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Vinny(Mr. AOA) On Starting V12 with Quavo, Security Carrying Him Over Puddles, & Real Meaning of AOA · The Baller Alert Show

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  Speaker 1: Who idea was it for you to get out of
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  Speaker 1: the car and have security to carry you over the puddle?
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  Speaker 2: I've never seen anything like that.
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  Speaker 3: Once I was 18, 19, 20, like, hey, I cannot
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  Speaker 3: work in this restaurant and still be able to own
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  Speaker 3: my own. So I had to go out. And that's
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  Speaker 3: when I tapped into my entrepreneurial spirit.
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  Speaker 1: How much money were you? That's crazy to say, like,
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  Speaker 1: I gambled and I made enough money to start a business. Like,
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  Speaker 1: how much money were you making playing blackjack? Honestly, how
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  Speaker 1: did V12 start?
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  Speaker 3: V12 came about because I went on to Blackjack, playing
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  Speaker 3: that professionally.
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  Speaker 1: Wait, you played Blackjack professionally? Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: You know what's crazy? It's like, I'm like, Vinny needs
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  Speaker 1: a reality show.
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  Speaker 2: What's up, y'all? It's Vinny, Mr. AOA. I'm coming up
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  Speaker 2: next on the Baller Alert Show.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the Baller Alert. Yeah, that's the Baller Alert. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ball Alert Show. I go by the
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  Speaker 1: name You Know BT. We are broadcasting live right now
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  Speaker 1: at the Danny Nagel Law Firm Studios right here in
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  Speaker 1: the ATL. I got a special guest that I'm pretty
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  Speaker 1: sure everybody has seen him all over social media. Vinny,
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  Speaker 1: welcome to the show. What's up, man?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Appreciate you. Thank you for having me. What's
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  Speaker 2: going on?
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  Speaker 1: Man, how you feeling today?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good. I'm good. It's hot outside, but I'm cool. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how's your energy been, man? Because You know, we
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  Speaker 1: always see you on social media. I've had a chance
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  Speaker 1: to meet you a couple of times. And you know
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  Speaker 1: what's crazy? It's like I'm like Vinny needs a reality show.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I almost feel like we have a reality show.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a matter of what network or where we're
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  Speaker 1: going to go.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying? Because we obviously have an audience.
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  Speaker 2: They're invested. They're tuned in. So, I mean, I have
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  Speaker 2: to agree with you. When it comes to that, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how did you get into owning businesses? Because you
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  Speaker 1: also have a club that you own as well. And
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  Speaker 1: you have the restaurant, V12. Yes. Food is amazing.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Food is really good. How did you get into all this?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, well, I mean, hospitality for me started at a
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  Speaker 3: young age. I started off in the industry at 14
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  Speaker 3: years old. And I was working for Jay Alexander's restaurant.
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  Speaker 3: I was the youngest manager ever there. I was there
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  Speaker 3: from 14 on and off to like 20 years old.
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  Speaker 3: And then in between there, I worked for Houston's in management,
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  Speaker 3: Grace 1720. I worked in the industry at different levels
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  Speaker 3: since I was 14. And so my ultimate goal was
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  Speaker 3: always to own my own business. That was always the goal.
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  Speaker 3: And so I knew, though, once I was 18, 19, 20, like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: I cannot work in this restaurant and still be able
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  Speaker 3: to own my own. So I had to go out.
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  Speaker 3: And that's when I tapped into my entrepreneurial spirit. That's
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  Speaker 3: when I created Contemporary Essentials, my interior design firm. From there,
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  Speaker 3: I went on to blackjack, playing that professionally.
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  Speaker 1: Wait, you played blackjack professionally? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 3: Actually, blackjack afforded me the ability to start my first,
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  Speaker 3: for us to start the first business, Sovereign Suites.
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  Speaker 1: Really? The first club, yes. Wait, so hold on. We
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  Speaker 1: got to backtrack. You sound like you done lived about
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  Speaker 1: five different lives already.
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  Speaker 2: I have. I tell people all the time, like, I
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  Speaker 2: have lived so many different lives.
