Jelly Roll

Why was it called the 10-Minute Freestyle? And it's because at the time, YouTube wouldn't let you upload a video longer than 10 minutes. That was the YouTube ban, which was 10-minute, 21-second videos. And at the time, they called it viral because it got like 40,000 views. This is baby YouTube infancy. So I was like, this is it.

That's it. That's powerful. It was easier when people knew you. Like in y'all's world, maybe like school theater. It's like, yeah, of course, you know, but like when you had to go do it at another high school, it's like, whoa, I might be onto something. I'm not a big hit here.

That's it. That's powerful. It was easier when people knew you. Like in y'all's world, maybe like school theater. It's like, yeah, of course, you know, but like when you had to go do it at another high school, it's like, whoa, I might be onto something. I'm not a big hit here.

That's it. That's powerful. It was easier when people knew you. Like in y'all's world, maybe like school theater. It's like, yeah, of course, you know, but like when you had to go do it at another high school, it's like, whoa, I might be onto something. I'm not a big hit here.

Man, I'll tell you how lucky I got, and I think y'all got lucky like this too, is that nobody's seen what was happening until it kind of happened. So by the time the labels were calling, I was making seven figures a year off my YouTube. Oh, wow. You know what I mean? So by the time they call, it's just like, then they call like, hey, we'll give you a million dollars. I was like, I made that.

Man, I'll tell you how lucky I got, and I think y'all got lucky like this too, is that nobody's seen what was happening until it kind of happened. So by the time the labels were calling, I was making seven figures a year off my YouTube. Oh, wow. You know what I mean? So by the time they call, it's just like, then they call like, hey, we'll give you a million dollars. I was like, I made that.

Man, I'll tell you how lucky I got, and I think y'all got lucky like this too, is that nobody's seen what was happening until it kind of happened. So by the time the labels were calling, I was making seven figures a year off my YouTube. Oh, wow. You know what I mean? So by the time they call, it's just like, then they call like, hey, we'll give you a million dollars. I was like, I made that.

What are you talking about? You know what I mean? I was like, crazy. I was like, y'all got to come. So the first call to answer your question directly came in like 2018. We didn't negotiate a deal until 2021. Wow. Because they kept coming. I was like, I don't think y'all see the metrics, but y'all aren't. When I finally signed my record deal,

What are you talking about? You know what I mean? I was like, crazy. I was like, y'all got to come. So the first call to answer your question directly came in like 2018. We didn't negotiate a deal until 2021. Wow. Because they kept coming. I was like, I don't think y'all see the metrics, but y'all aren't. When I finally signed my record deal,

What are you talking about? You know what I mean? I was like, crazy. I was like, y'all got to come. So the first call to answer your question directly came in like 2018. We didn't negotiate a deal until 2021. Wow. Because they kept coming. I was like, I don't think y'all see the metrics, but y'all aren't. When I finally signed my record deal,

I love talking about inside baseball, how the sausage invades my face. I know, it's so good. Yeah, we do too. We do too. I love it. When I finally signed my record deal, I had already had, you know, 3 million or 2.5 million YouTube subscribers, a billion views on my YouTube channel. Amazing. I'd already had a couple of gold records independently.

I love talking about inside baseball, how the sausage invades my face. I know, it's so good. Yeah, we do too. We do too. I love it. When I finally signed my record deal, I had already had, you know, 3 million or 2.5 million YouTube subscribers, a billion views on my YouTube channel. Amazing. I'd already had a couple of gold records independently.

I love talking about inside baseball, how the sausage invades my face. I know, it's so good. Yeah, we do too. We do too. I love it. When I finally signed my record deal, I had already had, you know, 3 million or 2.5 million YouTube subscribers, a billion views on my YouTube channel. Amazing. I'd already had a couple of gold records independently.

I was selling two to 4,000 tickets everywhere in the Midwest and Southeast, everywhere in the Bible Belt or the Rust Belt. If it ended with belt, we were killing there. You know what I mean? So it's like, you know, once we got left of Colorado, we, you know what I'm saying? But we knew we were going to go way out here eventually. Left of Colorado. Yeah.

I was selling two to 4,000 tickets everywhere in the Midwest and Southeast, everywhere in the Bible Belt or the Rust Belt. If it ended with belt, we were killing there. You know what I mean? So it's like, you know, once we got left of Colorado, we, you know what I'm saying? But we knew we were going to go way out here eventually. Left of Colorado. Yeah.

I was selling two to 4,000 tickets everywhere in the Midwest and Southeast, everywhere in the Bible Belt or the Rust Belt. If it ended with belt, we were killing there. You know what I mean? So it's like, you know, once we got left of Colorado, we, you know what I'm saying? But we knew we were going to go way out here eventually. Left of Colorado. Yeah.

So by the time they started sniffing around, I was like, look, here's kind of where we are. And I got the deal I dreamed of.

So by the time they started sniffing around, I was like, look, here's kind of where we are. And I got the deal I dreamed of.

So by the time they started sniffing around, I was like, look, here's kind of where we are. And I got the deal I dreamed of.

Yeah, exactly.