This is one of the realest conversations ever filmed on The Blue Tick Show.In this episode, Mikey sits down with Jem to unpack a story that almost broke him — being isolated in Dubai, facing the real possibility of prison, carrying survivor’s guilt, and losing everything he thought would save him.What starts as a legal nightmare quickly turns into a conversation about faith, resilience, loneliness, money, ego, and God.Jem opens up about: • Being alone in a foreign country with no family support • Fighting for his freedom while burning through hundreds of thousands in legal fees • Why he believes it was only him and God that got him through • Survivor’s guilt after a fatal accident • Returning to the UK mentally broken — and how he rebuilt his life • Why success, money, and image mean nothing without inner peaceThis episode goes deeper than headlines or social media clips.It’s about what happens after the cameras turn off — when you’re left alone with your thoughts.Mikey also reflects honestly on: • Forgetting faith at the top and remembering God at rock bottom • Ego, money, materialism, and the cost of success • Why God breaks you repeatedly until you finally listenThis is not a motivational talk.This is a raw, uncomfortable truth most people will never say publicly.If you’ve ever: • Felt alone despite having people around you • Lost everything and questioned why • Struggled with guilt, faith, or purpose • Wondered why life keeps testing youThis episode will hit different.⸻🎧 Watch until the end — Jem’s message to the youth is one everyone needs to hear.👇 Subscribe to The Blue Tick Show for more raw, unfiltered conversations.👍 Like the video if it made you think💬 Comment your biggest takeaway🔔 Turn notifications on — Part 2 is comingHas your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gbFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

From getting stabbed just weeks before filming, to serving five years in prison for GBH, to building a cult music fanbase after release — this is one of the realest stories ever told on The Blue Tick Show.In this episode, Mikey Melin sits down with Armour, a masked East London rapper who opens up about his full journey — from becoming a dad at 15, to falling into street life, to surviving prison, and rebuilding his life through music.Armour doesn’t hold back.He reveals:• How a single nightclub moment led to a five-year sentence• What really happens inside prison• The underground economy that runs behind bars• Why he hid behind a mask• How he lost years of his daughter’s life• And how he’s now using music to build something legitThis isn’t a scripted interview.This is a raw confession from a man who lived it.If you want to understand how fast life can flip — and what it takes to come back from the darkest places — this episode will stay with you.🎧 About The Blue Tick ShowThe Blue Tick Show is a long-form podcast hosted by Mikey Melin, featuring untold stories from people who’ve lived extreme lives — prison, street culture, trauma, success, failure, and redemption.We don’t do fake motivation.We tell the truth.🎵 Listen to ArmourHas your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gb🎧 Stream Excuse My Mess by Armour👉 Links in the description💬 Join the conversationWhat part of Armour’s story hit you the hardest?Comment below 👇And if you want more real, unfiltered stories, hit Subscribe and turn on notifications.Follow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

What happens when you make £200,000 a week, live the ultimate lifestyle — supercars, yachts, Rolexes, designer clothes — and then lose everything?In this episode of The Blue Tick Show, Mikey sits down with Anthony, who opens up about the brutal truth behind addiction, money, and success.Anthony went from building multi-million-pound businesses to living in the back of a van, battling cocaine addiction, gambling, prison, depression, and eventually losing his son — a moment that changed his life forever.This isn’t a motivational fairy tale.This is a raw, uncensored conversation about:The dark side of moneyThe lies we’re sold about successAddiction nobody sees comingPrison, suicide, and redemptionAnd what actually saved his lifeIf you think money fixes everything — watch this first.🎙️ ABOUT THE BLUE TICK SHOWThe Blue Tick Show brings you real stories from real people — no filters, no fake motivation, no Instagram lies.If you care about:Real conversationsUntold storiesTruth over hypeLessons you won’t hear anywhere elseYou’re in the right place.📲 FOLLOW & CONNECT👉 Subscribe for weekly episodes👉 Like & comment if this story hit you👉 Links to Anthony’s coaching & socials are in the descriptionHas your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gbFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

