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Rakai (2xRaKai) joins GQ to reveal his 10 Essentials. The streamer and content creator breaks down his daily essentials: from his dictionary (“fries gang, know what I’m saying?”) to his Mom (“school comes first, streaming second”).
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00:00What's up GQ?
00:01I'm Rakai and this is 10 things I can't live without.
00:10The dictionary, you know what I'm saying?
00:12Yes, I am very smart, you know what I'm saying?
00:14I do, I do, I do read the dictionary.
00:16These are glasses I use.
00:18For importance of learning new words and stuff like that.
00:21So I like to go on random pages,
00:22trying to find new words, you know,
00:24start new lingo and stuff like that.
00:26So that's what I like to do all the time.
00:28For example, page 256, I found the word fries,
00:32which means like, just put the fries in a bag,
00:34you know what I'm saying?
00:35Just mid, just someone say something dumb,
00:37just fries, gang, you know what I'm saying?
00:39And that's why I like the book, the dictionary,
00:41because you find new words and stuff like that.
00:42Yeah, with the glasses, it's just like,
00:44it just makes me, I don't know,
00:45it makes me feel more classy in the mirror,
00:47like more just mindful, you know what I'm saying?
00:49Just like reading a book and stuff like that,
00:51so that's really it.
00:54My places is really important to me, honestly.
00:56Personally, I just need my phone wherever I go,
00:59because it's just everything, like Instagram, TikTok,
01:02all that on here, you know what I'm saying?
01:04Like everything's on my phone and I just need it.
01:06You know what I'm saying?
01:07My favorite app I probably use is TikTok.
01:10I feel like TikTok is like everything, man.
01:12You know what I'm saying?
01:13That's where clips are farmed and stuff like that.
01:15So I feel like the phone is very important.
01:17And I use a phone app too, obviously.
01:19I do listen to music, I'm a kid about listening to music.
01:22And one of my favorite songs ever is 24 songs
01:24by Playboi Carti.
01:26One day, I'm just scrolling around TikTok,
01:28I've seen an edit, and I like how it sounds.
01:30It made me like motivated, kind of.
01:32I was like, damn me, I'm gonna use this for my outro,
01:34and stuff like that, so.
01:35I love that song so much.
01:38My next essential is tuna fish from Subway.
01:44The reason why I love tuna fish is
01:45because when I was a kid,
01:46I'm always an old man tuna fish sandwich,
01:48and I just, I don't know if it's just me,
01:50it's like easy, quick meal to eat for me,
01:51and take a bite, eat the chips, drink the Pepsi,
01:55and drink the pepper, this is a miracle.
01:57Awesome, you know what I'm saying?
01:58It is perfect, you know what I'm saying?
02:00Just like this, a nice little bite like this.
02:03You open the bag, open the Pepsi,
02:07you got as good as you're doing for the in there.
02:17Hey.
02:20I am very just germaphobic.
02:22Like, I don't, like, you feel me?
02:24Every time I wake up, I think my breast thing,
02:26I just can't do it, you know what I'm saying?
02:27So that's why I bring this everywhere I go.
02:29Especially after I eat, and now that I have braces,
02:32I have to, this is a for sure go on the list.
02:35So even if I'm going to Walmart,
02:36I gotta bring my toothbrush.
02:37I'm going to McDonald's, you know what I'm saying?
02:40I gotta bring a toothbrush, you know what I'm saying?
02:41It's mandatory in my opinion.
02:44But I'm gonna probably show you how to brush your teeth, okay?
02:47Get the toothpaste, get the ding, got the glob, just like that.
02:51And if you don't brush, and then your gums don't bleed,
02:53it means you're not brushing enough, you know what I'm saying?
02:57Just like this.
03:00Mm-hmm.
03:01Fry the gum.
03:04Like this.
03:06Then I get the mouthwash, you know what I'm saying?
03:11And then, start the day with a piece of gum, you know what I'm saying?
