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You weren’t created to spend 40 hours a week at work and get paid every other Friday. It can get draining. There’s no reason why you should be limited to just ONE form of income. Meet, Tez Williams, multi-talented entrepreneur and businessman. Tez shares with us how he started his empire and why he decided to break the 80hour cycle.

For the record what are all of your business ventures?

Currently I’m an auto detailer for ProWashWorld, you can check out our work all the time on IG. I mount TVs, I am a dog breeder as well as a partner for a clothing line. I’m part designer for DOG (Dynasty Over

Greed) clothing which is a brand special to me and other dog lovers.

Starting out, what obstacles did you come across making the transition from worker to full-time entrepreneur?

It was mostly a mental struggle. I’ve had a client telling me how to run my business who never ran a business before. A lot of broke days when business was slow, so I wouldn’t have money for the things I wanted. Having to invest my last on inventory because if i didn’t I wouldn’t be able to service my customers. One of my main obstacles is building my wings on the way down, making sure they’re good enough for me to fly.

What was it that made you take a leap of faith and solely work for yourself?

Feeling tied down. I was working for the big 3. I put 5 years into it and still wasn’t satisfied with the return. The job was demanding and I needed more; more freedom, more money, more mental stability. I’m very daring so it was sort of my destiny to jump. I don’t think I could’ve stayed in that space much longer, so it was almost like perfect timing.

Seeing as most of your services are customerfacing, how did COVID-19 impact business? What steps are you taking to ensure the safety of you and your customers?

COVID affected us well enough. I started taking cashless payments

courtesy of Square.

However business was booming because people wanted their vehicles cleaned and I use great products. I made sure I got the germs out of their vehicles. I’d Lysol it down just so people could feel comfortable about not catching COVID and spreading it in and out of their vehicle.

How important is mentorship when it comes to being an entrepreneur?

I don’t have one but I think it’s great to have someone you can talk to bounce ideas off of & share the game with.

Older folks help younger folks but it’s the same right back. Believe it or not they learning from us too.

Which would you say has been more effective in terms of generating more clients; word of mouth or social media?

Both are effective really because we’re going places if the outcome is income..

Word of mouth has gotten me a tremendous amount of customers. I leave a lasting impression on my customers so they don’t mind telling people about me and how I’m the guy to get to. Social media has had a great impact on my business too because I post and my shares go up.

I post my work in groups, on pages and keeping an active story keeps me connected to a lot of people.

Still here. I’m not sure where I’ll be cause anything can and will happen I learned. But I’ll be around here putting In that work.. Hoping I make a load of money doing it.

@ProWashWorld

Tez Williams

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Five years from now where do see yourself?




Meet SimpCinn. Like majority of us SimpCinn spent majority of this quarantine playing video games. Unlike most of us, he’s extremely good at them. So good, that he created his own Twitch account to broadcast his talents and play amongst the elites. We had the opportunity to meet up

with SimpCinn and discuss his love for sandbox shooters, favorite games, and how a botched dye-job inspired his name.

What made you decide to be a professional streamer?

Well the main reason was my skill in the game. I always played with people who

brought out the best in me and vice versa. I always knew I was better than average and better than most, since I study a lot of games. Then I also just wanted to broadcast in front of a crowd with my friends, as well as showcase my skills and my personality to everyone.

you play and laughing with you, getting hype, etc.

How does it feel playing in front of a live audience?

Recently you switched to PC. What inspired the switch? Whats the biggest difference you've noticed so far?

It was weird at first honestly having people watch you, but i got used to it. I just hit affiliate on Twitch grinding towards partner, but I'm happy to do what I love. It's my second career. Just hoping to really grow even more as time goes on.

What is your favorite aspect about live streaming?

Just the overall enjoyment of playing with a crowd and having them experience what

What games are you currently playing?

Call of Duty primarily along with playing other shooters and Battle Royales and some other games like Mafia.

I switched to PC since it was the thing I used most for editing, I built it to also play on with friends. There are a lot of differences when it comes to using PC. Frame rate is the most obvious difference.

Games on Console run at 30 frames per second and sometimes 60,

but with PC and depending how you build it, it can get up to 200 frames per second, making the game run better and look a lot better. Also, graphics are really amazing on PC as well, but I still play on Console with a lot of my friends from time to time.

