Michelle Williams

It was just very particular as a kid. And I just didn't understand what I didn't understand. And I didn't have anyone to explain it to me because I came from Virginia, you know, it wasn't like a blossoming music industry there. It wasn't known for that. It was only that when Teddy moved there and brought his studio and like his whole entire business outfit there. That's

It was just very particular as a kid. And I just didn't understand what I didn't understand. And I didn't have anyone to explain it to me because I came from Virginia, you know, it wasn't like a blossoming music industry there. It wasn't known for that. It was only that when Teddy moved there and brought his studio and like his whole entire business outfit there. That's

And that's how we got into the music industry. But other than that, it would have never happened. So there was no one to really show us the ropes. It's not like being here at L.A.

And that's how we got into the music industry. But other than that, it would have never happened. So there was no one to really show us the ropes. It's not like being here at L.A.

And that's how we got into the music industry. But other than that, it would have never happened. So there was no one to really show us the ropes. It's not like being here at L.A.

It was public housing. We lived on a federal subsidy. So, you know, government cheese and, you know, all those essentials, government addition, like, you know, that was the vibe.

It was public housing. We lived on a federal subsidy. So, you know, government cheese and, you know, all those essentials, government addition, like, you know, that was the vibe.

It was public housing. We lived on a federal subsidy. So, you know, government cheese and, you know, all those essentials, government addition, like, you know, that was the vibe.

When you live in those neighborhoods, you're really living next door and right on top of each other. The units are not that big, so a lot of the people, the tenants, spend a lot of their time outside. And so you're in a community that is closely packed. The units are facing each other. So almost all the structures of the neighborhood are forming courts, courtyards.

When you live in those neighborhoods, you're really living next door and right on top of each other. The units are not that big, so a lot of the people, the tenants, spend a lot of their time outside. And so you're in a community that is closely packed. The units are facing each other. So almost all the structures of the neighborhood are forming courts, courtyards.

When you live in those neighborhoods, you're really living next door and right on top of each other. The units are not that big, so a lot of the people, the tenants, spend a lot of their time outside. And so you're in a community that is closely packed. The units are facing each other. So almost all the structures of the neighborhood are forming courts, courtyards.

You are facing each other, oftentimes maybe even pitted against each other. And usually, if you're lucky, there's two ways in and out of the neighborhood, but most of the time there's only one way in, one way out. And it produces this type of person. Outside looking in, people were afraid to go in there. Inside looking out, it was very magical because everybody was so close in proximity.

You are facing each other, oftentimes maybe even pitted against each other. And usually, if you're lucky, there's two ways in and out of the neighborhood, but most of the time there's only one way in, one way out. And it produces this type of person. Outside looking in, people were afraid to go in there. Inside looking out, it was very magical because everybody was so close in proximity.

You are facing each other, oftentimes maybe even pitted against each other. And usually, if you're lucky, there's two ways in and out of the neighborhood, but most of the time there's only one way in, one way out. And it produces this type of person. Outside looking in, people were afraid to go in there. Inside looking out, it was very magical because everybody was so close in proximity.

It produced, you know, you talk about like carbon, right, black. You know, that heat, that pressure, that time produced a lot of diamonds. There were a lot of athletes that were incredibly gifted, a lot of artists that were incredibly gifted.

It produced, you know, you talk about like carbon, right, black. You know, that heat, that pressure, that time produced a lot of diamonds. There were a lot of athletes that were incredibly gifted, a lot of artists that were incredibly gifted.

It produced, you know, you talk about like carbon, right, black. You know, that heat, that pressure, that time produced a lot of diamonds. There were a lot of athletes that were incredibly gifted, a lot of artists that were incredibly gifted.

Now, the odds are pretty much stacked against you because your teachers need to see what you have in you and in terms of your propensity and not all of the education didn't always meet us in the intersection of where we were, how we process information to like thinking about what we were going to do in our five and 10 year and 15 year trajectory. They weren't having those kinds of conversations.

Now, the odds are pretty much stacked against you because your teachers need to see what you have in you and in terms of your propensity and not all of the education didn't always meet us in the intersection of where we were, how we process information to like thinking about what we were going to do in our five and 10 year and 15 year trajectory. They weren't having those kinds of conversations.

Now, the odds are pretty much stacked against you because your teachers need to see what you have in you and in terms of your propensity and not all of the education didn't always meet us in the intersection of where we were, how we process information to like thinking about what we were going to do in our five and 10 year and 15 year trajectory. They weren't having those kinds of conversations.