The Truth About Reselling: Insider Insights Exposed | Yeezy Busta DSH #937

Resalers and sneakers go hand in hand.

Now, some people argue there's too many coming out, and there isn't a story, or it's not like done the right way.

If this shoe came out three years ago, you would be drooling over it.

But now, because it's three years later,

you don't like it.

It's like, what?

If I buy a pair of shoes and I don't wear them in the first week, I'm selling them.

Wow.

Just because, in my head,

why just have them just sit in the closet when

somebody else can appreciate them?

All right, guys, got Yeezy Buster here today.

No Yeezys on, though.

Not today.

But you got the mask.

Of course.

Always.

Had to.

Since 2015, you've been wearing it, right?

Yes, sir.

December 15th, 2015.

Did you do that because you were calling people out and you wanted to be safe?

Well, to be honest, when I started my page, I never

even showed any part of me whatsoever, let alone my face.

And there was like this guy that threatened to sue me, but then I realized he couldn't sue me, so I just kind of was trolling him in a way and i started wearing a mask that i cut up out of fake easy's to troll him yeah it was actually the same fake easy that he was wearing so that's how it all started and then i just never took it off and yeah wow so you called him out for wearing fake easies and he wanted to sue you for what defamation i guess defamation yeah he said oh no everything i buy is legit and i have more money than you and i'm like all right man maybe you do yeah people people got really uh yeah What's the word?

When you call them out, they got really defensive, some of them, right?

A lot of them, yeah.

A lot of them.

But but some of them were cool about it, some actually, most of them would reach out to me and be like, Oh, I had no idea, yeah, some people I genuinely had no idea, but yeah, a lot of them got their.

I mean, if it was like a rapper or celebrity or something, they would be like, Oh, my stylist got them for me.

I had, I had no idea, which I don't know if it's true or not, but I mean, at least they reached out to try to right, you know what I mean.

And why do you think people cared so much if they were fake or not?

Um, you know, it's

people have to maintain a persona, you know, or an image.

And obviously, if

thing's fake that they have, then what else is fake, you know?

Fair enough.

And then it goes into the whole thing about, you know, fake clothes, then fake watches, fake jewelry.

And then it's like, are they a fake person,

like personality-wise?

You know, there's a few people that are like that, but right, because if you have fake shoes, the odds of you having fake clothes and fake watches are probably high.

Yeah, I mean, dude, honestly, I've said this a million times.

Like, I genuinely don't care if people wear fake stuff at all.

Like, my biggest thing is when people wear fake stuff and pretend like it's real and they know it's fake that bothers me because a lot of people spend a lot of money on on items that they work really hard for and i feel like the people that buy the real stuff don't really flex it as much but i don't know i don't know i i genuinely don't care if people wear fake stuff people think i'm like you know like a hater yeah but i've genuinely i don't care yeah i mean there's some there's some viral pages on instagram like fake watchbuster

And they probably think they're hating, but they probably have a similar mindset to you.

Yeah, actually,

he was the one that uh inspired my page oh so he was before easy buster yes he was oh i thought you were the first on call no he was the first and uh i wanted to start a page called fake easy busta but the username was taken so i settled with easy busta yeah and we're here today but i noticed you don't really be busting people anymore it's been a few years yeah it's been a while um i really kind of focused on other other things that I'm passionate about.

You know, I still love sneakers and everything, but the charity aspect for me was like the most important.

So that's your main focus right now, charity stuff?

Yes.

You know, I've always wanted to give back to the community as much as I could.

And, you know, I'm blessed enough to be in a position where I could do that.

Yeah.

I did one pretty big project a year ago working on a few others behind the scenes.

Yeah.

But yeah, man,

that's my passion.

That's what I really care about.

No, that's cool, man.

I'm working on opening mine up this year or next year.

And I'm just brainstorming where I'm most passionate about helping because there's so many different things you could do, I guess.

I love it, man.

Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, make sure that it's coming from the heart.

Yeah.

That's the most important thing.

And yeah, if you're doing charity, let me know how I can help.

I'm sure, always willing.

I think it'll be animal-based.

I love animals, too.

I love that.

That's like my soft spot or maybe ocean-based.

Okay, nice.

Yeah.

Love it, man.

As long as you care about it and you love it, that's what matters.

Yeah, I think those two are like, you can generally just see the results.

Because my thing with charity is like, cause I donate to some.

Yeah.

And it doesn't feel fulfilling.

Like it's like they just get the money and you don't see anything happen.

Yeah, that is true.

I mean, that's one thing that I am really careful about before I donate money is I want to make sure exactly where every penny is going.

And it's not paying someone's salary that is getting paid $10 million a year to run a nonprofit.

You know what I mean?

Like, I'm always very selective.

And that's actually why I started with Beast Philanthropy.

And I'm sure you have a question about that.

Yeah, I saw the video where you donated 20,000 shoes, right?

Yes.

Yes.

That was one of the best moments of my life.

That's incredible.

So where did you go to do that?

So we went to South Africa.

We went to Cape Town and we went to six or seven different spots.

I mean, this was actually a year and a half ago at this point.

I think we went to seven

different spots about

the closest one to Cape Town was about 45 minutes.

But we went to a couple of different townships and some like

refugee schools.

Yeah, it was,

we went to a lot of different places.

Actually, some pretty crazy stuff went down when we were there oh yeah like safety wise safety wise yeah i didn't realize that it was it was so dangerous in some of these places you know these kids are growing up in these really unsafe environments and um

i had no idea that it was like that so so you saw some like kids with weapons and

not kids with weapons um there was some some adults that were

very questionable

um

like eyeing you up a little bit like yeah because you know we had camera equipment and you know, we obviously didn't look like everyone who was there, just because I mean, it's so random.

It's not like you can just like make an appointment to go to a township, you know, it's like we were in their space, and that's like where they live, you know?

So a lot of them were like, oh, who the hell are these guys that just came in?

One of the days was pretty scary, actually.

These two guys, they were very clearly inebriated,

walked up to us with a weapon.

Damn.

And this is.

Like a machete or

two guns.

Guns out there?

Guns.

Oh, wow.

Pretty scary.

That's super scary.

And we were just rushed into the car and we had to leave.

And it was really unfortunate because actually that was one of

my favorite places we went.

It was like this school for refugee children.

Yeah.

It was like at least 100 kids in a room that's half the size of this room.

And the teachers were the sweetest, sweetest people.

And, you know, we were there for like an hour

and just playing with the kids and giving them their new shoes.

They were so happy and then going outside and we had a drone and all the kids thought it was like the coolest thing ever.

So we had to keep flying it up and down just to

entertain them.

And then, yeah, these guys came out of nowhere and we had to leave right away.

It was sad.

We were going to at least spend a couple hours there.

That's really sad, man.

It is, yeah.

But we were in their space and

we are there to help.

But at the same time,

it is...

a different world out there.

Yeah, so I got to roll security if I ever get out there.

Especially if you want to go into the townships.

Yeah, it's it's definitely definitely eye-opening for sure.

You know, because, you know, we're so blessed to live where we do.

And I mean, to see kind of

the way some of these people live.

It's definitely an eye-opener.

So part of my mission with the podcast actually is to expand internationally and get some stories from like people in places you've never heard of.

I love that.

I love that.

Where are you thinking?

I haven't looked anywhere specific yet, but just like any story that's not been told in the mainstream is interesting to me because I want to get their message out, the way they live their lives.

So I'm thinking tribal stuff and definitely Africa's probably on the list.

Yeah, it's honestly, I highly recommend going to Cape Town.

It has a very special place in my heart, not only because of the project that we did, but also it is literally one of the most beautiful places on earth.

I've heard that, actually.