PS5 or XBOX Series X?

Favorite Game System of All-Time?

In my spare time I spend a lot of time doing photography, editing, or just watching streams.

Favorite system of all time will always be the Sega Dreamcast. Mostly cause it was ahead of its time and it had a lot of games that really defined my childhood, like Marvel v.Capcom 2, Power Stone, Let's Get Ready To Rumble and more.

Top 3 favorite games?

Top 3 favorite games... that's a tough one. Def Jam Fight For NY, CoD Black Ops 2, and God Of War 2018.

I am fine with either one, but I will go with PS5 cause all my friends are on playstation.

When you aren't gaming how do you spend your free time?

How often do you livestream?

I stream almost everyday for about 2-4 hours a day. I am currently working on setting up a better stream schedule but it works for right now, especially with Covid and everything.

What’s your streaming information?

People can catch me live on twitch at twitch.tv/ simpcinn. I stream primarily CoD, but venture into other Battle Royale games and fun games as well.

Long term goals for your channel?

Long term goals for my channel is to reach 50,000 followers along with a good amount of subscribers. I want to have charity streams and give back to orgs and people who deserve it along with just being myself and having a

great time doing what I truly love.

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By Vyliscity Sims How often do you try to complete a painting?

I often work on multiple paintings at once because I like to layer my paintings for a deeper look. I typically paint daily because it is therapeutic to me.

When do you know you are finished with a painting?

When I finish a painting, I don’t know that I’m truly finished til a couple days later. I like to give it time to sit because if I’m working on a piece for a while I may think I’m done but if I come back to it days later I might think I want to tweak something or it would look better if I added something to it.

I never just finish a piece and wrap it up, I have to come back to it to see if I truly like the outcome or if it could be better.

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What do you use for inspiration?

Often I use references for portrait pieces, but some days I use how I’m feeling to create a piece. For instance, if I’m feeling down I go towards a blue or darker color scheme, whereas if I’m having an amazing day I opt out for bright yellows and oranges.

Are you naturally gifted or did you take classes at some point coming up? (If so, when did you know you had a gift?)

I’m naturally gifted, I’ve been drawing since kindergarten, I never use to make stick figures , my drawings of people even as a young kid would have full outfits and hairstyles. Growing up I loved everything about the arts, rather it be drawing, painting, cutting, and gluing things. I’ve always been really crafty and creative. The only classes I took were the ones we had to take in grade school. Now

I think the most memorable piece I have created to date was the late Chadwick Boseman “Black Panther” portrait. I love how good I had become with highlighting and shading portraits and making the art come to life , the piece actually sold before I even completed it.

I enjoy painting icons. It’s like I knew I was talented but after that piece I felt like I really had a gift. I walked past my kitchen and seen a glimpse of the piece and I was like “damn , you look like Chadwick “ I was very proud of that piece.

I use to randomly draw/sketch all through grade school /high school. Once I graduated, I sketched a few of my own tattoos out but I stopped doing Art all together for 5 years. I guess I got busy with working 9-5 and focusing on my side hustle of doing makeup. It wasn’t til recently I tapped back into my creative ability to create and I couldn’t be happier. I started taking it serious this year during the quarantine. I recently had my youngest child and wasn’t working. I needed a hobby and something that eased my mind on days I wanted to have me time. I started off simply painting because I wanted to just paint and because I genuinely enjoy it. I’ll put on my favorite playlist and zone out. After I uploaded a cartoon piece I did this year I got so much feedback and people wanting to instantly purchase artwork. Shortly after I started taking request and I’ve been

What is your most memorable piece to date?

When did you get serious about art?

working on creating pieces every since.

days if I need help with learning new techniques I use YouTube.

Do you paint from the heart or from the eye?

I paint from the eye. Even if I’m not sitting there referencing a picture exactly, I paint from things I’ve seen before or from memory you can say.

Why art?

Why Art ? I know no matter what I do in life it has to be something where I can create.

I’m too creative to not be doing some form of art. I am still a makeup ARTIST but I have focusing more towards art because it is truly a natural born gift. I like sitting down and creating. It gives me a peace of mind and I feel like you can not go wrong with Art because it has no limits and it’s so many different forms. There’s so many things you can use to simply set your art apart from others. When it comes to Art nothing will ever be the exact same and I love that unique difference.

“Multi-character”




Dreams have no expiration date and success isn’t always measured in revenue.

Sometimes all you need is perfect timing, dedication, a friend with a mobile studio, and unexpected feedback.

This Chicago native was blessed to have all of the above. Kunlei shares with us, his musical journey, style, and how he was able to take advantage of Quarantine to release “his debut project “Remember Me When This Is

Over.” So far the unprompted project has reached virtually every corner of the world streaming everywhere from Chicago to China receiving nothing but positive criticism.

Meet Kunlei.

How long have you been recording music?

Well I wrote my first song at 10 and I tried to record it on a tape recorder at the crib but I didn’t really have any music.

I tried to make some makeshift beats on my Casio, but that didn’t work all that well. Thank God for Limewire. I found some instrumentals to write to and recorded my first project Summer of 2005.

Who are your biggest influences?

When it comes to music, I pull from a lot of different sources. Even though I don’t sing I pull from singers often.

My biggest influences would be Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, Andre 3K, Kanye West (the old one), J Cole, Anderson Paak, Mac Miller (RIP), Lucky Daye, Amy Winehouse, H.E.R., Childish Gambino, and Common. Depending on the vibe I’m going for the

influences change, but those are the most consistent influences I have.

You definitely displayed a lot of range and versatility with your EP. Describe yourself as an artist.

I’m an R&B singer trapped in a rappers body. Lol. I make rap music that fits well in an R&B playlist. I’ve always been very musical since a kid, but singing just has never been my go-to. I can compose and play with harmonies all day, and I song write for my singer friends regularly. I think I’ve been trying to find a happy medium between R&B songwriting, and rapping, and while I don’t think I’m quite there I think I’m headed in the right direction now.

Why “Remember Me When This Is Over?”

This project was a culmination of being quarantined in a pandemic

and being a product of being black in America, especially in 2020. I wrote this project in about three weeks. Being quarantined/working from home just gives you a lot of free time and I tried to keep my mind busy for my own sanity. As I started making records, I felt like the project was molding itself into a capsule of what this pandemic experience has been for me. Ideally, once this is over my random thoughts about pandemic life, and my feelings towards the black struggle are remember postpandemic, post-racism. The actual name came from me not sure if I’d make it out of this period of life. Between corona and racist cops, I wanted to make sure there was something to remember me by, in case I didn’t make it.

Why an EP instead of an album?

Honestly, EP’s are just less work. The idea came out of nowhere, and I didn’t want to put the energy into a full body of work, I just wanted to put something out there. It got a lot more love than I had anticipated and it gave me more insight to what my “fans” want t hear. An album is coming soon though.

How many songs did you record for the project?

That’s a loaded question. So when my job told me we’d be working from home, my only thought was, “what can I do to take advantage of all this extra time I’m gonna have?”

So this all started off as daily verses I was dropping on social media. Just like 16-32 bar verses, no hooks. And then I wrote the “Huntsville 2 AM” joint and I felt like it was too good to just release under these daily IG release. And

that was want started this whole thing. So I wrote recorded 8 songs for this project. But if you include those IG records, its more like 20. The other two songs had samples so they are only available on SoundCloud because I’m not tryna get sued.

Describe the recording process. How did you get things started?

I basically recorded a bunch of random verses just on video from my phone. And I was hosting FB live writing sessions where I’d just play a song and write to it live.

Those sessions fueled my desire to write a whole project. Luckily, I have a friend, Demond, who has a mobile studio, which is highkey PERFECT for a pandemic. So he’d come over masked up and we’d record.

Or I’d come to his spot or we’d meet at a neutral spot, but we just kept recording a

couple days a week for like three weeks and before you knew it we had a project ready for release.

In my personal opinion the tracklist was arranged perfectly. What went into your selection process when choosing the lineup?

I appreciate that! I’ve always taken pride in arranging playlists. I knew the first track had to accurate depict my sound. Get Off gave a perfect combination of flow, content, melodies, vibes, and had a catchy but simple hook. So it just made sense. Something too heavy like “Come What May” might detract people from listening if that’s the FIRST record they hear.

