right yeah yeah no it was there like right after like right at the same time right after two dude but

so before i met yg i had a situation with this guy named venus brown who was working with will.i.am and justin timberlake and i had a group called ty and corey me and my homie from new york and uh we got a little check from them so i had a crib I had a X3 BMW and shit.

I had a chain nigga.

You know what I'm saying? So all the homies and pushers was looking at me like, I'm on, like he got the big ass house on top of the hill.

He got the chain, he got the whip, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah.

And I had all the equipment, you know what I mean? But at this time, I was at the end of my bread.

You know what I'm saying? It

For 100% master deal.

It was 2012 when I signed

to Atlantic.

Yeah.

Let's go right before the Atlantic deal.

I dropped Beach House 1.

Yeah, the mixtape.

The mixtape.

Because you established your sound with Beach House One and also the lane of... like the luxury, the late night, the women, like all that

When did you realize that about Ty Dolla $ign?

I realized that, like, early, early, but especially when I got my first job.

My first job was, was when I was, like, 16, and it was at a Subway, sandwiches.

And, uh, I was in there, uh, going through the, you know, when they teach you everything, and-

Mm-hmm.

And then it's Love Jones on his first album.

And really, uh, I was supposed to put that out, but I didn't put it out, and then he was like, "I'm about to use it on my [beep]." Bam, we ended up signing him, me and Sean Bell, 'cause we always talked about making a label together.

Sean Bell is the guy who signed me to A- Atlantic-

[laughs]

A few of the homies is crazy.

Come on.

Yeah, a few of the homies is crazy.

You coulda just said one.

You coulda just said one.

Coulda just said one person.

Well, when you see the one picture-

Right.

And then, uh, I seen this nigga in the club at, uh, what was that shit called? Playhouse in LA, Hollywood, right? So I'm on stage next to DJ Charisma, all them.

Fucking, uh, Trey Songz not to whisper, "Hey, that nigga Trey Songz gonna walk next to you." He walk next to me, I'm like, "Hey, what's up my nigga, da, da, da.

I'm the one who made Fumble," da, da, da.

He was like, "Oh, that was you, my nigga? Oh, we gotta work," da, da, da.

Next thing you know, we end up linking.

He was like, "Oh, you need to meet my manager." His manager, Kevin Lyles.

CAPS, where confidence begins.

You showed it at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Yeah, I showed it.

By the time the lights came on, man, you seen tears.

You're seeing just everybody ready to free TC.

Like, what can I do? So in the documentary, it shows my whole life coming up.

Some of y'all know, if you're a real Ty Dolla $ign fan, my first album was called Free TC because my little brother locked up for a murder that everyone in the city knows he didn't do.

And the witness that said he did it originally came back and said she was coerced.

Like, I don't believe I got the chance to work in the studio with somebody like that.