So the first topic I want to give you guys a little bit of perspective on today is on hate.

Hate comes in different forms for different reasons.

Sometimes it's because somebody wants to get something out of it.

And a lot of the time, it's because they don't think you'll see it.

But if someone is hating on you, just know that one, you're doing something right, you're in their head, you've got them thinking about you.

And two, they might think that it's funny or that they're being cool by being jerks.

If you do listen to it, let it motivate you to push past it, to be above it, to work harder, to be a better person.

Take it, feed off of the energy from it and become a better person in spite of the hate that another person feels like sharing with the world.

I definitely shield all of the negativity that people feed off on me online.

I've made it a habit to ignore it or become numb to it in a sense.

I've been criticized, ripped apart, told things I didn't like about myself.

I've been heartbroken over what people had to say about me.

But then it came to a point where I had to let go.

I had to say, "You know what? That isn't me, and I'm not going to listen to you today because I know myself better than you know me."

You know what's true or not about yourself.

At the end of the day, they won't matter.

But if it's a reoccurring thing, trust me, there is a light at the end of the rainbow and just know that I'm here for you.

Huddy believes you can use hate to drive you further.

How to Deal with Hate

A lot of the time, I'm busy and don't want to deal with my life problems.

And a lot of the time, I keep myself busy so I can avoid those problems that I have with myself.

When I slow down and when I end up spending time with myself, everything catches up to me.

Text message I missed, missed calls, voicemails, those people telling me I'm not good enough.

Sometimes I keep myself busy so I don't think of stuff like that.

Sometimes I keep people around me so I don't have to think about that kind of stuff.

Most of the stuff that I get worried about don't even matter, cause when I'm around people and I bring up the things that bother me because I'm finally with a couple of people instead of a bunch, they immediately deflect what I have to say.

And they say, "Bro, it's alright. Why are you worrying about that? Like, you've got this. Look what's around you. Like, look at the life you have."

It's always about the problem at hand or, or what I'm going through.

And it all catches up to me when I'm by myself.

Spending time with yourself is okay cause then it can let you reflect and think about all of the stuff you've got going on in your life and let you open up your mind a little bit about it.

But when you're doing things, when you keep yourself busy and active, no matter what you do, there's always something you can't hide from.

Sometimes you gotta let yourself bring yourself to a place you don't want to be in, that might make you uncomfortable, even if you're alone.

But just know that it'll all be okay and sometimes in the quietness, there's a solution.

If there's nothing you can do about something, there's nothing you can do, but just keep your hopes high, your head held high, stay happy.

Surround yourself with good people cause they'll remind you of all the things that are good for you.

Even when you're in self doubt, people will bring you back to home.

Just gotta look at the situation at hand and think, 'What can I do about this?'

Huddy keeps himself busy to avoid life’s problems.

Being Alone

A lot of the friends that I grew up with that lived in my neighborhood were into Pokemon, so I used to trade Pokemon cards with them.

And I have this Pokemon card that I traded with my neighbor.

It's like a Japanese Mew and it's from the 90s and it's super shiny as well.

I have probably 50 Pokemon plushies in my house.

I sleep on a Snorlax pillow and a PIkachu pillow.

Probably spent, like, a thousand dollars on Amazon of just Pokemon plushies so, yeah, no shame about it at all.

And I would have both so I could play both games at the same time and be able to trade and fight my friends.

My spirit animal Pokemon is Mimikyu, for sure, because Mimikyu always wanted to be Pikachu.

And so he wore a Pikachu cloak that was, like, a bad fake.

So when I first saw Mimikyu, I was just like I've been Mimikyu at a point in my life, like, I've wanted to be somebody else.

And so, like, that sat with me for a while.

I feel no shame to, like, the things that I like, because if someone were to judge me based off of me liking a video game or a TV show, I would not care.

I've gotten so comfortable in my own skin that if someone wants to judge me for it, they have every right to and everyone needs to be themselves so authentically that people know about the kinds of things that you like or enjoy.

So it's, like, not a surprise to anybody.

I don't want to catch people off guard... Be like, "Oh, you do this?"

Like, no, I want you to know I play Pokemon.

I want you to know that I have a shoe collection, alright?

I want you to know that I have this creative side to me.

I think there's no shame in my body to be who I am.

Unless there's something that I wanted to hide from the Earth, everything else is just kind of open.

I want to be as open and, like, transparent with people as I can, ‘cause then it gives people a better understanding for who you are and what you like.

Be open and let people know more about yourself.

Becoming Comfortable in My Skin

So throughout my life, one of the things I realized is that I had a little bit of a duality. I have a very sweet side but I also have sort of, like, a kickass badass side.

And I've come to learn that through being my stage presence, and being my sweet normal self, being Chase. And it's helped me understand me and my life and the dream I'm chasing.