It is breathtaking.

It is unreal.

You travel a lot?

Yeah, I do.

It's one of my favorite things to do in life.

Me too.

Me too.

I always recommend people should travel more.

100%.

There's only only positives.

Absolutely.

You know, you immerse yourself in new culture and people, and it's a wonderful thing, man.

But yeah, I highly recommend you should go to Cape Town and you really get to see what, I mean, there's a lot of stereotypes about Africa and like what it is, right?

And,

but, you know, when you actually are there and you

and you immerse yourself in their culture, it's so beautiful, you know, and it's very different than what we have here.

And I mean, I just went to South Africa, which is entirely different than other countries within Africa, you know.

But I definitely want to go back and do like a proper safari and like see other parts of Africa.

I think it's unreal, man.

I highly recommend it.

That's awesome.

What else has stood out to you from your travels?

Well, I'm originally from Eastern Europe, so I love traveling in Europe.

Croatia is one of my favorite places in the world.

I've heard it's beautiful.

It is unreal.

I've been all around the world, man.

I've been to Australia.

I've been to parts of Asia.

I love Japan.

Tokyo is amazing.

It's so much fun.

I went to China.

China was a lot of fun.

Where else did I go?

I've been to Sydney, been to Melbourne,

traveled all around Europe.

I don't even know how many countries I've been to in Europe, but yeah, I mean, it's just so fascinating.

And it really makes you think outside of the box.

It's like, there's so much more than just America and like American culture.

And we get,

the good thing about America is it's such a melting pot of cultures.

So you kind of get to get a glimpse.

But when you actually travel to that place, like when you have Italian food here, you think it's good.

And then you go to Italy and you're like, our Italian food is not bad, but you're here and you're like, wow, this is how they really do it.

That's what I tell people about Chinese food here.

Yeah.

It's like, whatever.

Oh, it is night and day.

Night and day.

The only place that genuinely I thought was somewhat similar when I was in Shanghai was Din Taifeng.

Ooh.

And because I went to the original Dentaifeng when I was in Shanghai, or I don't know if it was the original or the second one or something like that.

And genuinely tasted very similar.

Wow.

But everything else I had out there, not even close.

Shout out to the Aria.

They got Dintaifeng in there.

Yeah.

It does taste pretty authentic.

I will say that.

Oh, man.

I think I want to go there right after.

Dude, I'm down.

I got five episodes today, and I'll be starving in like two hours.

Let's run it, man.

Let's run it, bro.

Do you think you'll ever do a face reveal?

You know, I always said that I'll do it at a million subscribers.

Okay.

What are you at?

I'm sorry?

How many are you at right now?

Around 600K.

Okay.

I think if I posted more consistently, I'd probably get there pretty quickly.

But

I, you know, I'm going to stay true to that.

Actually, funny enough, when I was in, you're the first person I'm telling this.

But

when I was in Africa, I actually filmed 90% of it with my mask off.

Oh.

And that was going to be my face reveal.

Like, that's what I wanted to do it.

Yeah.

But I didn't want to take away from the fact

of, like, I didn't want to take away from what we were doing, you know, because I want, I didn't want it to, the video to be about me, I wanted it to be about giving back and what, right, what we wanted to do.

Um, but I did mention in the video once we get to a million subscribers, I'll, I'll show it.

But 90% of the shots, I didn't have a mask on, so that was originally what I was going to do.

But but yeah, I don't know, maybe I'll never do it, maybe I will.

If I start posting on YouTube again, it might be inevitable, but I don't know.

Yeah, because people probably think you're some COVID germaphobe that's see you right now.

Yeah, that's what it's pretty funny.

Well, pre-COVID, I was a weirdo for wearing a mask.

Yeah, during COVID, it was super normal.

Now, post-COVID, I'm a weirdo for wearing a mask.

No, I would judge you if I didn't know you.

In a very different way, yeah.

