10 Things Fanum Can't Live Without

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There are a few things YouTuber and streamer Fanum can't live without. From a camera and his purple Lamborghini to a chopped cheese sandwich and his AMP pendant chain, here are Fanum's essentials.

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Transcript
00:00 Yo, we gotta go with this clap.
00:02 Check, chill with all this clap.
00:05 500?
00:06 Big 500 from GQ.
00:08 Hold on, everybody clap.
00:08 Yo, big 500 from G.
00:10 Y'all ain't never seen no 500 like that.
00:13 Y'all want me to do the top set?
00:15 Bro, we could do that.
00:19 Yo, GQ, we could do that.
00:21 Oh yeah, just hit me up.
00:22 Just hit me up.
00:23 We on that.
00:23 Come on, bro, we on that, bro.
00:24 We on that, bro.
00:25 I'm on that, bro.
00:26 I swear I'm on that, bro.
00:28 What's up, GQ?
00:29 I'm Phantom, and these are my 10 essentials.
00:33 Everything I do, like from the moment I open my eyes
00:40 in the morning, till they go to sleep, is content.
00:42 This is what I do.
00:43 I really, like I live this.
00:44 You feel me?
00:45 This is not a part-time anything.
00:46 This is everything.
00:47 You feel me?
00:48 Yo, Vince, I plug.
00:50 You know what I'm saying?
00:50 Me and him, we shoot.
00:51 You know what I mean?
00:52 Straight fucking movies, you know what I'm saying?
00:53 And then C's not here.
00:54 C's be, he edit that shit.
00:55 He make that shit come to life.
00:57 Shooting on my own, I was weird at first.
01:00 Like, I didn't want to give nobody the camera.
01:03 Like, no.
01:04 I was like, I was like, nah, bro.
01:05 I ain't believe in that.
01:06 I had to hold my shit like this.
01:08 But one day I was like, fuck this shit.
01:09 Give me the camera, man.
01:10 Yeah, let me try something different.
01:11 And like, he held it.
01:13 And then we just started doing shit.
01:15 Like, it was just like, I could move freely.
01:18 Nothing in my hands,
01:19 but the content was still being recorded.
01:21 And I was like, yo, this is a whole different ballgame.
01:27 Car keys.
01:28 Bro, everything is documented, bro.
01:30 Like, we really came from nothing.
01:32 So we started off walking.
01:33 You know what I'm saying?
01:34 I got pictures on my Instagram.
01:35 I started off walking.
01:36 Then you got, I moved on to the hardcore.
01:38 That was my first, like, baby.
01:40 You know, your first car is like, it's a Lambo.
01:42 It's not a Lambo, it's a Lambo to you.
01:44 You know what I'm saying?
01:45 V6, my music car.
01:47 So you know that three, four in the morning,
01:49 the chuchero bumping and it's going crazy?
01:52 That's me.
01:52 Stop calling the cops on us.
01:54 We're gonna drive away.
01:55 So we be like this, like.
01:56 And then the music be right here.
01:58 So you gotta like put up like the little sound a little bit,
02:00 the bass, and just, you know, we just be vibing.
02:02 And I'm just like,
02:03 (imitating guitar)
02:04 and all that.
02:05 Listen, everybody in New York, you know the song,
02:06 but you don't know who's singing it.
02:07 It's El Alfa, Chate El Alfa, bro.
02:09 And then we be going through.
02:11 My BMW M4.
02:12 For me, it's the green goblin, if you know you.
02:15 The green goblin, bro.
02:16 You know what I'm saying?
02:17 It's been a low key out of retirement.
02:18 He don't be going crazy no more like that.
02:20 But if he gotta show out, he will.
02:22 And we got the Escalade Cadillac.
02:24 You know what I'm saying?
02:24 Wide body.
02:25 I like going everywhere with this, you know what I'm saying?
02:27 I feel like I'm floating.
02:29 Literally though.
02:30 If I want some power, Lamborghini Urus.
02:33 Big dog, you know what I'm saying?
02:34 Got the wide body on it.
02:36 Purple.
02:37 Look like Barney.
02:38 I don't know, my next toy, it gotta be like,
02:40 oh, either an Aventador or the SF90 Ferrari.
02:45 One of those two, bro.
02:48 That's like exotics right there.
02:50 That's crazy.
02:51 My next essential is a big ass fridge.
02:54 (upbeat music)
02:56 Damn.
03:03 I don't really do the healthy shit,
03:07 but these are all right.
03:08 I ain't gonna lie.
03:09 These are all right, man.
03:10 Yeah, see I said top 10 essentials.
03:15 What are you talking about?
03:16 It makes sense, right?
