DJ And?: 3:30

Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome to another episode of the Hilltop Glove podcast. It's me DJ Anne Watt, Amaya Allen, and we have a special guest with us today. We're actually sitting in Karamark, um, i. e. Fuse District Stadium. We're actually in these nice little suites right now, and we are excited to be here today. We're very thankful for everybody that allowed us to be here, including Mr. Bellamy who we don't, can I see today? He's right here. Right on the money. Excellent. Excellent. Thank you so much for having us in here today. We also want to thank Neek for getting us into this location for these interviews. today. This is actually gonna make our season for a great opening. So, just to start and move forward, I want to go ahead and just drop the background of the guests that we have here with us today. So today we have the pleasure of speaking with Tego B. Tego B is a Charlotte, North Carolina based rapper and entrepreneur. Tego B and his manager, Lamont Health, are the owners of Romeo's Vegan Burger. Their story is one of brotherly love and trust that was formed early in adulthood when Tego B moved to Greens moved to Greensboro from Raleigh, North Carolina. During the start of the pandemic, when traveling came to a halt, this did not stop the two hustlers from pursuing their journey in health and wellness. Health describes their partnership as one where they let their guard down and can be themselves around each other. Their bond is so tight that they never let business come before the relationship. Both have been vegan for a number of years and want others to know that vegan food can be a cool thing. It doesn't just have to be lettuce or something earthy, a darn hippie thing that everybody's used to seeing. It can actually be something that people enjoy to eat and it can actually remind them of the comfort food that they know about. And what's interesting is although their meals may look like fast food, between prepping and the flux of orders, folks typically wait about 30 to 45 minutes for these orders. Like they always like to say, slow food is good food, man. Most of the customers aren't even vegan. They just enjoy the quality of good tasting food, which is a hit or miss in the vegan community. Most of their marketing ideas are gained from years of experience in the music industry. Romeo's doesn't post a location or time schedule for their pop ups. And this is a natural hype and mysterious essence of where they are located daily in the city. The word of mouth usually travels fast especially with their 90s style cartoon illustrated food truck moving through the south end of Charlotte. You can order online or visit either location in Charlotte or Greensboro, North Carolina. In this episode, we're going to get an exclusive look into the behind the scenes of their creative process, their journey to success, and their vision for the future. Thank you for joining us today. How you

Tego B: 5:52

doing? Oh man, I'm blessed, you know, thankful to be here. But all is well, I do got to make one correction. Is it Heath? It is. See,

DJ And?: 5:59

that's what I thought. I was about to say. All right. So now I feel better about it because at first I was like, so it's Heath. Lamont Health. Lamont Health. That might be the new branding. I mean, you know. That might have to be the new branding. Especially with a vegan lifestyle. That's what we like to see. Health is wealth. Yes. Yes. So of course we always like to ask folk how they're doing when they come in here today. I hope that. Your day started off well? It did, man.

Tego B: 6:24

I made sure to start it with being in a meditative, you know what I'm saying? Excellent. Nice.

DJ And?: 6:29

Beautiful, beautiful. I could tell by the way you looked when you came in. He had the energy glowing

Tamyia: 6:33

off of him. Cool, calm, collected. Like, put together. Yeah, it's a presence. Exactly. When you enter the room, it's a presence. So, we like to start off each episode kind of like giving our audience, a background story about your upbringing, childhood. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? You know,

Tego B: 6:49

yes, I'm first generation American. No, my family's from Sierra Leone, West. Okay, yeah, sure. So first one in the family, I'm born in the States, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, raised in Raleigh, North Carolina you know, around. Africans, African Americans, really all cultures, you know, Raleigh, kind of like a melting pot. That's how Wake County is. Preach on that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Some people don't know. Yeah, for sure, for sure. So, I mean, I think that's probably the difference between Raleigh and all the other cities in North Carolina. It being the capital, you know, it was really focused on diversity. People getting bused to all the different schools, so we all grew up with each other. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. So yeah, you know, you know, I don't really know how to describe the life. You know, I, I... It's a hard thing to do. Are

