In this heartfelt and transparent conversation, host Michael “MP” Paul sits down with Class Vee, a powerful singer, songwriter, and filmmaker who embodies the essence of creating from the heart. From heartbreak to healing, from doubt to determination, Class Vee opens up about her journey through the music and film world—revealing the lessons, sacrifices, and truths that shaped her into the artist she is today. Together, they unpack what it really takes to stay authentic, build something meaningful, and protect your peace while chasing your purpose. Along the way, Class Vee reminds every artist of a vital truth: don’t wait for someone else to invest in your dream—invest in yourself first. Prove your worth through consistency, effort, and work ethic, not just words. ⸻ This Episode Covers: • The creative power of authenticity • Turning pain into purpose-driven art • Lessons learned from the Grammy experience • Storytelling through film and music • Finding your rhythm between hustle and healing This one’s for every creative who’s ever doubted their voice—and kept going anyway. Be your own inspiration and support system. ⸻ Highlighted Clips: • Authenticity: The Most Powerful Frequency to Create From • Heartbreak Anthem: How I Turned Pain Into a Song • Grammys Journey: From Zero to Attending the Awards • Hollywood Awards Win: My House Party Investment • Music Healed Me: Overcoming Struggles with Purpose • Motivation & Environment: Fueling Your Passion • SWV Vibes: R&B Groovy Era • Music’s Magic: The Perfect Environment for Creativity • The Game’s Secrets: Why It’s Not For Sale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, your host MP sits down with Tampa, FL native Takeo Faison to talk art, design, fashion, and all things that inspire. Takeo gives us an inside look on his creative process as we celebrate his latest collaboration with the prolific Tampa Bay t-shirt company G-Man. Tap in to learn all about Takeo, his designer brand Cowboy, and all the secret ingredients that go into being a one of a kind creative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ledezma sits down with Michael “MP” Paul for an unfiltered conversation about rebuilding from scratch, staying grounded through chaos, and redefining success on your own terms. He talks legacy, leadership, and the grind most people never see. In This Episode: • The power of self-rebuild after setbacks • How to lead when nobody’s following yet • Why discipline beats motivation every time • What “success” really means when you come from nothing • Giving game without ego 🌿 Affiliate Spotlight Peace starts with how you rest. Cozy Earth — luxury bamboo sheets made for recovery. Use code LSL for 40% OFF → https://cozyearth.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artist and producer Ananda Rose joins Michael “MP” Paul for a deep, unfiltered conversation about healing, hip-hop, and higher purpose. What begins as a story of silence and survival unfolds into a dialogue on creativity, spirituality, and reclaiming your power through art. Ananda breaks down how hip-hop became her medicine—a way to process pain, honor her roots, and create from truth instead of trauma. Together, they explore the intersections of ancestry, feminine energy, and the divine responsibility of the artist. This is more than a story of struggle—it’s a reminder that the mic can be a mirror for transformation. 🎧 Now streaming on all platforms 🌐 Follow & subscribe: LiveStruggleLegacy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Season 3, Episode 9 of Live Struggle Legacy, MP sits down with Lauren VanVajra — The Alkemystic — for a raw and radiant conversation about trusting yourself, dissolving ego, and remembering your divinity. Lauren shares how her Bufo 5-MeO-DMT experience opened a doorway to unconditional self-love and human connection. Together they explore how to integrate shadow, alchemize pain into power, and embody the union of divine masculine and feminine energy. 💎 Highlights: • Trusting your inner voice beyond programming • Bufo 5-MeO-DMT & the ego-dissolving experience • Healing through grief, sexuality & spiritual liberation • Living the alchemy of everyday life 🌿 Affiliate Spotlight: Transform your rest with Cozy Earth — luxury bamboo bedding & loungewear crafted for softness, sustainability & soulful comfort. 🛌 Use code LSL for 40% off → CozyEarth.com 🎧 Listen now → LiveStruggleLegacy.com 💫 Guest → LaurenVanVajra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristin Richardson, founder of VonKittin, shares her powerful journey from nightlife chaos to soul-led creation. After more than a decade in the club scene, she realized survival mode wasn’t living — and turned her pain into purpose by building a brand that heals, uplifts, and raises frequency. In this episode, Kristin and host Michael “MP” Paul dive deep into: • Healing through creative expression • The energetic power of fashion • Lessons from sobriety and self-discovery • Building a conscious brand with intention • Using style as a tool for transformation ✨ Special Offer for Listeners ✨ Experience the same high-vibration comfort we talk about on this show! Partnered with Cozy Earth, a brand aligned with conscious living and everyday luxury. 🛏️ Shop Premium Bamboo Sheets → https://cozyearth.com/products/bamboo-sheet-set?variant=42626556395700 🧘‍♂️ Shop Long Sleeve Bamboo Pajama Set → https://cozyearth.com/products/long-sleeve-bamboo-pajama-set?variant=41039987114164 🎁 Use code “LSL” at checkout for 40% OFF your order Cozy Earth bedding and pajamas are made from 100% bamboo — naturally breathable, temperature-regulating, and incredibly soft. Backed by a 10-year warranty, designed to elevate your frequency through comfort and quality. 🎧 Tune in to discover how creativity can become your path to freedom. 🔗 Follow VonKittin on Instagram: @vonkittin 🔗 Shop VonKittin: vonkittinkouture.etsy.com 🔗 Connect with Live Struggle Legacy: https://livestrugglelegacy.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this powerful episode of the Live Struggle Legacy Podcast, Michael “MP” Paul sits down with NoLuvBaby1K to share his raw and inspiring journey from prison to protecting his energy, building his brand, and rising in the music industry. NoLuvBaby1K opens up about overcoming losses, staying authentic, and finding real strength through music. From avoiding the traps of shady record deals to connecting with fans on a deeper level, this episode uncovers the resilience and wisdom behind his grind. Topics include: • 🎶 From prison to purpose: protecting energy and brand identity. • 💡 Why authenticity always wins in music and life. • ⚖️ Escaping the streets while navigating pitfalls and building success. • 🔥 Full-time music career lessons: from struggle to spotlight. • 🎤 The importance of positivity, faith, and surrounding yourself with the right people. Whether you’re an artist chasing your dream or someone battling through struggles, this episode reminds you that success is possible with resilience, faith, and determination. In this powerful episode of Live Struggle Legacy Podcast, Michael “MP” Paul sits down with NoLuvBaby1K to share his raw and inspiring journey from prison to protecting his energy, building his brand, and rising in the music industry. NoLuvBaby1K opens up about overcoming losses, staying authentic, and finding real strength through music. From avoiding the traps of shady record deals to connecting with fans on a deeper level, this episode uncovers the resilience and wisdom behind his grind. Topics include: • 🎶 From prison to purpose: protecting energy and brand identity. • 💡 Why authenticity always wins in music and life. • ⚖️ Escaping the streets while navigating pitfalls and building success. • 🔥 Full-time music career lessons: from struggle to spotlight. • 🎤 The importance of positivity, faith, and surrounding yourself with the right people. Whether you’re an artist chasing your dream or someone battling through struggles, this episode reminds you that success is possible with resilience, faith, and determination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🎙 Season 3, Episode 6 of the Live Struggle Legacy Podcast features Oksana Sophia, a powerful voice unpacking the suppression of the Divine Feminine throughout history and culture. In this episode, we explore: ✨ How ancient wisdom and feminine energy were demonized by religion and society ✨ The spiritual cost of silencing feminine power ✨ Oksana Sophia’s journey of healing, resilience, and reclaiming the sacred feminine ✨ What it means to restore balance between masculine and feminine energy today 🔥 This conversation is about truth, resilience, and reclaiming what was stolen from humanity. 💡 The Live Struggle Legacy Podcast is where we turn struggle into strength and pain into purpose, giving voice to untold stories and hidden truths. ✨ Subscribe and join the movement. 🎧 Full episodes available here → https://linktr.ee/livestrugglelegacypodcast 👕 Support the vision with merch → https://livestrugglelegacy.com/store 📱 Follow Live Struggle Legacy on all platforms. #LiveStruggleLegacy #DivineFeminine #OksanaSophia #Season3 #Podcast #Resilience #TruthSeekers #Healing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Live Struggle Legacy Podcast, Michael “MP” Paul sits down with Florida’s own DJ Budda Beanz, a mixtape hustler turned cultural force. Budda Beanz takes us through wild stories from the streets, underground clubs, and the MySpace DJ movement that helped shape a generation. From selling mixtapes to redemption through music, his journey shows how struggle fuels legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this powerful episode, Tyeasha Pagan — better known as Tye with the Eye — opens up about her incredible journey of resilience, creativity, and healing. From overcoming generational trauma, divorce, and homelessness, to finding strength in art, photography, and community, Tye shares her story with raw honesty and vulnerability. Through challenges like raising her son, facing mental health battles, and navigating loss, Tye has transformed her pain into purpose. Today, she uses her gift of photography and storytelling to inspire others and prove that even in the darkest moments, creativity can become therapy, and struggle can lead to strength. This episode is about survival, empowerment, and rediscovering purpose — a reminder that no matter how hard life hits, you can rebuild, rise, and create a legacy worth living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready to have everything you know put under the microscope. Meet the Luxumbra Aurifex, BTMVLE Yago — a recording artist, theosopher, psychology graduate, and amateur boxer. He’s not here for comfort conversations; he’s here to show you the shadow and the light. ⚔️ This isn’t just an interview, it’s a test. Listen if you dare — and drop your thoughts in the comments to join the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, we sit down with the talented and beautiful Kitty Quinn. From her early days in the dental field to navigating personal struggles, Kitty shares how she stepped away from the safe route and leaned fully into her passion for fetish modeling. This conversation is about more than career shifts—it’s about resilience, risk, and the courage to rewrite your own story. Kitty’s journey reminds us that the struggle doesn’t define you—it refines you. Tap in and hear how she turned her experiences into empowerment and built a life around authenticity and passion. #LiveStruggleLegacy #MissKittyQuinn #PodcastInterview #FetishModeling #CreativeJourney #PassionOverPaycheck #ChasingDreams #RealStories #PodcastLife #LegacyBuilding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 3 of the Live Struggle Legacy Podcast kicks off with a Tampa Bay legend — DJ Strizzo! 