June 3, 2023

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From... Hi Chuck! Hello, hello. Hold on. Oh. How you doing? Hi Chuck, please state your name and outlet and you can begin

Chuck Creekmer, aka Jigsaw on hiphop.com. How you doing, good brother? I'm doing phenomenal

Toby Weekway, aka Big Toe. Uh, Transformers Rise of the Beast. How it is

That's what's up man, it's good to see you elevating continually and creatively

You've done some acting in Mo, but this is your first feature film

How does that feel and what did you do to prepare for it? Yeah, a lot of people don't know this, do you know I did this before I actually did Mo

Oh, okay. Yeah, this is the very first acting thing that I ever did

I saw that and I did my research and I said, well Mo came out first

Exactly, yeah, because it ain't a blockbuster film, but it is 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

It's still a phenomenal project, but I definitely did this first and it was just incredible to be a part of such a massive franchise

You know what I'm saying? I don't think that's the norm for most people who get into acting. Absolutely

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, absolutely. And you have a comedic role

So was there any special preparation for that or how different was that for you

Now I'll be honest, I'm naturally pretty funny in real life. So I could just pull on a couple of things that make me laugh, pause. Yeah

Okay, we're pausing, all right, okay. We're going to keep your head popped in, all right

So growing up, who was your favorite Transformer if you had one

Yeah, because I grew up in a vibrant situation. I wasn't really familiar with all the other Transformers outside of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. Right

Yeah, I know you knew Megatron. Yeah, exactly, 100%. You say Megatron, Optimus Prime or Bumblebee, I'm locked in with you

You get the airs, I'm like, oh, you must have had Cable. Right, no doubt, no doubt

If you were a Transformer, do you have a name you'd give yourself

Yeah, Killer Toad. I'd be a Maximal, I'd be a Killer Will

Okay, definitely, definitely. What about future plans for acting? What are you considering the possibilities now

Yeah, so I just got offered a role as, you remember Mega Man

Mega Man? No, I don't. You ain't ever played the video game Mega Man? No

Ah, man, what's that? Come on, somebody was a little bit more impoverished than me, I ain't mad at you

No, no, no, I was just making that up anyway. But it ain't laying, because you don't know Mega Man like that

Right, right, right. I got just a couple of things that have been offered

But after this project comes out, and this is the blockbuster of the summer

I feel like the doors are going to open up a little wider for us

But wait, you got to tell me about Mega Man. Oh, no, no, no, I was lying

Oh, you were lying. Yeah, big cap, put the cap on that

Cap on that. Do you want to play in a superhero capacity? Yeah, I could see myself doing that

Yeah, I would have to, you know what I'm saying, drop, pop, probably about 20, get into like

you know what I'm saying, Michael B. Jordan type shape, you know what I'm saying, get my pectorals

you know what I'm saying, where they sitting up again like that. Yeah, definitely

And speaking of, you know, superheroes in film, Stephen Caple Jr. hooked this up, made this happen. Yeah

How was it working with him? I mean, he's 35, this is a massive franchise

And he's, you know, just doing amazing things. How was it working with him

Oh, phenomenal. He is a genius in his own right, a visionary to say the least

He was extremely locked in the entire time on set, saw the whole thing, all the way through every intricate detail

He designed, I think, all of the Transformers, all the robots, like he's like, locked in. Yeah

Yeah, so it was amazing to be able to take a backseat and be able to watch

I think he was the first ever director that I got to like, see do their thing and like

shadow and watch him do it on such a grand scale at the highest level. Gotcha

And speaking of highest level, you collaborated with Nas, musically. Amazing record in the spirit of Transformers

I got to ask you, where does that fit into your accomplishments as a musician

All the greatest. All the greatest. The absolute greatest. Come on, bro

It's Transformers and Nas, both at the same time, like collaborating for one project

It's insane. I never in my life thought coming from where I come from, like something like this would happen

Yeah, definitely. You, you know, interestingly enough, were not going to take the project if it meant you had to be away from your family

And I just found that, that was just so amazing to me as a family man myself

Where does, you know, just, did Stephen have a, you know, say so in that

Like, you know, I would imagine a lot of people would be like, oh, really? Okay

We, then you just missed out on an opportunity. Yeah, I think because Stephen was aware of who I was outside of the entertainment and like, like the type of stuff that I talk about within my own music

I think he probably gave him a heads up like, hey, listen, if we're going to ask him to come, this is probably going to be a thing. Yeah

A requirement for him. Right. And personally, yeah, I just, outside of the fact that I really love being around my family all the time

And I don't want to have none of these experiences without, you know what I'm saying, my best friend who is my wife and my children around so they can see like what's possible in life. Right. Yeah

I just, I don't really believe in like celibacy and abstinence type stuff

After you married, I feel like, yeah, you shouldn't have to go two months apart from, you know what I'm saying, the person you committed to for life

And it's just like, hey, I'm going to need her around because I'm going to transform in a minute. Yeah, definitely

Musically, you do amazing work and visually you pair it very nicely

Very nicely. In fact, I don't know of another artist in recent memory who does as great a job as you do

Did that play in any way to this and future musical projects

Hold on. I'm going to say one more time. Yeah, visually. I mean, have you been able to witness anything different or witness or, you know, just. 100%

You talking about on set? Yeah. Oh, 1 million percent. I don't have access to a lot of this type of stuff, and I had never seen it, so I didn't know it was possible because I do all my stuff myself

So being on a set where I could see so many different things just as it relates to lighting, the type of cameras, the type of machinery and stuff that they use to capture certain shots

I'm like, oh, OK. Now I'm locking in my mind how I can get active on my own sets. Yeah

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All right. Appreciate you. All right. They ain't give me a whole 10 minutes in this mug, man

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