03:17 It's essential, bro.
03:18 It's part of life.
03:21 Chris, if you watching, Chris, look at us.
03:24 When you order your oxtail and it's disrespectful,
03:26 you know that shit's gonna hit extra.
03:27 Like it's like, oh, nah, yes.
03:29 You know what I'm saying?
03:29 Life is just, it's just different.
03:34 For me, with the Arizona mango.
03:36 If you want to switch it up, as I said,
03:38 you want to be on your healthy shit,
03:39 but I respect it, get on your water shit.
03:41 You got the chopped cheese on a hero,
03:44 you know what I'm saying?
03:45 Oh my God, you know.
03:48 If you know, you know, bro.
03:49 It's a lot for the morning time,
03:51 but nowadays the New York teens,
03:53 we have, I be seeing them with coffees
03:54 and shit in the morning.
03:55 What's going on?
03:56 Y'all stressed out?
03:57 Some shit, it's all right.
03:57 Get you a little chopped cheese, you'll be all right, man.
03:58 I'm saying be all right, you know what I mean?
04:00 My Dominicans outside, man.
04:01 (speaking in foreign language)
04:04 Look at this right here.
04:05 Let me show you something.
04:06 You know what the itis is?
04:07 It's a put you to sleep.
04:09 I'm telling you, this right here.
04:10 Now everybody's saying different in the chat, different.
04:12 Chicharron de pollo with some tostones, different.
04:16 You know what I'm saying?
04:18 Beef patties, you know what I'm saying?
04:20 We was missing the cocoa a little bit,
04:21 but it's all right though.
04:22 But if you know, you know, facts.
04:24 If you got the rice and beans and everything,
04:26 you know you gotta get the, you feel me?
04:28 Lo platano maduro.
04:29 It's really plantains, but like sweet and it's soft.
04:32 You know what I mean?
04:33 And with the fork, it just like butter.
04:37 If you want some sprizzles, you know what I'm saying?
04:39 Saratoga.
04:40 Don't worry about it, it happens.
04:42 Part of life, you know what I mean?
04:43 It's cool, look.
04:44 When you want your healthy vibe, you do this.
04:47 The oranges, the mini oranges and stuff like that.
04:50 You could peel them all day,
04:51 stay under your nails and stuff.
04:53 Ah, whatever, nobody cares.
04:54 I've been losing weight for three years.
04:56 Just put that in, is it working?
04:58 I don't know.
04:59 But we, hey, we do what we can.
05:02 Y'all thought it was over.
05:03 Y'all thought I was done.
05:05 I'm never done.
05:06 I got another fridge.
05:07 It's part of life, man.
05:08 Bring it in, bring it in.
05:09 I got the other fridge.
05:10 I can't even show y'all what's in it though.
05:12 But just know, it's really my essential.
05:14 You gotta have a fridge.
05:16 So the tax is pretty much, you know what I'm saying?
05:18 Feed your friends.
05:19 People confuse it like,
05:21 you gotta take food from your friend.
05:23 But I'm just saying, feed your friend, bro.
05:25 You know what I'm saying?
05:25 Sometimes 5%, sometimes 10.
05:27 What do y'all own?
05:28 That's right, you know, I'm not even gonna say nothing, bro.
05:32 But just know, bro, that's the tax, bro.
05:34 That's pretty much the tax.
05:35 Feed your peoples, bro.
05:36 So I always wanted to go to y'all's bank.
05:41 You know what I'm saying?
05:43 I don't know, I seen like,
05:44 everybody who I feel like is fly,
05:46 I wanna be fly.
05:47 So everybody who I feel like was fly,
05:48 and is still fly, just call y'all Deezy.
05:50 So in my bag, I keep my laptop.
05:53 'Cause this how I make my money on.
05:55 You know what I'm saying?
05:56 I need my laptop.
05:58 With my laptop, you gotta have your mouse,
06:00 'cause I don't like doing the trackpad stuff.
06:02 I gotta use my little mouse.
06:03 My phone dying, charger's in here,
06:05 ready to go at all times.
06:07 You got the ski mask.
06:09 The ski mask is like,
06:11 not for any illegal activities.
06:13 It's just, I don't know, I be in the airport,
06:15 and I get to be low-key for a little bit.
06:18 At least I think I be low-key for a little bit.
06:20 And yeah, that's pretty much it.
06:22 This some fire shit.
06:26 Where I bought that?
06:27 I think I bought this in Japan.
06:29 Just throw it over like this, you feel me?
06:30 Some cool shit, it's just swaggy as fuck.
06:33 I love it.
06:34 This right here, is my first bust down.
06:36 You know what I'm saying?
