From Cell to Stage: Jay Masada's Journey to Live Performance

Devonte's Paradise

Recounting Jay Masada’s raw, unfiltered journey from incarceration to commanding the stage, we’re capturing the transformative power of performance. This concept dives deep into how the grit and struggle of his past fuel the authenticity and energetic delivery of his live rap and hip-hop sets, celebrating the defiant spirit of an artist reborn through music.

Transcript

00:00It tastes like paper.

00:02You go to that jail shit.

00:04Yeah, that shit was not it.

00:06Oh, beautiful.

00:08Don't you eat an orange in this motherfucker and drink the milk, nigga.

00:10As soon as you be in the bullpen, you be like,

00:12oh, hell no. As soon as you see a motherfucker

00:14drink the orange, I mean, eat the orange

00:16and drink the milk.

00:18Oh, yeah, he's knowing it, man.

00:20I saw, I saw.

00:22He about to fuck up the whole little space, bro.

00:2430 of us in the spotlight.

00:26I saw it right there and shit.

00:28When I was locked up out here,

00:30I sound like a fucking criminal, but

00:32I was out here locked up and some, like, they gave us

00:34the fucking corn flakes

00:36and then they gave us a piece of cheese and the bread

00:38and shit. Yeah. A dude put the cheese

00:40and his corn flakes in the middle. I was like, why are you

00:42eating it like that? I was like, it's dairy

00:44but this shit is nasty. Hey, you gonna be

00:46some nasty motherfuckers. I was gonna say, you gonna see some

00:48crazy motherfucking shit. Ironically, I see a lot of those

00:50people I was locked up with on the street. I bet.

00:52Just roaming around like, damn. One nigga came out to me

00:54like two, three weeks ago, bro.

00:56He said he remembered me.

00:58I don't remember it, bro.

01:00He remembered me. That's all my shit.

01:02What up, bro?

01:04You know how to see it. Yeah.

01:06Look, you go into that jail system.

01:08I already know, but you know what I mean?

01:10I'm saying it's mine too, bro.

01:12People remember sometimes, you know what I mean?

01:14You go out to the yard, don't know, bro.

01:16I don't know, bro.

01:18Hoop Jail Team. Hoop Jail Team.

01:20I go crazy.

01:22I'm starting this world, look it.

01:24Yo, yo, yo.

01:26Hey, what's going on everybody?

01:28It's your boy, Will.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended