... on that side of the table.

Kidada, who was working for us, and I mean, ever since she got there, the phones were, like, really ringing off the wall.

Everybody from LA, and anyway, Kidada kept saying, "Andy, my, my dad's looking for artists," you know.

And I'm like, "Yeah, well, I, I, I've got a lot of artists.

I mean, we can do this." So Quincy and I talked, and he said, "Yeah, bring me some new talent." And, you know, he even wanted me to A&R a New Order record.

New Order was a very huge group.

Um, but on the team to find new artists, it was Jay Brown, probably Kyrie, Jay-Z, and myself, and we were all consulting Qwest.

Mm.

... from your perspective on how that came to life?

Tommy, Michael H., and I were at the after party for the MTV Awards.

And it was at the National Museum of History.

And Snoop liked Michael H.'s hat, like, h- 'cause M- we were kind of dressed in rock stars, and they started talking, and we all started talking.

And I said, "Yeah, this is Tommy.

Tommy Hi-" He goes, "Oh yeah, man.

I, I, I know," you know.

... on that side of the table.