Because before, people were like, Why the heck is this guy walking around with the mask on?

And then during, I just blended in with everybody.

So you must have loved that time.

I wasn't really going out that much, though, you know.

But

honestly, I know I hated it.

Oh, you did?

Just because I mean, I wear the mask if I'm on camera or if I'm at an event.

And, you know, if I did like a sneaker con or something for nine hours wearing this on my face, I do have facial hair that gets sweaty when I'm wearing this on the snow.

Oh, that was worse with the mask, bro.

And then, you know, I couldn't eat.

And so it's pretty brutal.

But, you know,

I know it's an inherent part of the brand and Easy Bus and what it is.

So, you know.

Taking one for the team.

Exactly.

Exactly.

I'm not complaining.

How do you feel about the current state of the sneaker space?

It's changed a lot since you got in.

It has changed a lot.

No, absolutely.

I can't believe that it's been almost a decade.

It'll be nine years in December since I started my page.

And sneakers have just become a lot more mainstream and

very

diluted in the sense that,

you know,

well,

I'll...

I'll take this back because genuinely, I got into the sneaker game late, quote unquote.

So nine years ago it was late.

Yes, because, I mean, the OGs, like people like, you know, Mayer or Perfect Pear, like the guys that have been collecting forever,

are the ones that kind of paved the way for sneaker YouTube.

Yeah.

And I

was never a sneakerhead.

Knowingly, if that makes sense.

Like, you know, when I was in high school, I'd always wanted to, like, I played tennis and soccer

in high school, and I always wanted to have the coolest cleats or like the coolest, you know, whatever shoe fetter was wearing or Nadal.

Like, you know, I always wanted to have the cool shoe.

And that, like, Nadal was like my Michael Jordan.

You know what I mean?

Like, so I always wanted to have like whatever shoes he was wearing, which was Nikes.

And they were called the court ballistics, I think.

And,

but the thing that got me into the sneaker culture was actually Kanye.

You know.

I was always a die-hard Kanye fan.

I loved his music.

I loved him as an artist.

And

that's what got me in the sneakers because I wanted one of his.

I wanted one of his sneakers.

I remember I tried to get a pair of Red Octobers in, what was that, 2014 or something?

Those are worth a lot now, right?

Yeah, they go for like 20 grand.

Holy crap.

But yeah,

that's a shoe I always wanted and I never could afford.

I bought it like,

I want to say five, six years ago as a trophy.

I was really happy when I was able to buy those.

Still haven't worn them to this day.

Whoa.

You think you'll ever wear them at this point?

They're almost like a trophy at this point.

You know what I mean?

Like, I almost want to buy like a used pair that I can actually wear.

But yeah, I mean, you know, things have changed a lot for sure.

And I think it's for the better.

I think a lot of people are getting into it.

I mean, growing up in California, everyone was wearing Converse or vans.

Same in Jersey, to be honest.

Really?

Yeah, that was common out there.

Like, where I grew up, it was not a thing to really wear Jordans or anything like that.

So, I mean, everybody was wearing either flip-flops, Converse, or Vans.

I don't remember any Jordans where I grew up.

And, you know, a lot of people are like, oh, well, I've been wearing Jordans since I was 18 months old.

And I'm like, dude, I had immigrant parents that could not afford Jordans for their kid.

And also,

you know, I didn't grow up watching basketball.

So I never really knew too much.

But as soon as I got into it, you know, through Yeezys, like that's kind of how everything started.

I really started to appreciate it for what it is because I love storytelling.

That's one of my favorite things about brands.

The reason why I

like to invest in a brand or a product is because of the story, you know, so I think that that's one thing that's really unique.

And then Kanye's story from being this like rapper

to fashion icon to designer to being

the first rapper to collaborate with Louis Vuitton, you know, like because I mean, obviously it was run DMC with Adidas before, but he did a collaboration with Louis Vuitton.

That was nuts.

