Been gone for a minute now I'm back with the jumpoff....
Not ever did I think I'd be on TV (the way that I ended up being on TV). My plan was to always conquer the world of "rap", get a few platinum records under my belt, start a fashion line, then venture off into Film & Television...you know, the way you grew up seeing your favorite rappers do it. Funny thing about the Universe is that it does NOT wait for anybody! I've had some decent success on my own with my music and never really thought that TV could be a thing for me until I was blessed with the opportunity to be the face of Fresh Empire. After that, I (like many others), wondered, could I do it again and if so, HOW SWAY?! Wrong question, never ask the Universe HOW just trust that the s*** will happen! One day I woke up with an email from some guy claiming to be a casting manager with MTV, I'm like yeah whatever, bro lol. Part of me, as always, wanted to see what was up anyway so after some deep vetting I went to the address they sent me at the time they set and behold, I was at Viacom! Is this REALLY happening?! Hell yeah it was! I sat and spoke with he and his colleague (who were pretty f***** cool I might add) about who I was, what I wanted to do and what we could do together. This was what they call a "general meeting". Something that many dream of, but not everyone can get. Lucky me. At the end of it all they said they'd keep me in mind about any projects down the pipeline I may be a fit for and referred me to taking some improv/acting classes at Groundlings (shouts out to the Groundlings gang, best experience ever! Side note let me know if you guy wants a blog about this too). Months pass and nothing. I'm still doing my tour with FE so I'm not really trippin' at this point, but like all artists I got in my head and thought it just wasn't gonna happen for ya girl. Until one day I woke up to another email (Another one! Khaled voice) . This one was from another MTV casting manager all the way in New York. They actually kept their word. Something hard to come by in this industry. Thank you JP! We hopped on a phone call shortly after and she told me how she was a fan and they'd love for me to audition for a show they are filming a pilot for. I almost had a heart attack. I couldn't believe my shot was happening. As soon as I got home (I took the call in the middle of my shift at work with the support of my manager at the time) I followed the instructions for the audition in the follow-up email and filmed my audition tape. I'd never done this before, I just knew I had to kill it! I submitted my tape and waited. About a week passed before I was notified about making it to the second phase of the audition. Oh s***! By this time, in my mind, I knew I had it. This is important. Doing all of this and not truly believing it was mine would make it slip right through my fingers and I def wasn't about to let that happen. Another tape down and more of a wait. Tick, tock. Doubt tried to creep in, but I superman'd that ho on out the way. Finally, another email! Phase three is where I had to do a mock interview. Aside from rap, simply talking to people is something that I'm truly gifted at. I knew I had it in the bag. It took about a month for me to get any word. I received another phone call at work where they told me that I got the part. Should I run back inside and tell these MFers I quit now or nah?! Lol longer story short I filmed this really dope pilot for MTV with 51 Minds (they produce a lot of s*** you watch) and some dope ass artists such as Rone (KOTD champion), Lyricks (of Year of the OX/Bad Rap) and Murda Mook (you n***** know Mook! HELLO!) and executive produced by Claude Brooks (MTV's Lyricist Lounge and more). This whole experience was one I will NEVER forget. I learned so much about the TV side of the business and met some pretty influential people (like Dame Dash and Talib Kweli) in the process. Though ultimately the show wasn't picked up (by this network at least *wink*), I made enough of an impression on the great folks at MTV to be sent on more auditions for other shows they have and maintain a solid relationship. Thank you to everyone involved! #TeamRR
