- [BM] Yeah.
I had stage fright my first couple auditions on “K-pop Star.”
- [JUNNY] Ohh. You were on “K-pop Star”? - [Ashley] That’s huge!
- [Ashley] Wait was that the first… Performance you did?
- [BM] That was the first time I’ve ever did anything vocally.
‘Cause I was rapping and like free-styling
and doing whatever at like parties and whatnot…
And garages…
And turning on the speaker.
But I never held a mic before in my life.
- [Peniel] Ohhh... okay okay okay.
- [BM] So I was like… Nor did I speak Korean.
So I kept forgetting my lyrics.
- [Ashley] On “K-pop Star”? - [BM] On the stage. Yeah.
- [JUNNY] Yeah. That’s such a big stage man.
- [BM] It is… It is…
- [Ashley] So intimidating…
It’s so intimidating.
- [BM] It is bro.
- [Ashley] There must’ve been so many cameras
and the three judges in front of you.
- [BM] Oh my gosh. Like JYP and YG…
When I was done they were like, “How old are you?
I was like, “21…”
They were like, “You have no hope further…
You have no… You’re too late.”
- [Ashley] What. They said that?
- [BM] Yeah. They were like,
“I think you’re a little bit too late to be on the stage right now.”
I was like, “You right. You right.”
- [JUNNY] You right…
- [Ashley] Wait so were those the three celebrities you met for the first time?
- [BM] Oh… Yeah. Yeah. Actually. Probably.
- [Ashley] The first celebrities you’ve ever met?
- [BM] Oh no no no.
I met a celebrity before but it was like really short.
I met The Game at a gas station.
- [JUNNY] Damn.
- [BM] You know who The Game is?
- [Peniel] Yeah dude. - [Ashley] In LA?
- [BM] Yeah yeah yeah.
I was at a gas station one time, right?
And I was like gonna go pay money at the…
- [Peniel] At the counter? - [BM] At the counter.
- [BM] And then The Game just walks in.
And I’m still tall at the time right?
But I’m looking at him like this.
- [Peniel] He’s that tall? - [BM] He comes in…
He’s like…
Man… He came in from the bathroom.
And then he got something.
Right when he came in and I saw him.
I was like, “Game?”
And he was like, “What’s up.”
I was like…
And he was like… He gave the key back to—
The bathroom key back to the dude.
He was like, “Oh my bad bro.
I almost walked out with your ****.”
I was like, “Damn… He’s so ****ing cool.”
- [Ashley] Wait. Did you ask him for a photo or anything?
- [BM] No I couldn’t. I was scared.
He used to walk around like the mall I used to go to.
He used to go to Champs to get his tees…
And some of my friends have pictures with him.
He's just throwing up his west side and…
Aw man. The Game is tight.
He was bald then.
Like that was like 28 year old…
27 year old, The Game, I think.
He was scary.
He probably had a gun on him too at the time.
- [JUNNY] Was that when he was with like…
50 Cent.
Doing his thing with 50 Cent?
- [BM] I think it was around that time.
- [JUNNY] During that time?
- [BM] It was around ‘Doctor’s Advocate.’
- [JUNNY] Oh okay okay.
- [BM] That was crazy. I used to bump that all the time.
- [JUNNY] Yo… The Game. That’s so random though.
- [BM] I know. That was my first celebrity encounter.
- [Peniel] Yeah. Who’s your first celebrity encounter?
- [Ashley] Well I lived in New York and they had a lot of Korean American concerts.
During Chuseok…
So we always had a lot of Korean singers.
And I think the first artist that I ever met was like MC Mong?
‘Cause he had like a fan signing and a concert.
So I went to get my picture signed by him.
And then the first person I ever like met face-to-face
and had a picture taken with was…
Fly to the Sky.
‘Cause they also came to New York one year for a Chuseok festival.
And I was fan girling so hard ‘cause I was a huge Hwanhee fan.
So he like had his arms around me and I was like shaking.
And I was like taking my picture like this.
And I wish I still have the picture ‘cause I looked like such a huge nerd.
But I unfortunately don't have it anymore.
But I remember the way he smelled.
- [Peniel] What? - [Ashley] And he smelled really good.
- [BM] Oh okay.
I thought you were gonna say he smelled really bad.
- [Ashley] No he smelled really good! - [BM] Okay. Okay.
- [Peniel] And then were you like, “I can do a dance for you.”