Tamyia: 7:41

you like an only child,

Tego B: 7:43

or? Yeah, for sure. Almost. See, I'm almost lied to. I got an older sister. Oh, okay. She's so far apart in age. She's 13 years older than me. I feel like I grew up like an only child. But at the same time... I got a bunch of cousins, like a lot of cousins, really. You know, I grew up close with like five of them. But bro, I got so many cousins, I really can't even count. For real. So those are your brothers and sisters? Yeah, exactly. So it's kind of like I had siblings, you know, growing up. Like, you know, we spent summers together. After school, I'm there. They, they, they're my place. That type of thing. Yeah, exactly. So, real camaraderie type

DJ And?: 8:16

thing. Exactly. It doesn't matter. Like they said, Everybody can't be roommates, but y'all can be, you know, like literally you're on my team. We cousins. We're here

Tego B: 8:23

like that. Exactly. Yeah, exactly me Sure, so I'm closer with cousins and I am my own sibling, you know Yeah,

DJ And?: 8:31

it happens and especially like when you say age Yeah, like that and I know this is something interesting because of course our podcast It's, it's focused around making sure that we hand and tell the story of millennials and what we're doing coming out here. Cause we have a different understanding of the world than our parents did and even the, the young folks that are coming after us because we bridge that gap between the analog and the of life and living with your cousins like that and being tight with them, coming here being first generation, that is, that's a big thing. That's something that's different and new. And I know I do have. Our friends as well who are first generation coming over here. One thing I do want to ask you this specifically growing up in the Raleigh area, Raleigh Durham area. Because people, they don't realize that's the research triangle. Some of the top diversities in the nation right there. There's a lot of affluence running in there. There's a lot of international folks, etc. Because of what is in that area. Could you explain how that was growing up and the idea or the need to be successful?

Tego B: 9:31

I mean, well, you know, just being African. Preach. That's already, that's already just kind of a lot. Ingrained. That's a lot. I'm saying to be successful, to be successful, you know, especially. within three fields, whether that's the medical or whether it's the engineering, you know, some kind of background or be an attorney. You know what I mean? That's usually what they're going, what they're going to really push. You know, I ain't choose none of them. Oh, here we are.

DJ And?: 10:02

How did that, how did that feel? How was that pressure?

Tego B: 10:04

I'm going to be honest, man. Like You know, this is something that's inside of me. I'm just naturally do my own thing. It really doesn't matter what anybody else feels. You know, I have to, I gotta be comfortable in my own nervous system. And I recognize that from a young age. So, you know, somebody trying to push an idea on me, if it doesn't feel right internally, you know what I'm saying? Then it's just something that I just won't do. When's your birthday? June 6th. I'm a Gemini.

Tamyia: 10:31

I kind of Geminis be talking. They like, if it don't feel right, why are you not going to pressure me? I always ask people what their sign is,

Tego B: 10:38

so. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't allow for pressure. Yeah. Nah, you all are your own people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know

Tamyia: 10:43

what you like, you know what you want, and you stick to it.

Tego B: 10:46

Exactly. So I kind of just grew that way, you know? So, you know, it presents itself as rebelliousness, but really it's just honor, honoring itself. I like how you, I love how you said

DJ And?: 10:58

that. I like how you said that, because one of the things I know that we deal with as millennials, specifically from our generation. Cause they think we done lost our mind. And I'm like, no, we haven't lost our mind. We're looking at a different world. We're going to have to approach it differently. This is from all phases of life. And so when they see us doing those things, I like how you said it, like, it's not, it's not rebellion. At all. No disrespect. No disrespect. I know what I want. Yeah, yeah. This is how we get it. They're like, you know, and I'm like, yeah, especially with the youth nowadays, I tell everybody all day, please don't bother them kids. They'll do what they think. They know what they want. They know how to get to it better than what we even did. I was expressing that with my brother Skip on the way up. I was like, hey, man, if we had the ways that they had at this point to make money and move around the economy, we'd be doing, oh my gosh. Yeah, we'd be somewhere else, but we had to deal with the analog world. So that's where we're at. And so, that leads into this next question. Of course, we, we jumped over this stuff. Just inspirations as a child growing up, people that you looked at culturally wise, even just in the sense of people in your community. Who are good at things they did. Did those things inspired you, or if not, what outside of your community inspired you as a child to lead you on to the road that you are at now?