Something to raw like “Prey” might set the wrong tone. So “Get Off” was perfect and from there it was just finding the right balance and order that makes you want to keep listening.

What’s your favorite record from RMWTIO? Why?

“Recklessness” is definitely my favorite record. It was actually inspired by “Paradise” by Jeremih. The first time I heard that song I always felt like the vibe of the production was much different than the content but it worked so perfectly. It just so happened me, being an R&B singer in my mind, running into that production, the concept came pretty easily. I knew I wanted to write something toxic, for versatility if nothing else, but once I started writing it just flowed. Then I sent the record to my guy Dont’e and he made it into something I never expected.

What would you say has been a fan favorite?

It’s hard to say it really just depends on who you ask. If you ask Apple, It’s “Babyshakes.” If you ask

Spotfiy, it’s “Come What May.” If you ask my boys it’s Prey. Personally I think they like “Get Off” the best. When I see people reposting songs, and quoting lyrics, it’s usually “Get Off.” So that would be my guess.

How does it feel seeing your project being streamed all around the world?

It’s honestly amazing. I’ve been making music since I was a kid, man. I gave up on trying to “make it” after my last project in 2016 because it just didn’t attract the attention I was hoping for. I threw this project out just because I love making music but it was never a push for me trying to “make it.” So to see to my music, is hella dope to me.

What has been the overall reception of the project?

Reception couldn’t have been better. To be honest, I wasn’t

even really looking for any recognition from this project.

My friends know I still make music from time to time and have asked me to put out stuff, and this was just me doing that. I did minimal promotion for it, but once it dropped everybody was sharing it. That’s when I realized I had something special on my hands. I’ve been making music since I was 10, and even my hardest of critics were writing think pieces about how much they enjoyed the project. So the reception for this one was definitely different.

Despite the negative views on Chicago, what do you love about your city?

Man, honestly, Chicago has a different culture from anywhere else you’ve been.

N****s from the crib damn near have their own language. It’s the subtle things like that, that I love about my city. From the way

people talk, to the dances folks make up, the type of food you find in the city you can’t find anywhere else.

These aint like chain restaurants, it’s hella mom and pop shops that just have bomb food. Even when you meet people from Chicago, outside of Chicago there’s a certain level of camaraderie that we have amongst each other because it’s kinda like you made it out. Folks love focusing on the violence in Chicago without understanding why the city is the way it is. You put white people in neighborhoods without resources, and work opportunities, and I can guarantee you get the same results. People are just making the best of their circumstances. And I think people from the city have a mutual understanding there.

There’s just a way of life there that you only understand if you’re from there, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and I’m proud to be apart of that.

On “Come What May” you said “... they praying for blacker days, they praying the blacker way...” what does that look like to you?

It’s interesting I’ve always thought music was up to interpretation of the listener. I actually said “praying the black away” in that line, but I like the “praying the blacker way” line all the same. They both hold different

relevancies. But I like to keep those type of lines open to interpretation, if I tell you what I meant by it, it might invalidate your interpretation, and I want everyone to take from my music what they need from it.

What does the future look like for Kunlei?

Definitely lots more music. I was working on three

different projects at different periods before I created this project so I might focus back on one of those. Or I might start working on my debut LP, finally. I’m taking everything in stride currently, so we’ll see. Also visuals. I want to bring my music to life. I’m interested in screen writing and I think that begins with writing small scripts for these visuals I have. I have a different type of mind so I’m very interested in mixing what I see with what I hear.

What advice do you have for any aspiring artist?

The best advice I could give is never stop doing what you love. I know it sounds hella cliché, but its honest. When I wrote this project, I was just writing it because I love making music. I wasn’t planning on interviews, or music videos, or even promoting it. I just genuinely love making music and wanted to put it out for

others to hear, and somehow, somebody noticed and here we are like a month later and I have thousands of people who have heard a project I never ever promoted. So my advice would just be to keep pushing. I wrote my first song at 10, and now at 31, people are just know hearing me. But I never stopped, because even if I never made a dime off of it, it’s what I enjoy.

REMEMBER ME WHEN THIS IS OVER - EP