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- speaker-0: Nels. All I ever knew was how to win! speaker-1: I'm gonna win, I'm gonna Gotta hold on, we slidin', hold on, we ridin', hold on, it's rockin', hold on, it's rockin' rollin', so you be hold on Gotta weather through the sun. speaker-0: Hello everyone. Welcome to this episode of the Winning Culture Podcast. I'm your host, Vernon Wigan. And today, the guest we have here with us is a music producer. He is a music artist. He's traveled all over the world, y'all. My guest today is none other than Hendrix. speaker-1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What's going on? Appreciate you having me, man. Shout out to Winning Culture Podcast, man, for having me on, man. I'm looking forward to the conversation. speaker-0: Yes, absolutely, my brother, man. We so thankful and happy to have you on. Thank you for being here, man. I know you have a busy schedule. You're always recording artists and you know, doing music yourself. So thank you for being here, bro. We appreciate speaker-1: For sure, man. I was gonna make time, man. Regardless, I gotta come kick with you, you know that. speaker-0: Yes, absolutely, man. Absolutely. So I want to get into it, man. you know, you've like I mentioned, you're a music artist and a music producer. However, we all have a starting point, we start somewhere. So I wanna know how did this journey start for you as a music artist and as a music? speaker-1: Mm-hmm. as an artist, just you know, just looking at man, starting out as a kid, like just looking to, you know, create music, you know what I'm saying? Just going, I mean, I remember we used to go to MacFrugal's this way in New Orleans. I think it was MacFrug's old stuff. We used to go it's like Hobby Lobby now, something like that. Okay. Finding a tape recorder, figuring out how to get the music into the tape recorder, just recording some music off the radio and getting a vocal in there. So that's how I kind of started. I was real young, like 10, 11 years old. You know what I'm saying? So that's where it really started, like 10, 11 years old looking to do that. And then my teenage years, like at the Katrina moving out here. Okay. I met a guy, and he had a a studio in his house and he showed me how to, you know, how to route and how to route and how to get a line running, get out get the mic hot running in the closet, you know, the the the closet hook up and doing that, man. So that's where it really started with me as a kid, like. speaker-0: But I was here in laughing yet. speaker-1: I was out in St. Martinville. yeah, speaker-0: okay. speaker-1: I was out in St. Martinville. I got family out there. So I was out there at the Katrina and some people knew I'd do music. I used to just be that's what that was my thing, marching band, music, brass band. Like in New Orleans, it was brass bands and marching bands. Okay. So when I came out here, I got in a music program out here in St. Martinville, in a marching band here. in New Orleans, I marched for St. Augustine. I w I was in in St. Al program out there. So speaker-0: Nice. speaker-1: Just, you know, just learning music full scale, like, you what I'm saying? It's just always been on my dad, he really put me on on the move with that for real. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, I give a lot of credit to Pops. He my my my dad, Malfy Dupree, he's an artist in New Orleans, in New Orleans, he paints. fire you man. Yeah, it's just one of them things that, you know, it's the blood, you know what I'm saying? So that's how that's where it started, just real young drum sets. And then you know, started Just writing and then I start reciting and then you just looking for music, you know what I'm saying? So speaker-0: Okay. speaker-1: when I got to St. Martinville though, my you know, my guy he taught me how to produce, he was working, I forget the program, Mixcraft. He stu we started in that, you know what I'm saying, and just figuring it out. And then I ended up buying my own equipment. I started working in footlocking them all, saving up, you know what I'm saying? So I bought my equipment again. I just went ahead and just started doing my own thing and then, you know, I went to school, studied some music programs while I was in New Orleans and then I just took it full scale from there, you know what I'm saying? So speaker-0: Man, so it was a a process for you. Yeah. You started this from the roots. speaker-1: Right, right, right. speaker-0: Then you went to school, you learned it there. So I mean, sounds like you learned it at all fa in all phases, bro. speaker-1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I definitely wanted to get more on the get more of a gauge of the business first before speaker-0: Okay. speaker-1: I, you know, pursued anything professionally. So, you know, I started out freelancing and I was like, man, you know, if I'ma do this thing, I wanna do it the right way. So I needed to, you know, learn the music business. Cause now as an independent, you know, with how music has changed, man, you wanna be able to, you know, do everything You know, in house. So, you know, you wanna know how to, you know, set up your paperwork, set up your ass cap, your performance rights organization, all that