In episode 26 of Breaking Walls we sit down with Brodie Jaymz (@brodiejaymz) in anticipation for the release of his debut album "Dark Side of the Starz." In this conversation, which also showcases the return of BW EP01 Guest RebRandt (@itsrebrandt) and Jason Adams (@jason_adams), we talk about the many things Brodie's gone through to get him to this point.

Highlights:

• Is there a stigma towards Staten Island in the hip hop world?

• What are the things that Brodie has pulled his inspiration from?

• How these Staten Island hip hop heads got together and stared making music

• Why more artists are going Indie than ever before

• The power of good music

• How losing both his parents has caused Brodie to grow from a young age

• What's missing from today's hip hop

• Where the beat selection for this album came from. It's got a very NYC late night, cruisin' around sound

• Thoughts behind Dark Side of the Starz' production

• Being authentic

• What's next for Brodie

Brodie's Social Media:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Brodie-Jaymz-175389032504594/timeline/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brodiejaymz

IG https://instagram.com/brodiejaymz/

Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/brodie-jaymz/id838953789

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/brodiejaymz

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/3YZwfy7rIdsLdIqZzpy2d5

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

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In episode 26 of Breaking Walls we sit down with Brodie Jaymz (@brodiejaymz) in anticipation for the release of his debut album "Dark Side of the Starz." In this conversation, which also showcases the return of BW EP01 Guest RebRandt (@itsrebrandt) and Jason Adams (@jason_adams), we talk about the many things Brodie's gone through to get him to this point.

Highlights:

• Is there a stigma towards Staten Island in the hip hop world?

• What are the things that Brodie has pulled his inspiration from?

• How these Staten Island hip hop heads got together and stared making music

• Why more artists are going Indie than ever before

• The power of good music

• How losing both his parents has caused Brodie to grow from a young age

• What's missing from today's hip hop

• Where the beat selection for this album came from. It's got a very NYC late night, cruisin' around sound

• Thoughts behind Dark Side of the Starz' production

• Being authentic

• What's next for Brodie

Brodie's Social Media:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Brodie-Jaymz-175389032504594/timeline/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brodiejaymz

IG https://instagram.com/brodiejaymz/

Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/brodie-jaymz/id838953789

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/brodiejaymz

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/3YZwfy7rIdsLdIqZzpy2d5

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In episode 26 of Breaking Walls we sit down with Brodie Jaymz (@brodiejaymz) in anticipation for the release of his debut album "Dark Side of the Starz." In this conversation, which also showcases the return of BW EP01 Guest RebRandt (@itsrebrandt) and Jason Adams (@jason_adams), we talk about the many things Brodie's gone through to get him to this point.

Highlights:

• Is there a stigma towards Staten Island in the hip hop world?

• What are the things that Brodie has pulled his inspiration from?

• How these Staten Island hip hop heads got together and stared making music

• Why more artists are going Indie than ever before

• The power of good music

• How losing both his parents has caused Brodie to grow from a young age

• What's missing from today's hip hop

• Where the beat selection for this album came from. It's got a very NYC late night, cruisin' around sound

• Thoughts behind Dark Side of the Starz' production

• Being authentic

• What's next for Brodie

Brodie's Social Media:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Brodie-Jaymz-175389032504594/timeline/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brodiejaymz

IG https://instagram.com/brodiejaymz/

Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/brodie-jaymz/id838953789

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/brodiejaymz

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/3YZwfy7rIdsLdIqZzpy2d5

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

For our one year anniversary, we go back and revisit important moments with all our prior interviewees. First time listeners can also hear bits of each prior episode. Our guests include: Reb Randt,​ Lina Gonzalez,​ Brett Affrunti,​ Tom Mauriello,​ Steven Attanasio,​ Chelsea Bonosky,​ Spencer Johnson,​ Javan Ivey,​ Monica Lo,​ Eric Scott,​ Susan Doyle,​ Mike Freiheit,​ Olga Lysenko,​ Fer Sanabria,​ John N Wlaysewski​, Olive Hui, Kieron Anthony Lewis,​ Eric Gorges,​ Ian Russell,​ and Matt Weckel.

This special episode contains clips broken down into five categories:

On Business

On Human Connection

On Inspiration

On Patience

On Trusting Yourself

And we also introduce October's monthly topic: "Fear and Masquerade," which comes from Halloween.

For each prior guest's contact information, please go to their episode.

