Teddy Riley: Stay real. But when one door closes, a bigger door opens.
Jaylah “Doechii” Hickmon: If that happens to be through the internet, then maybe.
Riley: Man, you already know the answer to that.
Hickmon: Like, number one, no I didn’t, and number two, why would you say that?
Riley: Because the one thing you can take with you is your God-given talent.
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Hickmon: You can be a stranger.
Riley: You’re damn right.
Hickmon: Like, please don’t play with me.
Riley: A lot of people would have given up and self-destructed, turned to substances.
Hickmon: The only thing I realized was that I didn’t like working for people.
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Riley: Within two weeks, I was $105,000 out of the hole.
Hickmon: I wouldn’t agree with that perspective.
Riley: A lot of people didn’t. Let me tell you why.
Hickmon: That vulnerability can be super validating.
Riley: It was amazing.