Season 2 is officially here, and we’re kicking it off with a story that’s part Hollywood legend, part real-life survival guide. In this episode, I sit down with my cousins, Jahmaal Huuno and De Jah Huuno — two brothers who’ve seen more by 18 than some folks do in a lifetime.

Born in Brooklyn and raised between Long Beach, Venice Beach, and Hollywood, their story isn’t just about growing up Rasta — it’s about survival, identity, and what happens when your foundation cracks before you even know what solid ground feels like.

We get into everything: from gang wars to rooftop DJ sets, from family betrayal to figuring out who you are when everything familiar falls apart. This isn’t a fairytale. It’s for anybody who had to grow up fast, move in silence, or become their own blueprint.

We talk about growing up Rasta when spirituality, hustle, and danger are always colliding. About being the only Black kid from the hood catching three buses to a private school full of billionaire kids — pretending like you belonged in both worlds, when neither really claimed you.

We dive into real West Coast chaos — gang life, club nights, and late-night hustle. What’s it like sneaking into after-hours parties, DJing for celebrities and street legends, dodging cops and shootouts, all before you’re even old enough to vote? What happens when your family business is booming, but your family is breaking down?

You’ll hear untold stories from Venice hustles and Long Beach street survival to wild firehouse parties that could’ve ended everything. We unpack the heavy cost of building your life around survival — and the even heavier price of choosing to leave it all behind.

There’s the story of how O.J. Simpson’s family crossed paths with theirs — before the headlines. How a secret hustle became a teenage dream and a nightmare. How being uprooted from the West Coast and dropped on the East Coast unlocked parts of themselves they didn’t even know they needed.

And then there’s the deeper stuff — the grief nobody warns you about. Not just losing people, but losing the version of yourself that believed in them. What does it mean to mourn someone who’s still alive — just not who you thought they were?

We get real about the rebuild: choosing healing when rage feels easier, launching businesses while still unpacking trauma, and turning heartbreak and silent battles into something that fuels your next chapter instead of draining it.

The Getting Older Podcast isn’t therapy. It’s not a self-help seminar. It’s the front porch. The 1 a.m. phone call. The deep couch conversation you didn’t know you needed until you hear it. Growing up is messy. Getting older? That’s where the freedom lives.

If you’ve ever had to grow up too fast, rebuild from zero, fight for your peace, or rewrite your story — this one’s for you.

You’ll hear East Coast hustle. West Coast reality. And proof that no matter where you start or what you’ve survived, the best part of your story is the chapter you haven’t written yet.

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If this episode hits you — comment, like, share it with your people. Nobody grows up alone. We just act like we do. Getting better is a group project — you just gotta find your crew.

Your story matters. Your healing matters. Getting older isn’t losing yourself — it’s finally meeting the version of you that’s been buried under everybody else’s expectations.

See you next episode.