Chelsea Monet - SPECIAL D.I.D.A. ARTIST SPOTLIGHT!!!

Host Kasey Carnage interviews Chelsea Monet, a talented artist, about her life and artistry. Chelsea discusses her experience as a queer black woman and the backlash she has faced for expressing her true self through her music. She talks about her roots in Detroit and her upbringing in the Bay Area, as well as her decision to pursue music full-time and start a food catering business with her wife. Chelsea's artistry is described as a blend of different genres, with a focus on uplifting and inspiring music, comparable to artists like Prince and Nipsey Hussle.

Host KC Carnage (@iamkccarnage), and Chelsea Monet (@chelseamonetoffical)

Transcript

00:00 SPEAKER_03 Clearly, you know, as a queer black woman, I definitely get some press back about the things that I be trying to say. For a long time, I felt like when I was writing songs, I would just really not even try to bring it up, like that I was queer, and I would just try to write from a straightforward point of view. At the same time, I kept feeling more and more false, and so I was trying to get more brave in them. This is a show that was put on for women, by women, and then later in the show, I'm doing my thing, getting off the stage, having a good time. Somebody pushes me to the ground, and I get in a fist fight with the man because I'm talking the truth.

00:30 SPEAKER_01 That's it, that's all. That's it, that's all. Be how you feel. That's it, that's all. That's it, that's all. Black excellence at its finest. How that skin glow, she's a true diamond. With the world out her back, she's still smiling. Never let that crown sit, she stays thriving. That's it, that's all. That's it, that's all. Keep it real. That's it, that's all. That's it, that's all. Is that really it though? What up, what up, what up, what up? Welcome to That's It, That's All, where we discuss the unique and vibrant lives of black women through testimony, friendship, and just plain old laughter. I'm your host, Kasey Carnage, and today we got Chelsea Monet on the show. What's up, world? What up, what up, what up? And you know, like, around here, we like to talk a lot, about a lot, the things that black women go through, but one of the best things that I like to do is I really like to highlight the artistry around here. We have a beautiful artist, her music is dope, she always has a message, and let's just jump into it. Chelsea, tell us a little bit about you,

01:34 SPEAKER_03 and you as an artist. A little bit about me, okay. Originally from, I was originally born in California in San Diego, but my family's from Detroit, and a couple days ago, I met for the first time one of my cousins, who's here in the studio with us today. Oh, hey cousin. So that's really where my roots are, Detroit, but I grew up in the Bay Area, from also like junior high, high school, and I started doing music a little bit after college, I kinda dropped out of school, I was playing basketball, but I was like, nah, I'm done with these hoop dreams, I'm an artist, I'm too sensitive for this shit. And so then I started doing that, a couple years later I moved to LA, and I've been doing music since like about 2010, and yeah, that's just, I finally am proud to say I'm a full-time professional musician and creator, also me and my wife, we have a food catering business, Cafe Monet, LA, and that's very, you know what I'm saying?

02:25 SPEAKER_01 I've seen y'all eat on Instagram, they be having a package, they be walking up the doors. I would love to bring y'all some food right here. Yay, bring us some food, I like to eat. I like to eat. Okay, so that's about you. Tell us about your artist life, like as an artist, you know, we have a message and that we like to portray and who we are as our being, and sometimes it gets developed over time, you know what I mean? So where you at right now in life, what would you say your artistry is about? Like who are you as an artist?

02:51 SPEAKER_03 Right now I'm at that point where Prince had his butt out in the pants.

02:55 SPEAKER_01 Wow, chaps. You know, I…

02:59 SPEAKER_03 Cheeks and all. I remember that. No, for real, I think that, seriously, for real though, he really was one of the best masters at blending all these different genres and all these different elements of himself, like the romantic stuff, but also social justice and things that mattered to him, black community, stuff like that. So I would say right now I'm kinda in almost my blues era, you know, the track on me, I have a couple different tracks that are also like that, that are coming now. And my music is, you know, I'm kinda like, it used to be like a conscious artist and stuff, but now I'm kinda getting more also in my Mac Dre era out of prison, and by that I mean after he got out of… No, no, no. No, no, no. This is fashion. This is fashion. Okay, okay, got it. But he just started making more music just to uplift people at the party and just like, you know, like good times, because at the end of the day, being on that preachy kinda like soapbox thing, life will humble you quick, so sometimes you realize that people don't really need that, they actually just need to be inspired, kinda like more like Nipsey.

