Mechie So Crazy Talks About His Come Up , Social Media Marketing, Crazy Fans & More

Mechie So Crazyy stopped by the Producergrind Podcast office for an exclusive interview where we talked about his come up, how he marketed himself on social media (instagram, twitter, vine) How the Blac Chyna sex tape brought him a lot of publicity (good & bad), him sleeping with his college professor who was 17 years older than him, having sex with a fan for the first time & his new single Mechie - Like Dat (official music video) Producergrind Merch: https://merch.producergrind.com/ Sound Kits: https://producergrind.com/shop/ 1:17 How Mechie got started dancing 1:50 Joining R&B Group 4EY and being trained as a performer 2:57 Mechie went through artist development at a time when it’s rarely done anymore 3:32 The viral/social media dance community 4:05 How Mechie built his social media and carried his audience across several platforms including Twitter and Vine 5:07 How Mechie felt about Vine shutting down 5:25 People who were hot on Vine not being able to transfer over 6:17 The platform is not the real world and if it shuts down make sure you have an audience on other platforms 7:29 Getting recognized in public for his Vine, Instagram and Twitter work 7:59 People are sleeping on Facebook as a viable platform 8:26 Tips for using Facebook a a tool for your career 9:11 Amount of engagement is better than number of followers sometimes 9:42 Mechie says Snapchat is dead 10:17 IGTV coming for YouTube 10:52 Social media influencer marketing 11:26 When you rely on your phone for your career and you lose it 12:21 His social media fame putting his life in the public eye 13:10 Regulating social media as a part of our everyday life 13:35 Having a team that helps him his career and social media 14:01 Having patience and building a career over time 15:29 Going from zero to 100k followers in a month 16:15 Changing social media habits after Blac Chyna situation 17:21 The Blac Chyna sex tape and his relationship with her 18:30 A lot of what was written about him in the media was wrong 19:02 Media wanting to talk about the tape and the relationship instead of his actual music career 19:42 He separated himself from Blac Chyna because it was affecting his career 20:35 Moving on from Blac Chyna and how social media cycles through stories quickly 21:15 People caring more about the bullshit than the music 21:24 New single called Like Dat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuY3i... 22:48 Troy Taylor producing Like Dat 23:14 Giving away $2500 in his new video challenge 24:05 Are challenges washed? 26:17 Your brand makes the challenge not the other way around 26:50 How he linked with Troy Taylor 27:41 Doing Scoot Over with Zaytoven 28:08 Being from DC 28:26 Opening for Meek Mill 28:48 Having sex with a fan for the first time 30:48 Dunking on Rick Ross 31:36 Overrated/Underrated - History of Challenges -Harlem Shake -Mannequin Challenge -Ice Bucket Challenge -30 Day Blap Challenge -Cinnamon Challenge 33:19 The importance of being engaged in the culture 37:14 Tide Pod challenge 38:01 All attention isn't good attention 38:33 Do's and don'ts for building social media following 39:36 Practicing on stage for rappers and singers 40:30 Rappers taking vocal lessons 40:42 Biggest influencers on Mechie as a dancer 41:04 Taking pay for promo 41:40 Hit Mechie's email before you hit his DM 41:56 Balancing promo with keeping accounts authentic and not turning off fan base 42:20 The Umm Factor - Mechie Describes The Craziest Things Seen On IG For Clout 43:36 Girl told him the names of the babies they were gonna have together 44:41 Being mauled by crazy fans 46:26 The after parties and moving through teeny bopper fans 47:47 Single Like Dat https://play.google.com/music/preview... 48:30 Mechie on social media Hosted By @ceodylan @theletterlbeats @carrington_hill @producergrind Special Guest @mechiesocrazy Directed by @cookitupkayo