06:37 Shout out to KC, me and Ka.
06:38 You know what I'm saying?
06:39 Bust down Rollie, you know what I'm saying?
06:40 This is when we first got the bust downs and shit.
06:42 That's where that shit really came from.
06:44 We really just like, yeah, we gotta get
06:46 the bust down Rollies, bro.
06:47 This is my gold piece.
06:48 You know what I'm saying?
06:49 I'm Dominican, and Dominicans love gold.
06:51 So we be throwing this on.
06:52 You know what I'm saying?
06:53 Thinking, I don't know, who we be thinking we are, bro.
06:55 You know what I'm saying?
06:56 We be throwing it on, you know what I'm saying?
06:57 You got the rope.
06:58 I like layering my rope chains.
07:00 You know what I'm saying?
07:01 You got my, I barely wear my grill.
07:03 These are my grills.
07:04 I ain't even forgot who made them,
07:06 but shout out to him.
07:07 He's good.
07:08 This is my first big chain, in my opinion.
07:11 You feel me?
07:12 It's the Phantom chain.
07:13 I wear the Phantom one first,
07:14 'cause it came first, you know what I'm saying?
07:17 But then, I wear the A&P one on top,
07:22 'cause A&P on top, you feel me?
07:24 I never was gonna get into chains,
07:26 but then like, my first chain,
07:30 Ka, it's my brother, he was like,
07:32 "Come on, bro, you gotta get a chain, bro.
07:33 "Come on, wear them."
07:35 He kept saying that over and over.
07:36 And I was gonna get a W instead of an F.
07:39 I'm like, nah, I'm gonna get my actual name.
07:41 But it's the Rollie, plain chain.
07:43 I keep it in this box, 'cause you know,
07:46 that's just his home.
07:48 Prezzy, stuff like that.
07:51 So Drake said, "My youngins richer than you rappers
07:53 "in they all streamers real life."
07:55 Like, not trying to be weird,
07:57 but I don't know why they keep trying to make
07:58 the streamers like we, I don't know what's up with y'all.
08:02 Like, we don't bother nobody.
08:03 We just do our own thing, bro.
08:04 We just be living life, having fun,
08:06 and we be on the game, bro.
08:07 Just chopping it up, eating good, mukbang,
08:09 all type of shit, bro.
08:10 Shit lit, you need to pull up to the stream, bro.
08:12 Stop being weird.
08:13 (upbeat music)
08:15 A&P, by any means possible.
08:19 You feel me, by any means possible.
08:21 Who's a part of the group?
08:23 You got Duke, Ka, myself, Agent, Chris, and Davis.
08:28 You feel me, that's the six members we got.
08:32 Beautiful teams, clap it up for the beautiful team.
08:34 You feel me, fashion up, same as fashion.
08:36 We be doing our thing, bro, every day.
08:38 Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram,
08:41 it don't matter, we're there.
08:42 Trying to get a house the first time was crazy,
08:44 'cause Duke, you know, he older than us.
08:45 He was like, bro, y'all think I'm about to move into a crib.
08:50 (laughs)
08:51 But with time, though, we did it.
08:53 Once you move in with somebody, you find out,
08:55 oh, you put your socks on like this,
08:57 or you find out the weirdest,
08:59 yo, what up, that's you, though.
09:01 But as long as you open-minded and realize,
09:02 you know, everybody different, it's okay.
09:04 (upbeat music)
09:07 Shout out to my phone.
09:08 Music is OD, like, it can change your whole vibe.
09:11 It can change your whole mood.
09:13 It can change how you feel that day.
09:14 Like, you can choose your vibe.
09:16 You can dead-ass choose how you wanna feel today.
09:17 When it come to music, though,
09:18 I be playing all type of stuff, though, like, every day.
09:21 My most recent song, I been playing a Drake album,
09:23 Thames, I love Thames, she just dropped Me and You.
09:25 I mean, like, every day I bump Thames.
09:28 Every day, that's my essential for real, Thames.
09:30 You gotta bump Thames, you feel me?
09:32 It's good for the soul.
09:33 You got Bad Bunny, I bump OD's page music.
09:37 Bad Bunny, you feel me, man, they ain't though.
09:39 I just came back from the UK,
09:42 so I'm up in Mad Central City and K-Trapping 'em.
09:45 So they go crazy, it's just a lot, you feel me?
09:47 See, I even got some Ed Sheeran in this bitch, like, for real.
09:50 I just love music, facts.
09:52 (upbeat music)
09:54 So my next essential is Blistex and my colognes.
10:02 (cologne bottle popping)
10:05 (cologne bottle popping)
10:08 It's gonna take me a little while, I'm not gonna lie.