04:02 SPEAKER_01 Well, I mean, at the same time too, as long as I got a dope ass beat behind me, you can pretty much say what you wanna say. Easier said than done. True, true, find the right producers, producers get on your game, we wanna dance, okay? All right, well, let me ask you this. Do you remember how old you were when you wrote your first song, and what was it about?

04:20 SPEAKER_03 Cause I can tell you what I wrote about. I really didn't get serious about being a songwriter, writing my music until I was probably in college, but the first songs, you know, like being at your house with your sisters for the family, like performing and all that stuff, I remember doing that, but the first song I wrote, I listened to it the other day, it was called Right Here, and it went like, I'm kinda like Lauryn Hill, they be like, no you didn't, big shoes to fill, but the motherfuckers fittin' like a kitten, I will make any track per, I was just talking my bar-barrow shit. Bars, bars. But it was one of the first bands I was with, we were called Well Cry, we were like a duo, it was like acoustic, hip hop, like kinda surfer, like West Coast kinda vibe, and yeah, it was about that, and I had been writing poetry for many, most of that stuff. You looked like you were writing poetry. I definitely was at the Spoken Word. Vagina monologues, look a motherfucker. I was at them shit, until I just had to retire from the Spoken Word community. Yo, I appreciate a good slam though. Because they really be slamming a little hard

05:24 SPEAKER_01 for me sometimes. It's a little hard, they get too deep.

05:26 SPEAKER_03 And it's my pet peeve when people don't memorize their thing and be reading it off a paper.

05:31 SPEAKER_01 Their little book, their little book. I feel that, I feel that. I would just say when I was like, I wrote Fly Away when I, when I say I was like 15, and you know, I've always sang, and I was like, I'm gonna write a song, and I remember it was like, I can't remember what it was about really, but I just liked the melody. It was like, Fly away, fly, oh baby for my sake, I want you to fly away. That was that good 2000.

06:01 SPEAKER_00 It was like, I think I was in my Ashanti. Ashanti, I think I was in my Ashanti. I think I was feeling, I think I was feeling my Ashanti. And so like, after that, I was just like, you know what, I can write,

06:12 SPEAKER_01 and I went on to write more, write for people, and things like that. So that was actually pretty dope. What challenges do you think you've had about your artistry, and becoming the artist you are,

06:23 SPEAKER_03 and want to be? I would say, at first you kinda wanna be like, oh, I'm so like, oppressed, but at the end of the day, being an artist is like, really like, just a battle against self-confidence, because people like confidence, and people do like, you know, they like to hear people's truths, and it's scary to be vulnerable, and say that. So I definitely, clearly, you know, as like a queer black woman, I definitely get some press back about the things that I be trying to say. That's why I was kinda talking about, kinda switching exactly the way I deliver my message, because sometimes people just like, it's just too much for them to hear, you know, my truth. So I kinda gotta slip it in a little more, little more KY on it.

07:01 SPEAKER_01 As a black queer woman, like, do you find it, well, did you? Probably not now, because you seem like a person that knows herself. I mean, do you identify as her? Yeah, yeah. Okay, I just wanna make sure, because everybody in my book is boo. Because I don't got time,

07:14 SPEAKER_03 I'm not gonna lie. I've been a fan and friend for like 10 years.

