there is a new concept among today's youth. Co
creation houses. It's the true story of several
strangers picked to live in a house, work together and
have their lives tick topped today. Social media is the
real world, not just an extension of it. And these
houses have real world money that comes with them. Got
your hype house, your collab crib, your trip crib,
honey house. Got the kids next door to the house.
Somebody asked for. I mean you got houses. Okay. Now
the content that comes out of these houses ranges, but
the goal is always the same followers. Now, there are
1000 formulas to put you on track to social media
stardom. But what if you didn't need the Flash, the
cash, the cars, the clothes. What if you built a
following with one of the most precious things life has
to offer your family, grandkids now, for all intents
and purposes. The house behind me is a content creation
house that generates millions of views. There's a star,
there's a management team and they even got merch. Okay.
And why wouldn't they Because everybody loves G Yeah,
yeah. Don't forget, just constantly kind of warm up
when you're feeling a little shaky, you know, warm up.
How we usually do you feel Yeah, take a deep breath.
Thank you so much. Life is just warming up for norman
brazleton. Mm let's party. He's joined the kids on tick
tock known as grandpa G. He's a former barber who went
from cutting hair on Chicago's south side to cutting a
rug on the internet. Yeah, I could want to throw Now
let me take a seat. Mhm. Garnering him. 741,0
followers. He calls grandkids. Don't give up. I need
you to go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. I have
laughed so much in one day that I had cramps in my
cheeks and I told you I have a different set of cheap
cramps. What do you think your purpose in life is I
don't know, maybe for now, you know when do you find
out It's kind of closing, you know, it was just like
okay well let me know, it was just kind of like in the
dumps and all of a sudden my granddaughters intr
me from tic tac toe so you can Russia and the two 567
right, left, right, right, right, right, left that step
step step step, you get to be like my age. You think
that you know that's it. All the good days there behind
you. Now detect I'll give you that promise that you
still got a chance. You still can do something in life,
you can still make somebody happy. The baby girl genia,
she's a mastermind, she can take that telephone. I do
late great things with it. Drop some heart emoji. You
ready to be put on the show. Yeah, my brain. Mhm. The
line of communication and it's just great that I that I
love, I love, I never had this much hair. What you have
a special guest. The Emmy award winning Cody. Thank you.
Thank you. The real winner here though. Gravity is my
homie. True. We go, we go back. That's right. We go
back. So you're telling me it's never too late to chase
a dream. You actually make me feel it's never too late.
Okay and what little dream I have now. Yeah, What are
your dreams now Most of nightmares. Mhm Let's talk
about going live on Tiktok group which is doing this
every day and it's his favorite part and it requires
like 60 minutes of engagement. It is work. I've never
gone live on Tiktok. Let's figure out how yeah, Alex I
need a gen z,I need gen z assistance real quick. How do
I go live Definitely not in settings. This is 30 can I
even go live I don't even have enough followers. You
have to have 1000 followers to go live. They're telling
my followers on instagram that we are going live.
Welcome. We're letting it load. We've got christian
Campbell, A fellow employee. My cousin is watching.
Hello everyone. We are shooting a story and I am trying
to prove that going live on Instagram is humbling.
Austin. I it's bare minerals and prayers. That's wh
this getting care routine is. Um ask me any questions
you want. We've reached 13 people Uhh on an account
that has about 3000 followers will do that math later.
But that's our cue. We're getting, we're getting cu
off by the lawnmower. God bless. Thank you for being a
part of this documentary. We come to you humble and
we're asking you to plus this day. Amen. Hear me All
right. So let's get started with our meeting. I want us
to come up with some goals that we want to have a,I
have a few in mind. So I have a date that I want us to
meet one million followers because that's gonna take us
to a new category, a new bracket of marketplace. Tha
how we can make money for our video. So we need to hit
one million and that's gonna ta a lot of work. It's a
lot of trial and error. One thing I noticed is like
when, when you look at these like hype houses and thes
content creation houses, it's a lot about the flash.
You guys cling to this very familial uh, contact.
There's more people who don't have the flash and all
that. So when they see us just being real normal, they
can relate to that. Some people long for just what we
have. It's just being able to connect to everyday
people is that's what we want to continue to do. You're
doing it. You are, you guys have each other and yet
it's more compelling than most of stuff out there. It's
amazing. It really is it. Every video starts as an idea.
Remember there are no bad ideas in a brainstorm meeting.
I personally want to take a family trip to Africa. I
would like to parachute out of a plane. I believe I can
go up with him. We can just kind of hold on to each
other. Let's get some tattoos, matching tattoos. I
might go that a just a nice little something on the
lower back, that's lower back. Yeah, ideas then become
videos and G's story about meeting Gladys Knight. He
had. Glad it's called me at the barbershop gets on that
midday train to tick tock. Gladys said hello norman. I
said yes, I said hi Gladys, how you doing He's posi
reinforcement. I am super fantastic. And a reminder to
dance like no one's watching even when hundreds of
thousands of people are in the beginning, there were
more energy. Okay, yes, And that was a good one. Good.
We have it. Mm Were you working with G It is fun. It
can also be exhausting and you got to remember to take
time for yourself and do the things that make you happy
And so we love going to get our nails done, trying new
colors, new nail trends, different things like that.
Why not try to be the social media creator yourse
You know, why not be the face of the product I've
thought about it before. But there is no older black
grandfather on Tiktok. I have more fun being behind the
scenes helping him out. Ge gets a lot of love from
everyone. And so that is beautiful to see that people
on social media are not always mean. I am proud of you.
So proud of you. You're incredible, you're amazi
You're super fantastic. Have a great day, Grandkids,
What kind of space are you trying to create for black
creators We're trying to bring more awareness to the
beauty that we have, our natural personalities of wh
black people are. We have the opportunity to show um
beautiful family relationships with. Sometimes I also
get overwhelmed because it's just like, well, like
600,000 people know my grandfather and they love him
just as much as I love him. To what Cody can I ask you
this question please. Do you remember the first video
you solve G and how it made you feel. Yes, he was,
likes wagging out in a trench coat and a hat and then
that's when I dove in and then saw you guys would like
the grandkids don't listen to my stories. Yeah, the
grand kids and old stories, I would like to think I
have the gift of joy and bringing it and I flocked to
people who have that. If I could ever lift anyone else
who I see that and that is like, that is some purpose
for me. I mean truly, it's like, that is why I think
I'm here. I've been smiling for three days with you
guys. Listen, always remember love somebody be a friend
that's an older person in your neighborhood. Go by and
say hello, ask them do the kneading the thing. Those
are ones the reason we're here. That's what friends are
for. You got that right I love you. Love you, Bye
grandpa. Why do you think everybody loves G because my
personality is contagious and you really want to be
like me You know, once you get to know me, you won't be
like me. You can say it with more confidence. That's
what and besides forever before. Oh, take time brings
on a brand new you. I don't have no fear. 84. Where a
I going nowhere But up That's right. I have to thank
you for sharing your love and wisdom because I know it
has made me happier for sure. That's good.