your inception, right from the time you were conceived to the time you died, there's somebody constantly helping you. There was two people to bring you into this world. There's gonna be two people to lay your ass when it's all said and done. So throughout your whole entire life, your whole art, there's somebody helping you. So to have that mindset, to be like, I don't wanna be a part of something. No, you were born a part of something. You came from two people.
Raymundo:Exactly. Now, you know, I think I know the episode title. It's all about perspective. Mm. Your perspective is like, are you, I don't know when you're gonna write this book, but you better get the fucking journal. You better get the fucking notepad or the, or the laptop ready. Just make sure. You know, you don't give it to Chandler, but
ryan:laptops. I'm not done with this film stuff. It's not
Raymundo:my That's awesome to hear, man. Cuz um, I feel like you made your mark in the time you was there. Like in a, in a superficial world, you added like the word, the human aspect to it. Mm-hmm. you add the groupie aspect to it. Mm-hmm. and I would be like that too. I feel like I like getting love, but I don't like getting like, Like over the top. I love people that be like, listen you, I like the way you podcast, but you need to brush your fucking hair. And I'm like, yo. I'm from New York. I haven't found the barber that I can trust. I did find the barber. Yep. They were, they weren't clean, bro. What's a quality you notice that's constant in someone that's successful or, you know, is taking care of business?
ryan:Love, love it. Everything is broken down to, it is simplifi to just love bro. Like, it is, it is. Either you would love or you or you would kind of tolerate it. I'm not gonna say not love, but it was like, you know, responsibilities
Raymundo:is everything. I thought he was gonna say hard work, hard work, work, work. No, but you can really, right. You can tell who was loved when they were young and who wasn't that you could tell cause. the validation. Mm-hmm. how much validation you need to be fine. If you don't need, if you don't need any validation, you, you, I feel like you getting in touch with your, the God in you. Cause God is having human experience through you. You can create you, you, he can, you can't create like God, but you can create, you can manifest. It's another way right. Towards it. But you know what I'm saying? That's dope, man. So love, love makes a difference, man. Only if we use more love, we would be in
ryan:And, and what I mean by love is just actually like doing the work, like showing up for people. If you say you gonna do something, do it. You know? Um, just being impeccable about your words and, and holding yourself accountable, you know, and, and not making excuses. Like that's really what it is where I, no matter where I've been at, no matter what I've seen, you know, from the thorough countries, from Somalia to Haiti, you know, to North Carolina. Like I've seen it all. I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. And bro, it's just, it's really about love, bro. Like I, I've been in North Carolina like even before the military, like I've been in like a situation where, you know, the white person, you know, doesn't necessarily like black people and it had nothing to do with nothing. They never even met a black person. And when they did, it was just their own interpretation. So I've been in a situation like that. I've been in countries where they never seen black people ever they life. And when they did Georgia, the country, Georgia, bro, they didn't even know black people existed. They thought it was a myth on tv. Like, I've been to places like that. Like I let a little girl touch my skin. You know what I'm saying? Like, stuff like that is impacting. So she's gonna grow up forever knowing that black people really exist and that she touched skin of a black man. And she could be, I don't like she was, think she might have been, no, no older than about 10 years old. That was what, 10 years ago? 11 years ago. So, She's a young adult now.
Raymundo:You know, I didn't even, I didn't even know they were parts of the world that didn't know the exact Yeah, bro.
ryan:Yeah. Georgia. Georgia never
Raymundo:seen fuck that shit is like, where that shit is that on the moon
ryan:at act? He goes, yeah, it's himself. I said, no, no, no, no. Not that. Georgia. Georgia, the country, like where it comes from, you know? Cause you know America's name after a bunch of, like other places from other parts of the world. So yeah, bro. Like they never seen
Raymundo:white people. I knew of Georgia though. Cause I used to work with, when I first first started real estate, I met these dudes and they said they was from Georgia. And I was like, oh shit, atti short. He was like, no, no, no. The country. I said, oh, they were, they were, they didn't, I remember Dan David, man, he, he, my game, my first real estate start. another thing I wanted to ask you, everything you've been through, what role does fear play in your life?