10:10 (cologne bottle popping)
10:12 How you, like, what you put on is very important.
10:15 (cologne bottle popping)
10:18 All right, my bad.
10:24 I smell good, know what I mean?
10:27 I don't believe in, like, men and women clothes.
10:31 I put on a lot of women clothes.
10:33 It's how you rock it, bro, it's like, can you pull it off?
10:36 Right now, my favorite though, this one.
10:39 Like, of all time.
10:41 Of all time, either this one, damn.
10:45 This one is like my most, one of my most recent pickups.
10:48 I don't know why, but this, if I went like, this one.
10:51 Dude, you got different seasons for different things.
10:53 If you know, you know it's a lot.
10:54 I don't like to get too deep into it,
10:55 'cause then it just starts messing up your head.
10:57 This is my, I love this in the morning, for some reason.
11:00 Just feel fresh.
11:01 Blistex, okay, can't be chapped up out there,
11:03 you know what I'm saying?
11:04 People like Carmex.
11:05 I like Blistex, you know what I'm saying?
11:07 Just real quick, know what I mean?
11:10 So I buy like 10 pack, and then I lose all 10,
11:12 and then I buy 10 more.
11:13 I never finish them.
11:14 I never finish this, ever.
11:17 And last but not least, y'all say Vapourub,
11:20 I say Vaporub, you know what I mean?
11:21 You put this on, you sick.
11:22 I'm a little sick right there.
11:23 It might throw up on my chest and stuff like that.
11:25 You know what I'm saying?
11:26 It just, you wake up a new person,
11:28 and after hour, you gonna be,
11:30 you can smell everything, bud.
11:31 It opens up everything, bro.
11:33 You can use this for anything.
11:34 Listen, you limping, put this on, bro.
11:36 You feel sick, put this on, bro.
11:37 Your head hurt, put this on, bro.
11:39 Like, you gonna be all right, trust me.
11:41 You gonna be all right.
11:42 I take mental health real serious,
11:48 'cause I ain't gonna lie, I remember being like messed up.
11:51 Like, well, at least I thought I was messed up.
11:52 I was just going through shit,
11:53 but like, everybody go through shit.
11:56 Sometimes shit be getting overlooked.
11:58 You know what I'm saying?
11:59 Everybody got they battles,
12:01 and that's why I treat everybody with respect,
12:03 and I'm always trying to be on some happy shit,
12:05 'cause like, niggas be going through shit.
12:07 Like, we go through stuff, bro.
12:08 We go through bullshit.
12:09 It's great to address it.
12:11 It's great to like, attack your head on
12:14 and try to get to the root of it,
12:15 and what's going on,
12:16 and why you feel the way you feel, you feel me?
12:18 And once you start taking those baby steps,
12:20 you'll look back and be like,
12:21 "Damn, that was me, and I don't even know how I got here."
12:24 (upbeat music)
12:27 These right here, I never knew how to pronounce them,
12:31 so I'm gonna try today.
12:32 I think it's called Suicote, or Sui, I don't know.
12:35 They hard.
12:36 Like, they not even expensive,
12:38 and they just slip on.
12:40 I'll be right back, 'cause I ain't gonna lie.
12:43 For me to explain this whole thing,
12:44 y'all gonna have to hear me say it.
12:47 See, 'cause the way I live my life is a little different.
12:49 Like, you know what I'm saying?
12:49 I live my school life, and my bad, y'all.
12:52 So what I was saying was,
12:54 like, when it comes to the slides,
12:55 and just the clothing and stuff, you feel me?
12:57 It's just, I like to buy stuff that not everybody got,
13:02 but, you know, like, it just stand out.
13:05 It just, like, you see these,
13:07 and you gonna be like, "Nah, like, they hard.
13:09 "But where you got 'em from?"
13:11 You know what I mean?
13:12 Stuff like that.
13:13 But, I might go and get me some,
13:16 what's some other, like, I get stuff from Twitter.
13:19 People, random designers, they post their link online,
13:22 and if I like it, I'm buying it.
13:24 I don't really go by a brand.
13:25 I go by what I like.
13:26 But some people send me some real cool stuff.
13:29 This shit good as fuck, bro.
13:32 Like, the rice is just, oh, dude.
13:34 Hold on, y'all.
13:35 But yeah, though, that's pretty much
13:37 my top 10 essentials right there.
13:38 You know what I'm saying?
13:39 Shout out to GQ, all that good stuff.
13:41 And, you know what I mean?
13:43 I'm gonna leave with my plate,
13:44 and I'm all out, y'all.
13:46 Respectfully, though.
13:47 (upbeat music)