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

For our one year anniversary, we go back and revisit important moments with all our prior interviewees. First time listeners can also hear bits of each prior episode. Our guests include: Reb Randt,​ Lina Gonzalez,​ Brett Affrunti,​ Tom Mauriello,​ Steven Attanasio,​ Chelsea Bonosky,​ Spencer Johnson,​ Javan Ivey,​ Monica Lo,​ Eric Scott,​ Susan Doyle,​ Mike Freiheit,​ Olga Lysenko,​ Fer Sanabria,​ John N Wlaysewski​, Olive Hui, Kieron Anthony Lewis,​ Eric Gorges,​ Ian Russell,​ and Matt Weckel.

This special episode contains clips broken down into five categories:

On Business

On Human Connection

On Inspiration

On Patience

On Trusting Yourself

And we also introduce October's monthly topic: "Fear and Masquerade," which comes from Halloween.

For each prior guest's contact information, please go to their episode.

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

For our one year anniversary, we go back and revisit important moments with all our prior interviewees. First time listeners can also hear bits of each prior episode. Our guests include: Reb Randt,​ Lina Gonzalez,​ Brett Affrunti,​ Tom Mauriello,​ Steven Attanasio,​ Chelsea Bonosky,​ Spencer Johnson,​ Javan Ivey,​ Monica Lo,​ Eric Scott,​ Susan Doyle,​ Mike Freiheit,​ Olga Lysenko,​ Fer Sanabria,​ John N Wlaysewski​, Olive Hui, Kieron Anthony Lewis,​ Eric Gorges,​ Ian Russell,​ and Matt Weckel.

This special episode contains clips broken down into five categories:

On Business

On Human Connection

On Inspiration

On Patience

On Trusting Yourself

And we also introduce October's monthly topic: "Fear and Masquerade," which comes from Halloween.

For each prior guest's contact information, please go to their episode.

Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers

Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2

In Episode 24 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with WallBreakers co-founder Matt Weckel about all the places his life has taken him and the things he's learned as parenthood approaches for the first time. It's a great chat between a couple of Brooklyn natives who are long-time friends.

Highlights

• Was Brooklyn an angry place to grow up living in? If so, Why?

• How Matt's parents instilled a progressive culture in his life

• What is Siricos and why is it important?

• Where Matt's need to leave NYC came from

• The many ways in which losing his mom deeply affected Matt

• How his creativity began to take off

• Why his first year of marriage has been so good

• Why he's not afraid of being a first-time parent

• Lessons his parents taught him that he wants to pass down

• Is he ready?

In Episode 24 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with WallBreakers co-founder Matt Weckel about all the places his life has taken him and the things he's learned as parenthood approaches for the first time. It's a great chat between a couple of Brooklyn natives who are long-time friends.

Highlights

• Was Brooklyn an angry place to grow up living in? If so, Why?

• How Matt's parents instilled a progressive culture in his life

• What is Siricos and why is it important?

• Where Matt's need to leave NYC came from

• The many ways in which losing his mom deeply affected Matt

• How his creativity began to take off

• Why his first year of marriage has been so good

• Why he's not afraid of being a first-time parent

• Lessons his parents taught him that he wants to pass down

• Is he ready?

In Episode 24 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with WallBreakers co-founder Matt Weckel about all the places his life has taken him and the things he's learned as parenthood approaches for the first time. It's a great chat between a couple of Brooklyn natives who are long-time friends.

Highlights

• Was Brooklyn an angry place to grow up living in? If so, Why?

• How Matt's parents instilled a progressive culture in his life

• What is Siricos and why is it important?

• Where Matt's need to leave NYC came from

• The many ways in which losing his mom deeply affected Matt

• How his creativity began to take off

• Why his first year of marriage has been so good

• Why he's not afraid of being a first-time parent

• Lessons his parents taught him that he wants to pass down

• Is he ready?

In Episode 23 of Breaking Walls we sit down with Philadelphia-born, Bangkok-residing Ian Russell. Ian has been teaching english to young children in Thailand since 2008. We ask him all the things that went making this decision to relocate across the world and what he's learned about himself in the process.

Highlights

• How the opportunity to go to Thailand arose

• How chance encounters in Thailand have given him numerous opportunities in Bangkok

• The legalities of living in Thailand

• How to be comfortable standing out in a crowd

• How Ian's illustration skills have served him well in other careers

• Why he loves teaching young children so much

• How Ian keeps busy with other projects like MCing, freelance design work, etc...

• How Ian learned to trust his judgement

• Advice on living in a country that doesn't speak the same native language as you

• Advice on being self-aware and taking risks

• What's next for Ian

Ian's Links:

Personal FB - https://www.facebook.com/itsEmon

MC FB Page - https://www.facebook.com/ItsEmonYo

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