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Welcome back! This week I’m joined by friend of the show @lowercasewc to discuss Lowvember, LOWERSELF album, upcoming solo album, creating more than just music, strategy and ideas behind the music and much more. We get into how a lot of songs came to be, whether or not Olivia Dean is an industry plant, 50 Cent’s Diddy documentary, Odeal vs Brent Faiyaz and much more! See the timestamps below:

Timestamps:

3:50 - Duke sees Leon Thomas in concert

6:56 - Is Olivia Dean an industry plant?

8:15 - What is “Lowvember”

13:28 - Putting out albums vs putting out singles

14:52 - When is the LowerSelf album coming out?

19:00 - The themes present on the upcoming album

26:00 - The making of “Staying Alive”

30:20 - The music video of “can’t say”

31:45 - The making of “butterfly”

39:00 - solo album

40:10 - 50 Cent documentary on Diddy

46:30 - NEW MUSIC

49:00 - Thoughts on Odeal

54:53 - Silly sh*t

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Welcome back!! This week I’m joined by friend of the show and return guest @malcolmdjiadeu to discuss the recent Zack Fox show we went to, the swedes taking over music, Rory from the Rory and Mal podcast getting himself cancelled, Myron fighting Akaash and lots more. We also go over some of the Grammy Nominations and discuss how great Michael Jackson was at making music. Tap in, this was a fun one!

3:10 - Why Malcolm quit podcasting?

6:45 - Zack Fox show recap

11:30 - The Swedes are musical giants

16:30 - Rory from Rory and Mal Podcast gets cancelled

22:29 - DJ Vlad jumps in on the Rory cancellation

24:10 - Rory has a history of being weird

27:28 - Duke reads his old tweets

29:30 - Myron Gaines vs Akaash Singh

45:00 - Congo is going to the World Cup

45:30 - 2026 Grammy Nominations

1:00:30 - Malcolm doesn’t like Pusha T performances

1:24:00 - Offset vs Cardi

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Welcome back! Happy Halloween!! This week I’m joined by my Extra Gravy cohost and homie @thatdudemcfly and we had a great chat. We talked about our weeks, recapped Marlon’s comedy competition, spirituality and exchanged some ghost stories. We also covered the best and worst times that we’ve been ghosted and ended the episode with a Halloween “Silly Sh*t” segment. Be sure to tune in!

Timestamps:

3:00 - Marlon recaps stand-up comedy competition

5:30 - Infinity Song live in concert

14:30 - Duke’s encounter with a ghost

18:30 - Marlon’s encounter with a shadow creator

22:00 – What are the rules in spirituality?

27:00 - Worst ghosting story

36:08 - Top 5 Halloween songs of all time

40:10 - Halloween will tell you where you stand with someone

45:05 - Relationship advice: talk less, listen more

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Welcome back! This week I’m joined by one of yall’s favourites: the good homie @mayesune and we had a great catch up. We talked about turning 30, wanting to get married, financial stability, bad daters, attachment styles and more. We also got into some hot topics: Saweetie is for the streetsie? Ayeesha Curried her man? Let me chill. We ended off with a survival guide on how to make it in the streets for 30 days with just $100 to your name. Tune in!

Timestamps:

5:05 - navigating your 30s

6:34 - generation of bad daters? 

15:30 - the right way to do a break

16:08 - our attachment styles 

31:10 - Saweetie is an escort?

40:13 - Ayesha Curry airs out dirty laundry 

56:10 - how to survive 30 days in the streets with $100

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Welcome back!! Apologies for skipping the last upload, we’re still working on getting all the right approvals to release the episode so fingers crossed. This week, I’m joined by recording artist @kylewildfern to talk about his new album “What a Life!” that comes out on October 24th. Kyle shares how he got started, travelling to LA, meeting Mk.gee, working with BNYX and so much more.

Timestamps:

5:10 - frosh week at York University started my music career 

6:00 - history of Waycool

8:50 - who do you listen to?

9:48 - getting to LA and meeting artists 

14:40 - getting covered by VICE/Noisey

20:40 - making the new album 

25:00 - making a country song about a BBL

30:34 - do you face writer’s block 

33:53 - working with BNYX

35:10 - favourite song on the new album?

44:20 - Michael Jordan vs. LeBron 

49:09 - getting to open for Duckworth

51:24 - origins of Kyle Wildfern name

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Welcome back!! This week I’m joined by an ROTM newbie! And she’s international! This week I’m joined by @iamcherferguson – a multi hyphenated entrepreneur from Harlem NYC. She shared a bit about her story, her business, how she got started and so much more. We also got into some of her humanitarian work, her thoughts on Toronto, her POV on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef as an American and even some of her inspirations. You know we had to talk about some of the current things like Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska, Melyssa Ford getting fired and so much more. Tune in!

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Timestamps:

4:11 - what is “Hottest Hour” ?