the legality of it. speaker-0: Do it the right way. speaker-1: Right. And then you wanna really start, you know, releasing your music. So you know you're you know, you won't end up in a bad spot. You know, you hear about a lot of horror stories with copyrights and different things. Yeah. People losing their rights. I didn't wanna, you know, deal with that. speaker-0: Yeah, you wanted to make sure you were covered on in all facets. That way you knew it all. So once you started going full fledged, you had it. speaker-1: Yeah, getting the business side side of it. I've interned before I've interned in New Orleans. I've interned in Atlanta, you know what I'm saying? And working in the studios out there and just just getting the full gist of it, you know what I'm saying, to be able to work with the public. You know what I mean? speaker-0: That's real, that's real, man. And that's great to hear. So my other question about that was so you're a music artist and you're also a music producer. So which did you start first or did it kind of just intertwine at the same time or how did that go? speaker-1: I started out more on the artist side, and then you, you know, eventually you learn the production phase of it and what all that encompasses, because on the production side, it's gonna encompass a lot. You know what I'm saying? because as a producer, you could be a producer that actually composes the music, or you can be a producer in the sense of you get people together who can compose music, and then you know, from there you you know, you let them know the idea, y'all figure that out. And then at that point, you know, you are owning that music as well because you got everybody together. So it's many parts of, you know what I'm saying, the production side. So I started out as an artist and then I got on in on the production side in New Orleans for real. when I was intern, I was working with a bunch of producers. in New Orleans, we were working with a guy named Xeno Moonflower. And then I started working with this group. We major, shout out my guy Mook, DJ Raj Smooth. And then from there, you know, I'm in the I'm in a room with Manny Fresh, a whole bunch of people, and I'm learning. You know what I'm saying? Shout out my guy Muggs. He did that record. I can't man, we gonna tell this mug. My guy Muggs, know what I'm saying? So I learned a lot of production stuff from him as well. And this other guy flight, just like they really showed me a lot of the ropes, and then from there, man, it was just on. Being in the being in the room with Raj and seeing what they was doing with the musicians, yeah, it was on after that. Yeah, you know how. yeah. And really, man, my you know, my guy K Rashad, who I co-produce with, shout out to him. having the ability to create your own landscape musically, because you know, I want a certain feel for the record. So yeah, I just had to start doing that. you know, eventually it was gonna happen anyway. So as I you know, I started out as an artist and then I got into that music producer side, you know. And speaker-0: Yeah, yeah, yeah. speaker-1: just from being around, bro, just from really being around, I ain't gonna lie to you, just from really being speaker-0: around. Man, that that's awesome, man. I mean and you've been doing a fantastic job on both sides. speaker-1: I appreciate you, bro. I appreciate you yourself too. You yourself too, man. With everything you got going on. For real, for real, man. I see it. Yeah. speaker-0: Hey man, I wouldn't have it no other way, man. I really enjoy recording with you, bro. Man. speaker-1: Mm-hmm. speaker-0: Love it, bro. You know, you you that guy, bro. speaker-1: And you know, we have a lot of conversations just about that on the professional side, you know what I'm saying? Just coming in and knowing, you know, having your stuff rehearsed, you know, I come from that school, you know what I'm saying? You know, just having everything rehearsed and locked in. Do you know that's I I guess that's just more the business sense of it too, you know. You don't wanna waste nobody's time. speaker-0: You gotta hear how they say that man? if you stay ready you ain't gotta get ready. speaker-1: All right, you said it. You said it. There it is. speaker-0: Yeah, yeah, man. So so look, man, I wanna get off into something else with you, bro. So you obviously do a lot of travel, right? so your album Crown, I've been listening to it, man. Awesome album, bro. For sure. speaker-1: Sure, for sure. Appreciate you. Appreciate you. speaker-0: No problem, man. And man, you you were all the way up in Portugal promoting this album. Yeah. And I know you shot the Black Madonna video out there too. So man, take us into that experience. What was that like? And yeah, man, that was amazing. speaker-1: Man, we're really with the whole Portugal vibe. I went to Paris like maybe a year or two before that and shot a video out there. Wow. So when we shot the video out there, just kind of getting a feel for everything, I was like, man, musically, I want the music to kinda have that bed. I want that feel, that landscape. You know what I'm saying? So with Crown, with that whole feel, when I was looking at Portugal, I was like, man, you know. I'm looking, you I'm I'm I'm looking at places and I'm like, man, Spain is more for art. You know what I'm saying? I went out to Barcelona, Spain is more for art. Portugal is gonna be more your cultural feel out there. You know what I'm saying? So yeah and that was a big, a big thing on the album, you know what I'm saying? So you feel me? So you know, just going out there, man, and getting a vibe for that man, that black Madonna, you know what I'm saying? That's you know, that's the man, that was the feel of it, and just touring around there, getting the feel, meeting a whole bunch of people, man. It was just like, man, let's let's go like man, let's just record. And you know, everything is done in-house, you know what I'm saying? That's what's up. And just getting the feel, man, because I started working with this company called Spies. Spies, you what I'm saying? And you know, and they got a lot of international artists that that they work with as well. So, you know, going travel, man, I felt like that would really help the whole push of the album and that whole collaboration with spies. So that's excuse me, that's really how that came together, man. For real, for real, man. And the record that we shot in Paris is called 2 a.m. in Paris. One of my I was over there and my potter man, you need to do something while you're out there. So I I had brought all my equipment because I wanted to do some music over there too. So wrote the song over there. My guy Kira Shad already had a record that I was listening to before I went over there, did that, and we shot the video like pretty much that same day. So just getting a feel for, you know, traveling and taking and taking your film process, you know, abroad, man, that you know, that really helped out. That's what's up. speaker-0: Man. Hey, speaker-1: We're off a room. speaker-0: you wanna know to me what's like so cool and it's just super dope to me, man. It's like, okay, so you know, you make these records, right? And you talk about these places, Portugal and Spain and all these places, and it's like you go to these places, man. Yeah. And you're dope, man. speaker-1: Bro, bro. You know, I still come from the song. You couldn't talk about it if you ain't live it. So I still come from that. That's a that's just that new orange and you can't talk about it if you don't live it. You know what I'm saying? So I didn't want to perpetrate in my songwriting. I wanna lie, I want full truth in my writing. You know what I'm saying? speaker-0: So like you you know, y you speak it, you talk it and you live it. speaker-1: Yeah, you know what I mean? So, you know, and that's just what it is. You know, I still like to go out, travel, learn, and grow. That's all it is. speaker-0: Yeah, yeah, man. And and look, man, I like I listen to your records, man. It's like in the records, you know, you you're talking about the different, you know, cultures and you're also telling people like, hey, you can go here, you know, to Portugal to see the black Madonna or you can go here to do this or do that. And I'm like, dang, man, I'm like, that's fire. speaker-1: Yeah, you know, and it's you know, I feel like it's so much of the, you know, a lot of music is repetitive. You know what I'm saying? So my thing was, you know, what can I do that's gonna be different? You know what I'm saying? I I still come from that, I still come from listening to the soldier slam, man. Get your own style, they'll feel you mo. So, you know, I'm still rooted where I come from, and and and it's just my style of it. You know what I'm saying? So yeah, yeah. That's what it is for me. speaker-0: That's real. That's real, man. Let me ask you this question, man. So like how receptive were the people out there in Portugal? Like I mean, it was cool, nice, I mean they was vibing out like that's what's speaker-1: I'ma be real, it felt like New Orleans before Katrina. It felt like, you know, and I don't really find too many places, you know, that that, you know, you know, of course, we, you know, Louisiana, man, that's the that's the big, you know, it's it's it's on over here. It's a lot of culture here. It's just when you go other places, you don't always feel that home feel. Man, I got to talking to them people over there because they could speak English very well. I got to talk to them people just like how we'll talk over here, and it's just I've Felt like I was back home. It was real. Yeah, it was no, it was no different. You know what I'm saying? Just you know, it was no different. they they very much into hip-hop too, bro. Crazy, crazy, crazy. And they was telling me over there, they was like, Man, we looking for the real. I'm like, man, I'm on the same thing, you know what I'm saying? So yeah, that's just what it is, man. The real gonna remain wherever you go. speaker-0: That's real, bro. So man, like how is it like okay, you I mean I'm pretty sure, you know, you you look up these places before you go. So like you research or you just kinda like, Okay, I'm not what's up? speaker-1: With the vibe, bro. Whatever I like, man, bro. It's certain spots I like. I like the West Indies, St. Martin in the Caribbean. It just be the vibe for me because you know, I come, you know, in New Orleans, man, you know, we like hearing them drums. You know, we like brass bands, we like the second line, we like to have a good time. So wherever I'm at, it gotta be some warm weather, some good rum, some good sangria, and it's just gotta be a vibe. speaker-0: That's what's up. That's that's what And you blend right in. speaker-1: Yeah, I'm going vibe. I'm going kick it. I a and my thing is, you know, I like to go where the locals go. So I'ma be in them spots, you know, you might not think I'm mad, I'm over there. You know what I'm saying? I just like to go kick it. speaker-0: Man, that's real, bro. That's real, man. That that's so awesome to hear, brother. yeah, man, keep it up, man. Keep it up, bro. speaker-1: And you know we had those conversations all the time because you be all over and I be like, you know what I'm saying? I'd be like, bro, we where you at? Bro, yeah, we talked back in town. Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? So we be on the same time a lot of in a lot of our conversations. So you know, we be right there with Facts, speaker-0: Yeah man, I think that's why we vibe so well, bro. speaker-1: facts, every time too, every time. speaker-0: No, no doubt, no doubt, man. So look, man, I want to get into your freestyle, man. Step up to the mic freestyle. You did in New Orleans. For sure. Okay. so look, I checked it out, man. I love the message. I love the flow you had on that. And you know what was so crazy about it to me, man, is is like you're given all of these jams in in that freestyle, all these positive messages. And my question for you is like. What did that feel like? I mean, to do that in New Orleans? Like what was it like for speaker-1: Man, it was a good feeling, man. I think we was, yeah, we was right there by the courthouse across the street from Tulane in Broad. Everybody knew about the courthouse on Tulane in Broad. We got the sound rocking out there. Man, it was just a nice day, bro. It felt good, you know, to be back home. And then with that song in particular, K. Rashad again, he co he produced that record. When we was talking about that record and him building that, it it it got, it's nothing but that Louisiana sound in there, if you really listening to it. yeah. You know what I'm saying? So it it really felt. Even more so just understanding the production side of it and how it was constructed. You know what I'm saying? So it it it was f it was a full circle. speaker-0: That's what's up, man. So wh whenever that was presented to you, man, I mean you was like, Yeah, I'm I'm ready, let's do it. Yeah, yeah. speaker-1: Yeah, yeah, man. Yeah, let's go. Like and you know, we you know, we knew the record, the record had performed well, a lot of people took to it, so we already knew, you know, it it you know, it it was gonna be a a smooth outcome, something cool was gonna come out of that. We i i i it was like a layup, honestly. speaker-0: Yeah, this was yeah. Looked like it was good weather out there too that day. speaker-1: Sunshine and it was crazy. It was spot. It was spot. It was spot on. speaker-0: that's real. Okay. Okay. speaker-1: beautiful. speaker-0: Hey Kayla, what you reading? speaker-1: I am reading this new book. It is Little Lizzo Meets Sasha B Fluton. speaker-0: what do you think about it? speaker-1: I think it's really cute. It's an awesome story about music and friendship and it is perfect for like four eight year olds would be love this book. speaker-0: Good deal. Sounds good. And you know what they say? Music is magic. It is? Y'all heard it here on the Winning Culture Podcast. Lil Lizzo meets Sasha B. Flutin. By Lizzo, pictures by Mark Pett. You can find this on Simon and Schuster.com for $19.99. You can also find it online at other retailers. Like Target, Barnes and Noble, and Walmart. Music is magic. The event you put together for the artists in all the surrounding areas. For sure. you know, Lafayette, all the other towns around here. I heard a lot of good feedback about it, great feedback about it. So just man, take us into that, man. What was it all about for you? speaker-1: cu curators. we did two of those events. we did one at the studio just kinda like a launch. and then we did a second second event at K O K across from the university. U L Lafayette. it was it's it was one of those things we wanted to like create a hub. me and my guy NJ, the owner of Dream Studios. Yeah, we wanted to really like you know, create a hub for artists to come out and, you know, socialize, network, kick it. Just a space for artists and producers and creatives to, you know, hang back and chill and just communicate and build. You know what I'm saying? we had some some community leaders come in and, you know, talk about different things on mental health. Nice. because you know, as artists, man, a lot of times the the the songwriting is is is therapy for real. So, you know, just letting them know, you know, like, you know, we understand, you know. You know, in your song writing it, it could be a release. So just talking about the mental health side of that too, just you know, different outlets and how that works. You know what I'm saying? we had that conversation. you know, like getting into like financial literacy on the business side, things like that. you know, having producers come out and, you know, just industry professionals, you know, coming out and shaking hands and getting with