The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
Devour the Moment
What happens when life's setbacks become the catalyst for extraordinary success? Mr. Devour's story answers this question with raw authenticity and entrepreneurial fire.
When a workplace injury left him unable to return to conventional employment, Devour faced a critical choice—give up or reinvent himself. With a wife and two children depending on him, he revived a dormant dream and launched Devour Collection, what he proudly calls "the only exotic streetwear brand in the world." Born and raised in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood, Devour infused his South Side roots into a fashion philosophy that's caught the attention of filmmakers and tastemakers alike.
"I gave myself a 10-year deadline," Devala reveals, "and honestly, I make five years in October and I've done a lot more stuff than I thought I would have done." That "stuff" includes clothing features in multiple films alongside notable actors, expanding his brand into couture and intimate apparel divisions, and launching a music label under his Pretty Fly Corporation umbrella. But success hasn't come without profound personal challenges, including battling depression and childhood tragedy—Devour lost two brothers in a fire when he was young.
Perhaps the most powerful takeaway from Devour's journey is his perspective on time versus money. "What can you do with money without time? Nothing," he states. "What can you do with time without money? A whole lot. I come from the bottom." This wisdom permeates his approach to business and life, creating generational wealth for his daughter (who has her own brand, Motivation) while relentlessly pursuing his vision despite naysayers.
Visit DevourCollection.com and use promo code DEVOUR for 15% off, or catch the brand's upcoming fashion show in St. Louis on October 18th. As Devour would say, "Live freely in your lifestyle while devouring your prey. Whatever trials and tribulations you go through, step into that shit as the lion, and never the mouse."
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Yo, yo, hey, the podcast. Thank y'all for checking in. Yo, this week y'all we got a very special guest to the podcast. Y'all know everybody that come on the podcast. Special to me. So my man. He is the creator and owner of Devour Collection, the only exotic streetwear brand, the only streetwear brand, the only. My man is also a model. He's also an actor and Hustler of the Year. So, with no further ado, I want y'all to put y'all hands together and show some love for the one, the only, mr DeValle. Y'all Hold up, hold up what up bro.
Speaker 2:Ladies and gentlemen, what's good, it's your boy, mr Devala. Like he said, I am the only exotic streetwear brand in the world. Man, check me out at devalacollectioncom. Man. Hey, we out here devalueing the world. I told y'all when I stepped on the scene we was going to devalue the moment, and we've been doing that ever since.
Speaker 1:I remember you said that. I remember you said it. That was at what spot was that, bro? It was out at Richland Park, what's the name of this place? Yeah, okay, I remember that Because I remember you had them flyasks, them varsity jackets.
Speaker 2:Appreciate that, bro. Yeah man, you too. Yes, sir. Hey, I was trying to make sure everybody got on the team. You feel me.
Speaker 1:Yes, sir, yes, sir, yeah, I'm talking about the varsity jackets.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes. So on the podcast, man, I always like to do a check-in with our guests, man. And so, since you are the special guest this week, man, I want to ask you because I know you're a creator, I know you're an entrepreneur. So when I ask this question, people always think that I'm talking about, like, what project is somebody working on? But when I ask you, what are you working on this week? I mean, what are you working on within yourself? Like, what are you working on mentally? What are you working on emotionally this week?
Speaker 2:I guess if, to put it in that sense, I guess I would say I'm working on having more patience with myself. I know I get a lot of deadlines and stuff and sometimes I can be real anxious and need things to move a lot quicker than probably they have to because, I know I got a lot of stuff on my plate, so I'll be trying to get stuff done and move on to the next thing.
Speaker 2:So it's just me trying to have more patience with that. Yeah, that's probably about it working working within myself, yeah, just having more patience with myself, because, honestly, I uh, I gave myself a 10-year deadline, right for uh certain days to move a certain type of way yeah and honestly. I make five years in October and I've done a lot more stuff than I thought I would have done now later. You feel me. I thought I was just now getting my stuff in movies and stuff Five years down the line, not now.
Speaker 1:A lot of stuff has been taking place. The stuff that you already, the stuff that you said, the stuff that you plan to do 10 years from now you're already doing it.
Speaker 2:That's love. It is. That's a blessing, bro. I couldn't have planned it any better than the way it's been working out Now. Yeah, there do be hiccups sometimes, but for the most part it's been working out Now yeah there do be hiccups sometimes. Okay, but for the most part it's been a lot of Ws, bro, yeah. A lot of Ws bro.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and congratulations, man. I'm a firm believer in the dots will always connect. I tell my kids that. I tell anybody Anybody that I feel will always connect. I tell my kids that. I tell anybody Anybody that I feel should hear it. I tell them that. So I thought it was cool that I got a chance to chop it up with you. Actually, yesterday you know what I'm saying at my son's basketball game and that was your big little cousin's basketball game. You know what I'm saying. So I was like damn small world. You know what I'm saying. I was like damn small world. You know what I'm saying. The thing about it is I've been following your journey for a while, bro. You know what I'm saying. I like the way you carry yourself, man. You got dope, you got dope product. Then it's like when I always chopped it up with you, you seem like an authentic person. So I always appreciated that about you, bro. Real shit, straight up.
Speaker 2:Appreciate that.
Speaker 1:Let me ask you this man, so for the people that don't know, where is Mr Devour from, oh boy, I'm from the Chi man, I'm from Roseland the hundreds yeah, man south side all day born and raised huh
Speaker 1:yeah, man that's what's up. So I grew up on the 115th and Perry and then moved to shit the Englewood area, justice, palos Hills, all types of shit but I originally grew up in 150th and Perry, so that's where I'm back at. You know what I'm saying, so I feel you on that, okay. Uh, do you think? Do you think, that your environment has a direct impact on where you at now?
