Weather Park & "Chey," Children of Ol' Dirty Bastard & Method Man, Talk Family Legacy Season 2 +More
All right, it's way up with Angela Yee and for the first time ever, weather Park is here. Yes, yes, yes, welcome to the show. And my girl Shy is back, who also performed the Angela y Day and killed it.
Yes I did.
All right, Well, you guys are going to be on MTV's Family Legacy and this is going to be amazing because I know it's fascinating for people to see, like celebrities, what are their kids doing, especially when their kids are also doing music. So what made you decide? Now, Shy, I know you also shy away from you know, just letting people know who your father is. It's always like, okay, don't introduce me as you know, here we go get a method man's daughter. And I know your mom is very like we need her to do it on her own, and you have been doing it on your own. But then doing this is also like that's part of what the show is about. So what made you decide to do it?
I really decided to do it to give people like a different understanding of how childhood is, or like through stories, how it is for people like us growing up with parents in the spotlight. You'll see like during this season myself as well as Weather, my brother, my cousin, everybody that's involved. We have Regene Carter, we got Buster Rhyme sons. I feel like we all share a commonality, which is our parent that's in the spotlight. But it's like a lot of the stuff that goes on behind the scenes a lot of people are unaware of as far as you know, the regular stuff like getting prepared for the shows and you know, like the stuff that the camera doesn't see.
Right.
I feel like this really like hones in and gives like people a different perspective of like how life was for us.
Growing up and Weather Park for you. And in the trailer, you know, you say something that I felt like was had a lot of layered meeting. You talk about being the son of old dirty bastard but he passed away when you were nine. Yes, and you said for you, how did that affect you? Because in the trailer, I feel like what you said was also like I cannot wait to hear how he expands on that.
Yeah, So as far impact, you know, it's definitely significant to just.
I would say my trial and tribulation.
I don't think that I fully was aware of what was taking place at nine years old. I think it really started to hit me at like fifteen sixteen, when I get to see what a father and son bond actually looks like firsthand. So based off those experiences, you know, I had to do a lot of like just working on my mental health and just making sure that I was in the right head spaces and making better decisions from my father so that you know, I can excel and whatever I choose to do. But you're definitely challenging. Challenging.
Yeah, it's interesting because there's been so many like documentaries and people talking about your father. Do you watch those, like, I know they did a Tale of Two dirties.
Yeah, yeah, so you know, I was there for the screening of the that docu that I guess you call it like a documentary, Yeah, I guess, But yeah, I try not to. I try not to watch it too much. Everyone kind of got their own image of my dad, you know what I mean. So I take it for what it is. But you know, me and my dad got our own story and our own relationship, you know, and I think it's important for that to be told and also known, because you know, I feel like everything my father all the challenges that he was facing. This is the epitome of that, you know, having a fatherless child. Not to use the word bastard, but you know a bastard child, you know, being that. Yeah, it's a little emotional. Sorry, Yeah, it's just yeah, it's just I'm not the only one that's feeling these feelings. You know, I have other siblings out there. So yeah, it's not just about me. It's about the legacy. It's about the story and making sure that you know, the people understand that my father, even though he's not here, he split himself up in multiple pieces so that you can still get to feel touched and hear him.
I definitely knew your father because I did. Used to work in the office and we've always had like I always talk about my relationship with him because he would call the office all the time, and I was kind of the person that was you know, I was assistant to the CEO to Ris and Divine and so I was the one that was in charge of like the check books and everything. And he would always be like, YO, write me a check. I'm like, I can't just write a check and hand it to you. But you know, he was great because he would call curse me out, but then he would call back and apologize like two minutes later. But it was funny, like he didn't never mean any harm by any of the things. It was like his personality just to he was very animated, you know in the workplace. So I always have like really good fond memories of both of your parents, you know, even for Yu Shi working in the office and your dad. He was such a big celebrity, but so grounded. Yes, all the time, like he didn't move like he like walking down the block with him, everybody stopping him. It don't matter what color their skin was, how old, like everybody knew him. And I think for both of them, like just any time you went somewhere with them, it was like mayhem of people wanted to know them. But they also liked people like they were you know.
They enjoyed what they were doing. It wasn't like a tedious task, right Yeah.
But then you know, imagine being a child of a star like that, where he's traveling and that's what he has to do for a living. And there's times they were on the road for months at a time. You know, sometimes people don't take into consideration what that must be like growing up. Did you both always know that you wanted to do music from a young age.
I knew I wanted to be in the spotlight, whether I knew I wanted to perform, whether it be singing. I tried to sing a little band.
You gotta sing a voice.
Tell I swear they should have put me in vocal classes anyway. But I knew I wanted to perform something. I knew I wanted to be an actress. I just knew I wanted to share my talent. I knew I was born with the talent, and I knew I wanted to share it with the world. And I knew I had the possibility of.
Doing that, right, And what about you?
Yeah, So you know, initially it's crazy, I really wanted to be a firefighter as a kid that I don't know why.
I can't really tell you.
But with music, I feel like music kind of just found me, you know, in a way, just from just hanging around with my friends and you know, doing things that kids do, you know what I mean. So, you know a big part of my inspiration is one of my friends. He was into poetry and he watched a bunch of battle raps so, uh, you know, convinced him to write a rhym. He came back to me with the rahm and it just was the most intriguing thing that I ever heard coming out of sixty year old mouth. And then ever since then, I was like, nah, gotta try.
Yeah, And you grew up in best Die and there's a huge mural your dad and best actually lived right around the corner from there. I sound putting them? Did you used to see that all the time.
Yeah, yes, it's actually quite a few of them.
It's like two or three, but yeah, I'm familiar with that one on Franklin and putting.
Them Okay, And then you do have a lot of siblings, yes, so I was like, yes, you do. So how was your relationship, Like, do you do music with any of them? Is it? Are there some that you still are like I want to meet this person or no?
No, No, I got a pretty steady relationship with all my siblings as far as music go.
No.
I try to keep our relationship based off the fact that we're siblings so that they understand where I stand with them. You know, my siblings have been in my life since I since I could remember, so we shared that young dirty Bastard, t Nico Jones, Chaqudah Jones. You know, their mother is pretty much super familiar with me obviously not like that, but and then you know my other siblings, that's you know present. You know, we all share our commonhood of not just our father being Russell Jones, old, dirty bastard or whatever, but it's just more about we get to fill our father through each other. You know, it's different when you meet people and they say, yo, your dad was amazing and they have these stories. But when we're in one room together, we get to see, uh, you know what each and every one of us have, oh whatever he gave us, and then we kind of just pick and pull off for that. It's always kind of cool to see us in one room together. But yeah, I would love to see that.
Yeah, yes, it can get crazy sometimes.
Yeah, you andish I do have a son together. Yes, yes, seen y'all performing that and everything. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. So tell me how you guys ended up working together and even when you guys first met, what that was like.
We first met, we did like a kind of second generation thing. We had a photo shoot at a dispensary in Brooklyn.
So that was the first time you guys met.
Yeah, okay, yes, and they were like, oh, weather Park is gonna pull up and I'm like, okay, cool, cool, cool. So he pulled up Outfit Nights. I'm like, okay, this is.
How we're gonna do it.
And then we obviously we all just put our creative minds together. We all do music. He sent me a beat. I was like, this is what you want to let's do. It was the fire. I got chills automatically as soon as the beatdrops, so I knew I needed to be on that song. So thank you brother, I'm grateful. And then we got in the studio. Our second meeting was actually the studio, and I was nervous because I was like, I don't know if he's going to look at me like my brothers look at me, or like how they just want me to be like this gritty, you know, like fit in with them, like the boys.
So I'm like, not that pretty. I am boujie, you know, Yeah, okay, we like it.
I did my verse and I'm like I had to put in a little bit of spinning there, but that still made it cute.
So you know, I do my little y'all y'all, And what did you think when you guys?
I already knew the verse was gonna be fire.
