Welcome to the VH go podcast man I am your host Terence and I’m St and today we got a special guest Justin’s in the building um in any case Justin introduce yourself talk about it you know I’m saying my name is Justin Smith AKA uh GNA be
Former Mr GSW you know what I’m saying AKA J AKA you know Superstar you know we G get that anyway know what I’m saying but yeah I’m here I appreciate y guys me onast all right so uh Justin today’s topic uh as you know we talking about
Greek life man and you know all aspects of Greek life and how would somebody go about joining it what did you do in it how did you get into it all that good stuff so our first question is what is Greek life um Greek life is a how can I
Say it’s a bond actually um it’s where you know group of people they all share something in common for kind of like a group yeah and they all want to meet a common goal that’s with all fraternities and sorties and Stu like that so it’s not only to help the fraternity slity
It’s also to better you in a way so that’s my intake on that all right so as y’all know he is in Greek life yeah um tell him what you in KSI that’s so nice got name twice you know what I’m saying you know the best return in the world
Say but you know I know people gonna be mad but you know I’m sorry I had Oh chapter uh land side chapter ver sou West so like what you been up to like this summer heard been into act yes so um if nobody knows yes I do acting so
I’ve been in Productions such as well I can’t say which ones but I’ve been on Netflix I’ve been on Disney um one big one I can’t say but basically it comes out March 1st so be on the lookout um I also been in music videos with Sierra and L baby as well as
Little dball and D baby so um yeah two babies right right but um best believe it’s more to come um right now I’m just in the beginning of my my stter phase um you know more blessings you know what would you say is like your dream rooll my dream Ro
Um I always said I honestly in the beginning when I first thought out I you know it’ be cool to be like superhero but you’re right you see what I’m saying what yeah but you know what I’m saying it’s kind of like now looking at it from an actor stand point I’m I
Want I’m willing to do any type of Ro you look at people like um Den Washington or Leonard DiCaprio or Michael D Jordan or even Chad Bosman they play many many many many roles you know what I’m saying you see what I’m saying that man Play Three biop
Pigs yeah don’t look like but it’s the fact he can play all those roles very well to make it look believable you know what I’m saying and for example Michael Bordan played a hero as well as a villain you know what I’m saying that’s two different two different
Completely different roles yeah so it’s just I find I find I find it pretty amazing that people can ask do that and make it look so believable that you are actually flash so they make it look believable though like you will actually think like when people be on street they like man
You killed that [ __ ] you kill that man you know it it’s just be that character but it make it look so believable you know what I’m saying and that’s why I love to see when it comes to acting it’s a it’s a it’s a art form
Like I see you me personally I see you like being like specialized I would love to do that too like the Jordan type mov it’s like obviously something like a message or whatever there like just standard horror movies or something know we play Texas something like that like yeah we had
Some in the past know more that are just like main roles and stuff yeah I feel like mov like switch it up instead like oh let’s just have this one white girl survive and [ __ ] like no let’s let’s let a [ __ ] survive yeah and it would be even more crazy if
Like he he comes off as crazy to other people but it’s like he’s telling the truth no go for it if anything I leave it out okay um all right going back to topic so uh people coming into college you know um freshman they’re looking to join stuff join clubs join groups or
Whatever it may be um how would you go about joining a sorority or fraternity um just coming in college or just stepping in college or what steps would they have to take big thing is do your research um you don’t want to join into something that you don’t know about yeah
You know what I’m saying um that’s what anything honestly um also discretion is a big thing because I feel like now Greek life is very well known across colleges everywhere so it’s kind of like now it’s more it’s more hard it’s it’s harder to be more discreet nowadays because everybody into everybody else’s
Bu business yeah so being being discreet is like you got you definitely got to be discreet when when trying to join paternity um another thing is also showing that you’re are interested in that paternity support you don’t want to you know just out of nowhere hey I want
To join your your um your organization but you don’t come to another events you don’t even talk to the people that is in the organization you know what I’m saying that that shows that you just want to be just yeah so right and me I didn’t I haven’t seen
It many times like fail for them huh did it fail for them or they in it they just in it but yeah like my my Prof told me you know don’t don’t let the letters change you you know what I’m saying don’t don’t be thinking like you’re miss you know
Miss Miss side or case get like a big head body yeah because that also does happen because since you’re in this organization now you gota be a part of the status or the stereo type of what it brings yeah you know what I’m saying so and still on that same subject elaborate
On keeping your grades up too get finishing classes with good Gres and Contin that in life talk about that a little bit yeah um honestly you I mean that’s the point right perod you got to keep grades up um they not g to let you in if you got
Below average grades like every single B9 organization we have like a a guideline of what GPA requirement should be in order for you to join ours to say is 2.5 however I can’t say for everybody else um and even then over years it changes I know for ours they I know they