the community. Like it was really just all about you speaker-0: man, that's fine. speaker-1: feel me? That's the you know, that's all it, you know, that's all it really was. Just all about community and having a a hub. You know what I'm saying? You know, for everybody to come out and kick it. speaker-0: That's awesome, man. That's that is awesome. So okay, so you had music artists and you had you said community leaders. speaker-1: Communities. We had some people traveling from Lake Charles. You what I'm saying? Yeah, my shout out my homegirl Bree. She came out. I met her in New Orleans. She does some stuff with with like voter rights and whatnot. And just talking about that, just community. speaker-0: That's the next level stuff. speaker-1: so just having everybody come out, you know, just all positive, all positivity, you know, just educating everybody on, you know, the the independent side, because a lot of times. A lot of things with independent artists and even in the film side, you know, when it comes down to voting and different things, you know, the different taxes and hot things where you actually go out there to vote for these things and you lobby. Yeah. So you know, just you know, just you know, just really getting down into the nitty-gritty on, you know, what it is far as like a a music economy and a film economy. you know, that that kind of speaker-0: Man, sound like you was bridging a lot of gaps with that. speaker-1: Yeah, man, it's important. It's important to do that, you what I'm saying, from time to time. For sure. And we did a we did another event. we did one in New Orleans in New Orleans. I did something more cater to the spy side. Shout out to spies, S P O Z Z. we did one in New Orleans, we did one here downtown at Ruckers. it was like a listening for the for the crown album, you know, for artists to come out and kick it. You what I'm saying? Something similar, you know, just it was more so cater to the crown album that time, it was still something for c you know, community to come out and kick it and support. speaker-0: That's real. That's real, man. So you I mean you do it in in a lot of different areas. speaker-1: Man, I I feel like as an independent artist these days you have to, you know what I'm saying? You know, just find your niche and just rock out with it. speaker-0: That's what's up, that's what's up, man. So could we look forward to more events like that from speaker-1: yeah, yeah, yeah, most definitely. Most definitely. I'm in I'm in a process right now, you know, just filling some things out musically, 'cause I like to take take my time with the records. That'd be a part of the traveling too. You know what I'm saying? Just you know, for me, it's just, you know, sometimes I might not be hearing it. Sometimes I might need to go find it. I need to, you what I'm saying, just catch it, you what I'm saying, to really paint that picture. You know speaker-0: Okay. speaker-1: what I'm saying? So that's where I'm at right now. I'm just in that process, you know what I'm saying? And then once, you know, I get everything, you know, from out out of production and ready to go. You know, I feel as though I'm gonna start, you know, doing some more of those events. for sure, for sure. So right now I'm just cooking up, man. Just cooking up. speaker-0: Looking forward to it, man. Hey, look, bro, I definitely would like to be there. speaker-1: man, for sure. Gotta have you there, bruh. For sure, man. Gotta have you there, bro. Right about that. speaker-0: You I'm just definitely hoping with my schedule and stuff, you know, that but I know you're gonna be doing more. speaker-1: Look I look I might have to hit you up ahead of time to make sure you're alive. I'm glad you said that. I know what to do, bruh. I I gotta catch you. I gotta catch you, bro. I'm gonna make sure we make that speaker-0: Yeah, man, for sure. I really appreciate it, man. You know, and and look, if for some reason, due to my schedule I can't be there, you know my full support is well. speaker-1: With you. man, we might might have to zoom you in, do a zoom or something like that to get you in there, bro, virtually or something like that, bro. Gotta have you, bro. speaker-0: Yeah, absolutely, man. Absolutely, man. I you know, I I know with those kind of events, man, you bring just a lot of smart people there, a lot of people that are like-minded, you know, and I know it's a lot of positive things that, you know, you get out of that. speaker-1: Yeah, it'd be more of a think tank for me. You know what I'm saying? Just getting everybody in, you know, some good like minds and see what we could do, see what we could, you know what I'm saying, put together for sure. speaker-0: What's up, man? That was up, bro. Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. So I did want to ask you this too. because I you you did mention that. So with the music, okay. So whenever you know you get to writing a song, right? And you know, you get to a point where you know you're thinking it's like, man, you know, and just let's just say Portugal, Spain, or wherever it's at. So do you get into a frame of mind where you're like, man, just let me go there. And then work on it some more. Like does that do something for your psyche that you're there? Mm-hmm. You know, at the place itself? speaker-1: for me, for me sometimes I might I might not have it. I might just gotta go there and just get a feel for something. You know what I'm saying? I might just need, you know, get get a feel. I might be having a idea on my way there and then it, you know, the idea might all come together while I'm there. You know what I'm saying? So it really just all depends, man. You know, I just like to, you know, however however it hits me, it it hits me. just be getting a feel where it's like man I'm I'm I'm getting a vibe I gotta go I gotta go get it you know what I'm saying you know I'm saying I just get into that zone because yeah you know just being an artist man if I'm gonna be an artist man I want to be you know true to it and I wanna you know get in those creative spaces wherever it may be and I'm willing to go to whatever lengths I have to that's real to get the best possible sound the best possible feel that I can give you in the record so you know it's it it's just a part of that song writing in that in that production process for sure. speaker-0: You know what, bro? I I hear that on your records, bro. speaker-1: Sure, bad bad bad, that's cool, that's cool, you get the feel of that. Yeah, yeah, that's cool, you get the feel. speaker-0: That's dope. That is so dope, bro. So that brings me to any aspiring music artists, aspiring music producers, wanna, you know, people that want to get into that lane. What advice could you give them, you know, just for somebody that's just starting out, you know, things that they can kind of use? speaker-1: Man, man, your guy who was on the on the last episode, he said a lot, man. We get to talking about consistency. Yeah. speaker-0: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. speaker-1: Consistency. I heard him. I say, man, he know what he's talking about. You know what I mean? Like he he was saying it, man. Like consistency is everything. And you, you know, you you gotta grow with it. You know what I'm saying? You gotta continue to learn and grow. So staying consistent, you know, giving yourself those, you know, those opportunities to to learn and grow. And just just keep on going, man. If you're true to it, I'ma say that if you're true to it, or you don't, you know, if you if it's something that you forcing, it's gonna be tough. Okay You know what I'm saying? So if you're true to it, man, just stay consistent, man. We all deal with the ups and downs of everything, you know what I'm saying? For sure, for sure. That's to be expected. You know what I'm saying? It's just right weathering those storms and getting through the other side, cause you know it could be something beautiful. And if you if you're consistent though, you'll get to see it, you know what I'm saying? And get the and get those fruits for sure. speaker-0: Cool, cool, man. Great advice. And my last question. So Hendrix, I mean, you know, you you obviously, man, you you do this through and through, you know what you're doing, you're great at it. Is there ever gonna come a time where Hendrix is teaching music class? speaker-1: Mmm. Mmm. Man, listen, man. If it happened, it happened, man. I don't I don't know how it would happen. If it happened, it happened, though. I wouldn't be, I wouldn't be mad at it, though. You know, I I understand that's part of it too. You know, passing on, you know, you know, which you know, you don't want to hoard too much to yourself. It's just it's supposed to be shit. Absolutely, man. You what I'm saying? So I'm not mad at it. How it would happen. I don't know. You know, we do a bit of teaching, you know, at the at the events and whatnot. Okay. And if people are receptive to it and they want to rock out, I'm here for it. Claire. speaker-0: So if the opportunity presents itself, you're all for it. speaker-1: yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Yeah, I definitely, you know, you know, give back and do it and do what I can play my part. speaker-0: That's awesome, brother. Awesome man. Great to hear, great to hear, man. Yeah, we appreciate you, man. So yeah, for us right now on the Winning Culture Podcast, go ahead and give us that social media information for it where people can follow you, man. speaker-1: HXN DRX underscore HXN DRX underscore and that's where you'll find me man. You can type that in whatever handle, Google it, do your thing with it, man. We can rock out, man. Not hard to find on that. speaker-0: Cool, cool there. Awesome, brother. And and you and y'all know, follow us, winning culture pod on all social media platforms. Hendricks, thank you so much for coming, man. speaker-1: man, appreciate man. Appreciate the Winning Culture Podcast for having me, man. For sure, Vernon. Appreciate you having me on, man. It's you know, this it's something cool. When you told me about it, I was ready to go, man. Green like that. Let's do it. speaker-0: That's what's up, man. Thank you so much for coming, my brother. It was a pleasure having you. speaker-1: Vice versa, all the time. speaker-0: Cool deal. Well ladies and gentlemen, that's all we have for this episode of the Win and Culture Podcast. I'm your host, Vernon Wiggins, and we out. Thank y'all. speaker-1: Gonna lose, I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win