Muni Long caught up with Billboard’s Tetris Kelly on the red carpet at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025.
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00:00Hanging out with one of our WHM honorees, Money Long. How are you tonight?
00:03I'm so good. Very excited to honor Mimi.
00:07Mariah's that girl.
00:10I got my butterfly on, girl.
00:12Oh, period. Oh, that is so cute.
00:14And what would you say is your favorite Mariah song?
00:18Oh my god, there's so many.
00:20I really like Breakdown with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
00:27I really like My All, Mine, Heartbreaker, I Know What You Want.
00:38I Know What You Want? Come on, man.
00:40She has so many hits you can't even keep up.
00:42You can't. You can't.
00:44I love that Mariah's such a songwriter, which obviously is your background as well.
00:47You went viral recently for that conversation you were having about respect for songwriters in your early days.
00:51Why do you feel like that hit so hard?
00:54I just think we need to understand where the value is.
00:58The value is in the song.
01:00If there's no song, there's no one to sing it.
01:02There's nothing for you to play on your platform.
01:05And I think we need to stop devaluing the most important thing, which is the copyright.
01:12I think it's a disgrace that some people can't afford to even get to the studio.
01:17They can't afford gas. They can't afford Uber.
01:19They can't afford a car. They can't afford to eat.
01:23Your song is on the radio.
01:25And you have to wait two years to see .00000017th of a penny.
01:31It's ridiculous.
01:33Coming from that side and now being on this side, something needs to change. It's not right.
01:37And then of course, you're being honored at Women in Music, but also a lot of other amazing women being honored.
01:42Dochi, Gorilla, Erykah Badu.
01:44How do you feel about some of our honorees this year that you're alongside?
01:47Billboard Women in Music has been a goal of mine to attend.
01:51To just attend and be in that room.
01:53And so now, to be able to be getting honored to perform, it's like, alright, I might be kind of good at this manifestation thing.
02:01I need you to manifest for me then.
02:03Yeah, I just need like $100 million.
02:05Let's make that happen for you.
02:07Nothing too crazy. Just $100 million.
02:09Oh my God. Well, I'm manifesting an amazing performance for you. I can't wait to see you. Take us to church, okay?
02:13Okay, I will.
02:15Thank you so much. Have fun tonight with Mariah.
02:17I will. Thank you.