You know, I'm a big fan of Shah's music here and now, I was nineteen forty two, you know what I mean. So even when she you know, wants to rap, you know what I mean. I'm a big fan of vidual because I understand the challenges that we face, not just as celebrities kids, but as artists first. So just you know, keeping inspiration and you know, just trying to prevent writer's block and making sure that you consistent with that so her being able to come in, you know, work towards being as comfortable as she could in my environment, which I feel like I made the environment, you know, very comfortable for her and her company.
You know what I mean. But yeah, I was. I was thrilled.
I already know it's in her blood, so tripping over that, you know what I mean? You know, she already know the energy I'm coming with, so you feel me her even now I'm like accepting it. I already knew she was gonna take it on the way she was supposed to, So you know what I mean. The song came out the way it was supposed to. Yeah, yeah, you know what I mean. And I feel like I feel like what really shows that is the performances, right, you know what I mean?
Because with the performance.
Together as the second generation and look shy. Now. Part of this is also being in the news because there was a big story and y'all are so private, nobody comments on anything. But there was a story about your father met the man getting into it with your ex boyfriend from ten years ago in the gym and Staten Island. So did he call and tell you about it? Did you read about it like everybody else? Did you saw it on the blogs? Like what happened?
Oh?
I don't know, girl, I was not involved in any kind of witch away. I really don't know.
You weren't at the gym too.
I don't work out yet. I know I should.
I know I should.
Even my pregnant sister in law's in there. It's no excuse for nobody, okay, but yeah, I just you know, my dad loves me. He's always gonna protect me no matter what. Don't believe everything you read in the.
Media, So okay, yeah, because you know, people do inflate these stories. I see the comments come in and sometimes this is always my approach to I ain't gonna comment on it because it keeps the story going even more and.
More and more.
I've read some stuff about myself that I didn't even know. I'm like, oh, yeah, really going, oh y'all going for the gold.
Wow.
Okay, if somebody didn't know me, they would think I was slowsely.
I don't know. Oh I didn't see that part.
Twitter was crat up. They was eating me up on Twitter.
They were eating you did not respond. Sometimes you want to be like, hold up.
Like, actually, you don't know me, and I'm about to use my college degree on you right now since you think I'm so this, this and this. But no, it's it's cool. People are gonna do what they want social media. Social media. I do read it, I do get the little the heat rising, and then I'm like you.
Start typing, and then you'd be like, no, don't do it.
I'll be like, I don't know you.
I don't know you.
You're not about to come put no money in my pockets or disrupt my life in any way because you're still where you're at, a stranger on Instagram.
So that's it, right, Because as the start continues to rise, and when this show comes out, it's gonna be a lot of people weighing it. And you've been acting.
Yes, I have shout out to David Coernonez and John the Red Hook series that's coming out soon. I'll be ok my brother also heat come on, don't be all quiet.
Nah, I just be chilling. You know.
I appreciate work ethics, so I don't be trying to boast about like not like that. You know, it's good to speak a loud about it, but I really enjoy when people see the aftermath of it and say, oh shit, like okay Weather, like I ain't know you was doing that, you know what I mean, because you know, even with my acting, you know, I just got this role. But I've always been passionate about acting because I'm always been in a bunch of time with Risen and he does not hang out with no musicians. He only hangs out with actors. So it's like, what am I doing here?
You know what I mean? Like I have no business here.
So I started to look at it like, Okay, let me try to create an opportunity for myself, you know what I mean. But I've watched like even Idris Alba, like before he blew up. My stepdad used to cut his hair on no strings, you know what I mean.
And he used to give us all of his like you know what I mean.
Yeah, aka Webay And they used to always be together in the first season.
Yeah, you know what I mean.
So yeah, I just I just look at it like, you know, the more work I put in, I'll be trying to just let that speak for you know what I.
Got going on?
You can't. We gotta know.
No, that's a fact though. That's a fact. I got to stop being so mysterious. That's a fact though. Yeah, but shout out lady Leo. I got a coming up with Lick the series.
