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In this episode, A.J. McLean and Cody Simpson pull back the curtain on the darker side of the music industry,

where fame comes fast, but the consequences can last a lifetime.

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So the please take care while watching so the group though was found was it loo perorman loo was the what lou was the entrepreneur that put this whole thing together um there was a thing

that went around orlando back in the day called the blue sheet which was essentially the

classifieds for

entertainment. And I was perusing through the Blue Sheet one day and I saw this banner that said

local entrepreneur looking to put together a vocal harmony group, all a boys to men meets new kids

on the block. And I asked my mom and she's like, if you want to audition, sure.

A couple days later, I met, I met Lou auditioned at his house with my mom, signed on the spot.

On the spot?

On the spot.

And then that was the beginning of now 33 years for me.

So just on the business side, though, I mean mean you are, so you're 15, you said?

I was 14.

You're 14.

So you're 14.

Your mother hasn't been in the business.

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