🎧🔥 From rocking stadiums with Jelly Roll on the Beautifully Broken Tour to creating viral anthems like Up Down #TwerkTeam (4M+ streams) and Buss It Wide Open with Lil Kee (Billboard Hot 100), Strizzo has been moving crowds around the world for years. In this episode, we talk about his come-up, the grind behind the music, and the wild journey from Tampa Bay clubs to touring arenas across North America. We also dig into his legendary remixes for artists like Michael Jackson, Kanye West, Guns N’ Roses, and The Weeknd. Whether you know him from his open-format DJ sets, his chart-topping hits, or his work with major artists, Strizzo’s story is one of hustle, longevity, and pure love for the game. Listen now and tap in with one of Tampa Bay’s most impactful music figures. 📌 Follow Strizzo Instagram: @officialstrizzo Facebook: @officialstrizzo Email: djstrizzo@gmail.com 🎙 Follow Live Struggle Legacy Instagram: @livestrugglelegacy Spotify: Live Struggle Legacy Podcast YouTube: @livestrugglelegacy #DJStrizzo #LiveStruggleLegacy #Season3Premiere #TampaBayMusic #OpenFormatDJ #BillboardHot100 #UpDownTwerkTeam #BussItWideOpen #PodcastInterview #MusicJourney #DJLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🎙️ Live Struggle Legacy – Season 2 Finale: “Lessons from My OG” A Tribute to Marguerite Catherine Lucas ✨💛🌻💛✨ In this powerful season finale of Live Struggle Legacy, host MP delivers a deeply personal tribute to his greatest teacher, inspiration, and guiding light—his mother, Marguerite Catherine Lucas. More than just a memorial, this episode captures the soul of a woman who embodied love, resilience, and spiritual strength. Through heartfelt storytelling, MP reflects on the impact Marguerite had not only on his life, but on the lives of everyone she touched. Listeners are invited into an intimate journey of grief, gratitude, and the powerful legacy of a mother’s love. “Lessons from My OG” is a celebration of wisdom passed down, light shared, and the eternal bond between mother and child. Whether you’re grieving someone you’ve lost or simply seeking a reminder of what really matters, this episode speaks to the heart of the human experience. Rest in Power, Marguerite. Your legacy lives on through us all. #LiveStruggleLegacy #LessonsFromMyOG #OG #Mimi #RitaMadre #MargueriteCatherineLucas #PodcastTribute #Legacy #Motherhood #HealingThroughStory #SeasonFinale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode of the Live Struggle Legacy podcast, meet Maurice Lewis. Maurice is Big Baby's first cousin. If you're just tuning in, Live Struggle Legacy is dedicated to the memory of Timothy "Big Baby" Lewis, a family man, recording artist, and entrepreneur who lost his life in prison. Maurice shares some stories about growing up with Big Baby, and gives us plenty motivation to stay on the righteous path to our goals despite adversity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet independent film-maker, Amber Deas. Amber tells us how she turned her passion for capturing pictures and videos into the career of her dreams. Learn all about A1Lenz, Amber's up-and coming projects, and all of the services that she provides through her website. Listen now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, learn all about the Tampa after-party life, break beats, and the sacred art of DJing as seen through the eyes of DJ Rok B. Rok B tells what it means to really dj before the days of digital. He shares some wild stories and his tenacious passion for DJing. He shares some insight on how his DJing had to be put on the back-burner as he put his family first, and how teaching his daughter how to DJ brought him out of retirement and back into the music scene. Rok B gets real on this one. You won't want to miss it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, meet Pody. Pody is a St.Pete native who shares an inside perspective of DTSP and what was once a thriving music scene for locals and touring musicians alike. He navigates the trials and tribulations of life while sharing the glory days of St. Pete's once thriving music venue, the State Theatre. We share stories that inspire, educate, and entertain. Listen to the full episode and drop a comment to tell us what you think. Please be sure to subscribe/follow, like, and share! Thank you all for tapping in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, meet Casey Turner, AKA Mingle Mixx. With over a million club patrons over the course of his career, Mingle Mixx takes us on his journey through music from his early days in the rap scene to gigging all across the Tampa Bay are and Orlando. Casey shares his life experience as a DJ and a few stories about his appearance on a popular reality TV show. He shares his passion for music and how he is making a huge impact on kids in the education system Please be sure to listen, like, comment, share and rate us on your favorite platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet BTMVLE Jotta! Episode 16 is a vibe as MP and Jotta talk unity in the Tampa Bay music scene and all things creative. In this week's inspirational episode, learn all about BTMVLE studio, artist empowerment, and the magic of putting ego aside to make things happen. Jotta tells us about the BTMVLE (Building On Togetherness Through Embracing Music) think tank creation, an annual holiday coined "Burg Day". Burg Day occurs on 7/27 of each year, and brings people together to celebrate our hometown, St. Petersburg, Florida, AKA, Da Burg! You don't wanna miss this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices