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from Castro [Music]
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thank you so much yes we’re foxing we’re
thank you so much yes we’re foxing we’re from here in st. Louis Missouri we’re
from here in st. Louis Missouri we’re
from here in st. Louis Missouri we’re gonna thank you so much for being here
gonna thank you so much for being here
gonna thank you so much for being here and we want to thank you for this
and we want to thank you for this
and we want to thank you for this extreme honor and I want everybody here
extreme honor and I want everybody here
extreme honor and I want everybody here to think of their hero when they were
to think of their hero when they were
to think of their hero when they were growing up when you were a child who was
growing up when you were a child who was
growing up when you were a child who was your hero just think about it and keep
your hero just think about it and keep
your hero just think about it and keep it in your mind for Eric there was a
it in your mind for Eric there was a
it in your mind for Eric there was a local artist named Ryan Massa who played
local artist named Ryan Massa who played
local artist named Ryan Massa who played in a band called so many dynamos and he
in a band called so many dynamos and he
in a band called so many dynamos and he meant so much to Eric and for me it was
meant so much to Eric and for me it was
meant so much to Eric and for me it was a person that wasn’t from here he was
a person that wasn’t from here he was
a person that wasn’t from here he was from Detroit Michigan his name was J
from Detroit Michigan his name was J
from Detroit Michigan his name was J Dilla he was a producer he passed away
Dilla he was a producer he passed away
Dilla he was a producer he passed away in 2006 but he left behind this legacy
in 2006 but he left behind this legacy
in 2006 but he left behind this legacy of some of the greatest hip-hop music in
of some of the greatest hip-hop music in
of some of the greatest hip-hop music in Soul music of all time and he’s inspired
Soul music of all time and he’s inspired
Soul music of all time and he’s inspired some of the greatest musicians of today
some of the greatest musicians of today
some of the greatest musicians of today and about five years ago we decided to
and about five years ago we decided to
and about five years ago we decided to quit our jobs and to drop out of college
quit our jobs and to drop out of college
quit our jobs and to drop out of college and pursue yeah here we go yeah school
and pursue yeah here we go yeah school
and pursue yeah here we go yeah school I’m so and we decided to pursue this
I’m so and we decided to pursue this
I’m so and we decided to pursue this dream we had since we were children too
dream we had since we were children too
dream we had since we were children too and through the music industry this
and through the music industry this
and through the music industry this place filled with evil and also beauty
place filled with evil and also beauty
place filled with evil and also beauty and we decided to brave it together and
and we decided to brave it together and
and we decided to brave it together and I don’t know how good of a job we’ve
I don’t know how good of a job we’ve
I don’t know how good of a job we’ve done this far but what I do know is
done this far but what I do know is
done this far but what I do know is thanks we have produced two records
thanks we have produced two records
thanks we have produced two records we’re working on a third one now that
we’re working on a third one now that
we’re working on a third one now that needs no applause that’s a normal thing
needs no applause that’s a normal thing
needs no applause that’s a normal thing we’ve toured with some of our favorite
we’ve toured with some of our favorite
we’ve toured with some of our favorite artists of all time we’ve met some of
artists of all time we’ve met some of
artists of all time we’ve met some of the coolest people that we never thought
the coolest people that we never thought
the coolest people that we never thought we would ever meet and we’ve toured
we would ever meet and we’ve toured
we would ever meet and we’ve toured about 16 different countries we’ve
about 16 different countries we’ve
about 16 different countries we’ve actually spent so much time on the road
actually spent so much time on the road
actually spent so much time on the road that in the past five years we’ve spent
that in the past five years we’ve spent
that in the past five years we’ve spent more time in this stinky horrible van
more time in this stinky horrible van
more time in this stinky horrible van than we have in our own homes and
than we have in our own homes and
than we have in our own homes and honestly that’s this journey that we
honestly that’s this journey that we
honestly that’s this journey that we love and it’s it’s beautiful we love
love and it’s it’s beautiful we love
love and it’s it’s beautiful we love this so much and we would this is shaped
this so much and we would this is shaped
this so much and we would this is shaped our entire life and
our entire life and
our entire life and this whole time I’ve kind of been
this whole time I’ve kind of been
this whole time I’ve kind of been thinking about J Dilla and the impact he
thinking about J Dilla and the impact he
thinking about J Dilla and the impact he had on me and the impact that he has on
had on me and the impact that he has on
had on me and the impact that he has on so many of today’s greatest artists and
so many of today’s greatest artists and
so many of today’s greatest artists and then I started thinking recently about
then I started thinking recently about
then I started thinking recently about how a lot of here is a lot of the people
how a lot of here is a lot of the people
how a lot of here is a lot of the people that maybe you were thinking about have
that maybe you were thinking about have
that maybe you were thinking about have actually passed away in the last few
actually passed away in the last few
actually passed away in the last few years we don’t have so many of these
years we don’t have so many of these
years we don’t have so many of these people that inspired us to be creative
people that inspired us to be creative
people that inspired us to be creative and to be innovative and to lead the
and to be innovative and to lead the
and to be innovative and to lead the world and all the sudden all of that
world and all the sudden all of that
world and all the sudden all of that weight kind of falls on all of us I
weight kind of falls on all of us I
weight kind of falls on all of us I think I think that it’s our job now to
think I think that it’s our job now to
think I think that it’s our job now to do something that replicates with those
do something that replicates with those
do something that replicates with those people that you were thinking about
people that you were thinking about
people that you were thinking about earlier did for you I think it’s our job
earlier did for you I think it’s our job
earlier did for you I think it’s our job to be the heroes of the children born
to be the heroes of the children born
to be the heroes of the children born tomorrow my challenge to you is to be a
tomorrow my challenge to you is to be a
tomorrow my challenge to you is to be a hero for a child born tomorrow to
hero for a child born tomorrow to
hero for a child born tomorrow to inspire them to leave behind a world
inspire them to leave behind a world
inspire them to leave behind a world better than the one that we left behind
better than the one that we left behind
better than the one that we left behind again we’re called foxing we’re from
again we’re called foxing we’re from
again we’re called foxing we’re from here in st. Louis Missouri I want to
here in st. Louis Missouri I want to
here in st. Louis Missouri I want to thank you so much for this honor this is
thank you so much for this honor this is
thank you so much for this honor this is absolutely amazing I hope you enjoy
absolutely amazing I hope you enjoy
absolutely amazing I hope you enjoy listening to the speakers who are so
listening to the speakers who are so
listening to the speakers who are so much smarter than us because they
much smarter than us because they
much smarter than us because they probably went to college and they
probably went to college and they
probably went to college and they probably read a lot more books we’re
probably read a lot more books we’re
probably read a lot more books we’re gonna perform another song that’s from
gonna perform another song that’s from
gonna perform another song that’s from our upcoming album thank you so so much
our upcoming album thank you so so much
our upcoming album thank you so so much to Hill st. Louis and TEDx for having us
to Hill st. Louis and TEDx for having us
to Hill st. Louis and TEDx for having us here tonight thank you
here tonight thank you
here tonight thank you [Applause]
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smack [Music]
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[Music] we snap it man
we snap it man
we snap it man [Music]
this number to show he was survived by
this number to show he was survived by palms but still can’t listen
palms but still can’t listen
palms but still can’t listen [Music]
snob
snob [Music]
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[Music] thank you so much oh great night and
thank you so much oh great night and
thank you so much oh great night and tray the rest of the speakers is coming
tray the rest of the speakers is coming
tray the rest of the speakers is coming huge round of applause it’s warm up
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