#49 Ladi6

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Unfiltered with Dave Letele 1h 6m 3 speakers 8 chapters transcribed 4 months ago

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Dave Letele 0:00

Just sat down with a New Zealand musical icon, Lady 6. She spoke about the fear of being cancelled, the fear of speaking up because of what happened to her parents.

Ladi6 0:09

I saw the real impact on my parents when they did fight the man and the man won.

Dave Letele 0:16

We spoke about life.

What challenges does Ladi6 face regarding cancel culture?

Dave Letele 0:18

her parents being youth workers, her amazing cousin Scribe, how that was when Scribe blew up.

Ladi6 0:24

I got to see what it was like to be a big superstar. All the stages that I ever stepped on with Scribe has been like, I couldn't believe it. I was filled with pride for my family.

Dave Letele 0:34

and she spoke about the successes she's had and some of the heights that she's had in her career and some of the lows and how she's managed to get through that to really be a voice.

Ladi6 0:44

I was going on tours as a young 20-something-year-old with a baby and I was being chucked into these environments that probably I just wasn't ready for emotionally.

Dave Letele 0:54

dealing with mental health, dealing with trauma, how she got through that. This is an amazing conversation that must be heard far and wide. Don't forget to like, comment, subscribe. Lady Six, enjoy. Unfiltered is produced by the team at Fanaticals and we are part of the ACAST network. Before we get started I just want to say a massive thank you to all the team at Pacific Business Trust. They're supporting over two and a half thousand Pacific businesses entrepreneurs and leaders just like me. So they have all the support that you need there so for us it was marketing, setting up a website, emails, all these different things that you don't know until you need to know and they can be really challenging times.

How did Ladi6's family background influence her career?

Dave Letele 1:34

It can seem like it's a you're at the bottom of this mountain and you just don't know where to start. And what they can do is help you to get started and they'll walk alongside you the whole way up. So if you're a budding entrepreneur or you want to start a business or you might already have a business and just need some help, go over, check them out, look up Pacific Business Trust and register. Sign up for help. Never be embarrassed to ask for help. You will not regret it. Trust me, I don't. But for now, enjoy the episode. Lady Six, thank you so much for joining me. Yeah, it's an honour. It was funny because we were just talking off thing and you were going, who's this Butterbean guy? Is that like some rap name?

Ladi6 2:17

Yeah, yeah, yeah. A friend of mine actually goes to one of your gyms and she was the one that told me about, she basically was just, we were just having a catch up and she was telling me about what she's up to and that she joined this Butterbean thing. And I was like, Butterbean?

2:32

Yeah.

Ladi6 2:33

Who is that? I only know Mellow Downs.

Dave Letele 2:36

Shout out Mellow Downs.

Ladi6 2:39

Yeah, so yeah, it's really nice to meet you. And then I got to have a look at all your content and stuff and just saw the amazing conversations you're having and the impact you're having on the community. So, yeah, I just was so honoured to have been asked to be here.

Dave Letele 2:52

That's cool, yeah.

Ladi6 2:53

Yeah.

Dave Letele 2:54

Yeah, it's brown butter bean. It's crazy, sis. It's like God's plan for like the universe, whatever you believe in. Like I think like when the whole butter bean thing started off as a gimmick and who would have thought that it would be here now helping so many people, sitting down with you, having a conversation.

Ladi6 3:13

Totally.

Dave Letele 3:14

It's epic.

Ladi6 3:14

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Dave Letele 3:15

What have you been up to?

Ladi6 3:17

What I've been up to, just finished summer touring. I've got one last paper to do before I qualify to become a counsellor.

Unknown 3:26

Awesome.

What experiences shaped Ladi6's understanding of mental health?

Ladi6 3:27

And really that's it. It's just music is my everyday, you know, like the music business and navigating how I'm doing what. That's pretty much my 24-7 has been for the last 20 years. Yeah.

Dave Letele 3:40

How is the music business? How is it to be a musician these days?

Ladi6 3:45

I mean, for me, it's a little bit different because I have this awesome platform that I've built over the years. And I think that there's a real trust from my audience in what it is, that it's authentic and that what they're getting is actually truly me, music-wise and just anything else that I might put out there.