Sky High: The YPK Raye Interview Digital Social Hour #17

Digital Social Hour

Sean Kelly

Self-improvement, Education

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Hey there, it’s time for a new episode of Digital Social Hour and this week we have a very special guest with us, the amazing YPK Raye. In this episode, we’ll be talking to Raye about his passion for basketball and his journey to fame on social media. We kick off our conversation by asking Raye how he’s liking his new life in Las Vegas. We dive into the weather and the basketball runs there while Raye describes his talent for jumping. He has a captivating story of discovering it in high school and the thrill of his first dunk in the 10th grade. We then explore Raye’s background and his love for sports since he was just ten years old. He tells us about his highest vertical jump, almost 50 inches, and how he accomplished his first in-game dunk. Raye shares his social media success with us, talking about his videos based on his real-life experiences with basketball. We love his humor in real-life basketball situations and it’s no wonder he has over 1.6 million followers on YouTube alone! We then delve into Raye’s future goals and aspirations to expand his brand. We talk about his plans to start his own AAU team and program to allow more kids to play. Raye's ultimate goal is to eliminate the politics and pay-to-play system in basketball. We are impressed by Raye’s positive mindset and drive to create opportunities for others. We also discuss how social media has made it possible for athletes to make millions through branding and endorsement deals, and YPK Raye is no exception. This episode is definitely worth a listen, we know you’ll enjoy our conversation just as much as we did. So, what are you waiting for? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/digitalsocialhour/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the digital social hour. I'm here with my co-host Wayne Lewis.
0:20.0	And our guest today, YPK Ray. How are we doing?
0:24.0	Done good. How are you? Good. So you just moved to Vegas, right?
0:28.0	Yeah. How are you liking it? I'm loving it. I love the weather. I mean, it's been a little bit cold, not what I kind of, I kind of left the cold. So the fact that I came into the cold, a little bit this winter is kind of.
0:40.0	Definitely, but I'm I, I'll be all right.
0:42.0	To you, not though. Yeah, it's better than Minnesota in New York, so I'll be all right. So you haven't experienced the summer yet?
0:48.0	No, I have. Okay, I was going to say you should love right now because our summers last like it was five months. Yeah, they're long.
0:54.0	Yeah, it was crazy. One like, and it was a heat, it was a heat wave during the summer. I remember it was like 115. Yeah. Oh, man, it was crazy. I never come outside.
1:04.0	Unfortunately, you won't see me out. How are, how are the basketball runs here compared to Minnesota?
1:10.0	I don't really do much runs in Minnesota, but they were, they were trash in Minnesota, at least the runs that I could get myself into. But out here, I like it like UNLV 24.
1:22.0	I feel like it's a lot more competitive, but also it's a different style of play that I'm kind of like, I wouldn't say it just in two, but it's just like, I like seeing like how people play from everywhere.
1:33.0	Because like East Coast is different from West Coast and different down south and Midwest, you know, I'm saying it's all different. So really, is there more fast pace here, you said?
1:41.0	Oh, yeah, I would see, I would see it's more fast pace, but it's also depending on where you are. Like if you're not running with actual hoopers here, everybody just all over the place.
1:53.0	So it's like, but like when I get into like gyms with like the pros and like the higher end basketball players, I feel like it's more of a slower pace.
2:01.0	As opposed to, you know, the East Coast and you know, down south, I feel like it's more like running gun.
2:09.0	Have you who wish on yet? Yeah, we played in a celebrity game. Yeah, we dominated mostly him.
2:17.0	I shot me on the board and put back. Yeah, he beyond the board. He be dunking. Man, I seen him flying high.
2:24.0	I saw you just did a vertical jump test. How high did you get?
2:28.0	Almost a 50. I'm not sure how accurate it is.
2:32.0	Like I'm not sure exactly how tall. I'm five eight. Bro, when did you discover that talent? Like when when were you like? Yo, I can jump.
2:40.0	All right. So it's weird like saying this, but like because I'm short, but I hit a growth spread when I win. Like what?
2:47.0	What is a growth?
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