Anderson .Paak
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He could play.
He has a band.
So we started getting festival offers to play at festivals and stuff.
And so...
you know, money, the rates started getting better.
And then we got on a show called NPR Tiny Desk.
That was... And that really opened it up.
People started seeing, wow.
And I didn't know that like playing drums and being the front man was going to be a big thing.
And it was really that, that kind of like opened everyone's eyes.
And man, then we started getting booked for all kinds of gigs.
And then our shows were starting to get lying around the corner.
And
Well, I went before that I was going to be with anybody who could help pay my rent.
I would sign anything.
And I got out of the manager who made me change my name.
He is like, hey, I don't know what to do now.
You're off.
But if you ever do make it, you owe me this much.
And so I learned a little bit like, oh, nothing to this stuff is free.