![]() I found this girl group that was really, really cool. That whole camera stuff was cool, but I got to see how the game works, and managers are the ones who make the real money.” She said, “What do you know about managing artists?” And I said, “Nothing, but I'm gonna figure it out.”Ĭourtesy Charlie Jabaley 2008: My first signed group was called Vistoso Bosses. I went to my mom: “Ma, I’m gonna be a manager. Getting fired was the best thing that could have happened, because I knew I had a bigger purpose. Over time, he didn’t want his $200-a-week cameraman telling him what he should do. 1 song in the world, but when he messed up, I’d tell him. I was a media outlet-I had a voice, an audience. The day I registered for my sophomore year of classes, I got a call from Interscope Records: “Soulja Boy wants you to be his cameraman and go on tour with him across the country.” I went back up to the school that day and said, “Give me my money back. 103-Year-Old Ida Keeling Receives Honorary ESPY.Get Inspired With These Weight Loss Stories. ![]() I don’t want to reveal who, but I’ve taken down some pretty big names. To this day, I’ll strike bets with NBA players, challenge them to a shooting contest. I spent more time in the gym than anybody else, and the coach would have me teach the other players how to shoot. When you’re overweight, you can’t do the cool moves, so I just shot a lot. I don’t talk about this much, but I am really good at shooting. I wanted to be part of the basketball team, so I was a manager. The days were built around sports or entrepreneurship. We’d put 20 people on one song, and songs would be like 12 minutes long. I started a music studio in my bedroom, and 30 kids would be in there writing lyrics. Then everybody would come to my house and play basketball. I sold stuff out of the trunk of my car in the school parking lot. For the girls, I’d have the Abercrombie & Fitch. I would have the cool jerseys, the cool shoes. I wore suits all the time, even to school, and carried a briefcase instead of a backpack.Ģ004: In high school, I was the supplier of cool. As I got older, I started asking myself, “What am I gonna be good at?” And I was like, “I'm gonna be CEO Charlie.” I realized, even though I loved sports, they weren’t going be the big thing for me. They never made more than $35,000 a year combined, but they invested their money, they knew about stocks. My dad worked on houses, and my mom sold vacuum cleaners-she had to get out there and hustle. I wanted to become an entrepreneur because of my parents. Courtesy Charlie Jabaley 1999: I became CEO Charlie.
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