Business As Usual: Inside Big Boi’s Dog Breeding Biz
we shout of me that way very good big
brother deal me I see being a songwriter
and producer father husband dog breeder
to be able to jump from one thing to the
next just keeps life exciting cuz I
never know what’s gonna happen
business-wise I was talked by la Reed he
always taught me to invest in what you
know and without cast like when we first
got our first publishing check we went
out and bought equipment to producing
and we started producing on our second
album we were just investing in what you
know and investing in yourself because
it keeps rolling over me and my brother
are dog lovers so it was like a natural
progression Tiff’s are key knows we do
American bullies English Bulldogs and
French bulldogs they say you don’t mix
family and business but my brothers
dedicated to it his work ethic is
incredible 7:00 in the morning
he’s up
I’m up early in the morning I’m out here
that’ll run around let him play exercise
a little bit feed him clean up pressure
wash the kennels out it’s all day
operational music it never stops no days
off when I was going to college I wanted
to be in veterinary and I was no I
wanted to take your dog so it is always
been like a love for animal hmm what I
feel growing ups are uncle Ricky at
childs blues to whites to chocolates all
different colors and usually wear fur
coats and walk around the projects with
precious dogs ever I’ve been trying like
the first inside dog we ever thought
especially the project you know see
stuff like that he would never give us
one never
Lisa beggin like oh come on I think he
gave us going one time but it was it was
I think it was but don’t you never gave
us a purebred dog yes it’s our dough and
then eventually we would see straight
dogs on the street and like nursing back
to health and keep them as long or hide
them from our mom until she found out
you know so it turns into an infection
the first tip our kennels we have a bed
with seven runs we had like made by six
or seven dogs you know big muscular
pit bull terriers started kind of breed
and just to see we can get and they
started importing dogs from California
Nevada and everything else just to build
our own bloodline God be the studio on a
date I’m working on ATLiens album James
was with the dogs and did everything
from delivering puppies administering
oxytocin shots and things like that so
it’s really like a real hood
veterinarian once you know started doing
music and accumulating wealth to invest
in businesses and things like that we
got serious about it
what great he don’t get water but he’s
not gonna get no towels so he gonna be
small and big Junior wait no baby though
we’ll build this this was all trees at
first so we cleared by maybe acre and a
half clear this state-of-the-art hot
water cold water air conditioners heat
back behind there you got the fields
where they can run free and all
excellent I just cooped up all day long
you know sounds like the rich caught in
the dogs first dogs with hundred pound
dollars like bone everything solid and
then now things have gone down so
everything’s kind of shrunk down so we
went from kids to bullies which is the
same dog cause it’s a shorter version of
it these are the best loyal most family
orientated dogs ever you know meaning
we’re here to dispel the stigma that’s
been put on it for so long buddy named
Tony he’s the og in the game he teaches
my brother certain things and like
mentor somebody else who has the bullies
knowledge is the key of anything if you
take terrier back to Island in England
they were bred for some silly reason and
in America they just start doing the
wrong penguin even with the bullies and
everybody like huh or the dangerous or
no no they’re not you treat him like you
future kids this kind of dog was a guy
right around in the Bentley here at
around he’s a Mercedes he want to show
off these type of dogs were showing off
show dogs um I also have English
bulldogs and French bulldogs which to me
have taken a place of the Yorkie as the
toy dog you know to me at first now the
only dogs is like no look I just love to
watch them interact with each other I
almost like watch the kids play as far
the ingerbord I’ll go like this right
here is my ultimate look short very
short body contact I don’t like a lot of
leg on this now there you go I don’t
delay and we know each other too much
late you’re only like legs on strokes
every time without company we don’t
really just breathe like a dog hair
seven puppies we might keep like oh my
young said we may have a couple of
little year presents and like that goes
into actually you know raising knowing
they’re born
you know there’s like put him in a cab
it’ll I get even a newborn is they’re
you know they’re getting pure oxygen ran
into their lungs keeping begging strong
to really only taking after when she
move I’m up like I’m up all night
these registered pet shops in the mall
where you’ll get pure breed dogs from
those are some of the biggest puppy
mills ever you see people with that many
dogs like in one area no bigger than
this table for months at a time this is
just some evil shit I’m not just gonna
put my name on something just to make a
buck he’s like family members we got
just like the music who’s trying to be
the best in everything you do we are
team and we really just getting started
but what I want to do when it’s all said
and done is just sit back with my
animals in the midst of the trees out
here in the forest and just be peaceful
