Ameer Baraka’s life changed the moment he realized something powerful:

👉 No one was coming to save him.

Growing up unable to read, pushed toward the streets, and later facing years in prison, Ameer hit a turning point. What followed was a transformation through discipline, faith, education, and radical personal responsibility.

Today he’s an actor, author, and advocate fighting the literacy crisis and teaching others how to escape what he calls self-imposed incarceration.

In this episode we break down:

• How undiagnosed dyslexia shapes identity

• Why language is currency

• The mentors who changed his trajectory

• Prison as a wake-up call

• The mindset shift from victim to owner

• Building success without compromising your values

This conversation is raw, challenging, and necessary.

If you believe your past doesn’t have to define your future, press play.

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In this episode of Business Is War, we sit down with Grammy Award–winning musician and cultural leader Irvin Mayfield for a deep, honest conversation about discipline, mastery, and the realities of evolution—in music, business, and life.

Irvin breaks down why most people quit before they ever reach excellence, why motivation fades but discipline must remain, and how obsession with the craft is what carries people through the hardest moments. Drawing parallels between music, boxing, business, and art, this episode reveals the universal laws of mastery that apply to anything worth pursuing.

We talk about:

• Why discipline matters more than motivation

• The real reason people abandon music and creative pursuits

• How mastery is built through repetition and patience

• What artists and entrepreneurs must understand about evolution

• Digital disruption, AI, and adapting to a changing economy

• Why now is always the best time to build and create

This is a conversation about staying in the fight, embracing discomfort, and evolving instead of complaining about change.

Because whether it’s music, business, or life—

mastery belongs to those who refuse to quit.

After 21 years of incarceration, Fox and Rob sit down with Business is WAR for one of the most powerful conversations we’ve ever recorded.This isn’t just a love story — it’s a story of redemption, resilience, and rebuilding life from the ground up. We talk about what it really takes to come home, stay solid, and build a future when the past tried to break you.In this episode, we cover:

• Life before and during incarceration
• The mental battle of surviving prison
• Love, loyalty, and marriage through adversity
• Trauma, healing, and personal transformation
• Reentry, rebuilding, and becoming unstoppable

If you’ve ever felt counted out… this episode is for you.📍Recorded in New Orleans🎙️ Hosted by Elliott FormanSubscribe to Business is WAR for more real conversations with real people who overcame real battles.

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