how don't you know game understand okay
don't before jimmy-boy would get global attention for his work with 6:9 creating
his iconic rainbow grills his jigsaw pieces 69 spinner and his recently
revealed shark bended which jimmy-boy told me set back 16 a whopping $800,000
before Jimmy boy would clock in 1 million followers on Instagram and his
daughter Savannah would blow up as a rap star in the making
no the Apple it doesn't fall far from the tree because Jimmy boy was actually
a big star himself as a rapper before we got into the jewelry business no
previous to that he was caught up in the drug trade and he spent years in and out
of prison having caught a few cases just go ahead and give you a list of the
charges that you did you face attempted murder in the beginning dropped two
deadly condom would discharge of a firearm and Ainge engaging an organized
criminal activity possession of methylenedioxypyrovalerone ax those are
just some long yeah oh yes ma'am he spent two and a half years in prison and
he thought that the life of a hustler was the only future that he'd ever now
but his lifelong love for flashy jewelry it eventually opened up a new career
that would keep him out of prison able to support his loved ones again him
hanging out with the world's biggest names in music and entertainment what's
going on guys so for this video we did something different I actually did a
full one-hour interview with Jimmy boy and I posted that to a new channel
titled famous interviews so here's a clip so we were just winging it the
whole time you just enjoying it you know like you know who gets a phone call from
MTV saying hey we want to fly all y'all out here and pay for all your trips to
be on a reality show you know we don't know take you to the VMAs 2006 and we'll
pay folks hell we're gonna get you a hot 97 you know it's like it was pretty
so we were just waiting it you don't saying like oh that's doe no the whole
thing it's about an hour long and it actually got pretty emotional now I'm
super grateful that I have a platform to be able to share these stories with you
guys and for him to be so open to do that with me now it's a way different
setup than what we have here so if you guys want a more in-depth look be sure
to check out that interview we'll have a link down below but for now let's get
into this before they're famous and this one's been a long time coming for real
hey be sure to subscribe and hit that Bell boom Jimmy boy was bored Jimmy fan
On June 9th 1982 in Alif Texas now this is a suburb of Houston an area known for
its high crime rate and ethnically diverse population no his father Anthony
was a member of a very famous Vietnamese band known as CBC band now they overcame
poverty learning to sing Western rock music for American soldiers now
following the Vietnam War while the band members their lives were at risk so they
fled via boat traveling through Tibet and India before finally making it to
America and settling in Houston with conditions the way they are
the CBC cannot nor do they want to stay here in India there's still a band on
the run and they won't stop running until they reach the United States that
was parents they met at one of his father shows his mother were just 18
years old at the time now his parents they split up soon after in young Jimmy
will he be left in the care of his father and his extended family and he
grew up with first-hand experience of a life in show business after cooking much
my parents separated and you know she tried to really just she was 18 when she
had me so you know she she tried to do the right thing but you know she also
knew the right thing was to so the evening was somebody more responsible to
take care so I think about when I was one and a half she left me back at my
desk doorstep and that's when you know my dad and my family started raising now
he grew up backstage watching his family members perform but it wasn't all fond
memories now there was one time when he was six years old that his father he was
actually shot in the leg over a booking dispute yeah long story short you know
they were like the most copied in the city and these other promoters that do
an event and it just happened to clash on the same day as their event and you
know at the end of the night you know the they have sold out and the other
event was they took a major L so I don't know if their plan was to kill my dad
but they're definitely plan was to injure my dad so you can play the drums
anymore but you know for the grace of God you know when they shot my dad's a
lake it didn't hit no bone it went straight through and uh you know my dad
had a show like two days later he went out there like a G wrapped up with the
band injured plate like he couldn't play no more even though he was bleeding like
that's the realest thing you know saying like that boy yeah Parkman
yeah I'm gonna say what my day as a kid will jimmy-boy he would get teased about
his weight and he earned a number of nicknames including that of fat boy
that's with a ph eighty then we watched the movie Scarface obsessively and it
wouldn't take long for him to put two lessons from that film into practice
by the age of 15 he started selling drugs himself now one point he supplied
so much ecstasy to the Houston area that he became known as pill gates school had
never clicked with Jimmy he found himself distracted and uninterested and
the opportunities that the streets offered him despite his parents wishes
well they became quickly his new career path now he began stealing cars as well
and selling parts and that well he was running one of the biggest operations in
town so obviously the cops mildly started paying attention I started
getting to steal cars and I learned how to steal Toyota Camry of course the law
it would catch up with Jimmy he went into great detail about all his
different arrests and this time served in our full interview but at one point
the guy was actually looking at 30 years at a State Penitentiary because there
was a gun found in his home that was connected to an attempted murder also he
got some charges for organized crime possession of ecstasy conspiracy and
attempt to distribute yeah the list goes on and on then we got out on an appeal
bond but was arrested again and this time with the feds yeah it's a it's a
pretty remarkable story it's also interesting to point out how skinny the
dude was when he got out of prison because apparently when he was locked
away all he did was push-ups good for him no one's calling the phad
anymore or maybe they are eh you know for a while there he figured that this
was what his life was always gonna be about now his family they had disowned
him and by now he had a daughter named Savannah and she was born around 2006
then we tried to go legit and pursued a rapping career and he found some success
with tracks like my grind and down south voice which led to some massive radio
play Club appearances and he was rubbing shoulders with other a-list rappers no
Jimmy was telling me in our interview about the record deal offers that came
to of also award shows that he was invited to yeah his star it was shining
bright but what was even more flashy was all his jewelry now some of his early
pieces they include this now infamous blue dolphin chain which was essentially
a pendant of the pills that he was dealing now you're looking at 60 carats
of blue diamonds around two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five diamonds a
total that's one hell of a piece especially for back then his contacts
his knowledge and his passion for jewelry well it started him off as a
middleman for a lot of other rappers or contacts who met with him and we're
looking to get custom pieces made for themselves know during this time he was
still relying on growing and selling drugs with various levels of success now
in our interview he actually told me about a time where he nearly lost it all
he was loose track it out to claim together you know I was I was growing
you know we also had Savannah working alongside him a child in his car as he
would drive around selling dope and at one point the two they were living
together in a trap house so the living room was a regular living room you know
with TV and so I have my daughter and I'll be like ages sitting right here
watch TV I'll be right back you know I go to the room where I got a water my
plants and everything she's banging on the door like hi she was to be a nervy
you know we there were times we got asleep at this place together you know
it you know we had to we have to deal with what we had made the best out of it
finally it was Iceman Nick who envisioned a partnership between the two
which would allow Jimi to make the bread he needed to take care of those who
cared for ice pan Nick or nikifor well he had made Jimmy's blue dolphin peace
and over the years well the two they had grown close now it was decided that the
two they could benefit from one another with Jimmy's knowledge and contacts
utilizing Nick's manufacturing and over the years well the two they started up a
joint venture known as done right jewelers in 2015 now Jimmy has since
said if it wasn't for him I'd be another drug dealer maybe a jail maybe dad know
Jimmy boys list of contacts it is long and star-studded just like his jewelry
and of course him and his daughter they're always posting the Instagram
pictures of them hanging out the lakes Accardi be migos and more
they're a fantastic pair and it's a really beautiful father-daughter
relationship I see it all the time on Instagram and for a guy who's been
through so much it's just nice to see how good of a daddy is also one hell of
a jeweler that new 6/9 sharp piece my god
you know anyways guys I'm gonna wrap up this video here but if you want a more
in-depth look at his full come up story from him from the horse's mouth with a
grill in his mouth I'll be sure to check out our interview over at famous
interviews more videos coming there as well of course
I'll see you guys in the next one hi