Speaker 2:And if so, how is that? Yeah, um, my where I came from gives me my inspiration, man, like just growing up in the neighborhood seeing the styles of a lot of the people that I looked up to, seeing how they carried themselves and dressed and just made a lot of stuff happen and stuff. So, watching a lot of people, especially within my family, like my uncles and stuff, like anybody that's from Roanoke and they know my family, like they within my family, like my uncles and stuff, like anybody that's from roland, they know my family, like they know my husband, my family hustler. So that's, that's it's in me, yeah that's your dna, yeah, that's what's up?
Speaker 2:yeah, definitely, most definitely.
Speaker 1:The environment, definitely uh, plays a role in it um, can you, can you recall the moment where you said what you knew, that hey, I want to get into fashion design, like, like, I'm serious about this, like it ain't just a hobby, like that moment where you was like I'm putting all the cards on the table and I'm taking it serious?
Speaker 2:I think it was the first day that I started low-key, for the simple fact that when I started, it was off the strength that I didn't have nothing else. I got hurt at work and I didn't have another job to go to, so I had to find a way to make some money. I got two kids now and a wife, so I got to try to find a way to make some money. I got two kids now and a wife, so I got to try to find a way to make some money. And the vow was something that I created years ago but never really played out, because you know how life goes Life be life, so you don't ever really get a chance to put a cord to your dream the way you want to.
Speaker 2:But now that I had all this, free time, I ain't had no choice but to see if it could work. And now that I had all this free time, I ain't had no choice but to see if it could work. And I guess it was in God's plan for me to go and find out if it worked. He probably put me in that position for me not to be able to go back and work for nobody else and make their dreams come true.
Speaker 1:So that way I can go make mine come true. That makes a lot of sense. Hey man, my boy, tron, just told me the other day. He said, when God wants you to move and make some steps, he gonna make it uncomfortable for you. You see what I'm saying. So you ain't got no other choice but to. Either you gonna get to moving or you just gonna stay in that same spot and just stay uncomfortable. But any smart motherfucker gonna feel like I don't just stay uncomfortable, but any smart motherfucker is going to feel like I don't want to stay uncomfortable. You know what I'm saying. I definitely get where you're coming from. I heard you say you got two kids and a wife, right, how do they play a part into your plans, your passion and your dream? How much of a part do they play a part into your plans, your passion and your dream? What part like how much of a part do they play in that?
Speaker 2:Sure, without them I'd probably be doing something else. Honestly, I don't know where I would be without them. Honestly, like when I first started my brand me and my daughter, we started our brands together. She has motivation, that's her brand. So we would kind of go back and forth in competition seeing who can do what with the brand, but then school started back and she went back to being a kid again. So I just come in and go.
Speaker 2:But, like I told her, I said her brand can fall under my brand and when she turned 18, she ran both brands. So for me it's generational wealth. So she wants to act, she wants to dance, she likes to swim, she want to make a lot of money. She told me she was going to be president. I told her she got it. She already the president of a student council. I told her she got it. She already the president of a student council. So I said keep going.
Speaker 1:That's the start. You got to make the steps. You see what I'm saying and, as you see, with the person that we got in office right now, hey bro, anything is possible. Real talk, anything is possible. That man is a living testament. Anybody can get in that position. You see what I'm saying. So I like this. That's dope. You putting a lot on the plate, I mean, but you know her better than anybody else and you feel like she can handle it right, like my daughter, is probably one of the most independent 13-year-olds around that I've ever met.
Speaker 2:She's more independent than I was at that age. I feel like I thought I was grown. But the way she handles her business and she stays organized with her planning and her dating and stuff, I didn't have that type of organization. That's important. I didn't have that organization.
Speaker 1:That's man, I was on the fly.
Speaker 2:That is important I was on the fly, but she watches how her mother schedules things and she picked that up from her. Yeah, her mom, keeps my wife keep my schedule. You ask me what I got going on. I be like, let me check my calendar For real. And she my calendar. I got a calendar Over here.
Speaker 4:What are you?
Speaker 2:going to do on the 28th.
Speaker 1:That's what's up. I was just talking to my son about the importance of time management the other day Because he had a lot going on. Man, he got basketball, he got student government, he got a radio show at his school and it's like two other clubs he wanted to get into. And I'm like man, I said it's possible. It's possible for you to do it. You just got to know how to manage your time. You know what I'm saying. And you got to be honest with yourself, um, and be disciplined too. You know, like I heard you say earlier about setting a goal.
Speaker 1:I'm reading this book called atomic habits and in this book it said it talks about excuse me, actually not setting goals, and it talks more about, instead of setting goals, implement routines, because when you implement routines, you would do it on a daily basis and that's how you see results. You get what I'm saying. So when I talk to my son about it, I talk to him about implementing routines, and that organizer and that calendar is part of that routine. You know what I'm saying Every morning checking that calendar, checking that organizer and knowing what do I have coming up today? Well, like you said, what deadlines do I have to meet? Who do I got to talk to today? What emails do I got to respond back to? What calls do I got to make today? What emails do I got to respond back to? What calls do I got to make? All that type of stuff. So I feel like I always suggest to people implement routines.
Speaker 1:Man, like goals is cool, I just feel like implementing routines is more realistic. That's just my opinion. In your opinion, what makes a fashion trend dope?
Speaker 2:The connection it makes with the people, with the customer.
Speaker 1:Okay, yeah, so explain towel coats.
Speaker 2:Explain what.