5:55 - History of City College in New York

8:15 - Neek Bucks interview

9:30 - Humanitarian work in Africa

10:30 - The perception of Africa to Americans

15:14 - Growing up in New York

18:35 - thoughts of Toronto

20:47 - American POV of Drake and Kendrick beef

24:23 - Tabitha Brown is an inspiration

25:30 - why are New York women so tough?

27:40 - got pregnant in high school

33:11 - Draya Michelle vs Jalen Green

34:48 - Dating rules

44:20 - Spinning the block

49:10 - Charlie Kirk

52:28 - Losing reliable news sources

55:33 - Is Melyssa Ford fired?

59:20 - Magic city documentary

1:01:20 - Iryna Zarutska

1:02:45 - Gentrification in NYC and Toronto

1:08:40 - Silly Sh*t

1:18:00 - Rap Beef in 2025

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Welcome back! This week I’m joined by friend of the show @biggerdreamzpodcast – which is made up of @mxtthewsxlib and @touraniii. We had some technical difficulties during this episode but we pushed through and it came out great! We covered CNE, chuck e cheese afterhours, rating summer 2025, balancing personal life and pod stuff, worst podcast episode recorded, new tattoo breakdown, potentially interviewing Drake and SOO much more! We also read one of the letters that was sent in (horrible dating stories). We then ended off by rehashing the Drake and Kendrick beef in true Toronto fashion. Tune in!

Timestamps:

3:30 - Matt gives Duke flowers

5:50 - Late night trip to Chuck E Cheese

9:18 - CNE recap

14:22 - How was Summer 2025?

17:00 - Matt had an encounter at apt200

18:13 - Lessons learned in podcasting

28:00 - Worst podcast episode you’ve recorded

34:51 - Balancing personal life and pod stuff

36:25 - Terrible dating story (letter from listener)

50:00 - New tattoo + DR recap

59:00 - Silly Sh*t: Podcaster edition

1:09:00 - Dream podcast guests

1:16:14 - Interviewing Drake

1:18:31 - Who are you listening to?

1:20:39 - I’m not over the Drake and Kendrick beef

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Welcome back! This week, I’m joined by standup comedian Rasha (@thatgirlrasha) to discuss her journey in the comedy world, going viral, working odd jobs, writing material and so much more! We also got into what she prefers not to discuss on stage, dealing with hecklers and how she started working with big brands. Great convo with Rasha, be sure to show her page some love. Also ended the episode off with a Stand Up Comedy edition of Silly Sh*t

Timestamps:

3:20 - not reading her special 

7:00 - crowd work comedians vs. Traditional stand-up comedians

10:50 - what to wear for standup comedy 

14:25 - finding your voice in comedy 

17:00 - relationship with comedy 

22:58 - increased social media presence 

29:55 - working with big brands 

39:00 - the oddest job you’ve had 

42:09 - What you can and can’t discuss on stage

53:10 - becoming more traditional 

55:54 - Silly Sh*t: Stand Up Edition

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Welcome back! On this week’s episode I’m joined by the founder and creator of @humbleandhustlin to discuss how she built her platform, how she came up with the concept of “New Music Fridays”, parting ways with friend, pivoting after the p*ndemic, work/life harmony and much much more! We also did a quick recap of the Tyler the Creator Chromakopia Tour and how I almost fought a man working the counter, debated whether or not bad texters are a real thing and ended the episode with a scarborough edition of Silly Sh*t!

Timestamps:

3:07 - How we met

3:27 - What does Carmela do?

4:07 - How did Humble and Hustlin start?

6:00 - Parting ways with friend

8:00 - Pivoting after 2020

10:13 - How did you start “New Music Fridays”

15:00 - Audré’s single release party

18:00 - Work/life balance

22:20 - Carmela is directing

29:10 - NEW MUSIC (Drake, Burna Boy and more!)

36:50 - Chromakopia Tour review

41:50 - Parents who handled things vs. Parents who didn’t

44:45 - Afraid to help people

46:45 - Bad Texters: Real or Fake?

50:35 - Silly Sh*t: Scarborough Edition

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Welcome back! On this week’s epsidoe im joined by friend of the show @sleeplessintoronto_ to discuss her current relationship with music, weaponizing your emotions, dating norms, chasing versus stalking, date planning etiquette, dealing with sassy men and much much more. We got super real and got into our faith journeys, religion, spiritual battles, generational curses and more fun stuff.

Timestamps:

4:20 - Staasia talks rereleasing old songs

4:39 - Emotional idolatry

8:48 - Current relationship with music

13:30 - New music on the way

15:25 - Dating norms

19:29 - chasing vs stalking

23:00 - Should you pick her up on the first date?

30:50 - what is a sassy man to you?

37:29 - Marc Lamont hill and Melyssa Ford arguing

43:21 - Emotionally unavailable men

49:06 - Dating religious men

1:06:00 - Dealing with bloodline curses

1:21:48 - Silly sh*t

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