07:17 SPEAKER_01 Fan, friend, boo, hey love. Like, I would greet you with a hey boo, hey love, anytime, because I don't wanna get caught up, and I don't want no sauce. I don't want no sauce, y'all, I don't want no sauce. So like, as a black queer woman, do you, have you found it was challenging

07:30 SPEAKER_03 to actually speak about your truth in your music? Yeah, for a long time, I felt like when I was writing songs, I would just really not even try to like, bring it up, like that I was queer, and I would just try to write from like a straightforward point of view. Which as a songwriter, is not terrible, you know what I'm saying? It's good to be like open-minded. I mean like, kinda open for the narrative for people. But, at the same time, I kept feeling like more and more false. And so I was like trying to get more brave than when I did like say that. I've been at shows where I was talking about a thing, and somebody just like, ugh, walked out, you know? They're like, so homophobic. Just like, ugh, bye. You know? But that was like, you know, a long time ago. But at the same time, you know, I've been at a show where I'm talking about, this is a show that was put on for women, by women, and I asked all the guys at the show to take a step back so some of the smaller ladies could take a step forward. Some guys getting all mad. No, I don't want to, I paid my same ticket, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like, okay, bro, whatever. And then later in the show, I'm doing my thing, getting off the stage, having a good time. Somebody pushes me to the ground, and I get in a fist fight with the man because I'm talking the truth. So, it definitely has been some obstacles, but I beat him up. But, um. As you should have. But, you know, at the same time, I'm glad that that happened. I'm glad I didn't just have like some road to just like fame and fortune, because I probably would have been strung out and super depressed and just like not realizing that.

08:46 SPEAKER_01 Well, and it's something where you like, it's like the aha moment where you finally, even if you know that you have more to do, to grow, or become where you want to be, it is a moment of solace where you find out, this is just who I am. You gonna get what the fuck I give you, and that's on that. You know what I mean? And I feel you on that because I'm thinking one of the, I've talked about it in a previous episode, people try to put you in a box, right? And sometimes you have to realize that you have a lot of tools in those boxes, and you are allowed to use all the tools. Like when you building a house, are you just building a house with a hammer? No. You know, you're using wrenches, you're using nails, you're using all this stuff like that. And if we think about it in that way, it's like when we are building our houses, which is our heart, which is our spirit, which is our mindset, which is our livelihood, we, it is a strength that we have when we finally feel like that foundation is built, and we can stand on that foundation. Like you call it a, you know, like you call it a soap box. But look, I'm gonna take my soap box. I earned this shit, I built this shit.

09:45 SPEAKER_03 I've been living in the place we have now for four years. Thank God. And I just feel like, oh, I can do stuff now. Okay, I like, I live here for real. I paid my bills, it came out, and I didn't die. I'm like, you know, like I'm not rich, but I look good as hell, you know what I'm saying? And that's what they say, like, you know, you're not ugly.

10:02 SPEAKER_01 You're just poor, baby. Okay, okay. What would you say your biggest inspiration

10:07 SPEAKER_03 as an artist has been? Ever my biggest inspiration? I think, I would say that's really hard to answer, but I would say honestly, my mom is a really big inspiration to me, just because she really instilled in me self-confidence and don't be afraid to be who I am, and like that people are just really gonna sometimes not necessarily agree with it. Like I've asked her, does she like my outfit? She'd be like, I don't love it, you know what I'm saying? Her and my wife be like, ugh. Shout out to moms. They will take you down real quick, but build you up at the same time. She helped me to gain that confidence, and also she just really worked so hard, and she's so creative in her own way. Like she's such a really great interior designer, and like her fashion, she's just like an amazing, everybody who knows me knows my mom is like the best, you know, and she just really makes me want to express myself, and like she put me onto all the dope music, house music, and prints, and she was always singing and like trying to bring like excitement, not excitement, but like joy to our house, and just never letting us say things like, you're stupid, and stuff like that. Like little things like that really like influence a person, because sometimes I really do be getting sad. That's why I am into motivational speaking, because I see some of my friends and stuff have low self-confidence, and I'm like, like you, you hella talented. You could do X, Y, and Z like 10 times better than me. I just am brave enough to like go out there and keep trying, so I'm just learning at a faster rate than you're learning or whatever, but it's only because I'm just down to fail, so I would say my mom.