Speaker 1:Towel coats. Remember the towel coats? Towel coats. You don't remember them? Oh shit, I'm saying my age. Then Fuck it. Okay, I'm talking. I'm saying my age like a motherfucker. Okay, so give me a fashion trend right now that you feel like is really buzzing and it really identifies with the people. Trend right now that you feel like is really buzzing and it really identifies with the people.
Speaker 2:Man.
Speaker 1:I love it. I love it, I mean, but you can say that, bro, you can say that bro, you can say that, like I said, bro, I've seen the merchandise.
Speaker 1:I was at the fashion show you know what I'm saying and I seen when the models came out and what they had on. I'm like, oh that shit fresh. I like that. You know what I'm saying. So what thought process do you have? I like that. You know what I'm saying. So what, like, what thought, what thought process do you have that make you say you know what I'm going to go with this particular style and and and this type of climate? You know, like the where we at as a society, what, what, what thought, what's the thought process behind it?
Speaker 2:Um, a lot of times I end up making my outfit and then I'll make something for a female to wear if she was to go out with me, and that's how a lot of the clothes get created.
Speaker 3:Okay. So I try to make when I make.
Speaker 2:after I make my outfit, I'll go back and probably make like three or four outfits that would match that, so that way she could compliment me when we go out, and that's how it's supposed to be, ladies, take note, let me say so she can compliment you.
Speaker 1:That's how it's supposed to be, right there. Um, which, which fashion or which style, which trend do you think is classic, like it will never go out of style? Oh, the grown man Suentown my man, you can't go wrong with that shit. You cannot go wrong with that.
Speaker 2:That's why the streetwear brand is just a third of the collection. Like we gonna have the Devalo couture set that has the shirt and ties and the polo and stuff like that and dresses and stuff for the females like real couture and dresses and stuff for the females and different like real couture. And then we gonna have the other part, the deval after dark. That's gonna house all my lingerie, sex toys and all that stuff. So this is only the beginning. This is only the beginning you just said.
Speaker 1:You just said with the lingerie and the after hours wear. So that means I know you're going to have some type of an event to show that off, am I correct?
Speaker 2:You already know we're definitely going to do that with that ball. We're definitely going to do that.
Speaker 1:Okay, okay, I feel that that's what's up, that's what's up, that's what's up. I feel like the marketing behind that can go so many ways. You know what I'm saying. Let me ask you this question Kind of a serious question, not really. Who do you think will have a harder time in high school? The unattractive female with dope gear or the attractive female that dress like a bomb? Who do you think will have a harder time in high school? Dang high school.
Speaker 2:Dang the one who ain't got the fresh gear. She gonna have a hard time until she glow up.
Speaker 1:Okay, okay, so it don't matter how she look.
Speaker 2:Nah, I mean it depends, man, because in high school, I mean we still kids, your mama still bury your stuff half the time. So a lot of people really ain't gonna judge you off that. I mean, if they real, if they wanna be real with you, like, I'm not even really judge you off that cause we damn near in the same boat. Nah, we get to college and you still ain't got no swag about you baby. Now even really judge you out there, because we damn near in the same boat. Now we get to college and you still ain't got no swag about you baby. Now it's going to start probably getting a little bit rougher, but if she pretty, if she pretty, somebody might shoot, somebody might take up on her wing, up under their wing and get her right.
Speaker 1:That's a good point. That's a good point.
Speaker 2:She got to come ready.
Speaker 1:That's a good point. True, that's a good point. She got a cold body. That's a damn good point. And you know what, when I was in high school, bro, what I used to always realize is that like fat motherfuckers Well damn, I don't know if that's politically correct, but I don't know but like really fat motherfuckers, like if them motherfuckers dressed good, they was cool. You know what I'm saying. They was able to keep motherfuckers up off of them. You know I'm saying, but that was like, that was in my era. That was in my era before the. You know um, before they called it bullying, we just called it roasting motherfuckers. You know I'm saying, um, and it was like if you was a real big motherfucker, you had to dress nice, you couldn't stink. You know I'm saying and it was like if you was a real big motherfucker, you had to dress nice, you couldn't stink. You know what I'm saying. Your hygiene had to be good. If you wasn't the prettiest motherfucker, you had to dress nice, because motherfuckers was going to be on your ass.
Speaker 1:And that applied or be funny as hell If you didn't have any of that shit. Nigga know how to fight. Know how to fight. You know what I'm saying. Like don't talk, and it's just. And I so like I don't know, like sometimes I'll be talking to my son about it to kind of ask him does that shit still apply today with these kids in high school? You know cause this? I, these kids in high school, I'm not going to say my fuckers are super sensitive, but you can't say much. You know what I'm saying. In my opinion, that's just my thoughts. What do you think are must-have qualities for starting a fashion line and also maintaining that fashion line? What qualities must you have?
Speaker 2:Self-motivation, self-belief money.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's important.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's definitely important. Yeah, and a drive to win, because it's going to be a lot of naysayers. It's going to be a lot of naysayers out there. It's going to be people that's closest to you that's going to be trying to talk you out of it. So you got to be strong mentally for this war. It's a war. Yeah, you think you're going to get the people outside. Nah, it be the people closest to you that are trying to tear you away from going to get what you want Instead of them trying to help you get what you want.
Speaker 2:They try to talk you out of going to get it Like okay, even if you don't feel like this is a good idea, and I'm telling you this is something that I want. If you really fuck with me, tell me, get it. Tell me get it.
Speaker 4:Or show me that it can't be gotten.
Speaker 2:Don't just tell me it can't be gotten. Show me, show me.
