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00:00I'm John Cena and I love cars ever since I got my first ride at 14 I've been
00:11obsessed with everything about them there's no cool way to do this hey guys
00:14I'm in the car I've had the privilege of driving them all from luxury cars to
00:19SUVs to sports cars 30 to 100 miles an hour in a matter of seconds if it's got
00:25four wheels I need to know every single detail about it I feel like when you run
00:31out of the tunnel at WrestleMania that's how excited I the passion I have for
00:36cars is matched by the admiration I have for people with grit drive and
00:41perseverance and to me there's nothing better than connecting with someone to
00:45find out what fuels their drive to succeed so join me as I spend time with
00:50the most successful celebrities on the planet and talk about what drives them
00:54both on the road and in their heart we'll get intimate details and some
00:58stories you've never heard before as well as taking a look at their really really
01:04really cool rides this is what drives you with John Cena
01:14today I'm in Los Angeles to meet up with hip-hop's most stylish superstar sui
01:22born thiamante chiaba valentine harper so we blew up with the release of her debut
01:28single icy girl
01:29which went multi-platinum and has over a hundred million views on YouTube
01:37and that was only the beginning tap in generated over two billion streams my type
01:47went quadruple platinum and with two Grammy nominations her 23 million followers on
01:53social are anxiously awaiting her debut album to drop I can't wait to hear how
02:00this young poet from Santa Clara California went on to become a boss in the rap world
02:06I'm looking for sweet sweet it's okay
02:21so much
02:22oh hey John hello how are you doing man how's it going man John nice to meet you
02:33Laura nice to meet you and very nice to meet you hey John how are you how you doing today
02:38I'm good I didn't know how the handshake was gonna go I didn't know if you had the nails on or not
02:41oh no I actually broke my nail watching the Niner game but I mean that's a good thing right I was rooting too hard
02:48I know your fans are probably gonna be mad at me because here you are hard at work in the studio
02:52and everyone is anticipating your album and you're gonna give us a few hours today to talk so I really
02:57do appreciate your time I appreciate your time so tell me about where we are so this is one of my
03:02favorite studios now that I'm in album mode I'm just going to where I'm comfortable at nice excited for
03:08the upcoming album as someone who loves music I feel like the first album is really important
03:14and imperative for like an artist's career because it kind of sets the tone for what's to come are we
03:20almost ready or yeah but I feel like a pressure that I have is not releasing an album yet because
03:25this is my first album so just the pressure of having like a masterpiece do you write at the studio
03:32if I have something that's like heavy on my heart I'll write it out but sometimes I come to the
03:37studio and I'll just like do like a thought vomit on the mic and see what comes out yeah what's the
03:45toughest thing about being here um sometimes the toughest thing is like writing in front of people
03:49but I feel like it makes me a better writer because it gets me out of my comfort zone being a very
03:54proficient poet you still get nervous writing in front of people yes man that's that makes me feel
03:59comfortable thank you so much for that why because I still get nervous with I'm super nervous for this
04:05yeah the nerves are still there is that your bag yes it's beautiful D&G that's their like exclusive
04:12collection they're made of like wood and porcelain yeah that is that is gorgeous I know that's right
04:17you know your fashion take a gander that is incredible you know your stuff it's beautiful
04:23I know you enjoy this place but uh I would like to go for a ride let's do it we can hop in my car
04:29you're driving let's go do this I got this car for my birthday two years ago holy shit that is one
04:38hell of a birthday present her name is big mama and why because she a big mama yes indeed
04:44the hip-hop world loves the rolls-royce continent drivers include 50 cent cardi b and drape but those
04:56aren't the only stars you'll find inside look up and no less than 1 344 leds are hand sewn into the
05:04ceiling the mascot known as the spirit of ecstasy first appeared in a car commissioned in 1911 by a
05:11prominent British politician legend has it that the figure was based on the likeness of his secretary
05:16turned mistress why the rolls-royce I really enjoy how it drives and if I'm driving I want to feel
05:24like I'm driving on a cloud and this is that and this is that and I just wanted to reward myself that
05:29year I was working really hard so I wanted to go big so I got big mama big in every sense this is a
