93: Quddus Philippe on The Truth About Fame, His Cameo in Kanye's Jeen Yuhs, And Life After MTV

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Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Today’s guest, Quddus Philippe, burst into the international spotlight by replacing Carson Daly as a host on the iconic MTV show, Total Request Live (TRL), where he became the interviewer of choice for artists like Jay Z and Beyonce. After five years on MTV, Quddus started his own production company, The Q Side, to help pioneer new media and develop new talent with partners like MySpace, AOL, Yahoo, and YouTube, but he kept feeling drawn to the personal development space. That's where ev...

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0:00.0	I had a few panic attacks at one point down in Key West Florida. My first assignment with
0:08.0	MTV was the Beach House in Key West Florida. 2001, I'll never forget it was so hot and I felt like I had to perform incredibly
0:18.4	perfect to get the job because I was looking around and seeing guys like Carson Daily and all sorts of brilliant people.
0:27.0	Stars, Cisco from Drew Hill.
0:30.0	All sorts of people singing about the dog song at the time.
0:34.2	I mean, it was a scene.
0:35.6	And so I made up that I needed to be absolutely perfect
0:39.9	in order to be a part of this scene
0:42.1	because at that point I'd never experienced any
0:44.5	stardom like this before, any platform like this.
0:46.8	I was from the most humble beginnings in Canada.
0:50.3	And here I am all of a sudden in the midst of all these pop stars.
0:54.4	So I had major imposter syndrome.
0:56.9	Major fraud in my mind.
0:59.0	Like somehow I'd snuck into the coolest party
1:01.6	and they were gonna figure me out any minute.
1:03.1	They're going to figure out that I'm not nearly as cool as everybody a year.
1:06.0	They're going to figure out that I'm not smart.
1:08.4	I dropped out.
1:09.7	Blah blah like I just had imposter syndrome.
1:12.4	Paralyzing imposter syndrome paralyzing
1:13.4	imposter syndrome.
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