ryan:I don't have no fear. I mean it's, it is like venom and, and it is like Venom and Brock, right? It's life is about adversity. So no matter what, you gotta accept it. Cause that's, that is life, right? And I just depend on myself to make, make sure I'm good. Cuz can nobody else make me good? I, I have to be good by myself. And so it's just like the equivalent of a bird landing on a tree branch. He's not dependent on the branch. If it breaks for the, you know, to hold him up, it's dependent on his wings to fly, the ability to fly. So if you don't believe that you can fly, then you gonna be depending on the tree branch and you, you going be blame the key branch. Oh, it's your fault. It is your fault. So there's no fear with me. Like I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid, like if my aunt get cut off, like
Raymundo:you got Haitian in your blood, you got Haitian in your blood. Nah
ryan:man,
Raymundo:it's um, I just, cause I just learned, hey, some is glorified death. Like they not glorified, but they ready for that shit. And let me tell you something, you can't focus somebody that's ready to die with you. I'm gonna be like, you got it, you got go. You got it. You win.
ryan:Because, but it is, it is how they make death seem like they, like, we, we glorify life just like we glorify like living on land, but we don't realize this is a whole different life after death. Like there's real energy that carries. And I seen him with my dad, like watch my, I watched my dad take his last breath in the hospital, so it's kinda like a full circle type of thing. Like, he watched me take my first breath. I, so I'm literally,
Raymundo:that's crazy. You know what happened to me too? My passed right in front of me, bro. And I Oh man. They were like, call the nurse. I was, oh sorry you went through that brother. That's. I know.
ryan:And I remember, I remember you was going through that and I related so much to it. I just, at the time I came, you know, it is computer. I didn't see you. So it was just like, and I know d it's, it was a lot going on, so I was just like, I knew what you were going through, bro. So I was, I just like, you know, when the time was right, we was gonna talk about it, but
Raymundo:you was there without even knowing. And I was there without even knowing, you know what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. like, I don't know. And I feel like, yo, there was a, like when my mother was sick and I was dating this girl, you know, like I had a wrong perception or wrong idea. What love was. I always focused on the love outside of me. Mm-hmm. when I finally found that love for myself, you know, when it really started, when I accepted death as an option, not that as an option, like I accepted that death can happen to me, anything can happen to me, but I can't stop living my life because of what might happen to me. Because now I'm missing out all these things that can help me grow and actually get to this life that I want to live. So I've always had, like, I've always been my worst enemy. The only reason I'm not where I wanna be is not because the system is not because of my friends and not because it's because the choices I've made wasn't coming from love. It was coming from fear and lack. And sometimes, yeah, it's good to make a decision, but it should be rooted in love. It should be rooted in faith and it should be rooted in you. Mm-hmm. So I feel like, you know, I've got that understanding, but the understanding process is not complete until you show, it shows in your actions, in your words, in your walk. You know what I mean? Yo, we about, we about to make a blog out this fucking episode. You here, we got lot of songs, You working hard, you making moves. What is it all for what are you working towards your, your end game
ryan:I feel like I'm an anomaly right now.
Malcom:oh shit I feel like the, the me having advantage of having my dad and having a community, you know, a lot of great people come from where I come from and some of us didn't make it like my dad didn't make it, you know, unfortunately. And I feel like I'm kind of not born in the wrong time, but my goal is to really just have people want to be better, to operate out of a place of love instead of fear. And it's not about changing the world, bro. I just want to be able to play a few seeds to say, yo, This, there's hope, there's a good in this world. And Ryan was an example, like, I don't want be like, oh my God, like Ryan was trying to go out there and change the world. Like, well, like my grandmother said, this world is cynical, Ryan. And the people in it are cynical as well. Your job is to make sure you don't become cynical. So I want, so yeah, I wanna be like, it's kind like that superhero, like I want a be symbol of hope because people need that. It's so much bad and evil and you know, it's, it's easy to do that. It's easy to fall into the trash and get, oh yes, oh, I'm going through this. I'm using this as a, and I'm using my trauma as a cru. It's to use that, bro, I was homeless. I in abandoned with my pops in the seventh grade. In the seventh grade. I looked in the, in the middle of my pops. You know what I'm saying? Like, I nobody, like, I'm not holding onto these things, bro. Cause all it does is just allow me to grow in this experience. The life that we have, bro, we only have one time to experience. we made, some of us made it through the portal when we experiencing his life, the physical ground. But bro, like when it's over and done, I wanna be able my soul to go back and like, yo, like I had an experience and I'm good with that. And when I left it, I'm good. And at least they know there's some type of hope. That's it.