And then he had his babesta that never came out.

And then he had,

and then he went over to Nike

and he changed the game, you know.

Now, you know, things have changed a lot.

I mean, Adidas

and Yeezy, that partnership was just something that absolutely changed sneakers forever.

Like, everybody became a sneakerhead after that.

But I really started learning more and more about shoes, like Nike SBs and Jordans and appreciating the history and the stories behind each pair.

And that made me a sneakerhead, you know?

So I was maybe like 18, 19, but a lot of people are like, oh, well, you haven't been wearing sneakers since you were eight.

So you can't be a sneakerhead.

But I think that that's wrong.

You know, I think people can get into hobbies when they're eight or when they're 80.

It doesn't really matter as long as they love it and they have an appreciation for it.

And it's not just like, oh, yeah, I'm just wearing these because I want to look cool.

It's more.

I'm wearing these because I'm a huge fan of the person that designed them.

I'm a huge fan of the message it sends.

So I think that that's what it is.

And obviously, you know, I started

when I was 18, or I think I was 17 when I started my page.

And, you know, I mean, I've grown up a lot.

I'm 27 now.

So, you know, it's a lot of maturing.

I definitely have learned a lot throughout the last nine years of doing this.

But yeah, I mean, things have changed a lot.

Absolutely.

But in a good way, I think a lot of people say it's in a bad way.

And I'm probably going to get some hate for saying that, but.

It's okay.

I mean, I think it's important for everyone to have the opportunity to wear what they like.

Yeah.

But also, I think it's important to educate people on why they should like something and not just make it about money.

Like, oh, these are expensive.

Does that make sense?

Yeah.

And that was part of the negative stigma was those bots and those resellers.

Yeah.

They bought up hundreds of pairs and then the price went up, right?

And then they sold them.

Well, you know, it's

everyone has a love-hate relationship with bots, right?

Because you can hate on them all day, but then when you get one, you love it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know,

I was trying to get into it, but it was kind of complicated.

It's not easy.

You need a VPN and shit, so.

Man, it's not easy.

I think I tried when I first got into sneakers because I just wanted to get one pair for me and it just didn't work.

And,

you know,

the funny thing is, is

resellers and sneakers go hand in hand, right?

Because, I mean, there is desire for highly sought-after things, right?

That's just how it works, supply and demand.

So, I mean, if things weren't selling out as quick as they should have been, the price goes down, nobody wants them.

And now that's my problem with sneaker culture now, is that now all these sbs are coming out that you know some people argue there's too many coming out and there isn't a story or it's not like done the right way but there's also the other side which which is like

if this shoe came out three years ago you'd be drooling over it because it was so rare and crazy but now because it's three years later

you don't like it it's like what you know what i mean so at that point is it just the trend yeah it's like logical at that point you know what i mean like there's so many shoes and now

I only buy sneakers that I'm going to wear.

Like, I have a rule: if I buy a pair of shoes and I don't wear them in the first week, I'm selling them.

Wow, just because in my head,

why just have them just sit in the closet when somebody else, somebody else can appreciate them?

And

I started doing a live show every Saturday, and I always, you know, bless people as best I can.

You know, I don't pay retail for everything either, but sometimes when I buy a shoe, you know, I'll sell it for less than I paid for to, you know, have somebody else enjoy it.

Yeah.

So did the value on these tank when the Yeezy thing happened?

Like when the Yeezy Adidas partnership disbanded, did the value of the shoes tank?

So a lot of people thought that the value was going to go up, but because of the way the whole deal was structured, essentially Adidas kept all the shoes and they kind of did whatever they wanted with them, which recently I think they started doing 60% off sales on Yeezys just to dump all the product.

Damn.

Because I think they were sitting on a couple hundred million in inventory.

I I remember nuts.

So, yeah, I mean, now Yeezys are very easily attainable.

There are a few that still cost a lot of money, especially the Nike ones.

So, how much are they now?

Like 80 bucks?

Depends.

It depends.

Like, you can get foam runners for like 80 bucks.

Wow.

Like, which is like retail.

You know, when the first foam runner came out, they were like $1,000.

Holy crap.

Yeah.

They're down 90%.

Yeah, but there's so many different colors and releases now.

But But I think

there aren't many shoes that never retroed, which means they re-released.

Like the Oxford Tan Yeezy 350, for example, that was like one of the original four 350s.

Those never re-released.

Or the Moonrocks also never re-released.

But the Pirate Blacks and the Turtle Doves did.

So it was crazy.

Like a pair of Turtle Doves, which was the first 350 that Kanye put out.

with Adidas used to go for like three grand.

Yeah.

And you can buy the original one for around like 600.

Wow.

And you could buy the re-release for like 300 bucks.

So it's a pretty drastic, drastic.

Yeah.

I wonder if Kanye will be able to revive that brand to these higher prices.

I mean, I don't know.

I mean, he's doing his own thing now.

So I don't know.

Oh, so he's done with Yuzi?

Oh, yeah.

Like that, that happened,

when was that?

Like a year and a half ago, something like that.

I mean, he

came out and said some crazy stuff.

So Adidas just dropped him.

Wow.

And

then basically they were left with all the inventory and they still had rights to the name, which is pretty crazy.

That is crazy because Kanye started it.

Yeah, right?

I mean, that's also another thing that you can go into with like brands, too.

Like Roger Federer didn't own his logo, his RF logo.

Really, Nike did.

Same thing with Kawhi Leonard with his logo with Nike.

I don't know if he does it now, but at first, Nike's like, no, we're not going to do that.

Adidas essentially did the same thing with Kanye.

But yeah, I mean, Kanye is doing

his own thing.

But I mean, honestly, in a weird way, he did exactly what he wanted to because he wanted everyone to have Yeezys.

And he was kind of getting throttled by the brands because the brands were saying, no, we can't make it readily available for everybody.

Right.

It reminds me of Elon Musk with Tesla.

Yeah.

He made the price point so affordable where now you could get one for $20,000.

It's crazy.

For a good quality car, honestly.

Oh, yeah.

For that price.

I have a Tesla.

I love it.

I have a Model 3, yeah.

Yeah, they're the best.

For the price, yeah, I'm not complaining at all.

100%.

You know, those used to be $70,000.

Oh, yeah.

It's crazy.

I feel bad for the people that that's me, but it's all good.

I wasn't going to sell it anyways.

You know, I'm going to drive it till the wheels fall off.

100%, man.

It's all good, dude.

Shout out to Elon and Kanye.

They revolutionized their industries.

Absolutely.

And, you know,

Kanye's had his moments for sure, you know, and said some crazy stuff, but I mean.

That's what makes him him.

That's what makes him him.

Yeah.

He really is.

I mean, there's a, and this is the thing.

You can like someone not agree with everything that comes out of their mouth.

You know what I mean?

Like, he said some crazy stuff, but he was always, I think the way that he got so big and so popular and has maintained his relevancy over the years is he was so like anti-cool.

So whatever was cool, he'd do the opposite.

And then he would make it cool.

You know what I mean?

Like

back then it was like pink polos and backpacks.

You know, nobody was wearing polos with the collar flipped up, but he made it cool.

You know, He always went against the grain.

Exactly.

And that's what he did his whole career.

Like even 808s and Heartbreak, like nobody would use an 808 drum because it was kind of corny to use it because it's just such a simple sound.

But he revolutionized music through that album by using 808s.

And then, I mean, even, you know, he made a gospel album and made it cool.

Like, Jesus is King is one of my favorite Kanye projects.

I think it's amazing.

And it's so funny because like,

nobody would ever view a gospel album as like cool or mainstream, you know?

It's just something you'd listen to in church or someone who's like very religious would listen to it.