He went from sleeping on London buses at 14… to getting kidnapped at 15, jumping in stolen cars, living in bandos, running lines, getting raided, carrying samurai swords, surviving county lines violence, and serving over five years in prison across multiple sentences……and somehow flipped all of that into becoming a respected chef, restaurant leader, Dubai project head, and now the proud founder of his own premium burger brand, Bundle.This is not a “gang story.”This is not glorification.This is a real conversation about pain, survival, trauma, bad choices, harsh consequences, and redemption.On this episode of The Blue Tick Show, Sina opens up like never before. From strict upbringing, no stability at home, violence in the streets, losing structure, dealing with fear, ego, bad influences and wrong decisions… to eventually finding discipline, purpose and a future inside a prison kitchen program that completely changed his mindset and life direction.You’ll hear the raw truth about London street life, what really happens when you think it’s “just money and vibes,” how fast life can turn, how fear and pride trap young men, and how one opportunity can completely restructure your whole future if you humble yourself and take it.And then comes the biggest plot twist…From prison to peeling onions in a bakery, grafting unpaid just to stay out of trouble, to working in restaurants, earning trust, becoming team leader, helping launch a £7M+ Battersea restaurant, flying to Dubai to open another huge site… and now launching his OWN burger brand, rooted in culture, community, love and second chances.This episode is emotional.It’s inspiring.It’s important.And it’s exactly the type of story the younger generation needs to hear.⸻🔥 What this podcast covers:• London streets, gang life & reality vs perception• Homelessness, sleeping on buses & survival• Kidnapping, fear, danger & life-changing moments• Police chases, crashes, raids & jail life• Mental battles, loneliness & trauma• Prison growth, rehab, mentors & learning discipline• Discovering passion for cooking & hospitality• Working in major restaurants & leadership journeys• Opening a site in Dubai• Building BUNDLE – a premium burger brand born from the culture• Advice to young people on the roads today⸻🎯 Who should watch this:• Young people currently involved in street life• Anyone who thinks “there’s no way out”• People who’ve been to prison and want a second chance• Parents who want to understand what their kids face• Entrepreneurs, grinders, dreamers and hustlers• Anyone who loves powerful, real-life transformation stories⸻💬 Drop a comment if:• This story motivated you• You’re going through something similar• You believe stories like this NEED to be heard• You respect Sina for turning his life around⸻If this episode inspired you, like the video, drop a comment, and subscribe so YouTube pushes this to more people who need it.🔔 Subscribe to The Blue Tick Show for REAL stories, REAL people, and REAL conversations.📲 Follow Sina & support Bundle – bringing premium burgers to the culture.Has your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gbFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

An 11-year sentence, a failed Rolex heist, a child refugee running from political persecution, and a man who honestly admits:“That one decision still haunts me to this day.”In this powerful episode of The Blue Tick Show, Mikey sits down with Vic – a former armed robber who went from Cameroon to a South London council estate, got dragged into crime by the pursuit of money, and ended up serving over a decade behind bars for armed robbery and joint enterprise.Vic breaks down, in brutal detail, how you go from selling weed for a winter jacket…to robbing a Rolex jewellery store in Bournemouth,to high-speed motorway chases, helicopters above, and finally walking into prison thinking: “I knew I was going to end up here.”Inside jail, he experiences:Young Offenders chaosThe reality of a dispersal prison (“one stop from hell”) surrounded by lifersYears in solitary confinement, paranoia and survivalThe moment his mindset finally flips from ego to growth, fuelled by books like The Power of Now and deep self-reflectionNow, Vic is:A musician (project: “A Thousand Burpees”)An actor with a BAFTA-winning production on his CVA mentor and course creator teaching “transferable skills and comfort blankets” to help young people turn street skills into business skillsBuilding a label (Glory Days Records) and planning a new life in the Middle East to secure legacy for his kidsThis is more than a prison story. It’s about:Growing up as a refugee kid with no parents aroundTrauma-bonding on the estate and calling it “brotherhood”The spiritual signs he ignored on the day of the Rolex robberyHow crime is like a “university of criminology” and why prison doesn’t rehabilitateTurning robbery planning skills into entrepreneurship, structure and disciplineIf you’re young, on the roads, lost, or just obsessed with real, raw transformation stories, this episode will hit hard.🔔 WATCH NEXT / SUPPORTSubscribe to The Blue Tick Show for more real-life transformation storiesDrop a comment if this episode hit you or made you rethink the street lifeShare this with someone who’s on the edge of going down the wrong pathHas your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gbFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

In Part 2 of The Blue Tick Show, Mikey sits down again with Alfie Best Jr — entrepreneur, property investor, and son of billionaire Alfie Best Sr — for one of the most honest and revealing conversations yet.Alfie opens up about his £12 million net worth, how his wealth has grown over the last few years, and the pressure of building his own name while carrying one of the most powerful surnames in British business. Despite being the son of a billionaire, Alfie reveals the strict code his father lives by — no financial handouts, no shortcuts, only advice and connections.In this episode, Alfie breaks down: • How he lost £300,000–£400,000 during the luxury watch market collapse • Why he walked away from the high-life, partying, cars and excess • The real truth behind the phrase “your network is your net worth” • How his private WhatsApp networking group connects high-value entrepreneurs • Why persistence beats motivation every time in business • How property, mobile home parks, and Airbnb form the foundation of his wealth • The importance of credit scores, cash flow, and long-term thinkingAlfie also speaks openly about his reversion to Islam, sharing the moment that changed his life, how faith brought discipline and clarity, and why his decision shocked so many people. He explains how Islam helped him step away from alcohol, chaos, and distractions — and focus on purpose, responsibility, and accountability.This episode goes deeper than money. It’s about identity, pressure, legacy, faith, and discipline — and what it really takes to build something of your own when the world assumes everything was handed to you.Whether you’re interested in entrepreneurship, property investing, mindset, faith, or high-level networking, this episode delivers real insight with zero filters.👇 Watch until the end for Alfie’s advice to the younger generation on building wealth, staying focused, and avoiding costly mistakes.⸻🎧 GUESTAlfie Best JrProperty Investor | Entrepreneur | Founder of Alfie Best Jr NetworkHas your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gbFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