Was thinking about changing it 2.75 so luck with that y’all but um I ain’t gota do that no more I’m already in but you know what I’m saying but um definitely keep your grades up it’s it’s very important because also if you even join the fraternity you have to still keep
Your grades up yeah yeah yeah it it doesn’t mean that work yeah you you gota you gotta keep right can’t do that can’t do that and you been in it um for so long how has it changed your life or how has it impa because you left college man and
It’s just success yeah amazing success and we love to see it so how would you say that influen it in if it even did influence it how would you say I ain’t gonna lie Kea influenced me before I even knew Kea influence um I had people
That was you know in a fraternity that I didn’t even know that was in fraternity that was all around me my whole life like I had a dude he’s my he one of my Pro Fighters he knew me when I was like 10 years old because we was in BO you
See what I’m saying he just knew me because of that and when I joined 30 oh yeah I remember you all that type stuff same with my person PR was a cathic same literally around America’s people know me and then when I joined so um it definitely influenced me
Like I see how they how they moved around and stuff like that how they inspired that’s one of the big the big terms that I can say they definitely did inspire me to do things and I know that’s a big that’s that’s one of my big vocabul within my myself basically I
Always say I wanted to inspire people you know what I’m saying make a change into somebody else because you don’t know what people are capable of you know what I’m saying so imp right and as far as the Brotherhood you talked about and the bond and the group
What what’s something that you was able to you know Express or how far can you go when expressing yourself within that elaborate for me a little bit more like you see we have Barber Shop talks us being in Brotherhood we have Barber Shop talks and we can let stuff off our
Chest you know and don’t have any comebacks or anybody Mak it fun of it and all that that’s what I think as a group and um that’s what a group should do or should practice um like do you have any like specific practices let off Ste you gotta talk
About honestly it’s kind of like I mean yeah we’re kind of comfortable with all of us are comfortable with each other so it’s like you know if somebody got something going on you let us know and we’ll understand and all that type stuff you know if you have something going on
That you need to get done mostely it’s kind of like that like it’s it’s basically like you know how with some friends and stuff like that it’s kind like if you have something going on you have something tell me about I my there stuff like that basally and
Then like another like uh I feel like a big level of maturity comes into it too cuz I notic like a lot of amateure people like around many cuses for like to join yeah they ready for it it’s it’s literally man people don’t know D9 isn’t just all strolling and parties and
Probably having events and stuff no D9 is literally business business I know some people probably heard that before but I’m not yeah n n no that’s that’s a business like when I say business I wish I would have been a business major yeah to learn it because it’s it’s wild
But also um this is kind of something that happens here I don’t know if happens anywhere else but between like Divine n and like the other like you know frats and stuff are there like any tension or like you know favoritism of course being like played in that you can
Answer when you mean facism do you mean like they get more like events they get like you know more like does anybody are y’all all equal or somebody be like or is is there a hierarchy to it because I know for what I have seen here you know
The kind of get like a lot more attention than the sucks well let me say this okay well I technically I haven’t been here as of you know this so lately I have no idea I don’t know what’s been going on and Stu like that I see do anything I also see I
Yeah but like it’s more like when you were here when I was here um y trying to get the answer me um it’s kind of like in the past I I heard things you know what I’m saying that you know IC does get more EV or they do get more love
Um however I’m not going to lie I also think that’s because of number one the support they have behind them as well it’s not just you know because ohw gr them this it’s also the people that they have behind them when you look at um it’s typically you know people might
Come down here for homec to ask right here I see like good B of the but see even then they they didn’t pledge here yeah so they’re not really like for example um the only person that’s alumni from Campo is yeah yeah he’s the only one but when
It comes to like everybody else they all play somewhere else like yeah I don’t know but yeah yeah but like Lorenzo he’s from Valley you know what I’m saying so even though he still supports us here he’s not technically you know he’s not he’s not our chapter
You know what I’m saying even though he still supports us which is all love and stuff like that but you know um they just they just got more numbers they they always have more numbers yeah I always and it sucks too I feel like D9 can also bring in
Other minorities but every time I see like you know they always have like you know Asian dude Hispanic dude damn British dude like LS with hisop and everything surpris wasn’t listen to blur or anything like that cool cool all right but um yeah I agree what
You saying though it just you know it it’s like I said it’s just numbers bro like for us we always had both numbers and that’s also because of fees fees is a big thing because like I think for us we we probably got the highest one I’m
Not mistaken I think we got a highest one and it’s not cheap I like I don’t blame somebody they hey it’s you know it’s it is what it is I hope you enjoyed the podcast so far do me a favor make sure y’all go down there and subscribe we going to
Have podcast week to week some of your favorites don’t to be here stay tuned man love y’all yeah it’s it’s mainly because of money it’s also because of rumors you know what I’m saying rumors big thing heard that’s my next that’s my next question so before y get into it
