Artists, Creators, Founders, and Community Builders — Episode 4 is LIVE! 🔥
Meet Zayd Portillo (creatrgd) and King Willonius, two visionary Black creators reshaping culture at the intersection of comedy, tech, and music. From sparking a rap beef for Popeyes to creating viral AI hits like BBL Drizzy, they are redefining what’s possible when creativity and innovation collide.
In this episode of So Ambitious, host Felecia Hatcher dives deep with Zayd and King to explore how viral moments become movements — and how Black creators can own their narratives, monetize their IP, and lead the future of AI-driven artistry.
Tune in for:
• Lessons from experimenting on YouTube, Twitch, and Clubhouse
• Navigating impostor syndrome and staying consistent under pressure
• Why AI tools are essential for the next wave of Black creativity
• Balancing deadlines with innovation while building future-ready platforms
This conversation is equal parts hilarious and profound — a masterclass in faith, timing, culture, and creativity, like, comment, and SUBSCRIBE today!
Link in bio!
#Season3 #SoAmbitious #BlackAmbition #BlackExcellence #BuildYourLegacy #FeleciaHatcher #AI #BBLDrizzy
Don’t rent your reach.
Fellas, this episode broke down a truth that every visionary understands: if you don’t own your platform, you don’t own your future.
Too many people are building empires on rented land. Creating audiences they can’t control. Generating revenue through systems that can change the rules overnight. Pouring energy into platforms that don’t belong to them.
That’s not legacy.
That’s dependency.
The visionaries we spoke to in Episode 11 all understood this.
They didn’t just create content.
They created ownership.
They didn’t just build audiences.
They built infrastructure.
Because, renting your reach means someone else controls your destiny.
You have to think bigger than the next post, the next campaign, the next deal.
You have to think about equity.
About ownership.
About building assets that appreciate, not just attention that disappears.
Don’t rent your reach, brothers.
Own it.
THE STORY MUST BE TOLD
Episode 11 out now. Link in bio.
#TheBlessedCode #TheVisionaryCode #Ownership #MenOfFaith #melvinrodriguez #menleadingmen
making a beat from the sound of the sidewalk 🛹 🤯🔥 creator of BBLdrizzy..@kingwillonius x @creatrgod in the studio.
king Willonius
Creator of BBL DRIZZY
Time 100 AI of 2024 list
& one of the first to receive royalties from generative music workflows
We become what we do. The practice is all we can control.
Last video: a clip of the actual FT call where cole asked Tim for A M A R I.
Tim called me to see if I saved it. It was around thanksgiving, I was chilling with family playing spades.. Incoming FT call from Tim and an unknown number.. turns out it’s J cole😐. 🌊🌊🌊 yooo. 🔥🔥
Limitations breed creativity.
Last pic was two years before the show on Twitch. I used to work this deadend job and the onlyyyy thing keeping my creative spirit from turning gray was the fact that I could send music to Tim.. Back when I felt like I didn’t have an outlet that could actually lead to outcomes
These are screen caps from the first virtual studio tests on the new spaceship. Over this past year I realized how it takes bring others with you to really get somewhere 🤐🙏