Tego B: 12:08

Hmm, I mean, you know, I'd say This is going to sound cliche, but Michael Jackson. Why not? There's no problem with the planet Mercury, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure, sure. So, but you know, and I say that because like, I think what Michael Jackson really embodies is, he's not like the best singer, but he has the most soul, right? So it's more about feeling. You see what I'm saying? So that's what I really pick up from Michael Jackson. It's that childlike nature in him that allow him to approach creativity in the way he do it. It's a freedom that exists in Michael Jackson. So, I have to say I'm inspired by anybody that just, that's just what popped in my head. You know, Mike, because of that certain level of freedom. And the reason that you saw that star quality was in his smile. It's a light that comes from that freedom. You see what I'm saying? So, I would say, That would directly correlate today because I produce music in that same spirit. You know what I mean? Yeah, man. Freedom in that creative. Exactly. It's genuine. Yeah. I like to call

Tamyia: 13:10

it Gemini is genuine. I do. I like

DJ And?: 13:14

it. I believe it. I believe it. I know you're right. I ain't gonna fight you. They are. I believe you got it. This is, this is the guru right here. Yeah. No, she's, she's very right about that. Like, I can tell. Like, you are not afraid in your skin. To be who you are and just you breaking into that fact about the creative side. And I know I do want to talk some about your business end of stuff. So, just on that creative side, I know we don't normally talk about a lot that, a lot of that on our show, but do you just express to our audience, our viewers, the importance of being able to create freely and from the heart and how that

Tego B: 13:48

affects you? Well, I think that immediately because of the freedom I've told you, take as much time as you need. Now your mind just runs wild and you can think of a bunch of words. You think of more than that. You see what I'm saying? And it's because that's the only way creativity can happen. It's the open heart space. It's freedom. You try to control it, which is like what business does. You get what you get. You see what I'm saying? So, you know, I think that creativity is something that we all need. Whether it's drawing. Whether it's dancing, whether it's just spinning around in a circle. You feel what I'm trying to say? It's just, it's, it's essentially the, the action of allowing for things to be what they are without trying to control it. You see what I'm saying? We try to control everything.

Tamyia: 14:31

We try to control everything. You gotta tell me. I have creative outlets. I do it all. Like, I jump from one thing to the next. When I get tired of this, I do something else. Yeah.

Tego B: 14:40

Yeah. And again, you know, it's a form of honor in itself. Like you got the, the parent part of yourself that's very concerned about longevity and forward thinking and, you know, making sure everything's there, but that inner child is always there, there. Wants the short term, that wants to just be able to experience randomness and all of that. And it's just that, exactly, you

DJ And?: 15:03

know. Yeah, how you, how you began the conversation. Yes, the present moment.

Tego B: 15:07

Exactly, exactly. So it's just that give and take. Not one is more right than the other, but in terms of creativity, it lives more with that inner child. That inner child just wants to experience. It's fun. It's not structured.

Tamyia: 15:21

Man, that kind of goes right into our next topic My Brother's Keeper. You know. You and your business partner, can you describe your relationship? Because you guys work on two different levels. So what is that dynamic like?

Tego B: 15:33

I think where to start. Well, how'd you guys meet? Okay, well, yeah. You know each other, right? We met through music. You know, I met through one of my good friends, DJ E Sud. He's actually a DJ for 2 Chainz. And at the time I was doing like trap music, things like that. I wasn't who I was today. Everybody, you may

DJ And?: 15:56

evolve over your

Tego B: 15:58

time in life. Yeah, yeah, for sure. So, he didn't introduce us because you know, my brother here, he was into music once upon a time. At that moment, he had his own sneaker shop. But, he was an artist, but, you know, he was starting to move more into a managerial role. You know, just kind of more behind the scenes. So, my man brought me to him like, look, y'all should work together. You know, he wasn't trying to do that at the time. And at that moment, you know, it could have worked for me. Cause like I said, I was a trap artist, but right after that time, I went into this really deep spiritual journey, left music alone, all those things, and then emerged year, many years later. To then, just bumping into him, letting him hear the music, and he was like, oh yeah, it's time now. You feel what I'm saying? So I was a more evolved artist at that time, and that's how we connected. So we met originally three years prior, didn't connect at that moment, but then when I came back from China and stuff. Wait, wait, wait. You aint

Tamyia: 16:54

talk about that. Wait. You back in your you came back, you came back from, in the beginning. Came up

Tego B: 16:58

from China, like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. So I was, like I said, I just had a, a really wild spiritual journey. Uhhuh, you know, I just kind of opened up my consciousness and things like that. So it affected everything, you know, from my, my personal relationships to how I approach music, how I approach eating food, everything. Mm-Hmm. you know, and yeah. So what year did you go to China? 2012.

DJ And?: 17:20

Yeah. Was that during the. That was after the Beijing Olympics.

Tego B: 17:25

I think so, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So how

DJ And?: 17:28

was the, so what was it that brought you to the culture that made you

Tego B: 17:32

change your Oh yeah, well to make a very, very long story short, you know, I became aware of meditation. I started meditating, I started having experiences in meditation. I knew people here wouldn't understand those experiences. So I Saw a video of some men in China who were able to do some supernatural things. I got in contact with their students. Long story short, brought me to China. Studied with the monks. Mm

DJ And?: 17:59

hmm. I aspire to do that one day. I like that, but that, that lines up to what you were telling us about making sure that you're being true and honest to yourself. Is that what you want to do? You didn't, hey, you know what? I think that's what I need. Go and get that education. And you went and you got that knowledge. And so you bring that back.

Tamyia: 18:18

What was it like for your family

Tego B: 18:21

hearing that? It was very difficult for them, you know, but cause everybody thought I was crazy. Like, you know, I was wearing crystals and all that stuff before it was even a thing, you know. So, I knew, it's kinda like at that moment I was in my parent consciousness and they were more in their fearful child consciousness because I knew like... It's kind of like, a kid might want toys, they might want sugar and all these things, but you know, like, if you were to give that to them in this moment, it could be more detrimental. You see what I'm saying? Very true. So you gotta deal with them crying and fussing at first. to wait till they get to the age where they can reflect and be like, Oh, that's why he didn't give me that. So you have to be able to take on the front end that emotional backlash so they can understand later and that. So that's kind of how it was. You know, they were. They were definitely emotionally backlashing. Like, what are you doing? Why are you going out there? Why do you look like this? Why are you changing your dye? Dah, dah, dah, dah. Yeah. Everybody. Not a, probably a soul around me, except for the new people I was developing in my tribe that could understand back versus fast forward to today. Everybody like, Oh, that's what you was on. Yeah. Makes sense now.

DJ And?: 19:35

Did you build on that tribe? Yeah. And that understanding of what your tribe is and how you need to be in tribe? Cause I saw that throughout year. Social media and stuff, the, the reflection down to a

Tego B: 19:44

tribe. Can you explain why that's important? For sure, for sure. Like, the thing is, no man is an island. And we all need each other as reflections, you know. So, none of us have it figured out. That's an absolute fact. And when we look at each other, you know, we should be able to see each other in ourselves. So, in the same way that you have blind spots, if I'm part of your tribe, I'll be able to say, Hey, this is your blind spot. that you need to recognize. I pointed out for you. Exactly, I pointed out. And the same way you can see my blind spots, you can look over and be like, dang, that's what's holding him back. Yeah. But it'd be difficult for me to see that. But when we have an open space and we're able to collaborate and be in that tribe, then we can all help each other by pointing out the things that we miss. Hmm. So, your brother's

Tamyia: 20:31

keeper. Exactly. Exactly. So, I mean, how do you guys... point things out in each other.

Tego B: 20:37

We function just in that way. You know, some of it is verbally and some of it's just energetic. You know, you got to just know who you're around. You see what I'm saying? So sometimes it's about what you're saying and sometimes about what you don't say. You know, sometimes it's just about holding space. It's about allowing somebody to just express themselves and just be that listening ear. You feel what I'm saying? And through having those type of relationships, you know, it allows for... a certain sense of grounding to come in, where you can feel, it creates safety. It's a certain energy of safety. Good point. So yeah, so me and my brother, our relationship is definitely an unconditional love type relationship.

DJ And?: 21:15

So it allows for your business to actually flourish.

Tego B: 21:17

For sure. For sure. Because the business, isn't the root of our relationship. It's just a fruit of the relationship. Gotcha.

DJ And?: 21:25

I like the way you put that. Yeah. Yeah. Especially like you said, it's not, it's not like you hadn't seen or know about each other before.

Tego B: 21:30

Exactly.

Tamyia: 21:31

Look, speaking of fruit. Go ahead and talk about why should It's just all segwaying and So, why be vegan? Why should people be

Tego B: 21:40

vegan? I mean, that's what the thing is. It's that should word, people should do whatever they want to do. Mm-Hmm. You know what I mean? Mm-Hmm. Yeah. Now how I feel about veganism, you know, is you ain't ever heard about nobody getting diabetes, me, cucumbers. You hear me? So it's, it is more so about, let's just Good point. Making it make sense. Yeah. You know, so at the end of the day, when you look at. What phytonutrients do for the body. Yeah. Which they're essentially the nutrients that you get directly from plants. Mm-Hmm. It washes the cells, bathe the cells, and allows for the cells to live a more robust life. And we are made up of billions of those cells. Mm-Hmm. Mm-Hmm. So if you drove a Benz, put 89 in it and it would still drive. Mm-Hmm. But you would not get. the maximum life that was intended for the vehicle out of putting less of fuel in it. So we got to look at our own physical vessels. We're not carnivores. I have teeth like lions, nor do we have intestines like lions, nor do we have the same acidity in our stomach like lions who are directly carnivores, who if you were to feed them just plants, they would die versus ourselves. We can go either way, but we are designed in a way where Being an omnivore is, I'm not being an omnivore, but being an herbivore is actually better for the lifestyle, for the, for our bodies. So with that being said, you know, if you were to eat the vegan plant based lifestyle, that's essentially like putting 93 in that bins.

Tamyia: 23:13

I like the way you put that. You just broke it down for people who don't really

DJ And?: 23:15

understand. Yeah, exactly.

Tamyia: 23:17

What type of gas are you putting in your

Tego B: 23:19

car? I'm not even judging. Are you stumping at Sunoco,

Tamyia: 23:23

QT, what you

DJ And?: 23:25

eating? Yeah, yeah. Seriously. Nah, that's a, that's a very good way to put it on because I know for a lot of folks, the fear of being vegan is, and I like from going back early in our conversation, having your family not understand why you're doing what you're doing specifically in the South and for a lot of folks in Southern communities, food is a big culture. What you eat, how you eat around family and friends. So to not eat what they have been eating for generations, I don't even get into what culture, what African culture, what the food culture, how that works. To break out of that or a, a health benefit or a reason that is to, you know, help propel yourself, even though you're doing the right thing, it can be quite

Tego B: 24:04

difficult. Absolutely. And one thing I want to drop is like, we, we all like in ourselves to be spiritual in our own ways, whether we have this religion or that religion. But, you know, I really feel like when we pray for a savior, And then a person like Martin Luther King comes, Martin Luther King doesn't fall out of the sky as this angel with wings. Nah, he comes through the womb like everybody else. So directly in our own families, we come to save or to perpetuate what's been going on. So with that being said, at some point, it has to change from you being a child to you being the parent of the family, to where now you directing the family. So it can't be that energy of always, I want to be accepted. I want to be accepted. Nah, either you going to heal the generational curses, or you're going to perpetuate it and pass it on to your children. But you know, they prayed for you to come here. Right. That's why you were born. You are the one, the chosen

Tamyia: 25:05

one. Exactly. So have you like transformed or anyone in your family or around you?

Tego B: 25:11

I would like to say I inspired my mother. She's on that plant based journey now. You know, my cousins, you know, and then when I had the opportunity, I just like to meet them where they at. At one point, you know, I was trying to hit them in the head with knowledge. Try to exceed this. It don't work. It's not gonna work. Yeah. Because people gotta arrive at things in their own time. So what I do is I just meet them where they are. Yeah. Feel what I'm saying? And through doing that, because that's really just the open heart path, like just accepting people where they are. When a person feel accepted, then they feel like they can lean in, and they feel like they can ask questions, and they feel like they can be more themselves. And truthfully. On a healing journey, the first thing you want is for that person to feel like they can be themselves. Because they can't heal if they don't feel like they're themselves. Yeah.