Sticky sits down on The Blue Tick Show to reveal the full untold story behind his acid attack, his one eye, surviving a bullet aimed at his face, and his journey through armed robbery, drug dealing, and seven prison sentences.From growing up in East London to running the streets with full-blown chaos around him, Sticky opens up about the moments that nearly killed him — and the moment he realised it wasn’t worth it anymore.This is one of the most raw, shocking, and emotional interviews we’ve ever done.If you’re into true crime stories, UK street culture, prison interviews, redemption arcs, or real-life gangster stories, this episode is for you.⸻🎧 FULL EPISODE TOPICS: • Acid attack that left him blind in one eye • The bullet that nearly went through his face • Armed robberies, bookies, and train stick-ups • Growing up around violence in East London • Seven trips to prison • The ego, the hype, and the downfall • How he finally changed his life • Advice for young people caught in the streets⸻🔔 SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE:We interview the UK’s most interesting people — criminals, fighters, musicians, business owners, spiritual thinkers, and people with stories you won’t hear anywhere else.⸻📌 FOLLOW THE BLUE TICK SHOW:Instagram: @TheBlueTickShowTikTok: @TheBlueTickShowHost: @MikeyMelinFollow the guest https://youtube.com/@Stickywivit?si=gRUoun7PD0PdyrJWHas your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gbFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

In this explosive episode of The Blue Tick Show, Mikey sits down with Woody — a man who survived alcoholism, cocaine addiction, fractured skulls, motorway fights with police, psych wards, suicidal moments, and a lifetime of trauma that should have killed him.For 22 years, Woody has been on the road to recovery. But before that?He was smashing up bus stops at 15, drink-driving weekly, biting a police officer’s ear on the motorway, waking up in psychiatric hospitals, nearly jumping off a 6th-floor balcony at the World Cup, and living a double-life built on ego, chaos, money, women, and self-destruction.This episode dives deep into:🔥 His alcoholic father and sedated, emotionally absent mother🔥 How childhood trauma created a lifetime addiction🔥 The night he fractured his entire skull and nearly died🔥 Cocaine, ego and the insane nightlife spiral🔥 Surviving suicide attempts & psychiatric wards🔥 Emotional maturity, recovery, and rebuilding your life🔥 The brutal truth about fake friends, ego and masculinity🔥 The moment he almost relapsed after 15 years soberIf you’re struggling with addiction, childhood trauma, low self-esteem, mental health, or you simply want to understand what drives a man to the edge — this conversation will change the way you see life.👊 LIKE the video if you want Part 2👊 COMMENT “PART 2” if you want the darker stories released👊 SUBSCRIBE for weekly real, raw, unfiltered conversationshttps://youtube.com/@WoodyUnscripted?si=ulBoDx-ro3ULRBAhFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

In this powerful sit-down, Mikey speaks with Cash (formerly Cashtastic) — the artist whose life story is one of the most unbelievable journeys ever told on a UK podcast.From growing up between war-zone lanes in Kingston, to surviving bullying in Peckham & Lewisham, to navigating the streets without joining gangs, Cash built his name from nothing.But behind the music, the tours, and the Universal deal… was a reality nobody ever knew.For the first time, Cash breaks down:🔥 The trauma of losing friends and family🔥 Living between Jamaica and London🔥 Survivor’s guilt and the pressure to save everyone🔥 Why “pressure is a privilege” became his life mantra🔥 How he rebuilt his entire career with strategy, patience, and hunger🔥 His silent return to the UK after 5 years away🔥 The truth about his new EP and his 10-year planThis is not just a music interview.This is a story of pain, pressure, growth… and one of the most strategic comebacks the UK scene has ever seen.Want to move to dubai ? https://www.cranbrooklegal.com/Follow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cKick:https://kick.com/itsmikeymelinFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin

This is one of the most shocking, emotional, and brutally honest conversations we’ve ever had on The Blue Tick Show.In this episode, Montie opens up about the night he lost control — a split-second moment of violence that left another man permanently blinded.For the first time ever, he breaks down:🔥 What actually happened that night🔥 The punch that changed two lives forever🔥 The courtroom, the charges, and the consequences🔥 How childhood abuse, fear, and anger led him to that moment🔥 What prison taught him about himself🔥 His journey to redemption and rebuilding his lifeIf you’ve been through violence, trauma, or the streets, this episode will hit differently.This isn’t a glorification — this is the raw truth, the real consequences, and the reality nobody talks about.Want to move to dubai ? https://www.cranbrooklegal.com/Follow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin