"What You Got" with Colby O'Donis

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What up y'all? It's your boy Kobe O'Donis and right now you are watching Young Hollywood.

Hey everybody, I am here with Colby O'Donis. Your song has been playing on the radio so much.

Well, to me it sounds better on the radio. When I'm listening to it on my iPad, I know I'm the only one listening to it on my iPad, but when I hear it on the radio, I know like hundreds of thousands of people are jamming to it with me so I'm like. Yeah, I'm on one this one, huh?

Now what you got's been so hot lately. The first time you heard it, what were you doing?

It was an emotional moment for me and my family. Because if you know my history, I was signed to Fore Force back in the day, you know, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, they did so many hits, so many artists back then, 10 years old. I got signed to Motown Records, sing on the Stuart Little soundtrack. I have six independent albums that I did on my own before I got signed. So I've been grinding for a long time trying to make it.

How did you and Akon actually come together in the first place?

I met Akon about three years ago through some of my management, some connections they had, they hooked it up, played him my demo and he fell in love with it. And then from there we just got together again and again and and made songs together and the chemistry was just there so he was like, I want to sign you to my new label. And then now I'm here so.

Now was he tough to work for?

Oh no. He's the most laid-back guy ever. I love it. Ever.

So when you were younger, you didn't have these outlets to utilize like Myspace and YouTube and ways to get your music out there like you can now with the internet. What did you do to actually get your music known and and heard when you were younger?

Shows up to the Ying-Yang. Yeah. I had hundreds of shows, passed CDs out as much as I can. Uh-huh. Trying to settle 'em, you know, just grinding, you know.

When you were recording when you were younger, who did you look up to, who influenced your music?

Justin Timberlake, Usher, Michael Jackson, you know, the Temptations. I mean, the list goes on. Yeah.

Well, you've definitely got the fans, you've got all the lady love going on. Have you had any fan experiences or moments?

None that I can talk about on TV. I'm always down to earth with my fans, just come talk to them and hang out with them. So they're always chill with me because you know, I show them I'm chill with them. So it's not a crazy situation at all.