Speaker 1:I like that. I like that. I don't know. When you say that, it makes me think about everybody's going to have their opinion. So on one hand, somebody may actually feel like I don't think you could do it. Now the question is nigga do I need you to tell me that you see what I'm saying, and if you really fuck with me, won't you at least try to help me out? You get what I'm saying, and if you really fuck with me, won't you at least try to help me out? You get what I'm saying? Or if you ain't trying to help me out, keep your motherfucking comment to yourself. You see what I'm saying, because that shit ain't helping.
Speaker 2:It really don't be.
Speaker 1:Like that.
Speaker 2:You know what so like that's all the thing. One of the one things that I hate. I have a whole website, bro, a whole website with hella merchandise, right, do you know? I would have people come and tell me about stuff that I should have and I already got it. Like you ain't even, you ain't even still trying not to go and check my store out, but you got all the suggestions in the world.
Speaker 2:Like you ain't fucking with me for real like you, just you just trying to fuck with me for real, like you, just trying to fuck with my head real quick, like bro, that shit is up there right now in the color that you just said. Or they went through your page and tried to say some shit that they know you ain't got just so they ain't got to spend no money. First of all, I just want the world to know that, even if you don't buy nothing, I'm still going to be good, and I want you to get the message, and that's to devour the moment. Live freely in your lifestyle while devouring your prey. So, whatever trials and tribulations you go through, you, step into that shit as the lion, and never the mouse, and devour that moment man.
Speaker 2:That's what I want you to do. You ain't got to spend no money.
Speaker 3:I don't care.
Speaker 2:I'm still going to eat. I'm still going to smoke good, my kids still going to be good.
Speaker 1:Yes, sir. Well, what's the website too, bro? I want to make sure the people know Devourcollectioncom.
Speaker 2:For sure, people know.
Speaker 1:TheBowelCollectioncom. For sure, for sure. Yeah, because that was funny. You said a motherfucker, be like man. You should have all this. It'd be like nigga. I do got it. I'm going to see your website, you'll see it. What the fuck Damn. Yeah, I like that. I like that. So I know you told too about the movies. You got two movies Tolerance and Different Worlds. Can you tell us more about that?
Speaker 2:Yeah, man, I think those movies released last year, 2024. Shout out to Shante Renee Smith. She's a 2B actress. Got several movies out right now. She came through the WFA and was able to wear my clothes in a couple of her productions. Shout out to Director Rip down there in Memphis for allowing my clothes to be in his films. That was dope.
Speaker 3:Yeah man.
Speaker 2:Those were the first two films that stepped on the platform. The first film I actually filmed with me and my clothes was with Billy Ray Valentine, and that was United Nations. Man, that's a real dope movie. I can't wait for that to drop on all platforms as well. Shout out to Matt Rest in peace, JO, as well man. We lost them after the filming and everything, man, and it was cool.
Speaker 2:That's crazy. You don't never know who you're going to meet when you go on these sets. But that set was so dope and everybody got so connected, like even when I was hollering in that back or whatever, he was telling me about how he got, just did like five or six movies or whatever and he was about to be working on another project and wanted to bring me on. But you know, god called him home and man blessings to him and his family. And Yayo's man. She got taken down when she was in LA Wrong place wrong time man.
Speaker 1:Man shout out to them and their families man, real talk. So when you experience loss like that, bro, does it make you more appreciative of the time that you have, or does it cause a bit of anxiety? Does it cause a bit of depression? You know what I'm saying. How do you respond to those losses?
Speaker 2:Man, honestly those was tough because, like I said, we had all connected during that time, because I think we filmed that movie for a good six, seven, eight months. So we all bonded, we became close man, I just I can't. I already appreciate time because shit, I almost died when I was at work and then my depression almost had me take myself out. Thank God that shit didn't work out and so I'm really appreciative of time now and that's probably why I be so anxious about my time and be wanting to get certain stuff done, because I'm like I don't know how much I have left, so let me get as much as I can get done.
Speaker 3:Man.
Speaker 1:Man, that part right there, bro, like I don't know to hear you say it. I'm going to be honest with you. To hear you say it, it can be a little bit scary. You know what I'm saying when you say I don't know how much time I got left. You know what I'm saying. But it's all about how you embrace it so you can say I don't know how much time I got left, so I better make the most of it. How much time I got left, so I better make the most of it. You know what I'm saying. I better appreciate every moment. Don't take anything for granted. I just asked my son. I just asked my son the other day and I'm going to ask you the same question.
Speaker 2:What can you do with money without time? Nothing, nothing, right.
Speaker 1:Nothing, nothing, right Nothing. What can you do with time without money?
Speaker 2:A whole lot. I'll come from the bottom. Yes, sir, hey man, we're going to make something out of nothing.
Speaker 1:I thought about that shit when I said it to him. Well, first of all, his response was I said well, what can you do with time without money? And he was like spend it. I said damn being mean and spend time. You got to understand. And I thought about it, bro. I was said damn being mean and spending time. You know what I'm saying? And I thought about it, bro. I was like damn, money is cool to have, cool to have. However, I think sometimes we need the time that we have, bro. You see what I'm saying. It's people that have, in my opinion, have spent their time and they've left legacies with us. You know what I'm saying. Whether it be fashion designers, whether it be actors, actresses I didn't even say that shit, right Directors, whatever Artists, comedians, they've spent their time, I guess effectively, and they've left something with us, bro, you see what I'm saying? Some shit that, that that stick with us. Like you'll go watch of, like what's your favorite movie, bro?
Speaker 2:my favorite movie that I could watch over and over again shit.
Speaker 1:Batman you said Ant-Man. Batman wait which one, which one.
Speaker 2:I could do Michael Keaton, or I could do damn, you wouldn't think that or I could do, michael Keaton, or I could do, or I could do Christian Bale.
Speaker 1:Oh, hey, okay. So which? Which was the worst Batman to you?
Speaker 2:Worst.
Speaker 4:Batman.
Speaker 2:Oh man, it's going to either have to, it's gonna either happen. It's probably the Val Kilmore one. I don't think. Yeah, it was trash bro it was trash.
Speaker 1:He was trash, bro, I don't even lie to you. He was trash as hell, I think, like him and motherfucking George Clooney.
Speaker 2:I didn't know which one to pick.
Speaker 4:I'm like what.
Speaker 1:That was both trash Like no, bro. But Christian Bale, hey, christian Bale was a good one, bro.
Speaker 5:He did a shit.
Speaker 1:Like it's just something about that, the way he embraced that character, like you could just just I don't know, it's like you could just sense the darkness and the pain. You know I'm saying within that character, but I I got off topic and shit my bad um, what's some? Well, like, what's, what's some of the challenging things for you when it comes to acting?
Speaker 2:um, I haven't faced any challenges yet. Um the roles that I haven't really played a particular role. I've been doing a lot of background and um actually work I feel like so I haven okay, so I just did Silent Witness with Christy Tate and Jen Goddard Shout out to them for having me be a part of their movie and devouring my moment in there. I got a chance to play a judge in there, so that was dope.
Speaker 2:They said I did a good job. I don't. I've never been a judge, so shit, you know. I just I did the best I could.
Speaker 4:I don't do judges before in real life Shit.
Speaker 2:I don't tell nobody. I can't tell nobody none of that shit. Shit. You cool, I'm cool.
Speaker 1:So let me ask you this when? Where did you get? Let me ask you this when did you get so playing that judge? Where did you get the inspiration from it? Did you watch movies? You know?
Speaker 3:what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:Did you watch court TV?
Speaker 1:I don't know what you do, judge Mathis.
Speaker 4:I'm going to crack down on that one.
Speaker 1:You sound like a dope thing. You sound like a damn dope thing. Yeah, judge Mathis is brutal. I don't know who works him. What's the other motherfucker?
Speaker 2:Judge Joe. Judge Joe Brown. Judge Joe Brown.
Speaker 1:Yeah, judge Joe, judge Joe Brown or something, whatever the fuck his name is. So did you like watching Judge Mathis? What, what did you pick up? What did you pick up from from him in order to play that character?
Speaker 2:Uh, just trying to stay relaxed and um pay to stay relaxed and pay attention to what's going on, so that way I can make a conscious decision, a proper conscious decision, and I'm biased in that moment, right all right.
Speaker 1:all right, that's what's up. So what did you shoot the film at? Was it in Chicago? What was?
Speaker 2:it at. It was in Chicago.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:One of the movies I just shot with Barry Brewer. We shot that in Indiana and that's okay so yeah, shout out to Barry man. He a comedian and he did the show Russ with Tyler Perry, so he got his own studio OBE studio and he did the show for us with Tyler Perry, so he got his own studio OBE Studios out there in Indiana. Real dope man, hold on for a minute.
Speaker 1:Hold on for a minute.
Speaker 3:Smoke be quiet.
Speaker 2:Go to my bed. Yeah, so the Blue Room will be coming soon. Y'all check for that. That's supposed to be on BET. Plus, shout out to him for real airing his team. Man. They gonna give your boy credit in the movie for the brand there you go put me in the BET database. Love it, I love it bro man, that's congratulations, man.
Speaker 1:real shit, put me in the BET database. Love it, I love it, bro.
Speaker 2:Man, that's long, bro. Congratulations, man, real shit, thank you. He allowed me to have them do a whole fashion show in his movie, bro. I wore like five outfits, okay, so I feel like I did a whole show.
Speaker 1:That is. That is, hey, man, like I said. I said, bro, I'm a firm believer the dots will connect, man. Like, the more you put the work in, the dots will connect and you just got to be fucking patient, bro. You got to be patient and it's crazy because, like I said, I think the first time I seen you was probably like six, six, seven years ago. At that event, you know what I'm saying. And to talk to you now and hear about the progress that you're making, man, that's huge man. Once again, congratulations, bro. Right Straight up. Who are some of your favorite actors?
Speaker 2:Some of my favorite actors Denzel Marlon Wayans.
Speaker 1:Really Marlon Wayans? I've never heard a nigga say that.
Speaker 2:Okay, so my name is Marlon, so all my life, everybody be like look up Marlon, say cheese, oh shit. Okay, yeah, and me and my brothers I don't know we act crazy Like we would be on Live a Color or some shit. You feel we always cracking jokes and stuff like that and then like I'm the oldest Right. So to them I would be like keen and I'm the one that's going to put everybody on.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:But I have to ask my mom if she had a crush on this nigga, because my first name, like his name, is Marlon Wayans. I'm Marlon Dwayne, Like come on what you on.
Speaker 1:Oh damn, what you on man, Right, Right, right, right, right. Well, nah, man you say fuck around, let me find you.
Speaker 2:You don't pretend though, like Mo Money, that's like one of my favorite six men, because that reminds me of me and my brother, who passed away.
Speaker 1:Man. Hey, bro, I ain't gonna even lie to you. Sorry to hear about your brother. I ain't gonna lie to you, bro. I think the Sixth man was one of the first movies that I I ain't gonna even lie. I cried.
Speaker 2:Bro, real shit.
Speaker 1:Bro, no lie.
Speaker 2:I cried no lie.
Speaker 1:I cried, Like me and my little brother.
