2-Year Anniversary "Listener's Choice": Help Is On The Way w/ Kountry Wayne
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What insights does Kountry Wayne share about his journey?
Hey, Kips fam, it's Krista Renee Hazlitt, and this is a throwback you don't wanna miss. Country Wayne joined me on Keep It Positive, sweetie, and gave us more than laughs. He gave us game. From his hustle and comedy to his faith in God and building an empire from the ground up, Wayne reminded us that consistency, vision, and staying true to yourself really pay off. This episode hit hard for dreamers and doers alike. Let's get into it. and welcome to this episode of Keep It Positive, sweetie. Today I have Mr. Jesus Isbob and himself. Yeah. Country Wayne. Hi. Dwayne Colley. What do you want to be addressed as? Dwayne? People call me Wayne. People just be like Wayne. Wayne. Okay, so Wayne. We got Wayne in the house.
For sure. Better known as Country Wayne. You have a new book out called Help Us On The Way. Yes. Which is what we titled this episode. Okay, that's what's up. I think about Help Us On The Way. The first thing that comes to mind is that church song.
Hold on, health is on the way. Yeah, I can't sing, but yeah.
Yeah, definitely.
Hold on.
Whitney Houston sang it on Preacher's Wife. Sure did. Yeah, I love her version. So good, so good. Let me just tell people a little bit about you in case you don't know. Countryman, you are a comedian, a social media personality who was formerly a rapper. I didn't even know that. Yeah, yeah, I just spit, but it ain't working. It didn't work? Nah. Okay. You're known for your comedy content, which is how I was introduced to you on Instagram. But you had a video that went viral in 2014 on Facebook. Is that when everything just kind of went? Yeah, that's when it... The video took off, but... I didn't take off, but I took off with it. Like, I kept working. You saw something. Yeah, yeah. You're like, I'm on to something here.
Yeah, I already knew, for sure. That's good. Okay. You made funny short videos about life's inconvenient and unfortunate moments. And then since 2015, you've been doing stand-up comedy, which has really taken off. I've noticed that you're on the road all the time now. And you've appeared in films such as Brazilian Wavy, The Turnaround, Holiday... Heartbreak, and then most recently, the movie we did together, Praise This. Praise This, yeah. Yes, yes. Some of them other movies you named, I don't even know what they... You don't know them?
Did you do these?
One of them, I didn't really do that.
Which one? Let's turn it.
No, no. It was something. You know how it be. You know how it be when you first start. I ain't going to knock people's movies. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I got you. I didn't do that.
Don't watch it.
That's what we're doing this evening. We're going to find these movies and watch them.
I'll let you know how it goes. Okay, so I remember I met you on the set of Praise This. You were the DJ. You had some really funny moments in that. Super funny. And you were very quiet on set. Yeah, I'm a quiet person for real. I'm a great listener. Mm, got you. Okay, so you, I guess you are extroverted when it comes to work. Yeah. But like Wayne in real life is just kind of chill. I'm chill. I'm real chill because that's how I soak up my content. Okay. I listen to people. So I'm a great listener. And in order to be a great talker, you got to be a great listener. So I just like to listen. I love that. That's good. So tell me a little bit about you. I know you grew up in a small town in Georgia where at a young age you were exposed to criminal activity. Let's get into it. I want to know a little bit more. Yeah, man.
People want to know. Well, hey, it's in the book. I was a dope boy. So, you know, I was a dope boy at the time. My daddy was a dope boy. My uncle was a dope boy. So, you know, I hustled. As soon as I graduated high school in 2006, I started hustling immediately. I got caught. I got 10 years probation. And then I tried to go work a nine to five, but child support was kicking in. So I had, it wasn't enough. Wait a minute, how many kids did you have by then? By then, I was 22 with seven kids. Wayne. Yo. What? Now why everybody be thinking now, they don't know. I ain't been really.
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