If you haven't heard, I'm the one who has to regretfully tell you that Degenerate 75, James, the big guy, you know him from the showdown,

Howedown, his YouTube channel at Ship a Nation as well, that he passed away on Monday.

It's awful to hear, and it's hit me pretty hard. And I know it's hit a lot of people pretty hard in our small community as well. James was a fantastic guy. And a lot of people will talk about how great and nice someone is after they pass. And with James, he's one of the few people that I can

ever remember that people talked about how nice and great he was well, he was still alive. And that's

really a mark of someone special. And I'm really proud to have gotten to know James over the past

five years. And I remember one of the first times, you know, we started

to interact and we started to do shows together. And when I told him that I wanted to, who wanted

him to be a guest on our Saturday Night Live show, Sunday Night Live show during football season

with me and Cust, he was like over the moon. And when he came on, there's usually a feeling out period with, you know, you have two people who have been friends a long time, someone knew was coming in.

I don't think that he and Cust had ever talked before.

And like they hit it off like old friends.

And that was really the magic of James and the shows that he did and how he interacted with people that it wasn't a put on.

He was a genuine guy.

And that's why everyone always talked about it didn't matter who you were.

He would reach out to you.

If you had a problem, James would be there to help.

And that was the key to how great he was on camera as well, that even if you were on the other side of the camera,

the hardest part about doing this is relating to people through the camera.

It's very difficult.

And I've never seen someone as natural as James do that.

And it was just about him being himself.

He was just that good of a guy.

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