I’m ask it um surrounding you know fraternities and sororities I don’t know if you song but it’s a lot of videos out there people who are not in these things or people who don’t participate in these things that bring a negative connotation to it um as for The Branding and the
Like kick you’re doing chance and doing this and doing this what’s something you want clear up and tell them that that’s not y should see it yeah when when it comes to like D9 bro like literally don’t don’t look at a movie and like oh my God that’s how they really is
Like you know somebody who L said what’s that movie called Bernie s like you know that’s not that’s not accurate like that might be accurate back when it did happen like 80s 90s remember 2023 that’s like what 30 4 years later you know what I’m saying it’s and
Nobody want to go to jail trust me so it’s you got to look at that like it’s times change drastically it’s it’s no type of hazing going on and all that type stuff so um also I know a lot of people they just they just be scared like yeah I know
Some people uh they have their own beliefs and stuff you know some people believe like fraternities you know oh this the this chanting and CH to the Greek mythology and all that stuff when really is not like for example um people don’t know this but actually calide is Christian
Faith yeah it’s Christian Bas fraternity like we have stuff like that that literally goes you know for Christian aspects yeah I can’t really say what yeah but you know what I’m saying so um yeah well I can say one thing like arcan um arcan represent Moses yeah as well as
When you turn out upside down it’s repres you see what I’m saying things such as that you know um I don’t know if that answered y question well well in a sense yeah but I’m saying like what what do you got to say to these people who are doing these videos putting these
Videos out saying oh they devil worshipers and all other St yeah it’s insane I I literally watch I watch the videos because they’re not even a part of the group or they was a part of the group and they left or they got kicked out or something like that and usually
You know when that stuff happens more they bring out negative stuff and negative comments and they’re going to be like don’t do don’t join them they did this and when I was in there this happened this happened so speaking to them specifically or speaking to the people who will listen to them because
Those it’s it’s literally growing they’re going they’re showing videos everywhere Twitter Tik Tok YouTube everywhere um and I watch them and what they have they literally said nothing nice they just go on ran every chap is get and yes some places bro CU I I heard stories about
Some places damn but I don’t think every chap same like especially like here D yeah no no I know but I’m saying like for them to keep publishing this Stu it turns people away because you know people coming from high school going into college people want to learn about
This stuff but before they get here they’re seen somebody on Tik Tok saying hold on do it or they see somebody on YouTube and they’re saying this is what they do and all this other stuff so and but they like never you know but then it’s kind of like it’s kind of like
I goes along with it’s kind of like with like there three sides of a story the person talking and ranting the [ __ ] that actually happened and like the chapter side so it’s really just like all one story and they were just telling their side they could be very emotional yeah I
Don’t know yeah um kind like you said um You probably just doing the wrong chapter not g to lie yeah because you know there’s some chapters that still still you know in their yeah they stuck in their ways you know old yeah so um that could be also one of the
Reasons why and also honestly I understand you know you’re you’re hting your frustration but that don’t mean to like you know slander yeah slander all these you know the the fraternities and sororities like don’t let one Chap and yeah and they have to they have to realize that people are actually
Interested in stuff and it needs to grow so for you to go and demolish the name or talk about the name you’re turning them away immediately they’re just like never mind this happens I don’t want to do it and it’s just it keeps going Person join the numbers go down and then you might end up have to can the whole thing your whole yeah so like yeah so like those typ videos the person who was going to join that organization really would have needed that like a talent and stuff and
They got help by the organiz just because that one video now they don’t want to join not just and it it obviously brings success because we’re I’m tell you you got big things coming you but in any case um what are some of your positives forward like what’s what’s something that
Somebody asked you a question knowing you’re from that BR and you have to give him an answer like what would like I’m use one as an example like if I pull out a candy can right now and I’ll offer it to are you Oblig but now positives to them what would you tell them like they did their research but they’re still like kind of ify uh I I I did my research on it I saw good things I saw bad things Justin what was your experience or Justin what was some
Of your positive what was some of your negatives um one of my big positives from Jo you mean from joining from join um one of the biggest positives I can say his connections because like when I be on set I kid you not I know I know one of
The one of the people that makes um I can’t say who he makes the one of the main characters prosthetic eye prosthetic eye for the show and he’s from valon State he he was a n from Val State I met him set yeah you know what I’m saying and he
Was just talking to me and stuff like you doing I’m trying to get into and stuff like that and even then they give me their they’re like they’re influencing as well as their you know their advice yeah and stuff I kid you not like I get
So much advice every time I come and say I always meet um a brother and they always give me some type of advice that I always down every time so connections is one one of the biggest things um the other thing is it’s just you know being able
