Rudy Rush

So I'm brand new to it, but I'm very well versed in it.

And when you accepted me into yours, I was just like, yo, I appreciate that.

No, totally.

And I've had some of those in my life.

You know, so so when I asked you that question, it was one of, of course, being humble.

But I also was taking accountability for the times that I thought I was being mentored.

The times I thought I was being protected, the times that I thought that someone had my best interest or the interest of people in general.

And it wasn't like that.

Like you said, they were taking advantage and they had a position where they were definitely telling me a lot of good things.

I've gotten a lot of good out of the relationship.

But it hurt me ultimately because they didn't have my best interest.

They had their pockets and their intent and their family goals ahead of and using me as the facilitator.

So, you know, even when these young guys call me OG or unk and this and that or people like yourself, you know, you're younger than me.

And I see you as a mentor because I feel like the maturity and the things that I saw, I was like, you know what?

I can learn a lot and I can bring something.

See, mentorship is something that, you know what I'm saying?

I said, Mick and I, there's a whole bunch of stuff that he probably knows, but there's also things he does not know about me that we can collaborate and I'll take his lead and we'll do something fantastic.

You know what I mean?

And so, you know, I like the whole idea.

The mentorship meant something totally to me at 50 than it did at 25.