Ashley Allison

But that said, I'm also like a big proponent of that.

Like, I'm not closing the door on nobody.

No.

I do it literally.

right before we came in here it's this dude i connected with just because i like this series he was doing so i um kind of like made a thread about this series it's like some a saying he has that's been going around called elevated awakenings he like we rebranding the grand rising we making it oh oh you know but it's like funny you know i'm saying and like he reached out

And I've known him on TikTok for years.

And he just was like, yo, I'm trying to do a series, but I don't know anything about it.

I was like, bet, I'll link you with my manager.

We'll show you how to make a pitch deck.

We'll show you how to promote.

Like, we'll do everything.

It's nothing.

I don't gain anything by holding people out.

It is.

But it's also weird to me that y'all are gatekeepers.

Unless the person is coming to like completely exploit you.

Y'all open the floodgates up for exploitation.

Listen.

Because it looks lucrative and it looks like a crossover and it looks like mainstream.

And I think... But at what cost?