Tamyia: 25:54

Yeah. So talk about the business, Romeo's. What's the hardest, what was the hardest part about starting the business and where you are now?

Tego B: 26:03

The hardest part about starting the business... Bro, what'd you think the hardest part was? Like, starting to dip.

DJ And?: 26:14

It's a hard thing because like It's

Tego B: 26:16

food.

Tamyia: 26:17

You can't please everybody. You don't want to conform to like regular vegan food. You guys set

DJ And?: 26:23

yourself apart. This is a straightforward question. How did you create your menu?

Tego B: 26:28

Got you. So, alright, so it was like this. The creative part, all of that's easy. He a Gemini too. Oh, cool. You know what I'm saying? So we get busy with that easy. You know what I'm saying? We came up with the entire concept probably in like, it's two hours. You know what I'm saying? Like we just did that. That was nothing. And then I would say the food choices really just come from our own palate, you know? So we just like certain things, got in the kitchen, threw it together, you know, that took a couple of weeks. We knock that out. Just overall difficult is, you know, I really believe that when you're dealing with hungry people, you're dealing with the worst of humanity. So when people are hungry, it's hard to please them. Yeah. Yeah. When a person's hungry, I mean, it could be sensible everywhere else in their life. But when that hunger kick in, let you put pickles on there and they won't supposed to have pickles on there. You you're a public servant, but you're at whims of the public. No different than even the police officer or anything else. You know, the moment you step into serving food, you are a public servant. And there's a certain sense of entitlement that comes with that people. So it's really navigating the, the, that space, navigating, serving them at the same time, not being a disservice to ourselves because, you know, the public, especially in a hungry space, they expect things, they can be very unforgiving, you know, so, yeah, I was

Tamyia: 27:58

just about to ask, how do you keep your relationship with your customers? Like. I see that you guys don't post where you're going to be at. I mean, you just pop up. So how do you?

28:08

Well,

Tego B: 28:08

so that that was the case, you know, during the pandemic when we had the food truck out, you know, we would. That was just a part of the the marketing, so to speak, you know. That way we kept everybody on their toes. They were waiting on it. Yeah. Versus now, you know, we will give them a heads up where the truck's gonna be because we have two brick and mortar restaurants. That's what I was gonna ask. You know they can go to. Exactly. So now we have the South Boulevard location in Charlotte, then we got the Tate Street location in Greensboro. Excellent. So, you know, we, they know they can just go there at any time. So it's a little different now. They have more access to the actual product. Exactly, exactly. They have more access now. But, that's why we did it that way. We're just like, look, we're the only We've created this energy. Keep that energy going. It's just that randomness, you know. It's like when people start dropping surprise albums. So you guys

Tamyia: 29:01

have a whole team or is it just you two?

Tego B: 29:03

Oh, it's, well, it's three of us now that I would say it is really, you know, working it. But and then we have our employees, you know, but I would, I'd like to include like, especially the management as part of that team. Cause they definitely help. Cause they're doing their thing. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, for sure. But in terms of like, Ownership, really behind the scenes, just the three of us right now.

Tamyia: 29:26

Now, with you doing music is it hard to find vegan food on the road?

Tego B: 29:31

Well, that's why I actually was a, a vegan before and I came off of that because of that. And this was like 2013 to like 2017, somewhere around there. So it was more difficult, but you know, just being honest, being lazy about it. Because truthfully, it's not difficult. It was just a perception thing. That's all it was. Perception. I'm big on perception. Exactly. So, had I just, you know, put forth more of the effort at the time, it would have been fine. Because you can find vegan options in many places. You know, it's just about changing the mindset. Right. Yeah, yeah. And how

DJ And?: 30:09

are you going to receive the food? Because some stuff you may just have to deal with eating it in a

Tego B: 30:13

raw sense. Absolutely. It's food. It's food. Now,

Tamyia: 30:17

have you like done completely raw food? You just eat.