05:35the absolute pinnacle of luxury and a big truck and you know what's crazy about this this car actually
05:40saved my life I was driving to the studio I was on the freeway and I was really tired I literally fell
05:48asleep I hit the divider the car bounced up I woke up in the air and then it bounced perfectly back in
05:54my lane and I kept driving I'm not gonna lie I was super shook but if I was in any other car I would
05:59have definitely got into a car crash the car is extremely durable so I'm proud of that and it is a
06:05bit of a cloudy day in LA I'm sure you know this but there isn't a better car for rainy weather because
06:11the umbrella oh my goodness is it okay so classic staple for the rolls they put the umbrellas in the
06:21doors and the fact that you knew that that's as rewarding as the comments about the bag you know your
06:26stuff which is very cool to hear man the piano black wood the classic mandarin interior it looks
06:32just impeccable on the white and we're in for an awesome drive because these things drive fantastic
06:38so let's go for a ride we're in for an awesome drive because these things drive fantastic so let's go for
06:45a ride that's the best do it so when did all this start when did you start putting pen to paper when
06:53I was 13 and why because I was an introvert and I didn't know how to express myself that's tough to
07:03process do you still consider yourself I tend to suppress my emotions I tend to like disinternalize
07:09everything and I deal with it like internally and I don't like talking about it with other people
07:14thank you very much for sharing that of course let's roll
07:17ain't nobody that can check me ain't nobody that can check everybody thought I couldn't do it then
07:25I did that now they say I can't do it twice I'm about to spin back why do you feel you you can't share
07:30anything I was the only child growing up so I think it it just comes from not having a sister or
07:36brother to communicate my emotions with I honestly would just doodle during class doodling turned
07:42into poetry I had a creative writing class and when we would do poetry my poems would typically be the
07:48most popular ones so I think that kind of like gave me the confidence to continue writing
07:53what is icy life I feel like the icy life is a life of a girl who's hustling so when I initially
08:09wrote my first song icy girl that's one of my most popular songs when you hear it you think of like a
08:14girl who live in this luxurious life diamonds money blah blah blah but for me when I wrote that song I was broke so the title
08:23translates so well for like the icy life because I've always been a go-getter even in college I had four jobs what
08:29were your college job so I worked at Abercrombie I worked at Victoria's Secret I was a coder for one of my
08:40professors I was a waitress at the strip club and I did on and off ambassadorships for Nike events
08:47and I started my own company I was selling hats and shirts called money-making mommies you started
08:54apparel brand all in college yes so coding that's a skill I wish I could have I just won't kick myself
09:00in the ass enough hard enough to do well you know you don't have no money you ain't got no choice
09:10how has your life changed on this path because being able to say I bought a Rolls Royce for my
09:18birthday there's not a lot of folks that can say that I think one of the biggest changes is just
09:23being financially free when did that moment come for you um when I got signed before that I would
09:30literally do an odd job make rent and then go back to zero after that my steady income was being an
09:36influencer but even those checks I would only be left with a couple hundred dollars a month finally
09:42I got discovered I got that big advance from my label which is when I was able to just not have to
09:49stress about money however like with all the success and all the money and you know the luxury of being
09:55successful it's honestly quite lonely I just think that not a lot of people who I grew up with like can
10:02understand my lifestyle and it's just really lonely at times I can certainly relate with him I also
10:10struggled with like yo nobody gets me I think as a kid some of the wild shit I used to come up with
10:15I used to put on like one man plays and play make-believe by myself and my my brothers just weren't in that
10:22dimension and I got I got super bullied as a kid whoa so like not only did my family crew not get it
10:30when I tried to express of self outside my family crew I ended up getting my ass kicked wow I can
10:36relate to that so growing up I probably transferred to like 10 or 12 schools I was always a new girl
10:43and I would get like bullied you know just kid little kids are mean but I honestly think that's
10:49where a lot of my self-confidence came from because it's just like you guys may not like me but I'm gonna
10:53like me man I cannot tell you how much that resonates with me I love that there comes a point in time
10:59where you have to stand up for yourself yes but that's not easy yeah it's not
11:03you seem incredibly motivated you are a hustler you are driven the name of the show is what drives
11:13you and this beautiful v12 rolls-royce is getting us around town today but inside your mind what drives
11:20you art creativity might achieve the accomplishments I have set for myself I could see myself curating and
11:29mentoring younger artists because I feel like as a female artist I've never had a mentor so I've
11:36literally just been learning as I go why do you think you lacked a mentor when I see interviews from
11:43male artists they always talk about an older male artist reaching out mentoring them taking them under the
11:48wing but as a woman I feel like we don't have that however if you want to change something you have
11:55to be the change so typically when I run into like new musicians especially female artists I always try
12:00to get five minutes of their time and I try to just do like a vomit of everything that I've learned in
12:05this business if I were an artist a female artist to come up and ask you for the five minutes what would
12:12you tell me in five minutes in five minutes I would say you are definitely your own boss and don't let
12:17anyone take that away from you I always tell them to just follow their gut and follow their intuition
12:21because I didn't have like guidance my career I've always yearned for that I think it's a little bit
12:27of projecting like me trying to be what I didn't have you talked about being your own boss what does that
12:41mean the stronger you are as a boss is a reflection of how you are as a leader so I try to lead the best
12:48way that I can because I grew up playing sports I'm like highly competitive so I just want to be the
12:55best I definitely can relate to that what sports did you play growing up I ran track I played volleyball
13:01and I also played football which is why I love football so much no kidding what ages did you play
13:06football I played football from the time I was a freshman to a sophomore in college I played
13:12powder puff man that is fantastic my grandfather played football he played with Joe Montana he was a
13:20part of the team that won the first Super Bowl ring holy hell did you have a relationship growing up
13:26yeah my grandparents raised me no kidding so what was that like well my parents had me really young my mom
13:33was 17 my dad was 20 and they were always working but I feel like my grandparents were like my second
13:41mom and dad what was it like to have Super Bowl grandpa to be honest as a kid you don't really pay
13:47attention to those things you're just happy to be there the Super Bowl is very important to me
13:52that's the day that I met my wife wow what's her name her name is Shay shout out to Shay yes indeed hey Shay
13:59you said your grandparents were a great support system in your life who do you lead on now for
14:07support I'm a big family person I have twin cousins that I grew up with they're phenomenal I like my heart
14:13like I feel like those are my sisters I have four friends that I've had a consistent friendship with my
14:18whole life I met one when I was in kindergarten one when I was in middle school one when I was in high
14:23school and one when I was in college that's crazy I have the same thing wow my fantasy with my besties
14:30is a lit brunch good food mimosas go to a day party afterwards go back to another restaurant a day party
14:39like sounds good a lit a lit day club what is that John I'm a little older I don't know okay what's a
14:47date basically a club that's during the day oh those are the best I prefer day parties over my clubs
14:54day parties my mind how is life as a performing touring traveling musician in the public eye the best
15:08thing is traveling every summer Europe has a festival tour and it was just nice to see other cultures what's
15:16the most interesting places you've seen your travel Dublin yes the best fan base ever they know every
15:22word they show so much love like they really appreciate music Europe just appreciates music more in general
15:32period but when you go to Ireland you can just feel their admiration for music I am a big fan of Guinness so
15:39I'm a big fan of Dublin Island myself that's cool yeah my taste buds don't really like beer yet it's
15:45acquired it's acquired and man it's led to some great nights you said you have a sense of loneliness
15:56about you given your professional situation is very unique I get it does it ever get hard um yeah but
16:06you know what helps painting what about painting do you enjoy it's it's something that I had to have to
16:12focus on so it makes me just disconnect from like work and anything else out in life that's fantastic I am
16:20very excited about where we're gonna go we're gonna paint that's gonna be fun I told them to get bigger
16:25canvases for us okay any tips you can give me before we get there follow your heart painting is a
