Drew Afualo gives flowers to Muni Long and she shares who has inspired her music, her knowing how to use a bow and arrow and more at Billboard Women in Music 2025.
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00:00Team, here we are backstage at Billboard Women in Music
00:02with the one and only Money Long.
00:04Woo!
00:07Oh my gosh, I'm so happy to have you.
00:14I love that you're a tall girl.
00:15Period.
00:16You're a tall girl too.
00:17I am.
00:17Yes, I can tell that about you.
00:19Other than physically saying you, aura.
00:22I would say.
00:22I got a tall aura.
00:23Yeah, you give out tall.
00:24I'm 5'10", but my aura is 6'4".
00:26Love.
00:27And I'm 6 feet, but my aura is 6'9".
00:29Period.
00:3069.
00:31Oh, oh, oh.
00:33Is this a family show?
00:34No.
00:35I don't know.
00:35They'll cut it.
00:37But thank you so much for being here.
00:39How does it feel being here at Billboard Women's Music?
00:40Well, post-performance feels amazing.
00:43Pre-performance, anxiety.
00:45What don't you say?
00:46It's like anxiety.
00:48Anxiety is watching me.
00:49Rude.
00:50But all's well that ends well, yes?
00:52Yes.
00:52Amazing.
00:53Fantastic.
00:54So, to start off our fun little questions, I'm actually going to give you some flowers.
00:58You're just like, we're not.
00:59You.
01:00Matches my outfit.
01:00Those are for you.
01:01Period.
01:02So, I would like to know, who do you give flowers to for getting you where you are now?
01:07Uh, my incredible team, my mom, my glam.
01:12Oh, yeah.
01:12Because I am not the easiest person to glam.
01:14I'm very picky.
01:15I put out on my own like this.
01:17And can you do it like this?
01:18Let me just get the pencil.
01:20You're so me.
01:20You're so me.
01:21Yeah, so everybody who helps me get pretty.
01:24Um, I've been working with Sergio Hudson lately on my image and he's just getting me right
01:29on together.
01:30So, everybody who helps me be money long.
01:31Love.
01:32And who do you give flowers to for inspiring your music?
01:35All the R&B legends that came before me.
01:39You know, John B is one of my favorites.
01:41They don't know.
01:42Janet Jackson, Alicia Keith, Aaliyah, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, I mean, pretty much
01:52everybody I mentioned in my speech.
01:54Mm-hmm.
01:55Great songs.
01:57Burr Bacharach is my favorite songwriter ever.
01:59Come out.
02:00Um, yeah.
02:02It's incredible.
02:03I think that's so amazing.
02:04And last kind of serious one, what do you give flowers to your fans for?
02:07I give flowers to my fans for like understanding that I'm human.
02:10Um, my true supporters do not treat me like I'm expendable.
02:15They don't treat me like I'm a product.
02:17Yeah.
02:17They're always correcting people when they're like, Mooney Long.
02:20They're like, it's money.
02:22Say it right.
02:23And their money ain't long, so how would they know?
02:25Exactly.
02:25But they will argue you down.
02:27They will, yeah.
02:28In the comments, okay?
02:29And like, when I go live on TikTok, a lot of my, um, supporters that I'm familiar with,
02:34I'll let them be my moderators.
02:36Love.
02:36They'll block you in a minute.
02:38Period.
02:38Don't come in my life trying to talk crazy or bully me because you're out of here.
02:42They don't play about money long.
02:43They don't.
02:44They don't.
02:44Period.
02:44I love that.
02:45Last kind of fun one.
02:47I want to give you your flowers.
02:48Oh, thank you.
02:49For a fun fact, if you will.
02:51I have some fun facts about you.
02:53Okay.
02:53It says on here that you know how to use a bow and arrow from growing up on your family's
02:56farm in Florida.
02:57I do.
02:58That's crazy.
02:59I'm not very good at it.
03:00No?
03:00Are you sure?
03:01No, I'm not.
03:01I'm good at throwing a hatchet.
03:03Okay.
03:03Well, that's even scarier.
03:04I can do that.
03:04Okay, so Katniss Everdeen, right.
03:07Yes, I'm good at throwing a hatchet.
03:09I can kind of shoot a bow.
03:10I can't really aim really well.
03:11And I'm really good with a BB gun.
03:13Okay.
03:14Oh, Survivor Girl.
03:15I love that.
03:16Listen, if the end of the world, have you ever seen The Book of Elijah?
03:19Yes.
03:20If it's the end of the world, we're going to eat some cat.
03:23Okay, when we squirrel.
03:24I'm going to go shack up with money long.
03:26Only at the end of the world.
03:27We don't do that.
03:28We don't eat those beautiful, fluffy, cute little animals.
03:31Exactly.
03:32But if that was all we had, we'll be all right.
03:35I'm going to ask money to go ahead and throw some hatchets.
03:37Stick with me, baby.
03:39Beautiful.
03:39Thank you so much.
03:40Congratulations.
03:41You're amazing.
03:41Thank you so much.
03:42It's so nice to meet you.