Tego B: 30:20

I'm not a raw vegan, but I've done raw fast, juice fast, and things like that, you know. At some point I probably will just go fully raw. Yeah, but as of right now, you know, it's just a mixture of cooked vegan foods and raw vegan foods. That's

DJ And?: 30:36

what I like about vegan. I'm not gonna lie, that's what I like about veganism. Yeah. Is being able to cook your food. and clean your kitchen and not worry about contamination. I am big on that. So, I know we have two more questions for you today. There's one I just want to hear from you and then one that we always ask everybody. But, what is your favorite vegan dish?

Tego B: 30:59

Pfft. Man, cause the problem is I'm one of them people who don't really got favorite much. You know what I'm saying? But if I

DJ And?: 31:04

had What about from, from Romeo's? What's your favorite dish at Romeo's?

Tego B: 31:08

I'd probably say that barbecue bacon burger we got. I'm gonna know about it, cause we want

DJ And?: 31:14

it. said. I know I'm gonna bring my wife up here to get something, cause I showed her everything. We were walking through this stuff, and She said, that's vegan food. I was like, yes. We going to get something. Yeah, cause we're in Charlotte every other weekend. I said, hey, this is a place that we're gonna stop at now. We ain't stopping at these other places no more. We're gonna go

Tego B: 31:29

eat. Please let us know when you come through there. Oh, we will, definitely. It'll be all nuts. Oh, man, you're too good. You're too

DJ And?: 31:35

good. I'm gonna make sure we do that soon. And then, of course, one of our final questions, we ask everybody who's on this because it's about millennials learning how to adult be balanced in what we do. Man, could you explain to us how you balance work and your daily health routine?

Tego B: 31:51

For sure. So, I mean, you know, you just have to create space. You know, that's, that's how it is for me. So, when I'm first popping up, I make sure to do that. health routine. So I already know what my day is going to look like. I already know by around nine or 10 a. m. I'm going to have to start moving in a way to facilitate Romeo's and music and stuff like that, which means I really need to pop up at like seven or eight. So that I could do everything else, which also means I really can't go to sleep too late. So this is all about destruction and creating a certain level of discipline. If it's that important to you to be healthy. The thing is, most people don't have a strong why as to why they want to be healthy because that why is weak. And I'll never miss the gym and I'll never falter from my diet. And it's because I want to live to be 120 without a cane. And I want to, do you feel what I'm trying to say? And I want to be able to be what I wanted as a child. As a child, I wanted to see somebody who was a living superhuman. So the only way to do that is to be that, you see what I'm saying? So my why is to show everybody else that it can be done and it's more important than everything else.

Tamyia: 33:03

So like, what can we expect from you in the future? Or what current projects are you working on? So right

Tego B: 33:08

now I'm working on music. You know, just working on an acoustic project. That's something that I'll do at some point. You know, real good vibes. You know, of course, just, just ultimate creativity. You know, versatility and creativity. That's, that's what you're going to expect from me in the music space. In the vegan space, we're going to continue to grow our Romeos. And move it around. You know, at some point, I'm sure that I'll get back to teaching spirituality.

DJ And?: 33:34

Dope. I'm telling you, it's a space that's necessary to have folks who are on a correct wavelength in it. Yeah. Who are there for the right reasons. Absolutely. And not just... The dollars and

Tego B: 33:43

cents. Yeah, yeah. That's a hard thing.

DJ And?: 33:45

You can make money from it, but don't let that be the only reason you're there. And then finally, shameless plug, drop your information for people so they can know how to find you, where to find you, how they can get involved, specifically, where can they go and get Romeos if you can give them actual addresses

Tego B: 34:00

so that way they go. Absolutely. So if you want to get that Romeos vegan, you just got to go pull up on us at 5518 South Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you're in Greensboro, North Carolina, pull up on us at 413 Tate Street. And if you want to tap in with your boy, that's T I G O B M U S I C on all social media platforms. Again, that's T Go B Music. Let's get it.

DJ And?: 34:20

Excellent. Excellent. Man, we're gonna, everybody here for the Hilltop Globe Podcast, we want to thank you for joining us today. Thank you for having me. Tamiya. What's up? DJing what? Yeah. T Go B. We in here. Excellent, bro. Thank you. Thank you.

Tego B: 34:32

Love. Peace. Excellent. Excellent.