Speaker 2:We used to get in trouble for playing basketball in the house and shit like that you feel me so and my brother died Well two of my brothers died in the fire, so oh wow, I'm sorry. Yeah, when we was kids, so even when I go play basketball now you might even laugh. It's like I don't be playing the people in front of me.
Speaker 1:I be playing against my brother, you playing. No, I feel you. I feel you and I kind of figured that's where you was going. I kind of figured that's where you was going with it. So, man, like that's resilience, bro, you know what I'm saying. Like, whether you know it or not, that's resilience for you to be able to deal with that, to deal with two losses, and still keep moving on and be the person and become the person that you've become. That's resilience. Like a motherfucker dude, real shit. I commend you for that man.
Speaker 2:It ain't easy.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:But I appreciate it.
Speaker 1:Man, that man, yeah, but I appreciate it, man. Uh, so I know you're something about the record label and I apologize, man, I couldn't get. I was trying to get the song. You sent me the song, um, I ain't done. I ain't done yet, right?
Speaker 2:yeah, because we're going to shoot, because we're going into my fifth year and a lot of people didn't even think I was going to make it this far. So I got a few tracks for the brand, but this one right here is going to jumpstart it, jumpstart the whole music direction and everything. And yeah, that's my little cousin. I told you I'm like Kenan, so I got to put everybody so that's my little cousin. I told you I'm like Kenan, so I got to put everybody. So this is my little cousin.
Speaker 2:And yeah, he went and did his thing on that track, man, he did that.
Speaker 1:That track was dope. I appreciate that that track was dope. I was trying to download it but it wouldn't let me do it. But the motherfucker was dope. Everybody out there, man, y'all, make sure y'all check out. I Ain't Done Yet by Shooty. It's on Spotify, it's on all platforms, right? Okay, that shit was dope, real talk. So you starting to label?
Speaker 2:right, I guess you could say that. I guess you could say that. So the actual business is Pretty Fly Corporation, is Pretty Fly Corporation, and Pretty Fly Corporation houses the music, the movies, the clothes and everything else that I'm going to do. You feel me? So, yeah, this is all going under that branch. This is another branch of Pretty.
Speaker 2:Flat Corporation. And yeah, shout out to EJ Labise and Shabless, the crown holder, GS, the brand Dirty Eagle. Shout out to all the people that came through Billy Banz yeah, shout out to all of them. Man, they came through and dropped their verses and everything, so we got more music for them. We got more music for y'all Shoot. I even dropped one of the tracks, Okay.
Speaker 1:How was that?
Speaker 2:It's something for the ladies, so it was always good with me. Okay, Okay, okay, okay yeah man, it's a collab we did called Come Over. So yeah, man, something for the late, that's dope. I'm going to drop that with some visuals for Valentine's Day.
Speaker 1:Nice With the after hours. Lingerie gear.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we're going to have some of that in there In the video.
Speaker 1:Hey man, I'm telling you, I was about to say like a Diddy party, but I probably shouldn't say that we're going to definitely have a good time.
Speaker 1:We're definitely going to have a good time.
Speaker 1:Yes, sir, that's probably what Diddy said too. Bro, let's keep it real, all right. Speaking of such man on the podcast man, we like to play different games and shit man. Um, so this one is called drugs, right? All right, so it's a different category of drugs, right so? So one like the first one would be. The first category would be a dinner party, so a drug that you would do at a dinner party, right? Second one would be a drug that you would do at a house party. The other one would do would be a drug that you would do at a pity party, meaning we don't fuck with that. You know what I'm saying. Like we don't fuck with that. You know what I'm saying, we don't fuck with them. Kind of drugs, right. And then the last category would be the drug that you would do at a ditty party. I'm going to name some shit off. I'm going to name a drug and you tell me what category you would put it in. Either it's a dinner party, a house party, a pity party or a ditty party.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:We ain't judging over here. All I do is read so shit.
Speaker 3:And that ain't a drug.
Speaker 1:No, no, what I'm saying? I'm saying your thought, your thought yeah, alright. So the first one, so the first drug would be Acid, A dinner party, a house party, a pity party or a ditty party.
Speaker 2:A pity party Mushrooms.
Speaker 1:A pity party or a ditty party. A pity party, all right, mushrooms.
Speaker 2:Mushrooms. You probably need the house party meth did you say a rave?
Speaker 1:no, I I Adderall she had a college party. Um Coat Dinner party, house party, petty party or dinner party. Alright, then Coke Dinner party, house party, pity party or dinner party. Alright, then Last one, weed Dinner party, house party, pity party or dinner party Party. What is that? Pity party, goddamn it.
Speaker 2:Mary is always welcome.
Speaker 1:Hey bro, I agree with you. I agree with you on that, hey man, hey bro, real talk. I'm really appreciative that you was able to link your time, man, because, like I said, man, I commend you for all the stuff you've done. I've been seeing you throughout the years on the scene and we've chopped it up, but we never had a chance to really get on the podcast. So I appreciate you hopping on here, bro, and I appreciate everything that you do. Man, real talk.
Speaker 2:I appreciate you having me man. Thanks a lot Letting me come on your platform and do my thing, bro no problem.
Speaker 1:I mean we're going to see each other again. Let everybody know where to find you, what you got coming up and everything. Anything that they need to know, let them know All right.
Speaker 2:Well, sure, ladies, it's your boy, mr Devour, I need y'all all to go and follow me right now at Devour Fashion. That's on any platform. Okay, at Devour Fashion. That's on any platform. Okay, at Devour Fashion. If you want to shop with me, shop with me, DevourCollectioncom. And just because you're watching this and you're seeing us do our thing, use promo code Devour, get 15% off. Okay, all right. Now, if you're in the St Louis area October 18thth, pop out. We got a whole cast for a fashion show. We we got coming up man, it's gonna be dope man. You know, we got to get it real sexy out there, since that's what sexy read from. So it gotta be sexy, right? So come out there, show me you sexy and devour your moment with us. All right, you can go to my page and get all the information there. Devour fashion all right.
