This one's been brewing in the cut for a while — Tayzzy pulls up to the OddPod with Marc and Odd Rashid (yes, the rebrand is official) for a wide-ranging, deeply personal conversation about her musical journey, her years in California, and the wide sonic range that makes her one of the most versatile artists in the Hxndsxght orbit.

Born in Tallahassee and adopted into a family in Louisville at age three, Tayzzy has been making music since she was around ten — playing saxophone, piano, drums, and singing in choir before she ever picked up a mic seriously. Her first real studio experience came at fifteen at what's now Woo's Studio, where she met her longtime engineer Burns. Her breakout moment came with "Misunderstanding" — an emotionally raw, real-life-inspired track that went semi-viral locally back in 2016, racking up thousands of views and landing her performances at high school homecomings and local shows.

At twenty, with a $500 secured credit card and zero plan, Tayzzy bought a one-way ticket to California. She slept on a friend's couch for two years, earned her degree in music production from the Los Angeles Film School, and got selected for a BMG songwriting camp — an experience that reshaped her entire understanding of the industry. Working alongside professional songwriters with barely any social media following taught her that real influence in music often happens far from the spotlight.

Eventually she made her way back to Louisville, interned at 400 Recording, then moved over to Tay Beats' studio — the same orbit where she crossed paths with Dillon McCluskey, June DeWayne, Boss Marino, and the rest of the Hxndsxght crew. From there, her catalog and her confidence both grew. She describes her sound as wide-ranging — silky and soulful one moment, gritty and rebellious the next — and insists she doesn't compare herself to anyone. She just creates.

The conversation also covers her one-and-done experience with pay-to-play showcases (including a wild Coast 2 Coast story that mirrors one of Marc and Rashid's own), her growth from "beating dudes up" as a teenager to channeling that same fire into bars, and her current outlook on relationships and boundaries.

Looking ahead, Tayzzy has a busy summer — Jubilee Field on June 20th, Tri-State Black Pride in Memphis, and a stacked lineup show on the 27th. A new project, tentatively titled Pretty Girls Love 502 or Call You Back Sober, is coming in September — an all-Louisville artist and producer lineup she's genuinely excited about.

Follow her at Tayzzy Music on all platforms. 🎙️

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OddPod does something it's never done before — a full live EP review. June DeWayne pulls back up to the pod with Marc and Rashid for a special edition dedicated entirely to his brand new project C'est La Vie, and it does not disappoint.

Fresh off the release, June walks Marc and Rashid through all six tracks in real time — playing each one, breaking down the stories behind them, and getting raw about the inspiration that fueled the whole thing. C'est La Vie was almost a March release. Then April. Then May. June kept second-guessing himself, wondering if he was slipping. Then his manager Mitch and creative partner Gabrielle helped him lock in, and he made the intentional call to drop on a Wednesday — refusing to compete with the big artists who flood Fridays. Smart, strategic, and very June.

The EP was almost entirely written and recorded in early 2025 — January through March — which makes it one of the freshest, most in-the-moment bodies of work he's ever released. What you hear is exactly how he was feeling in real time.

The title says it all. C'est La Vie — that's life — is June's most transparent project to date. He opens up about a specific song that was made on a particularly rough night, fueled by an intoxicating creative session with producer Coach Cameron. He talks candidly about his history with lean, addressing it directly and honestly before making clear he's not promoting it — quite the opposite. The music is raw, personal, and built for people who've been through something and are still standing. As June puts it, the project is about coming to terms with things. Not about being perfect. Just about the flaws.

Production comes from Tay Beats, Coach Cameron, 7eventray, and Dillon McCluskey — the full Hxndsxght creative engine firing on all cylinders. Marc and Rashid call it June's most polished work yet, noting his industry-ready sound and the seven-year working relationship with his engineer that finally feels fully realized.

And C'est La Vie is just the warmup. June reveals the title of his next project — I Don't Want to Be Perfect — which he describes as C'est La Vie on a bigger scale. More personal. More open. A full chapter.

Stream C'est La Vie on all platforms now. Follow June at @junedewayne. 🎙️

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OddPod takes it back to the block. Marc and Pod Rashid pull up to the West End Farmers Market at California Park for another live episode — and this time it's Elderly Day, the sun is out, the crowd is warming up, and the conversation is anything but calm.

The episode opens with fresh energy from the Hxndsxght collective show at Spinelli's — Marc gives his full breakdown of watching June DeWayne, Dillon McCluskey, and Boss Marino perform live, calling June a natural born performer and teasing that Boss Marino has some new music with a different switch up that hits different. MarcSoFly and Shloob are also teasing a collaboration that has Marc hyped. The overall vibe?

Louisville's underground scene is in a moment, and OddPod has a front row seat.

From there, the conversation becomes a wide-ranging, unfiltered two-hour ride. Marc and Rashid dig into whether Louisville's hip hop scene is more Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, or Memphis — landing on the idea that Louisville's artists are real in a way that can't be manufactured, and that when a few people pop, the whole city eats.

Sports takes over a big chunk of the episode. The crew breaks down the NBA playoffs — specifically the Spurs series, the reclassification debate sparked by Jeff Teague and Marquis Maybin (Marc has thoughts, especially with a daughter who's ahead of her grade), and a passionate breakdown of the Abdul Carter vs. Jaxon Dart discourse that turns into a deeper conversation about race, identity, sports, and what it means to defend someone publicly — and who gets that defense extended to them.

The episode also touches on Ray J's health situation, the Brock Lesnar conversation Marc is clearly exhausted by, Pope Leo's stance on AI regulation, and why the curiosity of the human species makes meaningful AI safeguards nearly impossible to enforce long term.

All of this happening while vendors are selling out, the elderly are grabbing food, and West End Louisville is doing exactly what it does on a good Sunday afternoon.

Pull up to California Park. Every other Sunday. Three to seven. You already know.

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