Happy New Year from your favorite pair of podcasters, Filly and The Scarf! The Defenders look to kick off 2020 in a big way by interviewing LAFC legend, rapper, writer, producer, manager, and founder of the ThinkWatts Foundation, Stix! A special thanks to Erin and Brandon for allowing us to record at FreePlay, home of Black and Gold Fridays! Hear the story of how Stix became Watts' favorite son and philanthropist, from his beginnings as the founder of the Krump Dance movement, to working with Iggy Azalea and the icon Snoop Dogg, to his fateful clothing choice that led to his LAFC connections. His 2020 should be incredible, from working with LAFC, the Clippers, and soon, the Rams and SoFi Stadium. Near and dear to our hearts and the LAFC community is his foundation, ThinkWatts. Stix talks about all the amazing things his foundation does for the underserved community and all of the huge things on the horizon in the coming year.Defenders of the Banc is proud to announce our season-long partnership with Stix and the ThinkWatts Foundation. We will be selling a special Black and Gold Watts Tower ThinkWatts logo pin during the entire 2020 calendar year to raise funds for his foundation. Each pin will be $10; $5 from each pin will go straight to the ThinkWatts Foundation!As you'll hear in our next episode, Episode 75, this pin will also get you discounts at FreePlay all season long! Please help us raise as much money as we can all season long for the ThinkWatts Foundation. The Defenders have many more exciting things coming in 2020, including our interview with one-half of the legendary American soccer podcast duo The Cooligans, Alexis Guerreros! Here's to an incredible season three, especially for our boys in Black and Gold as LAFC gets set to kick things off this month against Peñarol!