0:15B: I like that.
0:16Demis Grim: And that’s basically a practice basketball game.
0:18B: I like that.
0:19Demis Grim: I had to make sure to regurgitate it so they know my name.
0:20B: Oh, it’s tough, bro.
0:21C: Tough. I have one more question for you. You gave Kai his flowers. What’d you give him his flowers for?
0:25B: He changed streaming for sure. People always doing streaming differently, but the thing that Kai did, he put a new level to it.
0:30Demis Grim: You know what I mean?
0:31B: So it’s like he’s doing Streamer University, he’s doing all these other big events. He’s always doing some -- even with gaming, he’s elevating it. So that’s my flowers. He always elevating when everyone’s doing the same thing, and I appreciate that. He’s doing something different.
0:43C: All right. Appreciate you, bro.
0:44Demis Grim: I appreciate you. I ain’t gonna lie, bro.
0:46C: I appreciate that. You about to interview her?
0:47Demis Grim: For sure.
0:48C: You on the phone right now? No, I’m live. Okay, let’s go. Let’s go. Go ahead. Okay.
0:52Demis Grim: Okay. So what brung you out here today?
0:54D: Oh, well, I stream, so I’m like, let me just shoot my shot. I didn’t get a chance to shoot my shot last year, so here we are For now, I’m going for it, and my chat forced me against my will.
1:08Demis Grim: So I want to wonder, or I wonder how confident you are within yourself. Do you feel like you got this in the bag, or do you feel like it’s going to be a hard task?
1:19D: For this interview, or like inside, in general?
1:22Demis Grim: Yeah.
1:23D: I feel like I got this in the bag. I feel like I got this in the bag. I’ve been locked in streaming for a year straight, every single weekend. I think we’re about to approach a 54-week streak of me just streaming 4 days out the week. Yeah.
1:35C: with that.
1:36D: So we’re gonna continue. We’re not done. We just getting started.
1:40C: Shout out my label. That’s me.
1:41Demis Grim: Yeah. And if there’s one thing you could tell the camera, what would it be?
1:47D: Um, what can I tell y’all? Uh, I want to say follow your dreams, but that sounds really -- that sounds -- that sounds real basic.
1:55C: Just follow --
1:57D: just follow whatever your heart desires. Just follow your passions. Just do whatever you want to do in life. Have fun. Uh, live life unapologetically. Go out Do shit like this. You never know what you’ll get yourself into. Just give it a chance. Yeah.
2:12C: Where do we find you?
2:13D: Where do I find me? Oh, I am on TikTok, Twitch. Where else am I at? On YouTube under Jursker. J-U-R-S-K-E-R. Jursker. Become a jerk.
2:25C: Okay, okay, okay. You about to interview?
2:26D: Okay. I don’t even know what to ask.
2:30C: It’s gonna be on YouTube. We done media.
2:32D: Hello.
2:33C: We done media. You see it right here? We done media right now. Are we doing interviews?
2:36D: Yes, we doing interviews.
2:37C: I don’t know what to ask.
2:39D: Oh God.
2:40C: So run it, run it, run it.
2:42D: Okay, let’s see, let’s see, let’s see. What can I ask? What can I ask? Well, what brings you here today?
2:48C: Shit, I mean, I said why not pull up? Like, it’s Kai. Who wouldn’t pull up for Kai? Like, come on now. I was supposed to apply for the first Dream With You, but I’m like, I felt too old. But the problem was I was letting other people discourage me. Like, that’s the problem. I’m here today though to show them trans women can do the same shit anybody else could do.
3:19D: That’s on period, because I do it for the girls and the gays. That’s it, period. Flow state. Okay, what’s my next? What do your streams or what does your content consist of?
3:33C: My content consists of story times, you know, cooking, sometimes IRL. I do a little bit of everything. Whatever I feel like doing that day, I’m going to do.
3:45Demis Grim: Period.
3:45D: Let them know. Let them know. Um, what’s my next question? Oh God! Hold on.
3:52Louis: Wait.
3:52B: There’s no rush.
3:53D: There’s no rush.
3:54C: Okay.
3:56D: Play play the Jeopardy song in the background.
4:00C: All right.
4:07D: Now we’re back. Okay.
4:07Demis Grim: Yep.
4:08D: Um, did I think of something? Okay.
4:10C: Uh, you’re supposed to think.
4:11D: I know.
4:12C: There wasn’t a single thought that crossed my mind.
4:13D: Okay. Okay, are you from New York?
4:17C: Yes, I’m born and raised in the Bronx. You feel me?
4:20D: Yeah, so you gotta represent. Yeah, you have to represent. Um, I don’t know, keep going.
4:27C: What’s it like for you to be a trans woman streamer?
4:29D: Yes, what’s it like for you to be -- so I Can you see it? It doesn’t matter. Okay.
4:35C: As a trans woman streaming in New York, I feel like it is hard to try to pull and grasp an audience. So, um, yeah, it’s hard, but I still like the experience. Even if I get zero views, I’m still gonna do it. I don’t give a shit. It’s still gonna be in my archives. As you should.
4:58D: Yeah.
4:58C: ’Cause the people who wasn’t there before, when they see the old videos, they gonna be like, oh shit, yeah, she lit.
5:03D: She been like this.
5:05C: Views or not.
5:06D: Yeah, that’s how it should be. Zero, 100, 1,000, a million, period. The same regardless.
5:13C: Regardless. Okay, okay. Yeah. And then after that, where we can find you? Yes. Um, you’re gonna hit me. You can -- oh, hold on, I’m trying to saw. You can find me on TikTok. My TikTok is Ivana, A as in apple, V as in Victor, O-N-A. Got fans. Ivana got fans because I really do. But Ivana got fans on TikTok, and on Instagram is Natural Badass. With two Z’s and two underscrolls. Yes. Okay, okay, okay.
5:43D: Yay! It’s finished! Yay! I was late.
5:47C: Oh, I gotta give it to him. Yup. Oh my shit. All right. Hello, do you want to be interviewed today?
5:55Demis Grim: Interview?
5:55Louis: I wouldn’t mind an interview.
5:57C: All right, period. Let’s do it. So where are you from and what’s your name?
6:01Louis: My name is Louis. I am from Washington Heights, from here in Manhattan.
6:06C: Okay, period. Stand up, Washington Heights. We outside. So what does your content consist of and things like that?
6:15Louis: So my content is -- I’m mainly an artist. I’m a content creator. I make art, but I’m mainly an artist. I make music, and my content is mostly me making music in the process, or I do sometimes just do IRL.
6:31C: Okay, that’s what’s up. So what made you come here today, and what do you expect to get out of the experience? Hold on.
6:40D: Oh yeah, period.
6:44Louis: The vibes are here.
6:45C: I love this.
6:45Louis: I love this. I came here just for a chance, just maybe see if I could get a chance, and that’s all, man. You know, I’m, I’m looking for anything. That’s why I’m here.
6:54C: That’s what’s up. You know, we outside getting to it. Yeah, we outside getting to it. We here. We here for you, Kai. We outside.
7:02Louis: That’s all right.
7:03C: All right, so last question. Where can we find you at?
7:08Louis: You can find me on Instagram, TikTok, um, or all platforms. DSP, Louis V. Spottom, L-U-I-V-S-P-O-T-T-E-M-M.
7:21C: Period. Thank you. Would you like to interview the next person?
7:24Louis: Interview the next person? I’ll be down for that.
7:27C: Let’s do that.
7:28Louis: Let’s get this going. Of course, you already know.