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  Speaker 1: I have. So you became a professional blackjack player.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: And with the money from doing that helped you launch
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  Speaker 1: your business, Sovereign Suite. Yes. So how much money were you, like,
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  Speaker 1: that's crazy to say, like, I gambled and I made
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  Speaker 1: enough money to start a business. Like, how much money
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  Speaker 1: were you making playing blackjack?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, I don't remember. I don't know exactly how much
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  Speaker 2: I was making. I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, so much money has come and so much
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  Speaker 3: money has went that I don't know the exact amount.
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  Speaker 1: How did you get into playing blackjack?
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  Speaker 2: Actually, I was booked to host an event out in Vegas.
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  Speaker 3: And a lot of people don't know this, but I'm
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  Speaker 3: a socialite kind of like by default.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really to myself.
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  Speaker 3: And so when I was out there, I did my hosting.
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  Speaker 3: I did what I was supposed to do, but I
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  Speaker 3: was inside the casino the whole time. And during that time,
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  Speaker 3: I lost my savings. I was sitting down playing blackjack,
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  Speaker 3: and I ended up losing what I had saved up.
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  Speaker 3: And for me, it's just like the competitor in me
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  Speaker 3: just tapped in. And I'm like, there's no way that
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  Speaker 3: they can just beat me.
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  Speaker 2: I have to be able to beat them too. So
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  Speaker 2: I went home.
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  Speaker 3: Like I said, at the time, I had my interior
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  Speaker 3: design firm. I was able to book some more jobs.
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  Speaker 3: It was very lucrative for me. And I tapped in.
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  Speaker 3: I started going to New Orleans. The people, the women
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  Speaker 3: in New Orleans, the men, they were very down-to-earth. They
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  Speaker 3: literally taught me the game. You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, wow. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: If you're a dealer, when a player wins, you win
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  Speaker 3: if they're a right player. Because if I'm winning money
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  Speaker 3: and you're my dealer, I'm going to tip you. So
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  Speaker 3: it's like we're working together. And that's really how I
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  Speaker 3: learned the game of blackjack. And I never thought, though,
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  Speaker 3: that I would ascend to the level of a professional,
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  Speaker 3: especially within that time period. It was relatively quick. It
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  Speaker 3: was like because I caught on and I just took off.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how did you know when to stop?
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  Speaker 4: I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to say. Like, that's a question. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I can't say I just knew when to stop.
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  Speaker 3: I just thank God that I, like, was able, that
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  Speaker 3: I have a purpose, right? And I feel like hospitality
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  Speaker 3: is my purpose. So once I started Sovereign Sweets, it
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  Speaker 3: was like I didn't feel the need to go to
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  Speaker 3: the casino.
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  Speaker 2: It was like, for me, it wasn't an addiction. It
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  Speaker 2: was a profession.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a difference.
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  Speaker 2: It was a totally different setup for me.
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  Speaker 3: And, yeah, like, it was definitely a profession, and it
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  Speaker 3: wasn't something that I couldn't walk away from.
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  Speaker 1: Man, that's crazy. I would have never guessed that you
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  Speaker 1: were a professional blackjack player. Because I feel like you
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  Speaker 1: only see stuff like that on TV, right? It's like, okay,
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  Speaker 1: you go on TV and you're like, okay, these are
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  Speaker 1: professional people. But you live so many different lives. How
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  Speaker 1: did V12 start?
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  Speaker 3: V12 came about because the seed for V12 has always
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  Speaker 3: been planted. So Sovereign Sweets was Kellen, my sister and partner,
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  Speaker 3: my twin.
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  Speaker 2: It was her baby, right? I told Kellen, I said, Kellen,
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  Speaker 2: you do the groundwork. You know, you do the groundwork.
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  Speaker 2: Kellen did all the groundwork.