11:30 SPEAKER_01 I mean, definitely, you know, I mean, that is definitely the truth, because we talk about like, like I used to have the biggest like stage fright. Like, mind you, I went to art schools my entire life, right? I was on all the plays, I did all the track, I did anything, like when it was time to apply to college, like my rap sheet was long, like I was in everything, but I had the biggest stage fright, and I was telling somebody the other day, like literally how I overcame my stage fright, and I didn't really overcome, even though I went through all of that, I really didn't overcome my stage fright until I was about like 22, 23, and I used to go to karaoke, like I'm dead ass. I used to go to karaoke every Wednesday, and I mean, karaoke's my jam. I would go to karaoke every Wednesday just to like, I guess take the pressure off of myself, like I know I can sing, why am I afraid to like really put myself out, like I would opt to be the choir, I'm like, no, do a solo, I'm like, no, I don't wanna do that, whatever, whatever, and like little stuff like that, just kind of like putting yourself out there, and it's like a muscle, right? Like being an artist is a muscle, like no idea is dumb, no idea is outlandish, like, I mean, you got Lady Gaga walking out here and meet, like, you know what I'm saying? So it's like, there's no right answer to finding who you are, and it's also one of those things, like you don't have to feel like you know who you are, like, but who you are today could be different 10 years from now, you know what I'm saying? So like, as long as we make conscious decisions to really put ourselves first, you know what I mean, and really kind of like open our hearts and be open, because that's what I like to say too, like if you're open to things. Yeah, I'm pretty open to stuff. Right, wide open, wide open,

13:06 SPEAKER_03 and I grew up in the Bay too, so you know over there, it's like a lot of different cultures, and just you'll see stuff, like, not saying it's like all like rainbows and like hugs and kisses, but you just, you're not like, oh my God, I can't believe this, that type of race person, like yeah,

13:18 SPEAKER_01 I've seen those type of cultures before. Yeah, people do that, people do that, okay. Well, you know, I like to play a game on my show. I don't really play games. It's okay, we playing games, we playing games, and it's called What's Your Jam? We're artists, right? And we're talking about artists that you like, so it's more of a versus, so we're gonna go down this list, all right? Grace Jones or Eartha Kitt? Grace Jones. Absolutely. Absolutely, I love both of them.

13:41 SPEAKER_03 I love you, I love you. I just watched that documentary, it was fire,

13:44 SPEAKER_01 she was so funny, cool. I saw her at the bowl the last time she was there, she was like, she was like, she was like, pull up, she was like, I can't even say it, she was in her hula hoop, I was like, you better get it. She was still hitting the hula hoop? She was still hitting the hula hoop.

13:58 SPEAKER_03 Okay, Brandi or Monica? That's hard today. I would say Monica, just because I'm a little more gangster.

14:04 SPEAKER_01 Oh God, oh God. I'm sorry. Oh God. When I talk about vocals, I talk about like vibes, you know? Okay, okay, you like the vibe,

14:12 SPEAKER_03 you like the white shoes on the stuff, I got it, I got it. She be dating gangsters, like when I be on my like, straight shit, I be fucking with gangster type of dudes.

14:20 SPEAKER_01 Sound good, sound good, sound good. Lauryn Hill or Toni Braxton? That's a tough one. I know, I wrote it.

14:27 SPEAKER_03 That's a tough one, because my girl here,

14:28 SPEAKER_01 I'm a pick Toni Braxton. Toni Braxton on Lauryn Hill? That is a tough one, because Toni had her own thing. Lauryn Hill, SWV or Escape? Ooh, I think SWV. I'm gonna say as a group whole, I'm gonna say both, and I'm gonna tell you why. As a group whole, I like Escape more,

14:47 SPEAKER_03 but the hits that SWV got, like, come on. I was in, me and Sam, we were in a rap group based on it. Look, I got a tattoo, we were called SWP. What does that mean? Snatches with power, so like pussy with power. But we had a little SWP.

