02/02/2021
Founder of BeGenius Clothing, RushDee Williams rocking burgundy BeGenius logo hoody! Loving the story so far, 4 of 7 pieces have been released. Go check it out on Riverfront Saginaw!
(4/7) "On the other end of the phone is Kevin Liles, President of Def Jam.
He says, ‘Hello?’
I say, ‘Yeah, who's this?’
He says, ‘Londell?’
He knew that I wasn't Londell, because he knows Londell, you know what I’m saying? So he asked me a question to test me.
‘Hey, you still got that Secretary at your office?’
I say, ‘Uh..yeah.’
He says, ‘You know what I'm talking about?’
I say, ‘Yeah.’
He's like, ‘You know, the younger girl?’
I say, ‘Yeah’.
Then he says, ‘What's her name?’
I answer, ‘...Diane?’ Obviously, I don't know who she is and I’m just throwing out names.
But then he says, ‘So what's up? How can I help you?’
I say,’Well, I got this artist, and I really want you to hear him.’
He's like, ‘Okay, tell me about him.’
Then I say something that I know now is taboo and not the best thing to say. I say, ‘Yeah, he sounds just like Jay Z!’ Then he says, ‘Okay, well, anything I can do to help. When do you want to come?’
Behind me my brother is whispering, ‘Oh My God!! We can come this week!’ so I say, ‘Thursday. We can come Thursday.’
He says to me, ‘Okay, so I'll see you Thursday.’
I say, ‘Ok, see you Thursday,’ and hang up the phone.
Now, we are EXCITED! But then we actually start to think - how are we gonna get to New York? And on top of that, we're going to show up without Londell McMillan.
My brother says, ‘Well, let's just say we fired him.’
‘I say, bro, we can’t fire Londell McMillan, he’s our ticket into the door. We cannot fire him.’
Needless to say, we didn't go to New York. Today, Kevin and I know each other and I did tell his son the story, but I still haven't told him that story.
One day, though, I’ll tell him, I will."
- RushDee Williams, BeGenius Records