The Breakfast Club's own DJ Envy shares his advice on how to set up your side hustle

On this episode of In The Know: Money with Marsai Martin, we're breaking down the "side hustle." Breakfast Club host and real estate investor, DJ Envy is here to chat with Marsai about maintaining multiple streams of income all while pursuing a dream.

Video Transcript

MARSAI MARTIN: Do you think it's easier or harder now that social media and internet sensations are a thing to create a side hustle for yourself or even just a new hobby in general to make money?

DJ ENVY: I think it's easy. I mean, you could do a viral video today, and all of a sudden, you're internet influencer. You know I mean? And people are willing to pay you to promote their products and things on their page.

So I think it's a little easier, but I just think you have to be careful of what you do. You can't do too much where people just know you're doing it for a check. People have to understand and really realize that you're doing it because you have a love for it.

I think if people out there know DJ Envy, they know Envy's into his real estate. He's into his cars, and he's into his family. Anything else out of that just seems weird. Like, if I got on here and said, hey, I'm smoking a cigarette and try these new cigarettes, I think people would laugh me and be like, Envy did that for the check.