03:14And that's how my breath is always feeling good, and I'll probably be on the internet
03:17saying, oh my God, my breath stinks.
03:19It's all cliff-farm, you know what I'm saying?
03:22It's all cliff-farm, you know what I'm saying?
03:23None of that is true.
03:24I don't want to get it.
03:26My next essential is my fragrances.
03:30You know what I'm saying?
03:30This is very important to me, because I'm a pretty boy.
03:32I look mad good for me.
03:33I can't just be looking good and no smell, feel me?
03:36My favorite one is Valentino.
03:38It's just like, you know what I'm saying?
03:39I found this baby just going through my friends, you know, bathroom,
03:44see what a clone they got, like Duke, Kai, Phantom, stuff like that, taking pictures.
03:49And I use this usually on a date night, you know what I'm saying?
03:51Date night vibe, or when I step outside.
03:54Like, this really gives you the aura, you know what I'm saying?
04:00It smells just like roses, but men at the same time, you know what I'm saying?
04:04It's a mixture of roses, men.
04:06But I don't really squirt my cologne two times.
04:09I squirt like at least 10 times like a bad bitch, you know what I'm saying?
04:12And I'm saying, I'm going to show it like this.
04:13Look, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, you know what I'm saying?
04:17You got to keep going.
04:19And that's how you probably think, oh my God, the girls will smell good.
04:22We got to do the same thing, you know what I'm saying?
04:23But yeah, it smells so good and just sweet, basically.
04:26This one right here, Versace, this is more churchy, churchy, you know what I'm saying?
04:32This right here, Versace, a little toilet, very like, just very fresh.
04:38You know what I'm saying?
04:39Very fresh, typical vibe, you know what I'm saying?
04:41That gives me.
04:44And then my next essential is fireworks.
04:48Now, I didn't bring no fireworks.
04:50We do need this, you know what I'm saying?
04:52Fire is my point of essential because it's just like, I just love this.
04:54I just love explosion.
04:55I love the sound, destruction.
04:58I just love everything.
04:59Like, I just, it's just, it's a feeling that I don't know.
05:02I don't know how to really explain it.
05:03But like, if you know, you know, if you know, you know, you know, you know what I'm saying?
05:05I blew up Kyroom, Duke Room, Phantom Room, basically the whole A&P year, you know what I'm saying?
05:11So everybody learning a lesson, I blew up Clover, I blew up Ray Room, all that, you know what I'm
05:15saying?
05:16And that's, that's, that's what I do.
05:17Another thing that I, that I think you need to bring, like, with this type of thing is like, ski
05:22mask.
05:22You cannot go wrong with the ski mask at all to cover your face and stuff like that.
05:27As a matter of fact, another thing too, the handy dandy helmet, bro.
05:31Safety is always first, so you need to keep this on your head for all times.
05:36This is the most famous helmet I use, you know what I'm saying, when I'm ever using fireworks.
05:39It keeps me safe and it keeps me in the mode, you know what I'm saying, for my nice, beautiful
05:42head.
05:45The costume is very important to my essentials because, you know what I'm saying, I'm young, you know what I'm
05:49saying?
05:50So some parties I can't go to, so, you know what I'm saying, I had to dress into disguise to
05:54get what I want.
05:55And that's why this has got to be one of my 10 essentials.
05:57Now, I want to say it always works, but it's a try that counts, you know what I'm saying?
06:01And one of my favorite costumes I did was the granny.
06:03And that's why I just got this right here.
06:06Keeping that lonely party is like, Duke Kai, you know what I'm saying?
06:09They just hate, you know what I'm saying, just hate on a young kid.
06:13Like, why not let me just go to the pool party, it's a pool party.
06:15I don't understand, they're old, Duke old.
06:17All right, look, look, I'll even show you the difference, like, look.
06:19Look at me now, look at me, look at me now.
06:24It's like a whole new person.
06:27Whole time is me, you know what I'm saying?