But he kind of went against the grain too.

But then I feel like, you know, he went through a phase where

he tried to go a little too far against the grain.

Yeah.

And, but yeah, I mean, he's back now.

I mean, his new album was actually great.

I didn't see it here yet, actually.

It's good.

Vultures 2 is really good.

I have some buddies working for him now, too, which is pretty amazing.

Shout out.

You know who you are.

I love him, man.

I love it.

I will say he is so entertaining.

Anytime he goes on a podcast, I'll listen to it immediately.

Oh, yeah.

You never know what he's going to say.

You never know.

I got to see him on Shannon Sharp.

I think that'd be a great setting for him.

Oh, wow.

Speak his truth.

That would be.

That'd be cool.

People get comfortable on that show.

Oh, yeah.

That'd be interesting.

So, how big is your portfolio?

Do you ever disclose how many sneakers you're on?

So,

okay.

So, a few years ago, at one point, I had like maybe five or six hundred pairs of shoes.

Holy crap.

It was a lot, but not as many as like some crazy collectors that I know.

I've sold a lot of them because, you know, I kind of made that rule where it's like, if I'm not going to wear this, I don't want to just keep it in my closet.

Yeah.

But, you know, what was great was sneakers actually kind of became like a, you know, like.

An asset.

An asset, yeah.

In the collectible world,

kind of like a Pokemon card, you know, so that was nice.

And, you know, I just, but now it made me appreciate my sneakers even more because the ones I kept are the ones I really care about.

One of the only ones that I kept that I have not worn that breaks my rule is the red Octobers because they mean so much to me, you know?

That's like a sentimental thing for you.

Exactly.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's like a milestone in your life almost, right?

Exactly.

Yeah.

I mean, I think now I might be at like,

it's crazy, over 100 for sure.

That's still a lot.

It's ridiculous.

But honestly, I wear my slides more than anything.

And then I bought these Nikes.

I can't remember what they're called.

They're like the Pegasus or something.

They're the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn.

They're amazing.

I wear them every single day.

I would wear slides everywhere if I could.

Oh, yeah.

But at certain spots you can't, like restaurants.

So I'm like, all right.

Put on shoes.

It's annoying.

Exactly.

I love slides, though, dude.

No shirt, no shoes, no service.

For real.

You still follow tennis at all?

I do.

I'm big on tennis, dude.

Oh, really?

Who's your goat in tennis?

I mean, it's inevitable that Novak Djokovic is the goat of tennis.

But for how he revolutionizes sport, I think Roger Federer is like the Kanye or the Elon or the Tiger Woods of tennis.

So graceful.

Exactly.

And he, I mean, he is incredible.

But actually, my favorite player on the tour is Taylor Fritz.

Okay, he's doing good this year.

He's a good friend of mine.

Nice.

So, you know, always got to support the home team no matter what.

Yeah, him and I grew up playing together, actually.

Oh, nice.

So you were good then.

I was okay.

He was substantially better than me.

I mean, clearly he's a pro now, but yeah, I mean, he works his ass off.

He's a grinder, and he deserves every accolade he's gotten in the last few years.

I actually watched him win

the BNP Pariba Open in Palm Springs.

Wow.

That was a really cool dude.

He had a really cool moment.

He actually got me four tickets to the final, which was pretty amazing.

Nice.

And

that was like a childhood dream of mine to win that tournament.

And I almost lived.

my childhood dream through him.

Vicariously.

Exactly.

Yeah, I love that.

But yeah, I was so happy for him.

And he deserves it.

And he's playing great.

He's playing amazing.

He's the first American player in a while that's given me hope.

Yeah.

Because I can't remember.

It's been a while.

Maybe James Blake, Andre Agassiz.

It's been a long time.

Andy Roddick, but there hasn't really been a good American past

10, 15 years.

I mean, who do we have now?

We have Taylor.

We have Big Foe, right?

Tiafo?