Raymundo:Yo, there's a few things. One, you're making me want to get my earrings back cuz you're fucking shining, right? Two I I could see us being successful. Mm-hmm. just cause you on the same wavelength and with your experience. And I just need to, a, I need, I know, I know what part I add, but I need the, I need to work on the hard work, man. Like on the phone, you know what Ryan told me? He said, yo, I'm at a place where I don't gotta brag about what I do, cause my work speaks for itself. And I remember that day I was like, woo. Like I was like, brick Ross. I was like, woo. I was like, every day, every day he's hustling, hustling word. last question before we, we find, we tell people where to find you, right. What advice would you give someone that been through some shit, think there's no hope still hanging on to the things that broke them down. if you can sum it up in a sentence, what would you like tell that person that'll make the difference for them.
ryan:it is simple really is you have to know who you are first.
Raymundo:Mm.
ryan:and it kind of goes back to like your parents. So it's like, even if you don't know them, it's like get adjust of who they are. So, you know, like how they were angry, how they would trigger. And by knowing that you start to know yourself. And then now it's like you get a sense of, and then now when the problems come about, it's like, because you know who you are, things are different now. Like the, the perspective is different, right? You're not so much like, oh man, I'm struggling with this. It's like you have an understanding of like your capabilities and what you're able to do and what you're not able to do. Secondly is, Go where you're go, where you're celebrated. And I'm not talking about like, oh my God, like people liking you just for being cute. Cause that's that thing now, being fly, being cool. Like that's corny. I'm talking about character. go somewhere where, where you want to be in a place of service and you know you want to give back and you'll find your tribe, right? Just doing the things that you love. Find the things that you love doing, like, and compare like what you do on a day to day base. And compare the things that you love to do and you'll see how far off you are. And once you start doing just putting the work and just keep doing the work, you are gonna realize like a lot of things that you used to stress over the things that used to like try to figure out is easier now. Like your perspective is different. And it's just about the programming man. Like, you know, hypothalamus, it, it starts here, you know, so you been growing up the whole time dealing with trauma and gun fights and arguing, going zero to a hundred and that's what you gonna know. So you gotta change your environment. Sometimes you, you can't heal them the place that you're hurting in, some family members aren't really family at all. It's just, you know, y'all share the same blood. So, but it, it goes back to like doing yourself, bro. Accepting yourself and then operating from a place of love. Sorry, for that long.
Raymundo:Nah, nah, nah, that was, that was perfect cuz it reminded me of a saying, right? Where a guy said, what's, what's the thing you heard in life that was bullshit? And he goes, it's not that simple. He goes, what do you mean how she goes, no, it's not that simple. Cause it is. You want something, you do it. It's that simple. I was, that was, I was like, oh, I feel like I got the shotty to the, you know what I'm saying?
ryan:To.
Raymundo:Oh, you might miss Christmas. I told guns. I mean, The evolution of Ryan stating AKA automatic, aka a, uh, Mr. Humble, aka my, now
ryan:tell, tell the name that I had, tell me to see it.
Raymundo:Which not. Oh, we said automatic, but there was another one, right? Yeah.
ryan:But gotta tell him
Raymundo:we trying to remember. You don't remember. I, I don't remember. Right. So
ryan:in today's day and age, I think it would be they be, oh, y he's suspect, but I don't care no more. Motherless. Skittles.
Raymundo:Oh, Skittle
ryan:Skittles.
Raymundo:Skittles. Yo. You know what I, you know what I remember, you know, you know what I'm laughing. Cause Jason was like, yo, Ryan came to me and he goes, yo, you know what they call me? And, and he thought he was gonna say, he thought you was gonna say some gangster nigga said Skittles,
ryan:skis. It takes, come on. I said Right Justin Timber like, alright, that's enough fucking big ass area. This shit fucking jealous head.
Raymundo:You want to hear some shit. So you know, me and Jason was comedian, like everything was joking. We had this thing when we used to hang up, we used to be like, alright nigga. Skittles like, right bro. Skit. To this day that we still do that. When I talk to him, I'm like, right nigga Skittles, he still says it, bro. Yo that's crazy. But tell'em where they can find you, man.
ryan:So y'all can find me, right? I'm gonna tell you my Instagram cause my Facebook little crazy, but you can find me at slim b. Cool is s i lm the letter B And then cool. Um, and then on Facebook you could find me at Ryan Staton. Um, and you could find me at your local deli store. You may find me at the Barclays Master Square Garden. You may find me upstate in Alaska, downtown uptown. You know, it may find me irony. You might find me. I could be anywhere. You know what I'm saying? Just I'll say this, access is better than money. Alright? Access is better than money.