It excites me that I can be someone's comfort human. I want to be that for everyone.

I want to be someone that they can look towards and be like, "Ah, he's just a little baby." And then, he turns around and he's just this total badass.

And I think having that little bit of duality is what comforts people is having a side where I could be super sweet and open up to all these people, but also do fun stuff and be crazy.

I that's what's so important about having a, a music persona is that there's a second side to you that people don't get much of, but people crave to hear more about it.

How can you have a good time but also know when to just be cool and act natural and act like you don't care?

How can you flip that switch in a minute?

I would define boss mentality as you can run a situation, you can be the bigger person, you can take responsibility, you could be cool, be serious, but also have fun.

Like, I'll crack a sarcastic joke when the time is right.

I'll just lay low. Sometimes I won't even talk.

That's a part of boss mentality, knowing when to speak, being able to be quiet or humble or greeting the room really well.

A lot of people don't know what the hell is happening.

Learning how to do something or when to do something is kind of a part of that mentality, I guess.

I've had to learn boss mentality through other people.

I've had to learn looking, like, you don't care about anything.

Like, if I were to run on a runway, you wouldn't see a, an emotion fly by my face once because I've learned to not care and to be above things and to move differently.

To have Boss Mentality, you must know when to be humble and how to rise above situations.

How to Have a Boss Mentality

If you're listening right now and, like, you want to get into social media, I think the best way for you to get into social media is to have fun with it, be yourself, be authentic, be nothing but what you would do on a regular basis.

Like, literally film yourself having fun.

People want to see other people having fun.

Don't think too much of anything, ‘cause the more you're hurting yourself, which I am, and I should probably take this advice myself, the less you get anywhere.

The more freedom you just give yourself to just have fun and do what you want, the better it is for you.

So don't take anything too seriously, especially on social media.

I remember about a year ago, I was heavily comparing myself to a couple of different people, and I was... I just didn't want to be myself anymore.

It felt like I had no one and I felt like I needed to be a different version of myself or to be somebody that pleased other people or be like somebody that I thought was cool.

And I think that's what dug me into a dark hole was me starting to think about, 'Oh wow, dude this person's so cool. This person has what I don't. This person is seen as cool or looked up to by all these other people.'

People will start to see who you are and your individuality.

But it comes from you being your own individual, not you being like someone else.

I had to learn that for myself and I had to find what I was passionate about.

I'm authentically myself because I'm doing something that makes me passionate for life.

It makes me passionate to go about each and every day.

I was doing something that I wasn't as passionate about, and I was trying to be somebody that wasn't me.

I took my own advice, in a way, and found who I was.

You have to have fun and not take yourself too seriously.

The Secret to Social Media

Right now, I am 19 years old and in six months, I will be 20.

Feels so weird that I'm not about to be a teenager.

In such a short time, I feel like my teen years flashed in front of my eyes.

It's amazing, actually, cause I'll be able to look back at all the stuff that I started doing as a young kid.

I think people have multiple perceptions on me.

I feel like I've heard so many absurd things about me.

A lot of people take one look at me and think I'm, like, an asshole.

And then I have, like, the people that just have a hater perspective on me.

They don't want me to win or to do well in life, but don't even pay attention to what I'm doing enough to actually know me a little bit more.

And I'm like, if you don't know something about an artist, listen to what they have to say a little bit and maybe you'll take something away from that.

A lot of you may know me as a social media presence.

But I think there's a lot more to me that a lot of people haven't even taken the time to get to know.

I like to make people happy and I like to do things for others and be the person that brings you a sense of joy or sense of comfort.

Something super important to me is that I can be vulnerable with you guys.

And I want people to know that there's so much more to me than meets the eye.

I don't tell too many people about the stuff that I go through.

And a lot of the time, the only person that I open up to is my therapist.

A lot of the time, the only person I open up to is the music that I write on sheet paper.

I just bury it there because no one cares to hear the whole story.

Now that we're all here together, it makes me so happy that someone wants to hear the kind of stuff that I've gone through throughout my life.

There is so much to expect in my Mindset collection.

There's going to be stories about my family, my LA lifestyle, my past, my present, my future, and all the fun, hilarious stories in between.

There's going to be a lot of advice and a couple heart wrenching moments.

But I'll tell you how I got through things or how I've learned things throughout my time of being a teenager.

Hopefully, I help and inspire you in any type of way.

If I've done that in the slightest, my work here is done.

I hope you guys take as much away from this as you possibly can.

And I hope you learn something new about me today.

And with that being said, here's my life.

Who is Huddy?

One of the chapters in my life that began everything you see today is high school.

And being 16 years old, in the darkest hole I had ever been in in my life.