06:29So that's why I was like, I like it, you know what I'm saying?
06:31I mean, nice bob and stuff like that, so, shit.
06:34I feel like this is a good essential, and that's what I need in my life.
06:39My Clover chain.
06:40Clover's at the boys.
06:41Back home, I love the Clover, but it means so much to me, you know what I'm saying?
06:44My friend, KC3, got this for us, and I just feel like this is one of my essentials I need
06:48down my neck.
06:48And she, everybody, let them go see this.
06:50The stream members of Clover are Talil, Dez, Punga, Ray, Tota, and Reggie.
06:59Fire group.
07:00Actually, hold on.
07:01Satellite!
07:04How you doin' bruh, see you more?
07:08Peace me, peace me, peace me.
07:09Peace me, peace me.
07:10Feel me, feel me.
07:11Scoot over or something, bro.
07:13My bad.
07:13My bad.
07:14Peace and peace.
07:14Welcome to the, welcome to the, feel me?
07:16Welcome to the what?
07:17What is this?
07:18The interview that Tess sent you, you know what I'm saying?
07:20Tess sent you, you know what I'm saying?
07:21Clover, tell us all right.
07:22Wait a minute.
07:24What?
07:24Is it your chain, bro?
07:26Who piece that is?
07:27Let me see the name on the back.
07:28I think, I think it's, I think it's something.
07:31Nah, cause that chain looks very familiar.
07:34It's like, I can, I don't know if that's your breath or the chain, but something's calling
07:37my name.
07:39All right, I think it's yours.
07:41Listen, I think you'll let me rock a little bit, feel me, for the interview.
07:45So, out of your 10 essentials, was toothpaste one of them?
07:49Nah, you know me, you know I'm a hypergenic person.
07:52A hypergenic?
07:54This is GQ, you trying to embarrass me for the GQ?
07:57Yeah, what is GQ?
07:58What does that mean?
08:00Gentlemen's quarterly.
08:01How do you know that?
08:02Gang, I read the dictionary, gang, that's how I know, that's how I know everything.
08:05The real question is, who breath smells the worst?
08:08You.
08:09Me.
08:10Come on, gang.
08:11Ever since I got my braces again, my-
08:12Me?
08:13No, no, no, listen.
08:14Me?
08:16Listen, listen, listen.
08:17Ever since I got my braces again, niggas, no, my breath do not sleep no more.
08:20Law he didn't.
08:21No more?
08:21No more?
08:22No more.
08:22They braced your teeth, not your breath.
08:26Hey, bro, look.
08:29Where'd the fuck he go?
08:33My cameraman Barco, you know what I'm saying?
08:35You know what I'm saying?
08:35It's only right, you know what I'm saying?
08:37Peace be, brother.
08:38Peace be, peace be, peace be, peace be, clover, clover.
08:40How you doing?
08:41How you doing, bro?
08:41Doing good, you know?
08:42You know what I'm saying?
08:43Get some rest, ready for work.
08:44Ready to go IRL.
08:45Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
08:46I need this.
08:47This is really important, you know what I'm saying?
08:48Explain to them how this works.
08:50So, first, we got the camera.
08:52FX3, shotgun mic.
08:53The way it works with IRL streaming, depending on what type of pack you have, this is TVU.
08:59You start with the camera.
09:00The camera sends the feed through HDMI all the way to the pack.
09:05The pack has multiple cellular connections.
09:07That streams to IRL Toolkit.
09:10IRL Toolkit is a server online, and that manages the bit rate.
09:14The server online streams straight to Twitch.
09:16All right, all right, all right.
09:17Dang, man.
09:18Power code?
09:19Yeah, I got to make sure the camera, man.
09:21Like, I'm the best one, so I got to make sure, you know?
09:23We get it, we get it, we get it, we get it.
09:24What was the first stream?
09:25Like, Lil Tay, something like that?
09:26Lil Tay, bro.
09:27Yeah.
09:28I just got out of a 10-hour.