To depend you know to lean on somebody you know saying you know all of us have our times where we’re down and stuff like that but you know that bond that praternity that Brotherhood can also lift you back up it can help you remember what what was your goal what is
Your purpose why are you here you know what I’m saying and that’s that’s one of the biggest things that I have to realize especially when joining the T you know what I’m saying um I know uh one of the one of the people well majority people that help me was I I
Don’t think y’all KN Chris yeah yeah so Chris Chris and his line made the biggest influence they literally like they made the biggest influence when when I came in C you know what I’m saying Chris knew Chris and his one of his L Brothers they knew that I
Was an aspir since 2018 I you know what I’m saying and I never stopped like literally they I would come in every year talking about all these interests and stuff like that it didn’t it didn’t happened until like my junior year when I joined and even then they saw the the
Dedication me and SCH never stop we all we always sucess sucess we always wanted to be a part of it yeah it it didn’t matter passion yeah it didn’t matter what people said about like no this is my goal I’m be a part of this okay and with the skills of the
Real world life what something that helped you or you improved it like I know when you do the business classes or the you know when you speak out loud and all that other stuff you have to actually practice it yeah communication and you know eye contact and you know
All the proper adequate things so what’s something that you improved on definitely public speaking public speaking Yeah because trust me when I did that concert yeah I never as well as as well as the compation I had to do a phone last and that was like in front of huh I don’t
Even know how many people there I just remember it was P yeah and it was a l lot of people there I had to read you know what I’m saying like and when you look at it it’s like Dam that’s a big thing compared to where you were
To where you are now yeah you know what I’m saying it’s a big difference right it’s only up it’s only up you know what I’m saying know that for those who don’t know J makes music You willag beltin music it is good it is
Good we listen to it in the gym well I did hopefully um because I got Isaiah coming so hopefully um if you’re available when he comes y’ can just talk about music know what we’re going to save that for the end but I’m gonna go ahead I don’t know what
He’s I got another D9 question uh what are the don’ts to D because I have seen a lot of people Express but boy yeah it’s a lot of please don’t do that I’m not don’t even put this in this but was this girl that wanted to be like
Like was this when I was here yes why the [ __ ] was she like it was a [ __ ] that did that like she wasn’t she wasn’t ined she wasn’t ined probably like a little and and it it is secretive and I know you spoke to me about how you have
To keep stuff secret and what not so it’s just like what’s some of the if you do this you not coming yeah like if you do this we you just can’t do this if you could speak bro that’s like don’t like get in the way or
Like it’s it’s kind of like you know always that’s kind of like one of those it’s like man I Ain lie we gon push you out way but it’s like you don’t want to be that person like oh he stroll and he’s not even part of fraternity you
Know what I’m saying then people gon look at you yeah ain’t G lie some people ain’t too kindly of that we we are the nice ones go to HBCU I can’t help you hwks in Captain americ I can’t help you if they want beat you up they be you I heard some stories
Andat with me out wild just say ass probably straight what he do to make him that yeah he had butal but ass oh my God my that’s like but like I said it’s only because we we we’re very like we’re very proud of our L you know what I’m saying
We yeah it’s very sacred and the thing is it’s a generational thing like opportunity was founded in 1911 such as many other fraternity that was found in the early 1900 yeah you know know what I’m saying 1908 1906 1914 19 you know whatever whever they’ve been
Around for a very very very very long time it’s like it’s a more special thing because it’s like by us it was us like yeah like created yeah I’m sorry Y no problem break for real I’m still processing the ass n damn bro like it’s
Like a flip and he landed Che first onto the road or some [ __ ] not first but yeah like I was saying people people definitely take um they’re very proud of it so it’s kind of like it’s just like saying somebody coming up to you and they was like man y’ a’t black I’m black definitely white how would you feel disrespect right very disrespected
You know what I’m saying like white dude coming in coming in the hood that’s saying oh we actually had incident I last night yes uh but ready to beat a fellow brother remember had got [ __ ] shed by a member and the dude called him a [ __ ] was this no you you didn’t wasn’t
No you wasn’t well you was probably way in the back no he didn’t he didn’t show up yet they pushed him and like our like fellow brother remember he got like [ __ ] riled up and stuff I’m over here seeing this and I’m telling like him and I’m telling
Like whoever else we with I’m like okay he just got pushed by that white dude and now he’s like about out so we about fight fight cuz I knew it was something going on because all those was like pushing everybody to get to the front first of all pushing everybody to get to
The front to see some goddamn DJs from Wisconsin that you never knew in the last three weeks nasty ass work it was horrible no no no no no say [ __ ] again I’m just saying you can hypnotize all them other little wanabe wigers and [ __ ] like that join your [ __ ] but don’t do
That to brother just saying anyway oh yeah yeah just started the game just games terrible man was at the ra it was um it was it was yeah he was mad too because I wasn’t pay it was it like three four white it was
Like it was like it was a group of it was X this was before the came out yeah this was before this planet XX X oh I don’t want to JX it baby and Dr myself up
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