Lil' Zane Reflects On His 2000s Rap Stardom & How His Label Sabotaged His Career | #FindingBET

us, that and this while I think he really went crazy, I think we both went out to the trailer to film and we had the same shirt on so I said since Atlanta you have to take that shirt off and he said now you have to take it off so that I guess if we talked to Jemaine and your main said yeah you're from Ohio so they made him change and I think from there he was like he didn't deal with this god anymore, but again, that was kid stuff. , you already know me. Now I'm grown up, look at Baloise, you know, I go on his Instagram and I know everything he does.

I am an opportunity, support him and congratulate him live. It's time for the new joint of the day. Now you may remember him as one of the many little ones that appeared. scene in the '90s, but now it's slowed down a little bit and started with a new album coming out this summer it's called the big day in theory, the big thing was just the Big Bang Theory, you know, you say that once upon a time you've heard about it. I thought I was smart just the big guys ain't like what's the problem Zayn but they took it like oh he just wanna say now I'm like I'm not like that so they changed my name and back then your records really got they printed, so when you went to Walmart or the record store.

Best Buy buy those not an album and you went to the elves it wasn't there anymore so I feel like the

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sabotages my album in some way by keeping me from losing it's the biggest thing in the world why? Would you move on from loss and disdain? I don't think they were thinking about that. I don't think they thought about being in a completely different column as far as alpha and, believe it or not, I think that hurt a lot, Vic. tickin I'm doing my thing, I got my man the state excuse me, changed the name, the big deal and goes along with the album title, preaches on the side, who you know, drags like a dime, a dozen, a dozen jobs. being gone, having Loni's cousin tell a man that I was with her last night sleeping knowing full well that you were bowling with Z crawling around Lou, you know, big pig and my experienced smile.

I'm putting it aside in shame, it's the same big theater August 1 9th 2 I'll be in your stores singing big coming back with that uncut one so my second album man at this point the party was bought out by the capital , they got bought out by equity in the middle of making my second album, they merged, so when things like that happen, there's a new ship. of people, the same people that were behind my project, they reviewed this new thing, it cost something, they only printed 30,000 copies of my second album, so the 30,000, people say why yes, I mean, you only sold 30,000, that's it all.

I printed them out, so I actually sold them all, but I remember there were places where I signed autographs. I'd have to call the

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like there are no records in the store, like we have 500 people standing outside, but there are only three records in the store. The only thing I feel saved my second album was the fact that tonight I had a song of yours where I introduced the artists. Tank on Tank was the biggest artist at the time. I'm an R&B artist. He had that. I deserve it and um, he was clean, he loved my music, he and Tyrese were great.

Tyrese introduced me to him and I put the tank in the tank tonight. I'm Yours and the Streets really took that record and made it what it was. It was one of the first songs that hit the ringtones and we did really well hitting the ringtones and you know, I screamed my boy thing, but that's what really saved the album, that single and I thank you God for that, I definitely started pursuing him. my acting

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when the label started and they started making me feel like they were sitting on my project and I needed another way to get some money.

I think acting saved me, yes I came out in an era where many artists were he took advantage of me by jumping into the acting industry as if it gave me another life. Tell me how you know Beyoncé. We are making a movie together. I just met a winner. We're working on a movie called Fighting Tentation for a couple of mine and I'm working on a long shot every day, you know me, the Parker show, I'm all those kind of shows that we grew up loving. You just know that I do it myself in the television world, so everything that happened I will put it myself. just because I'm not pointing fingers like a lot of fans or whatever they asked me to do.

I had just gained a lot of things that are out of my control, like I didn't have the control that I have now creatively or financially to really make those decisions at that time, when I became an artist, I thought that every day was going to be good, a Once I got this money and was on TV, there would be no bad days, but you learn that after you become famous. You know you still have bad days. My bad days may be a little different than yours. You know, but we still have bad days. My only regret in my

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is that I didn't take my time in the early days.

To learn the business I took a lot of advantage at the beginning because I didn't understand the business. I didn't know it's 90% business, 10% music. I wasn't thinking about that, so my advice would be for anyone. Getting into music is just learning the business before you jump into something and I also want to say stay confident, you know, saying it was a point in my career where I let the label talk me out of doing what I always knew. what I had to do. the second album came out I changed my second house from Lowe's not a Zayn that's not something I would add my grandmother called me losing my dad is big saying I never changed my name oh I want you to wrap this way I want to bring these writers, like this which you know, I think that took away from me for a while, you know, because people love to lose because of what he brought to the table.

I wrote anywhere. I wrote Money Stretch. I wrote calling me. I wrote all my hits, so the second album. Come on, they try to attract people, that took away my confidence to use a little bit, you know me, so the only thing I would say to an artist, never let anyone take your confidence away, you know, I say it. as far as possible. If you are doing something and it is working don't let anyone take you out of it a little bit of life what celebrity I made it much bigger than the mother catch you leather seat they pay me like a post for my friends they caught me on my mobile one that hangs, we're still close I thought I had gotten away from the label, I got my focus back, you know, I'm saying put the guy back, put the hat back and I said you know Sambo's gone again.

I am totally in control of my situation. I am totally independent. I think I'm in the best position I've ever been in as an artist in my life. I'm making the best music I think I've ever made in my life. Think I arrived so young. I have an advantage because now I've been through everything. I'm going to take my own money and put together my own tour and that's what I learned about being independent, like you're not afraid to invest. on yourself and I look at the camera when I say that like many artists, they want people to invest millions in a number every day if necessary, it means that they were not invested in themselves, so I had to learn a big turn in a real funk place. a purple hair two shots in the air for my truth dogs out there yes I am a father I have two children I have a daughter of seven children that is eight as a father I am I think I am a good father I think I can I will always be better, you know, I mean, but My children love me to death, they know I love fools.

I guess I'm trying to make it a fun day. You know I'm a fun dad. I want my children to be able to do it with me. Like I could have cut it about my dad, I'm constantly educating them, you know? Even if Danny has homework, I make my kids read a book for 30 minutes every day, I try to set them up just to be good people, you know? and that's why right now I'm a superstar at night I'm a daddy daycare during the day daddy daycare do it right daddy daycare nah daddy daycare daddy daycare the legacy I want to leave behind I want to be an example of don' Don't give up, believe in yourself and it's over when you say it's over, you just have to stick with it, stick with what you know and be yourself man.

I think all this time I could say that I really want to live and leave a legacy. of people say you know what he was always the same person, whether he had money, whether he was up or down, he always had a smile on his face, he always told someone something positive. I will feel better than anyone else. Like we both have the same 24 hours to do what we do, whatever I do, I mean, I mean changing lives and getting rich, you know, I say that, so that's what it's about and you want to see a lot of me. because I feel like this is not over, you know how to move it, it's not over for me, the hustle I feel like doing Hustle & Flow, I feel like I have so much more to reach the world and again, man.

I don't even know what I'm going to do in ten years, there is nothing, it will be something big and if you wanted, we could do it within the black 500, but from top to bottom and with an open job when we ride because now I'm hot. You gotta keep thinking about one stop now, look, you feel like a criminal lockup, so let's go get away, you're getting hot, baby, please don't let it go. I have a crib on the beach. Paul metal, wait, here's your person. The children see me every day. 112 yes