15:04 SPEAKER_01 Not snatching women's pussies? No. Okay, awesome, no Trump, no Trump. No, no, no. No Trump, no Trump, got you, got you. No, no, no. No, no, no, she said no, okay. Gerald LaVert or Luther Vandross? Luther! I think Luther, yeah. Definitely, I mean, we get it, no, Gerald had his Teddy, he had his Teddy Bear vibe, but you know, Luther is the one. Yeah.

15:26 SPEAKER_03 All right, Lil Kim or Foxy Brown? Oh, that's a tough one. I'm gonna go with Lil Kim.

15:31 SPEAKER_01 I think about these questions when I write them up. Damn. I'm gonna go with Lil Kim because Lil Kim is Lil Kim. Like Foxy had her time, she was bad.

15:39 SPEAKER_03 She busted it out for the girlies.

15:40 SPEAKER_01 She did, she paved the way. I don't think Foxy really made her rap, like don't get me wrong, super talented.

15:47 SPEAKER_03 She just wasn't on her entrepreneur shit. She wasn't on her icon shit. Exactly, that's what I mean. To be an icon, that's a business. You gotta be an entrepreneur.

15:54 SPEAKER_01 Right, it is a business, yeah, exactly. Okay, LL Cool J or Ja Rule? What? LL Cool J. Baby, no, no, none of that. I mean, I love LL Cool J, I can see this fine, but like Ja Rule hates, I'm sorry. He did, but. All right, we're gonna throw it out to the alternatives, okay, Kim or Seal? What did you say? Kim or Seal? Kim? Yes. I don't know who's Kim. You know that song Love Calls? Nope, Seal. Okay, she's saying Seal. I'm gonna go with Kim. If y'all don't know who Seal is, they two black man, two black bald head men that seem real soul-treaty. I'm gonna have to look Kim. Kim, Love Calls? Just K-I-N. You ever heard that song? When love is calling your name in the dark. Anybody, you know? No, okay, all right, we're gonna move on.

16:38 SPEAKER_00 Aliyah or Ciara? Aliyah. I had to put that in there. What kind of show is this? I had to put that in there because we were always talking about love. Who runs this show?

16:47 SPEAKER_01 We were always talking about how like, if Aliyah was still around, that Ciara wouldn't be here, so I just did that. That one was for Shits and Giggles. We already knew the answer. All right, cool. I love that, honestly. That's done with what's your jam? What's your jam? Okay, so let's talk about, okay, so, you know, I brought you on here because also, the first time I met her, we were in the studio and I actually got pulled in to do backgrounds on her song. I never met her before. And we was vibing in the studio. We was vibing. She just came in so chill and I'm an East Coast chick, so I vibrate off of, yeah, from Jersey. I vibrate from chill vibes. You know, when you from a certain area, a lot of stuff don't phase you, you know what I mean? And it's just like that whole, this is, that don't phase you, because that don't phase me. So like she came in, it was real cool. She was like, yeah, you know, we could do this, we could do that, you know? And sometimes, but also gave me the room, it's like, oh, that sounds cool, because I remember I was like, well, I think I should do this. And do you know what I mean? Like as a vocalist, sometimes you're afraid to be like, do you mind if I give notes or whatever it is, maybe. So it was a very, it was a very dope experience. And the song we was working on, it was That's On Me. Is it? On Me. It's On Me, just keep it short. On Me, let's talk about that song. Like what was the background behind that song? Like what was the thought process? Tell me about that process.

18:05 SPEAKER_03 Well, that song is definitely most, definitely inspired by my wife, Sema Feliz, who's right here in the audience. Oh, hey boo. I can't exactly remember if I wrote it before, after we got married. I wanna say after? I don't know, but I first wrote it like a cappella, and I was just like, kinda, I don't even remember the day, but I just was snapping my fingers, and I was like,

18:30 SPEAKER_01 and I was just like being silly, you know? Do you remember when I told you in the studio, I was saying, when I told you how your video should be, do you remember when I said to you? I said to her, I said, yo, this song sound like you need to be in the desert on a horse with like long drag locks over your titties.