Speaker 1:For sure, for sure. Hey, man, once again, congratulations on all the success. Keep going forward, man. Keep using your time wisely, bro. More than anything, man. Keep using your time wisely, bro. More than anything, man, keep using your time wisely, straight up. That's how you, in my opinion, I think that's how you leave a legacy, real talk. And, uh, stay away from them. Ditty parties and shit. Man, facts, my nigga facts, real talk. But I'll be seeing you in the streets. Oh, no, sir, no sir, no sir, no sir, but I will definitely be seeing you in the streets. Man and man, we're going to chop it up again, bro, real talk, I appreciate your time bro, be smooth out there.
Speaker 1:Be safe out there bro.
Speaker 1:Yes, bro, appreciate you, bro, be smooth out there, be safe out there, bro, and stay dangerous. Yes, sir, yes, sir, man, y'all got to give it up for my man, mr DeBauer. Man, that man got a lot going on, real talk. And right now, man, what we're about to do is we're about to get into the DJ spotlight of the Week. Ayo, I tell y'all, all the time, man, djs. If y'all want y'all 10 to 12-minute mix featured on the Shits Podcast, hey, man, send it in to djmonsoonstorah at gmailcom. Make sure you put your 9-minute mix where you from all that type of shit, man. But as for now, we're going to get into man, we're going to get into this mix by yours truly and man. I hope you all enjoy it. Man, it's right here on the Shiz Podcast.
Speaker 6:Let's get it. The employers over here. Yeah, we're back to work. I took time off while the rappers got jerked Due to the fact they, whacking their track, have to go back and stack cause they lack the ingredients, epmd and scratch for that. Yo, I'm the hip hopper busta. So shocker, down with MD. Yes, the microphone doctor, one wrecks, the other destroys, and if you think you ready to mess, kill the noise we don't play.
Speaker 6:When it's time to slay, I get a cut from my homie yo. Then I lay back and mack and all the rhymes I pack and wait for a sucker to jump and then attack. Well, I'm known to be the master in the MC field no respect in 87, 88, chenille, cause I produce and get loose when it's time to perform. Whack a sucker like Mop and Glow, that's what it's born. It's back the second time, but on a different assignment, to do a suckin' new track. Who needs a rap and alignment? Cause I'm the cream in the crop when it's time to do a show. Girl, he's on my jock for my dope intro. As I glance at he double-kittin' microphone wrecker, turn on my callers say you might check Until the ladies ain't no party-goin'. Some call me Pete, then others slow-flower Brother's on my jock for the way I hold a piece of steel. To what you're saying.
Speaker 4:To what you're saying me how you want me, when you got a girl, dj Monsoon Starop, the dopest DJ you've heard thus far.
Speaker 3:Okay, my man is my man is your man. Her, that's her man too. My man is my man is your man. Her, that's her man. Tuesday and Wednesday, thursday and Friday I just keep him satisfied through the weekend. You like nine to five. I'm the weekend. Make or lose it's mine every weekend.
Speaker 4:I'm a hustler baby. I just want you to know it ain't where I've been, but where I'm about to go Now. I just wanna love ya, but be who I am.
Speaker 6:And with all this cash, you forget your man. Now give it to me. Give me that funk, that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff, but don't bullshit me. Give me that funk, that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff when the Rimmys in the system ain't no tellin' when I fuck em will I diss em. That's what they be yellin'. I'm a pimp by blood, not relation. Y'all be chasin', I'll replace them.
Speaker 6:Huh, drunk on Chris, mommy on E. Can't keep a little model hands off me, both in the club, high singing off key and I wish I never met her. It gets better. Ordered another round. It's about to go down. Got six model chicks, six bottles of Chris, four velvet ass got weed everywhere. What do you say me? You and your Chloe glasses? Go somewhere private where we could discuss fashion Like Prada blouse, gucci bra, filth, marjean, take that off, give it to me. Gimme that funk, that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff, but don't bullshit me. C'mon, gimme that funk, that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff. Give it to me, gimme that funk, that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff, but don't bullshit me. Give me that funk, that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff. Dj Monsoon's the rock, first of his name, dopest in the game.
Speaker 3:I'm the best. I'm the best. I'm the best, doin' what I got. Some people think that I'm Listenin' to some words and I'm not for the world. I'm just tryin' to be me, doin' what I got, doin' what I got. Some people think that I'm Listenin' to some words and I'm not for the world. I wonder why there's nothing left to say. Top of the world, top of the world Still no. Top of the world. Top of the world. Top of the world. Top of the world, yeah, yeah. I wonder why there's often some in my life Very dull and everything is so rare.
Speaker 3:I wish that you could know the truth. Yeah, my life is real, so please don't get it twisted. Problems are same. You gotta be there with. These are the things I wish you knew. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Always on someone's side.
Speaker 3:So many words, not why. I wish that you'd be down with me, with me when I can't trust myself, always need someone else. I need to be free, but it's not that easy. I'm just trying to be me. People think that I'm just sitting on some world. I'm just trying to be me, proving what I got, proving People think that I'm just sitting on some world. I still do the same thing. We can cut the talking short. If it ain't about cake, I ain't sittin' on top, I want a house on a lake. I'm that snotty nose cap with a new BM. If you mess with Brandon, I got to bruise your chin. I be with Puff the girl be like who's his friend. If I hit the chick now, she probably move me in. So you got to tell me right now either you're with the cats who make the hits or the one that see the chips but don't stop it.