Yeah, Tiafo.

And we got...

Eisner's old now, so he's Tommy Paul.

He's probably walking out soon.

Oh, Isner.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's, yeah, I mean, the guy's a beast.

He peaked late, though, I will say that.

He did.

He had a great run.

And then we had Sam Query.

Who else?

I don't even remember.

But yeah, I mean, it's pretty awesome to see

someone that I played against when I was a kid beyond the.

Yeah, that must be surreal because he's pushing top five now, right?

He's, I think he broke top five at one point.

Wow.

But he's like, I think he's like 12,

which is still insane.

Something real, you know?

My favorite player is Kiera Ghost.

Oh, yeah.

He's a controversial one, though.

He is.

He is.

I mean, I think that that guy is probably the most talented tennis player

of all time, but he just mentally is not there.

Tennis is 90% mental.

If he didn't have those vices, man, he would be different.

Exactly.

Like, he also says that makes him who he is, so it's kind of hard to argue.

That is true.

I mean, tennis is a lot like poker, funny enough.

Yeah.

Or like boxing in the sense that it's so mental.

Like, you can...

be not as good as the person across the court or across the table or across the ring, but if you get in their head.

Yeah, if you can outlast him, just annoy them, because it's a five-step match, it's a three, four-hour match.

Exactly.

Like it's a chess game.

I mean, all you have to do is just pick apart one little thing, either mentally or physically, and then they'll just collapse, and then it's game over.

And that's why Djokovic is a beast, because he's not the most athletic player.

Oh, he's, have you seen that guy do a split?

Well, yeah, he's flexible, but I meant in the sense of like power and everything.

Oh, yeah, for sure.

But he just knows how to like dissect opponents, like you said.

Absolutely.

Yeah, he is.

He is a beast.

He is incredible.

I mean, without a doubt, on paper, it's kind of like the thing with like Michael Jordan and LeBron, right?

Jordan is like the Roger Federer.

Yep.

Right.

Kind of

revolutionized the sport and what it is.

And then Jokovich is the LeBron, like undoubtedly, you know, points-wise and everything.

Yeah.

I didn't think we talked tennis, though.

I didn't think so either.

What are you working on next, Men?

Where can people find you in the YouTube and everything?

So

if you guys want to find me, it's just at EasyBusta on everything.

But, you know, I'm working on a lot of stuff behind the scenes.

A lot of charity projects are coming up.

I definitely want to do some more with Beast Philanthropy.

Like I said, that whole thing changed my life.

And, you know, it's incredible.

And every penny that I donated to that initiative, they actually

matched and then doubled.

So that's how we were able to get 20,000 pairs of shoes.

Wow.

And actually, it's so funny.

The way the whole thing started was.

My buddy Tariq, I got really close with Tariq from like Beast Camp.

And,

you know, I've been talking to him for years about doing a project, like the charity project.

And at first,

the funny thing is at first, he was like, you just got to show up to North Carolina and just surprise Jimmy with like 50 pairs of shoes.

And we went back and forth and we're like,

Jimmy's not going to care at all, number one, because he doesn't care about shoes.

You know what I mean?

He will just give them away right away because that's how he is.

But and then we started talking about.

How about instead of giving it to Jimmy, we give it to some underprivileged kids.

And then we were like, okay, where should we go?

I met Darren, who is an absolute saint on earth doing beast philanthropy.

And his idea was, let's go to his home country, South Africa, and do it.

And yeah, so I want to do some more stuff with Beast Philanthropy.

I have a few other projects in the background.

I started a digital marketing agency.

We have some really amazing clients that

I can't talk too much about, but it's been a lot of fun.

So

we're going to be able to do that.

Thank you.

Yeah, thanks for coming on, man.

That was was a blast.

It was great getting lightweight.

Good luck tomorrow.

Thank you so much.

It's going to be a lot of fun.

Awesome, guys.

See you next time.

Peace.