16:33reflection of like your spirit and you're not supposed to think too much I feel like your hand will just
16:38guide you and tell you what to do okay cool yeah so just kind of roll with it just roll with it
16:42big mama has arrived we are here let's go paint I am a little nervous going into the paint you're
16:53pushing me out of my comfort zone hello welcome hi we're gonna try to paint something today I guess
16:58I got two spots right over there for you awesome thank you so much do you have any pastels may I have
17:10some please thank you um yes please should I should I be getting could I have a pencil as well I got
17:24plenty of pencils cool cuz I mean I couldn't believe there wasn't one don't forget to put on your apron
17:32all right it can get pretty messy I thought this was a seat cushion let's go what you drawing trying
17:49to figure it out this trying to I wish I was down here but it's all right sorry no mistakes just happy accents
17:57think about it what do you got going on over there you know a little artwork our conversation has inspired
18:09me this is gonna be the best painting I've ever painted certainly be my finest work this is my first
18:14painting is literally the prime example of trust the process I mean I am thinking about nothing but
18:28what I'm doing right now I think we're in a good place what's going on over there you're done
18:37sometimes you gotta know when to walk away Wow gotta know when to fold them I'm excited to see it
18:48I think it's a lot of everything I think there's room for growth I think it's expression you know
18:51meaningful to me I'm about ready all right should we switch you want to switch yeah let's do it okay
19:01same time ready Wow should we switch you want to switch yeah let's do it okay same time ready
19:11wow look at you day party what a bottle is that this is beautiful that's fire please let's talk about
19:27this that's fire I like that I don't think I sell that notes with hearts in the skyline
19:34mm-hmm tell me about this I just like the way it looks
19:38so do I thank you any meaning behind or just straight from the heart just straight from the
19:42heart it's fantastic wow look at us I know you inspired this let's talk about a day party this
19:50is fire so I love Guinness I wanted to use dark colors but I also wanted to use the colors green
19:58white and orange because you said Dublin was your favorite city and Dublin is a city that I enjoy
20:03because of Guinness these two words inspired me to be curious about what a day party is you encouraged
20:09me to put my whole self into the exercise which I didn't hold anything back and I wanted to use some of
20:14the details you gave to me on the drive wow I love this this is my favorite part this texture right
20:20here I feel like you know what you're doing just throw it in a nice frame fire I want to thank
20:25you so much I had a pleasure of spending the day with this icon thank you so much even with the pain
20:31of my hands and thank you for forcing me to lean out of my comfort zone of course all right let's go
20:36we did that we did that not only did Saweetie push me out of my comfort zone to try something new but
20:43my time with her has shown me that she is a hustler in every sense of the word just like Saweetie the
20:49Rolls-Royce Cullinan is classy and indestructible it's the perfect reward for all of her hard work whether
20:56she's day partying with her besties or working nights in the studio one thing's clear she's got
21:02crazy talent behind a piece of canvas and behind a microphone and with that I bring you to a place
21:15that drives me my garage to talk about the Lamborghini Yalpa Ferruccio Lamborghini was a
21:22very successful tractor manufacturer so much so that he could buy and drive multiple Ferraris but
21:28he always hated the clutch and those two gentlemen Enzo Ferraro and Ferruccio Lamborghini got together
21:34one day Ferruccio said to Enzo hey your clutch isn't so good on the Ferrari I think I can make a better
21:39one Enzo said stick to your tractors kid lead the racing to me so he started his own company Lamborghini
21:46when you said Lamborghini in the 80s this thing wasn't even on anybody's radar but this car is
21:54everything Lamborghini is it's flashy it's outrageous it is undeniably progressive for the time period it is a
22:03poster car that just like Ferruccio Lamborghini gets no respect
22:11I feel like this 80s montage should be behind me
22:24gosh this thing is fun
22:29okay that doesn't exactly scream get out of my way
22:36this is undeniably 80s the deep circle lots of plastic but also lots of leather
22:48so we talked about wanting to earn respect that's the story of my life certainly wasn't the WWE's first pick but
22:55inch by inch I was able to be outrageous that's what drives me about this car
23:01it's the ability to earn your respect so I'm John Cena until next time this is me telling you to always ask
23:10what drives you
23:31you
23:42you
23:44you
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