Okay... I'm lookin' hood, and that's because--
CAR: Turn left after 600 feet.
MAYA: This trick won't stop talking. CAR: Then make a second right turn.
MAYA: This is hard work! Making videos.
CAR: Next left--
MAYA: Callate la boca! [Shut your mouth!]
So it's 8:00 and I woke up at 6:30.
So the name of the game is called hustle and grind.
And start creating. You have to create content.
Do you, boo. Okay? Do you boo!
Anyway, I'm on the highway and I should probably be focused--
CAR: The traffic situation has changed.
MAYA: Has it really? CAR: Alternative route has been calculated.
MAYA: You shut up. Why would you put me on this road then--
CAR: Turn right in the next exit--
MAYA: Anyways, okay guys, I gotta go--she's just talking. She's talking, she won't shut the heck up.
When I was in L.A., I had the pleasure of hanging out with my girlfriend Liinda.
We attended the behind the scenes panel discussion for Getaway.
And that was hosted at S.A. studios by car enthusiast, Xzibit.
No photos!
Unless you're me.
Here we go!
O-M-G! No you did not!
What?!
I wasn't expecting cars--I don't know what I was expecting.
Okay! So we're here at S.A. Studios... what?!
W-T-F.
LIINDA: You see this face?
This is not normal!
S.A. Studios does it up.
They do it big! They shut it down in the West Coast.
Where am I?! What's going on?!
This is not fair!
Yes, fancy cars.
During my stay in L.A., I got to hang out with Mr. Cartoon and Estevan Oriol.
And for those of you that don't know, Mr. Cartoon is a L.A. based tattoo and graffiti artist who has had numerous endorsement and brand deals.
One of the most highly profiled brand endorsement deal was with Nike Cortez.
The shoe was such a huge success, that sneakerheads would pay upwards of $3,000 just to get a pair of these shoes.
But yes. Mr. Cartoon has tattooed the likes of every major tattooed celebrity you can think of.
Some of those celebrities include Dr. Dre, Travis Barker, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and those are just a few.
Do you ever have any doubts about succeeding or failing?
MR. CARTOON: Call it arrogance, call it what you want, but nah. I always knew I was gonna do something, you know?
MAYA: So how do you stay positive?
MR. CARTOON: I just kind of think that way. I just kind of look at what's working and keep that s--t moving.
Keep solid people who have similar aspirations in life, you know.
MAYA: What kind of advice do you have for people that are... don't know what to do, that are kind of lost?
MR. CARTOON: You gotta find your passion in life.
Usually if you're in that situation you probably need to be quiet and listen to somebody, you know?
You need find someone that's living the life somewhat of what you desire and you need hang around them.
They call it interns in some places, you know.
That's the way to get in and expose yourself around professional people and see how they act and how they do it.
And the rest is hard work; the rest is making mistakes and trying s--t and thinking big.
MAYA: Oh yeah! What do you think about selling out, when you guys got hit up by brands and stuff?
MR. CARTOON: Selling out is when you do work that you don't believe in. It's a cornball and everyone sees it.
None of my friends say that type of s--t. Only people that still live with their moms. Jackin' off at their mom's house.
But we stay consious of it. We want to maintain... do the right collabos--we turn down a lot of s--t.
But f--k trying to please people, you know? You'll never do that.
But as long as your peers... your core group of people that you give a f--k about,
they'll know. I do it for them. They know, you know what I mean?
This guy's like a f--kin' rock.
MAYA: Next up, Estevan.
This particular photo is one of his most iconic images, but he has photographed everyone.
Yes, that is Kim Kardashian before she blew up, you know.
Estevan is a photographer, director, and overall hustler.
He does not stop moving.
I spent the day with him while he was shopping for merchandise for his online store.
And it was just really... it was really awesome to see someone who's been in the game for this long,
still hustle and grind it out.
And you would think that they were pushing meth--but they're pushing t-shirts!
Like, it's that much of a hustle. Like all of these t-shirts!
But yeah. He's created pizza boxes, bikinis, calendars...
Joker brand tape, playing cards, candles for his wedding... he just doesn't stop!
This man is constantly creating, he's constantly doing. And I got a few words in with him.
ESTEVAN: My mom and dad divorced when I was 3.
And then my mom was disabled when I was about 8 or 9.
So I wanted more out of life than I grew up with.
MAYA: You know how some people say they're afraid of failure, afraid of success, did you have any of those?
ESTEVAN: Oh yeah, I'm afraid of different s--t. 'Cause who the f--k wants to fail?
You know, that s--t ain't cool.
So being afraid of failure... you're gonna go that extra mile. And that's what I do on a daily basis.
MAYA: How do you stay positive?
ESTEVAN: I stay positive, 'cause being negative is just a waste of time.
MAYA: So what's your advice... anyone that's kind of stuck? Kind of lost?
ESTEVAN: Oh, my advice to the people that are stuck and they're lost?
Go get a job.
Get off your mommy's couch.
Go make your own sandwich.
Get out there and, you know, do your thing.
Do it all yourself. Don't depend on nobody.
Oh! Here's some new advice.
If you're having a hard time taking care of yourself, and you don't have a gameplan, and you don't have goals,
don't have kids. Don't get married.
Wait 'till you get your s--t together before you do all that.
'Cause... you'll just be f--kin' up the world.
That's it, you know?
You know, what's crazy is you can have advice--as much advice as you wanna tell somebody...
And you can try to help somebody as much as you can, but they're not gonna listen anyways.
So it's like... who gives a f--k?
Like I say, 'hey, don't run that way 'cause there's a wall right there.'
'Run that way, 'cause the street goes forever.'
'Oh yeah, look at that street goes forever!'
And they'll look at the wall and they'll just run as fast as they can and smash right into the f--kin' wall.
Their nose and their face is drippin'.
MAYA: It's so true! Well, you know some people have to learn the hard way.
ESTEVAN: Yeah, that's the craziest shit.
Who the f--k would wanna learn the hard way? God damn, I don't understand that s--t.
MAYA: Listen, children of the universe. He's droppin' some knowledge.
Don't play with guns, either!
ESTEVAN: Yeah, don't play with guns--shoot her.
Shoot her!
Don't shoot me. Shoot the camera.
MAYA: I don't support guns!
ESTEVAN: Okay good.
MAYA: That's it.
Are you shameless?!
ESTEVAN: Am I like, embarrassed of my art?
MAYA: Yeah.
ESTEVAN: No.
MAYA: So you're proud of it?
ESTEVAN: F--k yeah. That's how I make a living.
MAYA: Be shameless, boo!
ESTEVAN: Be shameless, boo!
Remember to keep it shameless. Be shameless.
Check these guys out, they have a YouTube channel called Sanctioned TV.
I'll put the links in the description box.
And the dope beats are by the homeboy. Jay Ellyiot. Get into it.
I'll see you guys next week with some fashion stuff, okay?
Thank you guys for tuning in.
Be shameless! Do you, be you, stay true, baby boo.