18:46 SPEAKER_00 Do you remember me saying that to you? She was like, she was like,

18:49 SPEAKER_01 Okay, get the mood board going. She was like, yo, that's actually got dope. I was like, I can see it now. You in the desert, you got like tumbleweeds, like, boom, boom, boom. Just like long hair, she was like, that was dope. Exactly, coming up from a long scene, I see it. Okay, so you said you wrote that before or after? A little bit.

19:06 SPEAKER_03 A little bit. I really, it's tough for me. I need to write it down, the date more and shit, but basically I wrote it, let's say, like four or five years ago, and then I started to do it as the first song on my set, so I would just do a cappella, and I would get people to just clap or snap or whatever, and then just kind of warm up the crowd and just kind of just show them that it's not gonna be just rap.

19:28 SPEAKER_01 Was it a moment about that, was it about y'all just getting married? Was it about something that she particularly did?

19:35 SPEAKER_03 It was just kind of about me just cementing it that,

19:39 SPEAKER_01 you ain't never gonna get romance like this, girl. Ooh, ooh. Okay, well, guys, because this is an artist highlight, we're playing the song right now, and it's gonna be a little bias, you can listen for me too, because I'm on it. Amazing. This is gonna be-

19:54 SPEAKER_03 That's why, anytime somebody I know talented recommends somebody else, I know they're talented, so that's why I just had no question

20:00 SPEAKER_01 to let you do your thing in the studio. I was like, I appreciate that, I had honor, so we're gonna play on me, Chelsea Monet. Let us know what you feel about it. Definitely, we're gonna find out where to find her all at the end of the show, but I thought it was dope.

20:17 SPEAKER_03 And this is a live session with my homies, 1245,

20:20 SPEAKER_02 shout out to them. ["Pretty Here's a Little Thing"] Monet. Come on, look. They say you shoulda made promises you can't keep. I would never lie to you, no, that ain't me. Pretty here's a little thing I seen on G-O-D. Pretty here's a little thing I seen in that soul me. I know you ain't used to romance. This ain't gonna be no one night stand. Couldn't press you, I had the chance. Open up your heart, let love advance. Hey, they say you shoulda made promises you can't keep. I would never lie to you, no, that ain't me. Pretty here's a little thing I seen on G-O-D. Pretty here's a little thing I seen in that soul me. In that soul me, in that soul me. In that soul me, in that soul me. In that soul me, in that soul me. What the future holds, you never know, but we gon' see. This ain't 1952, I'm tryna do more than just hold hands. If it's good with you, tryna start with a little foreplay. Slow dance. I don't know how you do what you do, but you make it look easy. I would never do you dirty, darling. You got to believe me, I know you ain't used to romance. This ain't gonna be no one night stand. Couldn't press you, I had the chance. Open up your heart, let love advance. They say you shoulda made promises you can't keep. I would never lie to you, no, that ain't me. Pretty here's a little thing I seen on G-O-D. Pretty here's a little thing I seen in that soul me. In that soul me, in that soul me. In that soul me, in that soul me. In that soul me, in that soul me. Look what the future holds, you never know but we gon' see.

23:38 SPEAKER_03 Let them know where they can find you, Chels. My handle online is ChelseaMoneOfficial. It's spelled kinda standard, C-H-E-L-S-E-A-M-O-N-E-T, then official. Where I'm gonna be releasing most of my music and just new stuff, vlogs and stuff. Me doing pranks on my wife.

23:58 SPEAKER_01 We're gonna be doing that on YouTube all summer. Wait, wait, wait, the wife is in the studio. How many pranks has she done so far?

24:06 SPEAKER_03 I can't count. I'm not gonna count. Yeah, I'm gonna start filming more because, you know, it's funny to me. So I figure other people like to. But in all seriousness though, I do make, I do produce, I do like do songwriting as well. So I'm gonna be dropping more demos and just stop being so shy to share my stuff. Like, because honestly I got so much stuff on a hard drive so it's time to just let it loose.