Raymundo:That's fire. Um, any, any little project you can share in the works that we could look forward to?
ryan:Yeah. Um, I'm, I'm working on a TV game show right now. I'm creating it. Yeah. Might see Ray hosting. You know, it might be Charlie ever. He know he get fired. It just may just be, you know, him hosting a show for a week or two, you know, you know, giving opportunity and Oh man. But, um,
Raymundo:that would be, that would be an honor, man. Even if you, you know, I respect the game. You get somebody that's gonna kill it, but you gonna have to take, he gonna have to do better than me. If he do better than me. He deserve that spot.
ryan:that's how
Raymundo:it's right. Yeah, man. Oh man. God, bro. A game show host. That was the dream. One of my dreams was the, I don't know, cuz it's hard. Steve Harvey, man, you. After family few. I don't know who, I don't know who's gonna be able to do that shit again. Like he's, yeah. And then he said, oh, name start. That starts with H uh, Jose.
ryan:Poupon. He said Report. Pup Ponn. Oh man. Coupon
Raymundo:Yo. But yo, Ryan, my brother, I want to thank you for joining me on the Raymundo Show. Your words on here will, uh, will be cemented, if that's the proper word. Um, shit, you gave me a, another light that I didn't even know was in the area. You, the show went. The show was supposed to be called behind the scenes, but this conversation turned into perspective, which is very important because. If you have dreams and goals in the wrong perspective, them shits will bump the fuck, they will bump together. You know what I'm saying? They'll bump heads like the time where there was only two cars in the world and they ended up bumping to each other. I don't know the chances of that happening, but that's fucking wild, son. I think it was in Cleveland. I ain't, I ain't like, yo, shut up. She like, watch the rope man. I'm the only car boo Oh yeah, there was one more. what you experience, what, you know, this, this code and ethics that you embody is gonna inspire a lot of young, old, middle class. It don't matter, man. Just, there's certain people you gotta tell'em, even, even including myself, yo Ray, don't stop, but Yo Ryan, you ain't gonna stop. Yeah. Know what I'm saying? You gonna be like, puffy was when, when we thought bad boys was a place, a good place to work. yo man was, was otherwise, but um, yeah man, you fucking inspiration. You fucking boss and you a fucking leader. So keep bleeding and keep making a difference in those kids live and those men's live or women, anybody that comes across you, is gonna be different after that day cuz they met you bro. So. Oh man, I appreciate that bro. And you know we family bro. I love you man. Love me too. We fucking gotta hang out cuz there's no way we, we fucking brothers and we haven't hung out in this But look, look how everything happened, man. You know, like you got a whole different worldview of experience that a lot of us wish we had, and your way of thinking is beyond your age, tapped into your past life. So let's give it up for it matter All right, brother, til next time. Til next time.
And we all looked at things the same. Life would be boring as fuck. The Bates would be no more and everybody would agree. With Kanye. Your brain changes when it's challenge. It's part of the progress. Aggressive growth. Was for your mindset is a priceless acquisition. When you invest in you, they gonna think give returns has something to do with insider trading. What I'm saying? Keep your eyes on the prize and keep your mouth open. Open. Like the Bible of a pastor. You might come across a person with a different point of view. That can make your vision clearer. Enhancing idea. That could take you from goods are phenomenal. From ordinary. Ordinary. To extraordinary. From learning. To enlighten.
Malcom:what the fuck was that It could be something you need to hear. Like. A new track from your favorite artists. Or something you need to see. Like a movie. What's your favorite? Actor. So when it comes to perspective No, that is not that someone has a better one, but a different one. That can help you right now or in the long run. Like my brother ryan A k automatic emphasize lead. lead with love And eventually All the blessings you deserve We'll follow But i like to think out for tuning into the raimundo show. Well this is your first time are you a regular I appreciate you i like to take my brother Brian Stayton for Doing his thing For having a perspective so dope that he Pretty much named. named the episode Uh definitely going to have him on the show again But you already know hope you have the best perspective Hope y'all learn your lessons Uh and i hope you always leave with love Well Till next time peace Love mundo Ah,