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  Speaker 3: She was in there for hours to the point where
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  Speaker 3: I did not think that Sovereign Sweets was going to
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  Speaker 3: come to fruition. Like, I was, like, kind of sort
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  Speaker 3: of second-guessing it at times. But Kellen really, really, really
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  Speaker 3: did all of the groundwork, licensing, permits. And if you
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  Speaker 3: know anything about doing it, that's really the tough part. Like,
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  Speaker 3: that's getting in the, doing the groundwork. Nonetheless, once she
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  Speaker 3: got it going, literally, I said, I'll take over operations
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  Speaker 3: and get this thing going i'll put my all into
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  Speaker 3: this kellen and that's what i did i kept my
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  Speaker 3: my end of the bargain and v12 though like going
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  Speaker 3: into sovereign we knew that the next project was sort
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  Speaker 3: of like my baby so we didn't have a name
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  Speaker 3: for it we didn't even have a location um at
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  Speaker 3: the time but everything divine timing started to happen and
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  Speaker 3: stuff just started to align um quavo came on board
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  Speaker 3: and said hey i want to be a part of
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  Speaker 3: this you know what's next we started talking about it
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  Speaker 3: we found a location We were very intentional about the
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  Speaker 3: location as well. We wanted something that gave people a view.
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  Speaker 3: We wanted to build something up. And then also the
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  Speaker 3: gas station. We got known as the infamous club above
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  Speaker 3: the gas station.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say that too. How does that
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  Speaker 1: feel when people say, yeah, it's a nice place, but
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  Speaker 1: it's above a gas station?
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  Speaker 3: I'm okay with that because it's called V12. And that
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  Speaker 3: goes back to the intentionality of everything that we do.
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  Speaker 3: So we named it with intention. You know anything about cars,
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  Speaker 3: V12 is only going to be what? In the best
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  Speaker 3: of the best, right? So you're not going to find
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  Speaker 3: a V12 engine in something that's not extremely luxury, extremely performance,
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  Speaker 3: top notch.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what V12 is.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we're above a gas station, but we're an experience
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  Speaker 3: that is elevated.
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  Speaker 2: We are V12 experience.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Quavo is one of the owners. How involved is
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  Speaker 1: Quavo with the restaurant?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, he's more involved than people would think. Like, Quavo
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  Speaker 3: literally be... in the kitchen, you know, saying, change this,
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  Speaker 3: do that. When it was time for us to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: go through choosing some of the designs, Quavo said, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I want red furniture.
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  Speaker 2: I want this.
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  Speaker 3: Like, he was literally choosing the details. So he's definitely
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  Speaker 3: more involved than people would think.
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  Speaker 1: Now, with all of the viral videos now, I see
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  Speaker 1: that a lot of people are starting to come to
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  Speaker 1: the restaurant, like, to meet you. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: When it comes to us going viral, I never expected
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  Speaker 3: it to be to this level. But what I have
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  Speaker 3: learned is attention is an asset if.
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  Speaker 2: You use it properly.
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  Speaker 3: And so for me, hey, I love the attention, especially
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  Speaker 3: when it's turning followers and supporters into customers.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: And they're coming to get that experience. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of the feedback lately is positive.
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  Speaker 2: So I love it.
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  Speaker 1: I do. Now, who are you? was it for you
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  Speaker 1: to get out of the car and have security to
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  Speaker 1: carry you over the puddle?
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  Speaker 3: I've never seen anything like that. It's so crazy because
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  Speaker 3: it just happened. It's like no one planned it. No
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  Speaker 3: one said, okay, this is what we're going to do.
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  Speaker 3: It was literally one time I pulled up, and I
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  Speaker 3: had on my Rick Owens shoes. They're like six inches,
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  Speaker 3: and it was a puddle there. And I looked down,
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  Speaker 3: and I looked at my security, and I said, I
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  Speaker 3: can't step in a puddle. And he literally just carried me,
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  Speaker 3: and it just became a thing. I did not plan it.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't know that my security was going to go
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  Speaker 3: and do this, but my team loved me, and I
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  Speaker 3: love my team.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 3: One thing that people see me online is I'm really tough,
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  Speaker 3: this leader that's just over the top. But one thing
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  Speaker 3: about me is I care about my team to a
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  Speaker 3: very high level, and I also hold them accountable at
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  Speaker 3: the same level.
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  Speaker 2: So I feel like two things can be true.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you can be a caring, attentive, hands-on owner
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  Speaker 3: and also hold people accountable.
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  Speaker 1: So what are some do's and don'ts for working for Vinny?
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  Speaker 2: Talking dudes and dolls. Do arrive on time. Yeah. Do
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  Speaker 2: come in first. I call it first date night ready, right?
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  Speaker 2: So I need you looking your best.
