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Spanian is an unsuspecting social media influencer. 

The former criminal, now hiphop artist, influencer, and media personality, is telling his stories from the hood, and people love it. 

Mark and Spanian discuss what it's like to experience the whiplash of prison life, to now attracting bigname sponsors who all want a piece of the controversial Spanian. 

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:16 The reason why Spanian can't feel the cold
00:02:01 First runin with the police
00:05:39 Learnings from jail
00:08:43 Connection to Indigenous community
00:12:11 Background and nationality
00:15:09 Trying to make sense of success
00:16:40 How many years spent in jail?
00:17:10 How Spanian found fame
00:22:20 Spinning out from newfound success
00:23:03 Is this the real Spanian?
00:25:46 How does Spanian make his content?
00:27:10 Who is Spanian's audience
00:28:34 It's All Eats series
00:30:08 Ramadan filming
00:30:55 What is stardom like?
00:32:56 Is Spanian shy?
00:34:24 Is fame good?
00:35:46 Spanian and Netflix?
00:37:28 People from the past and jealousy
00:41:30 What did Spanian do in prison?
00:43:36 Prison brawls
00:44:46 Prison screws
00:48:17 How bad are drugs in jail?
00:50:15 What is the prison currency?
00:52:38 Msrk's traumatic country experience
00:56:38 Message to young boys and men
00:59:37 What sport does Spanian follow?
00:59:53 bam bam tai tuivasa
01:02:40 Where does the name Spanian come from?

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Executive Producer: Jess Smalley
Filmed: Simon McDermott & Jonathan Liondis