There we go, Ye let us know. You know what I'm saying. Absolutely, And I know that you and Rizzid do have a good relationship. And they said that Wu Tang is going on their final tour. Do y'all believe because I told I've seen Resiann. I was like, I don't believe this is you know, maybe it's it's you know how people like retire all the time come back this is the last one. But I can't see them not doing anything. They're such a big legacy group. You know, they've done a residency in Vegas. A lot of people don't get that opportunity to do something like that, So do y'all believe this is really the final.
Forever?
And then and then and then realistically, it's like, even if that's the final tool, we all the legacy you're looking at it, you know what I mean, So never gonna stop.
Nah.
Do you remember times being young and like being brought out on stage at shows?
Yes, oh definitely. That was like my favorite thing. And then it all came to fruition when my dad brought me out on his show to perform in front of his crowd on four to twenty, and that was like the best feeling ever. He gave me the biggest hug after he told me my breath controlling it a little bit of work, which I'm working on, but you know, like it was, it was great. It was a great opportunity. My brother was on my ad libs. It was just it was great.
You know what's dope about that too, because both of your dads definitely commanded the stage. Like you know, there's a lot of rappers that just walk back and forth, don't do much, but I think with both of them, their stage presence was so phenomenal. That's something that people still like will emulate, like Method Man and Red Men in particular, seeing and then seeing you freestyle over Redman beats. I also feel like you guys have an edge as far as your education and music and just kind of what you grew up listening to in the household. And you know, because everybody doesn't pay homage to some of the other people that came before them.
Right, yeah, like like like like the radio before or not, like like just being in I guess like you know, like at a time where reggae music was a thing for New York City so hot ninety seven.
No, absolutely, but we heard.
More the music back then, like to early two thousands and that time, like you still listening to like Sean Paul, you know, I'm still in love like certain records like that. I think those records is kind of like standout records for me as far as just growing up with music and your father too, right, absolutely, all right?
So how many kids do you have?
One?
Two?
Okay?
All right? And so you know, as far as being a dad, how has that changed things for you or has it?
Yeah?
It changed everything. If I was already super super focused, now it's like it's bad.
I'm like a robot.
So it's kind of it kind of affects my love life because all of my energy is towards my business and you know, the success of my children's lives, and I don't put no energy into the affectionate portion. So yeah, based off of that, I'm kind.
Of like single. You know what I mean. You know what I mean, You know what I mean.
But but it's okay for me because I feel like, you know, with the direction that I'm headed in. You know, it's not for everybody, you know what I mean. And I got my head on the swivel. But yeah, they kind of just propelled anything, any any great attributes that I already had, they propelled it to a point to where it's like, I don't got no time for nothing if it don't make sense or make me money.
And that's different too because sometimes for you not having your father, you know, from when you were nine, unfortunately, that makes you want to be there extra.
Absolutely, and it's kind of it's kind of challenging not you know, being there, you know, present as much as I want to be due to my lifestyle. It's crazy, but you know, as a man, I'm trusting, I have faith, So I'm putting golf first and I'm allowing him to kind of just work through the angles for me because at the end of the day, you know, like I stated, I know that in order to gain something, you got to be able to let something go, you know. So I'm okay with sacrifice because I know that my heart is in the right place, you know what I mean. So it will come a time to will whatever I'm attempting to do will be done.
See that's kids give you that extra motivation too, so you don't get distracted. Sometimes that keeps you out of trouble.
Oh no, it definitely does. It definitely keep you out of trouble. That's why I'm very adamant on just a family. You know, family keeps you safe, It keeps you out of the clubs when you don't need to be.
Yeah, it means for you shy. I think in general, it's always a blessing to have like a two parent household because a lot of us don't have that, you know, and especially in the music business, for that to be quite like a two parent very involved. Your mom is no joke.
I just want to say, yeah, today, start messing with that lady, you.
Know, because even as an entrepreneur and all the things that she's laid the groundwork for you, I see that in you too, just you wanted to make sure that, like you stand on your own because she don't never ride the wave of oh, my husband, like she's her own person, you know. And so I feel like that is something that's been ingrained in you too, Like I don't want to let people just think I should get this because of who my father is.
Yeah.
