- This was a gift from Ryan Sheckler for Christmas.
It's a prosthetic leg and I don't have legs, so it's funny.
What's poppin'?
This is Big Z and these are my 10 essentials.
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My boxing gloves.
For me, I'm a martial artist.
I've been a martial artist since I was five years old.
I have damn near perfected the art of kicking someone's ass.
So with that being said, I like to fight
and if you ever get in my way, I'll knock you out.
And I do this every day, it's a lifestyle.
I live it, I breathe it.
I've broken bones, I've bloodied people,
I've broken their bones.
I trained every single martial art that there is.
If I have access to it I'll learn it
and I'll use it in the cage.
So I could use anything from boxing, to wrestling,
to Muay Thai, to Jiu-Jitsu, to Karate, to Jimka
to anything in the cage.
Just because my sport requires you to know
all the martial arts.
- [Producer] Who are your GOATs?
- My GOATs are Anderson Silva, Muhammad Ali,
Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, and Joe Frazier.
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My chains.
And this was given to me by the GOAT Mike Tyson himself,
put this on my neck himself.
So I wear it every day.
It's important to me, you know.
The other pieces I got the Cuban links,
like they're cool it was a gift from my cousin
'cause he's on the come up like I am right now.
Aside from that, like, you know
I like the fashion statement, but it's what like the price
becomes limitless when it means more than just money, so.
People like Mike Tyson, and Muhammad Ali, and Joe Frazier,
they were black men in a era where we weren't really
respected when we stepped into a sporting event.
And they walked in there and they would absolutely dominate.
That's why I liked them.
He said he was proud of what I'm doing.
He said he's inspired by what I do
and told I'm an inspiration.
You know, it's just like stuff that everybody says.
But coming from like the greatest of all time
hits different.
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One of my most important essentials is always
having a piece on my wrist.
As you can see, I got one on right now.
Back home in Ohio I have a box full of them.
So this is my Cartier piece.
Definitely one of my better purchases I've made so far.
And I'm gonna be rocking this thing here
in a couple days, so.
I've always been intrigued about how they work.
As a kid, I would take part watches
and like put 'em back together
or try to put 'em back together.
It's been 20 years and I'm still collecting 'em.
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The next thing I couldn't live without is my skateboard.
This was a gift from Ryan Sheckler.
You know, I threw away my wheelchair
and I use the board every day.
And as you can see, it's a custom board
and I put the green wheels on it to match the board.
I take pride in being able to ride a skateboard
and learning how to do tricks in it.
It was a really impulsive decision.
One day I was moving outta my crib
and I just never picked up my wheelchair
and got a skateboard instead.
And I've been skating a pretty long time.
You know, I was on and off as a kid, you know
I'd get messed up all the time.
But you know, now that I'm older, I tried it again,
I've picked up a few tricks.
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I always have to listen to music, whether it's a speaker,
whether it's earbuds, whether it's headphones.
I need my music 'cause if not I will go crazy.
So, with that being said I always got this thing on deck
and this is it, this my speaker, I need my music.
I'm from the hood, man, I be listening to rap, hip hop,
R and B, soul music, old school music.
You know, I like stuff that would make you want to dance.
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I've been making music since I was three years old.
And I've been making music and became head drummer
of a lot of things, from church to school
to the side gigs at bars since I was a little kid.
I didn't have a family growing up.
I didn't have a mother, I didn't have a father,
I didn't know my siblings.
I was either homeless or I was in and out
the foster care system for 17 years.
So music played an important role
in helping me keep my sanity.
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Next thing on my list would be my smell goods, my colognes.
So, this is Cartier.
But I wear assortment of different colognes,
I like to smell good.
You're never gonna catch me lacking
and not smelling like something good.
I was just taught not to be dirty.
[chuckles] You know, as simple as that.
I don't know any other way to say it.
Wash your pits, spray some cologne. [chuckles]
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The next thing is my gaming systems.
This is my PlayStation controller.
I have currently have a PlayStation 5, I have an Xbox,
I have PlayStation 4, I have PlayStation 2,
I have a Nintendo Switch, I have an Xbox One,
I have an Xbox One S.
I'm a super nerd.
Currently right now I only have the PlayStation 5
at the crib.
But back home I have all my game systems.
You know, I like to play.
It's something I do, hopefully there's a cool thing
that comes of it.
If not, if nothing comes of it,
I'm still happy playing games 'cause it's just absolutely
one of my favorite pastimes.
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I started drinking these in college.
You know, I'm a two-time all-American
Kent State University college wrestler.
And ever since then, since I've competed
in any pro-level sport, I drink one of these afterwards.
And this is actually my favorite one,
the blue raspberry, it's so tasty.
It's way more healthier, has more potassium
so you're not gonna cramp.
To me it was either drink a Bodyarmor
or eat a eat a packet of mustard, stop cramps mid match.
I don't know what's in the mustard,
but for years, since I was like a little toddler,
anytime I got a cramp mustard would take it away.
And then Bodyarmor started putting potassium in their stuff
so I started drinking it
and I wasn't cramping as much either.
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Next thing I have on my list
would be the sets of glasses I own.
Now these are some really dope Versace glasses.
Probably gonna rock later tonight, for real.
I'm not gonna tell you what I partake in,
but I wear my glasses all the time.
Sunglasses, I just like it's a fashion statement.
You know, I'm not about to follow the the usual norm
of being fancy.
I'm gonna have my own version and my own style,
my own swag, my own finesse.
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This is Big Z.
Appreciate y'all watching.
Tune in next time.
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