CHARLES: THE AGE OF BEING A
SO-CALLED INFLUENCER IS UPON US.
MANY WHO USE THE MONIKER ONLY
POSTING PICTURES OF LAVISH
VACATION SPOTS AND BOOZY
BRUNCHES, SOME ARE TURNING THEIR
FOLLOWERS INTO LEGIT BUSINESSES.
MY NEXT GUEST DID THAT AT JUST
13 YEARS OLD.
JOINING ME IS TREY BROWN.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, I FELL IN
LOVE WITH YOU WHEN I SAW YOU IN
A COMMERCIAL.
I WANT TO SHARE PART OF IT WITH
THE AUDIENCE SO THEY CAN SEE
WHAT I SAW.
>> COOL.
COOL.
>> HE GOT MONEY FOR HIS BIRTHDAY
AND HE WAS LIKE I WANT TO START
A CLOTHING LINE.
A LOT OF MY MENTORS TEACH ME
ABOUT CREDIT, INVESTMENT,
CHARITY.
THEY ALWAYS SAY SLOW FEET DON'T
EAT.
I GOT TO GET TO IT.
CHARLES: YOU GOT TO IT, MY MAN.
>> YES, YES, YES.
CHARLES: WHY DID YOU WANT TO
START A CLOTHING LINE?
WHAT MADE YOU THINK YOU COULD DO
THAT?
>> BASICALLY, IN THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA AT THE TIME, IT WAS
JUST LIKE A LOT OF VIOLENCE.
IT WAS JUST SAD.
I REMEMBER LIKE IT WAS
YESTERDAY, I WAS HERE FOR AUGUST
14th, SOMEONE GOT ARRESTED FOR
MURDERING A 14-YEAR-OLD.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY FRIENDS,
MY BROTHER, AND IT'S SAD WHAT
THE YOUTH ARE DOING.
I WAS ALWAYS IN A CLOTHING AND I
STARTED SPERGO WITH $178 AND 16
SHIRTS.
I WANTED TO GET TO IT AND JUST
WANTED TO HAVE A BUSINESS.
CHARLES: WHERE DID THE NAME COME
FROM?
>> IT'S A CATCHY NAME I CAME UP
WITH.
IT'S SPORTS AND HEROES, NOT
SUPER HEROES BUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU
THAT INSPIRE ME AND POSITIVE
PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD I
LOOK UP TO.
I CHOSE THE LION BECAUSE THE
LION REPRESENTS POWER, STRENGTH
AND COURAGEOUSNESS JUST LIKE ME,
BECAUSE I'M POWERFUL, I'M STRONG
AND I'M COURAGEOUS.
CHARLES: TALK ABOUT YOUR
MENTORS.
>> I'VE GOT A LOT OF MENTORS.
JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES.
CHARLES: YOU REACH OUT TO PEOPLE
AND ASK FOR HELP?
I HAVE SEEN PICTURES WITH YOU
AND MEEK MILLS, DIDDY HAS HELPED
YOU OUT.
>> I JUST TAKE ACTION.
IF I SEE SOMEBODY I REALLY LOOK
UP TO THAT'S IN THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA, IP
PHILADELPHIA, I'M GOING TO GET
ON IT, MAKE SURE I GET TO THEM.
MENTORSHIP IS KEY.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO LEARN FROM
THEM.
CHARLES: HOW ARE YOU GROWING THE
BUSINESS?
USING SOCIAL MEDIA, OBVIOUSLY
YOU'RE IN THIS AD, PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO KNOW YOU AND I KNOW
IT'S GROWING NATURALLY THAT WAY.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
THINGS YOU WANT TO DO TO GROW
THE BUSINESS?
>> BASICALLY WHEN I FIRST
STARTED OFF, I HAD SOLD IT TO MY
FAMILY AND I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW,
I HAD 16 TEESHIRTS, I WAS
SELLING IT TO MY FAMILY.
AFTER THAT I WOULD GO TO LOCAL
BARBER SHOPS AND I WOULD
INTRODUCE MYSELF.
THEY WOULD ALL SUPPORT ME.
BASICALLY AFTER THAT I WOULD
REINVEST ALL MY MONEY AND I
STARTED OFF WITH 16 SHIRTS, THEN
30 SHIRTS, HOODIES, SWEATSHIRTS,
SHORTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
NOW I HAVE A FULL LINE,
SWEATSUITS, EVERYTHING LIKE
THAT.
CHARLES: MY WIFE LOVES YOUR
CLOTHES.
SHE TOLD ME TO BRING BACK A LOT
OF SAMPLES.
HOPE YOU GOT SOME IN THE GREEN
ROOM.
WE ONLY GOT A MINUTE AND A HALF
LEFT.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID THAT
TOUCHED ME, WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS
OLD I TOLD MY MOTHER I WAS GOING
TO WORK ON WALL STREET.
NO ONE BELIEVED ME BUT MY MOM.
I SAW WHERE YOU SAY YOU TOLD
PEOPLE YOU WANTED TO DO THIS AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE LAUGHED AT YOU.
HOW DID YOU STILL POWER THROUGH
IT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN DESPITE
THAT?
>> I SAY NO MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
ANY TIME SOMEBODY TELLS ME NO,
ANY TIME SOMEBODY DOUBTS ME, I
KEEP ON GOING.
I'M NEVER GOING TO STOP.
I GOT A DREAM AND I BELIEVE IN
IT.
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.
CHARLES: THE CHARITY STUFF.
YOU TALKED ABOUT CHARITY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU ALREADY.
>> YES.
MOST DEFINITELY.
LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK I MAKE
SURE I DONATE TO THE HOMELESS
AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND I
MAKE SURE I GIVE BACK BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.
CHARLES: WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS
IS GOING TO GO?
DO YOU THINK BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ONE DAY?
>> YES.
I WANT SPERGO TB A HOUSEHOLD
NAME.
IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYWHERE.
CHARLES: I BELIEVE YOU.
SLOW FEET DON'T EAT, MY MAN.