Speaker 5:What's the use of on the way, if I might have to chop it? I used to love the lady cause I learned the logic. She only mess with me. So the money ain't no object. If it ain't chris, he won't pop it. If it ain't platinum with ice, he won't rock it.
Speaker 3:When I wake up in the morning love and the sunlight hurts my eyes.
Speaker 5:And something without warning love bears heavy on my mind. Then I look at you and the world's alright with me.
Speaker 3:Just one look at you.
Speaker 5:And I know it's gonna be A lovely day. A lovely day, I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3:I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it. I DJ Monsoon Starov, the dopest DJ.
Speaker 4:You heard thus far you like that, tell me what you gon' do to me. Confrontation ain't nothin' new to me. You could break a bullet, break a sword, break a fork, but you can't bring the truth to me. Fuck you and all your expectations, I don't even want your congratulations.
Speaker 5:I recognize your false traffic lights. I don't even want your false traffic lights. I don't even want your false traffic lights. I don't even want your false traffic lights. I don't Bring a bullet, bring a sword, bring a morgue, but you can't bring the truth to me. Fuck you and all your expectations. I don't even want your congratulations. I recognize your false confidence and calculated promises. So I'll end your conversation. I hate people that feel entitled. Look at me crazy, cause I ain't invite you. All you up for and you the moral to the story. You a dorks and motherfucker. I don't even like you. Corrupted man's heart with a gift. That's how you find out who you're dealing with. It's my percentage who I'm building with. I want the credit if I'm losing or I'm winning On my mama. That's the realest shit. I get to feel your heart. I get to feel your heart. I get to feel your heart. I get to feel your heart. I get to feel your heart. I get to feel your heart.
Speaker 3:I get to feel all clear. I can feel it all clear. I can feel it all clear. I can feel it all clear. I can feel it all clear. It's maybe the night that my dreams might let me know All these stars are closer, all these stars are closer, all these stars are closer. It's maybe the night that my dreams might let me know All these stars are closer, all these stars are closer. It's maybe the night that my dreams won't let me know All the stars are closer, all the stars are closer, all the stars are closer.
Speaker 3:In cold, when the ego gets you talking, I get involved like a rebound. No control, no off switch, and the way that you bringin' me down, it's a turn around. Get it away from me, leave me alone, keep away from me. I just cry for the reason, I just pray for the reason. I just think for the life, for the day, for the odds, not another night breathing. I did it all for the feel good. You let me in all that. You feel bad. Better, live your life We've been running out of time and think about all of this and you never get your girl Over this. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Maybe the night that my dreams might let me know. All the stars are closer, all the stars are closer, all the stars are closer. Maybe the night that my dreams might let me know.
Speaker 4:All the stars are closer. All the stars are closer. All the stars are closer. Dj Monsoon Starop, the dopest DJ you've heard thus far.
Speaker 1:Yo yo, yo yo yo. What up y'all? We are now back at the fifth podcast. Yo, that was dj spotlight, that was my mix, right there. Y'all boy, your boy, dj monsoon's to rock, yo, djs, if you want your mix feature on the podcast, email me at dj monsoonersToRock At gmailcom. It can be 10 to 12 minutes. Make sure y'all put y'all name in there. Everything, cause you wanna get your props On your mix, all that.
Speaker 1:So I'ma leave y'all with this. I don't know who need to hear this, but who the fuck Is raising Y'all weird ass grown men that's acting like Little ass girls I'm not gonna say no names Specifically, but some of y'all dudes out there, y'all acting real feminine and it's just. It's just. I'm just curious who the fuck raised y'all man? Like when did men Stop knowing how to act like men? You know what I'm saying. Like who the fuck raised you? Think about that. Think about why is it that you do the shit that you do? Who the fuck influenced you? Real talk? Okay, some people may get mad at that. I think motherfucking TikTok banned me for saying that shit at one point, but I don't care. I'm going to leave you out with this too.
Speaker 1:Make fans, not followers, followers will get you clout, but fans will get you work. Trust the process. Realize nothing happens overnight. Don't set goals, set routines, implement systems. Work that shit on a daily basis. If you fall off one day, get right back on to the next day. Consistency makes change. Consistency makes change. You may not see the results in a week, but you may see it the week after that. Consistency makes change. Start a routine, work their routine, work them systems. Believe in it. Have a plan and yo y'all can find the Shits podcast on Spotify, apple Podcasts, podmatch, any place where you get your podcasts at.
Speaker 1:You can find the Shits podcast, the Shits S-H-I-T-T-S podcast and the shits there for some hip individuals thinking, then speaking. You can also find me on Instagram at monsoonstara that's S-T-A-R-A-W. You can find me at the shits podcast on Instagram. You can find me on Facebook monsoonstara TikTok, monsoonstara. Snapchat. Same shit, I believe. Look it up on Facebook. Monsta Rhyme, tiktok. Monsta Rhyme. Snapchat same shit, I believe. You know, look it up, google it, motherfucker. Anyway, thank y'all for all the support. Tell a friend to tell a friend to tell a friend to check out the podcast. And once again, thanks to my man, mr Deval, for stopping through Y'all. Check out his movies. Y'all check out the record label, the Joint I Ain't Done Yet by Shooty. It's dope as fuck. Y'all. Make sure y'all check that shit out and I will holler at y'all next week on the Shiz Podcast, y'all.
Speaker 3:I'm out Peace.
Speaker 1:Hold up, yo, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out. I'm out, I'm out, hey.