09:29I drove, like, so he told me.
09:30He's like, yo, I like your work.
09:31Kai said it.
09:31He fucked with it.
09:32Eon approved it.
09:33And I moved straight down to Atlanta the next day, because-
09:36That was all crazy.
09:36That was crazy, bro.
09:38Yeah, I ain't gonna lie.
09:38I was kind of cranky.
09:39Imagine a six-year-old tells you, come down here right now.
09:42You got to be here tomorrow, and you got to have a car.
09:44Ain't nobody trusting that.
09:45But me, I act on faith.
09:46So, I'm going to take that chance.
09:48Went straight to Atlanta.
09:50And I ain't gonna lie, we done been on some drills together, bro.
09:53Ah, facts, dude.
09:54I ain't gonna lie.
09:54I ain't gonna lie we have, dude.
09:56Like, so working with him, you're actually not just a cameraman.
09:59You're actually getaway driver, a fucking thief, a scammer, the whole nine yards.
10:05You constantly have five stars at all times.
10:08Police look at you weird.
10:10I had to take a bullet for him one time, you know, and the nigga just asked me if I
10:13was
10:13good.
10:14Like, no, I just took a bullet.
10:15I'm not good.
10:15Nah, I remember that.
10:16I remember that.
10:16He was laughing and shit.
10:17Bro, word around town?
10:18I heard it was Phantom people that did that shit.
10:20Bro, I got to keep a lookout with my shoulders.
10:21What the hell?
10:22I don't wanna be watching, bro.
10:23You wanna see that?
10:24What?
10:25See what?
10:26And my most important essential is my mom.
10:29You know what I'm saying?
10:30My mom came today.
10:31You know what I'm saying?
10:32My mom.
10:33My mom really just, like, first I was playing football and then I always wanted to quit,
10:38like, to start doing streaming stuff like that.
10:39And my mom just really supported me the whole way.
10:42You know what I'm saying?
10:42And just having Kai, Phantom, all of them just feels good.
10:47To, like, have someone to, like, ask questions and stuff like that.
10:50Like, big brothers.
10:51Yeah.
10:51So, with that being said, I told him that school was first.
10:54Extreme and second.
10:55But as long as he graduates high school, we're good to go.
10:58Yeah.
10:58But yeah, school was number one.
10:59My favorite Rakai clip was when he dressed up like the granny.
11:06When he was dancing in the back of the U-Haul.
11:08That was one of my favorite clips.
11:09Really?
11:09I'm not gonna lie.
11:10I watched that.
11:10I think I watched that clip over ten times.
11:13Is this something that he said that you said that people don't stream with him?
11:16Yeah.
11:17Yes.
11:17One of his favorite quotes that I love from Rakai is,
11:23People love to hate, but hate to love.
11:26They go out here regardless.
11:27See what I'm saying?
11:28It's easy to hate, but it's like one of those things, if you know, you know.
11:31We are church bound.
11:33We have our own family church.
11:33And growing up in the church, I brought my kids up in the church.
11:37Rakai used to be the drummer boy at church.
11:39He was our drummer, so.
11:40Yeah.
11:40Yeah.
11:41Mm-hmm.
11:42Oh, nice.
11:43That was that nice.
11:44He's a hard worker.
11:45So with his motivation, his hard work and dedication, I feel like Rakai is gonna go really far.
11:51I know that he wanna be the best streamer in the world.
11:54And I believe that this hard working kid could, you can get it.
11:57You can make it.
11:58For sure.
11:58Shout out to 25X.
11:59You know I'm coming.
12:01And thank y'all so much for having me.
12:02It's a blessing in disguise.
12:03And see y'all.
12:04See y'all later.
12:06Clovo.
12:06Clovo.
12:06So it's over.
12:07kijken, go ahead,ityo.
12:07Leave if it were mine.
12:07Go ahead.
12:09Make yourself through it.
12:10New bl believing.
12:10Go ahead.
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