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  Speaker 3: When you're going on your first date, you're going to
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  Speaker 3: make that first impression, you know, be the best.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to come.
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  Speaker 3: Your hair going to be cut. You're going to be
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  Speaker 3: well-groomed if you're a gentleman. And if you're a lady,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to be, you know, you're going to have
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  Speaker 3: all your makeup, your hair, your nails. From top to bottom,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to be on point as far as your uniform.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it needs to be starched. It needs to
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  Speaker 3: be on point. I'm just very image conscious. I feel
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  Speaker 3: like your image is everything. And when it comes to branding,
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  Speaker 3: I look at the servers and the team as ambassadors
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  Speaker 3: for the restaurant. And so whatever they're doing is a
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  Speaker 3: reflection upon us.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's just very important for me. Also, don't
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  Speaker 2: question me.
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  Speaker 3: If there's a policy and you've signed up for this,
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  Speaker 3: then Don't come on board and start giving me questions.
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  Speaker 2: I don't like that.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not in the business, or I didn't create a
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  Speaker 3: business to explain myself to every single employee or someone
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  Speaker 3: that was interested. I created a creed and a culture,
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  Speaker 3: and if you believe in it, then I believe in you,
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  Speaker 3: and we can do a partnership together.
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  Speaker 1: Now, with your intro, how do you get the intro?
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  Speaker 1: And what I mean by that is when I see
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  Speaker 1: your social media, when big celebrities come in, it's like
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  Speaker 1: there's an intro. Yes. How do people get that?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, so that's the intro that you're referring to is
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  Speaker 3: called the Vinny Experience, right?
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  Speaker 1: The Vinny Experience, okay.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, because I tell people we're not selling anything specific.
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  Speaker 3: We're selling products, obviously, but the biggest thing that we're
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  Speaker 3: selling at V12 is memory, is a memory, right? And
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  Speaker 3: memories are priceless. So the Vinny Experience is something that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, celebrities, it started off with just for celebrities.
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  Speaker 3: And then the public, everyone was like, you know, can
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  Speaker 3: we get that?
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  Speaker 2: Can we get that? And I'm like, of course, why not?
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 3: So now it's become a big thing when people have,
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  Speaker 3: celebrations for their birthdays, if they're becoming doctors, graduating, or
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  Speaker 3: if they're just celebrating their life in general, you know,
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  Speaker 3: people just, they want to be celebrated. And when you
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  Speaker 3: walk through those doors, that feeling, the energy is just,
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  Speaker 3: it's so, it's top tier.
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  Speaker 2: Like I can't really describe it.
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  Speaker 3: Like I said, I'm somebody that's shy naturally, but with me,
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  Speaker 3: we actually started the experience on the grand opening, which
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  Speaker 3: is my birthday.
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  Speaker 2: So when I walked in, it was just so exhilarating.
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  Speaker 3: It was like the energy was just through the roof.
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  Speaker 2: That me, even me being shy, like I had to move.
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  Speaker 2: I had to dance. I had to just feel it.
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  Speaker 2: It was lit. And so from that moment forward, I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: we got something. We got something.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how do they book this experience?
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  Speaker 3: They book this experience through the website, v12restaurant. com, or they
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  Speaker 3: can book it directly through just DMing the telephone number
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  Speaker 3: on our Instagram, v12restaurant.
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  Speaker 2: I'll even respond to DMs about the experience.
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  Speaker 3: If you need to reach out to me directly, I
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  Speaker 3: can direct you to our reservationist.
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  Speaker 2: But anyone.
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  Speaker 3: check out our social media, V underscore Watson, V12 restaurant, ATL,
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  Speaker 3: and you'll see the experience advertised all over.
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  Speaker 1: Now, what is the must try thing on the V12 menu?
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  Speaker 2: Must try.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody going there for the first time. You like, you
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  Speaker 1: have to try this.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: So you got to start off with the blackberry Bugatti. Um,
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  Speaker 3: if you like Hennessy, right? If you're a drink, cause
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  Speaker 3: I want to, it's an experience. You can't just come
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  Speaker 3: to V12 and get one thing. You have to get
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  Speaker 3: a couple of different things. So we're going to start
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  Speaker 3: off with a premium cocktail, your choice. Um, If it's
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  Speaker 3: the Blackberry Bugatti or myself, I like the Espresso Aventador.