Absolutely, even since kids like we were just raised that way. It wasn't like a it's not even like a thought. It's more like an afterthought, like I'm I'm here because this is how God wanted it to be and how life is. And it's like, oh wait, look, my dad, my dad, you'll be here. But for me, it's like growing up is like trying to find the balance between, you know, the real and kind of what society wants me to be. And it's like they want me to be or they want us the celebrity kids, the rappers kids, anybody's legendary's kids. They want us to be so like or they expect us to be like bougie, like she she and you know, like that, But I'm not like that at all. Right, I feel like that does come from my parents, and it comes from living in Staaten Island my whole life. You know, Wu Tang started in Staaten Island and I still lived there.
Yeah, that's why, you know.
So it's like, you know, all these people have grown up with my dad. It's hard for me to be anything but me.
You know, I love that for you. But listen, I am so looking forward to seeing this and seeing all the let's talk about some of the kids this on there. You know, Peppa and Tretche is on there, and we've seen her also on Growing Up Hip Hop. Other people on there. This is going to be interesting. Oh, Joe Rule's daughter, Yes, Brittany is on the show, and I always see her on their timeline him uh jih Ru and his wife. Also, you said Regine is on there. Teddy Riley Yeah, okay, Teddy Riley's son. I don't think I'm familiar so much with that, but you know, and DMX's a in the that's.
We got a lot of a lot of I like to call them angels. We got a lot of angels this season. We also have Angree Stone and her Son doing their interview together for di'angelo, so it's yeah, it's very deep. This season is great. Shout out to Glass Entertainment, MTV, Paramount, everybody because just for us being a part of this like that list is extensive. Never thought I would be a part of a list like that. And also all the celebrity kids girls. You know me up girl, we can be cool.
We can be cool.
She's a cool girl. Yeah, she's a narrator. Yeah, can we talk about that?
Okay, yes, thank you again to Glass Entertainment Group. They actually picked me my voice, this lovely voice, to be the narrator for season two of Family Legacy, so you'll see me on episode one as well as hearing my lovely voice all throughout.
Are there people that y'all have forged relationships with just because of you know, you guys all doing the show together, that you met them and you're like, Okay, we stayed in touch and we're cool.
I've met people not through the show but just through experiences this year, like at the BT Awards, I met j One Jada kiss Son.
He's super cool.
Yeah, and Demani. We all did the tiny we all did the cipher together, so it was kind of like cool. I'm like, dang, Like people got a lot of kids, like talented kids out here, so it's been really good to just see people like us for real because growing up on stun out and it was.
You know, I think, I mean, I think it's kind the same with her, Like I don't really look at it like because you know, we kind of pop up in the same environments quite some time a bit, just because we are the offsprings of you know people, you know what I mean, it's kind of well known.
So yeah, I keep the relationship based off of that.
You know, I always try to be as friendly as possible just so that I don't because I'm not looking for nothing, you know what I mean. I'm never looking for nothing. If we if we make music, it's based off for the.
Chemistry, you know what I mean. And if we do anything that's on business related, it's based off the chemistry.
But outside of that, you know what I mean, let's let's have a drink of some tequila or go you know bowl, Okay, got.
Some in here right now. But congratulations. Now, so the day is March twenty fifth. Yes, okay, so we can see that on MTV Paramount Plus.
Yes, make sure y'all get your Paramount Plus subscriptions. You can also watch it on Amazon Prime also, I just want to plug. In March twenty fifth, my brother Fifth Power is releasing his first solo project for real. It's called Let's Try Again. So make sure y'all get that.
You want it.
I'm not on it, but it's no. I was on it. I was doing some like little skits, but he took me off. I'm offended.
No he did not.
He did.
He did.
It's ad have a conversation, be on like a deluxe You want.
It, definitely, But this one is dedicated to everybody that he loves the most, my grandmother who passed away, my aunt, his best friend. You know, like listening to it, good intentions, guys. It's on YouTube. Listen to it right now. I promise you that song is a vibe.
This is a true family legacy of hare. But thank you both so much. We'll be watching.
Yes, thank you, Mary
Way, y'all