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Sandrikas Mays, mother of late Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio, sits down with VladTV for her first interview since the trial where his killers were found guilty. Mays reflects on her upbringing in Jacksonville, Florida, her path from doing hair to nursing, and building businesses like The Skill Center and FTN Health Care Solutions. She also opens up about raising Charles Andrew Jones II in the Hilltop area, where he played football, spent time with family, and began showing musical talent early—recording, performing, and making videos around age 8.

The conversation turns to the 2011 killing of Foolio’s father, Charles Jones, and how that loss, followed by the death of his grandmother, changed his outlook. Mays explains how grief and anger shaped his teenage years and eventually pushed him deeper into rap and Jacksonville drill culture.