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  Speaker 3: I love Espresso Martini. That's just my thing. As far
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  Speaker 3: as small plates, you got to try Lobster Bites or
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  Speaker 3: you got to try Egg Rolls, right? As far as
• 13:51
  Speaker 3: the large plates, you got to try the Southern Comfort.
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  Speaker 3: It's literally like soul food. It's four fried chicken breasts, wings, rather.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be sweet potato souffle, macaroni cheese, smoked
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  Speaker 3: turkey collard greens, and it's going to have a honey cornbread.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like the whole thing, the whole shebang.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You can't go to B12 without trying it at least
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  Speaker 2: one time.
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  Speaker 1: Man, that sounds good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So what's next? What's next? We got any reality show offers? Like,
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  Speaker 1: what's going on? Because I'm like, Vinny is becoming like
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  Speaker 1: a character. You know what I'm saying? Like, when you
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  Speaker 1: think of reality shows, you think of like, oh, I
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  Speaker 1: could tell this person is meant for TV.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying? Yeah, no, I've heard that.
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  Speaker 3: I've actually heard that my whole life, honestly. Like, people
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  Speaker 3: used to ask me, like, do you rap? In some
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  Speaker 3: form or way, they wanted me to be into that.
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  Speaker 3: But what's next for me? It's more media, more media,
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  Speaker 3: more experiences, more growth. I'm looking forward to elevating. I'm
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  Speaker 3: looking forward to taking AOA Media Group to the next level.
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  Speaker 3: So that's something that was created. We now have a
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  Speaker 3: production company in-house and I'm looking to just collaborate and
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  Speaker 3: partner with the right people. I'm looking to maintain ownership.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like this is something that I've worked hard on.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like something this is something that has been
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  Speaker 3: years to come. I'm grateful that the world is seeing
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  Speaker 3: it right now because I feel like they're seeing it
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  Speaker 3: at a point where there's something substantial behind it. It's
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  Speaker 3: like people always talk to me about doing reality TVs.
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  Speaker 3: I have had different offers just from different people, but
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  Speaker 3: I never felt like it was the right time. I
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  Speaker 3: never wanted to force it. I never wanted to be
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  Speaker 3: put in a group of people and pretend. I just
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  Speaker 3: couldn't do it. This is authentic. This is real. This
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  Speaker 3: is genuine, and that's why I feel like the people
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  Speaker 3: connect with it because they can feel the sense of
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  Speaker 3: realness to it.
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  Speaker 2: So what's next?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know exactly what's next, but I know that
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  Speaker 3: it's something to do with media, entertainment, the restaurant. I
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  Speaker 3: want to take V12 as well and expand the brand.
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  Speaker 3: I'm looking to take it outside of Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Yeah. What would be your first stop if you
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  Speaker 1: were to franchise outside of Atlanta?
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  Speaker 3: Miami.
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  Speaker 1: Miami. Miami.
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  Speaker 2: I love Miami.
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  Speaker 1: I love Miami, too.
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  Speaker 2: I love Miami. I really don't like that people.
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  Speaker 3: Because I love Atlanta.
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  Speaker 2: Let me just say that.
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  Speaker 3: Atlanta, my city, I love Atlanta, and I will do
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  Speaker 3: everything to sort of push the culture forward here in
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  Speaker 3: any way possible, right? So I don't like the fact
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  Speaker 3: that people travel outside.
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  Speaker 2: Of Atlanta for holidays.
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  Speaker 3: Like New Year's, I feel like there should be something
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  Speaker 3: here for people to do. People traveling to New York,
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  Speaker 3: people traveling to L.A., people traveling to Miami. I want
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  Speaker 3: to create another experience for the city. to where people
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  Speaker 3: want to stay here and people want to come here.
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  Speaker 3: So that's also something that I want to say because
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  Speaker 3: I love Atlanta.
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  Speaker 2: I really do.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like the city has supported me in just
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  Speaker 3: such a way, and I want to continue to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: push the culture here.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Well, Vinny, I appreciate you coming on the
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: Ball Alert Show. We are broadcasting live at the Nagle
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  Speaker 1: Law Firm studio. Let's go.