24:29 SPEAKER_01 Well let me know, let me know, hit me up. You know, I'll sing a little bit for you. So Chels, I also heard that you freestyle. Did you prepare one?

24:35 SPEAKER_03 I did write a rap in case. You really did? Just in case? Just in case he put you on the spot?

24:40 SPEAKER_01 Alright, I guess she's trying to rap y'all. We're gonna see. Definitely send a comment on this as well.

24:44 SPEAKER_03 Okay, it's called In Hollywood. Uh. In Hollywood, one-ups got me feeling hella weird. After this home in the living room got hella gear. Finna hit Finn, bring the belly, I'll bring the Belvedere. I don't need to say much, it's understanding here. He got a cannon in his cargoes, that's why he's standing weird. Two plate minimum, yeah, that's just the standard here. LA Viya Vic Colite, that's just my standard gear. I got a candelabra cause I couldn't spell chandelier. Yeah, this my family year, I'm starving all these rappers out. You want attention? Uh-huh, yeah, go ahead and buy some clout. Riz off of this cause ain't no way that's what you really bout. I got receipts, I got the D's, don't make me really shout. In Hollywood, hella high, my lady hella fine. Can't put no dirt on my name, uh-uh, you hella lying. After this I got some rap, I got some raps and cruise PCH. It's Sim, Vince KC, ay, what you doing late? Only young ones, fuck it, let's make it shake. In Hollywood, that's it, money mo' neck.

25:35 SPEAKER_01 Ay, ay snaps. She said she was gonna, I'm gonna snap, we gonna snap. But let me ask you, let me ask you this, Chels. I mean, if you had it written down, was that really a freestyle?

25:44 SPEAKER_03 I mean, I didn't say it was freestyle. Hold on. I know, that's the debate though, you know?

25:50 SPEAKER_01 That's the debate, they'll lure you in. Well, at the end of my shows, I love to leave a message. That's just what we're about around here, sending love and light everywhere we go. So, I would like you to talk to the younger artistry in you. If you had to talk to the young Chelsea Monet about her artistry and being who she wants to become, what would be the message you want to leave her?

26:14 SPEAKER_03 The message would be to don't wait and to just do the things now that's really on your mind. Because I'd be having so many ideas and I always procrastinate or just like wait and then I see like either that idea like out there or just like just still have the idea going on, you know? And it's just really no time like the present. So, I would say like just save your money and spend it on producing more of your music and merch. And through doing that, building up your community because at the end of the day, like Instagram and all these different social media sites, they're not really like you're not in control of those things. So, I used to be like really active on the streets and like having flyers given out to people. And I kind of fell off that the past couple of years, especially since the pandemic. But I would just say to keep doing that because that type of stuff, that grassroots stuff, it does work.

27:04 SPEAKER_01 Awesome. Awesome. Well, thank you, Chelsea Monet for coming on us. That's all for y'all out there. If y'all listening and y'all viewing, y'all got any questions, comments, y'all want to hear anything else, you know, let us know. Hit the like, hit the subscribe, share it, do all those things. And if you want to, we will be posting all her information on this episode. So you make sure you go check her out. She's a dope artist based in Los Angeles right now. Hailed from Detroit, Michigan. It doesn't get any better. And that's a wrap, y'all. That's it. That's all. That's it. That's all is written by me, Casey Carnage and produced by myself and Rick Barrio-Dill. Executive producer is Duff Ferguson. Our senior producer is Sabrina Seward. Associate producer, Bree Corrie. Audio and video engineering and studio facilities provided by Slap Studios LA with distribution through our collective for social progress and cultural expression, Slap the Network. If you have any ideas for a show you want to hear or see, please email us at info at slapthepower.com. And as always, go to that's it. That's all. And sign up there to make sure you will never miss a thing. See you next show.