I grew up in Stockton, California, one of the most dangerous cities in California.

I think it's either the second or the first most dangerous. Amen.

I didn't hate everything about this city.

I hated the way some people treated others.

But there were some really good people in this town.

Some people that went on to do great things for my city, but there was just also some really fucked up things going on.

There were days where people lit trash cans on fire.

There was a day where a teacher drug a kid out of class.

People would have, likem total rumbles like full on where almost everyone's fighting.

People don't even believe what I came from until they actually look up where, where I came from. And they're like, "What?" Like, it's crazy.

I've been through a lot for a middle schooler or high schooler.

I had weird phases and I feel like those phases kind of represent who or what I was at that time.

In elementary school, it was smooth sailing.

You know, fun. You and your friends would mess around.

I wore head to toe Nike, like, basketball shorts and very tall socks.

If you know that those are, you're a real one.

Seventh grade, I dressed like a lumberjack.

I would wear blue jeans, flannels, and Converse every day to school.

And I, I guess I would call this my Hollister phase.

I used to buy and sell Jordans when I was in eighth grade.

There was a $6 profit margin that you could get by buying a pack of 18 for $12.

You could just sell them each for a dollar.

I may seem like I don't care, but I'm just a friendly guy, and I try to be the most approachable person that I can really be.

I've always been the person to be there for people and help people with their problems.

And, yeah, I think that's like one of the things I was put on this Earth to do is to spread love and be a good person when somebody needs it.

Going into it, I thought school was going to be like 10 out of 10.

But the kids at the school they were all just assholes, lowkey.

Everyone thought it was cool to make fun of people for the way they act, for the way they dressed, for what they looked like, for what their sexuality was. So many different reasons.

And they would bully whoever would let them, bro.

People just had, like, this, such a weird rule set that everyone had to follow.

And if you weren't exactly what people at a normal high school would do and would act, and would dress, you were just made fun of, you were weird.

When people ask me if I got bullied, I got bullied, but it wasn't in a way that people were, like, pushing me to the ground and punching me in the face just for existing.

In freshman year, I really fucked with Justin Bieber.

When Justin Bieber was on Purpose Tour he had the craziest, like, clothing line for it.

Was obsessed, I thought it was so dope. I thought Justin Bieber was the coolest person in the world.

And so kids would, like, call you slurs or they would say, like, “You look dumb” or “Your outfit sucks.”

In sophomore year, that's when I was starting to get a little more into social media, started coming out to LA a little bit more.

And a lot of people like to poke fun at me.

But they saw that I was doing well, so, like, as they were trying to be my friend, they were trying to, like, make fun of me at the same time, make the class laugh at the same time.

And I would play it off every single time.

Like, when I just-just started making money, I would have, like, a thousand dollars in my bank and I would go and I would spend that on, like, a pair of shoes I had wanted for, like, a year or two years.

I had kids chase me to my classes to try and take the shoes from me.

And then they knew which class I got out of so they would chase me to the next one.

I would bolt. I would ask the teacher if I could leave two minutes early sometimes.

They would joke about wanting money from me.

They would joke about the clothes that I have.

And they would say things, like, that I didn't deserve any of it.

None of this shit is going to last. I'm going to be fucking broke in a couple months.

People would just say fucked up things and it would just fly right by me because I knew how to laugh everything off.

I don't know why, but it's like been hard to fucking think about some of the shit they said now that we actually bring it up.

One of the main things I would get made fun of for... I used to get shit for being skinny. Always.

I would get called a chopstick or a fucking noodle or scrawny white boy anywhere I went in high school.

And the same shit translated on social media.

I would take my shirt off one time, make a video by the pool, cool, I'm with my friends, whatever.

I literally gained weight so people would shut the fuck up.

People were pissed off and they would call me, like, ugly, girly looking, like, pretty boy. Fuck you.

Like, it's the same stuff that I see online today.

It's all stuff that I've seen or heard before.

Any of the things that people make fun of me for online, these kids just said to me in high school too so, like, I eat it now.

I would either take it as a joke or, depending on the day, I'd take it to heart.

It just kind of depended on the mood you'd catch me in.

It would just catch me on the wrong day sometimes.

It would really sit with me. But those are the days that are really sad.

I think through, like, a tough time during that, I would show up to class and I would either cry or sleep while I listened to music.

I'd refuse to let people talk to me, bro. I was failing probably like half my classes at this point.

Huddy recounts the high school bullies, being different, and dealing with jealousy.

Lover, Not a Fighter

If you guys have a dream and you want to follow through with your dream, do what makes you happy, always go for it.

And if it makes you feel nervous in your stomach, it's a good gut feeling.

That means you have real life emotions about what you're getting yourself into.

“If you have a dream, always go for it.”

Huddy

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