The BWNC Podcast

Today’s episode is sick as fuck for me to share as this guest is one of my long long time friends, Andrew Doyle. Andrew and I grew up in together in Iowa and have both ended up out in Los Angeles with some success. Doyle co-owns a very successful printing company called Over Cast Printing based out of Long Beach. They print gear for companies and Artist like Playboy, Levi’s, Frank Ocean, Shawn Whi...

Today we sit down and talk with ScHoolboy Q’s road manager and one of my good homies, Ctupidgenius aka Akeem Smith aka KEEM. Keem has been working with Top Dawg Entertainment and several of the artist on that label for the past 5 years and counting. This dude has been through it all, including getting shot while on tour and the mother fucker survived… In this interview we not only talk about that...

Jessica Lorenzo is a filmmaker, editor, DJ, and marketing wizard. Jess edits full time for a super popular online film academy better known as the Jumpcut academy, constantly creating content for their platform. She has worked for publications like Hip Hop DX, this girl has done a lot of shit. Jess is also a freelancer. She is heavily involved behind the scene's for Rapper T.F (who was on EP 12 of...

Today we have an insane hand lettering, illustrator, graphic designer on the show. His name is Scotty Russel but on the internet, he goes by the name, Perspective Collective. Scotty has a fast-growing Instagram account where he is vomiting insanely creative post after post which has gathered him an army of almost 40,000 followers. His work has been featured all over the internet, he’s been flown a...

On today’s episode I sit down with one of my longest friends and top dogs at the company EA Games aka Electronic Arts aka EA Sports, It’s in the game. Markus is the Head of Influence for EA and is overseeing projects for almost every single EA game that they have. Markus is also a youtuber, who has been killing the game and testing new types of ways to create for youtube. Now to take this back, Ma...

On today's episode we sit down with my dawg and TDE’s very own behind the scenes legend, Matt Genius. Matt runs the entire merch operation at Top Dawg Entertainment which if you are not familiar houses some of today’s hop artists such as Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, SZA, etc. etc. Matt has been working with them for years, perfecting the online shopping experience for fans, marketing options, and...

On today’s episode, I sit down with a very good friend of mine and Los Angeles based rapper, TF. TF is better known for his feature on the ScHoolboy Q Song “Tookie Knows II” off the Blank Face Album. This feature has catapulted TF’s career to new levels. Not only was he able to tour around the world with Q, but he was also apart of Q’s Grammy Nomination for Best Hip-Hop Album. I am hyped af for yo...

On today's episode, I am happy to bring my homie Travis Lloyd on to share his story. Travis is a mental health professional, public speaker, foster care expert, hip-hop artist, Author, and mentor. Travis grew up in and out of foster care, group homes, and was even institutionalized at one point. Growing up in and out of the system, he was often told that he would be dead or in jail before he was 1...

On today’s episode, I sat down with an old friend of mine, Anthony Tripoli also known as Artripoli on Instagram. Tony, is known for his photography on many levels. He was a popular punk and hardcore photographer early on when living in Columbia, Missouri, he then took a chance and moved to Las Vegas where he became lead editorial photographer for Zappos, which is one of the largest online retail s...

On today’s episode, I sit down with up and coming rapper/singer/songwriter/producer, Oliver Francis. Oliver is from Columbia, MO and has had an explosive past two years on his YouTube channel. His videos have gained over 33 million views and he has a very simple explanation for how he was able to pull it off. We cover that, how his younger years playing in punk bands sparked the inspiration for mo...

Today I have a very important guest on the show, Andrew Sandler. Andrew is one of the main reasons I have any success in Los Angeles and has been a dude I've literally been with day in and day out since I moved to LA, putting me on since I got here. Andrew is the director of our Chris Brown documentary that has played in theaters all over the world and is now playing on Netflix. He directed our Ma...

My seventh guest on the Black With No Cream Podcast is Cal Scruby which is actually really tight for me as he is my first musical guest. Cal is a rapper/songwriter originally from Columbus, Ohio and is now living in Los Angeles, California. His story is sick. He has had millions and millions of plays on all of his songs and videos including his biggest record to date, titled Ain’t Shit Change feat...

My sixth guest on the Black With No Cream Podcast is JR Strickland! JR is one of the most talented VFX/Editor/Director's I know. His credits range from Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Logic, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Spotify, and many more. When I had just moved to Los Angeles, JR was one of my first friends and we worked closely on several major projects together, so I am excited to finally share his story...

My fifth guest on the Black With No Cream Podcast is Tim Dodd aka The Everyday Astronaut! Tim has been one of the most successful wedding photographers in my home state of Iowa and recently took a leap of faith to retire wedding photography and turn his focus on a viral character that he created better known as the Everyday Astronaut. We dive into the importance of investing in your dreams, how ph...

My fourth guest on the Black With No Cream Podcast is Jake Miosge! Jake is Chris Brown's personal photographer and has been working with Chris for several years. Jake has an insane story ranging from flipping burgers in Australia, working for Chris's street team out of pure passion which led to him getting to go on tour and eventually becoming Chris's photographer. We cover this and A WHOLE LOT mo...

Adam is a Minneapolis based photographer / creative director and is ASAP Ferg's touring photographer. Adam has shot THOUSANDS of concerts in Minneapolis for over 10 years and even won an award for becoming the best minneapolis music photographer. In this podcast he discusses his early love for photography, how he has hustled is way into show after show, the deal he landed with PBR, getting the cal...

Ashani is the photographer / videographer for Joey Badass and Rae Sremmurd. In this Podcast Ashani explains how he quit working construction to going on tour with some of the biggest artist in the world. He offers story with the hope that it can help other creators out there looking to make moves with their creative skills in the industry. Support our show: http://www.bwnc.com/podcast http://www.b...

Justin Odisho is one of the top YouTubers offering tutorials, vlogs, and consistent tips/tricks for all creators! He specializes in Adobe Premiere Pro & Adobe Photoshop and just recently quit his job to work full time on YouTube. This is a great dive into Justin's life and how he was able to find his success! Support our show: http://www.bwnc.com/podcast http://www.bwnc.com/join http://www.instagr...