We’re looking forward to introducing you to Lashon Byrd. Check out our conversation below.
Lashon, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. What is something outside of work that is bringing you joy lately?
Since May I’ve been avoiding the limelight. Not out of spite or resentment, but out of a deliberate choice to enjoy the present, enjoy my youth, and focus much less on my career and more so on having a good time. Taking genuine time to enjoy what I’ve built thus far, and look forward to the much brighter future on the horizon. The simple things in life have been making me so happy, I couldn’t care less about becoming a billionaire or household name famous (which is toxic if you ask me), they may be things that might happen to me but not things I’m actively chasing. I admire those that aspire to live traditional, simple lives. It’s peaceful, straightforward, lacks immense pressure and a feeling of responsibility… I’m unfortunately too deep into this to turn back, but those things have been bringing me joy and inner peace lately.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m a guy that has relentlessly chased his dreams, and publicly explored what makes him fulfilled and attained a level of success in doing so. What makes me “unique” you could say is my outlook on celebrity culture, and life, and how it all intertwines with my philosophical followings. Funny enough there’s articles out there about that very philosophy. But this is still merely the beginning, I have a purpose far beyond the persona that’s been manufactured thus far. My work will speak for itself, unfastened from my name in this disposition.
You know, my venture “Byrd Estates” has been a slowly sinking ship. It’s tied to the prosperity of an external platform, and they’re currently insolvent, therefore that venture hasn’t been profitable for a quite a while now. Therefore, December 2025 marks the day the venture is officially closing. And honestly… I’m relieved! It was immense pressure to keep that house of cards working, the impostor syndrome was crushing, I lowkey didn’t want it apart of my legacy anyways, and I’m so glad it’s over. Goodbye and good riddance BE, you won’t be missed. I’m working on bigger, better goals, the best is yet to come.
On that topic, I absolutely can’t stand seeing random award nominations pop up on my IMDb page, and then some journalist reporting on it just from that source… then POOF the nomination disappears because it was never supposed to be there in the first place! Stick to reliable sources people. IMDb is great, but weird lol. And in reference to my pilot and my show in general – I don’t need awards or any accolades for that. I’m incredibly content with its sheer notable distribution, and the way it disrupts the industry. That’s fulfilling in of itself, no social recognition will inherently add to that nor subtract from it.
On THAT topic, all those “films” you see on my IMDb page besides the professionally released ones are just absurd little films I made myself to build my acting resumè like “Passage,” “Samurai Warrior,” etc. Whicchh you could argue absolutely worked in the end lol.
On another note – those “George Van Biesbroeck Prize” nominations… wow I actually haven’t a clue why or what for I was nominated. I made some really stupid public missteps, and I presume someone saw that and said “yep, kid’s going places.. and at least they’re really trying!” in which yeah.. they wouldn’t be wrong. Especially now, that I’m just so so so much more mature and actually making shit happen. Back in May of this year (2025) on the citizen science platform “Zooniverse” I legitimately was credited as a “Measurer” in the discovery/ identification of 3 new asteroids which one could look up and find. However, I think it has yet to be formally published by the Minor Planet Center, if ever.. but nonetheless I’m certainly proud of that contribution. But much more so of what’s to come.
And as for anyone that calls me an “inventor” currently my technological inventions aren’t public.. but that’s an ambiguous term. It could refer to inventor of a new methodology (and it doesn’t have to necessarily be scientific). Systems, paradigms, etc. So fair enough I guess, but I’m not looking to feed my ego.
Lastly, those songs you see I’ve released? Yeahhhh if that hasn’t been reported already those were complete jokes. Like The Theater Principle, it was an instance of me experimenting and garnering some laughs, but it ended up absolutely blowing the fuck up. Not smash hit blow up, but thousands of social media reels, even commercials using it blown up. I was just like “Wowwww” and never released another one through Ditto Music.. or Magroove.. or whatever the hell I used to distribute them lol.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
I was a young lad trying to find his place in the world. In good faith, but young and foolish. Present day I feel like a completely different person… I’ve… grown up and have felt as if I found my footing. I do want to get in touch with the person that I was before ANY public recognition however, I miss that ambitious little guy. He’s changed so much..
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
Suffering taught me that we’re all the same. Everyone’s so pretentious and vainglorious, and faux. When that house of cards fall, then what? No matter your socioeconomic class, social status, or achievement level – you’re truly no better than anyone else so don’t act like it. Live in accordance with who you are as a person, and treat everyone with the same level of respect regardless. If death teaches us anything, it’s that we’re all homo-sapiens attempting to make sense of our absurd existence, and death strips all of our constructs and lays the truth naked. Let’s make existence as pleasant as we can for one another, and enjoy it while it lasts. Smile, laugh, achieve but don’t let it get to your head, and enjoy the small & simple pleasures life has to offer.
That’s why even now you see my public persona.. and it isn’t some perfectly crafted PR image. It’s unapologetically human and filled with missteps and interesting stories. Which is another thing I like to do different. I don’t want to be like all these other meticulously crafted, PR perfect public figures. I never will be.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Is the public version of you the real you?
I’ve written about this haha. To an extent, sure it is, but really? Of course not. It’s but a caricature built off of the perceptions of others. The real me will never be intertwined with public perception. But the public version of me, as said previously, still isn’t a perfect caricature. It’s a grounded, unfabricated caricature haha.
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
When I’m gone, I hope people truly speak about how I carved my own path. I’m doing things that have never been done before, breaking boundaries in every metric and being wholly unconventional. That’s not something easy to do whatsoever, there’s a shit ton of anxiety, uncertainty, and stressing over whether everything may work out. But that’s the risk you must take to truly do and achieve new things, and it’s a standard I’ve always closely tied myself to.
On that note, you know, I don’t think I’m going to release another book. I extensively tried so many things growing up its crazy. But I think I’m finally starting to understand my place in the world, what I really want out of life, and what particular vocations I should devote the entirety of my focus to. I published Dy-nami right before turning 13, anndd.. just let it marinate. I discovered how NOT truly passionate I was about writing fiction books, I didn’t care a single bit about it immediately after publication.
And I’m not sure why anyone denotes me as a “bestselling” author, unless they’re referring to global distribution I guess. It did not make enough sales to become a bestseller.
I just don’t want to be like everyone else, I want to be different, do different, be authentic, and prove what’s possible against all odds. I want that narrative told about me long after I’m gone.
I really enjoy these interviews, they allow me to clarify everything and get everything off my chest.
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